…that were much weaker than the real components of the deal, in order to manipulate press coverage when it was released.

The same thing might be happening here. The MOU leaked to the press now would constitute a total surrender…hard to believe it is the real deal in the works. The VP all but confirmed the $300 billion investment fund. And $100 billion in unfrozen assets…for nothing on the nuclear, missile or proxy issues.

Still - the leaked MOU would be better than having the strait closed through the summer. The vital national interest here is economic.

But wow…what a disastrous war.