They Have Been Preparing for This Moment for 50 Years
June 1, 2026
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Hawk reads and reacts to a piece from The Atlantic by Iranian-born columnist Karim Sadjadpour titled "The War Trump Can't End," examining why the Islamic Republic of Iran is structurally and ideologically incapable of making a deal the United States could accept.
The Islamic Republic's identity is built around resistance to America, a posture rooted in the 1953 CIA-backed coup that removed Iran's democratically elected president, Mossadegh, and installed the Shah. That history shapes everything, including Iran's negotiating strategy, which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi describes in his own memoir as a process designed to outlast whoever gets tired first.
Trump has now twice walked away from negotiations with Iran to launch military strikes, destroying any remaining basis for trust. Meanwhile Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, a leverage point more powerful than any nuclear weapon, affecting the entire global economy.
With Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei openly threatening the United States and Israel, Hawk argues this war was unnecessary, driven by ego and arrogance, and that Iran has both the time and the will to wait Trump out.
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