Those Claiming Iran Had Upper Hand After Ceasefire Are Made Fools

Trump’s checkmate makes fools of the critics on the left and woke right;

Col. Bill Connor ——Bio and Archives--April 12, 2026

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Within around an hour of President Trump’s deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, he announced Iranians had agreed to a two-week ceasefire. This came after Trump warned Iranian bridges and electric power generation would go. Due to the destruction of Iran’s political and military leadership, incoherent actions and statements came out of Iran after the ceasefire: Iran still fired missiles against Israel and neighboring Gulf states.

Iran first claimed it would open the Strait of Hormuz as per the ceasefire agreement, then claimed it would charge tolls for ships to pass. Though the ceasefire was limited in time, the immediate reaction of the left and “woke right” to the ceasefire was to claim Iran came out on top. The main alleged reason was that Iran controlled the Strait. After the first peace negotiations on Saturday broke down, Trump played a wildcard and “check mated” Iran, thereby making fools of Trump’s critics.

The critics have been incredulous. Trump’s ceasefire came after the most successful air campaign in history. In under 40 days, the Senior Iranian political and military leadership was killed multiple levels down. The Iranian Air Force........

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