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Support for the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by the United States and Iran to end Operation Epic Fury relies on intentionally imprecise drafting and pronouncements made by the president and vice president that conflict with the MOU and Iran’s view of it, alignment with Iran, or a desire to see Donald Trump fail.

The MOU was poorly drafted to obtain Iran’s acquiescence. Trump wanted an off ramp, while Iran was a reluctant participant brought along by promises of money, time, and a winnowing of U.S. demands. In the week since I wrote about the MOU, both parties have repeatedly breached it; Trump and Vice President JD Vance have re-imagined the deal as the one Trump sought instead of the MOU Trump signed; Iran hijacked the first negotiating session to make it about Israel, rather than Iran’s nuclear program; Vance joined the anti-Israel caravan with repeated harsh criticism of its government; and both parties launched military attacks and threatened to end negotiations.

Meanwhile, the MOU conflicts with the Trilateral Framework signed on Friday by the U.S., Israel, and Lebanon, which the State Department fairly describes as “a clear and structured process to restore Lebanon’s sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah and dismantle its terrorist infrastructure, and enable Israel to return to its borders once that threat to its citizens is removed.” The administration should be as proud of the Framework as it should be embarrassed by the MOU.

Trump launched Epic Fury to ensure that Iran would never have nuclear weapons, destroy its missile capabilities and navy, stop it from arming, funding, and directing its terrorist proxies, and give hope to its people. The air campaign and blockade made major strides in achieving the objectives.

An armistice should be measured by the same goals.

Trump maintains that the MOU is an interim step that either leads to an outstanding final agreement or a resumption of bombing that would finish the job. The former would mean that much of the MOU is pointless, and the latter is unlikely, particularly before the midterm........

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