Wrapping up with Iran, Judge Napolitano and Col. MacGregor note the disconnect between the US Empire’s pom-pom waiving arrogance or militarist triumphalism, versus a realist assessment of the geo-strategic circumstances, from the Mideast to Taiwan. In fact, it was Russia who called off Iran from continuing to fight, and Putin’s alliance with Iran is still intact (as shown by the Mullah’s post-ceasefire meeting with him). The US $100 million bombing of the nuclear facilities likely hit mostly empty tunnels. Up to one third of Tel Aviv is in ruins, while Israel was a week away from being out of missiles. This, and strong antiwar sentiment erupting from half of Trump’s MAGA base caused him to pull the plug on the conflict before matters escalated beyond the control of even his ego. In other words, MAGA appears to have helped produce the ceasefire: