US, Iran made 'a lot of progress' towards ceasefire extension; Trump 'not yet ready' to approve deal: Vance (www.channelnewsasia.com)
from MastKalandar@feddit.online to world@lemmy.world on 29 May 06:28
https://feddit.online/c/world/p/1725780/us-iran-made-a-lot-of-progress-towards-ceasefire-extension-trump-not-yet-ready-to-appro

“We’re going back and forth on a couple of language points,” says US Vice President JD Vance.

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EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world on 29 May 06:59 next collapse

lol Even Vance has to hold water for the fake peace deal?

Iran won’t accept a deal until Israel agrees to stop bombing everyone, and the US will never agree to cowing Israel and limiting its war capacity.

Trump, Vance, etc. have no answer because any answer involves a confrontation with Israel’s policy and power brokers.

yakko@feddit.uk on 29 May 07:27 next collapse

We see eye to eye on that.

MastKalandar@feddit.online on 29 May 08:49 next collapse

The US is actually greater israel.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip on 29 May 10:53 collapse

Trump and Vance want the genocide and the Iran war and have no issue with Israel running amok just like the US has been doing. The only pressure on them is some bleating from the Saudis and Gulfies who wanted the war too, but don’t like it now that their cities are being hit.

mycodesucks@lemmy.world on 29 May 08:54 next collapse

They’d better hurry up, or else Trump will be forced to give them another month.

P00ptart@lemmy.world on 29 May 09:22 next collapse

They have no fucking clue what they’re doing. They’re clearly outclassed in every way by Iran. It’s like a group of brothers who broke grandmas urn while their parents are away and trying to figure out how to come out of it without getting in serious shit.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip on 29 May 10:49 next collapse

That means there is no progress. Vance is just lying as usual.

So when is the Pope going to excommunicate that cunt?

PattyMcB@lemmy.world on 29 May 12:40 collapse

Have you noticed that he seems to be quietly pointing his finger at Trump more and more?

magnue@lemmy.world on 29 May 11:10 next collapse

He’ll be ready on Sunday. Then bomb them on Monday.

SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org on 29 May 12:55 collapse

Can someone decipher that headline for me, pls?

I’m not a native Enolish speaker, but usually Iconsider my skills to be passable. But headlines just throw me off completely sometimes. it just doesn’t follow the same rules.

bunnyBoy@pawb.social on 29 May 15:56 next collapse

JD Vance tells reporters that the US and Iran have made ‘a lot of progress’ towards a ceasefire extension, however, Trump is ‘not yet ready’ to approve said ceasefire extension

Basically the “: Vance” at the end is showing that the reporters are quoting JD when they say ‘a lot of progress’ and ‘not yet ready’

I hope that helps clear it up a bit

SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip on 29 May 16:10 collapse

Headlines have their own, unique grammar rules in English. They elide a lot of words to save space.

In general, the semi-colon joins two distinct clauses that could each stand alone as sentences, but it implies more of a relationship between them than a period would. In this headline the implication is that they have not finalized the deal despite good progress because of the President’s hesitation. In contrast, colons join two clauses with the explicit meaning that one clause introduces, or elaborates on, the other. Here, headlinespeak kind of abuses that usage to show that the ideas expressed in the first clause are explained as originating from Vance. It’s much more common to put the name of the person first, like, “Vance: Iran and US…”

So, the headline is saying that according to statements by JD Vance, Iran and the US have made good progress on a deal, but [REDACTED] hasn’t approved it yet.