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President Trump announced on social media that the war with Iran is over, and then a short time later, from France, he said a peace deal was in process and that America, Israel and the world can expect \u201ca lot of great things\u201d to \u201chappen in the Middle East\u201d in rapid time. Specifically, Trump said, the Strait of Hormuz \u201cwill be completely open\u201d by the end of the week.<\/p>\n

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Wonderful news. War is over, the good guys won, the bad guys lost, wonderful. wonderful news. But \u201cover\u201d comes with some asterisks.<\/p>\n

Just a blink of an eye ago, Iran\u2019s crowds were in the streets shouting \u201cdeath to America.\u201d Are Americans to believe they\u2019ve had a change of heart?<\/p>\n

The regime, decimated as it has been by American military strikes, hasn\u2019t denounced its anti-Israel, anti-America, anti-West ways. Neither has it abandoned its hope for nuclear weaponry. If its leadership only respects strength, then peace is only as lasting as the peacemaking authorities are believed to be capable of enforcing its terms. Iran has been stonewalling because Iran\u2019s leadership knows America\u2019s political system is poised to change \u2014 if not this November with the midterms, then in a couple of years, with the next presidential pick. Democrat control of Congress this November means Trump\u2019s toughness will be tied back a bit; Democrat control of the White House in 2028 means Iran can get back to the business of enriching uranium and pursuing nuclear weapons \u2014 maybe even with some cash infusion from the newly inaugurated, weaker commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n

The best Iran can hope for is a clean sweep of Democrat wins of the House, Senate and White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That would bring the end to any accountability over the peace deal with Trump, and certainly the end to any enforcement of peace terms with Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Islamic regime in Iran is the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terror,\u201d the U.S. State Department wrote. \u201cFor over 40 years, their malign behavior and support for terrorist proxies has spread across the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Then-President Obama\u2019s JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), the Iran nuke deal, handed the regime a major opportunity to advance its nuclear designs and terror activities. In other words, peace, peace only brought the opposite. So Trump slapped back with the sanctions, and then some. And Iran has still not changed its goals of \u201cdeath to Israel, death to America, death to the West.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s impossible to make peace with those who seek death.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump and Iranian Negotiator Sign deal to Reopen Strait, but Challenges Loom,\u201d The New York Times reported, in the minutes after papers were signed between the two countries in France.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the deal\u2019s specific terms have not been released and the countries have pushed their biggest disagreements to later talks,\u201d The Times continued in the same article.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s more of the same.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an end of war \u2014 but not quite.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an agreement for peace \u2014 but not just yet.<\/p>\n

The delays favor Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iran knows that with each delay, the midterms get a little bit closer, the stock market gets a little bit wilder, the price of barrels of oil go a little bit higher, the cost of gas to fill vehicles at the pump get a little more expensive \u2014 and the chances for Democrats to win this November on the kitchen table and economic issues that always guide voters and their votes grow a little bit better.<\/p>\n

Iran cannot be trusted. Not now. Not ever \u2014 or at least not until they voluntarily stop shouting \u201cdeath to Israel, death to America, death to the West,\u201d and agree to abandon their savage, uncivilized and terroristic ways for more democratic governance. They need to prove they love life more than they seek death.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cheryl Chumley can be reached at\u00a0cchumley@washingtontimes.com\u00a0or on Twitter, @ckchumley. Listen to her podcast \u201cBold and Blunt\u201d by\u00a0clicking HERE. And never miss her column; subscribe to her newsletter and podcast by\u00a0clicking HERE. Her latest book, \u201cGod-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths,\u201d is available by\u00a0clicking HERE.<\/em><\/p>\n

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