Links to two analyses: from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down today’s GAZA, UKRAINE, YEMEN, ALL OF IT and MEDIA, and down for IRAN 8-8-26.) — MCM

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Iran’s leaders think they have Trump cornered, but their strategy carries great risks, by Joseph Krauss and Amir-Hussein Radjy | AP  The Strait of Hormuz is, by some accounts, named for a Zoroastrian deity destined to emerge victorious after a 9,000-year standoff with an adversary. Iran’s leaders feel their own victory is at hand and won’t require the same epic patience. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Haunted by Hoover, Trump searches for an endgame in Iran, by Franco Ordoñez | NPR  President Trump has acknowledged seeking an agreement to end the Iran war in hopes of escaping comparisons to former President Herbert Hoover, the Republican whose name became synonymous with . . . READ MORE . . .

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