Little article popped up yesterday on my phone – something about a meeting between Kushner, Steve Wittkoff meeting with the Iranian foreign minister Araghchi on Friday in Istanbul (or somewhere – Turkey is saying it isn’t certain of the location after skeptical remarks from Iranian diplomats). Then, with a trifle of digging, a notice that the head of the Israeli IDF – Eyad Zamir – went to DC Thursday night and stayed until Sunday morning, meeting with “The White House and Dan Caine”. Hmm..Dan Caine is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Then it changed to just officials at the Pentagon. Who did he talk with in the White House? Hmm..that’s quite a coincidence. You know – with Ali Reza Tangsiri’s, uh, removal from the scene and no live fire exercises. Surely just a coincidence. Here’s a picture of this guy Araghchi. Has an interesting bio. Check him out on Wikipedia.

You know, there was a time when writing this stuff would have Googlebots swarming all over it, back in late 2007 and early 2008. Now I can talk about this when nobody else is, and nobody notices. Right?

We can only hope. Don’t want to get shot ten times in the back. You see, Orange Lizard, sooner or later, despite your best efforts, there will be an election. And after the results are finally tabulated, you will be weighed, measured and found wanting. You and our ilk. Sorry.

So between now and Friday, we’ll just stay cool and wait to see what happens. You try to do the same.

Postscript 3:30 PM: an F-35 shot down an Iranian drone 400 miles off the coast of that country. Both Ish and Phanes suggest it was practically scripted, saying “Better come prepared to deal on Friday. Don’t waste my time. If you intend to play games, get ready for some big pain. Better believe it.