Negotiations between the United States and Iran appear to have hit a blockade, if not a complete failure point as Vice President Vance departed Sunday afternoon after 21 hours of negotiations with Iranians from Pakistan.

So he's on his way back to the United States.

We're going to talk about those negotiations, what we can discern from it, what's going on inside Iran, the Strait of her moves, and just some updates with Operation Epic Fury.

Let's first open with Vice President Vance and what he had to say about those negotiations.

We have been at it now for 21 hours, and we've had a number of substantive discussions with the

Iranians. That's the good news. The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America. So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement. We've made very clear what our red lines are, what things we're willing to accommodate them on, and what things we're not willing to accommodate them on. And we've made that as clear as we

possibly could. And they have chosen not to accept our terms. Okay, so that's pretty straightforward.

Iran is not budging on the terms the United States is out alive. I do find this interesting.

If we remove all the politics, thoughts and feelings around this and we just really look at it

from a military standpoint, Iran has been hammered. Now, the U.S. and allies obviously have taken their licks that are not

insignificant. So I'm not discounting that at all. However, from the position of power here,

you would think Iran at some point would just be crying uncle. Maybe their perception is they still have a power

play move, which it seems like the straight-or moves has really been that power play, the amount

of oil that flows through there, hoping that they can pressure the global community to have this

ease up so they can get their way. It is an interesting thought process to run through.

I'd be curious to get your thoughts. Now, and again, when we go with that, we just look at what has

been hit from Operation Epic Fury. Now, this is about a week old. But remember, we are under a ceasefire

here for the last 48 hours or so. 13,000 plus targets, 155 plus Iranian vessels have been

destroyed. Just hammering away, we've obviously covered it on this channel. And if you're watching

this, you've undoubtedly been consuming this type content. So you've just seen the blitzkrieg that

Iran has faced.

Again, I'm not discounting the fact that they have slung a lot of iron towards the Gulf

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