Warsight

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The Trump Administration is facing a number of political, economic and military hurdles that all need to be cleared before an elusive peace deal can be obtained with a tenacious and obdurate Iran. The situation is not being helped by diminishing US munition stocks.
https://warsight.com/2026/06/03/the-us-shortage-in-missile-stocks/

Paradise Lost

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But to convince the proud what
signs avail,
Or wonders move the obdurate
to relent?
They, hardened more by what
might most reclaim,
Grieving to see his glory, at
the sight
Took envy; and, aspiring to
his highth,

VI, 789-793

The New York Review of Books

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“In death Marat was not an emblem of unity...he stood for the force, the obdurate power of a vaguely defined ‘people,’ those who had counted for so little for so long and who were ecstatic to find someone who wanted to speak for them.” —Lynn Hunt