Is this time really going to be different?

The US president often makes public threats of a return to all-out war, only to later pull back dramatically. Then come grand statements – and yet no resolution emerges.

The president said the US and Iran would sign a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday AEST, although Iran cautioned that the timing was still unclear.

The president and top administration officials keep saying different things about the agreement with Iran.

However Trump chooses to sell it, the agreement is not a permanent settlement

The new pact between the U.S. and Iran seeks to rewind the clock to the day before the war.

Is this time really going to be different?

Donald Trump would have us believe he's achieved peace in our time with his so-called 'memorandum of understanding' with Iran, designed to end hostilities in the Gulf and pave the…