Is Donald Trump Starting World War III with Iran?
I have just landed in Dubai. It is midnight local, which is 4pm eastern daylight savings time. I have been greeted by the following messages:
Iraqi sources report increased military air activity in the skies above western Iraq following recent regional tensions.
Evacuation of non-essential personnel has reportedly begun at the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
The White House says President Trump is aware of and monitoring the withdrawal of non-essential personnel and military families from the Middle East.
The U.S. State Department has also authorized the evacuation of non-essential employees and family members from Kuwait – AP
Donald Trump apparently has decided to attack Iran. Mark this date. It is the beginning of the end of the Trump Presidency. Trump has been persuaded that the Iranian air defense is weak and that a US bombing run will eliminate any chance that Iran can build a nuclear device. He has been a victim of lies. He will shortly discover, if these attacks take place, that Iran retains a significant capability to shoot down US aircraft. In fact, I fully expect Iran will capture and put on display several US air force officers in the next week.
If Trump launches this attack, Iran will retaliate against US bases and Israel. Israel, for the first time in 77 years, will suffer devastating losses. If Trump thought the Houthis were a tough customer, he’s going to learn a hard lesson with Iran.
Maybe I am wrong. Maybe the US will destroy critical infrastructure in Iran and Iran will not be able to respond. I do not think that is likely. If the US carries out these strikes, this will create significant problems with Putin and likely derail efforts to normalize relations. China also will react strongly to any US attack on Iran.
Dear President Trump, for the love of God, STOP!
The "ugly American" is back--on steroids. To borrow a term of exasperation from my [non-Zionist] Yiddish brothers and sisters, Oy vey! 🥴
I shouldn't say this [Yes I should], but I often wonder about something. I learned, decades ago, that the U.S. military swears to defend the country "from enemies, foreign or domestic." Weeeeeeell, where does one draw the line?
Three years ago, the late Gonzalo Lira loaded a 1-hr and 44-min video, at YouTube, in which he explained why Western leaders are incompetent. His words, not mine. Here's that video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDOa9PW3lnU&t=0s
Now, if we have [and we do, according to Lira and a bunch of experts that Judge Napolitano interviews every week: Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, Col. Douglas Macgregor, Phil Giraldi, LARRY JOHNSON, Scott Ritter, Ray McGovern, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Professor John Mearsheimer, and others]; since we have a bunch of super-competent experts, all of whom--at one time or another--have described some of our leaders as incompetent, then when does the military do its job?
In my book, these incomppetent "leaders," in part due to the real possibility that they could get us all killed, due to their incompetence, amount to domestic enemies. And I just wish they were a Chicago, 47th Street street gang, from back in the day. I'd round up "my boys" and go take care of business!! 😡 I'm laughing to keep from boiling over with fury. Nothing's funny here.
I repeat: When do we finally realize that our government leaders are our enemies? And when does the U.S. military do its job and remove them? Call it whatever you will: insurrection, coup d'tat [that spelled right??], whatever.
It appears to me that one reason this sh*t goes on is that, unlike Russia, our leaders never get punished and thrown into the slammer. There's no accountability.
So, you say that incompetence is not a reason that our leaders should be removed by the military, so that we can be protected from their insane and dangerous decisions? Okay, then what can be done? Voting? Ridiculous!! We vote for our dictators, as it's turned out. We vote. Then they do whatever the MIC and our oligarchs tell them to do. So? Where's the military?
Well, that's enough. I ain't no expert. But, damn!!!!!!!!!! 😡🤬
"We are going to have a big, beautiful war"...