President Trump started his long-anticipated anti-Iran speech by complaining about the 1979 hostage situation. What followed was an increasingly fantastical and absurd accounting of Iran’s history, before finally announcing he is decertifying the nuclear deal for “violations,” and announcing new sanctions.
The allegations against Iran went from things that happened a generation ago to treating things like the specious “Iranian plot” to attack a DC restaurant as not only the government’s fault, but absolute established fact. Beyond that, he blamed Iran for the ISIS wars in Iraq and Syria, repeatedly accused them of supporting al-Qaeda, and claimed Iran was supporting the 9/11 attackers.
The allegations were so far-fetched by the end, that even President Trump appeared cognizant that many won’t be taken seriously. Later in his speech, he insisted that the claims were “factual.”
When addressing “violations” of the P5+1 nuclear deal, Trump similarly played fast and loose with the facts, citing heavy water claims that are really more the international community’s violation than Iran’s (Iran was guaranteed an international market for the water, but after Congress got mad the US has refused to buy any more, meaning Iran’s totally non-dangerous stock grew), and accusing them of “intimidating” inspectors, insinuating that was the reason there aren’t investigations at Iranian military sites.
In reality, Iranian military sites are only subject to investigation in the case of a substantiated suspicion of nuclear activities, and there simply are none. The IAEA has in recent days clarified multiple times that they don’t need or want to visit any military sites right now. The only allegations about the sites are from the Mujahedin-e Khalq, which has been the source of repeated false accusations in the past.
And while this was supposed to be a speech about the nuclear deal, Trump closed it off with comments that very much sound like his goal is regime change, saying Iran’s people want to be able to interact with their neighbors (despite Iran being on very good terms with most of its neighbors already), and suggesting that whatever he’s going to do will lead to “peace and stability” across the Middle East.
I refuse to support Trump’s march to war with Iran. As much as I want him to succeed as President, this is not the way to do it. I hope Congress has the good sense to stand up to this lunacy and shut it down quickly.
IMO, :…Congress…[and]…good sense…” are mutually exclusive.
The last time Netanyahu spoke before ’em, the U.S. Congress DID indeed stand up. 23 times, all standing ovations. What does that tell us?
It was a great speech.
Or they wanted to stay on the payroll.
Nothing says we care about other people like murdering them with sanctions. 1.5 million dead Iraqis was hailed by Madeline Albright as “worth it” and was cited by OBL as a reason behind 9-11 (not that I actually believe he had anything to do with 9-11 (just saying). Murdering the citizens of a country because of their leaders is completely back-asswards from the way war used to be fought. I guess this is the NEW hallmark of how “civilized” countries behave.
Trump, as with most of his predecessors before him, are guilty as sin of war crimes and crime against humanity. You’re right, David, in stating that murdering the citizens of a country because of their leaders is completely back-asswards from the way war used to be fought. Civilized nations don’t fight wars in such a manner as to murder an enemy country’s citizens, and this just validates the fact that Israel and the US/UK aren’t civilized at all, but barbaric.
UN: “the ratio of civilian to combatant deaths in Gaza was by far the lowest in any asymmetric conflict in the history of warfare.”
Warfare? You mean shooting ducks in a barrel don’t you?
If Israel were shooting ducks in a barrel, how could “the ratio of civilian to combatant deaths in Gaza was by far the lowest in any asymmetric conflict in the history of warfare?’
Probably because “combatants” are anyone male and of a certain age group. You can’t tell me there are that many members of Hamas compared to the civilian population. Anyone ever shoot down an Israeli plane carrying out a bombing raid? When you can kill with basically no resistance, I’d call that shooting ducks in a barrel.
64 Israeli soldiers were killed.
If they were shooting ducks in a barrel, no IDF soldier would have been killed.
When? Over what period of time? Are you saying that Hamas and the IDF are of equal strength and that the casualties aren’t lopsided? Does Hamas have an air force that Israel can’t defend against? Ducks in a barrel is accurate. Bombs away.
The war may have been safe for Israeli pilots, but it was not safe for Israeli ground troops.
67 soldiers killed,[15][16][17]
468 soldiers wounded[18]
Less than 7 weeks.
No. I am not saying that Hamas and the IDF are of equal strength and that the casualties aren’t lopsided.
It was very hard to tell who was Hamas & who was civilian. Some Hamas wore women’s clothing. It was the opposite of ducks in a barrel.
It was very hard to tell who was Hamas & who was civilian.
Great rationale for an indiscriminate attack. Dovetails nicely with the observations of a wise Holocaust™ survivor.
Whether it was hard to distinguish doesn’t change how easy and unrestricted Israel could kill. Dropping bombs on a densely populated target is the ultimate in shooting ducks in a barrel. The US does the same but I acknowledge that. You, on the other hand, will defend your barbarism to the bitter end.
The UN used Hamas’ figures for casualties. Hamas was motivated to exaggerate the number of civilian casualties & minimize the number of Hamas casualties.
Notice that people are still supporting this lunatic. Hillary, with her devotion to Israel and Netanyahu, would probably have already involved the USA in more conflicts. Over 300 million inmates, and the USA seems unable to find reasonable people as POTUS or as most of the “representatives” in Congress, or even the governors in most States. Where are all the decent and good Americans?
A person needs millions of dollars to reach Congress. The pricetag on a House race is about $10 million these days. The pricetag on a Senate race is about $50 million. For President, the candidates raised about $1.5 billion, and another $618 billion was raised by the superPACs supporting them. Donald Trump raised $333 million with another $75 million of ‘outside money’.
So, to start with, those ‘decent and good’ Americans need to have $10 million to reach the House, $50 milliion to reach the Senate, and $300 to $500 million to reach the White House.
How many ‘decent and good’ people do you know with that sort of money?
Then, beyond that, if they want to change anything from the current system, they have to endure a whithering barrage of attacks, smears, fake news, and outright lies from the ‘media’ that is closely aligned with the current system.
After all of that, the vote counting is rigged and corrupt and even if you survive the media smears and spend the money to actually talk to the people the odds are that the vote counting computers will announce that you lost anyways.
As of 2016, about $1.6 million for a House seat and $10.4 million for a Senate seat. But that’s still insanely high.
Another US president falls under Zionist control. Here’s more evidence that it is Israel–not the US–that is the world’s foremost superpower.
When Malaysia’s Mahathir mentioned something similar, he was hounded by all who were under the evil thrall of the Ziosatans.
I have little hope for peace in the foreseeable future of this world. Their evil tentacles have spread too far and wide.
Perhaps we should all admit defeat, and simply implement what those scum will forever works towards, namely, Greater Israevil. Will sure save us a lot of mischief, death, suffering and heartache from the evil they will undoubtedly unleash on the people there.
The Date was early Sept. 2016, if there are any who want to know precisely when Trump fell under Zionist control. After the conventions, Trump met with Sheldon Adelson to get funding for his campaign to try to compete against Hillary and her $500 million of direct contributions and much more in indirect, dark money and superPAC contributions.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/23/sheldon-adelson-trump-super-pac-donation-25-million
No claims of fake news this time. What a f**king moron. I hope he gets a** cancer.
They have a cure for cancer. He would get it.
I wonder if there will be a stumbling block in the Senate ? 60 days…
This will be one of those issues where bipartisanship will prevail. aipac owns both sides of the aisle.
Teeing up a war with Iran for Israel’s benefit! I thought Trump’s watch words were “Put America First”, but it’s clear the ziocons are in charge and pushing for war.
Apparently, Trump lied when he said “Put America First”, it’s quite clear the Trotskyists aka ziocons are in charge and pushing for war. In this case, the Senate had better act quickly to overturn this act of treason.
did he bring up the matter of International dress code violations (not wearing ties)?
I tried to read the “official” document. I came away thinking that if Iran had a sense of humor, then they’d release the same document with the words “United States” and “Iran” swapped. For example, it could then say…..
“Iran’s new United States strategy focuses on neutralizing the
Government of the United States destabilizing influence and constraining its
aggression, particularly its support for terrorism and militants.”
Such a document would be at least as accurate as Trumpette’s version.
The U.S. is responsible for igniting and fueling the wars in Syria and Yemen not Iran as Trump claims. And the U.S. is the number one terrorist nation in the middle east and the world.
You are not so far off . TheUnited States has been supporting Al Nusra and Al Qaidia in Syria .A lot of people think they are terrorists We called them moderate rebels that turned their U.S. supplied weapons over to ISIS .
It’s quite possible that the JCPOA is the Franz Ferdinand of our time, and this speech, the shot heard round the world.
I see it likely that this will begin in motion a chain of events, some of which are already well underway, that will lead to the collapse of the petro dollar and all out war.
Strange thing is that Trump seems to be deliberately trying to start a two-front war on opposite sides of the planet. He’s pushed North Korea to the bring of war, said no to any negotiations, and made ominous threats about “the calm before the storm”. Then, like one world crisis on the brink of war isn’t enough, he seems to be doing his best to start a war with Iran at the same time.
Ambitious, to say the least, for a country that couldn’t beat the most backward and weak nation on the planet, ie Afghanistan.
The good news here is that the Donald has inadvertently removed America’s mask of sanity, revealing the monster beneath. Now the world will be forced to move on from beneath our shadow and create a truly multi-polar world order. Once again, your move Putin.
I bet one could make a “killing” on Make Israel Greater Again ball caps.
That would be hilarious. We should seriously do that. The best part, aside from pissing off AIPAC, is that it will probably continue to be relevant no matter who the next President is. Or is that the worst part?….
They would be the rage in Tel Aviv.
My take is that the Pence/Pompeo bloc wrote Trumps speech to make him look unhinged. The plan – remove Trump as soon as possible.
Neocon written from the beginning to end. Is
he going then to toss it to Congress? Let us see what they will do.
The problem with shills for Israel is that they cannot find takers for their fanciful narrative anywhere on this globe. The result may not be what they hope for. Thry can make Trump jump high, catch sticks, and roll on the ground. But it will not help
America is recapturing the experience of the Soviet. Socialism – totalirism was embraced , resented and then discarded .
1991 and 2001 , both drew nations to the embrace of American war and sanctions propelling big benevolent giant arms . World wanted to be America.
The uneasiness ,disgust and disdain soon replaced that attitude by the end of 2008 .
Now they are leaving .
They are leaving with a chorus of bang not in a whimper .
Forcing them to the embrace will be no les spectacular than what Soviet witnessed in 1989
Did nuttyyahoo send Trump his favorite speech writer?
The final irony, the perfect karma. Deepstate continues to bash Trump for being pro-Russia because the campaign Trump was insufficiently aggressive.
Now Trump is doing exactly what Deepstate wants, therefore he is ACTUALLY serving Russia. Persia was trying to navigate a middle path between the sides, but now Persia is strictly with Russia. EU is breaking away from our side because they need Persian oil more than we do.
Russia wins when Deepstate gets its way. I can’t see how this could be intentional. It’s just suicidally stupid.
What’s in the water? seriously…
It seems my laptop is allowing me to make comments here again, after Antiwar was designated a “dangerous website”.
President Tries to Link Iran to 9/11 Attackers
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Putting aside all the problems, contradictions and evidence that is in great tension with the ‘official’ 9/11 fairy tale as put forth in that seven hundred, something page lie called The 9/11 Commission Report that most defenders of this silly garbage never even bothered to read….
…just on its face the idea that Iran (which are Shia Muslims) was somehow responsible for 9/11, when al Qaeda is Sunni Muslims, is laughable and illogical and just plain stupid on it’s face.
The problem with liars is that they are unable to keep track of their own lies and can’t help but contradict the false narrative that they are sowing.
The idea that the average Trump supporter has even the mental capicity to make this simple distinction, is a very big stretch. I doubt that Donald Trump himself can understand this distinction….or even cares.
Talk about ‘fake news’ ?? My God!
This actually is a problem in law. The “War on terror” resolution gives the president authority to attack anyone he believes aided in the 911 attacks. No evidence, or oversight exists, except to terminate the resolution (an Obama failure). Technically, if trump imagines Great Britain aided the attack, he can nuke it right now, or in 5 minutes.
The United States congress/government as well as every small town’s government are nothing but criminal enterprises of various sizes and capabilities. For anyone to think other wise is what created the political party system. So we have criminal enterprises of all sizes running our everyday lives with the ability to not only ruin our lives but with the ability in the case of the ass hole in chief to get us all killed…
Meantime we have people defending the 2nd amendment attacking football players 1st amendment rights…folks the propaganda is working so we fight with ourselves over every stupid thing that the criminal enterprises can come up with because we are too stupid, to indoctrinated, and too brain washed to fight the criminal enterprise, so many of you hang flags on your cars and bummer stickers on your trucks saying America love it or leave it…how about love it and fix it, or is that too much trouble?
Dotard is really making it difficult for his replacement to clean up the mess.
Iran will never sign any agreement with the USA again, neither will most nations.
Canada and Mexico are learning that Americans are not good neighbors this week and other than cutting Benefits for the middle class, Taxes for the rich and increasing bombing world wide Trump doesn’t seem to have a coherent policy on anything.
This move will only accelerate other world economic powers’ move away from use of the US dollar for use in trade, including energy. The death of the petro-dollar is at hand.
Is it possible Saudi Arabia and Israel have a secret deal to divide the Middle East, and the only thing standing in their way is Iran. SA gets assurances Mecca and Medina are never attacked and Israel expands its borders any way it can.
Israel was created to be a majority-Jewish state. Taking more territory also means taking in more non-Jews so Israel does not want more territory.
The reason trumps’ handlers inserted Iranian ties to 9/11 is simple. The “War on Terror ” resolution gives the president authority to attack anyone he believes is complicit, or aided the 911 attacks. Technically, if trump imagines Great Britain aided the attack, he can nuke them, now, or in 5 minutes. There is no requirement for evidence, or oversight. The only wa, is to terminate the resolution (Obama failure)
As difficult as it was, I watched Trumps whole speech decertifying Iran. Most U.S. presidential speeches include some exaggerations and a few outright lies but I was stunned by how many distortions, exaggerations and outright lies filled most of the speech. Obama was controlled by the Zionists who groomed and put him in power but listening to Trump I could almost see Netanyahoo speaking.
The U.S. policy is to use terrorists to further their geopolitical goals and, with its terrorist partner, Israel, has created the current chaos in the Middle East. Look at the 1979 video of Zbigniew Brzezinski encouraging the Taliban to take back their land and saying that God is on their side. We are still “using” them to fill the coffers of the MIC.
Well we all know where he got the IRAN is responsible for 9/11 stupidity from, JOHN “BONKERS” BOLTON! the fool who spouted this just a month or so ago! With Tillerson possibly about to be fired, the specter of Bonkers Bolton becoming Secretary of State again raises its ugly head! If so I am seriously thinking that it may be time to pack the 4wd SUV and a trailer and head into Australia’s outback, hoping I will not get too irradiated!
Maybe the Road Warrior or Mad max as it was known in Australia is more Prophetic than fiction!