For years, US military policy across the Middle East has centered around the idea that they might, at any time, just up and attack Iran. That prospect seems pretty remote after the US signed a weekend deal with Iran.
But the policy still has momentum, at least as far as the Pentagon is concerned. Spokesman Col. Steve Warren insists that US military posture in the region “has not changed, nor will it.”
Pentagon officials say changing their troop rotations would take “months” and could also be politically controversial, so they’re going to keep the current deployments in place for simplicity’s sake.
While that may fly for the duration of the six month “interim” agreement with Iran, if and when it advances into a permanent deal there will be growing pressure on the Pentagon to stop wasting money keeping troops poised to attack a country they’re clearly not going to attack. As with anti-Soviet deployments in Germany, which continued long after the Soviet Union’s collapse, this could take a long, long time.
Now we know for sure what kind of degenerate country the US is.
If anyone had a brain or will to attack Iran they would have done it by know, Iran have to many friends to be attacked, geopolitically, economically is one of the Middle East power. Turkish government tried to takeover Iran place by siding with Saudis and UAE regarding Syria, they still supporting terrorism in Syria hoping for the best. The Iran deal is about Iran and almost 80 million Iranians and Iranian middle class, they spend money and buy stuff that is from EU or USA. Iran is about oil in case of Saudis get more mad and stop their oil sale to EU and US, Iran is about EU, from Sweden to Greece, unemployed and a economy that is in shamble, Iran is about EU car factories and other products where Iran is the market, now, if AIPAC is sounding their war drums, or the democrats or the republicans for that matter, these people have no idea what they are talking about, they are loud mouth because they cannot understand the facts, because they refuse to see defeat, because they chose politics to serve their personal interests, now, if their interests is Israel or their own pocket is yet another matter where forces of antiwar are obligated to uncover their cover.
Wait…"politically controversial" – WTF? Someone needs to re-inform the Pentagon Official who made that statement that they have no business being concerned with what is "politically controversial" or not. They go where they are told by the CIC and do what they are told by the CIC, politics is nowhere in the calculation. Unless this Pentagon Official is saying that they are no longer taking direction from the civilian at the WH. – in which case there are bigger issues for Americans.
Why would it change the Pentagon's Iran-centric military posture?? Who else there can pose even the vaguest threat to Israel they can turn their guns on? THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. Saddam and Qaddafi are dead, Syria is in turmoil – who is there left for Pentagon Inc to aggressively confront? Aunt Izzie got a lot done since 9/11pointing her finger and exaggerating the threats to her very soul from various regional actors.
The amount of time and money spent on Aunt Izzie and her tiny slice of land is getting tiresome to hear about from our politicians and media. Enough already.
Why would it change the Pentagon's Iran-centric military posture?? Who else there can pose even the vaguest threat to Israel they can turn their guns on? THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. Saddam and Qaddafi are dead, Syria is in turmoil, KSA and the other Gulf monarchies are good puppies usually – who is there left for Pentagon Inc to aggressively confront? Aunt Izzie got a lot done since 9/11pointing her finger and exaggerating the threats to her very soul from various regional actors, giving the Pentagon plenty to do after a brief lull figuring out her usefulness and ways to keep the taxpayer gravy train going full-speed to Tel Aviv once the Cold War was over. (Izzie re-branding went from a bulwark against Communism to a bulwark against Terrorism, when it seems she is just a bulwark against Freedom – for the non jew.)
The amount of time and money spent on Aunt Izzie and her tiny slice of land is getting tiresome to hear about from our politicians and media. Enough already. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that I was living in a colony of Israel, the way this "Mother" land is constantly talked about and fretted over.