n a 204-2 vote, Iran’s parliament approved a bill Tuesday
that would add US Central Command (CENTCOM) to the government’s
terrorist blacklist. The bill calls on the Iranian government to “act
firmly” in response to US terrorist actions, and use all legal,
political, and diplomatic means necessary.
Since vote formalizes a move that the Iranian government announced last
week. The move is intended to be a direct response to the US government
added the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to the US list of foreign
terrorist organizations. Both announcement and final vote followed
similar US measures.
As with the US move, it isn’t clear how Iran’s bill will actually impact
anything, as the US and Iran are already on extremely poor terms, and
adding them to one another’s terrorist list is just an excuse for more
public lashing of one another in the court of public opinion.
Slapping the terror label on parts of another nation’s military was
virtually unheard of until these moves by the US and Iran. Since this is
uncharted waters, it is likely to have some unforeseen consequences,
complicating interactions with the nations’ mutual allies.
Should have done it sooner.
For their sake I hope they have 100% support of Russian backing them cause they are biting more than they can chew.
How so? Is Iran planning on attacking the US any time soon? If I were a betting man I’d wager quite a bit that the answer is a big fat, “NO”. What it DOES do, though, is give Iran some very powerful leverage should any of our covert operators be apprehended- I’m pretty sure they’re not going to judge very liberally on a terrorist sent by the US. Does Iran have a Gitmo of their own tucked away somewhere? Do you think they will hesitate for one second to use our patented ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ on our people? By slapping the terrorist label on the Iranian military you put an awful lot of people in danger.
Iran’s guards were classified as a terror group to circumvent declaration of war and stick with the current authorization in place to strike Iranian targets in Syria. U.S also left a bait in a form of 400 troops in Syria.
The idea is to strike them in Syria and have the 83 Beirut incident to reoccur. This, in turn, would open a path to attack Iran.
So, unless Iran is ready for all out war, which, despite their extended reach in the MiddleEast, they would not withstand an all out war with U.S. unless they have full support from Russia.
It is US that has more to lose. Lashing out out out of control, slapping sanctions around mindlesy — it is cutting off the branch upon which it sits. US was always out of control, snd in its history it spent precious few years out of war with someone, somewhere. But now it is throwing world’s trade, transport and communications into chaos. Actions have consequences. And Iran, just like Rusdia, stopped counting sanctions a while ago. From US perspective, thiis was just a stunt, means of keeoing Iran in headlines, and then closing in on allies or trade partners threatening with this ir that — if they talk to Iran. Iran’s military is in Iraq and Syria, as well as in Qatar. What is slready happening is the rapid diversification of trade, especially critical imports away from US and allies likely to enforce sanctions.
If our leaders still read rubbish such as Thriving on Chaos, they are decades out of date. It was OK to experiment with chaos in the era of plentitude, of unending money flows, economy stronger then allies and adversaries combined, The era is long gone. Now, we are one to lose if the world diversifies trade away from US or allues likely to enforce various convoluted sanctions. If Trump and the elite thjnk that they must get US allies under control fully, before US can put a squeeze on others — it is a theory all right. But the globe cannot be controlled, and we are falling behind. Yet, refuse to oractice good leadership and collaboration. It is slways win-lose. No seeking mutual interest in the world where supremacy is not possible. Bankruptcy is the realistic outcome.
I wish more countries would do this.