That the Trump Administration is hostile to Iran is hardly a secret, nor that they try to paint Iran in the worst light possible. Are their reports honest on even a basic level though? That’s increasingly in doubt after the State Department’s latest on Iran.
The State Department posted and then removed this report on Tuesday, sparking a lot of complaints within the administration, particularly from intelligence agencies, who saw serious problems with the report.
Concern, even within the administration, was that the State Department report attempted to politicize hostility toward Iran, and offered slanted assessments that were designed to justify US military action against Iran.
There was enough concern that the report went up Tuesday and was taken back down, though it was put back up on Wednesday and remained so. The State Department is defending the report as containing “all relevant information,” and declined comment on politicization.
These assurances would’ve been more meaningful, but intelligence agencies believe their own assessments were totally ignored, and there were no mentions of any such assessments within the State Department report.
Critics likened the report to the Bush Administration’s attempts to paint Iraq are badly as possible in the lead-up to the 2003 US invasion and occupation of Iraq.
I would not worry about Iran any more. Iran will not be attacked without serious consequences to our security and serious damage to our military, as well as standing in the world. I do not think even neocon zealotism is this stupid. They may not care about harm to anyone, but themselves. As they are pokung and probing attacking imaginary assets in Syria, they are getting nothing out of it.
Basically, there are no more allies ready to go on Iran. None. Nada. Saudis owe much to Russia and China to go against their core interests. And Iran is core hub in Belt-Road global investment and trade network. All Arab countries are on board. How long will US sit in Syria Iraqi border to block it? Of there major crosongs Us controls one, Kurds another, and Syria-Iraq one. It will take time, but as there are no more underwriters for Islamic cults — US and UK cannot sustain the crisis mode.
We can relax, there will be no war in Iran — the stakes are too high even for neocon gamblers using our money. But they will try to squeeze as much money out of the bankrupt state.
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I’m certainly not worrying about Iran, Bianca; Iran’s a peaceful country that hasn’t attacked its neighbors in over 400 years. It won’t be attacked without very serious consequences to our security and serious damage to our military, as well as our standing in the world. I, too, don’t think even Trotskyist zealotism is that stupid.
I agree. Basically, there are no more allies ready to go on Iran. None. Nada. Saudis owe as much to Russia and China to go against their core interests .. And Iran is core hub in Belt-Road investment and trade network. All Arab countries are on board. So, the question is, how long will the US sit in Syria/Iraqi border to block it? Of their major crossings US controls one, the Kurds another, and Syria/Iraq one. It’ll take time, but as there are no more underwriters for Islamic cults, US/UK cannot sustain the crisis mode.
Therefore, we can all relax; there’ll be no war in Iran .. the stakes are too high, even for Trotskyist gamblers (thieves) using our money. However, they’ll try to squeeze as much money out of the bankrupt state.
Apparently, it took photos of dead ducks and sick kids to prove to Trump that the Russians were responsible for the “poisoning” in UK. So Haspel shouldn’t have much problem showing photos of dead camels and blaming it on Iran.