The Pentagon has issued a statement on Monday announcing that they intend to send “approximately 1,000 additional troops” to the Middle East. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan made it clear this was all about Iran.
“The recent Iranian attacks validate the reliable, credible intelligence
we have received on hostile behavior by Iranian forces,” Shanahan said,
claiming that the US believes Iran threatens US personnel and interests
across the region.
Despite presenting it as a response to last week’s tanker attacks, which
the US is blaming on Iran, the deployments are really just a
continuation of the US escalation into the Middle East over the last two
months.
These escalations have been done from the start with claims that Iran
was posing threats to US interests, and that the US might end up in a
war against Iran. Shanahan added, as usual, that the US “does not seek
conflict with Iran.”
Iran has denied anything to do with the tanker attacks, and has also
rejected the idea that they pose a military threat to anyone in the
region. The US buildup is likely to continue either way, however.
Irans answer.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stated as quoted by Reuters that the Islamic Republic will not wage a war against any nation.
https://www.reuters.com/article/iran-nuclear-usa/iran-will-not-wage-war-against-any-nation-iranian-president-idUSS8N1W6018
You’re right, Jim. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani – as stated by Reuters – that the Islamic Republic won’t wage war against any nation. As you see, Iran’s a peaceful nation that hasn’t attacked its neighbors in nearly 500 years.
In addition, the Islamic Republic isn’t developing, producing, or procuring nuclear weapons since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini had issued a Fatwa (religious decree in Islam) against such acts. The same decree had been issued by the late Ayatollah Mohammad Khomeini shortly after assuming the Supreme Leader position. Both Fatwas banning nuclear weapons also had a clause condemning Nuclear Scientists to death who violated the decrees.
Exactly.
MSM is all lies and propaganda.
How many troops have you sent to our border, Mr. Trump? Silly question, I know, as you’d just employ them to wipe the noses of the invaders. And as a taxi service for them. I didn’t realize I was voting for such a pathetic man. Coulter 2020.
He’s sent thousands of troops to the border, in a complete absence of invasion and in open violation of Posse Comitatus.
But you clearly don’t let trivial inconveniences like facts affect your opinion.
You are absolutely correct. But do not we send military forces into emergency situations? If the hundreds of thousands migrants on the move is not an emergency, then neither is flood. Who cares about lives, shelter, health care of communities inundated by floods. Floods of migrants as well. This is not immigration, call it what you want.
The coalition of forces hell bent on letting millions undocumented immigrants in, have their academia wing, media wing and political wing, is telling us the following. We will shove down your throats any number of migrants, like it or not. We will bludgeon you into submission, and we will win. This message of taunting is everywhere — victorious and vitriolic.
Trump is what every other president was — a puppet. In his case it is painfully obvious.
This tells us all we need to know who is winning. Starting with all media ownership and its massive underpinnings — “commercial” corporate interests that are nearly 100% funded by state. The entire military-industrial segment, 100% state funded, the entire space “commercial” corporations, 100%! state funded, the entire security- related “commercial” corporate sector, the empire of global “NGO”, global “humanitarian” empire, “human rights” empire, regime change bureaucracy, global media influence peddlers, global outreach to exert influence over associations of professionals — ALL taxpayers money. Or “private” money acquired by tax refunds. Lets go on. Global helpers of “insurgents”, “freedom fighters”, “moderate” head choppers — all funded by the generosity of taxpayers. None of these corporations would exist without the system giving them our money. And the financial machine is keeping all these wheels greased. We have by far more state-funds dependent corporations then China.
But this political coalition of forces is overreaching in their zealotry. Both domestically and in foreign policy. Hope we do not pay for their folly.
“If the hundreds of thousands migrants on the move is not an emergency, then neither is flood.”
Tell that to the million and a half people who migrate into Manhattan each morning and back out again each evening.
People moving across lines drawn on the ground is not inherently an “emergency.”
The problem, is that the US, by policy, creates refugees, then denys their existence as refugees.
how does putting the army on the border fall under posse comitatus?
It’s not where they are, it’s what they do. To the extent that they’re being used in domestic law enforcement, it violates Posse Comitatus. They’ve been finding weird ways to supposedly get around it for at least 30 years (as when they used me in counter-narcotics enforcement), but it is what it is. There’s no “invasion” for them to fight.
Support our troops! They fight for freedom & democracy. USA! USA!
As shown in this article, a recent breach of Washington’s intelligence community security that was discovered by Iran should be of far greater concern than Iran’s alleged moves toward nuclear weapons.
https://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2019/04/iran-and-cias-worst-nightmare.html
It appears that the American intelligence network has learned little from the disaster of September 2001.
The important point is to note that additional US troops can be used anywhere in the Middle East – in particular, against Hezbollah in Lebanon when Israel starts another war there. A few thousand here, a few thousand there – and next thing you know there are 10-20,000 troops available to assist thousands of Israeli troops in rooting out Hezbollah forces in Southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley.
And those B-52s Trump sent are just what Israel needs to destroy Hezbollah bunkers and missile caches.
Degrading Hezbollah’s ability to threaten Israel in an Iran war is a necessary precondition to an Iran war from Israel’s viewpoint.
its not even a rounding error in current troop deployments in the region.
they say they want peace but they are sending more troops for war