The first US official to declare Iran to blame for Saturday’s drone
attacks in Saudi Arabia, at a time when others were looking for
evidence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is continuing to try to advance
this into his always hawkish position toward Iran.
Preparing to head to Saudi Arabia to meet with officials, Pompeo is now declaring what happened “an act of war,” and is now looking to use that bellicosity cobble together a coalition against Iran.
Pompeo is meant to meet with the Saudi Crown Prince to try to talk up coordinated US-Saudi actions
against Iran. It’s not clear he’s going to be able to do much, however,
as President Trump has already as much as said that he doesn’t intend
to escalate this into a war.
Pompeo has been trying to escalate tensions between the US and Iran for
months now, and this is just a continuation of that. While much was
initially made of the drone strikes, there is a lack of interest in
turning this into a war, and Pompeo will likely have to continue with
such rhetoric.
To hell with Pom-pee-o. If he wants to die for a bunch of low IQ Saudi head-choppers, let him slip his XXXL tuchys back into his battle gear and go. Between the Saudis and the Iranians, the Iranians are the lesser of two evils by a country mile.
Dr. Rieux, I second the motion. If Pompous Pompeo wants to die for a bunch of low IQ Saudis, just let him slip his XXXL tuchys back into his battle gear and go.
Between the Saudis and the Iranians, the Iranians are the most peaceful ones, not having attacked their neighbors in nearly 500 years .. Can the Saudis and/or the US truthfully say they haven’t, either? Of course not.
Time to dump the fat assed warmonger .
Did they also discuss the latest UN rapport, accusing the US/UK/France and the Saudi of warcrimes in Yemen.
Of course not. The US just murdered 30 pine nut farmers in Afghanistan with a drone. Isn’t that a war crime Mr Pompeo? Or will you blame Iran for another one of your many acts of war.
And the MSM who are owned by the war corporations are complicit in the crimes. 24/7 they hide the truth and spent all their time on fake news.
Of course, it’s an act war, but is it an act of the existing war in Yemen or the new war Pompeo wants to wage in Iran? Enquiring investors in Raytheon want to know.
“It’s not clear he’s going to be able to do much, however,
as President Trump has already as much as said that he doesn’t intend
to escalate this into a war.”
“as much as said”…
Do you read what you write, Jason? Are you so enamored with Trump that you take seriously whatever his latest tweet says?
It’s embarrassing.
Trump has not said any such thing. He just mocked Graham and said he has “many options” – which is meaningless because he really doesn’t.
What happens when the Houthis hit Saudi Arabia again? How many times can the US Secretary of State – and virtually every other significant member of Trump’s administration – declare such actions “acts of war” before even Trump has to respond with something more than more lame sanctions?
Jason, you seriously need to consider the term “cognitive dissonance” as applying to you. It’s a treatable condition. You just have to assume Trump is always lying. Works wonders.
Okay, so let’s assume the drone attack on Saudi Arabia was indeed an act of war, and let’s further assume it was indeed Iran who launched the attack. No US assets were targeted, and as far as I’m aware no US military personnel or civilians were killed or injured in the attacks. That makes this an issue between Iran and Saudi Arabia ONLY. If the Saudis want to retaliate against Iran, they are certainly within their rights to do so. And so it goes. We can borrow a lesson from the Israelis on this, and call the Iranian attack a ‘price tag’ attack on the Saudis for their cooperation with the US which is causing them so much trouble. As long as the Saudis are drinking buddies with the US, they may expect further such attacks. The same may apply to every other Arab nation in the region if Iran chooses to flex its strength and remind everyone Tehran is still a player in the Great Game. The point being, it’s a regional conflict brewing and not one the US needs or should even want any part of. If Riyadh and Tehran want to put on the gloves and step in the ring, that’s their business- we can deal with whoever is left standing.