In comments on the recent escalation in Iraq, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper once again followed the administration’s strategy of making everything about Iran. Esper declared that “the game has changed,” following that up with the least-changed proclamation possible, threatening a US preemptive attack on Iran.
Esper conditioned the US attack on getting “word of attacks or some type indication” by Iran, by which he means Iraqi militias. He also said during his comments that the US already has “some indications out there that they may be planning additional attacks.”
Esper also tried to blame the protests at the US Embassy in Baghdad on Iran, saying that “Iranian-backed Shia militia members showed up wearing their uniforms.” The protests were a response to the US attacking Iraqi militia sites, so indeed many of the protesters were from that same militia.
Positioning the militia that they attacked as “Iranian-backed,” then blaming Iran for the protests by the people they attacked, then threatening to attack Iran if they think the militia is going to retaliate for being attacked. Since that militia already threatened retaliation days ago, that’s a set plan for the US to sucker itself into a war with Iran.
And while President Trump continues to say he doesn’t want or envision a war with Iran, his administration continues to suggest that a war is all but a foregone conclusion. Even if the US stops short of attacking Iran, they’re liable to attack any number of targets that they pretend are Iran for the sake of talking points.
Iran’s actually government has denied anything to do with the embassy protests or the militia’s talk of retaliation. They were, however, deeply critical of the US attack on the bases in Iraq and Syria.
The Nazis claimed Poland was a huge threat to Germany and that’s why the Nazis attacked, first having staged a false flag incident. Uncle Sam is looking for a pretext for war with Iran and is crafting one to fit the ZioAmerican narrative. The Iranian threat to the USA is just a bogus as the Polish threat to the Germans.
Do you really have to refer all the way back to Nazi Germany for a false flag? America has had a couple of dozen since then.
Sadly the majority of Americans and their stooges do not think the US has staged false flag attacks.
It’s important to continuously make clear that we are no better than the Nazis we constantly demonize. In some regards, we are even worse.
Starting to look like it was a bad idea adopting all those Nazi’s into our intelligence aparatii, Who knew?
It was a great idea. They shared their knowledge. They didn’t take over.
Lies, Torture, Civilian disease testing, mass murder, merger of government and business. They didn’t take over, they simply won like the chinese won against all their occupiers, by subverting the culture.
Not that they didn’t adopt much of their tactics from our own pre fascists.
Germany and Poland were going at it over Danzig. it takes two to Tango.
It seems to make no difference. Media is talking on behalf of American people, and people are just resigned. What difference will it make to an average person? Will the war change anything. People do not notice how their economic health has worsened, and that there are extra fees, higher prices everywhere. But it has not sunk in —not yet. And this is the dynamic the warmongers are counted on.
They are chomping at the bits. Looking to destabilize Iraq, Saudi Arabia, whoever. Hoping somebody starts something, having military strategy for each such exciting opportunity.
The depressing thought that lingers is the sheer arrogance and puffery, lack of adults in the room, egging each other on. Not at all aware nor caring for the consequences.
It was all a stroll in the park. Weak and chaotic Afghanistan, weak and exhausted Iraq. Our man in Riyadh was cranking up Islamic Salafi militant cults of all types. The height of the illusion saw Sunni caliphate carved out from Iraq and Syria, Kurdistan from Iraq, Syria and Turkey. And defeated and dispossessed Shia and Christian communities — the incorrigible ones in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.
As the sugar plums danced in their heads — dreams fell apart when everything looked within reach. Libya was the cherry on the top, as the Hubris started feeling the chilling breath of Nemesis.
And today, there is a false sense of bravado, politicians in uniforms making plans, hoping they will not make the call and be fingered for any failure.
Naval drills in the Gulf of Oman, as modest as they were — involved Russia, China and Iran.
Message delivered. But not understood.
Preemptive… like Pearl Harbor.
Mark, be sure to get that declaration of war before you try anything. Tell Donald about the Constitution while you’re at it.
Or is this a case of Iran’s eye striking our fist, establishing that self defense dealy?
the Political and Economic Elites in the US have gone trigger happy insane.
Iran is going to carefully choose its targets over the next few weeks/months and some of them are going to be high level american officials, according to Elijah M. – in revenge for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani
https://twitter.com/ejmalra
And they’ll be perfectly justified.
Unfortunately, you’re right. Elites in the US have certainly gone trigger-happy insane – if not actually suicidal.
I agree .. Iran’s going to carefully choose its targets over the next few weeks//months and some of them will be high level US officials, according to Elijah M. – in revenge for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani – And they’ll be perfectly justified for doing it.
Isn’t preemptive war flat out illegal? Are the Brits going to line up for this one?
Are the Chinese going to loan us the $$ to take out their oil supplies?
Yes, pre-emptive war IS flat-out illegal, John .. The Brits aren’t going to risk their troops’ lives by lining up for this insanity.
I bet BJ will line up with Trump in a further embarrassment for what was once a great nation
If it is a “game change” allowing acts of war against the principals, then Iran has a much better case than the US for going against the power the US has been a proxy for, since 1990 or so: Israel.