All the reports of some in the Trump Administration pushing for attacks on “Iranian proxies” in Iraq seem to be coming to a head, with President Trump claiming Wednesday that Iran is “planning a sneak attack” in Iraq, and threatening to make them pay a “very heavy price.“
This is, of course, exactly the sort of thing the US would claim if they are going forward with plans to attack the Iraqi militias (or even Iran itself), as they could claim to be preempting what Iran is planning. The planned attacks in Iraq are advocated by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and opposed by US generals in Iraq, who believe it would provoke a bigger war and require more troops than the US has in the country.
Since the US is constantly needling those militias, and presenting them as Iranians, it is only a matter of time before another one fires a few rockets which the administration can present as an Iranian “sneak attack” and then escalate it into a war. This already almost happened once this year, and officials seem to never really dial back the rhetoric so much as temporarily step away from the war to revisit it a few months later.
President Trump was previously said to be averse to attacking Iran during the coronavirus outbreak because it would harm public opinion. The US was also talking this week of easing sanctions on Iran for the sake of combating the pandemic. This would make zero sense as a time for Iran to attack, but convincing Trump such an attack is coming would be a way to sell him on the plans to attack the militias.
What’s so scary about 9/11 is the real perpetrators got away with such a large scale multi layered operation. Imagine what a confidence booster that was. The USS Liberty was small potatoes. Are they looking at the current political climate and thinking now is the time to stage some “terrorist” attack on the US and get us to forget our worrries and rally around the flag with a war against Iran?
Trump’s lust for warfare changes on a whim like a twelve year old with a boner. All Pompeo has to do is keep whispering sweet war crimes in his ear and eventually he’ll be horny enough to pounce. This is what happens when you put a syphilitic man-child in the White House.
It’s not just Trump, all of the government in Washington can’t wait for those MIC and Zionist campaign funds coming in after making the world safe for corporate profits and Zionist expansion.
There’s a palpable difference between actual leadership and play-acting.
All politics and Washington is an act and political theater while the real powers do their dirty work in secret behind the backs of Americans.
Classic. Funny and sad.
I do what I can. They got my queer ass banned from Facebook for the next month, so I’m swinging wild.
War against Iran and Venezuela, Martial Law, rigged election.
The war with Iran is going to happen sooner or later because that’s been the agenda for decades. All the other countries in the 7 countries in 5 years have already been destroyed. But, Iran won’t be a walk in the park like the others were. That’s why coronavirus is so convenient.
You and PP7 do not seem to have noticed the huge difference between today and even a few years ago.
See the video by the UN Sec Gen and reflect.
Despite what we know already, this seems almost unbelievable, as Iran struggles with COVID-19 an the USA is in a disastrous situation of steeply rising numbers affected while Trump seems oblivious once more. The WHO, the UN SecGen, anyone sane wants wars and sanctions to be abandoned while the world fights this virus, but the USA continues wanton violence-for what????
Israel has been pushing for war with Iran for decades. Recently, we came close because the mentally deranged President of our country, who takes his marching orders from Tel Aviv (through AIPAC), together with the delusional, war-mongering idiot, Pompeo, almost got away with it. Thankfully, the Pentagon showed up with enough spine to talk both Trump and Pompeo, out of this criminal initiative. This has to stop right now and the 25th Amendment should be invoked to clean up the mess and total chaos in Washington. The fact that our country continues to impose sanctions on Iran during the lethal corona crisis, underlines that we are seriously out of step with the rest of the world.
They will need the 25th for his replacement and his replacement’s replacement.
30 members of Congress are calling for lifting U.S. sanctions as Iran reels from Corona virus.
In a letter sent on Tuesday to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, over 30 members of Congress — including Senators Bernie Sanders and Edward J. Markey as well as Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar — urged the Trump administration to step in with humanitarian aid rather than worsening the situation in Iran.
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-ocasio-cortez-omar-lead-lawmakers-in-calling-for-lifting-us-sanctions-as-iran-reels-from-coronavirus
Mike Pompeo ( we cheat, we lie, we steal ) makes up a fake threat to quell the request.
Even the generals in Iraq are not happy with Pompeo`s war games.
“War is the health of the State.” The nation is sick right now with coronavirus. What better way to goose the economy than to get another Middle East War going? WW II is credited with getting the U.S. out of the Great Depression. Looks like Trump is a student of history after all.
The state of US health must be very low and chronically, since the US has been at war most of it`s history.
Yes. The U.S. economy is built on a house of cards.
It’s long time that DJT simply dumps Fat-face Pompass and replaces him with a real true diplomat as SecState, Jim. The President himself doesn’t want any war with Iran, but Fat-face and Zionist Israel do. They’re outright lunatics who don’t give a hoot about anyone but themselves. What they fail to realize is that Iran has 2 powerful allies – China and Russia – who’d join in on the conflict, on Iran’s side, and the US fleet in the area would be devastated, with very significant casualties. In essence, it would bring about the end of the US Empire,
WWIII will start out small with some naval battles and jets duelling, but the side that starts losing will fire off the ICBMs with H bombs, and that will be the end game.
Pompeo = Dr. Strangelove.
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Upon information and belief, Iran or its proxies are planning a sneak attack on U.S. troops and/or assets in Iraq. If this happens, Iran will pay a very heavy price, indeed!
Are you sure?
Sure about what? That’s Trump’s tweet.
You know what the president wants ? He wants what he signs, like the ongoing attacks and sanctions. If you believe he doesn’t want what he signs, he needs to go even more.
What makes you think Sunkist does not want war with Eye-ran?
Spot on. What we see is a decidedly more vicious thug of war between the cautious and realistic part of establishment and the Trotskyite “damn the torpedoes” shrill and panicked crowd.
The crisis brought on by a range of factors created perfect storm — financially dependent economy already under stress, now buffeted by strong winds of economy on oxygen, broken supply chains, liquidity crisis in Treasuries, Mortgage Backed Securities, State and Municipal bonds, import dependency, unemployment, body bags rolling out in Wall Street neighborhoods.
In fact, the focus of politicians today is much more on the financial survival
— then the capitulation to Coronavirus with predicted hundreds of thousands of body bags.
War is a MIGHTY temptation. I am pretty convinced that we are not seeing energy war between Russia and Saudi Arabia — but more of a realism in the face of depression that is sure to come. The realism that only some regions will experience industrial growth, while others may remain in doldrums for years to come. In Europe only Germany will emerge economically earlier. Asia may emerge stronger, and some parts of Africa and Latin America — may experience growth. This is why Saudi Arabia is prepositioning oil in oil storage in Egypt and many Asian destinations — especially China. Russia has nothing to worry about — with pipelines it has its markets covered, from Europe, to China and Japan. And has own storage for reserves.
Will the war be decided on by inertia? The compromise of aggressive and weary? Would this result in escalation nobody wanted?
Iran cannot be taken. For Russia and China this is a red line. All forward projection assets US has around the globe are in danger. Nobody should assume that Russia and China would go into it half-cocked. This can escalate in a flash, and all the financial shenanigans — puff up in smoke with the rest.
The ugly sign of times is the record sales of guns in US these days.
If Trump has any business instincts left — he would stop this war in its tracks. Financial system can implode, people in thousands die in epidemic. But at least we may prevent war misery on our own soil.
Wish it were just Trump. A whole lots of cool calculated heads are weighing the war option.
And today, they have reasons to want war. Bringing up hardship on American people would be easier if the epidemic is jazzed up with a war.
And on the bright side — if war can result in gaining access to Iran’s oil reserves, that would change global calculus in energy. Access to Caspian Sea would cripple Central Asian region and massive gas reserves of Turkmenistan would be unlocked and pried away from China. The temptation is great.
But things can go wrong. The question is just HOW much wrong. BECAUSE, A LITTLE WRONG MAY BE GOOD. Let us just look at the day the world had a run on dollars by selling off US Treasuries. That day, it was not the FED, but NY FED that pushed 1.5 TRILLION dollars into the treasuries market to provide liquidity. But the monkey business does not end there. Banks, like Bank of Japan, were buyers of panicked sellers, but the money was borrowed from US. Now they are proud owners of US debt acquired by becoming indebted themselves. In short I cannot see Japan buying more US debt. And why would NY FED alone make that decision? Did other Feds refuse?
Back to the risk-gain analysis. Gain — getting hands on real oil and gas, cover up debts from expensive — yet to really account for cost fracking. And prove the world that we could do it alone. Risk — does not go to plan. A little damage m, not bad. Financial crisis, wrapped up into coronavirus, wrapped up into messy no win war. Acceptable. Find political scapegoat, move on by cutting retirements, salaries, etc.
But a big loss may not be acceptable. Something to the tune of loss to forward placement fleets.
This is why stupid Iran saga is constantly coming up. The BIG reward vs a messy outcome — to be managed over time. The little risk worth taking.
Trump is trying to butter up Russia, suddenly nicety nice. I can tell him what he needs to know without charging him a penny — in the mood Russia and China are , there is no wiggle room. I hope his instincts are telling him — stay put.
But bankers know trouble is coming, US mismanaged Coronavirus by completely failed containment.
What to do but accept the spread with awful human toll. I can see why bankers want a war. An itsy bitsy one.
The only trouble is — soldiers and sailors are falling ill. I am sure somebody is already solving this problem by a spreadsheet.
What exactly is a “Sneak Attack” since when were attacks announced in advance.
Well the Iranians did announce ahead of time the missile attack on the Iraqi base.
Righto! Iranian intercontinental ballistic missiles are on the way. LOL!
Silver Lining – Biggest Terror State in the World (US) is severely hampered by Covid 19.
A strange route to very temporary World Peace.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence about a potential Iran-backed attack against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq suggest that it would likely be a deniable attack, as opposed to the kind overt missile strike that Tehran carried out in January, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday.
In other words, if we can’t prove Iran did the attacks, we will retaliate anyways.
A Russian military aircraft, carrying medical aid needed to fight the COVID-19 outbreak, has landed in the worst coronavirus-affected US city, New York. The plane, that took off for its some 8,000-kilometer trek early overnight. The cargo contains personal protective and medical equipment supplies.
https://southfront.org/in-video-russian-humanitarian-aid-arrives-in-new-york-city/
While evil Russia is delivering aid to the US, the US delivers threats, war, sanctions and misery to others.
“Since the US is constantly needling those militias”
Repeated heavy bombing with large bombs that kill dozen of men is a lot more than “needling.” Certainly the US would say so if it got the same thing back at it.
Pot calling the kettle black again. At some point the rest of the world will finally crack down on the greatest terrorist organization on earth (the US government), and we will all likely be caught in the blast zone.
It’s so secret, even the Iranians dont know about it……
Trump is a genuine nut case. The USA is a cesspit, we used to think it was the good guy. It never was.