On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accused Israel of plotting attacks in Iraq against the US to provoke a military confrontation between Iran and the US.
“New intelligence from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans—putting an outgoing Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli,” Zarif wrote on Twitter. “Be careful of a trap, @realDonaldTrump. Any fireworks will backfire badly, particularly against your same BFFs,” he added.
Zarif’s tweet came on the eve of the anniversary of the US assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, which was marked on Sunday. In the weeks leading up to the anniversary, US officials have been warning of imminent Iranian attacks in Iraq. For their part, Iran has urged caution and warned its Iraqi allies not to provoke the US, hoping to avoid a war with the US before Trump leaves office.
An Israeli official dismissed Zarif’s comments. Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz called the claim “nonsense” in an interview on Sunday. While Israel may not be plotting to attack the US, the Israelis did choose to escalate tensions in the region, being the likely perpetrator of the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Iraqis have already said they want both Iran and the USA to leave them alone. Sounds like a darn good plan!
But they probably want Iran to be an ally, just not one like the US.
That’s right with allies like the USA who needs enemies!
It’s what the Israelis do …
Right, and rest assured it will by a slam dunk.
A valid piece of advice that should be taken seriously. It would not be the first time that Israel has attacked the US to draw us into a war with one of its enemies that is not an enemy of America. Remember the USS Liberty.
Zarif must be reading the comment section at Anti-war.com.
President Trump is not going to start any Wars. He hasn’t started one yet despite other False Flags and he won’t start one now.
I hope not. But if one American is killed who is going to get blamed? And that is the line Trump has drawn. There will be retaliation before investigation.
The best way to stop something bad from happening is for someone important to predict it.
One has to applaud the USA public going without health care, roads bridges etc etc so that Israelis can have the very best. Israel now growing how well their vaccinations going have to say thankyou to the Evangelical “humanitarians” by denying the Palestinians the vaccine.