Things just escalated between the U.S. and our old pals Iran. Secretary of State Pompeo stated that there is overwhelming proof that Iran is behind the recent tanker attacks. Iran of course denies it was them and the footage is grainy but I can't say either way as I am not a professional when it comes to stuff like this. In turn, President Trump rejected Iran's denials and accusation of claims on economic terrorism by the U.S. The owner of the Japanese ship contradicts the U.S. stance and our European allies are skeptical of of both the U.S. and Iran. So who knows.
The U.S./Iran relationship has been a biot rocky since 1953 but we don't need to go back that far (another time perhaps as it's a doozy). We only need to back to May of 2018 when President Trump decided to pull the U.S. out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action despite Iran's compliance and against what the American people and our allies wanted. Why? Well racism is the answer. The JCPOA was a President Obama initiative and since President Obama is black, Republicans and Trump hated it. Was it the best possible deal? Probably not but it was a deal that kept Iran's nuclear ambitions in check. Trump and a lot of other racist Republicans have been trying to erase President Obama from history. Republicans didn't try to eliminate President Clinton from history despite their hatred for him but a black man? Well to them, he's got to be erased. Also, Trump has boasted that he could have gotten a better deal but has not bothered to try and make good on it.
Make no mistake, Trump and the Iran hawks are goading Iran into a war. As I mentioned earlier, Iran was compliant with the JCPOA. But to Trump and the hawks, it didn't matter. Trump doesn't like forever wars but he has said that the U.S. should taken Iraq's oil, so why not Iran's.
Trump also mentioned that in a war with Iran, he doesn't need an exit strategy.
Anyway, things have been heating even more up even more since Iran shot down a U.S. drone and Trump has enacted new sanctions on Iran. Trump should be commended for not responding with military action to the drone situation but he put the U.S. into this situation in the first place. U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton has been calling for an Iranian regime change for years. Bolton and Secretary of State Pompeo want war with Iran and they want it bad. Iran is a bad actor in the Middle East and they are a threat to Israel. If things go bad, it's on Trump, Bolton and Pompeo. Trump even went so far as to claim Iran has ties to Al-Qadea. Sounds familiar doesn't it?
No comments:
Post a Comment