TRUMP NARRATIVE DOES NOT MATCH ACTIONS
HARD TO PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 5 MONTHS
Watching news and other media out of Israel it seems Israel is not ready for anything short of the destruction of Iran. It also seems they are convinced Trump will restart the war after the midterms. While Trump could be signaling that intention and also often threatening that action it may be unlikely that will happen. We can assume Trump will not restart a war with Iran unless there is plan to actually accomplish some real goals. It is unlikely he will do a redo on Netanyahu and Mossad's assumptions.
That and who knows what will be the outcome of those elections and who knows what other crisis is on the horizon, there are many possibilities. There are multiple crisis brewing, and even with keeping the control of congress, another war will become hard to sell. I am beginning to believe that this was the only attempt on Iran we will see in Trump's presidency. The supporters of war with Iran may have to groom the president for war with Iran.
What Trump has been trying to do is weaken Iran economically to the point of irrelevance. First, their military defenses needed to be neutered. Both of those objectives have been achieved.
ReplyDeleteCertainly, we should respond forcefully whenever Iran attacks our assets first. I’d like to believe from this point forward the burden of containing Iran’s out-of-control military is now the full responsibility of other Persian Gulf nations, all of which have their own fighting abilities in place.
We need to walk away from that entire mess as America can easily live without Iran. We should remain willing to support Israel, however, with weapon sales and technical assistance.