Israel, Saudi Arabia and Trump aides want confrontation with Iran

[Just AnotherPerson]

I don't agree with this article. But am just posting it. I do not believe that Trump is some puppet. I think he knows exactly what he is doing and had it planned long before he was president. I predicted that these things were coming long before they came just by putting the pieces together, just basic everyday logic. Anyone who spent some time doing an in-depth search could have come to the same conclusions. The news is giving Trump a pass on the real issues just like they always do.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump campaigned on promises to extract the United States from wars in the Middle East. But his national security adviser, Republicans in Congress and trusted allies in Israel and Saudi Arabia are pushing for a confrontation with Iran (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ship-sabotage-mystery-raises-fears-accidental-conflict-iran-n1004876).

The rationale for taking an aggressive stance with Tehran (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-disputes-report-plan-send-120-00-troops-middle-east-n1005481) may differ, but leaders in Tel Aviv, Riyadh and hawks in Washington (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/top-trump-admin-intel-military-advisers-held-meeting-cia-iran-n1003736) share a common view that diplomacy with Iran is mostly futile and that the regime will only respond to massive economic pressure and, if necessary, military force.


"The behavior and objectives of the regime are not going to change," John Bolton, now Trump's national security adviser, said at a convention organized by an Iranian opposition group in 2017. "Therefore the only solution is to change the regime itself."



It's unclear whether Trump will heed Bolton's advice, as well as the counsel of leaders in Israel and Saudi Arabia, and push Iran to the brink, or pull back and pursue the "art of the deal." Trump engaged in a provocative war of words with North Korea in his first months in office before opting to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un twice in a bid to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.

[FindersKeepers]

The reason Iran is in the doghouse now is because they're suspected to be behind the latest round of rockets fired into Israel.

It's a sad situation, but as long as our staunchest ally sits in the middle of a hotbed of enemies, we're going to (at least) be trading barbs. I think it's mostly showboating, though. Just telling them to watch their step.

As a child, I had an Iranian friend who was very carefree and fun to be around. Unfortunately, she got caught up -- as did all Iranian -- females after the revolution and forced to exist under layers of fabric. It's a travesty and I have no respect for the terrorist men who did that to her and to other girls and women. I would love to see regime change once again in Iran, for Foojan, and for all Iranian women who have to submit to the extremist whims of the religious nuts. But, I don't hope for war. And, I don't think we'll see it. We're just reacting to Iran's trouble making in Gaza. Keep in mind, Hillary came right out and said we could "annihilate" Iran. Had she won, we probably would already be at war.

[Peter1469]

I don't see Trump using the military against Iran except in some sort of reprisal after a verified Iranian attack on the US or its interests. I mean like the Syria attack. 60 cruise missiles, something very limited.

The "media" is making up the story that Trump would start a general war with Iran. One "media" source said Trump was planning on sending 120,000 troops to the Middle East for a possible invasion. That is made up out of whole cloth.