Upcoming Trump attack on Iran likely to kill thousands of Americans and Israelis

 Upcoming Trump attack on Iran likely to kill thousands of Americans and Israelis

 

In word and deed President Trump appears on the cusp of attacking Iran to decapitate its regime and destabilize the entire country of 93 million.

 

Trump threatens war and moves massive military might into the region near Iran. Trump did the same thing to Venezuela last September. On January 3, he pulled the trigger, attacking Venezuela, killing a hundred Venezuelans and kidnapping its president to stand trial in the US.  

 

The criminal Venezuelan campaign would be small potatoes should Trump pull the trigger to utterly destroy the Iranian regime, consigning Iran to failed state status.

 

The US and Israel tried and failed to do that during the June Twelve Day War. Trump suckered Iran into complacency by scheduling negotiations, allowing Israel to launch a sneak attack June 13. Tho suffering massive destruction, Iran struck back, firing over 1,500 missiles and drones into Israel. It caused enough damage and chaos that Israel begged Trump to negotiate a ceasefire.

 

Israel and the US tried again last December by using provocateurs to support domestic Iranian government protests. Trump threatened military intervention based on protecting the protesters from death. But when Iran crushed the protests Trump backed down once again.

 

This time it appears Trump may go for broke with all out war. Big mistake. Iran understands, ‘Fool me once shame on Iran.’ This time they’re ready with tens of thousands of missiles and drones widely dispersed and impossible to neutralize.

 

Iran realizes America and Israel’s existential threat to Iran cannot be negotiated away. Any attack will likely inflict thousands of casualties in Israel and to US forces in the region. The US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln may end up in Davy Jones Locker. Iran could shut down the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices into the stratosphere and US economy into the dumpster.

 

War with Iran has nothing to do with America’s national security interests. It has to do with Israel’s determination to destroy its last hegemonic rival in the Middle East. For America, it has to do with acquiescing in whatever madness Israel demands of both parties under near total control by the Israeli government and its American lobby.

 

Even in his degraded mental state, Trump may comprehend the catastrophe he’s contemplating unleashing and stand down. But it’s tough to pull back when you rattle sabers and put an armada on your imagined enemy’s doorstep.

 

While spending a trillion dollars on war this year, Trump might set aside a few bucks for body bags. He may need thousands of them.

 

No wonder the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 87 seconds to Midnight, the closest to world annihilation in its 79 years. In Trump’s America the Clock only moves forward, never backward.  

Walt Zlotow  West Suburban Peace Coalition  Glen Ellyn IL