Forever War for Israel
Paul Craig Roberts
President Trump has lost focus, or perhaps I should say he has refocused away from US domestic issues and is focused on how to save his and Netanyahu’s political bacon by extracting them from the war he foolishly let Netanyahu drag America into.
Trump’s biggest problem seems to be Netanyahu’s unwillingness to let Trump out of the war. The fact that it is Netanyahu and not Trump and Vance who makes the decisions raises the question of American sovereignty.
There is no reason whatsoever for the US to be at war with Iran. Iran has done nothing to us, but the war is ruining us and Trump and the Republicans. Energy prices are rising and as the higher prices work through the economy all prices will follow. Markets are uncertain not knowing who or what to believe. First Trump wants to attack Iran for closing the Strait of Hormuz. Now Trump wants to close the Strait himself. Vice President Vance cannot negotiate with Iran without having to telephone Trump and Netanyahu to see what their decisions are. Recent local elections were a disaster for Republicans. By trying to restrict Iranian oil flows, Trump is causing the entire world problems and isolating the United States. The longer the war goes on, the higher the hurt will mount.
Our concern should be why does Netanyahu want the war to go on when both Israel and the US have run out of interceptor missiles and are sitting ducks for Iran. Is it Netanyahu’s plan to mire Trump in a war he cannot win while Iranian missiles destroy Israel, hoping that Trump’s frustration together with pressure from the Israel Lobby will cause Trump to nuke Iran? Nuking Iran is the only way such a large country can be moved out of the way of Greater Israel.
Netanyahu broke up the negotiations by bombing Lebanon, a violation of the terms on which Iran agreed to enter negotiations. Clearly, Netanyahu does not want peace. But the Israeli controlled American media and political system cannot say so. The Trump people will blame Iran, and the Democrats will blame Trump.
It seems we are stuck with a war, the cause of which cannot be acknowledged.