As a former American soldier, what do you think of the reasons behind this war? Many of your colleagues believe that the US government has been completely compromised by Israel for many years now. Do you think that’s true, or is it simply a matter of shared interests?
Many, if not most, on this forum know from long ago that I do not like Trump. But to me, the idea that Trump is being 'played' by Netanyahu is just -- unbelievable. I do not know Trump personally, never even met him, but most likely I have more anti-Trump books than anyone on this forum have read in my home library. The common theme in all those anti-Trump books is that Stump is his own man. Clump trust no one but his gut instincts and lesser his family. So far, politically speaking, Dump is better than average and that is what driving the Democrats nuts.
Now, regarding the war...
My suspicion is that is Iraq is the primary lesson for Bump and his advisors. Am not talking WMDs even though it is clearer than Iraq that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons state status. Am talking about the 'imminent threat' status.
The question is: Can you afford a potential threat to become imminent?
A 'potential' threat remains potential as long as they are somehow incapable of getting out of that state, and as long as they remains potential, you can afford to keep just monitoring them. But once they approaches imminent state, now you must allocate greater political and military resources towards defending yourself.
We all know the old saying supposedly from Clausewitz: War is the continuation of politics by other means.
Actually, the original is: War is the continuation of
POLICY by other means.
It is not pedantic.
Policy is an idea or what you want to do. Or a one-way street.
Politics is when your idea conflicts with someone else's idea. Or a two-way street.
If politics is successful, then we have a compromise where no one gets everything but everyone got something. Politics is what we want.
It is possible to falsely believe what is policy by the other side. And this happens on a regular basis.
I believe that Trump and his advisors are convinced, falsely or else, that it is
POLICY of Iran to attack the US once Iran become a nuclear weapons state. I could be wrong, but whether I am wrong or right is 50/50. Just like anyone else's guess. Sure, the Israelis definitely have their inputs, but there are also plenty of Trump's inner and outer circles who are suspicious of Israel's motives. So, from this conviction, again false or else, Trump and his advisors decided the US cannot afford to have Iran reached that 'imminent threat' state. If I look at this strictly from a military perspective, the denial of 'imminent threat' state is a much more desirable approach.
but since we don’t live in Israel or Palestine they no better they are quick with their phones to record people after they are the ones who started racist remarks
