With a rambling President caught between his own history of avoidance of military service indicating he may genuinely not be a fan of putting soldiers on the ground in enemy territory for any length of time; the self serving urgings of Israel and (apparently) Saudi Arabia to "finish the job" in Iran (so to speak); other Middle Eastern countries who have shovelled him money and gifts panicking about economic and social ruin if it doesn't end soon (because of the very real threat of strikes on their oil and water infrastructure if it escalates); a slew of Christofascist idiots in the White House and social media who think this is God's war of justice or some such BS; Republican seats in special elections being lost already by big margins; not to mention scores of other countries unhappy that he has probably started a global recession for everyone for no good reason - it is impossible to tell how this is going to end.
I personally think that it is more likely than not the current talks of negotiations going well is a delaynig tactic and that the ground troops he is moving into the area will indeed end up trying to do something inside Iran. I don't think it will be anything as hard as trying to access nuclear material - I think it might be more like trying to take Kharg Island and telling Iran they can have it back if they keep the strait open. But the enormous risk in doing that is probably more drone strikes causing mayhem in the other neighbouring countries....
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