If You Thought Donald Trump Would Never Do This, You’re an Idiot
Are you surprised? If you are surprised, frankly, you are a fool. You don’t understand anything about international policy and affairs, and you have joined the obviously dishonest propaganda of whom Donald Trump is.
From the morning of Friday the 13th, as the fate would, it was probable at around 90% that the president was going to join the War of Israel against Iran. It was the day, according to many testimonies, that Trump woke up to see the hosts on Fox News breaking how difficult Benjamin Netanyahu was (the bombardment had started the previous night). Trump’s social media publications that day showed that he wanted a piece of this action.
Once these wheels are starting to turn, history tells us that it is the rare leader who has the will to hit the brakes. There is something about men and war; Have you noticed? It was reported at the start of the war in Iraq that of the last 3,400 years of human history, our race was only entirely in peace for 268 of them.
Before going further, I want to allow the possibility that it does not end with a disaster. First of all, nobody wants an Iran with nuclear arms, so if these strikes have really accomplished this, then it is a plus. Second, if this attack somehow overturns Ayatollah Khamenei, 86, it could end up being good, in theory anyway. Third, there is a chance that it does not lead to a full war, because Trump is crazy enough for Nuke Tehran, and I imagine that the Iranians know it. It is for this reason that Iran may not fight back on a massive scale. Like Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay at the time) said about his buffoonemeries before the fight towards Sonny Liston, “only a fool is not afraid of a crazy man.”
But Iran retaliated in one way or another. There are around 40,000 American troops in the Middle East, parked on bases in Iraq, Kuwait, Bharain, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. Iran, according to globalfirepower.com, has the 16th most powerful armed forces in the world. The United States is the number one, of course, but 16 is not too shabby.
