\u201cCertain Iranian hardliner\u2019s spoke bravely, but they didn\u2019t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The implication is that the Iranian negotiators didn\u2019t know they were about to be attacked but Trump did. He\u2019s also condoning further attacks.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Set aside that it was known as the Persian (or Parthian) Empire and that it ceased to exist 1,800 years ago. If we\u2019re being generous, we can include the Safavid Empire (1501 to 1736). History isn\u2019t Trump\u2019s strong suit. What\u2019s important here is that he\u2019s threatening to annihilate Iran which makes it rather irrelevant whether he\u2019s complicit in the current bombing.<\/p>\n
The alternatives to entering a war with Iran were always to negotiate to prevent them creating a nuclear weapon or to allow them to have a nuclear weapon. The first option is less likely to happen now, especially since Israel says they won\u2019t stop attacking until the nuclear threat is gone, and they need our help to eliminate the threat. The second option was risky to begin with, but much more so now that Iran has been bludgeoned and many of their leaders assassinated.<\/p>\n
Whether with his connivance or not, Trump has been pushed into a situation where he will feel compelled to finish what Israel started. If he refuses, as Kennedy did, he will be responsible for allowing an aggrieved Iran to get a nuclear weapon, which is something he has always said can never happen. The backlash will be furious and the threat will be very real.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s worse is that the experts say even America isn\u2019t capable of setting Iran\u2019s nuclear program back by more than a year or so. So, we\u2019ll either have to keep hitting them over and over again, or we\u2019ll have to create regime change.<\/p>\n
And, to be honest, I can envision an Iran that is liberated from the mullahs and the Revolutionary Guard that is friendlier to the West, but I can\u2019t envision any Iranian government, no matter how democratic or how friendly, that won\u2019t want a nuclear deterrent after seeing their country get bullied around like this. Perhaps we\u2019d be willing to live with that kind of risk, but I don\u2019t know that Israel would.<\/p>\n
So, where\u2019s the offramp here?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n