Sandy Shanks
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This is insane. I have been following events in Washington for nearly 60 years. This is new, strange even by Trump's standards. The President is threatening a war with an adversary and the American people have no idea why. Congress is not helping. Supposedly, the Gang of Eight got an earful of the threat from Iran, and the full Congress will hear more next week.
The American people are being told nothing.
Politico reports, "Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are growing increasingly alarmed about developments in the Middle East.
"Sen. Mark Warner left a lengthy classified briefing on Iran Thursday afternoon with a provocative reaction: "It's very important that more members hear this story.'"
And the American people? Are we going to war without knowing why? What is our government hiding from us?
The briefings come amid fears of “credible” and "urgent" dangers to U.S. interests by Iran, Republican Senators said on Thursday. But Trump and the Republicans will not tell the people what those "credible and urgent dangers" are. This is really strange, even for Trump.
What makes this even more strange is that Iran has not attacked anyone and not started a war in two centuries.
Yet Trump wants us to believe that Iran will break that trend and attack the most powerful military force on the planet and is outgunned in every department, warships, warplanes, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and outnumbered in troop levels. Trump wants us to believe that the Persians are suicidal.
Not only that, due to the mercurial nature of the American President and his extreme naïveté, there is little doubt that Iran has ordered her proxies the U.S. forces are off-limits. Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthi have never attacked U.S. forces. The same could not be said of U.S. forces attacking them.
Shiite militias in Iraq have attacked U.S. forces, but that is a separate issue. The Shiites believe the American troops are occupiers. They get this silly notion because America invaded their country sixteen years ago and have stuck around since. Besides, that is old news. The Shiites have been attacking Americans since 2003. Also, they do so on their own authority, not that of the Iranian government.
Perhaps, this explains it.
JERUSALEM — Israel has been providing Washington with intelligence about potential Iranian attacks. Its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has made Iran’s strategic ambitions an obsession. And as recently as February he floated the idea of war with Iran.
Israel Presses the Case Against Iran, but Not for War
The American people are being told nothing.
Politico reports, "Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are growing increasingly alarmed about developments in the Middle East.
"Sen. Mark Warner left a lengthy classified briefing on Iran Thursday afternoon with a provocative reaction: "It's very important that more members hear this story.'"
And the American people? Are we going to war without knowing why? What is our government hiding from us?
The briefings come amid fears of “credible” and "urgent" dangers to U.S. interests by Iran, Republican Senators said on Thursday. But Trump and the Republicans will not tell the people what those "credible and urgent dangers" are. This is really strange, even for Trump.
What makes this even more strange is that Iran has not attacked anyone and not started a war in two centuries.
Yet Trump wants us to believe that Iran will break that trend and attack the most powerful military force on the planet and is outgunned in every department, warships, warplanes, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and outnumbered in troop levels. Trump wants us to believe that the Persians are suicidal.
Not only that, due to the mercurial nature of the American President and his extreme naïveté, there is little doubt that Iran has ordered her proxies the U.S. forces are off-limits. Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthi have never attacked U.S. forces. The same could not be said of U.S. forces attacking them.
Shiite militias in Iraq have attacked U.S. forces, but that is a separate issue. The Shiites believe the American troops are occupiers. They get this silly notion because America invaded their country sixteen years ago and have stuck around since. Besides, that is old news. The Shiites have been attacking Americans since 2003. Also, they do so on their own authority, not that of the Iranian government.
Perhaps, this explains it.
JERUSALEM — Israel has been providing Washington with intelligence about potential Iranian attacks. Its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has made Iran’s strategic ambitions an obsession. And as recently as February he floated the idea of war with Iran.
Israel Presses the Case Against Iran, but Not for War