Mr. Pompeo said he and other American officials “evaluated the relevant risks” that the strike against General Suleimani might bring
we haven't heard from any of our intel.... nor UN's ....nor Israels on this
What is our trophy for that?
oil
"Our President will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He's weak and he's ineffective.
Pulling out of JAPOC was his campaign promise , mainly because it was an Obama administration construct. Security Council Resolution 2231....2015
That was some 3 + yrs ago
Note the
rest of the big players stayed in the pact.....inclusive of the IAEI
Trump pulled the USofA out in 2018 iirc
Sanctions followed suit , the embassy scenario after that, General
Head Terrorist after that
Trump's only played the '
big stick' card since , which isn't much of a threat to Iran, w/o UN security council support. In fact Iran has asked the UN to condemn Trump's dealings as a
criminal act
The crux of Security Council Resolution 2231 boils down to a M.E coldwar agreement that Iran
can't have nukes, while our ally
doesn't even need to report them.
That, in of itself , was a high aim accomplished via former world cold war participants , which had a LOT of economic teeth to it, because Iran was not about to willingly go along.
So now Trump's backed himself in this maverick
corner talking tough behind a cell phone and SS protection , while placing our troops in the conflagration he's poured
gasoline on...
he'll eventually need the
support of the world
no matter what he does .
he'll need the
support of his troops
he'll need the
support of the American public
he'll need a
strategy
and if it doesn't all work to his favor, he'll be
looking worse than
Nixon did by Nov '20
~S~