This is from The Yorkshire Lass telegram channel. Q followers. Can easily be written off as crackers. But yet…
Just sitting back for a minute thinking about what we are actually seeing in the ME without all the hype and noise. There is a lot of hype and noise.
Here is what we know:
Trump took a wide tour of the Middle East, making deals, shaking hands, getting applauded and making peace to the very visible exclusion of Israel.
The US is taking a defensive, wait and see posture while an “enemy state” bombs our, “greatest ally.” Even the hype around the US entering the fray is about a surgical strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. There is not a whisper of full military incursion.
Trump encouraged Iranians to evacuate Tel Aviv. He has not gone from peace maker to war monger. He respects human life and has not made an exception for Iran. He also keeps pressing for a negotiated solution.
The entire Muslim world has not formed up ranks and started marching toward Israel. There has been diplomatic support for Iran, and special visas for Iranians sitting in other countries so they don’t have to return home, but that’s about it.
Iraq has publicly asked Iran not to hit US assets on their territory.
Iran has not done anything beligerent to US troops or assets, even US installations in Iran; not even a car bomb.
This all has me wondering if the underlying reason for Trump’s Middle East tour was to prep everyone for what was coming because Trump already knew exactly how this would all play out.
Iran’s Leader el Sumpremo is in a very tough spot. He has to keep his hardline stance. Iran is no different than anyplace else. They expect certain things from their leader and the mullahs have been preaching martyrdom for Allah nonstop for decades. From an optics standpoint, Khamenei has to look like he is operating from a position of strength, but there is no guarantee that he is not secretly all about getting rid of the nuts and twigs in the Iranian government and bringing peace to his nation.
Think about all the nutty stuff Kim Jong Un says. His actions do not seem to match his rhetoric. Neither do Khamenei’s. I mean, going on six rounds of unilateral talks with, “The Great Devil in The West,” seems very counter to his constant barking and threatening.
What if Trump made everyone in the ME the offer of peace and a less threatening Israel, but Iran was the dam in the river? Their leader can’t fall in line without his batty underlings lopping off his head and moving on. With this threat of a nuclear Iran on the table there is no way forward.
Even Israel (hate to admit this), but even Israel could be operating under an offer they can’t refuse. They are losing influence and Trump could just as easily wipe them from their postage stamp in a half hour.
Trump has repeated two phrases, non-stop; Iran cannot have nukes. Iran and Israel need to make a deal. Yesterday he added this, “I was the hunted but now I’m the hunter.”
I’m just thinking that the easy explanations and assumptions are failing. When I look at what we know it all seems a well coordinated effort to bring permanent calm to the most war torn area of the world.
Thoughts?
So, what do you think of this?
