Latest on US and Iran tensions - Part 2 - Middle East/Persia - Trump Era

Daily Mail: Reports " 'We are on the cusp of a full-scale confrontation with the enemy': Iranian general issues stark warning..."

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This story reminds me of what JFK said at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, some SOB does not get the word, thus you might have a Iranian General who is doing his own method of Bad Cop/Good Cop, with the Spiritual Leader being the good cop, not wanting war.   On the other hand General Hossein Salami might just be following orders, that is the problem when you have religious theocracy in charge, there are groups within groups, also you have secular side that does not hold much power when it comes to the nuclear plans of Iran.  An accident COULD cause a major WAR, a Iranian boat getting too close to a US ship, a missile being thrown at a US ship, the Persian Gulf being closed down, thus no oil for the West and other regions.   Of course it could ALL be for show, both sides showing their bad cop while wanting a deal, just waiting for the right time.  With Trump in the Oval you never know how this could END. 

Latest on US and Iran Tensions - Middle East/Persia- Trump Era

BBC News: Reports " US pulls 'non-emergency staff' from Iraq as Iran tensions mount  "

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It is interesting how CNN types and Democrats who placed so much trust in US intelligence when it comes to Russia, suddenly as starting to blame the Trump White House for the tensions in the Persian Gulf.  It seems that the political and media elite only trust the information from US intelligence when it agrees with their world mindset.   The Democrats are showing that they have NO BACKBONE for action when it comes to IRAN, this is being picked up by Tehran, they are hoping that the history of the Iraq War will make the Democrats call for Trump to back off.   This present tensions in the Middle East show how weak the US is lead and by the weakness of Democrats when it comes to national security.  At least President Obama was the Godfather of drones, as he stated it was his strong suit to kill terrorists, one does wonder if he will say that his memoirs, hardly very LIBERAL.   As for Iran tensions, Tehran fearing a Trump White House might do a deal as wanted by President Trump, the Democrats would look very WEAK if that happens. 

US military build up in the Middle East - Middle East/Persia - Trump Era

Washington Post: Reports " The New York Times reported Monday that Trump’s acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, drew up plans to deploy 120,000 U.S. troops to the region if Iran attacks American forces or restarts its nuclear program ... "

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This article looks how Iran is different from Iraq in 2003, it shows any WAR would be on  bigger scale, that costs in men and monies would be very high.  Of course the problem with that view is that Reagan was wrong to say that Marxism - Leninism would be placed on the ash heap of history, that the USSR was an Evil Empire and his call for Gorbachev to take down the Berlin Wall in 1987 was the WRONG call.   As history has shown President Reagan was RIGHT, he could see beyond what the elite foreign policy thought about the Cold War.  Thus it might be the very time to HIT Iran, if the Tehran Regime does not back down, and agrees to end its nuclear plans, end its rocket advances, and to stop supporting terrorists groups then it might be the BEST TIME TO HIT IRAN, before it goes nuclear, before it closes down the Persian Gulf.  Also to stop it giving rockets to its terrorists allies in Gaza and Lebanon.   War should be the LAST RESORT, but it should never be OFF THE TABLE, otherwise the BAD GUYS WIN, recall Munich 1938.   The US has to plan for WAR, and a complete WAR with Iran, remove the cancer from the region. 

Mines hit Sabotaged Ships in the Gulf - Middle East/Persia - Trump Era

Daily Mail: Reports " Limpet mines were used to blow holes in tankers in UAE, say divers examining four sabotaged ships as US and Iran try to calm fears of war after Saudi Arabia claimed explosive-laden drones targeted its oil pipeline in 'act of terrorism' "

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No one with a brain cell wants a WAR, but as appeasement showed in the 1930s sometimes you have to take action before it is to late, if Neville Chamberlain had stood up to Hitler at Munich in 1938 could WAR have been avoided in 1939. What the public will is and what should be done was different in the late 1930s, as we know now, Churchill was right about the threat from Hitler, while the Government and people were WRONG.  After the IRAQ war of 2003-11, and the bombing of Libya to remove Gaddafi the US voter is loathed to take further action in the region, but it is better to take out Iran before it gets the nuclear bomb and becomes like North Korea, than to wait and hope.  Of course before any ACTION happens, the Trump Oval should try a backchannel with the Tehran Regime, to make it clear that this time the US is REAL and if Iran goes down the nuclear road it will face attacks from Israel and even the US.   This is CRISIS is not over, another shoe will drop, just depends when and where. 

Iran's Ambassador to the UK WARNS US - Middle East/Persia - Trump Era

Sky News: Reports " 'Don't test us': UK's Iranian ambassador Hamid Baeidinejad issues warning to US..Hamid Baeidinejad tells Sky News that Iranian armed forces are "fully ready for any eventuality in the region".  "

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The Tehran Regime has to be careful, this looks like Iran is trying to get the upper hand in any PR War before the actual fighting starts.   It will only take as stated an incident in the Strait of Hormuz and the threat to Western economy for the US to start bombing Iran and to remove the Regime.   The threat to Iran is that the US will not stop with a limited WAR, it will want to remove the present Regime, the political order and the religious theocracy would be REMOVED from power, where will the clerics run to, Syria under Assad?  At the moment the West has enough oil for a limited war in the Persian Gulf, a long term war could damage the economies of the West.

It has to be asked, is this a good time to remove the Tehran Regime, it has not gone nuclear yet, the US and its Allies do not want another North Korea, should IRAN get the bomb it would be impossible to remove without heavy fighting and costs.   Thus you have to look at the benefits, remove a thorn is US policy for the past decades, re- shape the Middle East, the negatives, the cost in lives and monies, the balanced decision could decide the fate of the region. 

Latest on US and Iran Tensions - Middle East/Persia - Trump Era

BBC News: Reports " US does not seek war with Iran, says Mike Pompeo "

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The US is playing good cop/bad cop, while the Secretary of State talks diplomacy, the Defence Department has sent a US Carrier to the region, a bomber group, and Trump is talking tough on Iran, when it comes to troops overthrowing the Regime.  The recent sabotage of vessels in the Gulf has caused more tension, any actual fighting will start should Iran or its allies target US interests or close down the Strait of Hormuz, this is the pathway for Western oil, any threat to that small space of water would cause the US to react in a firm manner.  

The TOUGH US sanctions on Iran is causing the economy of IRAN to go down the toilet, the regime might in attempt to divert attention through using its terrorist allies, if the US can prove a link between Tehran and any incident then the Trump Oval will react with overwhelming force, the Oval Office is no longer held by Obama, and Trump likes to do 100% different path of Barack Obama.   The Tehran Regime has to be very careful, it should recall the Iraq War and the end of that Regime and the fall of Gaddafi of Libya, the US has the force to remove despots. 

Is Iran DELUDED over the US ? - Middle East/Persia - Trump Era

Guardian: Reports " US war against Iran is impossible, claims Iranian general..Revolutionary Guards chief says presence of US aircraft carrier in Gulf poses no threat  "

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IF the above is TRUE, then Iran has very bad Generals, if a conflict should break out between Iran and the US, the winner will be the US, the US armed forces, air, land and sea could take down the Tehran Regime in a WEEK, those that fail to understand have not gotten the lesson of the Iraq War of 2003 and bombing of Libya that lead to the downfall of Colonel Gaddafi.   This would not be President Obama in the WHITE HOUSE, it would be Donald Trump, and he will go as far as needed to WIN, whatever the cost to Iran.   On the other hand this story could be out there because the Tehran Regime wants to send good new to its public.   The US sanctions are hurting, worse that the Iraq - Iran war as reported from Tehran.   If religious theocracy in Tehran had a brain cell it would do a DEAL, no more nukes planning, no more rockets, and no more giving money to terrorist groups, then the US would lift sanctions, the US under Trump would not care how the Regime treated its own people, that is the harsh truth.   Will Tehran smell the coffee!!