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When will we ever learn? After the debacles of Iraq and Afghanistan "Trumpie" (as right-wing Kiwis call him), has started another 'forever war' that's been on the world policeman's agenda since 2007, and Iran has retaliated with a missile revenge attack. This is not about defending democracy - which is dead as the dodo - it's about money. And it will lose Trumpie the deportation fight.
Iran was a democracy until 1953. Then it found oil. Quite reasonably Iran thought it was theirs. But the Brits thought otherwise, so did the Americans, and so the CIA and MI6 overthrew Iran's democracy.
It's not even about war, not even Bibi's 'holy war' aka the CIA-backed 'Israel's right to defend itself'. Let it defend itself, then: Bibi boasts that Israel can do what it wants in Iran without US help and dreams of Israel dominating the Middle East by bludgeoning, killing and overthrowing any government in its way. So says Jeffrey Sachs (a Jew) who adds that religious zealots' idea that Iran wants to nuke the US "is bewildering".
It's about ideology, too: Islam and Zionism. Jews had "a golden life" with Muslims for centuries but the state of Israel is not modern Jewry, and it's the most dangerous place for a Jew to live today. Christian Zionism ('God's Chosen People'), which Amurricans (and Kiwi Protestants like Brian Tamaki) imbibed with their mothers' milk, is demonic. And conciliar Catholicism is now so emasculated that the principles of a just war are forgotten in favour of a cowardly "bomb them before they bomb us" mentality.
Trumpie's risking World War III but it's worth it they say, because otherwise that Ayatollah guy might fire a missile at us. Just like they said 40 years ago. The Remnant Newspaper - TRUMP BOMBS IRAN: MAGA Divided, Neocons Delighted, Israel Wins
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| Pastor Paula White (the blonde) spiritual advisor to Trump: "to say no to Trump is to say no to God" |
President Trump has a new post on Truth Social that reads as follows:
“It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!”
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Lots to unpack here.
First of all, I love how he opens with “It’s not politically correct” to support US regime change interventionism. Right away he’s trying to frame support for longstanding neoconservative war agendas as part of the American right’s culture war against progressivism.
He’s telling his base that they are actually resisting the Woke Agenda by siding with warmongering swamp monsters like Bill Kristol and John Bolton on the issue of regime change war with Iran.
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Secondly, Trump’s endorsement of regime change comes hours after officials from his own administration asserted emphatically that the president is not seeking regime change in Iran.
Vice President JD Vance told the press that the administration “has been very clear that we don’t want a regime change,” and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Trump’s aggressions toward Iran are “not about regime change” — only to have Trump grab his phone and immediately turn them into liars.
Another interesting choice is Trump’s use of the acronym “MIGA”, which here is intended to stand for “Make Iran Great Again”, but has for years been used by anti-Israel rightists in the United States for “Make Israel Great Again” in mockery of the Israel-first sentiments within the greater MAGA movement.
That he would post this acronym at the height of criticisms that his administration is bought and owned by Israel is either a sign of being extremely out of touch or an effort to manipulate search results on Google.
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| What nuclear sites? Inspectors found no trace |
Trump’s post delighted arch neocon Bill Kristol, who tweeted “brb — starting up PNAC again” in response. PNAC stands for Project for the New American Century, the neoconservative think tank co-founded by Kristol which is notorious for its role in pushing Washington toward war with Iraq.
This is Trump communicating to his hardcore loyalists that it’s time to start cheerleading for regime change interventionism in Iran. He’s rolling out the George W Bush playbook for regime change war and playing it note for note, while still trying to ride the support he garnered with his populist messaging about draining the swamp and ending the wars.
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Now here he is, being applauded by the worst swamp creatures in Washington and trying to drum up consent for one of the worst wars imaginable.
This is Trump communicating to his hardcore loyalists that it’s time to start cheerleading for regime change interventionism in Iran. He’s rolling out the George W Bush playbook for regime change war and playing it note for note, while still trying to ride the support he garnered with his populist messaging about draining the swamp and ending the wars.
Now here he is, being applauded by the worst swamp creatures in Washington and trying to drum up consent for one of the worst wars imaginable.
Call him George Dubya (a nick-name for George W Bush - ed) Trump.Caitlin Johnstone from Caitlin’s Newsletter <caitlinjohnstone@substack.com>
What if the state of Israel had never been allowed to be established in 1948? What would the Middle East look like now? Would Iraq, Syria and Iran all now be nuclear bomb states? What if they had not all had their nuclear bomb programmes bombed by Israel (with US support)? Without Israel could the Arabs sort out their own affairs better? Maybe yes.
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