"Leaders in Iran, America, and Israel have to stop walking on the old path of extremism and war. For the sake of peace and co-existence among nations, they must create a new path. The moderates must rise and make themselves heard.
The project of rebranding America's international role as reality reasserts itself in the Middle East will be a long one. U.S. leaders have to re-earn the trust of the American people and the international community. Due to the global political awakening, they can't use fear-mongering tactics to get their way with the American people and the world, as they have for decades.
History cannot be stopped in its tracks. The 9/11 myth and war on terror consensus have reached the end of the ideological line. The global war on terror was always a bankrupt war, intellectually, morally, politically, and legally. And the war has bankrupted the United States, which was the real and original purpose.
An American-Israeli attack on Iran will achieve nothing but further destroy the American economy and America's image. It must be prevented. Instead of getting worried about non-existent nuclear weapons in Iran, America must look inward and worry about collapsing infrastructure, rampant financial corruption, economic collapse, citizen distrust, and political discontent. Going to war with Iran will not solve these problems, but exacerbate them." - "End of The Great Satan Narrative: Why An American-Iranian Truce Is Not So Far-Fetched" November 3, 2012.
The betrayal of President Trump towards his base and his country will be studied for generations. Here is a man who advertised himself as the peace and transparency candidate but within six months into his new term he tore up every promise he made.
The man is a scoundrel. There's no defending him or excusing his policies. Either the dirt on him includes pictures of children and young girls being raped, or he's a warmongering maniac who just enjoys wanton destruction.
Instead of fixing his country's many problems he's chosen to fight an economic war against China, continue the war against Russia, and start a war against Iran. Maybe Trump and his advisors believe wars will solve all their problems.
Wars do act as solutions in many instances. For Israel's Palestinian problem the answer has always been more war. In Ukraine Russia finally decided that only war could resolve the headache presented by the rogue regime in Kiev.
Sometimes wars need to be fought, and aggressively. In Syria Russia, Assad and Iran made a big mistake by not waging war against Turkish-backed terrorists in the north of the country while they still controlled the capital and the airspace. They just let them fester like an unaddressed wound. They got complacent and the rest is history.
Israel has taken the exact opposite approach in its "wars." It is never complacent. It is always the aggressor and so far that has worked well for it. Its ruthlessness, decisiveness, and intelligence should be admired.
But there are limits to aggressive behaviour. Fighting wars of aggression against refugee camps in Gaza and southern Lebanon don't count. That's easy pickings. Shooting fish in a barrel is not war.
It could be said that Israel has never been at war. Not really. It has faced terrorism and psychological pressures but not real blood and guts warfare. So fighting against Iran will be the first time the country will find itself in a real war in its brief history.
I sincerely hope Israel survives and learns to cohabitate with its Palestinian subjects and its Muslim neighbours but with insane cowards like Netanyahu at the helm that doesn't appear likely.
I think only a leadership change in all three countries, Israel, America, and Iran, will create new political space for a long-term peace. Positive solutions to the region's many ills exist but it takes political courage to make peace and right now that's lacking.
