Iran/Israel/US discussion

[tallslenderguy]

 

[hntnhole]

I remain unimpressed with the President's response to Netanyahu's aggression.  It's been too quiet over there for too long, and I've been wondering when the next blow-up would take place.  

The President is putty in Netanyahu's hands, and the PM of Israel has been self-serving for years.  While T's latest response is his usual "I'll figure it out in a couple of weeks" reply to the major media's questions, the PM has been stirring this pot for years.  He's used the "Iran issue" since he first was elected, and perhaps with good reason.  Fanning the flames of religious differences is his calling card.  This is a good example of why I turned my back on O.R. years ago; both sides claim to serve the One and Only Deity, and neither serves anyone but their own ambitions.  

The US has something around 40K soldiers in the general area, which T may use as an excuse to bomb Netanyahu's enemies to bits.  But he can't do it without bombs from the US, and Trump is like putty in his well-experienced hands.  All we can hope for, is "advisors" in our Government can dissuade Putty-brain from supporting this misadventure on the part of others.  The straights of Hormuz could easily be closed if the US enters this mess, and that would cost the rest of the world dearly.  

The only "real" solution I see, are new elections in Israel.  Until then, it's time to buckle the seat belts.  We can't displace the ridiculous one for a few more years (but, we can take back Congress in a few months), 

[tallslenderguy]

18 hours ago, hntnhole said:

 

  ...the PM of Israel has been self-serving for years.While T's latest response is his usual "I'll figure it out in a couple of weeks" reply to the major media's questions, the PM has been stirring this pot for years.  He's used the "Iran issue" since he first was elected, 

i watched several commentaries at the same time as this one, so cannot remember the source. One showed several quotes of Netanyahu doing his own "two weeks" thing. In each quote, he was asserting that Iran was "weeks away" from having nuclear weapons. The quotes went all the way back to 2012. 

i appreciated the tone of this discussion, particularly the comment that "peace is inherently messy" (paraphrasing).  None of this is black and white, there are too many irons in the fire to make any world peace negotiations neat and clean.  Both peace and conflict are unstable, but fewer common people die with peace, and fewer weapons manufacturers get rich.

It seems no matter how you slice it, the people of all nations end up being at the mercy of, and are often victims of, those in power.  If it were possible to do a world pole, i wonder how many people would actually say they are represented by their government?