Guest Post by Ron Paul
President Trump deserves credit for resisting the war cries from neocons like Sen. Lindsey Graham and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after last week’s attack on two Saudi oil facilities. Pompeo was eager to blame Iran because he wants war with Iran and anything that can trigger such a war is fine with him. So he put the president in a difficult spot by declaring Iran the culprit: suddenly the president’s options in the media and in Washington were limited to “how to punish Iran.”
A week has now passed since the attack and Pompeo’s rush to judgement has been shown for what it was: war propaganda. That is because there has still been no determination of who launched the attack. Yemen’s Houthis took responsibility right away and Iran denied any involvement. We have seen nothing to this point that contradicts this.
President Trump likely understands that a US war on Iran will be his undoing as president. Who knows, maybe that’s what his closest advisors want. But according to a Gallup poll just last month, only 18 percent of Americans were in favor of military action against Iran. Seventy-eight percent of Americans – including 72 percent of Republicans – want the president to pursue diplomatic efforts over war. Iran has made clear that any attack on its territory will trigger a total war. The Middle East would be engulfed in flames and the US economy would be in the tank. Suddenly we’d see Democrat challengers pretending to be antiwar!
The message to Trump is pretty clear – war with Iran would be deeply unpopular – and it seems clear he understands the message. Just hours after his Secretary of State put the US on war footing with Iran, President Trump was forced to walk back Pompeo’s aggression. When asked about going to war with Iran, President Trump said, “Do I want war? I don’t want war with anybody.”
Unfortunately, with pressure on President Trump to “do something” even as Iran has not been found to have been behind the attack, the president has settled on two measures – one pointless and the other dangerous. On Friday Trump announced yet even more sanctions on Iran, leaving many of us to wonder what is possibly left to sanction. He also announced a deployment of US military forces to Saudi Arabia of a “defensive nature.” Why should the military be sent to “defend” one of the wealthiest and most repressive countries on earth? It is hard to see how putting US servicemembers into harm’s way – into a war zone – to defend Saudi Arabia can in any way make America great again. I believe most Americans would agree.
President Trump should immediately cancel the order to send US troops to Saudi Arabia and should immediately remove what troops are already on Saudi soil. Then the Saudis would understand that they must end their aggression against Yemen.
Attempting to placate the neocons is a fool’s errand, because they are never satisfied even up to and including war. The tide is turning in America – and even in Washington – against Saudi Arabia. After the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a catastrophic four-year Saudi war on Yemen, no American politician is any longer in the mood to stick his or her neck out to defend Saudi Arabia. President Trump would be wise to use caution: it’s always dangerous sticking one’s neck out when the Saudi government is around.
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No. Putting those same troops on the US Mexico border will make America great though.
“More Us Troops In (Insert 3rd World Shithole Here)” Means a Few More Dead American Boys And a Shitload of Dead 3rd World Shitholians.
That’s what it ALWAYS means.
More people and more politicians should adopt my policy:
“Don’t just do something – sit there!”
Cui bono ? …same as it always was.
“Although our official government investigation concluded that the total financial cost of the 9/11 terrorist attacks had been an absolutely trivial sum, the Neocon-dominated Bush Administration nonetheless used this as an excuse to establish an important new Treasury Department position, the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. That office soon began utilizing America’s control of the global banking system and dollar-denominated international trade to enforce financial sanctions and wage economic warfare, with these measures typically being directed against individuals, organizations, and nations considered unfriendly towards Israel, notably Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria.
Perhaps coincidentally, although Jews comprise merely 2% of the American population, all four individuals holding that very powerful post over the last 15 years since its inception—Stuart A. Levey, David S. Cohen, Adam Szubin, Sigal Mandelker—have been Jewish, with the most recent of these being an Israeli citizen. Levey, the first Under Secretary, began his work under President Bush, then continued without a break for years under President Obama, underscoring the entirely bipartisan nature of these activities.
Most foreign policy experts have certainly been aware that Jewish groups and activists played the central role in driving our country into its disastrous 2003 Iraq War, and that many of these same groups and individuals have spent the last dozen years or so working to foment a similar American attack on Iran, though as yet unsuccessfully. This seems quite reminiscent of the late 1930s political situation in Britain and America.”
Flash
Too bad El Douche wasn’t successful in destroying the Repugnant Party and instead handed the keys to the WH over to Israel. Guess you called that one wrong, get ready for the fireworks when we go into Iran with Jared666 and BiBi calling the shots.
Your read, but you do not comprehend . Since Trump was elected ,there no longer exists even the pretense of Right Wing ( i.e nationalist ) Party in America . It’s all Red Flags, Magic Dirt and muh Free Market aka Globalism coming from both sides now. When a true America First Party arises , you’ll know it , fer’ shure’.
Flash, I like your idealism…..really. About 15 minutes after your America First Party starts up, (((they))) will infiltrate and take it over. Trump stumps for Repugnant candidates and he himself is still flying the flag of the Rep. party. The mouth breathers watching the Fuxx News all day still believe the (R) exists Flash, that’s all that really counts . I comprehend, do you?
Still doesn’t negate the fact, that as a Nationalist Party, the Cucklicans are dead as a possum frisbee.
As a side note, infiltration of a decentralized movement of extremely irate, marginalized Americans, does not in itself change the mood of a mass of people seeking justice or separation.
“If something cannot go on for ever, it will stop”
Herbert Stein
(((Herbert Stein))) is wrong, Da Chosen are STILL in control…..seems like forever. You think that will change any time soon Flash?
Ummm, do you think Trump will run under a different banner in 2020, not likely ….Repugnant all the way?
Nonsense. Political power is not the sole domain of the, as you say, chosen. Allow some history into that overly fermented mind of yours. You’ll soon understand why Herbert Stein was right.
Flash, honestly you are a hoot with your “historical” knowledge. Ask yourself how long Rothschilds have controlled banking globally and who really controls so called governments of the world. Party politics is purely entertainment for the masses. Trump has taken (((loyalty and servitude))) to an art form.
Ask yourself how many empires/ civilizations have came and gone , then contemplate how many of those were controlled by Rothschilds.
You’ll get there eventually, if you don’t stroke out first.
(come and gone)
The club has been around for millennia, the Rothschilds didn’t just jump up out of the ghetto and become banking gurus fool. They are the frontmen. This is a construct and YOU are powerless in the great scheme of things. But thanks for playing.
OMG …no one can defeat the Rothschilds !!!
Romans 14:11
It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.'”
OMG….didn’t discount the power of God Flash.
Absolutely correct Flash!
A picture says a THOUSAND WORDS.
No it won’t and neither will you belaboring the point and droning on about it Mr. Paul.
Softball columnist.
Notice it said nations unfriendly to Israel. God’s so called chosen are bankrupting our nation .More like Satan children .
Wait.
The Jamal Khashoggi murder involving shitty Turkey has been outed as an obvious psyop.
Why is Ron Paul trying to keep all the drama alive?
NO……….bring ALL the troops back to the US……….Japan and Germany, too……also S Korea.
I think the mood in america is no war with Iran. I feel that in my backyard.
..but we need to spread the benefits of democracy to the Saudi.