I do not believe Trump ever had "peaceful instincts".
He's actually a bully and therefore a coward who needs "leverage" to "make a deal" i.e. coercion.
Why else a record $ 1 trillion military budget when we really have no enemies except those we provoked.
Negotiation would be the "businessman" thing to do.
He defers to Putin and Netanyahu who he sees as superior in same way but is belligerant toward Iran and China which he thinks are just coolies.
He has no respect for Europe and for obvious reaons, but fails to realize that dumping the Ukraine War on them will fail and then he'll have no allies for his war on Iran.
Same for Gulf Arabs and Turkey whose people are livid over Israel's genocide.
His vanity renders him obtuse to others which is one major mistake which leaves him at the mercy of manipulators like Netanyahu who is most likely the key character who installed Trump via the Israel Lobby when the pacification of Gaza went sour.
Finally, Trump lives in the past mythic glories of WW2. His father was a "war hero" of sorts who got rich developing real estate on govenment grants for naval yard workers' housing. At east, that's teh way Zion Don sees his conroversial war profiteer dad who was also so infatuated with Jews that people thought he was Jewish.
Donald and Sheldon Adelson got Jonathan Pollack released after convicted of spying for Israel. You don't get rich in NYC without the Jews: the largest urban concentration in the world. includng Israel.
Trump has to throw his base a few crumbs and razzle Mac Dazzles but the big effort is WW3 in which Trump sees himself as Churchill and FDR combined which isn't far from the truth, "no foreign wars" ect and that both destroyed their nations and Churchil his empire.
Trump issues threats too often to consider him a truly peaceful leader. But he is nothing if not enigmatic, so attempting to read his true intentions is difficult. If one bases judgment on his actions rather than words, then Trump could fairly be described as the most 'peaceful' leader that the US has had for the last thirty years.
Trump's obviously given to bluster, threats and such. But I don't see any indication that he wants to set the world on fire. I expect that even he can see how destructive that would be to US interests.
Trump 1 bombed and sanctioned Syria leading to aL Jolani and HTS-he knew that was coming. He sanctioned Russia and allowed the Ukrainian build up knowing where it was going. He is given to threats and bluster becasue he's mean, a bully and a coward, but he doesn't understand what it can lead to i.e. he either backs down humiliated or goes all the way. His recent tarrif decisions reveal how little he actaully cares about the people whose lives he affects. It's a game to him or a Sgt Fury comic. He's never had a real job. I suppose you could excuse him on ignorance but that isn't going make much difference when he finally exausts global patience.
Did I say Trump is a nice guy? No, I said he is the 'most peaceful' American president going back 30 years. This is an objective fact at the moment, although obviously things could change. All the rest that you say about Trump may be true, I don't really care. My comment was a contrary view to your claim that Trump wants to start WW3.
You know, the narcissists do always think they are running the show, ruling the world or dominating everyone.
If they don’t they are obsessed by doing it anyway.
It’s a mental illness and a personality disorder that has been the norm for decades or longer in the US, European and rest of the western hemispheres leadership.
Because of this the old narcissistic world and the new sane world will crash together in a big bang war. It’s unavoidable.
Except me of course, the man who knows this the best is Putin.
The annihilation of Iran is not up to Trump. It is up to Iran. Every nation is responsible for acting within acceptable limits, even Iran, else unfortunate consequences are bound to happen.
The author's comments about the difficulty the USA would have in attacking Iran are all true. But perhaps not enough to deter a war, because military minds see such difficulties as a challenge to heroically overcome.
What should fully deter America from attacking Iran are the consequences that will ensue when Iran returns the fire. The US Navy's base and assets in Bahrain will probably be wiped out. Naval vessels at sea anywhere in the Gulf or offshore will be targeted. As will US army bases throughout the Middle East. Assuming the US attempts large scale bombings, the big lumbering B-52's will be easy targets for Iran's air defences. Iran isn't Afghanistan!
But that's just Iran's retaliation against US military assets. There will likely be an Iranian response against America's allies in the region. A serious attack against Iran would almost certainly result in Iran attacking oil infrastructure elsewhere throughout the Gulf. It would send the cost of oil soaring and the price at the pump to the moon. Nor is Iran incapable of striking back at the US on its own soil. If the gloves come off, almost anything is possible.
I don't believe it's the challenge of attacking Iran that deters the US, or Israel for that matter. It's the certain response from Iran that is making them stay their hand. The consequences of Iran's response would catastrophic to US interests in the entire region, and beyond.
Israel is the USA's closest ally and Iran wants the entirety demolished . Don't speak of genocide thereof as part of Israeli's project . The Abraham Accord is of vital importance and keeps bad players out such as a united front with Putin and a Shia Crescent . War is in the IRGC hands now and we will see 4-12-25 if war is warranted. Anybody that thinks in Geo-Political terms that Israel should not be a sovereign state from River to Sea and that its strongest allies don't have a state in the game then I fully disagree.
I do not believe Trump ever had "peaceful instincts".
He's actually a bully and therefore a coward who needs "leverage" to "make a deal" i.e. coercion.
Why else a record $ 1 trillion military budget when we really have no enemies except those we provoked.
Negotiation would be the "businessman" thing to do.
He defers to Putin and Netanyahu who he sees as superior in same way but is belligerant toward Iran and China which he thinks are just coolies.
He has no respect for Europe and for obvious reaons, but fails to realize that dumping the Ukraine War on them will fail and then he'll have no allies for his war on Iran.
Same for Gulf Arabs and Turkey whose people are livid over Israel's genocide.
His vanity renders him obtuse to others which is one major mistake which leaves him at the mercy of manipulators like Netanyahu who is most likely the key character who installed Trump via the Israel Lobby when the pacification of Gaza went sour.
Finally, Trump lives in the past mythic glories of WW2. His father was a "war hero" of sorts who got rich developing real estate on govenment grants for naval yard workers' housing. At east, that's teh way Zion Don sees his conroversial war profiteer dad who was also so infatuated with Jews that people thought he was Jewish.
Donald and Sheldon Adelson got Jonathan Pollack released after convicted of spying for Israel. You don't get rich in NYC without the Jews: the largest urban concentration in the world. includng Israel.
Trump has to throw his base a few crumbs and razzle Mac Dazzles but the big effort is WW3 in which Trump sees himself as Churchill and FDR combined which isn't far from the truth, "no foreign wars" ect and that both destroyed their nations and Churchil his empire.
Trump issues threats too often to consider him a truly peaceful leader. But he is nothing if not enigmatic, so attempting to read his true intentions is difficult. If one bases judgment on his actions rather than words, then Trump could fairly be described as the most 'peaceful' leader that the US has had for the last thirty years.
Trump's obviously given to bluster, threats and such. But I don't see any indication that he wants to set the world on fire. I expect that even he can see how destructive that would be to US interests.
Trump 1 bombed and sanctioned Syria leading to aL Jolani and HTS-he knew that was coming. He sanctioned Russia and allowed the Ukrainian build up knowing where it was going. He is given to threats and bluster becasue he's mean, a bully and a coward, but he doesn't understand what it can lead to i.e. he either backs down humiliated or goes all the way. His recent tarrif decisions reveal how little he actaully cares about the people whose lives he affects. It's a game to him or a Sgt Fury comic. He's never had a real job. I suppose you could excuse him on ignorance but that isn't going make much difference when he finally exausts global patience.
Did I say Trump is a nice guy? No, I said he is the 'most peaceful' American president going back 30 years. This is an objective fact at the moment, although obviously things could change. All the rest that you say about Trump may be true, I don't really care. My comment was a contrary view to your claim that Trump wants to start WW3.
"Peaceful" and "nice guy" are basically adjectives.
Trump is neither.
If you threaten war, you may well get it.
Neither Iran, Russia nor China have threatened war until provoked.
Trump, however, is Natenyahu's Sock Puppet and Israel does want to start WW3 for the "Greater Israel".
So do Trump's entire Zionist cabinet who seem to think that they'll get the "rapture" while the rest us get the 7 horsemen.
IF rump doesn't want to start WW3, then cease arms and funds to Ukraine and Israel.
It's that simple.
Bbut he won't dop it and in fact never promised he would.
That is why I didn't vote for either candidate: Uni-Party!
You know, the narcissists do always think they are running the show, ruling the world or dominating everyone.
If they don’t they are obsessed by doing it anyway.
It’s a mental illness and a personality disorder that has been the norm for decades or longer in the US, European and rest of the western hemispheres leadership.
Because of this the old narcissistic world and the new sane world will crash together in a big bang war. It’s unavoidable.
Except me of course, the man who knows this the best is Putin.
The annihilation of Iran is not up to Trump. It is up to Iran. Every nation is responsible for acting within acceptable limits, even Iran, else unfortunate consequences are bound to happen.
I agree however a annihilation is not our game but rather a take down of terrorist networks from the head of the snake . No nuke
The author's comments about the difficulty the USA would have in attacking Iran are all true. But perhaps not enough to deter a war, because military minds see such difficulties as a challenge to heroically overcome.
What should fully deter America from attacking Iran are the consequences that will ensue when Iran returns the fire. The US Navy's base and assets in Bahrain will probably be wiped out. Naval vessels at sea anywhere in the Gulf or offshore will be targeted. As will US army bases throughout the Middle East. Assuming the US attempts large scale bombings, the big lumbering B-52's will be easy targets for Iran's air defences. Iran isn't Afghanistan!
But that's just Iran's retaliation against US military assets. There will likely be an Iranian response against America's allies in the region. A serious attack against Iran would almost certainly result in Iran attacking oil infrastructure elsewhere throughout the Gulf. It would send the cost of oil soaring and the price at the pump to the moon. Nor is Iran incapable of striking back at the US on its own soil. If the gloves come off, almost anything is possible.
I don't believe it's the challenge of attacking Iran that deters the US, or Israel for that matter. It's the certain response from Iran that is making them stay their hand. The consequences of Iran's response would catastrophic to US interests in the entire region, and beyond.
Israel is the USA's closest ally and Iran wants the entirety demolished . Don't speak of genocide thereof as part of Israeli's project . The Abraham Accord is of vital importance and keeps bad players out such as a united front with Putin and a Shia Crescent . War is in the IRGC hands now and we will see 4-12-25 if war is warranted. Anybody that thinks in Geo-Political terms that Israel should not be a sovereign state from River to Sea and that its strongest allies don't have a state in the game then I fully disagree.