It has been kind of a wild day on the Iran war front.
When it was announced that Trump would skip Don Jr.’s wedding taking place today in the Bahamas, many assumed that the reason was that military action and a resumption of hostilities was imminent. Me? I just figured Donnie Jr. has already been married once, divorced, engaged to ghastly Kimberly Guilfoyle before the engagement was broken off and now is marrying “Palm Beach socialite” Bettina Anderson so given Jr. and the rest of the family’s track record on marriage, Trump assumed he will have multiple future opportunities to attend Jr.’s weddings.
But then I saw this on Twitter earlier today….
…and that just screamed “bullshit pretense to justify new strikes on Iran”.
So I was expecting airstrikes tonight.
Then all of a sudden everyone is talking about a “peace deal” that is almost finalized. It sounds like it might be real but then again it also might be more market manipulation. Lindsey Graham is in full panic mode.
Notice the part I highlighted. Lindsey can’t possibly be so dumb as to not have known before hand that this was an unwinnable conflict short of “winning” by nuking Iran, which might have been the plan all along.
We shall see. If the “deal” just reopens Hormuz which was open before the war and nothing else Trump wants happens, especially with the nuclear material? Watch for the frantic goal post shifting “Reopening the Strait is a YUUUUGE victory for America!” and “Didn’t really want the nuclear material anyway!”.
Not coincidentally, Li’l Lindsey posted this a few hours ago….
It kinda sounds like we are going to declare some bullshit “victory” in Iran, scramble the hell out of there and go after an easier target like Cuba. Heads up Havana, Freedom Bombs incoming!
Cuba has fewer than 10 million people, is almost 15 times smaller than Iran, spends less than $100 million on the military and is right off our coast. Hell, we already have a large military base right on the island with something like 5,000 Marines and sailors. That might be an easier morsel for Trump to gobble up to save face. Of course I also read reports that Cuba has a bunch of new drones and Havana is only a little over 200 nautical miles from Miami so heads up for people in Florida: Cuba drone report sparks concern in South Florida after discussion of possible targets
Reaction from some members of Florida’s congressional delegation was swift.
Mario Diaz-Balart posted on social media that “It’s clear that the Cuban regime is a national security threat.”
That sounds like a tailor made situation for a little false flag action to gin up support for attacking Cuba.
This whole thing has been a national humiliation and a completely unnecessary one. At least if we get a “deal” gas prices will eventually come down….
Even if hands are held across the strait singing kumbaya, I wouldn’t expect gas prices to come down before fall. If then.
It’s discouraging that even the senator from South Carolina doesn’t know the difference between dominant and dominate. This is so prevalent now that pretty soon Webster’s is going to require an update to reflect the devolution of the language. As they did with the changing pronunciation of the spice known as cumin.