Donald Trump in a telephone interview with NBC News said that his country's armed forces may re-bomb Iran's flattened Hargh island, considered an oil export hub, «even for fun»! Unfortunately, things are very serious if the American political system and the citizens of the United States do not find a way to stop this dangerous man who holds the power of the most powerful country on the planet. And if he even decides on a ground operation, the coffins of dead American soldiers will become his political grave and especially after the November mid-term elections nothing will be easily approved by the House and Senate.
And as Democratic Senator Chris Murphy notes: «The district is on fire. Trump believed that Iran would not close the Strait of Hormuz. He was wrong. Trump has no plan. Maybe there is no plan at all.» Add to that the resignation of the director of the US National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent, who in his resignation letter to President Trump said: «I cannot, in good conscience, support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran was not a direct threat to our nation and it is clear (!) that we started this war because of pressure from Israel and its powerful lobby in the United States.» But there is more to come, as Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director of Intelligence, speaking in the Senate, refuted the US President's claims about Tehran's nuclear program, stressing that Iran's nuclear enrichment program was destroyed in the June attacks and that the US has found no effort since then to restore Iran's enrichment capability.
In fact, at the moment we have a massive refusal of American soldiers to move to the Iranian front, who invoke the US constitution that provides for congressional approval for the declaration of war, as Trump has bypassed it by calling the attacks on Iran a «special operation» and even calling it «epic rage»! So special and epic that they targeted an elementary school killing about 170 schoolgirls and are now hitting Tehran's famous museums.
And the accusation that Trump had no plan is confirmed by his appeal to NATO countries and even to China (!) to send warships so that the hundreds of blocked tankers can safely leave the Persian Gulf. And the response received was almost unanimous. «Get it done yourself!’ When in this war for no reason at all the US becomes the tail of the »Nazi« Netanyahu government targeting top Iranian officials, there is little room for Trump's support.
Reports in the US are now starting to report with questions about whether the US president is vulnerable to blackmail because of the material collected by Jewish-born Epstein as an agent of the Mossad, which holds it and can force Trump to resign to avoid trial. And if they don't continue to strike together, she threatens him with nukes!
And as the US-Israel war with Iran enters its third week, the real cost of the conflict is not only measured on the battlefields. It is estimated that the economic costs so far exceed $11 trillion in ammunition, extra oil costs and losses in the markets. In addition, the conflict in the Middle East has turned the container shipping industry into the «Wild West», with shipping companies imposing thousands of dollars in extra charges and unloading containers at remote ports, according to customers and transport companies quoted by the Financial Times.
Finally, the message from Aisha Gaddafi calling on Iranians to resist US imperialism is typical, writing: «My father, Colonel Gaddafi, was once told, “If you give up your nuclear and missile programs, the door of the world will be opened for you.” My father chose the path of concession with good intentions and confidence in dialogue. But in the end we saw NATO bombs turn our country into ruins. Libya was drowned in blood and its people were trapped in poverty, persecution and destruction.» Syria, Iraq and Lebanon are paying the price.
But we Greeks should not worry. The Prime Minister has imposed a cap on gas station prices. He did not dare to do so at the country's two refineries, fearful of the bosses' reactions.
