EA on International Outlets: US-Israel War — Trump’s Deception About “Talks” With Iran
EA on RTE’s PrimeTime: US-Israel War on Iran — Mapping the Trump Camp’s Next Step
I joined the Irish Independent’s Indo Daily podcast on Thursday to evaluate the US-Israel War on Iran, from alleged “talks” to possible American ground operations against Iranian islands.
I put Donald Trump’s chaotic and sometimes contradictory statements into context, including his lack of a “Plan B” as the Iranian regime refuses to surrender and controls the Strait of Hormuz. I talk about the pressure of rising oil prices and falling stock markets that prompted a “rattled” Trump to declare — falsely — “productive conversations” with Tehran.
I describe the Administration’s failed attempt at a “Venezuela model”, trying to promote Iran’s Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as the Islamic Republic’s leaders. And I set out the differing tracks of US-Iran contacts and the American military pressure threatening an assault on islands such as Kharg, through which more than 90% of Iran’s oil exports pass.
There are genuine efforts by a number of countries at mediation. But I don’t see how you get to negotiations when the Iranians say, “We are not going to negotiate under duress and the threat of an invasion.”
So the Americans will face the choice of whether they ramp up militarily.
The other guest is the Washington bureau chief of The Guardian, David Smith. The host is Tessa Fleming.
“I put Donald Trump’s chaotic and sometimes contradictory statements into context…”
DT is master of “gooz pich kardan”(fart twisting) his audience. Translated, that means he is master of disorienting his audience. And that is what is troubling for the regime, they really don’t know how he reacts… that is opposite of what the regime understand of the western politics. The regime smarter ones are gall one, what is left are pure bred foolish thugs who scare the remaining half-wit left overs like ghalibaf. That is why DT is not gonna find anyone who *can* talk.