'The idea of the US military carrying out any strike against Iranian armed forces in the region will probably be the greatest military mistake the Americans have ever made.' Opinion | MartinRJay
Two separate reports in recent days are troubling for those who believe peace in the Middle East is possible and who worry that a war between the US and Iran is inevitable.
But the Iranians know that it is also a show of strength designed to intimidate Iran as, fundamentally, US oil sanctions against Iran and those it sells oil to, are starting to be felt by ordinary Iranians with soaring inflation and World Bank data shows the youthSomething’s got to give. And it seems we are at this point now, as Iran’s foreign minister recently alluded in an interview, that Iran is about to partially withdraw from the so-called ‘Iran Deal’ which the US pulled out of in 2018.
But a partial pullout of the JCPOA will be the starter’s pistol of a state of war with Iran for another reason. It will immediately alienate Iran as the EU will be forced to withdraw its support for the deal, which will be seen as a major victory in Washington and a great humiliation for the EU as the whole world will witness its impotence.
Indeed, it was Colin Powell who said to the former Saudi King “You can’t defeat Iran militarily. Even we don’t think we can.” In the coming days, expect to see a lot of press coverage about Bolton’s latest ramblings which went from hilarious assertions of Iran being a ‘potential threat’ to what we can expect now with the US aircraft carrier being on its doorstep – and the statements coming from Tehran against the ship, which will be the “threat” that Bolton needs to plough ahead with a state of war in Iranian waters.
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