Yes, yes, this is not a surprise. He’s very good at screwing (ha) and screwing up. This is bigger than usual, if that’s possible. A lot of people are angry with him, and he lost the chance to soothe them. There is someone angry with him all the time, yes, but this includes people whose support he needs. Will it make a difference? Probably not. Thanks to Raw Story:
Even some conservatives are sounding the alarm after a report revealed that Donald Trump apparently threw away a “golden opportunity” to de-escalate a global conflict and bring an end to the Iran war. It started with a report from Trita Parsi, an Iranian-Swedish writer and political analyst, who sought to reveal what happened with Iran issuing a reconciliation video to its neighboring nations. When that dropped, Trump seized on the opportunity to humiliate Iran, but Parsi shows how that could have been the wrong move.
“Speaking to several people involved on all sides, I believe I have gotten to the bottom of the story about Pezeshkian’s video message – and how Trump blew up a golden opportunity to de-escalate the war,” he wrote. “Here’s what happened: Regional efforts at de-escalation in the war had convinced Iran to gradually adjust its regional retaliation conduct. In a first step, the Iranian President, as head of the interim leadership council, announced that attacks on neighboring countries would cease as long as their territories wouldn’t be used to attack Iran. This is why Pezeshkian issued that video statement.”
Moronic orange tin-plated god with feet of clay and an ego bigger than the world screwed up BIG TIME. The situation is going to go downhill from here. If we’re fortunate, the regional countries will actually back off and, for lack of a better saying, keep the damage to a minimum. But as far as Israel and the US are concerned. It’s hell for leather full bore ahead. That leads towards the thinking of American boots on the ground, and that pisses me off so badly I can’t describe it. There was no need for this!
According to the analyst, “Regional states were then expected to respond in kind. This would, understandably, take a few hours, as they were monitoring whether Iran’s attacks were being reduced.” Then Trump entered the situation. “But before they could reciprocate the reconciliatory tone and take regional de-escalation to the next level, Trump issued his Truth Social post that declared victory, insulted and humiliated Iran, and even issued further threats of ‘complete destruction and certain death. To make matters worse, the US also crossed another red line shortly thereafter by attacking the water desalination plant at Qeshm Island. (This is incidentally a war crime according to Article 54 of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions),” according to the political expert.
*Facepalms* for days. That was a cock-up on Trump’s part. Leaps before he looks. So now he’s made things even worse. And he’s going after the *civilian* population, too. Sounds like Russia, don’t you think? We can only hope that neighboring countries still respond. We’re not warring with *them*. However, if Trump uses something from the bases we have sprinkled through the Middle East, then Iran is going to clock them. What a delicate balance to try to maneuver. And other countries likely want to stay far, far away from this mess. D*mn ‘president’.
He then added, “Trump’s actions deliberately or inadvertently sabotaged the sensitive de-escalation talks in the region, which is why there was also an uptick by prominent GCC accounts blaming Trump for the war. Had Trump not done this, chances are that, at a minimum, the regional widening of this war would have been halted and reversed. With last night’s attacks by Israel on Iran‘s oil infrastructure, we can only assume how Iran may retaliate. We’ve entered a new phase of this high-intensity war.” Former Republican John Jackson shared that analysis and added, “Trump blew it, if this is correct.” That post from Jackson was also shared by another former Republican, attorney George Conway.
He didn’t just blow it, he blew it up and made it worse! Who in the hail thought this was a bright idea? Trump, sure as hail, can’t make himself the leader of that country, too, but we can bet he would want to try. He‘s bad enough already and would become unbearable. I started trying to imagine it, so now I have to go get my wire brush and bleach to try and scrub that out of my brain. *ahem*
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I contend that, apart from Trump not being fully in charge of himself, he is certainly not in charge of the war. That’s Netanyahou’s call. I’m also thinking of the role of Kushner
You know, that’s very interesting. I’m going to have to think about that for awhile.