These are random thoughts going through my head when I read about the news.
1. They had to eliminate the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khameini during a blood moon. Ritual sacrifice?
2. What if Iran is to the US/Israel as Ukraine is to Russia? The collective West is using a proxy to shackle the Russian state while Russia and China are helping Iran stave off the attack of the US/Israel combo? Iran is not a minor pawn like the other toppled regimes (Libya, Syria, etc) but is the last major piece before the China/Russia alliance.
3. The Russian/Ukraine war have gone on for years but it appears the Americans/Israelis want to end the Iran conflict fast. How to do it without boots on the ground is questionable. This is not Iraq or Afghanistan.
4. If this will be an attritional warfare, Iran probably will win. The West doesn't have the stomach for it. Geography and location favor the Persians. To defeat Iran, the West needs to assemble a coalition, a grand crusade. For Iran to survive, Russia an China must do all they can to help.
5. Russia/Ukraine are having this type of attritional warfare. If this continues, the Russians will win and Ukraine or Donbass will probably be absorbed.
6. In Trump's first term, there was no war. In his second term, he started two wars.
7. It's quality vs quantity. The Americans have the superior weapons but the Iranians have mass produced theirs. Will cost be the deciding factor? Who has the larger stockpile?
8. In conspiracy circles, it appears Trump is under the spell of Netanyahu. Epstein files? Favor from a help on a previous debt? We never know.
9. This is not the MAGA I envisioned. The MAGA Trump is pro America, working for America. They should not be starting wars for other states, not unless they need to.
10. Looks like Iran doesn't have the big one yet. But is it justifiable to attack another nation to preempt it? This is a tough one considering the Israelis appear to have nukes.
11. In my view, if we are to stop Iran from having nukes as weapons, the IAEA should be empowered to do it. As long as they comply, they should be good.
12. The Americans appear to hit two birds with one stone. One, they are helping Israel. Two, the oil disruption is meant to jolt China. With Venezuela gone, where will the cheap oil come now?
rb28
