Election Year or Fear!

[Ram Pant]

Well, okay, Trump claims to have ‘totally decimated’ everything there except the oil infrastructure, but if you’d rather reserve your pedantry for me than comment on the U.S. President suggesting they bomb things ‘for fun’ that’s up to you.
All a bit Dr. Strangelove for me and I’d imagine the Chinese are already more than a little pissed off.

Which points one to the thought that, as with Venezuela, this ws always about oil.

[ramAnag]

Which points one to the thought that, as with Venezuela, this ws always about oil.

Indeed it does, but it also heightens awareness of Trump’s total hypocrisy. When his first ‘regime’ was changed, via legitimate electoral defeat by Biden, he threw all his toys out of the pram, but elsewhere, in Venezuela, Iran and Cuba the regime changes he wants, via military intervention or blockades, are all perfectly legitimate according to orange Jabba’s ‘logic’.

[swaledale]

Which points one to the thought that, as with Venezuela, this ws always about oil.

More to do with Israel wanting to strike and reduce Iran to the chaos that Gaza and Syria are in, which they seem to be doing and to be attempting in Lebanon and Trump not wanting to be left out.

There is certainly no discernable strtegy or end game here, presumably Trump thought once he'd killed the supreme leader then the regine would fall. Such blinkered thinking either points to a lack of understanding of the nature of the Iranian regime, or that Trump didn't listen to that opinion.

Given that even amongst the US administration there are varying explanantions as to what the aim is, the latter seems likely.

Now Trump resorts to his usual bullying tactic, come and help me clear up the mess I've made or NATO will suffer. To which the answer from all countries should be "**** off and sort out your own mess".