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Title: Hidden 'War Codes' In Trump's Iran Proclamation?
Source:
Zero Hedge/Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity
URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018 ... codes-trumps-iran-proclamation
Published: May 9, 2018
Author: Daniel McAdams
Post Date: 2018-05-10 07:07:47 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 925
Comments: 2
Authored by Daniel McAdams via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, Tuesday President Trump announced that he was canceling US participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA) otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal. The president's assertions were ludicrous and factually incorrect, but the neocons who were no doubt behind the speech have never been all that wedded to the truth. It became obvious fairly early on that Trump's rationale was not to be taken seriously, when he cited last week's comical stage performance by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that "Iran Lied" about its nuclear program. Netanyahu's fairy tale required us to believe that the Iranians were storing their most sensitive national security (paper) documents and compact discs in an unguarded desert hut, which the crack Israeli team of intelligence operatives were able to discover and remove by the truckload right under the noses of what they claim is among the most totalitarian "regimes" on earth. And even if one believes that fairy tale, one is required to suspend logic and reason and conclude that evidence that Iran was pursuing nuclear weapons technology but had halted the program by 2003 is actually proof that Iran is currently pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities -- despite repeated inspections that have concluded otherwise. Really, it's something a child could see through. Which is perhaps why the neocons were so successful at packaging it for Trump's consumption. Likewise Trump's claim that Iran is the world's leading sponsor of terrorism...for among other things fighting actual terrorists (al-Qaeda and ISIS) in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian government! Only in the twisted world of the neocons can one country arming al-Qaeda and ISIS (the US) be "anti-terrorist" and another country killing al-Qaeda and ISIS (Iran) be "pro-terrorist." But all that aside, there is something potentially earth-shattering in what at first appears to be just bluster and blunder by President Trump. With neocons in charge of the words coming out of his mouth we should not believe it was an accident. When President Trump uttered this line: "Iran remains the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, and provides assistance to Hezbollah, Hamas, the Taliban, al-Qaida, and other terrorist networks." He was signaling his official determination that Iran is one of the "associated forces" that is fair game for US bombs as outlined in the post-9/11 authorization for the use of military force. In short, Trump's sentence indicates, in our convoluted and post-Constitutional current reality, that President Trump believes he has all the authority he needs to initiate an attack on Iran. Forget all the other speculation on Trump's speech. This is the only thing to really focus on.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
If you tell everyone that you will never attack them if they get out of hand then you do as OhDumbass did and embolden the evil to grow around the world. You can not just ignore the evil and expect it to just sit there and not take over the world(This is a mental illness or a child's mindset)!!! There is a brilliance with the way Trump goes about his "Madness of destruction". Tell everyone that I will blow you off the earth and guess what? Countries freak out and straighten up!!! This is why some people should never be in charge because they do not have the ability to lead a nation(Ron Paul and Obama)!
He's right. He does. And if the Iranians behave badly, he just might. You don't REALLY think that nuclear test mountain in North Korea just collapsed on its own, and that all of a sudden Kim Jong Un is releasing Americans and talking about peace and reunification of Korea and ending the war because spontaneously Kim grew up, do you? Under Donald Trump, Korea will reunite, Syria will either come to terms or Assad will be removed, and Iran will be contained by a Gulf State-Israeli Entente Cordiale. Trump understands that to balance the US budget and really touch of maximal US growth, he needs to be able to cut defense, and to do that, he needs these messes in Korea and the Middle East cleaned up. So he's cleaning them up. Part of that includes clandestine attacks on foreign countries, and making it clear we can directly target their leaders, if we want to. He's going to do it, and that's a good thing for us.
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
President Trump believes he has all the authority he needs to initiate an attack on Iran.
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