Informed and credible summary of the situation in Iran from William Hague in The Times today. The truth is, of course, that this is Israel’s war and they are using the US as mercenaries. Trump has no ideological quarrel with Iran (or anyone else, he doesn’t have the intellectual capacity to do ideology). As with Venezuela he just sees the hydrocarbons and salivates.
Iran is a huge country and will not roll over. Most of America’s misadventures in modern times have come from underestimating their enemies. If North Vietnam and the Vietcong can regroup and win (the Taliban the same) the Iranians certainly can.
Netanyahu doesn’t care about the West’s distaste for crusades – he has an Old Testament view of who the land of “Greater Israel” belongs to. Iran supported those in Hamas and Hezbollah who disagree – so Iran has to be neutralised. That’s the bottom line.
It’s hard to see a US/Israeli victory without boots on the ground. Netanyahu is like Bomber Harris in WW2 who thought Germany could be defeated with bombs alone. He was wrong. So is Bibi! And if American and Israeli ground troops invade Iran unimaginable horrors could follow. Israel is nuclear armed remember.
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