Friends + Interlocutors,

I know this is a redundant observation, but it must not be forgotten. There was no nuclear weapons threat from Iran prior to the joint Netanyahu/Trump sneak attack on Iran several weeks ago. [See below.] Yet, that excuse was the main reason given by the White House to justify the war. A pure scare tactic. 

Trump and his inner circle moronically repeat the mantra, “Iran must not have a nuclear weapon!” as if trying to hypnotize their audience and themselves. Americans and the rest of the world therefore must sacrifice by enduring higher energy costs and yet another war in the Middle East to insure that Iran does not have nukes. It’s all nonsense, a canard, a cover story.

This is an artificial war, a war based on lies and fraud, because there was no danger, no threat, to begin with. The actual reason for war was simply that Israel, in particular, their war-criminal leader Netanyahu, wanted it and Trump stupidly complied. 

Yahu has been urging Washington to take out Iran for decades. It is a life-long obsession. Iran under its Shiite religious leadership was Israel’s only peer competitor in the greater Middle East, and more importantly it would not stop telling the truth about Zionism and about the plight of the Palestinians.

One thing Israel and its boosters absolutely cannot stand is criticism. The international reach of Zionism is such that laws have been passed in the U.S. and England, not to mention in Germany, which outlaw dissent from the official Zionist narrative. Free speech has been throttled in the name of freedom.

All criticism of Israel in the minds of the Zionists is deemed to be “anti-semitic” and therefore unacceptable. And it is enforced. Please note how student protests at Ivy League American college campuses against the massacres in Gaza have been effectively suppressed. What does that tell you? Such is the reach of Israel and its all powerful influence inside America.

Patrick

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Trump ignored CIA warnings on Iran

https://paulcraigroberts.org/trump-ignored-cia-warnings-on-iran/

The US has been dragged into war by Israel despite CIA assessments that Tehran was not building a bomb 

“The narrative and agenda spun by a foreign government – Israel — won the argument and forced us into this war.” — Former Chief of US Counterintelligence Joe Kent

Washington joined Israel’s war against Iran despite intelligence assessments that the Islamic Republic was not developing nuclear weapons, US former counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, revealed.

Kent, who resigned in protest as head of the US National Counterterrorism Center in March, revealed that Israel dragged Washington into another never-ending conflict that does not serve American interests.

Kent said the entire US intelligence community, including the CIA, had agreed before the escalation that Tehran was not pursuing a nuclear weapon.  He added that US Intel agencies also warned Trump that Iran would target American bases across the Middle East and shut down the Strait of Hormuz if attacked by Israel or the US.

As Trump gets his intelligence information from Netanyahu, we might as well save money by shutting down the 17 or so US intelligence agencies. 

Let’s see, the US is at war with Russia and Iran.  Will China be next or will it be Cuba or Denmark?