Nuclear War Ala Mode?
One of the more interesting aspects of the expanding war between Israel and Iran is the way the media and the crowd of “experts” have avoided any discussion of the possible, or perhaps even likely, upcoming decision of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dig deep into his secret nuclear weapons arsenal to enable the total destruction of Iran’s prime targets. Such targets are likely to include Iran’s own apparently civilian use nuclear develop program, which is protected deep underground in Natanz and elsewhere. Iran’s surviving military and civilian leaders are also now believed to be well protected underground after the recent debacle which saw the Israeli first strike kill a number of generals and other top officials. Netanyahu would like to finish the job by making a leaderless Iran unable to defend itself and maintain sovereignty as an independent nation.
The day-to-day back and forth of missile and drone strikes continues, and, given the first day’s success, Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have now also spoken of totally destroying the Iranian capital Tehran, a city of 18 million which would not be turned to Gaza-like rubble using conventional weapons. Should anyone doubt that the insane Netanyahu would do such a thing, initiating the first battlefield use of such weapons since 1945, they should examine the Prime Minister’s record on reckless behavior, in which he has no rival among national leaders. He would unhesitatingly “defend his country and his leadership” by initiating an escalation that could have devastating consequences if other nuclear powers like Pakistan get involved in support of the Iranians.
And then there is the role of President Donald Trump, whose tone deafness on any issue that might require a minimum of a few seconds of contemplation is well established. The Trumpster has already contradicted himself several times over whether he knew in advance about Israel’s somewhat of a surprise attack on Iran and whether the US was involved. He is now saying he “doesn’t want to talk about Iran” but is repeating the Israeli call for Tehran to be evacuated, adding that something “very bad” is coming if Iran does not comply with all of Washington’s demands. Those demands include the total ending of any and all uranium enrichment, even if is for medical or scientific purposes and even if it is fully and regularly inspected by the United Nations and other international bodies.
The irony of all of this is that Israel is being treated as the victim, as usual, even though it has a secret nuclear weapons arsenal consisting of around 200 warheads and Tel Aviv is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) that mandates regular inspections. As
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