The Middle East Is in Flames. Will the Israeli-American Attackers Resort to Nukes? |
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The Middle East Is in Flames. Will the Israeli-American Attackers Resort to Nukes?
Photograph Source: U.S. Navy photo – Public Domain
It may be pointless to keep repeating that the U.S. attack on Iran was inane, but let me mention this: the U.S. attack on Iran was idiotic.
As British politician and commentator George Galloway posted on X March 9: “The U.S.-Israel attack on Iran is the greatest military-political disaster since Operation Barbarossa – the Nazi invasion of the USSR.” Yes indeed it is, as any normal person with eyes in his or her head could have seen coming decades ago. Iran has made clear it will only accept Israel’s unconditional surrender and the complete eviction of the U.S. and U.S. military from the region, two titanic developments that were, prior to this insane adventure, unthinkable. Well, they’re no longer unthinkable. With Tel Aviv and Haifa incinerated and bombed to smithereens, ALL Americans advised to quit the Gulf forthwith and the hospitals at Ramstein military base in Germany awash in the blood of hundreds of dead and wounded American soldiers, it’s not a moment too soon to ask whether the psychotics running Israel, confronted with an existential threat, would resort to a tactical nuke. I think the answer is yes. And that’s where two things come into play: first, the extent of damage at the Israeli nuclear site, Dimona, and second, China and Russia. Let’s start with China and Russia. Because this is the moment when it becomes very important for nuclear armed Moscow and Beijing to step in and put an end to this lethal lunacy.
Pakistan offered nukes to Iran, should Israel threaten it with atomic Armageddon back during the 12 Day War. Things have changed since then. They got worse. Not just the deranged Israeli rulers, but also Washington under Trump may itch for an atomic final solution rather than cleanly losing a war and losing face. Russia and China, as historian Tarik Cyril Amar posted on X, must enter the chat, with their own nukes, to stop this pathology before the insane asylum inmates, who happen to run much of the world, decide to irradiate it. Russia and China are the only ones who can – and they have good reason to do so. Iran is........