So Predictable: What’s New? |
The exaggerated claims by Donald Trump that he has secured a working deal with the Iranian Republic does little to ease uncertainties about where this leaves Israel and the volatile Middle East. The President’s comments about Israel’s military action in Lebanon, both before and during the G7 meeting in France, suggests this memorandum of understanding between the USA and Iran is very fragile and if it collapses, as I suspect it will, then Israel will be held responsible; a very convenient whipping boy for an increasingly beleaguered president. Not only is this dishonest, but an attempt to cover up a misjudged adventure that was poorly conceived, half- heartedly implemented, and without any coherent exit strategy.
Putting aside the nauseating boasts of American military superiority and the genius of the President, what exactly has been achieved by the combined forces of Israel and the USA? In short, very little of substance, apart from a........