There is no way to get involved in the Middle-East without becoming ensnared in conflicts that date back hundreds and thousands of years. Perhaps if we restricted ourselves to commerce and only commerce, free of any intervention or influence by our government, we might be able to keep our involvement in their machinations to a bare minimum. Maybe. But that’s not going to happen, so the question then becomes what will happen.
There has been much speculation that the goal of the U.S., and Saudi Arabia for that matter, has been regime change in Iran. The goal of Iran has been alleged to be the acquisition of nuclear weapons to make attempts to effect such a regime change very costly.
With John Bolton now serving as National Security Advisor, things might be about to heat up.
On Thursday Donald Trump announced that John Bolton, a former official in George W. Bush’s administration and former ambassador to the UN, would be his new National Security Advisor. Bolton is a warhawk who called for the invasion of Iraq in search of non-existent weapons of mass destruction and has for years called for the invasion of Iran.
Middle East Eye collected a number of quotes from Bolton over the years that indicate his plans for Iran and other nations viewed as a threat to national security of the U.S. government. And by that I mean the people who secretly wield control of corporate and state power. In 2009, Bolton said that regime change is “ultimately, the only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons.” As recent as 2015 Bolton call for a U.S./Israel joint bombing campaign.“Such action should be combined with vigorous American support for Iran’s opposition, aimed at regime change in Tehran.”
Senator Rand Paul is not confident that this is going to work out well.
Meanwhile, Senator Rand Paul questioned the appointment. “It concerns me that Trump would put someone in charge who is unhinged as far as believing in absolute and total intervention,” Paul stated. Bolton’s appointment was also criticized by Trita Parsi, leader of the National Iranian American Council.
And if that’s not enough potential doom to get you excited, perhaps this will help.
Further, it seems that Bolton and former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani have already promised the regime change would be happening within the next year. “Just eight months ago, at a Paris gathering, Bolton told members of the Iranian exile group, known as the Mujahedeen Khalq, MEK, or People’s Mujahedeen, that the Trump administration should embrace their goal of immediate regime change in Iran and recognize their group as a ‘viable’ alternative,” The Intercept reports.
“The behavior and the objectives of the regime are not going to change and, therefore, the only solution is to change the regime itself,” newly appointed National Security Advisor John Bolton told the crowd. The Intercept also noted that Iranian expatriate journalist Bahman Kalbasi reported that Bolton ended his talk by promising, “And that’s why, before 2019, we here will celebrate in Tehran!”
At a recent celebration of the Persian New Year, Rudy Giuliani promised the audience that “if anything, John Bolton has become more determined that there needs to be regime change in Iran, that the nuclear agreement needs to be burned, and that you need to be in charge of that country.” Disturbingly, Giuliani reportedly led the crowd in a chant of “regime change!”.
There has been a noticeable change in climate, if not in concrete policy, within the Trump administration over the past few months. Some of this can be seen in personnel changes. Other changes are exemplified by comments being made by senior staff as well as the president, himself.
Does this mean war with Iran is certain? No.
Why not? Because nothing is certain in the Middle-East.
People, let this be very clear: The appointment of Bolton is essentially a declaration of war with Iran.
With Pompeo and Bolton, Trump is assembling a WAR CABINET.
If we want peace, Pompeo MUST be blocked in the Senate. A vote for him is a vote for war. https://t.co/6TF2pdhJAG
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) March 22, 2018
Source: Activist Post
For the Europeans and left wing americans to pretend that muslims attaining nuclear weapons, what seems like the reasonable result of iran gaining the bomb, seems stupid and dangerous to them not just the Jews. In G-d I trust.