So here we are, as I write — in the ninth day of the Israel-Iran conflict.
As the violent standoff continues, with President Donald Trump saying he will make a decision by July 4 over whether to bomb the Islamist nation's most heavily fortified nuclear site, Fordo, which was built deep inside a mountain to protect it from an attack, the world — much of it, anyway — awaits.
Only the U.S. military has the 30,000-pound bomb capable of even reaching the nuclear enrichment site.
As Trump ponders his options, American citizens debate; not only about whether or not Trump should drop the monster "bunker buster" on Fordo, but also if the United States should even be involved in the conflict, counterterrorism and foreign policy expert Lisa Daftari — who is Iranian — says the Iran-Israel conflict "is America's war, as well."
Daftari told Newsmax on Thursday (emphasis, mine):
This is a core national security issue. I happen to be an Iranian, and I've been following this file or this subject for 20-some-odd years. And I will tell you this: They have American blood on their hands. And not only that, look at the information and the propaganda campaigns that they have launched here on American soil.
I will make one major point here. This regime is not suicidal. ... [T]hey won't go toe to toe with us. Therefore, nobody's asking for boots on the ground. Nobody's asking for an escalation that will lead to World War III. This is all. Look, we are all anti-war, but we can't be anti-reality. And the reality of it is this is our war.
Do you agree or disagree with Daftari? In either case, why or why not?
Needless to say, I have a few thoughts:
First, it's naive to believe that "a deal" can be made with a radical Islamist fundamentalist regime — a regime that has pledged since 1979 to destroy "the Zionists."
Second, if we're to believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — I do — The Islamists in Tehran are hellbent on assassinating Trump, deal or no deal.
Third, Islamist fundamentalists don't think or process information the same way we do in the West. From their views of martyrdom to sheer hatred of Israel and what it represents, it's a fool's game to trust anything that "Supreme Leader" Ali Hosseini Khamenei and his Islamist comrades might say or do.
Fourth, Iran's consistent claim that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes, such as generating electricity, and for medical and agricultural purposes is, in my opinion, a complete crock of crap.
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Daftari said until Iran is taken care of, "we're only kicking the can down the road to deal with a bigger issue down the line," ominously adding:
Until we take off the head of the octopus, we've gotten a lot of their appendages. Right? Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, their insurgencies, Iraq, their insurgencies. They're in South America at the foot bed of America.
They're trying to get into America by all means. So until we take care of this, and this is the most opportune moment we will ever have, we're only kicking the can down the road to deal with a bigger issue down the line.
Do I agree with Lisa Daftari? You bet I do.
If you don't, would you be willing to bet against her analysis?
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