Secretary of State Michael Pompeo threatened Iran with annihilation in a speech yesterday at the neoconservative Heritage Foundation. His twelve demands of Iran read like the demands made of Serbia in 1914 -- they are designed not to reduce tensions but to lead to war. But is all the bombast in the Trump Administration on Iran just a sign of weakness? The claims in Pompeo's speech are demonstrably false. Why lie when the lies are so easy to refute?
The over-the-top appointments in the Trump Administration actually highlight how corrupt the US Government has become. The bad behaviour is causing disagreements between allies. Continued action of this sort will lead to isolationism, something the US would benefit from. (an anti-globalist strategy?)
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 24th, 2018.]
The over-the-top appointments in the Trump Administration actually highlight how corrupt the US Government has become. The bad behaviour is causing disagreements between allies. Continued action of this sort will lead to isolationism, something the US would benefit from. (an anti-globalist strategy?)
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, May 24th, 2018.]
