President Trump, to his credit, demanded a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Both countries agreed to it. Then, the president became very angry with Israel because, as he said, “As soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I’ve never seen before.”
But as I write this column, the ceasefire is still in effect. I hope it lasts. However, just two days before the ceasefire, we dropped ten 30,000-pound bunker bombs on Iran, a country that had not even shot one bullet at us.
Please, God, let this be the end of our involvement in the war between Israel and Iran.
This is Israel’s war. It is not our war. Netanyahu and Israel First neocons led us into a very unnecessary war in Iraq that cost the lives of so many young Americans, and led to the blinding and maiming of thousands more. It was not worth their sacrifice.
Donald Trump was elected as president in 2016 primarily because of his opposition to the war in Iraq, and because he promised to put America First.
The overwhelming majority of Americans – both Democrats and Republicans – do not want this country stuck in another war in the Middle East.
This is not our war; it is Netanyahu’s war. The very respected foreign policy expert and Columbia professor, Jeffrey Sachs, a Jew, has described Netanyahu as “one of the most violent and dangerous people in this world.”
Tom Friedman, the longtime New York Times columnist and also a Jew, wrote in his column of May 9 that “Netanyahu is not our friend.”
Israel claimed it had killed Iran’s top eight generals and its nine leading nuclear scientists even before the U.S. dropped its bombs.
Israel also claimed it had destroyed Iran’s ground-based air defense capabilities and had achieved total air superiority even before we got involved.
If their claims are true, Israel was already winning this war. They started this war, let them finish it – without us.
Israel supposedly had two main goals in invading Iran: To stop Iran’s nuclear weapons program and to foster regime change there.
Hellbound and Down 