TRUMP’S UNILATERAL DECLARATION OF WAR IN IRAN IS THE ACT OF A DICTATOR

Operation Epstein Fury. Since there is not much other evidence for Trump’s war in Iran… Trump forgot to mention in his fantastical musings about power-to -the people and how simple it’s gonna be to Make Iran Great Again that he was the one who pulled the US out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal. Trump withdrew us from that in 2018. Within a year, Iran was ignoring the limits the JCPOA imposed. The WaPo reported last night that US intelligence officers assessed that a threat from Iran was not “imminent,” saying it was unlikely that Iran would pose a threat to the US mainland for at least a decade. The International Atomic Energy Agency says there is NO evidence Iran has an active plan for creating nuclear weapons. The US Defense Intelligence Agency assessed that if Iran tries to build an intercontinental ballistic missile, it will take them at least a decade. So Trump’s objectives for going to war sound vague because they are. The event that triggered his attack is also vague. So far, there is no evidence of an imminent threat that required an attack. His prescription for what his war is trying to accomplish is also vague. What’s not vague is that an unjustified attack on another country usually reflects that the leaders in the attacking country are worried about losing power. And launch a war to try to get an unhappy citizenry to rally round the flag. There lies the crux of the matter. For all the vagueness of Trump’s justifications and goals in attacking Iran, he has launched a war—his word—on his own, assuming the powers of a dictator. Other observers speculate that Trump’s epic personal corruption is another interpretation of why he attacked Iran. Is he is acting for other countries in the Middle East he considers his allies? Are US armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis? The Gulf Arab states eager to curb Iran’s power have generated extremely generous packages of compensation for companies associated with Trump personally and with members of his family. Last week The Guardian reported that Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, both of whom have deep financial ties to the Middle East, would guide the decision of whether to strike Iran. Netanyahu has been lobbying for US strikes on Iran for a long time. And WaPo reported that Trump decided to attack Iran after Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman made “multiple private phone calls to Trump over the past month advocating a US attack.” While at the same time publicly calling for a diplomatic solution. Trump’s attack on Iran defies the will of we the people. Ignores our constitutional right to decide whether they want to pay for a war with our money. And our lives. His continued disregard, and disdain, for democratic government and the Constitution that frames it shows clearly that Trump’s bombing of Iran is fundamentally an attack on the United States of America. And the GOP Congress is his right-hand man in it all.