01-08-2020, 02:56 PM
(01-08-2020, 02:39 PM)Dill Wrote: It's likely that most of the world thinks that Trump went way over that line of international norms the US claims to respect when he took out "terrorist" Soleimani, followed by a pile of unintended consequences--among them the demand the US leave Iraq and direct threats to a city in Israel and the UAE. Ambassadors and representatives of every Gulf state and Pakistan were begging the US to stand down before the strikes.
Iran had to do something in response to save face, but it also did not want to paint itself into a corner as Trump did, so it warned the Iraqis it would drop some missiles on bases housing Americans, and did.
Most of the rest of the world, certainly other Gulf nations, will see Iran as the rational actor here, the US floundering again and ready to lash out without considering second and third order policy impacts. Trashing the Iran Deal has made the Gulf--the world's oil supply-- much more dangerous.
If this was a "win," then I and most of the rest of the world are VERY tired of winning.
I completely agree with all of this. I still give him credit for not escalating things further, but I agree with all of this.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
