The almost immediate rush into war with Iran, after years of Trump declaring that Iran is willing to negotiate, and Trump himself repeatedly stating that he doesn’t want war with Iran, is totally mind-boggling. Trump and Iran were set to sit down and negotiate just a few days ago. Reports indicated that Trump told Netanyahu to back off, and not attack Iran. Netanyahu did anyway, deliberately targeting the Iranian negotiators. Iran responds with a surprising volley of ballistic missiles raining down on Israel. Israel responds, and the two nations go to war. Now, Trump says that he was never going to negotiate, and is now being pulled in two very different directions regarding the situation.
Trump has apparently been completely fine with Israel’s gruesome and protracted massacre of 100,000 Gaza civilians, but a nation responding militarily to an Israeli first strike is beyond the pale. This is anarcho-tyranny on a global scale: The US is basically telling Iran, “even if Israel bombs you, you can’t respond, or we’ll force a regime change war onto you”. But Iran has to respond, or else they welcome more Israeli attacks. This puts Iran into a lose-lose situation, and places the US into the position of global bad guy.
All of this should make us wonder just how much control Israel exercises over our own government. Are we really an independent super power, or is the blue and white tail wagging the dog?
News reports show that Israel is currently bombing hospitals, news stations, and universities in Iran. Are these not war crimes of the first order? Other reports are coming out that Israel has been firing tank shells into the hungry crowds of Gazans who were attempting to get food for their families. The lack of attention to Gaza is giving the psychopaths free rein for an under-the-radar murder spree.
America First now means disengaging with Trump. He’s clearly unable to disengage with Israel. America First should become an apolitical movement, and the first order of business must be to recognize Israel as a clear and present danger to our country.
