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9:58 09.07.2025 •
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One of the more interesting aspects of the war between Israel and Iran is the way the media and the crowd of “experts” have avoided any discussion of the possible, or perhaps even likely, upcoming decision of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dig deep into his secret nuclear weapons arsenal to enable the total destruction of Iran’s prime targets, stresses Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., an Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest.
Such targets are likely to include Iran’s own apparently civilian use nuclear develop program, which is protected deep underground in Natanz and elsewhere. Iran’s surviving military and civilian leaders are also now believed to be well protected underground after the recent debacle which saw the Israeli first strike kill a number of generals and other top officials. Netanyahu would like to finish the job by making a leaderless Iran unable to defend itself and maintain sovereignty as an independent nation.
The irony of all of this is that Israel is being treated as the victim, as usual, even though it has a secret nuclear weapons arsenal consisting of around 200 warheads and Tel Aviv is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) that mandates regular inspections. Iran is a signatory and has accepted the inspection routine. Furthermore, both US and Israeli intelligence have confirmed that Iran has no nuclear weapons program, so the country, which has not attacked either Israel or the US, constitutes no threat to either nation yet it is itself being attacked as if it is the aggressor. That reality has not stopped Netanyahu’s declaring that the threat of Iranian nukes was his casus belli before starting his war.
Paul Craig Roberts is one of the most knowledgeable observers of what has been developing. In a recent article he asked “What Do We Do When President Trump Is in the Pocket of Netanyahu?” He answers his own question with “Trump says he KNOWS that Iran is ‘very close to having nuclear weapons.’ How does Trump KNOW this? Netanyahu told him… [But] what did the US intelligence community tell Trump? American intelligence told Trump that US intelligence believes that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003. But Trump doesn’t care what the US Director of National Intelligence tells him is the assessment of US intelligence [saying] ‘I do not care what she [Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard] said,’ Trump declared.
In light of that and other comments from Trump, Roberts makes a very important point, that “Trump is a massive failure as president. Trump has permitted Netanyahu to drag America to the threshold of war with Iran. Trump has permitted the genocide of the Palestinians so that Gaza can be turned into a resort. But I would go beyond all that as Trump is also giving Netanyahu a green light to start a nuclear war… Netanyahu has started a war that Israel Cannot Win and he Has Passed the War on to Trump.”
It might even be easier to get involved in a nuclear war if that is what Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu want. They only have to ask the Trump nicely!
…The irony of history: Netanyahu nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize because Trump bombed Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents President Donald Trump a letter nominating him for Nobel Peace Prize as they meet for dinner at the White House on Monday, July 7
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