The Inevitability of War with Iran

As the Trump administration readies the U.S. for a military attack on Iran, there is little in the way of street heat (is there any?) or much discernible action in congress. The glide path to war seems plain at this point: "an aerial bombardment of an Iranian facility linked to its nuclear program." Trump will say congressional approval is unnecessary because the 9/11 AUMF gives him all the authority he needs.

The Iranians, sophisticated players, must know that Europe, just like the U.S. Congress, is incapable of counteracting Trump. Their calculation at this point must be that a military assault is inevitable. Better to frame it in such a way that the United States cannot somehow avoid being labeled the aggressor.

As usual, when it comes to capturing just how lost we are, Craig Murray is a prophet:

This brief review of current issues reveal that not only do western governments lie and fake, they have really given up on trying to pretend that they do not. The abuse of power is naked and the propaganda is revealed by the lightest effort to brush away the veneer of democracy.

I find it hard to believe that I live in times where Assange suffers as he does for telling the truth, where a dedicated anti-racist like Corbyn is subjected to daily false accusations of racism and to US and security service backed efforts to thwart his democratic prospects, where the most laughable false flag is paraded to move us towards war with Iran, and where there is no semblance of a genuinely independent media. But, starkly, that is where we are. This is not unrelated to the massive and fast growing inequality of wealth; the erosion of freedom is the necessary precondition that allows the ultra-wealthy to loot the rest of us. It remains my hope there will eventually come a public reaction against the political classes as strong as the situation demands.