Donald Trump And Israel Can't Wait To Start Bombing Iran

Donald Trump And Israel Can't Wait To Start Bombing Iran

Dec. 17, 2024

U.S. and ISRAEL IMPERIALISM - FOLLOW THE MONEY

Caitlin Johnstone

Both Israel and the incoming Trump administration are reportedly eager to start bombing Iran ASAP now that Assad's out of the way.

Israeli media reports that the IDF now sees airstrikes on Iran as much easier to execute now that its pilots don't have to worry about Syrian air defenses along the way, while The Wall Street Journal reports that the Trump team is weighing its options for airstrikes on Iran to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon (which there's no evidence Iran is currently trying to do).

A new article from The Washington Post titled "Syria's collapse and Israeli attacks leave Iran exposed" reports that "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled a desire to capitalize on gains against Hamas and Hezbollah and take on Tehran more aggressively under a new U.S. administration." The article notes that Trump has expressed openness to war with Iran, saying that "anything can happen".

This comes as the al-Qaeda affiliates who captured Damascus assure the world that Syria will no longer allow itself to be used as a launchpad for attacks against Israel.

Fake revolutions everywhere you look. Hooray, the brave freedom fighters ousted the dictator in Syria! Hooray, Donald Trump is fighting the Deep State! Hooray, Bernie Sanders and AOC are transforming the Democratic Party and fighting for economic justice!

As the need for real revolution becomes more and more urgent, we're seeing more and more fake revolutions designed to keep the status quo in place. People's rage against the machine is harnessed by phony billionaire populism and shitlib progressivism so that their political energy can be fed right back into the machine. People are trained to cheer for foreign rebels who are backed by the CIA and fight to expand the might of the US empire instead of for the groups around the world who are fighting against imperial domination.

They funnel our attention and energy into fake revolutions to keep us from fighting a real one. The more discontented the public becomes, the more existentially necessary it will be for them to do this. The longer we keep getting redirected into political dead-ends by those who benefit from the imperial status quo, the longer the imperial status quo will keep abusing us all.

Reading by Tim Foley

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