Why Trump may still wage war with Iran

[Klaralven]

US President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to fire his Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and replace him with hawkish yes-man Christopher Miller, who headed the National Counterterrorism Office and before that the Pentagon’s “special operations” program, has sparked fear in the US media as well as in Iran that Trump might be plotting to trigger a war with Iran before his scheduled departure from the White House on January 20.

Various US media outlets including the New York Times published headlines like “Trump fires Esper, the Defense Secretary Who Opposed the Use of Troops in the Streets.”

That’s true, but given the distinct possibility that Trump’s real motive was oriented more against foreign adversaries like Iran, such accent on Esper’s difference with the president on domestic matters may turn out to be journalistic myopia. Perhaps a more fitting headline would be: “Trump fires Esper, who opposed war with Iran.”

“The United States is not seeking a war with Iran…We are seeking a diplomatic solution,” Esper told the media in early January 2020. One step further, he even openly contradicted Trump’s claim that US-assassinated Iranian General Ghasem Soleimani was plotting attacks on four US embassies around the world.

Esper also stood up to Trump, who threatened to wipe out Iran’s cultural centers, by flatly stating that the Pentagon had no such bombing plans.

https://asiatimes.com/2020/11/why-trump-may-still-wage-war-with-iran/

[Thekaspervote]

1. Anyone here remember when the idiot bombed one of their airports?

No wonder Iran has said they would prefer to deal with a Biden presidency

[Poiuyt]

2. I wonder if the generals would stand up to trump in refusing to start a war with Iran?

[Klaralven]

4. No. Not with the scenario described with a false flag operation as the first step

Although, I don't think that anything more than air and missile attacks would occur.

[relayerbob]

3. Not going to happen

We do not have any where near the firepower in the region, nor nearby to actually do more than get a bunch of people killed. The military would not move without adequate resources in place.

[Hoyt]

5. Understand the fear, but I doubt the lame duck will get cooperation from

military unless Iran provokes trump in his final days.

One of the other “fears” is that trump is going to fire military leaders so he can stage a coup. Don’t think that will happen either. I’m sure there are more CTs.

[Klaralven]

6. The military will cooperate if a "Gulf of Tonkin" type event can be manufactured.

[Hoyt]

8. It could happen. But people have been saying trump is going to

get us in a war since he won 2016 primary. He’s running out of time.

[still_one]

7. If he tries that without informing Congress, he needs to be impeached again

[Hoyt]

9. No joke.

[still_one]

10. That is right, no joke