Speaking for myself, but, wanting to be wrong I feel the attack is on, it’s a go. Possibly as soon as tonight. The last big piece is in place. That piece being the USS Gerald R. Ford. It has arrived, today, to protect Israel- Leaving Crete, yesterday
The imminent arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in Israel a day later underscored the military brinkmanship shaping the standoff between Washington and Tehran.
The ship is in place to protect Israel and perhaps increase the possibility that American hardware or persons are hit by Iranian missiles
Trump echoes Netanyahu’s Iran warning, reframing nuclear threat as America’s fight
On March 3, 2015, a day before Purim, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at the podium in the neoclassical, walnut-paneled House Chamber and delivered a speech against an impending nuclear deal with Iran to a special joint session of Congress. Some 58 Democratic senators and congressmen boycotted the speech.
On Tuesday night, February 24, a week before Purim, US President Donald Trump stood at that same podium, in that same hall, and delivered an hour-and-47-minute State of the Union address, some three minutes of which were devoted to Iran. A few dozen Democratic representatives also boycotted his speech.
What was striking - and strategically significant - was how both leaders framed the Iranian problem. Eleven years apart, Trump’s words Tuesday night echoed the warnings Netanyahu delivered in 2015. The difference was not in the language; it was in the speaker.
US allows non-emergency staff to leave Israel as Trump threatens Iran strikes
China urged its citizens to leave Iran as soon as possible on Friday amid the growing risk of US air strikes after the latest round of talks ended without a deal.
Iran makes real concessions- But can Trump take the win?- Naked Capitalism
an excerpt below- read entirely at the link
To highlight a point we’ve made before: whether the US goes to war with Iran is a test of Israel’s power in the US, and above all, in the Trump Administration. Aggressive and obviously coordinated leaks about the warnings from General Caine that victory not assured but the downside was considerable in last Sunday’s meeting between Trump and senior officials pointed to serious downsides not just for the US but for Israel as well. Yet we don’t yet have any sign that a realistic assessment, that the US is putting global perception of military power at risk and that Israel is risking its own destruction, has penetrated the Zionist and Christian Evangelical bubbles.
Other commentators have taken up the point we have made for some time: that Israel, which has bizarrely fixated the not-belligerent Iran as a fundamental threat,2 sees a closing window of opportunity. Among the reasons:
Iran is getting militarily stronger all the time in general with its continued build out of missile and drone stocks and development of even more formidable missiles and in particular relative to the US with it being over-committed between Ukraine and China alone and can barely maintain air defense and offensive weapons at their current stressed levels. That is before factoring in the impact of recent Russian and Chinese assistance, particularly in surveillance capabilities.
Ryan Grim argued on Breaking Points that Israel is concerned about population flight, particularly of the young and educated, who also skew liberal, as another factor pushing the leadership to favor war. Perhaps I am missing something, but unless the 12 Day War triggered a new wave of departures, a new war would not seem to be a plus for getting citizens to stay. But then again, those in charge may believe that that would greatly improve Israel’s security. Informed readers are encouraged to weigh in.
The US will never again have such a Zionist-beholden president as Trump
The Republicans will lose at least the House in the midterms; Trump’s diminished authority and probable pre-occupation with another impeachment
There were more meetings today…
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And it’s not a coincidence that Afghanistan and Pakistan are at it- With Pakistan being the initiator-
It’s possible they (Pakistan) will assist in whatever the US has planned for Iran-
btw: the Balochi’s have been passing into Iran to stir the pot. I’m sure Pakistan doesn’t care because it’s better for Pakistan those “irregulars” are making trouble in Iran- that said.. Pakistan and the US military have ties going way, way back
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/will-donald-trump-intervene-in-pakistan-afghanistan-open-war-us-president-says-islamabad-doing-terrifically-well-101772219247161.html
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he “got along with Pakistan very well” and that Islamabad is doing “terrifically well” when asked about a possible intervention in the ongoing “open war” between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
He wants this conflict