Richyb83 said:
I certainly hope not...they don't want him re-elected..especially with GDP up
http://www.americanfreedomunion.com/trump-is-being-set-up-for-war-with-iran/
I hope not either. As much as I oppose the regime in Tehran and what they stand for, an outbreak of war would be costly to everyone involved, in many ways. Trump campaigned on not getting into more wars. As the article implies, John Bolton does have a history of beating the war drums, so I'm actually surprised Trump hired him on to his current position as NSA. Bolton was also a director of the Project for a New American Century think tank whose members had a disproportionate influence in the lead up to the Iraq War.
That said, I'm not a big fan of the article vis a vis its anti Israeli slant. The statement accusing the Israeli military as nothing more than killers of unarmed and helpless Palestinian women and children is disingenuous at best. The article smacks of being a hit piece on Israel. I take the article's attitude as Israel has no right to self defense as anyone who follows events there knows who the real troublemakers are. (Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Fatah.)
I don't believe for one minute that Israel needs us to fight her battles. They're more than capable of dealing with Iran at this time. I believe, if anything, it's the US that restrains Israel from taking out certain Iranian targets that deal with their nuclear program. There's more complex geopolitical issues to deal with (Russia/China), moreso than when the Israelis took out Saddam's facility, as well as the one in Syria.
Of course, I'm aware the position I'm taking can be construed as precisely the reason of the article's slant. The concept of "plausible deniability". I hope what the article supposes isn't the case. Only time will tell.