President Trump announced that the U.S. had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites. Then he messaged that “now is the time for peace.” No, it is time for war. No negotiating, just giving Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu precisely what he wanted – the bunker-busting bombs that the Israeli leader had been dreaming of being used. Trump now is co-owner of a war that can only end badly for all sides.
Let’s step back a few days. Prior to the U.S. air assault, the mass media was fixed on military strategy in the Israel-Iran war. Diplomacy took a back seat. Iran insisted it would not enter talks until Israel stopped its attacks. Israeli officials said they would not stop attacking Iran until all its objectives had been achieved. The IDF command told Israelis to prepare for a long struggle. At the UN, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said: “The expansion of this conflict could ignite a fire that no one can control. We must not let that happen.”
