Kriegsfürst

Die US-Geheimdienstkoordinatorin zieht unter Eid einen der vielen Gründe für den Krieg gegen den Iran zurück, was aber keinesfalls als Widerspruch zu den Äußerungen ihres Vorgesetzten gewertet werden sollte:

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday that it would be a decade before Iran would be able to produce ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, contradicting one of the Trump administration’s justifications for the Iran war. (Trump said in his State of the Union address last month that Iran was working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States.) Notably, however, when pressed by Sen. Jon Ossoff to characterize the general threat from Iran, Gabbard refused to do so, saying that only the U.S. president, not the intelligence community, could determine what is and what is not an imminent threat.

Wo kämen wir auch hin, wenn Geheimdienstanalysen Entscheidungen der US-Regierung beeinflussen?

Davon abgesehen könnte es für die amerikanisch-israelische Minimalkoalition nicht besser laufen: Der Krieg wurde innerhalb der ersten Tage gewonnen, jedenfalls wurden alle Kriegsziele fast erreicht, abgesehen vielleicht vom Sturz des Regimes und der Ausschaltung der iranischen Streitkräfte. Lediglich eine unbedeutende Meerenge muss noch gegen iranische Attacken gesichert werden, und das könnten nun wirklich andere Staaten übernehmen:

Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe. We have already destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military capability, but it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are. Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated. In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water. One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Weil andere Staaten dann aber doch kein Interesse an einer Kriegsbeteiligung zeigen, ist der Friedensfürst kurzzeitig ein wenig ungehalten, obwohl der vermeintliche Hilferuf ja nur ein Loyalitätstest war:

The United States has been informed by most of our NATO Allies that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon. I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need. Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military — Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World, again! Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer need, or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Dass die unnötigen Beistandsforderungen absurdly incoherent und sehr vage gewesen seien, ist natürlich nur eine Schutzbehauptung der europäischen freeloader, deren Verhalten der US-Präsident (im Rahmen seiner kognitiven Möglichkeiten) lange nicht vergessen wird:

Without the U.S.A., NATO IS A PAPER TIGER! They didn’t want to join the fight to stop a Nuclear Powered Iran. Now that fight is Militarily WON, with very little danger for them, they complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver that is the single reason for the high oil prices. So easy for them to do, with so little risk. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Mit einer kleinen Budgeterhöhung von USD 200.000.000.000 können die US-Streitkräfte, die jetzt aber wirklich ganz kurz vor der Verwirklichung aller Kriegsziele stehen, dank maximum lethality alle Aufgaben allein lösen. Unangenehm für den im Felde unschlagbaren Fernsehkrieger Hegseth bleiben nur die perfiden Medien:

This morning, the defense secretary gave a briefing on the war that quickly degenerated into Trumplike bombast. (Wisely, the Pentagon scheduled this at 8 a.m. eastern time, when most of the country is either sleeping or busy starting their day.) Hegseth apparently prefers to sound more like a Call of Duty player leading a raid than a sober and judicious secretary of defense: Death and destruction from the sky all day, he said, along with other empty phrases such as We’re playing for keeps. (As opposed to what, exactly?)

Most reporters are now accustomed to Hegseth’s drama-laden antics. But even by the low standards he has set, he managed to shock many of them when he cynically used the deaths of U.S. military personnel to air his own grievances with the press.

On Sunday morning (local time), an Iranian drone hit a makeshift operations center in Kuwait. The Pentagon says that six Americans are dead. Not only is this event a tragedy, but it also requires an explanation: The drone reportedly snuck through U.S. defenses without setting off any alerts, and struck a target that now seems to have been unduly vulnerable to aerial attack.

The defense secretary, the man who is supposed to carry this news to the American public and mourn with them, instead whined about the unfairness of it all. When a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it’s front-page news. I get it, Hegseth told the reporters, military personnel, and civilians gathered this morning in the Pentagon. The press only wants to make the president look bad, but try for once to report the reality. The terms of this war will be set by us at every step. As I said Monday, the mission is laser-focused.

Ja, es ließe sich sogar argumentieren, dass freie Medien das einzige Problem des gesamtes Krieges sind:

There is no other way of putting this. The Fake News’s contumacious insistence on reporting what is actually happening in Iran rather than what Donald Trump would prefer was happening is setting back the war effort. So we at the FCC would like to provide you with some suggestions for updating your coverage. This is not a threat. However, please remember that we are in the process of consolidating every media company under the control of a man with a named boat who hates all the programming and has preemptively given Donald Trump his kidney, just in case it ever comes in handy.

War in Iran: Was won last week, and any statements to the contrary are harmful to the troops. These include but are not limited to: pictures of the conflict, neutral tallies of casualties, interviews with people who claim to have knowledge of events in Iran prior to the year 1979, and questions directed to the president about his own past statements. Any mention of previous wars that people thought would be easy and quick and relatively bloodless and not a quagmire, including but not limited to Vietnam, the American Civil War, and World War I, are also frowned upon, especially if you make them where the troops can hear. If we wanted people to know history, we wouldn’t have removed it from every national park and museum. History is just a set of unpleasant facts designed to make people feel unhappy when they look at Mount Rushmore.

Zum Glück kümmert sich nun das Reichspropagandaministerium die Bundeskommunikationskommission um dieses Thema:

The lead official in charge of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has threatened the broadcast licenses of radio and television stations over their coverage of the ongoing military conflict in Iran.

In a series of social media posts over the weekend, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr complained about unspecified broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions about the conflict, saying they have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up.

The law is clear: Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not, Carr wrote.

Der Präsident wirft währenddessen nach imaginierter Rücksprache mit seinen geschätzten Vorgängern seine jahrzehntelange diplomatische Erfahrung in die Waagschale, um den längst gewonnenen Krieg noch etwas mehr zu gewinnen –

If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

– und aktiviert anschließend im Erfolgsrausch die Caps Lock-Taste:

I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

Die guten und produktiven Gespräche fanden allerdings ohne bewusste Beteiligung der Islamischen Republik Iran statt:

Senior Iranian officials have denied that Iran held talks with the United States, just hours after US President Donald Trump claimed very good and productive conversations had taken place towards ending the war.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a social media post on Monday that no negotiations have been held with the US.

Fakenews [sic] is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped, Ghalibaf wrote on X.

That echoed earlier remarks from Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, who also denied that any discussions with the US had taken place.

In comments shared by Iran’s official IRNA news agency, Baghaei said that messages have been received from some friendly countries regarding the US’s request for negotiations to end the war.

Während diese Vorgänge der Öffentlichkeit ein unvorteilhaftes Akronym in Erinnerung rufen, dienen sie zugleich dem einzigen stabilen Merkmal der Trump-Administration, den regelmäßigen Zufallsgewinnen anonymer, risikofreudiger Anlegerinnen:

Wild that America has a president who regularly goes I’ll start World War 3 to tank the stock market and then at the last minute says j/k I’m not invading Greenland/Iran/Canada/etc then the market jumps back up with mysterious people making a killing after he backs down.

An amazing coincidence.