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The Iran Trap: Everyone Wants Americans To Fight Their Wars For Them<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Brandon Smith<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the defining aspects of Ukraine\u2019s strategy in the war against Russia is escalation \u2013 Not so much in terms of damage to Russia, but in terms of western involvement. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has made it his primary mission to convince western allies that their direct intervention in the war is absolutely necessary. Why?\u00a0 He asserts that Ukraine is the \u201cguardian at the gate\u201d supposedly preventing Russia from steamrolling through Europe.<\/p>\n

The claim is absurd for a few reasons.<\/p>\n

First, NATO officials and the establishment media have spent the better part of the last three years claiming that Russia was on the ropes and their military was crippled. Now, suddenly, as it becomes clear that Ukraine is losing the war badly (a result I predicted at the beginning of the conflict), those same people are asserting that Russia has the ability to invade multiple countries and rampage through the EU.<\/p>\n

Second, we\u2019ve heard the \u201cdomino effect\u201d argument before. The public was fooled by the same idea during the Vietnam War. The notion that Americans MUST play world police in every fight or face a series of toppling catastrophes is a lie that has plagued our society for generations. The fact of the matter is, most wars have nothing to do with us.<\/p>\n

Third, Ukraine is already a proxy nation; the real conflict has always been between NATO and Russia. The Ukrainians would have been overrun within the first year of the war without NATO intel and NATO weaponry. But what Zelensky and his handlers from globalist think-tanks want is US boots on the ground, and they will say or do ANYTHING to make that end result a reality.\u00a0 They WANT world war.<\/p>\n

The play for Ukraine during the Biden Administration was to assert that they are the vital buffer, the shield protecting the US and EU from harm.\u00a0 The Trump Administration appears to be far less inclined to embrace or promote this narrative. In fact, Trump\u2019s disgust for Zelensky has been made rather evident.<\/p>\n

This leaves Europe to fill the gap, and if they do attempt deployments in the region a world war is assured. Whether or not the US gets involved at that point is hard to say, but the Europeans clearly seem to think they can lure America into the fray.<\/p>\n

A similar scenario is developing in the Middle East right now. It\u2019s an issue I have written about and warned about for many years, but this time it appears the escalation is entrenched and irreversible. Not to mention, unlike Ukraine, Donald Trump\u2019s affinity for Israel is far more of a factor.<\/p>\n

In April of 2024 in my article\u00a0\u2018World War III Is Now Inevitable \u2013 Here\u2019s Why It Can\u2019t Be Avoided\u2019<\/a>\u00a0published on April 5th I noted that:<\/p>\n

\u201cI warned months ago\u2026that the war in Gaza would expand into a multi-front conflict that would probably include Iran. I also warned that it would be to Israel\u2019s benefit if Iran entered the war because this would eventually force the US to become directly involved\u2026\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Tensions ultimately diminished at the time as US elections approached and the world waited to see which way America would go in terms of domestic and foreign policy. Now that the White House has changed hands and the US stance is more evident, the situation has exploded again.\u00a0 Everything that is happening in the Middle East revolves around Israel, and Israel\u2019s activities are limited by how much or how little the US is willing to support them.<\/p>\n

In my article\u00a0\u2018Iran vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired?\u2019<\/a>, published in April of 2024, I predicted:<\/p>\n

\u201cI have little doubt that Israel will commit to extensive aerial strikes on Iran this year or early in 2025, and we\u2019ll see very quickly if Russian air defense technology sold to the Iranians is effective or ineffective\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

The Israeli public position will be that their strikes are focused on taking down any existing Iranian nuclear labs. There is no solid evidence that Iran has made much headway in developing nukes (they might have dirty bombs), but the notion of nukes is more than enough in terms of public relations and justification for the war\u2026\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Trump has always been the wild card, and he still is to some extent.\u00a0 His comments on the nuclear negotiations suggest that he is continuing to push for a peace agreement, but Israel put the kibosh on any diplomatic plan when they assassinated multiple Iranian military leaders (Mohammad Bagheri, Hossein Salami, Gholamali Rashid, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Fereydoon Abbasi). There\u2019s no going back after the direct targeting of so many high ranking officials, and that may have been Israel\u2019s intention.<\/p>\n

This is the same strategy Israel used against Lebanon in the now infamous \u201cpager bombings\u201d. To be sure, Israel\u2019s ability to infiltrate enemy governments and gain strike ready knowledge on their leadership is impressive, but in some ways it\u2019s also desperate. These are guerrilla tactics, not the tactics of a country confident in its ability to win a conventional war.<\/p>\n

The regime change in Syria and the decapitation strikes in Lebanon are part of an obvious long term guerrilla-style war on the part of Israel designed to weaken Iranian allies in preparation for the final conflict with Iran itself.\u00a0 The idea that Iran is on the verge of a nuclear weapon and this is the trigger for the most recent bloodshed is nonsense.\u00a0 The staging for war with Iran has been ongoing for the past several years.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s active duty military is composed of at least 610,000 troops along with 310,000 reservists, and they do have ample conventional weaponry, hypersonic missiles and drones.\u00a0 Israel only has 170,000 active duty personnel; their technological advantage is not going to be enough to balance the scales.\u00a0 Unless there is a domestic breakdown in Iran that leads to an internal rebellion, there is no chance that Israel will be able to fight them on the ground.<\/p>\n

The reality is, just like Ukraine, Israel cannot win a protracted war without aid from the US. In order for them to execute an actual ground invasion of Iran (not to mention Lebanon and a host of other regions throughout the Middle East) they will need US weapons and troops.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve mentioned over and over again, I really don\u2019t care about either side. I don\u2019t care about Gaza, I don\u2019t care about Iran, I don\u2019t care if Israel succeeds or fails. I also find Islamic fundamentalism to be authoritarian, degenerate and parasitic to the west, but if they stay in the Middle East then it\u2019s not really my concern.\u00a0 I don\u2019t care about ancient tribal vendettas.<\/p>\n

I find people with an overt hatred of Israel politically suspicious, and I find people who worship Israel as if their government is devoid of corruption politically suspicious.\u00a0 I find anyone that demands I pick a side politically suspicious.\u00a0 I find leftist activists that hijack Muslim causes suspicious and reprehensible. \u00a0 I don\u2019t care what goes on in the Middle East, and I think most conservatives agree with me.<\/p>\n

What I do care about is America and Americans. It\u2019s clear that Israel NEEDS the US deeply involved in any long term war with Iran, and this is where I have a problem. Everyone wants the US to fight their wars for them and the scheming is growing tiresome.<\/p>\n

The nuclear question is the angle Israel is exploiting to appeal to Trump and it may very well work. Trump has said the US will not involve itself in the conflict, but he has also said that Iran \u201ccannot be allowed to have a nuke\u201d. Where is the evidence of Iran developing nukes? It\u2019s nowhere to be found. Maybe it exists, but the American public certainly hasn\u2019t seen it.\u00a0 The claims are starting to sound familiar \u2013 \u201cWMDs in Iraq\u201d anyone?<\/p>\n

If the problem was simply Iranian nuclear weapons then limited precision strikes on such facilities would have sufficed. However, that\u2019s not what happened. Instead, Israel attacked a multitude of targets outside of possible nuclear labs and assassinated half a dozen military leaders. That\u2019s an action designed to start a wider war, not stop the creation of a nuke.<\/p>\n

One group that I believe is key in the attempt to get Trump onboard with a full spectrum war in Ukraine and Iran is The Atlantic Council. In my article\u00a0\u2018The Atlantic Council Has Big Plans For A War Between The US And Iran\u2019<\/a>, published in October of 2024, I noted that they had been pushing the narrative that Iran was behind at least one assassination plan against Trump and that the Iranians were behind a hacking attack on Trump\u2019s election campaign in an effort to give his data over to Democrats.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same narrative that Benjamin Netanyahu and Neo-Cons pushed this past week, and again, there\u2019s no tangible evidence to support the accusations so far.\u00a0 Every narrative is carefully crafted to get MAGA voters to back a wider war.<\/p>\n

In the article I noted:<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the Atlantic Council is a root instigator behind every globalist scheme to trigger a larger war between the East and the West. Their ideal scenario seems to be the creation of a proxy conflict that acts as a first domino in a chain that leads to world war, a bit like DARPA\u2019s \u201cLinchpin Theory\u201d\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

To be clear, the council is not only interested in Ukraine and Russia. They\u2019re happy to embroil Americans in a larger war wherever they can. This past week, the Atlantic Council published another war scenario report dealing with Iran titled \u2018The Future of US Strategy Toward Iran: A Bipartisan Roadmap For The Next Administration\u2019. The goal of the report is to influence a new defense doctrine with a mission to insert the US directly in the middle of the burgeoning war between Iran and Israel.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

They need conservatives to commit to boots on the ground in the near future (this has been Lindsey Graham\u2019s sales pitch for the past several days).\u00a0 I continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe establishment media reports that Iran hacked the Trump campaign\u2019s election strategies and gave them to the Harris camp. There are also rumors spread by US intelligence agencies that Iran was working to have Trump assassinated. Are these claims true? There\u2019s little public evidence available to prove it.<\/b><\/p>\n

Maybe Iran really wants to take Trump down. Or, maybe this is part of a plot to ensure that Trump backs a full blown war with Iran should he win the election. Trump has said repeatedly that he intends to end the war in Ukraine upon his return to the White House. This would ruin over a decade of planning by the Atlantic Council. But what if they can sink the US into a different conflict with the same potential for a world war? That\u2019s what Iran is \u2013 Another linchpin\u2026\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

The Atlantic Council is a globalist institution and they\u2019re relatively open about their intentions.\u00a0 Their goal is regime change in Iran and their reasoning is that Iran is a primary obstacle to bringing the Middle East into the globalist fold.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about nukes.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about assassination threats to Trump.\u00a0 These are mere justifications for a final war that will usher in a new era of global centralization.<\/p>\n