Update for Monday, May 20, 2019
Today in Afghanistan The hostile and threatening rhetoric from the U.S. administration toward Iran has escalated to a threat of national extermination from the president.
“If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran,” Trump tweeted. “Never threaten the United States again!
He did not state what this is in response to, as Iran has not threatened the United States and in fact the Iranian regime has stated clearly that it is not threatening the U.S. and does not want war.
It is possible that this was in response to a rocket exploding in the Green Zone about half a kilometer from the U.S. embassy, which caused no damage or casualties. No-one has taken responsibility. In fact the Iranian-backed Hezbollah brigades has denounced the attack, as have other pro-Iranian factions.
In the midst of this war of words, Exxon-Mobil has withdrawn foreign staff from an oil field in southern Iraq, angering the Iraqi oil minister who denounces the move as “political” and unrelated to real security concerns. “For us, this withdrawal is unacceptable and unjustified because other international companies are working freely and safely in developing oil fields,” Ghadhban added.
Iraqi Shiite political leader Muqtada al-Sadr warns that Iraq could not surive a war between the U.S. and Iran and urges Iraqis to unite against such a possibility.
Cheryl Rofer asks what could be the objectives of a U.S. war against Iran. The U.S. administration has not articulated any.
Iraq’s president makes it clear that he is talking with Iranian and U.S. officials and making it clear that Iraq wants no part of a war between the two, while U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iraqi leaders that if they are not going to stand with the US against Iran, then they should stand aside.
I will just note that as disastrous as the 2003 invasion of Iraq was for Iraqis and for the United States, Iran has more than twice the population of Iraq (81 million vs. 38 million), a vastly more capable military, and a more unified populace. The U.S. would have no real allies in such a conflict — Israel and the Saudis would cheerlead but that’s about all. And of course the idea that Iran is somehow a threat to the United States is completely preposterous. John Bolton, for reasons he has never really articulated, has wanted to go to war with Iran for more than a decade. As far as I can tell, that it is the basic reason for what is going on now. — C
Today in Afghanistan
Source: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/2019/05/update-for-monday-may-20-2019.html
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