Skirmishes Continue in Iran
Despite a "ceasefire", some hostilities continue.
5/26/20262 min read
How many different ways can I comment on the wrongful incursion into Iran? Despite the alleged ceasefire, the U.S. military carried out what it calls “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran. Sites included missile launch sites and boats reportedly placing mines. Meanwhile, Trump claimed negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely.”
The strikes were conducted “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” according to Capt. Tim Hawkins, the spokesman for the U.S. military’s Central Command.
Forgive me, but when a country invades another country, and the latter defends itself, it’s not self-defense by the attacking country. It’s continued aggression. Iran is the one acting in self-defense. It’s yet another repeat of how the “white man” defined the Indian Wars. Native Americans were not aggressors, they were the defenders against invasion.
In Iran, the news website Tabnak, identified four dead Guard troops it said had been killed in American strikes on boats. Iranian state television separately reported blasts around Bandar Abbas, a city on the Strait of Hormuz, home to a military port and a dual-use airport.
The U.S. strikes were the latest attacks to shake the weeks-long ceasefire in the war. The Strait of Hormuz effectively remains in Iran’s choke hold, disrupting global energy markets, which of course, we see in the price at the pumps. Until the attacks on the sovereign nation end, fuel prices will remain high. This, from a president who promised low energy prices.
Trump then goes on to say any agreement to end the Iran war should include a requirement for several additional countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, to join the Abraham Accords - agreements from Trump’s first term aimed at normalizing relations with Israel. Why? Our alleged dispute with Iran should not be projected onto additional countries. While voluntary participation in peace would be wonderful, an added requirement from outsiders is just an excuse to continue hostilities.
Saudi Arabia has called on Israel to return to its 1967 borders and allow the formation of a Palestinian nation with East Jerusalem as its capital. I concur completely. I have long stated Israel’s annexation policies, via goading surrounding countries into attacking Israel “first”, is the problem in the Middle East. Israel’s consistent manipulations of such countries is what keeps any hope of long-term acceptance of each other at bay.
As for Trump’s demand that “… it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords,” while desirable and wishful, is also dictatorial. They are sovereign nations who must maintain their right to determine their own affairs without outside demands opposing them. The United States needs to remove itself from the Middle East and allow each nation its sovereignty.
Masood Khan, former ambassador to the United States from Pakistan, which is acting as mediator, said it remains to be seen how workable the proposal might be for the countries on Trump’s list. He points to the domestic pressure Trump is facing to strike a favorable deal. Screw any deal by Trump. Listen to your people. Get out!
Source used: Associated Press
