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Will Trump Take The War Plunge In Iran?
Hesitant. That's me when it comes to parroting an Axios report that a major war with Iran's imminent
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Several murder mysteries I’ve seen over the years have employed some version of a serial killer meme involving a drawer full of ribbons for choking a killer’s victims. Whenever DJT is involved that drawer is filled dozens of pairs of red devil horns for him to don during various negotiations. He’s always the devil, no matter what he’s doing. One can’t help but notice how much he lusts to kill his enemies. Of course, he himself is too much of a coward to do this job. Only his minions can do the task. But the very idea makes him drool in the dead of night.
The (upcoming) war in Iran is actually about China, just like selling out Ukraine for a deal with Russia is also about China (and self-enrichment) and just like Venezuela was actually about China (and most certainly not democracy). The US strategy is to cut off China’s cheapest oil supplies in order to generate a point of significant leverage in that relationship.