{"id":36188,"date":"2018-07-26T06:36:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T11:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36188"},"modified":"2018-07-26T06:36:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T11:36:44","slug":"tweet-of-mass-destruction-ratchets-up-tension-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36188","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tweet of Mass Destruction\u2019 ratchets up tension on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Tweet of Mass Destruction\u2019 ratchets up tension on Iran<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Trump administration’s ultimate goal is regime change in Tehran, but was this just a distraction from the ‘treason’ in Helsinki as US Mid-Term elections loom? Or did he just want to destabilize the Eurasian giants and their New Silk Roads?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Iranians burn an image of US President Donald Trump during an anti-US demonstration outside the former US embassy headquarters in the capital Tehran on May 9, 2018. Photo: AFP\/Atta Kenare<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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President Trump\u2019s late-night, all-caps\u00a0Tweet of Mass Destruction<\/a> threatening Iran is bound to be enshrined in the Art of Diplomacy annals.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s go back to how this all started. After unilaterally pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, the Trump administration has issued what amounts to a declaration of economic war on Iran and will go no holds barred to squeeze the Islamic Republic out of the global oil market \u2013 complete with threatening allies in Europe with secondary sanctions, unless they cut all imports of Iranian oil by November 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

This past weekend, Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said he would support blocking all Middle East oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz if Iran\u2019s European trade partners succumb to pressure from Washington and stop buying Iranian oil altogether.<\/p>\n

Then President Hassan Rouhani followed Khamenei and warned the US about \u201cplaying with the lion\u2019s tail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rouhani, as his record attests, has always behaved as the epitome of cool diplomacy. Contrary to predictable US media spin, he never \u201cthreatened\u201d to attack the US. His premise was that Tehran was pleased to offer Washington the \u201cmother of all peace.\u201d But if Trump instead decided to attack Iran, then<\/i> (italics mine) that would open the way to the Mother of all Wars.<\/p>\n

Ultimate goal: Regime change<\/strong><\/p>\n

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