{"id":63082,"date":"2022-07-18T19:08:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T00:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63082"},"modified":"2022-07-18T19:08:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T00:08:41","slug":"63082","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63082","title":{"rendered":"War with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-header\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title short unpublished\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrishedges.substack.com\/p\/war-with-iran\">War with Iran<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"subtitle\"><strong>The United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths and innumerable war crimes in the Middle East, are now plotting to attack Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-subheader meta-subheader\">\n<div class=\"left\">\n<div class=\"facepile bylines-facepile\">\n<div class=\"facepile-faces\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"available-content\">\n<div class=\"body markup\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure><a class=\"image-link image2\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg 1456w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1456\" height=\"1119\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/e207af4e-8d9a-437d-8e55-ade764660745_4500x3457.jpeg&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1119,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:9473240,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false}\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Biden at Bat &#8211; by Mr. Fish<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"subscribe-widget is-signed-up\"><\/div>\n<p>The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting a war with Iran. The 2015 Iranian nuclear arms accord, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Donald Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/08\/world\/middleeast\/trump-iran-nuclear-deal.html\" rel=\"\">sabotaged<\/a>, does not look like it will be revived.\u00a0 U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is reviewing options to attack if Teheran looks poised to obtain a nuclear weapon and Israel, which opposes U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations, carries out military strikes.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit to Israel, Biden assured Prime Minister Yair Lapid that the U.S. is \u201cprepared to use all elements of its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/biden-says-us-military-force-190645226.html\" rel=\"\">national power<\/a>,\u201d including military force, to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S. function as a troika in the Middle East. The Israeli government has built a close alliance with Saudi Arabia, which produced 15 of the 19 hijackers in the September 11 attacks and has been a prolific sponsor of international terrorism, supporting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523115740\/https:\/\/ctc.westpoint.edu\/the-salafi-jihad-as-a-religious-ideology\/\" rel=\"\">Salafi jihadism<\/a>, the basis of al-Qaeda, and such groups as the Afghanistan<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220711141952\/https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Taliban\" rel=\"\">\u00a0Taliban<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220131151848\/https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Lashkar-e-Taiba\" rel=\"\">\u00a0Lashkar-e-Taiba<\/a>\u00a0(LeT) and the<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220714192206\/https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Nusra_Front\" rel=\"\">\u00a0Al-Nusra Front<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The three countries worked in tandem to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220123145227\/https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/20\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-vows-to-back-egypts-rulers.html\" rel=\"\">back<\/a>\u00a0the 2013 military coup in Egypt, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who overthrew its first democratically elected government. He has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220427210844\/https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/egypt-sisi-pardons-journalist-prisoners\" rel=\"\">imprisoned<\/a>\u00a0tens of thousands of government critics, including journalists and human rights defenders, on politically motivated charges. The Sisi regime collaborates with Israel by keeping its common border with Gaza closed to Palestinians, trapping them in the<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220706235323\/https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2022\/06\/15\/suffering-extreme-levels-gaza-after-15-years-worlds-largest-open-air-prison\" rel=\"\">\u00a0Gaza strip<\/a>, one of the most densely populated and impoverished places on earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"subscribe-widget is-signed-up\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>War with Iran The United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths and innumerable war crimes in the Middle East, are now plotting to attack Iran. Biden at Bat &#8211; by Mr. Fish The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting a war with Iran. 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