Two
targets at once: Iran, Pakistan. It appears that the
'anti-establishment' Donnie executes faithfully the timeline set by
the US deep state concerning the next big targets of the US
imperialism. The statements were made right at the beginning of the
new year. It seems that Donnie can't wait, he rushes to satisfy all
the components of the neocon/neoliberal establishment in the US. As
RT
reports:
US
President Donald Trump apparently decided not to start the New Year
with a clean slate, opting to re-ignite old disputes instead. In his
first 2018 tweets, the US leader hit out at Iran and Pakistan.
Islamabad
was the first to attract the anger of the US leader, as Trump accused
it of giving the US “nothing but lies & deceit” in exchange
for billions of dollars worth of aid. The president also accused
Pakistan of providing safe haven to terrorists that the US is
fighting in neighboring Afghanistan.
[...]
Islamabad
responded to Trump’s tweet by saying it does not need the US aid,
and by denouncing Washington’s financial assistance as “paltry.”
“We do not need any financial assistance from the United States.
We do not care about it. If America wants to stop it, we will loudly
say go ahead,” Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Muhammad
Faisal said, as cited by the local daily The Nation. He added that,
if the US withheld its aid from the Coalition Support Fund, it would
“hardly make any difference.”
Islamabad
also dismissed US accusations that it harbors terrorist and is doing
too little to fight extremists. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid
Khaqan Abbasi, as well as high-ranking military officials, repeatedly
stated that “there are no safe havens in Pakistan and the entire
nation was committed to its resolve on eradicating terrorism.”
Minutes
after lashing out at Pakistan, Trump turned to Iran, saying that the
Islamic Republic “is failing at every level.” He also took
the opportunity to once again hit out at the 2015 agreement on the
Iranian nuclear program, which he called a “terrible deal.”
He also
commented on the ongoing massive protests that engulf Iran, saying
that Iranians “are hungry… for freedom” and “it is
time for change.” He already made a series of similar comments
just a day earlier, which provoked an angry reaction in Tehran.
Recall
that apart
from Trump's statements about Pakistan, other agents of the US
military-industrial complex have nearly verified the fact that
Pakistan is the next potential target after Afghanistan. We saw
retired Colonel Jack Jacobs destroying
all pretexts
and cynically admitting to Rachel Maddow that the real goal behind
the extension of US military presence in Afghanistan is the rich
mineral deposits.
In
the end, he revealed that Afghanistan will be used also as a major US
military base towards the next target, which is Pakistan:
The
real problem is actually inside Pakistan and it includes a corrupt
government, no control over local areas, a poorly trained army, and
so on. None of the things that the president mentioned are going to
change that very much, except a commitment to stay in Afganistan for
several decades (!!!)
Concerning
Iran, there is no secret that the country is being targeted for
decades by the United States. We can go back ten years to remember
the
shockingly
revealing interview
of the US retired General Wesley Clark to Democracy Now!, where he
revealed that the US deep state was planning to go far beyond Iraq
war, targeting six more countries. The US objective was to take out 7
countries in 5 years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
Iran.
Also,
remember that at least since 1953, the US intervened to overthrow
democratically elected leaders in Iran. Recent documents give further
details about covert operations by the Truman and Eisenhower
administrations as an adjunct to their respective policies toward
Iran, culminating in the overthrow of the democratically elected
Iranian PM, Mohammad Mosaddegh, in August 1953.
A
particular
document
reveals that the then Director of Central Intelligence, Allen Dulles,
examined
the consequence of the "elimination
of Mossadeq by assassination or otherwise",
although it is not clear whether he refers to a possible operation
that would be organized by the CIA.
He
also monitors the power of Mossadeq's key opponent at that time,
Mullah Kashani, and what would happen if Kashani would take power in
case that "Mossadeq were to disappear".
He
also describes the connections of the CIA and the British with
Quasqai tribal leaders "with the view to eventual
organization of resistance in southern Iran if the North should go
Communist."
In
the document also examines the possibility of a "street machine"
that could be organized by Kashani:
As
between Mossadeq and Kashani, it appears that Mossadeq has still the
greater strength although he has obviously lost some prestige in
Parliament and among the people. Kashani’s following, however, is
better consolidated in the capital through a well organized “street
machine”, which Mossadeq does not possess.
So,
when we see violent protests in the streets of Iran our mind
naturally goes straight to the American finger ...
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