american neocons get their iran war as congress sleeps - ron paul    /archives/american-neocons-get-thei r-iran-war-as-congress-sleeps   6uluubek over the weekend, the commander of the us central command (centcom), general michael kurilla, arrived in israel to coordinate with the israeli military and plan a military strike against iran. think about that for a moment: one of the highest-ranking officers in the us military is planning a war in a foreign country against another foreign country which will be fueled by american weapons, american intelligence, and american tax dollars. did that foreign country  iran  attack the united states or threaten americans? no, it did not. what did iran do to warrant a centcom commander bringing the weight of the us military into play to plan a war  possibly wwiii? it retaliated against israeli airstrikes including the assignation of a hamas leader, ismail haniyeh, in tehran. it was the israeli missile attack on tehran  an unprecedented event  that set off this chain of escalation, but few would know if from media coverage. this war fever between israel and iran not only has nothing to do with us, but our increasing involvement actually hurts our national interests in the region. after a deadly and futile three-year proxy war against russia in ukraine, the last thing we need is another war in the middle east, especially against iran. but make no mistake, war is what we are getting. this administration has even offered to compensate israel with even more weapons and diplomatic support if they hit targets of the us choosing and avoid others in iran. imagine if china sent military officials to iran to pay tehran to make sure some us targets were struck and others avoided. would we consider it irans war against us, or chinas war against us? both?
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