Trump's War Against Iran Is Expanding
Trump’s War
Against Iran is Expanding
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Sadly,
Donald Trump’s war against Iran which he launched at the behest of Israel, is
rapidly spiraling out of control. It is now threatening to engulf larger
regions and sections of the globe! How did this happen? How have Trump’s
foolish actions against Iran devolved into a wider conflict that is resulting
in massively damaging consequences to the global economy and stability? The obvious
answer is, very quickly.
The US launched another sneak attack against
Iran on February 22, 2026 while the US and Iran were negotiating a peace
settlement; now here we are in early August and the war is spreading rapidly.
Now Trump’s war involves: Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, the UAE,
Kuwait and Bahrain against Iran and non-state actors who are not part of their
national government like Ansar Allah (the Houthis of Yemen), Hezbollah of
Lebanon and al-Shabeeb of Somalia! Meanwhile Iran has the support of Russia and
China and possibly North Korea.
More countries are becoming involved as the
conflict expands. Things are happening really fast. The Saudi Arabia attacked
Yemen, in response the Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia, now Saudi Arabia is
galvanizing a “coalition” of nations including Sudan, Djibouti, Turkey, Yemen,
Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan and Bangladesh in an attempt to respond to Ansar
Allah’s, blocking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait which is critical for commercial
traffic in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Restricting traffic in the Straits of
Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb is crippling Saudi Arabia’s efforts to get their oil
to markets which in turn is devasting global energy supply chains, rising costs
and restricting availability! America, Saudi Arabia’s main ally and defender can
do nothing to stop this nor rescue the Saudis from this crisis.
Remember Saudi
Arabia waged war against Ansar Allah from March 25,2015 supported by the US
until April 2, 2022 and yet they still could not win even with US air support
and military supplies! The Houthis are no joke and Saudi Arabia has
demonstrated they cannot beat them even with a coalition of nations which
included the governments of: Yemen, Qatar (from 2015-2017) and Sudan (from
2015-2019). That was a regional conflict the US media rarely mentioned.
In 2022 the United Nations brokered
a ceasefire/settlement between Saudi Arabia and Ansar Allah. Saudi Arabia was
supported with logistics, military and air strikes by the United States until later
when the US signed a separate cease fire with the Houthis in 2025! Let that
sink in. Saudi Arabia could not defeat the Houthis with the support of the US
and the US finally stopped fighting them in 2025!
Here’s the
other piece to that conflict. Ansar Allah was supported by Iran, North Korea
and Sudan and Qatar switched their support from Saudi Arabia to Ansar
Allah! Based upon past events do you
think the Saudis can defeat the Houthis? Do you think diplomacy will work
instead of warfare? What if things go South and Saudi’s multi-national
coalition is forced to join the conflict; how do you think that will turn out?
Sudan is already in an internal conflict, do you really think Egypt, Djibouti,
Turkey, Somalia, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Bangladesh and Pakistan will take up
arms against the Houthis on behalf of the Saudis?
Meanwhile
Iran is going about its business exposing the US Empire as a paper tiger,
effectively destroying US military bases in the region, simultaneously wreaking
havoc on the GCC nations, Israel and the global economy. How much longer can/will
this go on? We have seen that despite the massive bombing by the US and Israel;
Iran is still standing. Despite promises
and anticipation of an easy and quick victory, Iran is holding its own making both
America and Israel look bad. The Iranian leadership seems steadfast resolute
and resilient in contrast to Trump looking like an imbecile and Netanyahu looking
like a petulant child because things are not getting his way.
This is where we are in August of
2026; who thought back in February things were going to turn out like this? Blowback can be a mother. Conditions are
worsening and this is not going to bode well for the US or the world.
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posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton @ 8:47 AM
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