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Bolton and Pompeo Cannot Sell Proposed Iran War to Anyone
by jess Tuesday, May 21 2019, 9:41pm
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As the old adage goes,”Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” Indeed, and that applies more-so in world politics/affairs.

Pompeo, attempting to sell Brooklyn bridge

Soon after a UK major general stated that no evidence existed of “increased threats” from Iran, a NATO military intelligence officer in no uncertain terms reinforced that reality indicating that the proposed Israeli/American planned war on Iran, clearly based on fabricated lies and propaganda, would have to be fought by Israel's puppet America and Israel itself, as no-one in the world is buying the bullshit American story anymore. Burnt once (Iraq etc) twice shy, as they say.

Furthermore, the NATO official considered Pompeo's attempts to convince NATO and others of an Iranian threat to not only be groundless claims, but so weak they were “insulting:”

“Do they think that we are stupid?” asked the NATO official. [Well, yes, as a person is only able to judge according to his/her own ability/measure.]

"... the substance of the intelligence that the Americans briefed was utterly unconvincing — even insulting.” That statement in an international diplomatic context is equivalent to, ' fuck off you lying, inept bastards,' in common parlance!

So it would seem that Bibi, John, Mike and Donald would have to fight their now exposed ILLEGAL war with Iran alone. And these sociopathic, pathologically lying, reprobates have to date only been able to send others to do their dirty work and die for the profits of the few, as they are essentially, COWARDS. So I and most of the global population would say, 'do your own fighting and dying,' you lying cowards! And there's not much chance of that eventuating.

But let's not miss the crucial issue here, American credibility is non-existent today, which reality spells doom for Washington neocons and the hapless, GULLIBLE American citizens that continue to CONSUME the lies of the American mass media and mega-IT companies – good luck doodles, cos you'll need it.

Lost credibility leads to PARIAH status IF reform and change are not immediate. NOW is the TIME for American citizens to take back their nation and restore their nation to its former glory, as quite clearly the lying, mass murdering criminal forces that control it today, have had their day.

Article from the American Conservative follows:

Trump Administration Panicking Over Nothing
by Daniel Larison

The Trump administration’s overhyped claims of an increased Iranian threat went over like a lead balloon with allied officials this week:

A NATO military intelligence official who was briefed on Pompeo’s claims about increased Iranian aggression in the Middle East said the substance of the intelligence that the Americans briefed was utterly unconvincing — even insulting.

“Do they think that we are stupid?” asked the NATO official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

/> Pompeo has a record of making false and exaggerated claims about Iran and its involvement in other conflicts, especially in Yemen, so he probably didn’t have much credibility among allies going into this. It isn’t surprising that his presentation of the latest administration spin didn’t go over well. Our treaty allies don’t share the administration’s Iran obsession and don’t want to be drawn in to a new conflict, so to convince them the evidence of new and unusual Iranian behavior would have to be very strong. At the same time, the Secretary of State has been so used to getting away with making outrageous false statements to Congress and the public for more than a year that he probably didn’t expect to encounter so much skepticism when he tried to pass off weak evidence as if it were solid proof of increased threats.

The information Pompeo provided predictably didn’t back up the administration’s alarmist statements and provocative behavior:

The NATO military intelligence official said Pompeo’s clumsy attempt to gin up support for the U.S.’s dealings with Iran fell on deaf ears.

“[The briefing] was a dog’s breakfast of things that happen every day, rumors, poorly-sourced things we suspect are [planted information], and of course, some pictures of boats that the Iranians have put some missiles on,” he said, referencing the photograph of an Iranian missile on a small boat in the Persian Gulf that was recently declassified, according to the New York Times, by U.S. intelligence agents who wanted to prove that Iran is indeed a threat.
“Iranians have been putting missiles on boats in the Gulf since the 1980s. That’s what you do when you don’t have proper blue water navy.”

In short, there was no good reason for the panicked administration reaction this month, and it has shown how eager some administration officials are to seize on absolutely anything as an excuse to move towards conflict with Iran. The Trump administration’s response over the last two weeks has been a bit like the cartoon where the giant elephant shrieks and jumps up on a chair when it spots a mouse on the floor. That doesn’t bode well for how the administration will respond to an accidental collision or clash. This is why the U.S. and Iran should maintain regular lines of communication to avert potential misunderstandings and to make sure that our governments can calm things down before they get out of control.

Pompeo had no better luck during his recent trip to Iraq:

When asked if Pompeo and his staff accepted this analysis, the Iraqi official laughed.

“You Americans aren’t always good listeners in the Middle East,” he said. “We are telling them that the Iranians weren’t behaving unusually and they ignored us.”

The Trump administration has pursued a policy of relentless hostility towards Iran, and then they misread normal Iranian actions as a new threat, blew that threat out of proportion, and then massively overreacted.

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/the-trump-administration-panicked-over-nothing/