Iran always lies, always cheatsYou have to have a way to remove nuclear materialWe want to make sure Iran doesn’t pose a threat to Israel and America, that’s our common goalSome times we have tactical disagreementsWe always find a way to work out our differencesWe have to disarm Hezbollah and demilitarize LebanonA free and independent Lebanon needs to emergeMany of those chieftains targeting Israel are in BeirutWe’ve weakened the Iran regime, it’s not overIran is ‘playing with fire’ on escalationTrump understands what’s at stakeI will leave it to Trump if military escalation neededI don’t think Iran wants an out
The comment about demilitarizing Lebanon is concerning because it’s a maximalist goal that essentially means conquering the whole country. That’s not going to be done in days but over many months.
Earlier today, Donald Trump told the New York Post in an interview published that the US naval blockade around the Strait of Hormuz could last
through Labor Day.
“I think it could be [closed through Labor Day, Monday Sept, 7], but I think it’s unlikely. I think that we’ll have it. I think this will resolve itself fairly quickly,” he said.
The problem is that Trump initially said this war would be over in 4-6 weeks and we’re long past that. He’s also made comments about it ending fairly quickly many times.
He also said he would
like to meet the new ayatollah of Iran, and “probably will” at some
point.
This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.