If you're citing the current Trump / Netanyahu War on Iran, I agree. I do not endorse it. I oppose it. The current headlines about it, whatever they may be, are reason enough for my unreserved opposition to this War.
Instead, I rather more endorse the Obama administration's JCPOA we implemented with Iran, Britain, France, Germany, China, & Russia.
So you may claim. BUT !
Those that negotiated the JCPOA, Britain, France, Germany, China, & Russia apparently believe otherwise.
Not clear to me what you think you know that you think they didn't.
But however resourceful your perspective may seem, I think it unlikely that you are right, and the world-class experts and international negotiators of these 7 nations are all wrong. Possible.
Unlikely.
It's bad. I see no benefit to quibbling superlatives,
beyond acknowledging that Trump habitually expresses himself in superlatives, and is very frequently wrong as a result.
It may be evidence Iran is not the sole provocateur.
It does not elevate Iran to choirboy status.
Numerous corroborating reports from a wide variety of sources cite Iran as supporter of violence groups such as the Houthis.
The Houthis,[d] officially known as Ansar Allah,[e] is a Zaydi[a] revivalist and Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydis, whose namesake leadership is drawn largely from the al-Houthi family.[94] The Houthis are backed by Iran,[95][96][97] and they are widely considered part of the Iranian-led "Axis of Resistance".[95][98] The group has been a central player in Yemen's civil war, drawing widespread international condemnation for its human rights abuses, including targeting civilians[99][100] and allegedly using child soldiers.[101]
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There are no experts who claim they can detect secret work to enrich uranium.
With Obama and Iran, they simply talked Iran into feeling they were no longer threatened, and did not need a nuclear deterrent.
Murdering one person is a crime, but murdering the leader of a whole nation, is an act of war.
Now that we blew up the Ayatollah and his wife, it has to be clearly to everyone that they do need a nuclear deterrent after what Trump did.
And I also believe you misunderstand Yemen.
The Houthis are not new or influenced by Iran.
They are the actual owners and natives of Yemen.
The British took over more than a hundred years ago, and currently the Saudis are trying to maintain that British colony for themselves.
It is the Saudis who are the criminals, not the Houthis, and Iran is just supporting justice, in my opinion.
Here is the real histoy:
{...
The British were looking for a coal depot to service their steamers en route to
India. It took 700 tons of coal for a round-trip from
Suez to
Bombay.
East India Company officials decided on Aden. London tried to reach an agreement with the Zaydi imam of
Sanaa permitting them a foothold in
Mocha; and when unable to secure their position, they extracted a similar agreement from the
Sultan of Lahej, enabling them to consolidate a position in
Aden.
[146][147]
An incident played into British hands when, while passing
Aden for trading purposes, one of their sailing ships sank and Arab tribesmen boarded it and plundered its contents. The
British India government dispatched a warship under the command of Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines to demand compensation.
[147] Haines bombarded Aden from his warship in January 1839. The ruler of
Lahej, who was in Aden at the time, ordered his guards to defend the port, but they failed in the face of overwhelming military and naval power. The British managed to occupy
Aden and agreed to compensate the sultan with an annual payment of 6000
riyals.
[147] The British evicted the
Sultan of Lahej from
Aden and forced him to accept their "protection".
[147] In November 1839, 5000 tribesmen tried to retake the town but were repulsed and 200 were killed. The British realized that Aden's prosperity depended on their relations with the neighboring tribes, which required that they rest on a firm and satisfactory basis.
[148]
The British government concluded "protection and friendship" treaties with nine tribes surrounding Aden, whereas they would remain independent from British interference in their affairs as long as they do not conclude treaties with foreigners (non-Arab colonial powers).
[149] Aden was declared a
free zone in 1850. With emigrants from
India, East Africa and Southeast Asia, Aden grew into a "world city". In 1850, only 980 Arabs were registered as original inhabitants of the city.
[150] The English presence in Aden put them at odds with the Ottomans. The Turks asserted to the British that they held sovereignty over the whole of
Arabia, including Yemen as successor of
Muhammad and the chief of the universal
Caliphate.
...}
The British are the bad guys, and they turned Yemen into an imperial colony.
The Houthis have always been the legal inhabitants and owners, and the Saudis are actually acting as an agent of the US, and have no business in Yemen.
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