Ayatollah Khamenei

Major Realities Of Iran War Hit Home!

Ronald 42 Comments

It is very clear that Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and others in the leadership of the US government did NOT carefully plan the attack on Iran.

They allowed the inexperienced real estate developers, Jared Kushner (Trump’s son-in-law) and Steve Witkoff, to make judgments on the seriousness, or supposed lack of it, of the Iranian diplomats they were negotiating with.

They failed to consider that Iran could block the Strait of Hormuz, creating an international crisis regarding oil and gasoline supplies, particularly causing harm to Asian allies, but also causing the greatest gasoline price crisis in many years for consumers in the United States. The entire international economy is affected by the US-Israeli war on Iran.

They failed to understand that when a nation is bombed, and mass casualities occur, it only stiffens the spine of that nation, as proved regularly in war, such as the Nazi bombing of the United Kingdom in World War II and the Al Qaeda September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the United States.

It promotes nationalism, including even those who might oppose the particular government in any nation, but there is the “rallying around the flag” mentality.

They failed to understand that if one kills the top leader, no matter how much he might be hated by many, it only makes the next leader, particularly if related to the same family, even more willing to resist.

So we have the example that Ayatollah Khamenei was replaced by his son, and his son not only lost his father, but also his mother, his wife, and his son. So what would make one consider that the new Ayatollah would be willing to negotiate after such a heavy personal loss?

What Donald Trump and his top advisers have done is create a nightmare scenario, which now includes the strong likelihood that there will be terrorist attacks around the world, and particularly in the United States.

Desire for revenge will endanger all Americans, and particularly, the Jewish community, due to the alliance between Israel and the US on this decision to attack Iran.

Already, on Thursday, we saw attacks by terrorists on Virginia Commonwealth University and a Reform Jewish synagogue in Michigan, and more such threats are likely to occur.

But the answer is not to promote discrimination against Muslim Americans, just because some of their religious beliefs engage in terrorism.

Another horrendous reality is that civilian targets are being attacked, causing the deaths already of close to 200 children in Teheran, as well as attacks on historic and World Heritage sites that were never targets in past military conflicts.

So the long range implications of the Iran War are dire, to say the least!

Sadly, The US-Israeli War Against Iran Will Cause Rising Antisemitism, Endangering World Wide Jewry, Including In America!

Ronald 1 Comment

Sadly, the US-Israel War Against Iran, while it has led to the death of the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who was certainly a major detriment, will cause rising antisemitism worldwide, endangering world wide Jewry, including in America.

Ironically, there is a major split in both Israel and international Jewry, including American Jews, toward the right wing government of the nation of Israel, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest serving Israeli leader in the nation’s history.

Many blame Netanyahu for the horrendous October 7, 2023 Massacre by Hamas, which killed about 1200 Israelis and foreigners, and which led to the more than two year war that has killed about 72,000 Palestinians, and also a massive number of journalists who have engaged in reporting the horrors of that war.

The criticism is that Netanyahu failed to provide adequate security for the threat of a Hamas attack, and has not been willing to take responsibility for the tragedy, and is using the horrors of that day to sustain himself in power without formal accountability.

Younger Jews in America are often major critics of Israel’s government, and there is a noticeable split between AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), which is totally supportive of Zionism and the Israeli government, and the J Street advocacy group, which is highly critical of Israel’s government and extremist Zionism.

J Street has promoted co-existence and a two state solution, and is against expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and for a more democratic Israel, seeing Netanyahu as a horrible leader, and angry he has not been held accountable for the security lapses that led to the October 7 tragedy. Netanyahu has been on trial in Israel for corruption for a few years, but still leads the government, and there has been no real investigation of the October 7 lapses.

So sadly, there is a growing threat against Jewish organizations, institutions, and individuals from extremism of all kinds, both in America and worldwide.