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They did it. Israel has now ignited and established the third theater of WWIII in the Middle East.

Worse, if the U.S. is found to be involved in any way with Israel’s strike on Iran, it will be a critical violation of President Trump's promise - not to start or get the U.S. involved in future wars. And, it will further embolden and tighten the grasp the Deep State NeoCon/Neo-Liberal, Military Industrial Complex, and the grasp and influence Israel has over U.S. national security policy. Furthermore, Israel’s attack today, will upset everything that President Trump gained in the Middle East last month, as the Middle East will be ablaze. Investment in the U.S. will end, gas prices will rise substantially as they did this morning, as will inflation. Finally, as Israel strikes Iran, I believe President Trump's Golden Age will fail as we potentially head off to yet another major war – this time, another leg in WWIII.

Despite Israel’s attack on Iranian Military leadership and Command and Control, as we speak, there still is no proof Iran has a nuclear weapon(s). Certainly, the U.S. Intelligence Community has yet to provide validated-verified irrefutable, undeniable evidence Iran has a weapon at some operational level that presents a threat to Israel, or any country in the region, or Europe. Nor is there any evidence that Iran has a reliable, capable, and operational method of delivery. Going back to 2003, Iraq, we were never provided any operational evidence that Iraq had capable forms of weapons of mass destruction, yet we invaded Iraq, because the Intelligence Community essentially lied and was deceptive, in order to convince and justified a full attack by U.S. and Coalition forces.

Once again, we find ourselves in a similar precarious position – cry wolf … the sky is failing … this time claiming that Iran is within 2-weeks of "getting the bomb." We’ve been down that road numerous times over the last 35-years with Iran. So, one has to ask, “Why all of sudden now, and unlike never before.” Especially in light of on and off sanctions, economic restrictions, tariffs, assassinations (of Iranian technicians, scientists, engineers), etc.

And yet another worse case situation – President Trump this week reportedly demanded that PM Netanyahu not conduct any strikes on Iran. POTUS further told the Prime Minister that the U.S. would not participate or support Israel in any military action against Iran. Further, President Trump told Netanyahu that the U.S. was continuing to pursue negotiations with Iran. U.S Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff was scheduled to meet with the Iranians this weekend in Oman, with talks looking good with positive momentum. That now is all for not, as Iran will more than likely cancel the talks on Friday. The timing no matter the situation, event, scenario justified by Israel -- could not be worse for the United States – it for sure will be extremely bad for President Trump politically and of course his efforts to bring about a peaceful solution for Iran, and the region at large.

These attacks on Iran are an extremely serious and dangerous problem set for a sizable portion of the world. Let me remind everyone how Israel’s strikes against Iran fit into the predicament the world is facing, and how these strikes escalate and exponentially expand multi regional conflicts. Understand, again we are already in WWIII.

4-Theaters of WWIII:

- Europe - Ukraine/ Russia conflict

- U.S. - the "No Kings" War (Insurgency)

- Iran/Israel/U.S. – Israel’s attack on Iran – Iran retaliatory mass casualty strikes on Israel

- China-Taiwan Conflict

This new escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran – will invite support to Iran – first from China and others that will come to its aid and support. China will provide proxy retaliation in order to further tie-up the U.S. and President Trump.

I do not believe that President Trump is being told the truth or the facts about the Iranian nuclear position. President Trump still does not have control of the Pentagon, or the intelligence community, and probably won't for some time … if ever. The Deep State, AIPAC, the individual neocon/eo-liberals in government, in Congress, the Establishment, and Netanyahu and Israel, are ALL hardcore FOREVER WAR advocates – their power depends on it. I personally, don't trust the intelligence community as it pertains to what they are either withholding, or providing President Trump. They will likely provide what appears to be legitimate intelligence and analysis, target folders, assessments and estimates, as well as COAs (with deliberate single direction objectives) that will drive President Trump to have no choice but to ultimately support Israel in post- strike(s) operation against Iran. On top of that, Israel cannot conduct long range - deep precision and accurate strikes “without the constellation and array of intelligence assets and systems support” from DoD and the U.S. Intelligence Community, just like that which was provided to Ukraine for its multi-target, deep-strike operation drone attacks into Russia. Understand up until now, the Israeli IDF and the Mossad has kept at bay, curtailed, subverted, sabotaged, delayed and disrupted Iran's nuclear development program. They've done it for at least 35-years.

Realize, Israel’s master strategic strategy is to get the U.S. into a major war. Israel knows that a strike on Iran's military leadership and "nuclear facility targets" will not end the conflict in Gaza, will not destroy Hamas, will destroy Hezbollah, or even the Iran-backed Shia militias in Iraq, or the Houthi’s in Yemen. It will only embolden those organizations to continue the fight.

Setting the Middle East ablaze is what the above-mentioned players want, politically and financially -- hundreds of billions are to be made by the military industrial complex/defense contractors and the weapons designers and builders. We know the drill – many of us were all part of it. In spite of everything President Trump did in recent months in the region, it stifles and terminates business and investment with the Middle East nations, because it’s hard to do international business in a fully engaged war zone. Secondly, rather than building on and continuing the Abrahms Accord to isolate Iran and allow, perhaps allow for the Iranian people decide their fate, hence a popular uprising by the people to successfully take hold, striking Iran ends that opportunity as the regime will have the support to stay in place. Israel is not interested in a free Iran. Israel and Netanyahu, who barely survived a no confidence vote, needs enemies to remain relevant and continue to exist ... dependent predominantly on America's security and defense funding – “war welfare.” Without a perpetual ‘forever war footing’ and conflicts with its created enemies as a distraction for its survival -- Israel has nothing to offer; no real commodities, limited resources, no production of non-war commercial products or services to produce wealth, on the in the world market, Israel ceases to exist without the U.S.

As for Iran and the regime of the Ayatollahs, there was a plan circa 2007 to remove the regime in Tehran through a supported popular uprising. George W. Bush was told by Israel’s PM Olmert and Netanyahu that the only way was by direct military action by the U.S. and Israel, to topple Iran’s Mullahs, so the U.S. backed off and did nothing. It was presented again to Obama in 2009, but he was convinced by CIA Director Leon Panetta, SecState Hillary Clinton, and SecDef Robert Gates, all obviously Deep State, as well as now Israel PM Netanyahu, to let it die. In turn, the operation was revealed and compromised. As a result, thousands of Iranian anti-regime nationalists were jailed or executed.

My greatest fear is, President Trump too could be led down the path to destruction, certainly with MAGA for breaking his promise of no war. The other factor that people need to understand is that Netanyahu is evil - he survives on conflict. Israel survives as the instigator, supported by a massive propaganda campaign, supported by the players mentioned throughout this piece.