The Trump Team has tried to talk nuclear issues with Iran, but Iran has been firm they are not giving up their nuclear program
It appears Israel has struck Iran - again. Last year there were two major exchanges, April and October, when Iran launched the largest long range missile attacks in history, 99% of the incoming ballistic missiles, drones, and cruise missiles were shot down and then both times Israel conducted massive counter-strikes that destroyed the Iranian air defense system and pummeled the sites associated with missile production and launch.
Israel probably selected from five possible ways to hit back:
- Cyber
- Special Operations/Human Operators/Iranian Opposition to the regime
- Long Range Missiles
- F-35I’s to penetrate Iranian Airspace, maybe F-15I’s
- Submarine launched missiles, Israel has five and they appear to be armed with long range missiles.
The Trump Team, led by U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff have tried to talk to Iran to persuade them to leave their nuclear program and Mr. Witkoff is attending a sixth meeting with Iran on Sunday in Oman.
The attempt has been noble and the right thing to do, but in the end, Iran is not to be trusted and is a colony of China. The likely already have nuclear weapons - most probably from North Korea. The Chinese “Advisor” footprint in Iran is orders of magnitude larger than what the U.S. had in Iran until the Shah fell. The tripartite Iranian Regime (the Mullahs, the IRGC, and the President) would not exist if it wasn’t for the illegal sales of gas and oil to China.
I’ve included three graphics - Iran has thumbed its nose at the U.S. with their announcement of a large scale rocket fuel purchase from China, the likely four nuclear targets to be hit (from a 2006 CIA map - we’ve been agonizing over this issue since the 1990s), and the “Iron Triangle of Pipeline Infrastructure” between China, Iran, and Russia to ensure China can’t be cut off at the two critical chokepoints for Iranian gas and oil flow via ship.
