Archiv: Strait of Hormuz drone incident June 2019 / last-minute cancelled airstrike on Iran


11.04.2024 - 15:33 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utpie ]

Sie wissen von der Bundeswehr-Beteiligung an der Kriegsflotte im Persischen Golf, oder?

(3. August 2021)

24. Juni 2019: Der damalige U.S.-Außenminister Mike Pompeo fordert eine „globale Koalition“ gegen den Iran. passenderweise vorgetragen bei einem Blitzbesuch Pompeos in Saudi-Arabien.

4. August 2019: Ich lege mich fest und prognostiziere, dass „Bundeswehr-Marine .. noch vor Weihnachten unter Oberbefehl einer ausländischen Macht in den Persischen Golf entsandt“ wird.

(…)

20. Januar 2020: Monate vor der Ausrufung des bis heute andauernden Ausnahmezustands und bereits im Windschatten von SARS II („Coronavirus“), beschließen die Staatsführungen von Frankreich, Deutschland, Griechenland, Italien, der Niederlande, Belgien, Dänemark und Portugal in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung die „European-led maritime surveillance mission in the Strait of Hormuz“ (E.M.A.S.O.H.), von der Sie und 80 Millionen Andere bis heute nie gehört haben.

02.02.2024 - 11:15 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Sie wissen von der Bundeswehr-Beteiligung an der Kriegsflotte im Persischen Golf, oder?

(3. August 2021)

24. Juni 2019: Der damalige U.S.-Außenminister Mike Pompeo fordert eine „globale Koalition“ gegen den Iran. passenderweise vorgetragen bei einem Blitzbesuch Pompeos in Saudi-Arabien.

4. August 2019: Ich lege mich fest und prognostiziere, dass „Bundeswehr-Marine .. noch vor Weihnachten unter Oberbefehl einer ausländischen Macht in den Persischen Golf entsandt“ wird.

(…)

20. Januar 2020: Monate vor der Ausrufung des bis heute andauernden Ausnahmezustands und bereits im Windschatten von SARS II („Coronavirus“), beschließen die Staatsführungen von Frankreich, Deutschland, Griechenland, Italien, der Niederlande, Belgien, Dänemark und Portugal in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung die „European-led maritime surveillance mission in the Strait of Hormuz“ (E.M.A.S.O.H.), von der Sie und 80 Millionen Andere bis heute nie gehört haben.

02.02.2024 - 11:00 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Deutschland zieht nicht, es kriecht in den nächsten Angriffskrieg

(25.Juni 2019)

Als vor dreieinhalb Jahren Pazifisten, Sozialdemokraten und politische Linke in Deutschland der Entsendung der staatlichen Luftwaffe in die Kriege im Irak und Syrien tatenlos zusahen, warnten wir bereits vor deren moralisch-politischem Zusammenbruch und Kapitulation. Die genau zu diesem Zweck exekutierte psychologische Kriegführung gegen die Bevölkerung setzt sich bis heute praktisch ohne Widerstand politisch links stehender Kräfte fort. Die Logik des Terrorkrieges (Behauptungen von Behörden / Autoritäten darf nicht widersprochen und muss alles abgekauft werden) wird von den Betreffenden weiter willig geschluckt.

Weder hinsichtlich der Tanker-Explosionen im Golf von Oman, nach der bereits das U.S.-Imperium einen “globalen Konsens” gegen den Iran beanspruchte, noch nach dem Abschuss einer U.S.-Spionage-Drohne an der Straße von Hormuz, welcher offensichtlich nach einer absichtlichen Luftraumverletzung des Iran und mehrfachen direkten Vorwarnungen durch das iranische Militär erfolgte und in dem das U.S.-Zentralkommando – nach glaubwürdigen Angaben des iranischen Militärs, mit Details zum Flugzeugtyp (eine Boeing P8 Poseidon) und sogar zur Anzahl der Insassen – auch das Leben von 35 Militärangehörigen an Bord eines begleitenden Kampfflugzeuges gezielt und bewusst als Bauernopfer für die angestrebte Eskalation anbot, erfolgte irgendeine nennenswerte Reaktion in Deutschland; nicht aus dem angeblich oder tatsächlich pazifistischen, sozialdemokratischen oder linken Spektrum, noch aus irgendeinem zuständigen parlamentarischen Gremium.

21.08.2023 - 15:21 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Deutschland zieht nicht, es kriecht in den nächsten Angriffskrieg

(25.Juni 2019)

Als vor dreieinhalb Jahren Pazifisten, Sozialdemokraten und politische Linke in Deutschland der Entsendung der staatlichen Luftwaffe in die Kriege im Irak und Syrien tatenlos zusahen, warnten wir bereits vor deren moralisch-politischem Zusammenbruch und Kapitulation. Die genau zu diesem Zweck exekutierte psychologische Kriegführung gegen die Bevölkerung setzt sich bis heute praktisch ohne Widerstand politisch links stehender Kräfte fort. Die Logik des Terrorkrieges (Behauptungen von Behörden / Autoritäten darf nicht widersprochen und muss alles abgekauft werden) wird von den Betreffenden weiter willig geschluckt.

Weder hinsichtlich der Tanker-Explosionen im Golf von Oman, nach der bereits das U.S.-Imperium einen “globalen Konsens” gegen den Iran beanspruchte, noch nach dem Abschuss einer U.S.-Spionage-Drohne an der Straße von Hormuz, welcher offensichtlich nach einer absichtlichen Luftraumverletzung des Iran und mehrfachen direkten Vorwarnungen durch das iranische Militär erfolgte und in dem das U.S.-Zentralkommando – nach glaubwürdigen Angaben des iranischen Militärs, mit Details zum Flugzeugtyp (eine Boeing P8 Poseidon) und sogar zur Anzahl der Insassen – auch das Leben von 35 Militärangehörigen an Bord eines begleitenden Kampfflugzeuges gezielt und bewusst als Bauernopfer für die angestrebte Eskalation anbot, erfolgte irgendeine nennenswerte Reaktion in Deutschland; nicht aus dem angeblich oder tatsächlich pazifistischen, sozialdemokratischen oder linken Spektrum, noch aus irgendeinem zuständigen parlamentarischen Gremium.

04.08.2023 - 08:25 [ Washington Post ]

U.S. moves to put Marines on commercial ships to stop Iranian seizures

The effort has not yet received final approval, but it has buy-in from senior Biden administration officials and could commence as soon as this month, said one official, …

“We have a cohort on the ground,” the official said. He added that the “policy decision has pretty much been made.

04.08.2023 - 08:19 [ Associated Press ]

US military may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran seizures

The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, American officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Since 2019, Iran has seized a series of ships in the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, as part of its efforts to pressure the West over negotiations regarding its collapsed nuclear deal with world powers.

04.08.2023 - 08:00 [ CNN ]

Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents

(27.06.2023)

CNN has previously reported that Trump at the time was furious over a New Yorker article about Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley that said Milley argued against striking Iran and was concerned Trump would set in motion a full-scale conflict. (…)

“He said that I wanted to attack Iran, Isn’t it amazing?” Trump says as the sound of papers shuffling can be heard. “I have a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. Look. This was him. They presented me this – this is off the record but – they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him.”

04.08.2023 - 07:59 [ Jacobin ]

The Biggest Scandal in Trump’s Indictment: US War Plans for Iran

(13.06.2023)

Wait — war with Iran?

Yes, in a detail that’s been almost entirely glossed over, central to this case are a set of secret government plans for attacking Iran.

27.06.2023 - 12:36 [ CNN ]

Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents

(today)

CNN has previously reported that Trump at the time was furious over a New Yorker article about Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley that said Milley argued against striking Iran and was concerned Trump would set in motion a full-scale conflict. (…)

“He said that I wanted to attack Iran, Isn’t it amazing?” Trump says as the sound of papers shuffling can be heard. “I have a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. Look. This was him. They presented me this – this is off the record but – they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him.”

27.06.2023 - 12:34 [ Haaretz ]

Top U.S. General Warned Netanyahu: ‚You‘re Gonna Have a Fucking War‘ With Iran

(08.08.2022)

„Among those pushing the president to hit Iran before Biden’s inauguration, Milley believed, was the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. On December 18, the same day that Trump met with [Michael] Flynn to discuss instituting martial law, Milley met with Netanyahu at his home in Jerusalem to personally urge him to back off with Trump,“ wrote Baker and Glasser in an excerpt published in the New Yorker.

“If you do this, you’re gonna have a fucking war,” Milley told him, according to the excerpt. The Israeli prime minister‘s official Twitter account noted „the two discussed regional threats, especially the Iranian aggression“ in its readout of the meeting.

27.06.2023 - 12:30 [ New Yorker ]

“You’re Gonna Have a Fucking War”: Mark Milley’s Fight to Stop Trump from Striking Iran

(15.07.2021)

It was not public at the time, but Milley believed that the nation had come close—“very close”—to conflict with the Islamic Republic. This dangerous post-election period, Milley said, was all because of Trump’s “Hitler”-like embrace of the “Big Lie” that the election had been stolen from him; Milley feared it was Trump’s “Reichstag moment,” in which, like Adolf Hitler in 1933, he would manufacture a crisis in order to swoop in and rescue the nation from it.

10.06.2023 - 17:44 [ New York Times ]

An Abrupt Move That Stunned Aides: Inside Trump’s Aborted Attack on Iran

(Sept. 21, 2019)

That about-face, so typically impulsive, instinctive and removed from any process, proved a decision point for a president who has often threatened to “totally destroy” enemies but at the same time has promised to extricate the United States from Middle East wars. It revealed a commander in chief more cautious than critics have assumed, yet underscored the limited options in a confrontation he had set in motion.

Three months later, some of Mr. Trump’s own allies fear the failure to follow through was taken by Iran as a sign of weakness, emboldening it to attack oil facilities in Saudi Arabia this month. Mr. Trump argues his decision was an expression of long-overdue restraint by a nation that has wasted too many lives and dollars overseas.

25.04.2023 - 13:39 [ Slate.com ]

Tucker Carlson Was One of the People Who Talked Trump Out of Attacking Iran

(June 22, 2019)

When President Donald Trump was considering military options against Iran he suddenly grew “frustrated” with John Bolton, his national security adviser, and the way he seemed to constantly advocate for a strike, reports the AP. So he started broadening his scope and seeking out advice from others, including Tucker Carlson. The Fox News host had a different take than most of his hawkish advisers, insisting that a military strike would not be in the country’s best interests and that it would severely hurt his re-election chances, according to the New York Times.

20.10.2022 - 15:41 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Der Imperiale Komplex enttarnt sich

(4. August 2019)

Die “Shanghaier Organisation für Zusammenarbeit” / “Shanghai Cooperation Organization” (S.O.Z. / S.C.O.). hatte sich am 13. und 14. Juni in Bischkek, der Hauptstadt von Kirgisien getroffen.

Zu Beginn des Treffens erfolgten im Persischen Golf bzw dem Golf von Oman die Tanker-Explosionen, welche dem Iran zugeschrieben wurden.

Neben den Autokraten der Mitgliedsstaaten Russland, China, Kasachstan, Kirgisien (auch Kirgisistan genannt), Tadschikistan, Usbekistan, sowie den Atommächten Pakistan und Indien, war beim Gipfel des Shanghai-Pakts auch der Präsident eines Staates mit “Beobachterstatus” zu Besuch: Hassan Rohani aus dem Iran. Am 14. Juni empfing ihn Wladimir Putin.

Nur Tage später schossen am 20. Juni iranische “Revolutionsgarden” eine U.S.-Drohne ab, was um Haaresbreite einen Luftangriff der U.S.A. auf den Iran auslöste, welche U.S.-Präsident Donald Trump letztlich wohl aus wahltaktischen Gründen in letzter Sekunde stoppte.

Wiederum nur wenige Tage später traf sich am 23. und 24. Juni Putins Nationaler Sicherheitsberater Nikolai Patrushev in Israel mit dem Nationalen Sicherheitsberater von Benjamin Netanyahu, Meir Ben Shabbat und deren U.S.-Amtskollegen John Bolton. Laut dem “Middle East Eye”, welcher sich auf britische Quellen berief, nahm an dem “präzedenzlosen” Treffen der Atommächte Russland, USA und Israel auch der Geheimdienstleiter seiner Majestät aus Saudi Arabien teil. Dieser hatte zuvor in London um eine Kollaboration der zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch amtierenden Theresa May mit ihrem Außenminister Jeremy Hunt bei einem Angriffskrieg gegen den Iran geworben.

Am 4. Juli schließlich, nur Tage nach dem G20-Gipfel in Osaka, kaperten britische Marinestreitkräfte unter Befehl ihrer Majestät und deren immer noch amtierenden Premierministerin Theresa May den iranischen Tanker “Grace 1” vor Gibraltar und verschleppten diesen. Als Ausrede fungierten E.U.-Sanktionen gegen Syrien (Zielort des iranischen Öl-Tankers), obwohl E.U.-Sanktionen ohne U.N.-Resolution keinerlei internationale oder gar rechtliche Relevanz darstellen, schon gar nicht für den britischen Akt der Piraterie.

Und am 19. Juli spielten wiederum die “Revolutionsgarden” des Iran, übrigens unter Kommando von Ayatollah Khamenei stehend und nicht unter Befehl des immer irrelevanter werdenden Rohani, den vermeintlichen Feinden und der Kriegslobby weltweit mit Schwung in die Hände, in dem sie den unter britischer Flagge fahrenden Tanker “Stena Impero” kaperten und verschleppten. Und heute verkünden die nach Aufmerksamkeit heischenden Marktschreier von Teheran, quer durch das bereits vierte Massaker in den U.S.A. durch angeblich zufällig reihenweise wahnsinnige Einzeltäter (auf-der-Flucht-erschiessen oder wahnsinnig plausible “intra-orale” Selbstmorde inklusive) einen weiteren Tanker gekapert zu haben, wieder mit lächerlichen Ausreden und dass angeblich schon am 31. Juli, was man aber jetzt wohl noch sagen darf..

(…)

Die Rolle Deutschlands ist die eines tumben, freiwillig taubstummen Idioten, den man im Krieg braucht, nach dem Motto “keine Party ohne die”. Alle, ausnahmslos alle, zerren an diesem Land und wollen es irgendwie in den Persischen Golf vor die Flinte kriegen.

Und noch dieses Jahr, das prognostiere ich hiermit, werden (zusätzliche) deutsche Marinestreitkräfte, mit Vollmacht zum Kriegseinsatz und unter Befehl irgendeiner ausländischen Macht, in den Persischen Golf entsandt werden. Ob nun direkt unter U.S.-Kommando, mit E.U.-Feigenblatt, oder einer irgendwie herbei interpretierten oder schnell besorgten U.N.-Resolution, oder man erklärt gleich den Verteidigungsfall des Nordtatlantikpakts an der Zapfsäule von Atzenhausen – es spielt alles keine Rolle.

Sie können es mit Euch machen. Also machen sie es.

Hauptsache, die Soldaten und Soldatinnen der Bundeswehr sind da unten auf der Zielscheibe angeschnallt. Und dann kann der Spaß losgehen. Und dann darf wieder gejammert werden.

Und dann kräftig, Genossinnen und Genossen!

20.06.2021 - 19:14 [ Kurier.at ]

Netanyahu will Amtssitz in Jerusalem erst in drei Wochen räumen

Die israelische Zeitung „Haaretz“ schrieb, Bennett wolle dem 71-jährigen Netanyahu und dessen Familie eine „Anpassungsphase“ ermöglichen. Sie hatten zwölf Jahre lang in dem Gebäude gewohnt, das auch für offizielle Empfänge dient. Nach seiner Niederlage bei der Wahl im Jahre 1999 habe Netanyahu sechs Wochen gebraucht, um den Amtssitz zu räumen. Sein Nachfolger Ehud Olmert habe ihn dagegen vier Tage nach seiner Amtsniederlegung verlassen.

18.06.2021 - 19:04 [ Haaretz ]

Netanyahu Ordered Illegal Shredding of Docs at His Office Before Bennett Took Over, Sources Say

The material was kept in safes in the so-called ‘aquarium,’ where prime ministers and their most senior aides sit. It’s unclear which, or how many, documents were destroyed at Netanyahu’s orders

18.06.2021 - 11:10 [ Haaretz ]

‚Severe Shock‘: Netanyahu Left Scorched Earth for Bennett at Prime Minister‘s Office

Dozens of private diplomatic conversations with world leaders, agreements and understandings that go unmentioned in meeting minutes, the Iranian nuclear issues or strategic ties with the American government about which private conversations were held with Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump: All of these remain in Netanyahu’s notebooks and his memory, as if they were his private possession. The heads of the intelligence community who briefed Bennett know only some of these issues – what they were told.

15.12.2020 - 23:39 [ EMASOH, 8 European countries maritime security initiative in the Strait of Hormuz / Twitter ]

Since the beginning of March 2020 more than 1513 EMASOH flagged vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz while surface and air assets were monitoring shipping lanes and FHQ EMASOH was on watch 24/7 for the benefit of maritime security @EMASOH_SCR @FFEAU_ALINDIEN

07.12.2020 - 05:41 [ DefenseNews.com ]

French Navy puts fresh focus on high-intensity combat training

(19.11.2020)

Last week sailors successfully fired a cruise missile against a land target from a FREMM frigate, just a few weeks after the Suffren submarine fired its first naval cruise missile, trouble-free.

In a wide-ranging conversation with Defense News, Baudouard stressed that the Navy is a combat force and as such not only trains for today’s battles but is also preparing for tomorrow’s wars.

07.12.2020 - 05:35 [ almashareq.com ]

European mission to secure Strait of Hormuz

(25.09.2020)

A new European military mission is aimed at ensuring safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane, experts told Al-Mashareq.

The European Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH) was established earlier this year by Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, France, Italy and Denmark.

07.12.2020 - 05:33 [ Bundestag ]

Deutsch-französische Zusammenarbeit bei militärischen Auslandseinsätzen

(22.07.2020)

12. Welche Anstrengungen und Prüfungen hat die Bundesregierung bisher unternommen, um diesbezüglich einen über die politische Unterstützung hinausgehenden Beistand Frankreichs zu ermöglichen?

Die Bundesregierung unterstützt EMASoH und TAKUBA politisch und steht mit ihren Partnern zu weiteren Lageentwicklungen im regelmäßigen Austausch.

13. Wie könnte aus Sicht der Bundesregierung ein über die politische Unter-stützung hinausgehender Beistand Frankreichs aussehen? Welche Gründe sprechen aus Sicht der Bundesregierung gegen einen über die politische Unterstützung hinausgehenden Beistand Frankreichs?

Auf die Antwort zu Frage 12 wird verwiesen.

14. Wie bewertet die Bundesregierung, dass andere europäische Staaten bei den Operationen „Tacouba“ und in der Straße von Hormus teilnehmen? Welche Anforderungen neben der Zustimmung des Deutschen Bundestages müssten erfüllt sein, damit Deutschland über die politische Unterstützung hinausgehend an beiden Operationen teilnehmen würde?

Die Bundesregierung begrüßt das Engagement weiterer europäischer Staaten bei den Operationen TAKUBA sowie in der Straße von Hormus. Auf die Antworten zu den Fragen 12 und 19 wird verwiesen.

07.12.2020 - 05:30 [ Embassy of France in Abu Dhabi ]

European Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH): political statement by the governments of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and Portugal (20 January 2020)

(21.01.2020)

Sharing the assessment that the current situation in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz remains unstable in a region critical to global stability, and supporting the de-escalation approach when it comes to dealing with regional security issues, the Governments of BELGIUM, DENMARK, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS, AND PORTUGAL politically support the creation of a European-led maritime surveillance mission in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH). We welcome any contribution in kind as already declared by DENMARK, FRANCE, GREECE, and THE NETHERLANDS to this effort and look forward to further commitments in the coming days.

07.12.2020 - 05:15 [ Radio Utopie ]

Wie beschrieben: Deutschland kriecht in den nächsten Krieg, ohne jede Opposition

(26.07.2019)

Die Beteiligung an der Kriegskoalition im Persischen Golf „scheint gefallen“. Bundestag, Bundesregierung und Bundesverfassungsgericht sind offensichtlich zur ausführenden Dienerschaft ausländischer Mächte verschmolzen. Etablierte Linke, Pazifismus oder Sozialdemokratie von Bedeutung existieren in Deutschland nicht.

08.08.2020 - 16:56 [ CNN ]

Trump advisers hesitated to give military options and warned adversaries over fears he might start a war

Our partners, adversaries, and competitors know we don‘t know the next play,“ Gordon said.

With any other president or any other administration, such deliberate unpredictability might be seen as a flaw, identifying it as a criticism. But in the view of Trump and his most devout supporters, his unpredictability is a keen negotiator‘s strength to be lauded.
„For him, the unpredictability is a card that he liked having,“ said Yun.

18.06.2020 - 07:48 [ Saagar Enjeti / Twitter ]

Pretty telling that the episode which pissed off Bolton the most during his tenure was Trump calling off airstrikes which would have killed dozens of Iranian soldiers in June 2019

04.12.2019 - 23:19 [ Tobias Pflüger / Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) ]

Krieg am Golf? Nicht nochmal

Jede deutsche Beteiligung im Konflikt in der Straße von Hormus ist unakzeptabel 

22.09.2019 - 13:32 [ New York Times ]

An Abrupt Move That Stunned Aides: Inside Trump’s Aborted Attack on Iran

Why Mr. Trump suddenly latched onto the estimate at this point rather than when casualties were discussed at the earlier meeting remains a mystery to many officials. Some assumed he was influenced by Mr. Carlson or other allies that his re-election would be jeopardized and was looking for cover.

But when the decision came, Mr. Pence, Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Bolton were all out of the White House, and the president did not call them for input. Instead, he told the Pentagon to call off the attack.

25.06.2019 - 06:06 [ Radio Utopie ]

Deutschland zieht nicht, es kriecht in den nächsten Angriffskrieg

Zusammenfassung zur Situation um den drohenden neuen Krieg im achtzehnjährigen Terrorkrieg, diesmal gegen den Iran.

24.06.2019 - 17:39 [ Washington Post ]

Iran warns U.S. it could down more drones as Pompeo arrives in Persian Gulf

Khanzadi said the downing of the drone last week could “always be repeated, and the enemy knows it,” the Tasnim News Agency reported.

The naval commander’s remarks came amid a diplomatic push by the Trump administration to rally regional and other allies around what Pompeo described Sunday as a “global coalition” to confront Iran.

23.06.2019 - 13:30 [ Irna.ir ]

VP: Iran to take legal action against US with UN Security Council over drone

Tehran, June 23, IRNA – Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneidi said on Sunday that Iran will take legal action with United Nations Security Council over violation of Iranian airspace by the US sending reconnaissance drone for spying on Iran‘s military in total disregard of sovereignty of states enshrined by the UN Charter.

Speaking to IRNA, Joneidi said aggression on Iran land, water and air borders will not be acceptable and tolerated but efforts will be made to avoid war.

23.06.2019 - 08:53 [ Wall Street Journal ]

Trump Bucked National-Security Aides on Proposed Iran Attack

President Trump bucked most of his top national-security advisers by abandoning retaliatory strikes in Iran on Thursday. In private conversations Friday, Mr. Trump reveled in his judgment, certain about his decision to call off the attacks while speaking of his administration as if removed from the center of it.

“These people want to push us into a war, and it’s so disgusting,” Mr. Trump told one confidant about his own inner circle of advisers. “We don’t need any more wars.”

23.06.2019 - 08:42 [ NewRepublic.com ]

Fire John Bolton

(22.06.2019)

Make no mistake: This is John Bolton’s war. It’s a war that the current National Security Advisor has been advocating since 2007. He has spoken of bombing Iran on TV, in print, as a government official, and as a private citizen. He has received payment from an Iranian dissident group, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MeK), listing a $40,000 speaking fee for “European Iranian Events” in July 2017 on a government financial disclosure form (experts say the total number over a series of years could be significantly higher). He spoke at MeK’s conference in July 2017, promising regime change in Tehran.

22.06.2019 - 17:37 [ ELINT News ‏/ Twitter ]

#BREAKING: President Trump says he’s going to Camp David for ‘consultations’ on Iran

22.06.2019 - 17:03 [ Dan Cohen / Twitter ]

NYT reports that Trump’s decision against attacking Iran was based on advice from Tucker Carlson. In the absence of an organized anti-war movement, a decidedly right-wing cable TV host almost singlehandedly prevented a catastrophic war, at least for now.

22.06.2019 - 16:56 [ Glenn Greenwald ‏/ Twitter ]

The pathology in the DC media and political class: the more they cheer for war, the more they prosper – @JeffreyGoldberg edition:

22.06.2019 - 16:38 [ Spectator ]

WATCH: Tucker Carlson calls John Bolton a ‘bureaucratic tape worm’

„This is Washington in a nutshell: Blunder into obvious catastrophes, refuse to admit blame, and demand more of the same. That’s the John Bolton lifecycle. In between administration jobs, there are always cushy think-tank posts, paid speaking gigs, and cable news appearances. War may be a disaster for America, but for John Bolton and his fellow neocons, it’s always good business.“

22.06.2019 - 10:46 [ Fortune ]

What Is the AUMF? The Repeal of This Policy Could Prevent War with Iran

The Authorization for Use of Military Force, passed just a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks, states that the president may “use all necessary and appropriate force” against any nation, organization, or person he determines aided the 9/11 attacks, or “harbored such organizations or persons.”

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war, but under the AUMF the president can essentially bypass any required congressional approval.

22.06.2019 - 10:03 [ Spectator ]

Making Centcom great again

What Centcom officers were worried about is that they would take a back seat to the European and Pacific commands. In fact, there’s a clear, if unstated, pecking order among the commands, retired Col. Kevin Benson, a former director of the Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies, notes. ‘The three most important commands are in Europe, which is Eucom, the Pacific, which is Pacom and now, because of Iran, the Middle East – which is Centcom. Southcom, the Southern Command, is almost always last in priority.’

22.06.2019 - 09:10 [ New York Times ]

Urged to Launch an Attack, Trump Listened to the Skeptics Who Said It Would Be a Costly Mistake

“The president got some additional information that the Iranian national leaders were frustrated or furious with the tactical commander who made the decision to shoot down the American drone,” General Keane said in an interview. Among those who were said to be angry, he said, was Qassim Suleimani, the powerful commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force.

General Keane said it was unclear whether the commander who ordered the downing of the drone was operating within his authority or was a rogue figure. But either way, he said, it impressed upon Mr. Trump that he would be risking a dangerous escalation over what was not intended to be an attack by Iran’s top leaders.

22.06.2019 - 08:57 [ Spectator ]

The untenability of President Bolton

The question, surely, should be: why is it ‘Bolton vs. Trump’? Is Bolton not subordinate to the president? Bolton takes pains to insist that, as national security adviser, he does not set policy — the president does. That doesn’t seem to be the case, however.

22.06.2019 - 08:53 [ NBC News ]

Trump says he doesn‘t want war with Iran, but there will be ‚obliteration‘ if it comes

Trump said he asked his generals, „I want to know something before you go. How many people would be killed, in this case Iranians?“

The generals said approximately 150 people would be killed, the president said.

„I thought about it for a second and I said, you know what, they shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, and here we are sitting with a 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after I said go ahead,“ Trump said. „And I didn‘t like it, I didn‘t think, I didn‘t think it was proportionate.“

21.06.2019 - 22:02 [ theHill.com ]

Trump speaks with Saudi crown prince after calling off Iran strike

The Senate on Thursday delivered a rebuke to the Saudis by voting to block Trump’s Saudi arms deal and setting up a potential veto from the White House.

The 22 arms sales, estimated to be worth more than $8 billion, would provide weapons to Saudi Arabia, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

21.06.2019 - 21:59 [ New York Times ]

Trump’s Slouching Toward War With Iran Is a Disgrace

In fact, as former Secretary of State John Kerry told me, “Iran has helped in the war against the ISIS,” another Sunni terrorist group.

The aim of the Bolton-Pompeo Iran-equals-Al-Qaeda maneuver has been obvious: to bring a war with Iran within the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force that was passed by Congress in response to Sept. 11, whose perpetrators were overwhelmingly Saudi. Shameless is the only word for such contempt for truth in pursuit of a casus belli.

21.06.2019 - 21:44 [ Washington Post ]

Pelosi says White House did not tell her about Iran strike plan

At a congressional event, Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, was asked if she had been notified by the White House, and she replied, “No.”

21.06.2019 - 21:42 [ Bernie Sanders, candidate for President / Twitter ]

Let us not kid ourselves. It is very easy for politicians like Trump to pound the table and talk about how tough they are. But it will not be the sons and daughters of billionaires who get killed in a war with Iran. It will be the working class kids of this country.

21.06.2019 - 21:37 [ Ilhan Omar, Abgeordnete des US Repräsentantenhauses / Twitter ]

And I urge the American people to make your voice heard. Organize. Call your member of Congress. Let all our leaders know that a war with Iran would be a catastrophe. #NoWarOnIran

21.06.2019 - 21:36 [ Ro Khanna, Abgeordneter des US Repräsentantenhauses / Twitter ]

Next week, I will be introducing an amendment to the Defense bill prohibiting any dollars from being used for a war in Iran without Congressional authorization. Every Democrat should join this to prevent another trillion dollar war in the Middle East. #NoWarWithIran

21.06.2019 - 21:19 [ theOnion.com ]

Bolton Argues War With Iran Only Way To Avenge Americans Killed In Upcoming War With Iran

“Sadly, I believe direct military conflict with Iran is the only suitable response for the heartbreaking deaths of our troops in that upcoming military conflict,” said the national security advisor, noting that only by launching a ground invasion of the Islamic Republic could he ensure the thousands of U.S. troops who will perish in that ground invasion will not perish in vain.

21.06.2019 - 20:56 [ Vox.com ]

House Democrats vote to repeal 9/11-era law used to authorize perpetual war

The House voted Wednesday to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which was passed in the days after 9/11, and gave President George W. Bush the authority to go to war with al-Qaeda and any related organization. For the past 18 years, presidents of both parties have used this same 2001 congressional war authorization as justification for wars all over the Middle East.

21.06.2019 - 17:10 [ Bernie Sanders, candidate for President / Twitter0 ]

A war with Iran would be a disaster and lead to endless conflict in the region. Congress must assert its constitutional authority and stop Trump from going to war.