Donald Trump could be ready to order a strike against Iran

[left-of-center2012]

Senior figures in the Turnbull Government (Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia) have told the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) they believe the United States is prepared to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities, perhaps as early as next month, and that Australia is poised to help identify possible targets.

The ABC has been told Australian defence facilities would likely play a role in identifying targets in Iran, as would British intelligence agencies. The top-secret Pine Gap joint defence facility in the Northern Territory is considered crucial among the so-called "Five Eyes" intelligence partners — the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand — for its role in directing American spy satellites.
Canada would be unlikely to play a role in any military action in Iran, nor would the smallest Five Eyes security partner New Zealand, sources said.

While some in the Turnbull Government firmly believe Mr Trump is prepared to use military force against Iran, others maintain it might be more bluster, given the consequence of conflict with Tehran might include unpredictable, dangerous responses in the Middle East.

General Gholam Hossein Gheibparvar, the chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard's volunteer Basij force, said Mr Trump "won't dare" take military action against Iran. It was an assessment echoed by Iranian MP Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, who told Associated Press he doubted the escalating rhetoric would lead to a military confrontation.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-27/donald-trump-may-be-prepared-to-strike-iran-sources-say/10037728

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Here's the thing:

It MAY be bluster. But Trump may attack to prove it ISN'T bluster. It isn't global politics. It isn't security. It's Trump's ego.

[Turbineguy]

2. Members of the US Military

used to deflect from the Russia investigation.

The Iranians should probably not goad a desperate and crazy man.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Trump received a bump in the polls after his strikes against Syria

a little over a year ago. The media stopped covering all the scandals and went into War Fellatio mode and it was a week of breathless coverage of the missile strikes in Syria.

[ADX]

4. Wag the fucking dog...

...anything to get people's minds off the noose slowly tightening around his scandalous administration...