I have a multitude of thoughts swirling around regarding the increasingly dire situation between Israel, the United States, and Iran. I will have time to write more later, but I wanted to share some of the the brief thoughts I intend to discuss with my Global Issues class today.
Please email me at doctorshrader@gmail.com or comment below on other such nuanced points we ought to be considering, and I'll share them with my class (with full anonymity, of course).
Multiple things can be true at the same time:
1—Iran
should never have nuclear weapons and 85% of Americans agree (June Harvard/Harris/Caps poll), but there is no verified intelligence showing they are in possession of such weapons.
2—Regime change in Iran is a long-time coming, but who could own the rebuilding of the
country’s government other than the US and American taxpayers?
3—The U.S.
can support Israel, yet be highly suspect of Netanyahu and his political schemes.
4—Israel
doesn’t need a permission slip to defend itself if legitimately threatened, but
that doesn’t mean it ought to act with impunity.
5—Trump ran as the “peace candidate,” but doesn’t give a flying damn about any promises
or commitments he has ever made.
Bonus: Why has the United States willingly given Israel and Netanyahu full consideration on everything they have demanded or asked for, yet has made Ukraine--who is in the fight of its life and on the front line of defending democracy--jump through hoops for continued support?
Hey Nate! I think you've pretty much got it here. Tom Friedman of the NYT once aptly said, "The best thing about Trump and Netenyahu is that God only made one of each."
ReplyDeleteYou know my mind was similarly hypothesizing about the geopolitics and benefits v caveats, how should Trump decide... when I listened to the Daily podcast and Jonathan Swan, who has been with Trump daily, explained Trump's evolution this week in a way the made the most sense: Trump was adamantly for diplomacy (understanding Iran cannot get a bomb) until he started watching the fireworks on Fox and suddenly felt he had to be at the center of it all tweeting "We have control of the skies over Iran..." lol smh