[Peace-discuss] Trita Parsi: "The Mask Is Off: Trump Is Seeking War With Iran"

[Stuart Levy]

Thanks to Robert Naiman for pointing out this article from Trita Parsi:

     http://lobelog.com/the-mask-is-off-trump-is-seeking-war-with-iran/

It opens well:

    Something extraordinary has happened in Washington. President Donald
    Trump has made it clear, in no uncertain terms and with no effort to
    disguise his duplicity, that he will claim that Tehran is cheating
    on the nuclear deal by October—the facts be damned. In short, the
    fix is in. Trump will refuse to accept that Iran is in compliance
    and thereby set the stage for a military confrontation. His advisors
    have even been kind enough to explain how they will go about this.
    Rarely has a sinister plan to destroy an arms control agreement and
    pave the way for war been so openly telegraphed.

and closes optimistically (I could wish to be as confident as this):

    [...]

    by revealing his hand, Trump has displayed his duplicity for all to
    see. That includes the American public, whose anti-war sentiments
    remain strong and are a key reason they supported the nuclear deal
    in the first place.

    The American public knows the Iraq playbook quite well. Trump’s own
    supporters remain enraged by the disastrous war with Iraq. They know
    how they got played. It’s difficult to imagine why they would allow
    themselves to get played again by a president who has left little
    doubt about his intent to deceive.


Anyway I think this could be a good basis for next Saturday's
demonstration flyer, unless someone has a better idea.


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