[Peace] War with Iran

[Karen Aram]

Carl

Many say that Russia and China won’t intervene on behalf of Iran, but a war between the US, Iran, and Israel will impact all nations in the vicinity. Destruction of Iran by the US and/or Israel, means US control of the Straits of Hormutz, Yemen soon to fall to the KSA, and Eritrea with its proxy US military base involved in bombing Yemen, they are the two nations on each side of the Straits, both US allies once Yemen is finished off. 

The interruption of oil flowing to China and Russia if the Straits are block aided would bring them into the fray. 

I remember Wm. Blum’s warning that the neocons, if Trump was elected, would want war with Iran, or regime change if they can get it, as a stepping stone to Russia. 
Russia knows that very well, and China knows well what will happen to them if Russia falls, so I don’t see China or Russia backing off from supporting Iran anymore than Russia backed off from supporting Syria. 

Perhaps naive and wishful thinking on my part. 



> On Jan 26, 2020, at 16:59, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com> wrote:
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> <https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/aftermath-the-iran-war-after-the-soleimani-assassination/>
> 
> "...Iran will try its best to avoid all-out war. The U.S. will not.
> 
> "This is the war that, as the NYT reports, 'Hawks in Israel and America have spent more than a decade agitating for.'
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> "It will start, upon some pretext, with a full-scale U.S. air attack on Iran, followed by Iranian and allied attacks on U.S. forces and allies in the region, including Israel, and then an Israeli nuclear attack on Iran—which they think will end it. It is an incomprehensible disaster. And it’s becoming almost impossible to avoid.
> 
> "The best prospect for stopping it would be for Iran and Russia to enter into a mutual defense treaty right now. But that’s not going to happen. Neither Russia nor China is going to fight for Iran. Why would they? They will sit back and watch the war destroy Iran, Israel, and the United States.”
> 
> —CGE