Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, mocked Israel’s reliance on the U.S. in its 12-day war with Tehran, and said Tel Aviv was forced to run to “Daddy” for protection—a reference to NATO’s Mark Rutte’s embarrassing moment with U.S. President Donald Trump during a summit last week.
It is generally believed that American voters elected Donald Trump president at least in part due to their embracing his lies that he was a peacemaker who would not involve the United States in the pointless wars that have proliferated since 9/11.
Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump did a swing in the Middle East and was treated like a king during stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
Iranians claimed victory over the U.S. and Israel in what has been presented within the country as Tehran’s ability to face down attacks from two of its top rivals and outlast them in a 12-day war that inflicted losses on both sides.
Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in an interview that Iran will likely be able to begin enriching uranium within a few months and said some of the nuclear infrastructure bombed by the U.S. is “still standing.”
Adm. James Kilby, a senior U.S. military official, appeared in front of a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing last week and said forces positioned to defend Israel from Iranian incoming during the 12-day war burned through an “alarming rate” of munitions—namely their Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors, which can cost up to $30 million each.
President Donald Trump posted on social media last week that the U.S. just “saved Israel” from Iran, and it is now time for Washington to save Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his corruption cases, which could put him and his wife away for life.
Since Israel escalated its attacks on Iran on 13 June, the price of jet fuel has rocketed up 45 percent and diesel fuel by volume costs 60 percent more than crude oil, the Argus data service reported.
There is a somewhat troublesome backstory to President Donald Trump’s glorification of how Saturday’s U.S. forces attack on three Iranian nuclear sites that “completely obliterated” their targets was carried out without any declaration of war against a country that has not attacked and was not in any way threatening the United States.
On the 21st of June, a day that will live in infamy, President Trump led the American People to War with Iran. Trump’s message to Americans? Striking Iran's three nuclear facilities is all that U.S. Forces do. Unless, of course, the Iranians have the temerity to strike back. In that case Trump promises to destroy Iran. Ridiculous.