Trump's betrayal of Iran...
There is no easy way to say this - Trump bottled the Iranian operation. He made it abundantly clear to those Iranians that they should continue to protest on the streets as “help was on the way” It didn’t come.
They continue to be killed on the streets. However the planned hangings of around 800 protesters have been stopped. They just shoot them instead.
The question is why did Trump pull out and essentially abandon the protesters? Some say it was because he did not have absolute certainly that one attic would be enough to bring down their regime. That may be true but there is little doubt the US could very significantly weaken the Mullacracy. However it does seem more likely that it was the last minute intervention of the Gulf States that stopped the attack coming.
And that’s significant. It suggests that whilst the US has the military power, it is cowed by the oil-rich Gulf States and what they might do in the event of a strike. So the metro-dollar trumps Trump. Sad!
Good morning from Canada David. In my community I have the good fortune to know many people in the Iranian community. They are extraordinary beautiful and cultured people. It is indeed a tragedy their ongoing history of totalitarian brutality and repression. But. I am aware in conversation that the lranian expats did not appreciate the American bombing effort in 2025 . They apparently did not want or need American intervention. For even having this conversation in a polite social setting , and listening to them, and (my ) just saying that the selective bombing of Teheran, however awful to go through, seemed like a good start on regime change in Iran - well this view got me dropped from the entire group. That evening I removed former friends from my contact list after receiving the clear message that I was ignorant with my western view on a complicated situation that is Iran - yeah man! Sure- where ayatollahs run rampant and dissidents die slow deaths hanging from cranes. And women are shot in their faces. And then in violin recitals I see Protest posters for “Women Life Freedom” hanging from their music stands. Apparently there is a logic problem. Either clean it up or shut up. Honestly. And be thankful that America took you as refugees into their country. And Canada as well. And by all means today - yeah - pivot to the Arab states of your choice - and the Muslim Brotherhood. In any nation state with a problem, the approach you take determines what you get.
So true, he should NEVER have promised help thousands are dead now