By Ben Meiselas
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We saw yesterday, again, why independent reporting is so important. The Trump regime rolled out its propaganda that it brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. The corporate news was ready with its headlines to praise the arsonist for pretending to put out a fire that was still raging. Once again, the MeidasTouch Network led all war coverage and focused on the truth. The truth is Trump’s attack with Israel on Iran was a total failure.
Let’s examine the facts.
First, there was no intelligence that Iran was about to produce a nuclear weapon with its uranium. Second, Trump’s constant taunts of Iran encouraged them to almost certainly remove the 800 pounds of non-enriched uranium to another facility. Thus, if the goal was “denuclearization,” it seems to have failed. Third, the nuclear facilities were not fully destroyed. Fourth, the United States had to beg China to tell Iran not to close the Strait of Hormuz, thus projecting China as a stabilizing world force. Fifth, Trump ignored all our NATO allies’ efforts to de-escalate. Sixth, to the extent the ceasefire endures, Iran now has nuclear components and no incentive not to enrich the uranium into weapons after seeing negotiations with the U.S. as futile. Seventh, Iran has taken steps to remove any supervision or coordination with the IAEA following the U.S. strikes. Eighth, the ability of the ceasefire to endure is highly dubious, and some of the most intense strikes happened after Trump claimed there was a ceasefire.
In short, it appears Trump achieved nothing other than encouraging Iran to expedite a nuclear weapons program and to cease communication with the IAEA. How is this a win? Trump made the world far less safe and again projected weakness on the world stage.
What I outlined above ties together the facts about this war. There isn’t hyperbole, and there certainly isn’t cheerleading to the regime. This is why an independent press is so important—to call things out as they are, not how Trump might want them to be.
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He did accomplish something. He proved he can get away with anything without following the law.
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