There is an old saying ‘once a spy, always a spy,’ whereas my field of activity, analysis of international affairs, has its own rule: the closer the world comes to Doomsday, the greater the demand for our commentary. No chance to retire in this field, only to leave it feet first.
And so, as the United States yesterday unleashed its latest escalation of hostilities in the Middle East on the claim that it did not want a wider war, I found myself with invitations to comment on air by not one but two major international broadcasters.
The questions posed by the respective moderators were different, and so I had the opportunity to deal with the subject at hand from different perspectives, which I hope viewers will find to be non-repetitive and informative. The only common point I made in both interviews is that U.S. support for Netanyahu and the Israeli genocide in Gaza will end not because humane considerations have taken the upper hand but because domestic U.S. politics so dictates if Biden is to have any chance of being re-elected. As always, domestic U.S. politics account for 90% of the direction of foreign policy, with the remaining 10% driven by the actual state of affairs in the world outside U.S. borders. In present conditions, underweighting the risks of provoking full-on war with Iran may have devastating consequences for U.S. power in the region and beyond.
The first broadcaster, Press TV Iran, with whom I spoke in the morning, has just sent me the link, which I now share:
Iraqi PM rejects US 'lies', says 16 people killed in 'new aggression'
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