Don DeBar: Trump won’t start war with Iran
American journalist and political commentator Don DeBar believes US President Donald Trump will not start a war with Iran.
Iran’s foreign minister on Thursday warned Trump against any possible adventurism against Iran during his last days in office, saying that he would be responsible for the consequences of any such move.
Mohammad Javad Zarif’s statement came after Trump warned Tehran in a Twitter post that he would hold “Iran responsible” in the event of a fatal attack on Americans in Iraq.
“Our embassy in Baghdad got hit Sunday by several rockets,” the US president tweeted earlier on Thursday, adding, “Three rockets failed to launch. Guess where they were from: IRAN.”
He then circulated rumors of “additional attacks” against Americans in Iraq, warning Iran to “think it over.”
Trump was pointing to Sunday’s rocket attack on the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. He also attached to his tweet an unauthenticated picture of three rockets.
In response, Zarif said Trump’s accusations against Iran were “reckless” and based on “a worthless photo.”
Meanwhile, Trita Parsi, founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council, believes that Trump’s recent warnings to Iran are signs of a plan to thwart Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
“Make no mistake: Trump has already moved B52s, submarines, and other military assets to the Persian Gulf,” tweeted Parsi, who is reportedly named by Biden to oversee Middle East affairs on the US National Security Council.
DeBar said, “Trump does not want a war with Iran. War with Iran means war with Russia. And he does not want war with Russia, that much has to be clear to even the most dense people at this point. If war with Iran starts now it's because the CIA and/or Pentagon decided to start it now on behalf of Biden so it could be blamed on Trump.”
“Watch North Korea also. There will be some other, equally ridiculous ‘provocation’ imputed to Pyongyang requiring, of course, an immediate return to war games and overt hostilities and regime change in the South to emplace a president not interested in peace and reunification,” he told Press TV in an online interview on Friday.
“This, too, may begin before Trump's exit, but it will not be directed by him. Rather, it is back to the course Washington was on before he took office in 2017,” he said.
“Of course, this all assumes Trump will be gone on January 20. I think it is premature to make this assumption,” the analyst said.
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