Col. Douglas MacGregor: Is Biden Starting a Regional War in The Middle East? (Judging Freedom)

The key thing from this excellent interview is that steps to achieve political settlements are not happening - where the US, that is supposed to be a great power, is looking for a fight with Iran rather than some kind of settlement.    

Without taking sides, MacGregor points out that the Arab people of the region do want to 'wipe Israel off the map' and that their Governments are going against their wishes by avoiding conflict (because these leaders fear losing their grip on power in the fight). The Israelis also want to wipe out the Gazan population, expel Arabs from Israel, and basically expand as far as possible into Lebanon and elsewhere. They want to wipe the Arab populations off the map. This has been the policy of Israeli leaders also. 

If it comes to full scale country vs country fighting the US will end up sending troops and/or the Israelis will use nuclear or chemical weapons (responding to likely chemical false flags). This is one of their key trump cards, that they do have weapons of mass destruction that can wipe out very large numbers of opposing forces and populations.

The fighting will, in all likelihood remain in Gaza, and with Hezbollah in Lebanon. It will be ugly, but the leaders of the surrounding Arab States will realise the danger of fully committing to any fight.

Right at the end of the conversation MacGregor warns about the introduction of a nuclear device into the fighting, with enrichment reports from Iran and Turkey being supported by nuclear-armed Pakistan. 

The conversation also covers conventional fighting in Yemen and the difficulty of the US achieving anything significant on that front. The same thing is true with the US attacking Iran. These are military dead ends that will only lead to retaliation through Lebanon.

The solution is likely to redraw parts of the Middle Eastern map, particularly with Israel plus with the Kurds in Iraq, and/or respect some of the established national boundaries, such as for Iran, Lebanon and Syria. A political solution can achieve a lot. The other option is literally a war of annihilation. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, January 17, 2024.]