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As if the problems we have weren't enough, a new one has begun. New war in the Middle EastI say new because the Gaza conflict, so to speak, is still smoldering. The US-Israeli coalition attacked Iran and killed the supreme leader of the religious regime; Iran retaliated and fired on the Persian Gulf countries, and This morning, Israel attacked Hezbollah in LebanonTrump spoke tonight of another four weeks of war. Initial reports indicate 550 deaths. The price of oil will riseAnd the stock markets have already fallen this morning.
Iran and Israel have sworn eternal hatred for each other for years, the United States already bombed Iran's nuclear facilities in June, and Trump and Netanyahu are a perfect match. Remember that Trump asked for a pardon for Netanyahu. Both want to remain in power to better defend themselves against the crimes they have committed, and a war is ideal for requesting an extension of their term and conducting an election campaign based on a display of strength.
This is not just any war: Iran has some 90 million inhabitants, is an ally of China and Russia, and the Middle East is unstable. Netanyahu sees that with Iran weakened and Russia having enough to do in Ukraine, now it's his turn, since Trump is doing well for him. The fall of the ayatollahs' regime does not seem likely. They have been ruling mercilessly against their own people for 47 years. Trump's call for Iranians to seize the opportunity now that the United States has killed Khamenei to overthrow the regime is completely untenable.
This is the second head of state in less than two months that the United States has deposed: first Maduro in Venezuela and now Khamenei in Iran. Neither Trump nor any Pentagon analyst knows for sure where this entire offensive will lead, beyond stating that it is inconsistent with Trump's Nobel Peace Prize aspirations and that, of course, the freedom of the Iranian people is of no interest to him whatsoever. Trump continues to operate with faits accomplis, because no one can match the military strength of his army and because nothing pleases him more than frightening everyone and demonstrating that he is fearless.
At the official dinner that opened Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last night, the war was a recurring theme in the speeches:
Pedro Sánchez: "One can be against a hateful regime, as the whole of Spanish society is, as is the Iranian regime, while also being against an unjust military intervention."
Salvador Illa: "Humanity cannot allow a world governed by the law of the strongest."
No, the world cannot allow itself to be governed by the law of the strongest, but, for the moment, the world is absorbing this new international disorder. We are integrating, as best we can, the war in Ukraine, the ethnic cleansing in Gaza...the arrest of Maduro or the assassination of Khamenei. I don't know if we'll always be able to digest everything as we have until now.
Good morning.