IRAN *

 * So far away?

"And I ran, I ran so far away

I just ran, I ran all night and day

I couldn't get away

A cloud appears above your head

A beam of light comes shining down on you

Shining down on you

The cloud is moving nearer still"

Maybe there's more to that Flock of Seagulls song than I realised.

Iran has never been far from the news and certainly not out of mind in my lifetime. Now it's "moving nearer still" thanks to that idiot Donald Trump's 'leadership' and Israel's megalomania.

Trump's way out of his depth as he's stuck between Israel's demands for a strike against Iran and the MAGA- American isolationist preferences.

“We believe that the United States of America and the president of the United States have an obligation to make sure that the region is going to a positive way and that the world is free from Iran that possesses (a) nuclear weapon.

        - Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant 

"I don’t want the US enmeshed in another Middle East war that doesn’t serve our interests."

        - MAGA spokesperson Tucker Carlson

 

The left wing movements in USA also prefer keeping out of the conflict

"The US must not get dragged into another of Netanyahu’s wars.”

       - Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders

In recent times the Iraq and Afghan wars and America's pathetic performance in them strengthened the opposition to US involvement in overseas wars and helped Trump come to power, twice. But, America being the confused and contradictory nation it is also has Trump-supporting ultra conservatives (hawks) who want to convince Trump to attack an Iran that has been weakened by Israeli forces and to once and for all deliver Iran a death blow and end its nuclear programme. Trump, being Trump, a weak and unconvincing leader procrastinates and or vacillates hoping that someone else will make the hard calls.

"I may go in. I may not go in. Nobody knows what I'm going to do."

        - Donald Trump ...

 ... including himself I guess.

Let's not forget that it was the orange idiot who set up the current inflammatory situation by walking away from Obama's previous US nuclear deal with Iran in his first term which both delighted Israel and emboldened Iran. Great work Donald.

As A Flock of Seagulls sang: "The cloud is moving nearer still."