April 10, 2026
The finest military modern thinker, Maj Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, stated that the true object of war is not victory but the peace that follows the conflict. By that standard, the Trump-Netanyahu war against Iran and Lebanon is an embarrassing political failure and an economic disaster.
Trump rushed into the Mideast where wiser angels dared not tread, propelled by the blandishments of his Israeli partner, Netanyahu. Trump claimed a great victory over Iranian-Saracens even modestly allowing his minions to compare him to Jesus.
Meanwhile, Trump and his cabinet still claimed they launched war against Iran to prevent it acquiring nuclear weapons. None have so far been found. This, says the White house on the hill, is because the tricky Iranians have been hiding the weapons. Iran admits to having some mid-range enriched uranium, created for civilian power uses, but denies having any nukes.
Trump claimed to have ‘obliterated’ Iran’s enriched uranium last year using B-2 stealth bombers, yet this year he again claimed to be ‘obliterating’ Iran’s previously blown to smithereens nuclear arsenal.
Amidst all the manufactured hysteria over Iran’s nukes, no mention had been made of the only real nuclear power in the Mideast, Israel – the cobelligerent in this war. Israel’s influence over the US and British media have kept this issue out of the news. Trump might call it `invisibleness.’
Israel has more than 200 nuclear weapons that can be delivered across the Mideast by strike fighters, short and medium-range missiles and a growing number of submarine-launched medium-range missiles, courtesy of guilt-ridden Germany.
We are watching a re-run of the 2003 Gulf War news. That clearly imperialistic war pitted the US and its Arab satraps against Iraq. The conflict was based on US claims that Iraq was producing nuclear weapons aimed for the USA and had to be stopped before using them.
In fact, the G.W. administration was being pushed by the ultimate neocon Dick Cheney and a cabal of pro-Israel supporters into war against Iraq. Iraq had no nukes, it turned out. While covering the war from Baghdad, I discovered that the US was actually supplying Iraq with poison gas and germ weapons to use against Iran.
If Iraq had possessed nuclear targets at that time, the 309,000 US and British troops that were massing to invade Iraq would have made a perfect target for Iraqi nuclear weapons – but Iraq had none. It was all a big lie. Today, US forces massed around Iran offer a fine target for nuclear weapons. Of course, Iran would be struck back with nuclear devices.
Today, the same lie factories are churning a steady stream of falsehoods. Iran may have basic nuclear materials – but only for civilian power use. The late Ayatollah Khomeini issued an edict (Fatwah) against all nuclear weapons. While demanding other nations scrap nuclear weapons, the US has made a significant reduction in its own nuclear weapons arsenal. 30% would be a good number for starters.
Copyright Eric S Margolis 2026
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