It was not long ago that President Donald Trump was pushing for a peaceful solution to Iran’s nuclear programme with his two week deadline. But now, the same Trump stood announcing that for the sake of Israel, he had bombed Iranian nuclear sites. This shift from talks to airstrikes should not shock the world as they know that Trump has his hands tied when it comes to genocidal regime of Israel.
In the middle of this deadly conflict, something even more (bizarrely) surprising happened: the government Pakistan nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, a man who just took part in bombing a sovereign country, now being praised as a peacemaker. It is a confusing world, no doubt.
Trump’s decision to bomb Iran may have won him praise from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but it has raised serious questions about the real goals behind this war. Netanyahu, as former US president Bill Clinton says, is facing corruption charges at home and the war to distract the domestic and world pressure. As the world is all focused on Iran, Israel continues its brutal assault on Palestinians in Gaza when they gather to collect food.
The Western media is busy defending the strikes, calling them a blow to Iran’s nuclear plans. But let us not forget: the only country in the Middle East that actually has nuclear weapons is Israel, not Iran. And unlike Iran, Israel has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or allowed UN inspectors into its facilities. Iran’s nuclear programme, ironically, was started by the Shah, a dictator supported by the US until he was overthrown in 1979. So, history comes full circle.
The bigger question is: who benefits from this chaos? The answer is clear: arms dealers and war profiteers (read America). As long as bombs keep falling, their businesses will keep booming.
And what about peace? Pakistan’s support for Trump’s Nobel nomination now seems not only strange but deeply troubling. The government should give a word on it.
