Restraining Trump

 
February 17, 2020

This refers to the news report ‘US Senate begins debate in a bid to restrict Trump’s Iran war powers’ (February 13, 2020). By making his staunchly pro-Israel son-in-law Jared Kushner his senior adviser on the Middle East, US President Donald Trump has contracted out the formation of America’s Middle East policy to hard-line Zionist politicians. No wonder, therefore, that the recent Middle East peace plan was rejected outright by the Palestinians along with most countries around the globe.

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Trump recently assassinated the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, a de-facto act of war against Iran. If Trump is not restrained he could start a full-scale invasion of Iran and thus destabilize the whole region, which has yet to recover from earlier US invasions.

S R H Hashmi

Karachi

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