I would be proud to say that President Trump coordinated with Israelie Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take out Iran’s nuclear capabilities along with the country’s most senior military commanders and nuclear scientists.
And it may be exactly what happened.
From David Strom’s article (and it’s not the only one) at hotair.com (and be sure to click on the “Trump was in on it” link, which I’ve put in bold print, and read every word):
As more news trickles out about the Israeli air strikes on Iran’s military leadership and nuclear capabilities, we are starting to get a glimpse into how much planning and effort went into preparations for this strike. And you have to admit, even if you are not a fan of Israel (I am), they are damn good at this war thing.
Everybody was blown away by the masterful planning and execution of Operation Grim Beeper–the decapitation strike against Hezbollah using Israeli-made beepers–but Operation Rising Lion takes things to a whole new level.
Just as impressive is the deception campaign Israel and the United States coordinated, which, it sure looks like, has been in the works for months. Trump’s negotiation strategy gave Iran an out, but also a deadline, setting up the timeline. The US and Iran engaged in several rounds of negotiations, with Trump ostentatiously holding Netanyahu’s leash–insisting he not strike during negotiations.
But as the deadline approached, Trump and Netanyahu engaged in a deception operation that apparently convinced Iran that Israel would not strike once the deadline was passed, and it worked. Trump was in on it.
The word is that Trump and Netanyahu’s recent talks were not about convincing Israel to hold back, but rather to coordinate the final deception campaign. It seems unlikely that the US was not sharing real-time intelligence for the attack, although US officials are making it clear that US military assets were not used to strike Iran directly. This is very similar to our policy in Ukraine, where assistance is given for the Ukrainian military to strike Russian troops and Russia itself, but the Western countries can claim clean hands.
The coordination went deeper, though. While it is unlikely that Arab nations in the region knew the time and scope of Israeli attacks, they were all prepared to help Israel beat back any Iranian counterstrike, and they did. While many of them are making noises about how unhappy they are about the Israeli attacks on Iran, they are also helping Israel defend itself against retaliation.
Arab countries are no more interested in Iran having a nuclear weapon than Israel is, and they see the current Iranian regime as a mortal enemy.
Is that true? Was President Trump working together with Prime Minister Netanyahu – not as a part of the military operation, but to set Iran up for these astonishingly precise, effective attacks?
God, I hope so.
