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White House: Drone May Have Crossed Into Iranian Airspace

An important paragraph buried down in the middle of this one in the Times:

But a senior Trump administration official said there was concern inside the United States government about whether the drone, or another American surveillance aircraft, or even the P-8A manned aircraft flown by a military aircrew, actually did violate Iranian airspace at some point. The official said the doubt was one of the reasons Mr. Trump called off the strike.

Close enough for government work.

Elijah J. Magnier: Iran And Trump On The Edge Of Abyss

Elijah J. Magnier reports that the Iranians have sent Trump a clear message.

The first message is that Iran is ready for an all-out war, no matter what the consequences. The second message is that Iran is aware that the US President has cornered himself; the embarrassing attack came a week after Trump launched his electoral campaign.

This is unbelievable if true.

According to well-informed sources, Iran rejected a proposal by US intelligence – made via a third party – that Trump be allowed to bomb one, two or three clear objectives, to be chosen by Iran, so that both countries could appear to come out as winners and Trump could save face. Iran categorically rejected the offer and sent its reply: even an attack against an empty sandy beach in Iran would trigger a missile launch against US objectives in the Gulf.

Moon Of Alabama responded:

And Elijah recommends:

Iran and the US are already at war economically. A way out of this crisis would be for Trump to close his eyes while allowing Europe to work to lift the economic pressure on Iran, without sanctioning the European companies concerned. Otherwise, there may be no escape from a regional and global catastrophe. 

Daniel McAdams also mentioned on The Liberty Report that Trump could ease tensions by lifting oil sanctions on a few select countries.

The Libertarian Presidential Candidate We Need

Keith Preston at Attack The System wants a candidate that might actually be a libertarian.  He argues they need to run on a platform of ending the federal government for real.

Not “enforcing the Tenth Amendment, ” not “going back to the Constitution,” not “reducing the size and scope of the federal government,” not “tax cuts and deregulation” or any other mainstream conservative/neoliberal-libertarian bullshit.

He likes what Adam Kokesh has to say but doesn’t think he is the right guy.  He is thinking strategically.

The ideal revolutionary leader would have a clean image and one that exhibits uber-competence, and not have a personal history of instability.

Anybody come to mind?

 

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