Peloni: Indeed, it is interesting that Israel worked quite closely with the US during the Iran war only to wake up facing the Trump’s wrath on the day afterwards, in which the IRGC is being invited as partners in the deconfliction mechanism which OVERSEES Israel rather than including Washington’s former partner in the war. We have seen some serious shifts in US policies in recent days, but the formal linkage of Lebanon to Iran, and including Iranian oversight to determine US policy on Israel’s activities in Lebanon presents significant support for the conclusion that Washington has switched sides.
The newly established five-nation deconfliction mechanism for Lebanon is a catastrophic strategic betrayal by Washington, a former Israeli intelligence official warned, saying that US President Donald Trump has effectively “switched sides” by handing Iran a diplomatic victory and curtailing Israel’s freedom of action against Hezbollah.
Navy Commander (ret.) Eyal Pinko, a former Israeli intelligence officer and senior research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, said the mechanism, announced after US-Iran talks in Switzerland mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, is “nothing more than a political declaration,” but one with far-reaching consequences, effectively signaling Washington’s acceptance of Iran’s role as Lebanon’s patron and giving Qatar and Pakistan a role in providing diplomatic cover for that status.
“The new mechanism between Pakistan, Qatar, Iran, the US, and Lebanon is a very strong political statement of power by Iran,” Pinko said, adding that it is “another step that indicates that Trump has switched sides.”
Pinko said the mechanism gives US-backed recognition to the message that “Iran, the patron of Lebanon, has not left and neither will it.”
Iran, meanwhile, appears to be entrenching itself further in Lebanon, according to recent reports. An Israeli security source told the Saudi Al-Arabiya channel in a report published Monday that a number of Iranian officers are operating in the Ali Taher Ridge area in southern Lebanon, holding key roles in managing the fighting and coordinating operational activity.
In a separate report published Thursday, Israel’s Channel 12 said the Iranian regime was leading a direct effort to recruit new fighters into Hezbollah’s ranks following the heavy losses the Iran-backed terrorist group sustained in manpower, command structures, commanders, and operatives during the fighting against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). As part of the recruitment campaign, reportedly visible on the streets of Tehran, volunteers were being offered a monthly salary of $1,000, far above Iran’s minimum wage of about $140.
Trump has no core convictions, and it was a grave mistake for Bibi to place his trust in him rather than come up with a plan for Israel to go it alone against Iran.
Trump is evil to his core. His sons are equally evil and the only thing that drives Trump is furthering his global business empire which will be left to the execrable Don Jr. and Eric.
Trump Enterprises is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar.