"We have to be prepared for what could be a significant set of attacks by #Iran or its proxies," says John Kirby, US National Security Council spokesperson. Kirby's comments come after the #US deployed a submarine in West Asia amid growing tensions in the region#cnbctv18digital pic.twitter.com/LYvZZrH3Vr

— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18News) August 13, 2024

The US keeps saying they want a ceasefire, then Israel assassinates the negotiator, and the US is like “yeah, if Israel starts a war with Iran, we’ll join it for sure.”

There isn’t going to be a ceasefire. Iran is still saying they are going to attack Israel in response to the assassination of the Hamas negotiator on their soil.

Events are unfolding, you see. Slowly but surely, events are unfolding exactly as I said they would.

Reuters:

Only a ceasefire deal in Gaza stemming from hoped-for talks this week would hold Iran back from direct retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on its soil, three senior Iranian officials said.

Iran has vowed a severe response to Haniyeh’s killing, which took place as he visited Tehran late last month and which it blamed on Israel. Israel has neither confirmed or denied its involvement. The U.S. Navy has deployed warships and a submarine to the Middle East to bolster Israeli defenses.

One of the sources, a senior Iranian security official, said Iran, along with allies such as Hezbollah, would launch a direct attack if the Gaza talks fail or it perceives Israel is dragging out negotiations. The sources did not say how long Iran would allow for talks to progress before responding.

With an increased risk of a broader Middle East war after the killings of Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, Iran has been involved in intense dialogue with Western countries and the United States in recent days on ways to calibrate retaliation, said the sources, who all spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

I don’t know what to tell you.

This is happening.

Bibi has refused any ceasefire, because the whole purpose of this entire lunatic operation of his was to start a war with Iran and then drag the US into it.

The Europeans are no help. Good little dogs of the American pigs, the Europeans are victim-blaming Iran and defending the baby-killing Jews.

Macron, Starmer & Scholz issued a statement urging Iran to refrain from attacks that will endanger a Gaza ceasefire. Israel was not mentioned – despite doing everything to scupper both the ceasefire and the 2-State solution. Western leaders disgracing themselves non-stop.

— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) August 13, 2024

What can stop this thing from unfolding?

It seems like “nothing” is the only possible answer to that question.

The only other answer is “Bibi is somehow ousted as Prime Minister of Israel,” but the polls are showing he’s doing fine. He’s actually doing better now than he was, because he’s starting a war with Iran.

So unless the CIA is going to take him out, he’s in.

The US has no ability to control him.

This is happening.