“Israel won’t trust the United States if Iran attacks,” former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark (retired) said on CNBC’s “Fast Money” Friday. That’s not possible, because look at what’s happening now in Gaza with the pressure between the US and Israel. ” and “Iran has to feel like they are winning right now. America and Israel are at odds, Hamas is surviving, and the whole world is blaming the Israelis for what is happening in Gaza.” This was part of the plan.”
“The United States doesn’t want escalation. The United States wants Israel to trust it. But if Iran attacks, Israel won’t trust the United States. That’s not possible, because the United States Look at what’s happening in Gaza right now with the pressure between Israel and Israel. But the bottom line on this is that if Iran does do something, it’s going to be relatively minor, indirect, My instinct is that it will be something that Iranians can do, something that Muslims can root for. But it probably won’t be directly attributable to Iran. An attack on some embassy by an unknown terrorist group. , something like that. If they really attack Israel, there will be an escalation and Iran will definitely be the loser.”
He then added: “Iran has to feel like it’s winning some kind of victory now. America and Israel are at odds, Hamas is surviving, and the whole world is blaming the Israelis for what’s happening in Gaza. This was part of the plan. This was Hamas’s plan from the beginning to bring in the Israelis and blame them for causing a humanitarian catastrophe. That’s what the world is seeing now. So if you’re Iranian, why shake the tree? Let’s play. I mean, I’m trying to think like the mullahs think.”
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