Clever, get the useful idiots excited and boom, regime change.Donald Trump has brutally slapped down Benjamin Netanyahu's push for the US to incite a bloody street revolution to topple the Iranian regime.
'Why the hell should we tell people to take to the streets when they'll just get mowed down,' Trump told Netanyahu during a call last week.
The call came just hours after Iran's security chief Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli strike last Tuesday. Netanyahu told Trump the regime was in disarray and that there was a window for a popular uprising, a US official and Israeli source told Axios.
But Trump feared a massacre, mindful that thousands of Iranians had been slaughtered by paramilitary forces during anti-regime protests before the war.
Netanyahu and Trump agreed to wait and see if the Iranians would come out during the annual festival of fire without encouragement, a source said.
But Netanyahu proceeded anyway, stating on TV: 'Our aircraft are striking terrorist operatives ... This is meant to allow the brave Iranian people to celebrate the festival of fire. So go out and celebrate ... we are watching from above.'
The rupture lays bare a widening gap between the two leaders, with Washington quietly distancing itself from Jerusalem on regime change despite Trump urging a popular uprising when the war began.
Netanyahu has since secretly convened his generals and pushed for a 48-hour blitz on Iran's top targets, even as Trump moves to nail down a swift peace deal.
Netanyahu convened Israeli commanders in a bunker deep beneath Tel Aviv on Tuesday after reviewing Trump's 15-point peace plan.
The Israeli prime minister and his top military advisers were alarmed the US plan did not go far enough to curb Tehran's military capabilities.
Netanyahu's inner circle is intent on reaching three key war goals: eliminating Iran's ballistic-missile stockpile, ensuring Tehran cannot develop a nuclear warhead, and fostering an environment within Iran for civilians to overthrow the Islamic regime.
Trump has not touched on regime change in his messaging since the early days of the war, and the White House does not list it among in its four official objectives: destroy Iran's missiles, Navy, armed proxies, and nuclear capabilities.
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Trump in extraordinary break with Netanyahu as he rejects bloody plot
The break with Trump comes amid a widening gap between the two leaders.www.dailymail.co.uk
It's what happens when people realize the most powerful man on earth is driven by self interest and vanity. He had Bibi and Graham telling him he could do what so many have failed out and bring peace to the Middle East. His vanity latched on. And with his pride I have zero confidence he will swallow his pride and back downApparently Japan has a decently large oil reserve so that will buy them some time, but Australia, Philippines, etc are going to be in big trouble relatively soon.
Trump could literally trigger a global economic recession or worse over this.
Iran's current demands are unacceptable, so it seems like this is going to continue for quite some time. Insanity.
Yup. That is a scary thought.It's what happens when people realize the most powerful man on earth is driven by self interest and vanity. He had Bibi and Graham telling him he could do what so many have failed out and bring peace to the Middle East. His vanity latched on. And with his pride I have zero confidence he will swallow his pride and back down
These folks need a reality check. Newsflash: We're the USA and you're not. We have the ability to do things like take out your leader. You do not possess such powers. That's why you shouldn't have F'd with us for the past 47 yrs. You ought not chant death to America 'cause we have technology you can't imagine. Not knowing this kind of stuff is how you got in this pickle. Don't compound your mistake. Learn from it

Let Israel fight this war. They have actual reason on their side since Iran funds all the terrorist groups that routinely strike at them.Donald Trump has brutally slapped down Benjamin Netanyahu's push for the US to incite a bloody street revolution to topple the Iranian regime.
'Why the hell should we tell people to take to the streets when they'll just get mowed down,' Trump told Netanyahu during a call last week.
The call came just hours after Iran's security chief Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli strike last Tuesday. Netanyahu told Trump the regime was in disarray and that there was a window for a popular uprising, a US official and Israeli source told Axios.
But Trump feared a massacre, mindful that thousands of Iranians had been slaughtered by paramilitary forces during anti-regime protests before the war.
Netanyahu and Trump agreed to wait and see if the Iranians would come out during the annual festival of fire without encouragement, a source said.
But Netanyahu proceeded anyway, stating on TV: 'Our aircraft are striking terrorist operatives ... This is meant to allow the brave Iranian people to celebrate the festival of fire. So go out and celebrate ... we are watching from above.'
The rupture lays bare a widening gap between the two leaders, with Washington quietly distancing itself from Jerusalem on regime change despite Trump urging a popular uprising when the war began.
Netanyahu has since secretly convened his generals and pushed for a 48-hour blitz on Iran's top targets, even as Trump moves to nail down a swift peace deal.
Netanyahu convened Israeli commanders in a bunker deep beneath Tel Aviv on Tuesday after reviewing Trump's 15-point peace plan.
The Israeli prime minister and his top military advisers were alarmed the US plan did not go far enough to curb Tehran's military capabilities.
Netanyahu's inner circle is intent on reaching three key war goals: eliminating Iran's ballistic-missile stockpile, ensuring Tehran cannot develop a nuclear warhead, and fostering an environment within Iran for civilians to overthrow the Islamic regime.
Trump has not touched on regime change in his messaging since the early days of the war, and the White House does not list it among in its four official objectives: destroy Iran's missiles, Navy, armed proxies, and nuclear capabilities.
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Trump in extraordinary break with Netanyahu as he rejects bloody plot
The break with Trump comes amid a widening gap between the two leaders.www.dailymail.co.uk

