A lot has happened since I last posted on June 19. You might say I got bogged down in the fog of war. I needed time to process the onslaught of information and misinformation. Sort my thoughts.
If you are given to knee-jerk support for Israel or Iran, do not bother reading this article. It’s meant for rationale people not given to hasty or emotional conclusions.
I hope to give a big picture overview of what the world looks like from 30,000 feet above, doing my best to put my own biases aside and look at things objectively in the wake of the Israel-Iran war and U.S. involvement to date.
Let’s start by saying that, for good or for bad, Donald Trump has emerged in the war’s aftermath appearing to be the most powerful man in the world.
Why do I say this? Trump singlehandedly started and stopped a major Middle East war over a span of less than two weeks. He even named it. He called it the “12-Day War.” Think about that. Who else could pull that off?
Trump admitted he was fully briefed and fully…
