Paul Craig Roberts – paulcraigroberts.org March 11, 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked at a news conference on March 9 if in view of the lack of success of the Israeli-American missile and air strikes to defeat Iran, now that Trump was talking about boots on the ground could America look forward to a draft? Leavitt’s answer was that the President keeps all options on the table.
I don’t think that this is going to go down well with American mothers and fathers. Yes, they are brainwashed about “Israel’s right to defend itself,” and “you can’t be an American if you don’t love Israel,” but that was before their sons faced conscription to go to war and to die for Israel.
So far we have only had propaganda, not factual news, about the success for lack thereof of the Israeli-American attack on Iran. But all the indications are that the war has not gone as Trump expected. My own opinion at this time is that the only way Trump can avoid defeat in Iran is to nuke Iran, which I am convinced was Netanyahu’s intent from the beginning. Netanyahu will be telling Trump, “You promised victory. You cannot accept a defeat.”
The Republicans who support the war, ranging from 76% to 85% depending on the poll are too stupid and insouciant to comprehend that they are supporting a war likely to end in nuclear war and their own demise.
Patriots are the easiest to deceive, because they wrap themselves in the flag. But a deceived population is a poor basis for survival.
Has Netanyahu maneuvered an utterly stupid American president into a draft in a midterm election year?
I thought Netanyahu was dead? No-one has seen hin for five days have they?
Yeah right, as if Trump is being manipulated by Israel. lol. Trump is a Zionist just like Miliekowsky, I mean Netanyahu.. Every President since 1913 (Fed Reserve) has been an agent of MOZ : Mongrels of Zion.
Seems like a compelling argument: Trump, things going poorly and backed into a corner, unleashes nuke(s) until unconditional surrender (will there be anybody to take it?) All the while Naziyahoo gloating overall, we did it!
But Trump, unpredictable, petulant and as trustworthy as a Cobra charmer’s snake might just decide to bite its charmer. If he were to arrange for Net to me Yahoo to meet with a permanent accident he could rid himself of his oppressive patron. Gain bonus points worldwide for once, then claim victory and tempt Iran into concession talks and save the Gulf states’ face. EU and NATO breathe a sigh of relief.
Might look like a tempting solution to the Don ? Don’t rule it out. Could you trust him?
Has Netanyahu… Yes. Trump’s huge ego is his Achilles’ heel. He’s been manipulated into dooming the US to collapse if he doesn’t get out and stay out of foreign wars.
He seems to be taking over Central and South America by negotiation. He should let that be good enough for him.
His adopted religion sees him only as a handy tool. He wasn’t born one of them so can never fully belong.
Except that there are no nukes, a phony industry that never was. Just show us a fake mushroom cloud on cgi and TV and call it a fake 10 day war , ending this stupid charade. The good thing just might be that the republicans will be thrown out , as you can see even Schumer has got his head out of his ass.
I have a better idea, Trump–conscript all “Christian” Zionists (most of whom are Boomers, but, being “Bible-belt-ers,” they likely know how to shoot a gun…..)! Seeing their buddies die for Israel for nothing…THAT will end their “strong delusion” (2 Thessalonians 2)!
hahahaha… its never just the tip!
Nukes?
Yeah, that’s really the “elephant in the room”, now isn’t it. If Israel really had their “Sampson Option”, they would have used them ALREADY. Then the quetion drifts to if the US or anyone really has nukes. Of course there is always the theory that the ET’s won’t allow them to be used.
That would be the logical reason why the US and Israel REALLY want to keep this all under wraps.
@somethinghappeninghere
Not long ago, I read a report on how, after start of the first assault on Iran, Israel increased the funds and “instructional material” destined to certain churches to propagandize and brain-wash even more the “christian” Zionists. Probable origin of said funds: the taxes of these same fools so they pay for their own brainwashing.
Btw. If your pastor comments about his blessed visit to Israel, better be careful.
Roberts, of all people – who supported and made excuses for the fat orange bastard until very recently – should shut the hell up, since the creature revealed its israel-first-america-last treachery and criminal insanity by early 2017 during its first term. Roberts and other pro fat orange bastard propagandists bear significant personal responsibility for the reign of the evil fat orange bastard.
Trump is crazy enough. Netanyahu doubly so. It is to be hoped that should Trump reach for the Big Red Button, someone in the military will stop him.
It is even faintly possible that Netanyahu might be forcibly stopped by someone in the Israeli military. The war is a disaster and he is already widely hated, so trying to launch a nuke might be the last straw.
Bali, Beirut port, Fukushima were mininukes .
you can get bigger ones UNTIL YOU BELIEVE !
do you blind idiots think american,russian,chinese,
indian, paki, jew scientists + military industry spend
trillions over 80 years for nothing in their labs ?