‘Of course there’s going to be retaliation,’ says one expert. ‘It may be that this is what Trump’s interested in’
For decades, the US and its allies have painted Iran as the world’s biggest sponsor of state terrorism – invoking its Islamic rulers’ supposed revolutionary fanaticism and determined support for militant proxies.
Now a long-standing but mainly latent threat is coalescing, with the war waged on the country by the US and Israel, to raise the risk of an attack on American soil to levels unseen since the murderous al-Qaida assaults of 11 September 2001, experts say.
In an election year, opponents of Donald Trump are warning that such an event could rebound to his advantage – providing him with a pretext to crack down on critics by declaring a state of emergency or even cancelling November’s congressional midterm elections.
Two attacks on Thursday alone illustrated the heightened dangers.
Governors and states are already passing laws to fight back. That is the correct approach at this point even if it doesn’t feel aggressive enough.
We have to see what the regime actually does before we find out what the next level of response should be. Some governors won’t fight back, but some definitely will. It’s not black and white that everyone would just roll over. There’s a lot of angry people right now and losing the ability to vote would really piss people off. I think that would be the straw that breaks the camels back.
I have trouble believing that because I’ve been seeing comments for over a year saying this next thing will surely be the last straw
Watched this video just before Trump took power. Has helped me keep my perspective.
https://youtu.be/0YFdwfNh5vs
There’s no time too late for someone to mark their Rubicon. Because fascism keeps moving forward step by step.