Gordon Robinson | A luta continua
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Pundits worldwide are speculating on who’s winning the war between USA/Israel and Iran/Lebanon.
Donald Dumdum keeps saying he obliterated Iran’s military assets and already won the war. Yet, long after his first of many predictions of war’s end, he unilaterally extended a “ceasefire”, repeatedly breached by co-warmonger, Israel, and which Iran says is meaningless.
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Israel believed it “won” from the beginning as it manipulated Dumdum into attacking as Israel’s proxy and has been indiscriminately bombing Lebanon allegedly to dismantle Hezbollah. While Dumdum does the talking, unconcerned with minor matters like consistency, Israel presses on unconcerned with minor matters like collateral damage and despite grand “ceasefire” announcements.
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Iran decided, early on, that it can’t win a military war but it can fight asymmetrically hitting USA where it hurts in the pocket. So closing the Strait of Hormuz resulted in skyrocketing oil prices. Petrol prices have doubled at USA pumps which severely harms Republicans’ political prospects in upcoming midterm elections. This is almost as important to Dumdum as is distraction from Epstein files. So feeding Israel’s congenital hostility to Arabs has turned out not to be in USA’s interests.
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Who’s winning this interminable war? Is it USA whose options, missile stockpiles and allies are rapidly depleted? Is it Israel who thought it got what it wanted by convincing unprovoked USA to sneak attack but is stretched on two fronts while its American puppet desperately seeks an exit ramp?
Is it Iran whose asymmetrical war may include long term revenge of current Supreme Leader’s family members’ assassination on Dumdum’s orders? If I were Jared I wouldn’t be heading east anytime soon. What’ll Iran do if it exacts Old Testament eye-for-an-eye punishment? What next? How to mend mid-east fences?
So, who’s winning?
None of the above! There’s a quiet, serene winner waiting patiently in the wings for natural enemies to self-destruct and natural friends to need rebuilding help. Another winner is currently laughing at Dumdum who has been dancing to his tune for too long to be accidental.
Winner No 1 is Xi Jinping. Winner No.2 is Vladimir Putin! It has been so easy for them to own Dumdum and play him like a fiddle that every thinking American should be embarrassed for their once proud nation as it’s exposed as a circus sideshow run by the Keystone Cops.
A third winner back in good ol’ U.S of A could be J.D. Vance, sure to run for President in 2028, who ensured we know he wasn’t in support of the war. So, Dumdum said he’ll blame Vance/Kushner if anything goes sideways then appoints Vance to lead a negotiating team including Kushner and Witkoff. But, early peace doesn’t suit Vance who can otherwise plead the Shaggy defence while Dumdum owns every adverse war result.
Suddenly, J.D. was dropped from the negotiating team. Then, on Saturday, after Iran’s Foreign Minister left Pakistan without waiting to meet the US team, Dumdum announced he cancelled Kushner/Witkoff’s trip “as they were about to leave” and told them “you’re not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
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Number One Loser is Donnie Dumdum whose flip flopping narratives have become so predictable they’re no longer even funny. No world event has escaped his antics’ consequences. As “winner” of FIFA’s fake Peace Prize Dumdum has endangered FIFA’s World Cup for which Iran has qualified. Games in USA are now terrorism magnets and early ticket holders are reselling at discounts.
This Born Loser’s desperation to save face apparently led him into contention with Pentagon Chiefs over possible nuclear codes use. After a Pentagon hullabaloo that included top U.S. Nuclear Chief, Andrew Hugg, being escorted from the building, Dumdum announced on Thursday he wouldn’t use nuclear options. Based on flip-flop form, who knows? If he fires THAT shot the world will be a worse loser than Ray Charles:
Born to lose, I’ve lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I’ve always been so blue
Born to lose and now I’m losing you
Dumdum’s approval ratings, as reported by NBC and Reuters, are 37 and 36% respectively; lowest for a sitting President in 74 years. He’s the only President never to reach 50% in Gallup polling. It’s no wonder he loves golf so much. It’s the only game where lowest score wins.
Regardless, when this demented drama ends, it’ll be a case of he said; Xi said!
Peace and Love.
Gordon Robinson is an attorney-at-law. Send feedback to columns@gleanerjm.com