{"id":1534,"date":"2025-06-23T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2025-06-23T14:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:30:15","slug":"fear-of-a-spreading-middle-east-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2025\/06\/23\/fear-of-a-spreading-middle-east-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear of a spreading Middle East war as team Trump braces for retaliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between the contradictory utterances coming from America&#8217;s so-called leaders and immediate developments in the war zone, there is not much optimism as regards diplomacy between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/iran-israel-conflict_n_68591e09e4b0c9a27d0088ab\">Israel targets Iran&#8217;s government<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jun\/23\/israel-iran-war-live-updates-us-trump-regime-change-middle-east-gaza-latest-news\">the Fordow nuclear site that the US already hit<\/a> as the two nations trade fire again. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is calling for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/06\/23\/world\/iran-trump-israel-news\">de-escalation<\/a>&#8220;. It&#8217;s no wonder: nations in the Middle East justifiably fear the war will spread. And back at home, team Trump faces the real threat of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/06\/22\/2025\/white-house-braces-for-escalatory-iranian-retaliation\">&#8216;escalatory&#8217; Iranian retaliation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance claimed that the US is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jd-vance-iran-war-nuclear-program_n_68581b9ce4b0208df38624d9\">not at war with Iran<\/a>,&#8221; but with the country\u2019s nuclear program. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-iran-regime-change-vance-hegseth_n_68587ba5e4b095f2527781e7\">Trump contradicts J.D. Vance<\/a> on &#8220;regime Change&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t expect Trump to thank Team Biden for the plans for that US stealth attack on Iranian nuclear facilities \u2013 which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/mideast-wars-us-iran-strike-explainer_n_6858cb4ee4b0d509390c2d47\">years in the making<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em> claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/22\/us\/politics\/trump-iran-decision-strikes.html\">Trump was using &#8220;ruses&#8221; &#8211; as opposed to, say, incoherence and senility<\/a> &#8211; to keep Iran off balance. Yeah, riiiight\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/marco-rubio-irrelevant-intelligence-iran-nuclear-weapons_n_685849e9e4b0208df3862872\">Marco Rubio does the nation no favors<\/a> by proclaiming it&#8217;s &#8220;irrelevant&#8221; whether or not the US had intel showing Iran actually building nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Why did the Pentagon reportedly orchestrate an elaborate decoy mission? T<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/pentagon-worked-up-ruse-to-fool-iran-on-strikes-because-they-feared-trump-would-give-it-away-on-social-media-nyt\/\">op military officials feared Trump&#8217;s social media posts would give away the plan.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>California Democrat and ranking member of the Armed Services Committee Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/not-funny-ranking-armed-services-dem-ro-khanna-blasts-trump-for-joking-about-regime-change-after-iran-strike\/\">Ro Khanna blasted Trump<\/a> for his \u201cregime change\u201d post on social media.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/trump-iran-2672416892\/\">George Conway takes Trump to the woodshed<\/a>, blaming the failure to actually obliterate Iran&#8217;s nuclear capabilities on Trump&#8217;s big, beautiful mouth.<\/p>\n<p>DEVELOPING\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s likely to get uglier. 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