Manufacturing consent for war on Iran
U.S. threatens Iran with ‘pre-emptive
action’
By RT
January 02, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" - US
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has warned that he will
take “preemptive action” to “protect US forces” if he
receives word of attacks by Iran or its “proxy forces,”
claiming to have indications of such attacks in the
future.
Esper said he expects more “provocative behavior” by
“Iran-backed” groups – and warned that “they will likely
regret it.”
“They’ve been…attacking our bases for months now,” Esper
claimed, apparently pinning every rocket attack on a
coalition base in recent months on Iran. He called on
Iraq to “do more…to address these Iran-sponsored militia
groups and to stop their attacks on US and coalition
forces,” complaining the US has not “seen sufficient
action on that front” from Baghdad.
The Trump administration blamed Tuesday’s siege of
the US embassy in Baghdad on Tehran and sent 750 troops
to Iraq in order to beef up security at the diplomatic
compound. Iran, President Donald Trump has said, will be
held "fully responsible for lives lost, or damage
incurred, at any of our facilities."
However, the protesters who surrounded the embassy
were motivated by rage over US strikes that killed 25
members of Kataib Hezbollah, part of Iraq’s Popular
Mobilization Units (PMU) and officially part of the
Iraqi military.
