"While he may be a capitalist, nevertheless he is a realist and understands that
war with Iran would be a disaster for the US and at this time he is trying to
devote all his energies as president towards saving what is now the sinking ship
of American dominance in the world,” Mark Glenn, from Idaho, said in an
interview with the Tasnim News Agency.
"Keep in mind that Trump recently stated--doubtless much to the fury of Israel
and her supporters around the world-- that he would be willing to sit down with
the Iranian leadership and talk,” he said, adding, "He understands the
precarious and dangerous nature of the present political climate between the US
and Iran and is out to calm things down and allow things to cool off before they
reach ignition in the way that Israel demands.”
Glenn is a writer and co-founder of the Crescent and Cross Solidarity
Movement, an interfaith forum dedicated to uniting Muslims and Christians
against Zionists. He has his own blog The Ugly Truth.
The following is the full text of the interview:
Tasnim: As you know, the US government’s hostility toward Iran has recently
entered a new stage. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has formed a dedicated group
to coordinate and run the country's policy towards Iran following President
Donald Trump's unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.
Pompeo announced the creation of an Iran Action Group (IAG) at a news
conference, naming Brian Hook, the Department of State's director of policy
planning, as its head. What do you think about the group and its objectives and
do you think that it would be able to reach its goals?
Glenn: Our first inclination should be to look at the timing involved in all
of this. Trump is just about to unveil the details of his much-discussed ‘peace
deal’ involving Israel and the Palestinians that is sure to result in a tidal
wave of typical screeching from Israel who wants ‘peace’ in the same way that
Syphilis wants penicillin. Now, what we have seen since before Trump became
president has been an over-the-top display of affection towards Israel when the
mics and cameras are on, which have included many of his official acts such as
the Jerusalem decision and his pulling out of the JCPOA. My personal
interpretation of all of this is that these are all things which Trump knows he
must do in order to lubricate the gears of his ‘peace deal’ machinery, after
having established with the Jews his ‘good will’ towards Israel.
Now, having said that, it makes perfect sense then why he would maintain the
appearances of hostility towards Iran in order to neutralize or at least
minimize the inevitable tidal wave of screeching that will arise out of those
elements in Israel when he unveils his ‘peace deal’. Does this mean that Trump
is a friend to Iran? No. Trump is at heart an American capitalist and who
believes that all countries should bend the knee towards the United States on
all matters. But does this mean that he intends war with Iran? No, it does not.
While he may be a capitalist, nevertheless he is a realist and understands that
war with Iran would be a disaster for the US and at this time he is trying to
devote all his energies as president towards saving what is now the sinking ship
of American dominance in the world.
Tasnim: The Trump administration recently threatened to cut Iranian oil
exports to zero, saying that countries must stop buying its oil from Nov. 4 or
face financial consequences. Washington later softened its threat, saying that
it would allow reduced oil flows of Iranian oil, in certain cases. Since oil is
a strategic product and countries around the world always demand it, do you
think that the US is able to carry out this threat at all?
Glenn: This is typical Trump strategy, talking loud and tough one minute and
then the next minute backtracking entirely and taking a much softer or even
opposite approach from the original. Keep in mind that Trump recently
stated--doubtless much to the fury of Israel and her supporters around the
world-- that he would be willing to sit down with the Iranian leadership and
talk. He understands the precarious and dangerous nature of the present
political climate between the US and Iran and is out to calm things down and
allow things to cool off before they reach ignition in the way that Israel
demands. At the same time, however, he has very little room to maneuver, given
the chokehold that organized Jewish interests have over the media, economy and
the political process here in America where day by day he hounded with the
threat of impeachment.
And of course, we have to look at this from the ‘business’ end of things where
Trump--as a highly successful international businessman excels. Yes, putting
western-based sanctions on Iran has the obvious effect of depriving Iran from
doing business with the West, but which has the opposite effect of bolstering
Iran’s business ties with the East, including Russia, Central Asia, China,
India, all of which need Iranian oil desperately and some of whom, due not only
to their growing industrial might but as well--as in the case with China--are
flush with cash as a result of the trade deficit they maintain with the US, and
therefore, the only ’harm’ that comes to Iran vis a vis any western-based
sanctions is that the manipulative tentacles attached to the Jewish money that
dominates the West economically, politically, culturally, etc., is not afforded
an entryway into the otherwise well-protected systems of the IRI.
Tasnim: Trump's threat is part of his walking away from the Iran nuclear
deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). He also plans to
fully reinstate anti-Tehran sanctions from November 4. In the meantime, the EU
has vowed to counter Trump’s renewed sanctions on Iran, including by means of a
new law to shield European companies from punitive measures. German Foreign
Minister Heiko Maas recently said Europe should set up payment systems
independent of the US if it wants to save the JCPOA. What do you think about the
EU’s role in reducing Washington’s pressures against Tehran and saving the deal?
Glenn: As I have stated on many occasions, my position as regards the JCPOA
is identical to that of His Excellency Ayatollah Khamenei when this ‘agreement’
was first proposed, which was that it was/is an inherently dangerous move whose
intended end result was the subjugation of Iran’s rights as a sovereign nation
and the entryway of Western/Zionist toxic influence over Iran’s political,
cultural, military and economic independence in return for the ‘freedom’ of
doing business with the West. The entire charade was for all intents and
purposes a modern-day replay of the age-old tale by the Latin poet Virgil
featuring the Greeks offering the Trojans a ‘gift’ in the form of a large wooden
horse, within which were secreted Greek soldiers whose job was--upon the horse
being brought within the protected walls of the city, to wait until nightfall,
crawl out of the horse, open the gates to the invading Greek army.
Having said that, I personally welcome Trump’s pulling out of the JCPOA and the
fact that this large wooden horse has been destroyed, at least as far as any
American involvement with it is concerned.
Now does this mean that Trump will renegotiate a ‘better deal’ with Iran as he
has promised? Possibly, and although I certainly understand and sympathize with
Iran’s leadership in not trusting America in any such future ‘deal’, at the same
time I think that given the very turbulent political weather that presently
exists that it is in Iran’s interests to talk with Trump, even if it is through
back channels and away from public view, as Iran’s recalcitrance in refusing to
talk with Trump is exactly the kind of background scenery that Israel WILL
utilize in writing a believable script in the aftermath of something blowing up
that ‘Iran did it’ and which will be swallowed whole-hog by a mentally
incapacitated American public that has already been taught to hate Iran and to
see this magnificent country as the world’s largest ‘exporter of terrorism’.
Source: Tasnim