Col. Jacques Baud: Trump’s Last Card Just SHATTERED Israel

Colonel Baud argues that Donald Trump's decision to initiate a 'war' with Iran has trapped him. He faces pressure from hardliners to continue the conflict while the market demands stability to prevent oil price hikes and global trade disruption. This situation has resulted in no gains for Trump, antagonized US allies in the Middle East, and led to Israel's 'destruction' in terms of international standing and global despise due to its 'unprovoked, unjustified attack against Iran' and alleged war crimes.

Trump 'has led Israel to destruction. He has led Israel to international and worldwide despise because this unprovoked, unjustified attack against Iran has added to all the war crimes that Israel has done so far.'

Iran views the conflict as an existential threat and will not settle for a temporary agreement. They require not just a signature but concrete guarantees and safeguards that the conflict will not resume, especially from Israel, which Baud claims has a history of not abiding by commitments since its inception.

Iran 'needs guarantees not simply a signature but also safeguards so that it doesn't restart. That means a commitment by Israel and that will be very hard to get because Israel has never abbidden by any commitment they made in the past.'

Baud asserts that Israel's consistent refusal to adhere to international law, despite it being a condition for its UN membership in 1949, renders the country illegitimate. He highlights that Israel is the most condemned country by the UN, with over a hundred resolutions against its actions, and its behavior is compared to 'the worst of the dictatorship we had in the past in Europe.'

As long as Israel 'doesn't behave according to the international law I mean that makes this country illegitimate.' Israel's UN membership was conditional on respecting international law, which it has 'never complied with.'

Hezbollah is effectively leveraging modern, affordable drone technology with thermal cameras, a development seen in the Ukraine conflict, to target Israeli soldiers. Baud states that Israel is encountering the same fierce resistance in Lebanon as in 2006, but with updated means. He argues Israel has no legitimate motive to be in Lebanon, and Hezbollah fights on its own territory with strong determination, unlike Israeli soldiers who may not understand their purpose.

Hezbollah is 'profiting from' the development of drone technology, including 'thermal technology used to be extremely expensive... Today it's extremely affordable.' 'The presence of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon is illegal regardless of oh you consider the fa the case it's illegal period.'

Post-Cold War, Israel lost its strategic value as a 'western stronghold' in a hostile Middle East. While the US still treats Israel as its main ally, Baud argues that other regional countries became more friendly to the West, making Israel no longer 'that necessary to the US.' The US, however, continues to use antagonism between Israel and its neighbors to 'divide and rule' the region, a strategy Baud believes is ineffective.

After the cold war... 'Israel has lost his its strategic situation.' 'Israel is no longer that necessary to to the US.'

Ukrainian drone attacks, particularly those using the airspace of NATO countries like Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Finland, are not for operational gain but are deliberate provocations. Baud believes Ukraine is attempting to 'drag the Europeans into a confrontation with Russia' by creating situations where Russia could retaliate against European soil, thereby triggering a larger war.

Ukrainian drone attacks 'amount to a provocation in order to have to to have kind of an escalation on the um uh not just in Ukraine but also probably an escalation that would drag other European countries into the into the conflict.'

Baud highlights a concerning mindset among European leaders, who he claims are actively preparing for a confrontation with Russia by 2030, seeing Ukraine's role as merely 'buying time.' Despite lacking the military means, European countries show a 'willingness to engage into the conflict' and have 'no more reason to fight the Russians' than to talk to them, yet they reject negotiations and prioritize escalation.

The Belgian chief of general staff 'said that there will be a confrontation with Russia in 2030 and in fact the role of the Ukrainians is only to buy time for the Europeans who prepare.' The EU foreign minister 'said that they had not prepared for any kind of negotiation because there is no point.'