The Native Iowan

Damn, damn, damn… another month gone. Another half-a-year gone.

Damn!

First, recapping June:

I know that there is still rain in the gauge from yesterday, I’d say an inch/ 25mm, so I’ll add that to the 170mm/ 7inches pictured above… nope, not the dry season yet if we got 200mm+/- of rain in the month of June.

Nope, not the dry season just yet.

Maybe July will be dryer? maybe….

I’m still watching and listening and reading the bluez, the newz… And I must say things have gone a tad bit quiet these past few days.

As hard to believe as it may be… the cease fire in the mid-east is holding.

As I read I find a paragraph that is quite interesting/ telling…
When Iran signed the JCPOA nuclear deal with the Obama Administration, its reception in the Arab Gulf was, at best, frosty. The Iranian regime’s role in propping up Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria—one of the most devastating in modern Arab history—combined with its nefarious influence in Iraq and Lebanon, ensured that Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain saw the deal not as a diplomatic breakthrough, but as an endorsement of a destabilizing actor. https://time.com/7298676/iran-israel-conflict-arab-reaction/

I believe this to be an important point that folks are failing to grasp. I believe that most folks have a shallow understanding of the political, tribal and yes, religious landscape of and in the mid-east.

Ive discussed it before… Where are Iran’s allies?

A quick history lesson: Iran officially became an Islamic state following the Iranian Revolution in 1979. The revolution led to the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty and the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This transition involved the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who became the Supreme Leader, and the implementation of an Islamic theocratic system of governance.

From my understanding, it was (has always been) Iran’s intention to franchise the idea of an Islamic State. As the piece above states: “The Iranian regime’s role in propping up Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria—one of the most devastating in modern Arab history—combined with its nefarious influence in Iraq and Lebanon, ensured that Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain saw the deal not as a diplomatic breakthrough, but as an endorsement of a destabilizing actor“

Iran has indeed been a destabilising agent.

Will this change?

Will my hair ever grow back?

These and even more deep n meaningful thoughts shall be pondered, ruminated upon, and discussed…

More later