Draft-dodger Donald Trump denies any responsibility for the South Pars Gas Field bombing
Donald Trump denied responsibility for bombing the South Pars gas field. He pinned the blame on Israel but doesn’t rule out further bombing in the area if Iran attacks.
“Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit,” Trump posted on Truth Social regarding the attack.
He also denied US authorization. “The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen.”
“Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility,” Trump continued. Qatar and Iran both have the right to exploit the gas field. Earlier, Qatar confirmed Iran’s retaliation over Israel’s bombing.
“NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL,” said Trump, but followed with, “pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar—in which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before.”
A war waged at the expense of allies
Trump is essentially threatening to authorize a strike should Iran continue to bomb Qatar’s facilities. Although it appears like a pledge to protect a longstanding ally in the region, it is not a signal for de-escalation. The threat endangers the world’s largest gas field, a major source of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
LNG is used for cooking, heating homes, and generating electricity. Qatar’s LNG export market is largely based in Asia, which includes India, Japan, and South Korea. The United States might not feel the price increases, but American allies in the region will. And yet, despite this, Trump called on Asian allies to help. He even reached out to China, whom he spent his first term economically antagonizing, to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
He started a regional war without considering the consequences of disrupting the energy market, which his Asian allies rely upon. If he does proceed with bombing the South Pars gas field, the United States can definitely do it alone. Al Jazeera reported that there are two aircraft carrier groups in the region that can carry out the strikes.
Will it be worth bombing the South Pars gas field?
Even Trump, in his Truth Social post, offered a shred of awareness of the importance of the gas field. He wrote, “I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long-term implications that it will have on the future of Iran.”
The South Pars gas field accounts for 70% of Iran’s gas production. The Tehran Times, an Iranian newspaper, noted that the gas field “is the country’s most important source of natural gas.”
This is a civilian infrastructure, and Israel was in the wrong to attack it. Trump threatening to follow through with yet another attack would be equally devastating for the Iranians, who will be living with the consequences.
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