I wonder if any Iranians, having seen their friends and family killed and livelihoods destroyed, might be really really angry at USA and Israel fr a few decades.
I wonder if iran would now realise it must obtain nuclear weapons or some bio option to deter israel. and it must. the next work will be done quieter.
Iran has attempted to hit the US airfield on Diego Garcia with ballistic missiles. They missed, but that gives them a 4000km strike range.
Israel has bombed syrian army positions and Saudi Arabia are unhappy with them for it.
Seems a likely assumption. The hatred towards the West, specifically the US and Israel will only grow.
The previous leader had a rule of no nuclear bombs (fatwa), which he stuck to for 4 decades. You could argue the details around it and if they just didn’t have the materials etc, but the fact is, they haven’t built a nuke despite being a couple weeks away for decades.
I doubt the new wave of leadership in Iran has the same ideas and like you mentioned, may even accelerate progress towards nuclear capabilities.
What a monumental cluster f**k
Not that it should need saying, because ■■■■ the Iranian regime with a scud, but I wonder what difference the mode of transport used to arm your allies makes, and I also wonder if the weapons Iran gets its hands on may be used against those currently waging war on them rather than, as stated categorically up there, their own people?
I mean, yes, whynotboth.gif, but I don’t remember seeing alot of reports about the movement of supplies for the last two weeks.
Not sure nukes are a quieter option.
There is a solution to the problems in the Middle East, but it is one that cannot be mentioned.
Caroline Wilson?
Voldermort
building them without involving the IAEA or foreign governments certainly is
I see Trump is simultaneously announcing “winding down” the war as objectives have been met AND considering sending in the marines for a boots-on-the-ground offensive.
What a sh!!t time to be alive that all our futures are beholden to the whims of this appalling piece of human excrement.
The way it’s going, Iran will become the new Israel. Obviously not in religious terms but in self protection.
Well don’t tell anyone.
Not worth the hassle with those Farking flat packs and instructions without any words. Annoying as…
Oh.
For a brief moment, Emirati billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor was the talk of the Middle East.
The ultra-wealthy business magnate had published — and then deleted — a direct and scathing critique of the war around Iran aimed squarely at the White House.
His lengthy spray travelled around the world through multiple media channels. It was laced with uncomfortable questions that are rarely asked so plainly in the mainstream press.
“Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran? And on what basis did you make such a dangerous decision?” he wrote, addressing Trump directly.
Al Habtoor accused the US of acting without regard for the region that would ultimately bear the most dire consequences over the long term. Minus Iran, the Middle East is home to some 425 million people, many of whom are inextricably tied to the US through the oil industry.
In the months leading up to the US and Israel’s consequential decision to take out Iran’s leadership, the globe had been grappling with growing global instability. But compared to recent decades, the Persian Gulf was somewhat stable. Money was being made by the bucket, and ultra-modern cities like Dubai had shot to international acclaim.
But with missiles flying overhead hitting civilian buildings, oil tankers and crucial energy sites, the allure of safety throughout the more developed nations has now been shattered.
Millions are fuming and want answers.
“Did you calculate the collateral damage before pulling the trigger?” Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor asked. “Did you consider that the first to suffer from this escalation would be the countries of the region?”
“Was this your decision alone? Or was it the result of pressure from Netanyahu and his government?” he asked.
Al Habtoor said that while the immediate economic impacts were being felt around the globe, the region will ultimately be the one that is hit hardest in the years to come, be it through a loss in tourism, migration and general investment.
Speaking to the Washington Post this week, Al Habtoor said he ultimately decided to delete the post at the request of “friends” from the UAE and the US, claiming they had told him it was not the right time “to upset the Americans”.
“On my principles, I do not like to offend anyone in my life,” Al Habtoor said, also admitting that the damage had already been done.
It’s worse than that. He is most definitely a prize ■■■■, but there’s a whole country that could have stopped this, and still could right now. They don’t.
It goes beyond their chosen totem.
In related news, Al Habtoor was tragically killed when a targeting failure from US and Israeli ordinance struck his family convoy next week.
A whole country, there are plenty here that think this way, we’re headed down the same broken path
