Posted on 11/25/2019 8:19:50 AM PST by bananaman22
Despite the buildup of U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf, Iran may “attack again,” the chief of the U.S. Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie told Foreign Policy in an interview.
“I think the strike on Saudi Aramco in September is pretty indicative of a nation that is behaving irresponsibly,” Gen. McKenzie said. “My judgment is that it is very possible they will attack again.”
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That’s a Saudi problem, not ours.
Then the GD Saudis better use the weapons we provided them to defend themselves.
Is there no ethnic mid east country that isnt lazy?
We better ramp up fracking and drilling here so we not dependent on such a war torn unstable region going forward.
If the mullahs think they are about to lose their power hell yes they will Attack SA. Bank it.
Agree......let SA defend themselves and we should sell them plenty of our “dated” weapontry and up grade ours with the profits...win-win situation.
I was over there flying flight test (as a civilian) in the last year or so. We (the US) have a lot of military assets over there in Gulf. Without bringing them home, it also becomes our problem. Just sayin.
Cheers, always love your posts/comments.
It’s ours when they drive up the price of oil.
See post 7. I have actually worked, flown and trained these guys. There are capable individuals over there. The passion for the fight does not (to me) appear to be there unless something external drives it. Just my observation.
“Iran” bombed the oilfield. “Iran” shot down a drone. Then Trump said that he would not go to war with Iran and suddenly “Iran” has stopped bombing things.
If they want peace they can start by recognizing Israel. Return Lebanon into a christian state.
“...Iran and suddenly “Iran” has stopped bombing things.”
I’m sure the Prez is not avenging Iran because his severe sanctions are crippling Iran. The people are blaming the Mullahs. They will be torn apart internally. IMO
6 Agree......let SA defend themselves and we should sell them plenty of our “dated” weapontry and up grade ours with the profits...win-win situation.
8 It’s ours when they drive up the price of oil.
I need someone to explain the "big picture" interconnectedness of …
1. international reserve currency being U.S. dollars
2. international oil transactions traded in U.S. dollars
3. world economy, including U.S., dependent upon energy/oil, affected by disruption of availability of Middle East oil
4. Russia and China working to develop another international currency alternative to the U.S. dollar
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