How will all of this unfold?
Obama will abandon Israel and they will be on their own.
World price of oil will skyrocket.
Biden will bad mouth Israel as being the aggressor.
Other leaders of our enemy countries will take advantage.
Here’s a conspiracy theory to consider....
Israel killed those Iranian generals, but...
they did it because the Iranian generals follow the orders by the Ayatollahs, and if they are going to strike at the heart of Israel, then, they are fair game and should be targeted and killed, just like they killed/butchered those 1200 Israelis.
But, the second part of the ‘conspiracy’ from Israel is to get the Iranians to seek retaliation, and then...
the stage would be set for Israels to strike at the Iraniian nuclear sites and oil fields.
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So, Iran knows that they would have a lot more to lose than Israel.
As we all know...
the best defense is a good offense. And Israel has the best defense/offense anywhere in the middle-east.
If most of the a-rab nations in the region hate Iran and want to see it falter why don’t they all get together and take Iran down themselves?
And Iran may in fact have overplayed its hand which will lead to a lot of geopolitical problems which will ultimately conclude with a confederation spanning Russia down through Turkey, Iran and across to North Africa.
Ping
Maybe wait until there’s a damage assessment from tonight’s missile strikes on the Israeli airbases before touting Israel’s air superiority.
Iran saved face, while minimizing the danger of immediate reprisal. Win, win. But it also set a precedent with a direct missile attack, making Israel more willing to do the same to them, eventually. Israeli missiles seem to be much more accurate than theirs.
Because Biden is courting the Religion of Peace vote he probably won’t authorize any US action against Iran. It’s even possible Israel will be cut out of the intelligence loop making targeting more difficult.
The other nations where the US have bases have stated they will not allow the US to launch any actions against Iran from their soil. They want the US presence to protect THEM, not to be used as a geopolitical tool for US power. Any US actions would necessarily come from outside the region and would therefore be very expensive and riskier.
Responses from all players are likely to be asymmetric. Iran smacks Israel, Israel bombs an Iranian proxy. Iran is in an awkward position. They’ve used Israel as a stalking horse* to focus the anger of their populous outside of Iran. Now, they’ve put themselves right in the crosshairs of someone who could destroy them with the press of a button. I’ll bet there are few puckerd butts in Iran waiting to see what Israel does.
* A stalking horse is a term used in politics and idiomatic expressions: It refers to someone or something used to hide a true purpose.
I remember one of the end times movies many years ago, perhaps the “Left Behind” series, where all missiles fired at Israel were destroyed by Divine intervention. I guess they never conceived of the Iron Dome.
Go Israel,
Nuke Iran.
To be fair here, Iran has ordered 24 SU-35s which may or may not have been delivered.
“and they’ll now pay the price”
Bump!
Big Booom!