Posted on 03/26/2026 8:55:30 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Throughout four weeks of war, Iran has continued to make the United States’ Gulf partners pay a price for Operation Epic Fury and Israel’s Operation Roaring Lion.
The Iranians have fired thousands of missiles and dronesat their neighbors, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) bearing the brunt of the assault. There is also significant damage to energy infrastructure in Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
From the first days of the conflict, part of the Islamic Republic’s strategy was immediately clear: inflict significant pain on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia so that they would in turn pressure the United States (and by extension, Israel) to end the hostilities.
It was a miscalculation. Gulf leaders did not want the war and have privately expressed frustration with the United States and Israel for causing chaos in the region, but they have not pressured President Donald Trump to stop the U.S. attacks. Instead, Saudis, Emiratis, Qataris, and others have closed ranks with each other, signaled that they have a considerable stake in the war’s outcome, and counseled the Trump administration not to end military operations prematurely.
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And just what do the the Gulf states think all of their
muslim fanatics having been doing in the region
and around the world for the last 70 or so years????
I wouldn’t take the Council of Foreign Relation’s word on what the Gulf states think.
One thing is certain without even asking the Gulf states, they sure as Hades don’t want to live under the threat of a nuclear armed Iran.
The Council on Foreign Relations? Seriously? 🙄
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The cost of not defanging The Islamist Republic in Iran would have been
much worse in the near future.
But they sat idly by while Iran attacked Israel. Israel responds and they act all surprised.
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They wanted it. They’re lying. It’s one of those things you don’t say out loud.
Those nations were attacked because they host our military bases. All of those nations would prefer we not be there but the presence of oil forces them to deal with 2 devils.
Council on Foreign Relations? You are grabbing any leftist sh*t you can find to post here. What’s next? Bulwark?, Mother Jones? The View? You have become an insufferable ayatollah fluffer
Uh, none of “those nations” rulers / elites would likely be in power or anywhere near so wealthy if it was not for oil (or some equivalent.)
The oil makes them wealthy and then the ruling class uses a large chunk of their wealth to buy off or fend off the radicals. (In 2015, 2017, and 2020, Saudi Arabia was the 3rd largest spender on defense in the world. After 2015, they didn’t drop under #5 until 2025, per some sources.) (2025 followed their “detente” with Iran in 2024.)
These countries spend considerably more to, essentially, buy off and / or distract even more of their populations.
It’s all funded by oil.
They can only do so much to fend off the radicals. They wanted Bill Clinton to take care of Bin Laden. 3000 lost lives later he was finally taken out. It was suggested that if there was an election over there Bin Laden would have won it. Sounds like a pressure cooker where they have to keep the lid on.
I would agree with almost all of that! :-(
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