Posted on 08/03/2026 10:54:49 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
Behind the scenes, Gulf governments have grown increasingly concerned about what they view as an unclear U.S. strategy as the conflict continues and Iranian attacks threaten the region, the Journal reported.
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Gives Iran time to buy more weapons from China.
I think you hit the nail on the head with that one.
The Gulf states? That’s Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. They now have a foreign policy?
The city of Berkeley did when Reagan invaded Grenada.
There is also another possibility
The recent attacks on Iranian may have shut down most of Irans ability threaten shipping in the Straits of Hormuz
If this is the case , then the smart mover is to blockade Iran and use the Anaconda strategy on the IRGC while talks continue
Do you thing the ship captains will believe that?
Anaconda(there’s more).
I don’t see how we can identify these IRGC people once the country unravels. They can scatter and then regroup. The locals will have to ID all 125k of them and then they’ll have to kill them fast before the population thinks the new regime is no different. No incarceration. Does the Shah’s kid have the stomach for that?
Puppet President
Cabinet:
* Saudia Arabia
* Kuwait
* Israel
* Ukraine
* China
* India
* Japan
The issue is insurance.
With insurance, ships captains will sail through the Persian Gulf. In fact, they are doing so right now.
The Trump Administration is insuring ships with impounded Iranian assets
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