At least the missiles are not flying but a blockade on top of a blockade has started.
Technically, this is not a blockade from the US, but an approximation of one by having the right to intercept / board any ship that has broken the blockade 100s of miles away from the blockade location. If the...
Its a pipeline : a 1000 mile desert pipeline is just as easy to destroy as a ship going through a 20 mile waterway. That pipeline is not the answer given Haifa is a well attacked target and all 1,000 miles of metal piping can be blown up just in one place.
It is better for these countries to...
About a decade ago when UAE was being handled its tail by Yemenis, they demanded (not requested) Pakistan help them.
This is the same brat-likei attitude that continues: they have been providing overflight, air base facilities, and ATACAMS launch points but they play stupid on why they are...
I think you are making a big assumption that this administration is as well informed as the neo-con Bush one was where you have competent people understanding the full scope of what they are doing and guide their actions.
Not only does Trump from his vantage point doesn't understand but his...
That agreement was put in to protect Saudi Arabia against an attack, and defensive in nature (it was a mutual defense treaty). But when Saudi Arabia became the launching pad for the US attack, that option came off the table
Last week we threatened to wipe them off the map if they didn't open the straits.
Now we will do their job for them so they can divert their military resources elsewhere...
I am always amazed by the 5D chess of this administration.
I suppose this si why the term 'if you can't beat them, join...
China has half of its energy not tied to oil. And like with COVID, it is not a domecracy so it can put draconian measures in place to manage.
US on the other hand will suffer the same economic impact. Nobody told this Ari dude that control of oil does not mean that US gets its oil at $$60 a...
These may have worked in the days of artillery and infantry battles where a by-pass is needed. A pipeline is just as exposed to a missile or drone attack across its thousand mile journey as the ships are through Hormuz' 20 miles.
UAE's Fujairah terminal for oil to bypass the strait may have...
I agree but that does not answer why it has not been the subject of sustained attacks by Iran. It would seem at least as important for Iran to attack that as it was to go after Prince Sultan.
A few pondering points. There is no article or even theories I have surfaced, so I ask here to see what people's ideas are.
There were at least 150+ USAF fighter bombers that need regional air bases. They could not all be operating from Mawaffiq Saiti in Jordan. There must be some dispersion...
One thing this President is not capable of predictibility. The GCC arabs promised to invest several $Trillion in the US, and whole set of projects on top of it with his family to accrue benefits . In all respects, i thought this was inducement that Trump and family will capitalize on and not...
How has Jordan been able to escape the fate of the rest of the Arab countries that entered the war ? Most of the attack aircraft are likely flying from Jordan, and not the Gulf countries.
Did Iran decide that Jordan was not worth it to waste missiles and better to maintain pressure on Israel...
