Iran Catch-All | US Build-up in region
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Gulf states and Turkey warned Trump strikes on Iran could lead to major conflict
US allies’ lobbying appears to have helped persuade president to hold off for now on military assault
Gulf states and Turkey warned Trump strikes on Iran could lead to major conflict
US allies’ lobbying appears to have helped persuade president to hold off for now on military assault
“… The Saudi-Iranian relationship, once the most fraught in the Middle East, has been on a recovery path for three years. Araghchi makes a point of being photographed sampling local cuisine in the Arab capitals he visits.
All the Gulf states are further aware of the disruption Iran could cause to maritime traffic in the Gulf.
Araghchi has recently been trying to persuade the Gulf states than Iran is less of a risk to global stability than Israel, a case made more plausible after Israel bombed Doha last September with the intent to kill the Hamas negotiators that have lived in the Qatari capital for nearly a decade. The Israelis failed to hit their primary targets, but reportedly killed five lower-ranking members of the group.
… Many of the states deeply resent the interference of Iranian proxy forces in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. Yet by the same measure, few of them would welcome the example of an authoritarian regime being toppled by street protests riled by falling living standards, and leading to a new democratic transition, or even the fragmentation of a unified Iranian state.…”
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Is it ok if they shoot them instead? Torture them?
You encouraged them to protest and promised them help was coming without a plan or understanding the reality on the ground. I get that there are limits on Us power and as much as I wanted to see us topple the regime and free Iranians, as I said it was unclear how some limited military action could achieve that. So I am not objecting to not acting on the face of cold reality but to encouraging the protesters and promising them help. THAT was immoral, IMO.
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All Trump is doing is creating a new generation of Iranians who detest America. Promised help emboldened them to protest and then abandonment leading to slaughter. What could possibly go wrong with such a plan?
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Go get ‘em, warmonger Kilmeade. What a mashed potato of a human being.
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As I said on this thread, if they expected the US to back them, they were well and truly fucked from the outset.