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The Gulf states and the Saudis didn't start the war, but they have long been lobbying for an attack on Iran. They just didn't want their military personnel in the line of fire. They're either useless or, in the case of Saudi, too busy committing genocide against Yemenis.
Also in the case of the Saudis also useless. I think the only competent Arab states are Oman and Jordan. As I understand it Yemen is too fractured to really be counted one way or another, even I am tempted to add them to the list.
I think Trump's best course of action is to take the loss, pull out and try to sell it as a "mission accomplished" at home, which might just work for the redhats.
Then he still has to hope that the mullahs take the win and leave it at that, not trying to avenge the old Khameini any further.
And he still has to hope that he hasn't permanently damaged the alliances with the Gulf states.
And he still has to hope that the economic chaos he's started doesn't escalate and it doesn't take too long to return to normal.
Etc.
I.e. the US is very likely fucked in the long term. But all other options seem even worse.
He'll probably just start nuking Iran instead.
Hmm. Maybe he can put a tariff on Iran? Or maybe build a wall around it?
And he still has to hope that he hasn’t permanently damaged the alliances with the Gulf states.
And he still has to hope that the economic chaos he’s started doesn’t escalate and it doesn’t take too long to return to normal.
Unless those were his marching orders in the first place. Trump is a chaos agent, and he uses the disorder he causes to commit more acts of corruption and more power grabs. Every self-created crisis is a pretext to commit the next crime.
Those countries have been directly funding Donald Trump and are all littered with American bases. They are absolutely involved.
I met several US Navy servicemen when I was living there.
As someone who grew up in Dubai I want to tell them to go fuck themselves. They made their bed, now sleep on it.
I'd submit their beds were made using slaves.
And I hope they require a cloud connection and it is severed, meaning they will overheat and their angle will be uncomfortable.
I hate to say this but as a former US military officer I am 100% behind Iran. The Mango Mussolini started Operation Epstein Fury as a distraction and the buzzards need to come home to roost. I am sorry people are getting killed but Iran is not going to stop now that their leader and 180 little girls have been killed.
These "Epstein Files" are just a distraction from the real intent of what's going on over there.
Protection for Petro dollar oil dies here. Trump is destroying American dominance on the world stage, it's wild to see.
Petro dollar is worthless.
It's been replaced with the pedo dollar, do try to keep up.
Maybe stop allowing America to use your country as bases to terrorize and control your neighbors?
They fucking love America. How do you think they can move $100 million cargo ships full of oil around on a daily basis!
You were talking about a bunch of dictatorships that use their Neighbor slave labor to suck oil out of the ground and concentrate trillions of dollars in the hands of a few people
Seriously tho 🤣 Iran bombed the fuck out of them and now they can’t sell oil. Sorry I can’t find my compassion for the petrostate dictators. May they lose all their ill gotten gains.
Let me cry crocodile tears and play the worlds smallest violin for the poor lil ole petrol states
Australia needs to cancel our leases of American bases in Australia. Even if you think we should be aligned with the US only having Australian bases on Australian soil is in our best interests. This war has shown that any host country of American bases will be subject to attacks not only on those bases but on the host country's own military and civilian infrastructure.
Yanks out!
Let's not forget the last prime minister who tried that was Whitlam, and what then happened to him is no coincidence. The CIA reaches far and wide unfortunately.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't try it again. Unironically who would they even put in charge if they were to try it today. Labors position now is unassailable compared to what it was in whitlams time. A snap election right now would just be a labor victory, probably greater than the one it just had, the total annihilation of the coalition and the ascendence of one nation to opposition status before it immediately implodes along with the liberals and nationals.
So the middle east countries paid top dollar to get the US 'president' to do all the things they wanted, and he ended up screwing every single one of them. When you get in bed with trump, he will eventually shit the bed, and you will have to lie in it with him. You deserve the stupid choice you made.
Rules for Being an Evil Overlord, #22: "No matter how tempted I am with the prospect of unlimited power, I will not consume any energy field bigger than my head."
The reason that every other US president has ruled out war with Iran is exactly because of this tactic. It takes a group of really ignorant, egotistical, and foolhardy leaders to melt through the layers of decision making that underlie such a course of action.
The more Trump screams on social media and Hegseth bully pulpits while whining about media coverage, the worse this war is going. Look for more avoidable Air Force and Navy incidents, more dead American soldiers, and a civilian bloodbath that will take decades to unravel the implications of.
Every single one of you were buddy buddy with Trump to America's detriment. I don't give a single shit what happens to you.