The USA has been bombing Iran regularly over the past week. Iran has retaliated by bombing a US base in Kuwait. Since it’s obvious that the US thinks it can keep bombing on a slow-burn schedule, Iran is escalating.
Meanwhile, Israel has been bombing world heritage sites in Tyre and moving across the Litani river.
Also, from Iran’s perspective, now isn’t a bad time to finally block Bab el-Mandeb. The United States can’t really withdraw that much more from their SPRs, so the effect will be maximized. Meanwhile Europe is growing more hawkish on Russia, so upping the ante is the right move.
Of course, this will cause incredible suffering in Asia with trickle-down effects hitting the poor of the world the hardest.
And now Trump is trying to apply last minute pressure after fucking around and finding out. People underestimate just how little strategy is involved in the US approach.
Yeah, he’s reeling. He wants to do a 1-2 day massive bombing campaign, declare victory, and then leave. The problem is Iran says they will make the Gulf uninhabitable if he does that, and the grown-ups know that Iran isn’t bluffing.
The USA has been bombing Iran regularly over the past week. Iran has retaliated by bombing a US base in Kuwait. Since it’s obvious that the US thinks it can keep bombing on a slow-burn schedule, Iran is escalating.
Meanwhile, Israel has been bombing world heritage sites in Tyre and moving across the Litani river.
Also, from Iran’s perspective, now isn’t a bad time to finally block Bab el-Mandeb. The United States can’t really withdraw that much more from their SPRs, so the effect will be maximized. Meanwhile Europe is growing more hawkish on Russia, so upping the ante is the right move.
Of course, this will cause incredible suffering in Asia with trickle-down effects hitting the poor of the world the hardest.
And now Trump is trying to apply last minute pressure after fucking around and finding out. People underestimate just how little strategy is involved in the US approach.
Yeah, he’s reeling. He wants to do a 1-2 day massive bombing campaign, declare victory, and then leave. The problem is Iran says they will make the Gulf uninhabitable if he does that, and the grown-ups know that Iran isn’t bluffing.