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Iran Crisis & the 2026 War between Iran and the United States, Gulf States, and Israel - Please focus on news and coverage, not argumentation.
You had attacks against Emirati infrastructure. Fujairah was targeted. Multiple waves involving drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles.
And Washington’s response was basically: “Meh. Minor incident. Let’s not escalate.”
Minor incident?!
Because what Riyadh, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi suddenly realized was that Trump’s obsession with preserving “The Deal” had apparently reached the point where Gulf energy infrastructure was now considered acceptable collateral damage in the pursuit of his precious negotiations.
The problem was discovering midway through the operation that the GCC countries were apparently expected to sit there quietly as punching bags while Washington played negotiation theatrics with Tehran. So the Saudis and Kuwaitis pulled plug!
My takeaway here is Trump seems to have learned? been smacked down the hard way that the GCC countries are not Europe. He also fails to understand izzat and how much it means in the region. GCCs are not going to sit idly and soak up attacks on precious oil infrastructure because it shows weakness, it costs them money and they loose precious izzat. As I stated earlier, if an IDF soldier gets shot at during a ceasefire, Israel chimps out and the war is back on.
Then theres the wrinkle of the Paki-UAE defense pact and the UAE leaving OPEC, angering other GCCs. Pakistan can't sit idly by and watch their ally get attacked without invoking their defense pact, unless they want negative izzat in front of India. It looks weak. Involving Pakistan was a worse idea than it sounded, but hey, they nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace prize, so lets let them have a say.
The Iranians currently have some massive leverage over Trump because of the Strait, but he doesn't seem interested in doing what it takes to eliminate their leverage, so he's spiraling. Trump needs the deal more than the Iranians do now until the calculus changes, and that can only be done with more strikes.
If Iran signed the deal as was laid out by the WSJ and Jesse Watters, I'd consider it a win.
The problem is that there's pretty much zero chance of them signing it or honoring it if they do, so watching Trump continue to spin his wheels gets tedious.
Still, the fact that the blockade remains and the Treasury is still sanctioning Iran's allies shows that Trump isn't capitulating, at least not on the important stuff.
He just has a way more optimistic view of who he's dealing with than we do. Source | Archive
I'd consider it a win.
The problem is that there's pretty much zero chance of them signing it or honoring it if they do, so watching Trump continue to spin his wheels gets tedious.
Thats JCPOA 2 and it would humiliate Trump, and a slew of negative press, because it means that blowing up everyone in March was pointless if it just means Iran gets the same deal in 2015 and will wait it out for 15 more years.
Still, the fact that the blockade remains and the Treasury is still sanctioning Iran's allies shows that Trump isn't capitulating, at least not on the important stuff.
Except thats all the US is interested in doing right now because Iran is supposedly defeated and we're getting The Deal™ any day now. The blockade isn't winning long term because Iran can fall much lower than the US and west can. If Iran can shoot missiles and drones at GCCS and Iraq bases, and the US not do anything, thats weakness.
The metrics of whos 'winning' and whos 'loosing' are entirely different for both sides.
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Iran is saying it need more TIME to review the proposal. Wake up you Orange retard.
Thats JCPOA 2 and it would humiliate Trump, and a slew of negative press, because it means that blowing up everyone in March was pointless if it just means Iran gets the same deal in 2015 and will wait it out for 15 more years.
Except thats all the US is interested in doing right now because Iran is supposedly defeated and we're getting The Deal™ any day now. The blockade isn't winning long term because Iran can fall much lower than the US and west can. If Iran can shoot missiles and drones at GCCS and Iraq bases, and the US not do anything, thats weakness.
The metrics of whos 'winning' and whos 'loosing' are entirely different for both sides.
A confidential CIA assessment concludes that Iran could withstand the current U.S. naval blockade for roughly three to four months before facing severe economic strain, according to WaPo.
Iran has been storing oil aboard tankers, reducing output to preserve oil fields, and may seek alternative export routes through rail and overland smuggling networks across Central Asia to ease the blockade’s impact.
Some officials believe the assessment may even underestimate Iran’s ability to endure prolonged pressure, warning that Tehran’s leadership appears prepared for a long conflict and capable of sustaining internal repression despite economic hardship.
Iran still retains a large portion of its missile and launcher inventory despite weeks of U.S. and Israeli strikes.
Intelligence estimates suggest Tehran still possesses around 70% of its prewar missile stockpile, which was roughly 2,500, and about 75% of its mobile launchers, while also restoring underground storage facilities and repairing damaged systems.
"Saar! 2 more weeks, Saar. Please Saar. Please give us 2 more weeks to talk while you sit around and do nothing while your costly deployment racks up, global economy suffers, and we can dig out more defenses, Saar. Please. We promise this time will be different"
Iranian propaganda becomes more and more deranged. Now they are claiming Project Freedom was cancelled because the glorious IRGC Navy nearly disabled four American ships and forced two others to hide behind rocks. It was the most disastrous naval exchange since Pearl Harbor.
I don't think he or the the supposed senior saudi official realize how retarded this cope is.
Because it shows that the Saudi's have a eurocuck mindset, rather than investing on your own military and strengthening your defense they prefer if other countries deal with it like the US or Pakistan.
This mentality is already showing its flaws as the war itself is a clear conflict of interest for Pakistan and the US prefers to prioritize their resources to have as much hand twisting options as possible to make sure that Iran doesn't have nukes.
Yup. If you're being missiled, fucking hit them back. Iran has no airforce. Your pilots are completely shit but they should be able to handle bombing targets that can't shoot back.
Iran has been storing oil aboard tankers, reducing output to preserve oil fields, and may seek alternative export routes through rail and overland smuggling networks across Central Asia to ease the blockade’s impact.
