Sounds like the intro to the early Tom Clancy games.Sounds like the beginning of a James Bond novel
or World War 1Sounds like the beginning of a James Bond novel
They’ve displayed a missile called the Quds which they claim they manufactured themselves in Yemen. If they can lie about that, why is it implausible they would lie about the attacks? Who are they getting the missiles and drone tech from? Obviously it’s Iran. Why wouldn’t they coordinate with their ally that’s equipping them?
The same UN reports confirmed Iran is smuggling missiles to them via the land route and through the sea.
Kuwait ( who has relations with Iran) also confirmed their air space was violated and MEE (which is very hostile to KSA) reported the attack was launched from Iraq. Are they also part of the false flag misinformation?
If the Houthis are capable of this imagine what would Iran do to Saudis Arabia in the event of war?
These guys really think Iran is some completely innocent actor in everything, no matter the context, even when Iran states their actions and intentions.
this whole back and forth started with you claiming it’s hard to believe Iran did it with the Houthis claiming they did it.
Anyway I don’t disagree on the consequences of a strike. I actually think Trumps tweet shows he is hedging his bets against a strike. Why would he need the Saudis to confirm who the culprit is? More likely he is trying to talk tough while keeping the hopes of a meeting open. I think Trump ultimately wants to have his own deal and public spectacle ala North Korea but the Iranians are not interested unless he walks back the sanctions. They also need to save face and do not want to appear they’ve capitulated to Trumps max pressure.
What is KSA going to do about rebuilding though? Put the infrastructure right back in the same place?
These large petrochemical installations are built with flexibility in mind. In a month or so things will be back up and running near capacity again. There is a pool of contractors that are expert at putting things back together in short order but at high cost.
If Trump never withdrew from the nuclear deal none of this would have happened. Iran is retaliating to the maximum pressure strategy and I expect more escalation. If a country is using economic warfare to bring you down you have the right to respond.These guys really think Iran is some completely innocent actor in everything, no matter the context, even when Iran states their actions and intentions.
I meant in terms of protecting it from attack. If it were a missile it means your missile defenses suck and if it’s a drone then they know where to hit to put you at 50% again with ease.
You have to question the competency of the Saudis or perhaps the Iranians have engineered these missiles/drones to bypass the air defense system which is embarassing.
Oh and now there’s this
Of courseSaudis don't want that work like someone mentioned.
You have to question the competency of the Saudis or perhaps the Iranians have engineered these missiles/drones to bypass the air defense system which is embarassing.
Oh and now there’s this
After all this time, why would Iran launch a direct attack on SA? Especially given that SA and Israel would ally just to take it down and the fact that Israel and SA are allies of the US. I don't see the strategic value in this from the Iranian POV.