๐จPresident of Turkey Erdoฤan is looking for a reason to go to war with Israel. He said: โIsraeli attacks on Syria and Lebanon have reached a point where they also threaten Turkey.โ
The hardest challenge for Israel in the short-medium term, that will have the largest effects on its long term security, is how Israel will/won't help the Kurds against turkey right now.
Isr strategy needs the Kurds vs Iran, but aiding them against turkey will create bigger probs
Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure. Is it a crude pressure tactic? Or the result of a spoiler once again duping POTUS into another quagmire?
Whatever the causes, outcome is the same: Iranians never bow to pressure.
@NickKristof@nytimes I personally went through 40% of markaba. I personally witnessed the massive stores of armaments in over half these houses, schools, mosques, and other buildings.
RPGs, long range atgms, small arms, ieds, etc
Literally found an anti tank trench w an rpg in the us aid school there
Out with the old, in with the... old
This is how you weaponize an entire population for global optics, knowing these tactics will force sterile zones at all costs.
@mdubowitz Mark - in Gaza the destruction was systematic. Israel's minister of defense said it publicly. There was no differentiation. Privaye contractors were paid according to thevnumber of buildings they flattened. Same is happening now in southern Lebanon
๐จ๐จTrump on Truth Social: Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz โ A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement! Many of them were aimed at a French Ship, and a Freighter from the United Kingdom. That wasnโt nice, was it? My Representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan โ They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations. Iran recently announced that they were closing the Strait, which is strange, because our BLOCKADE has already closed it. Theyโre helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 Million Dollars a day! The United States loses nothing. In fact, many Ships are headed, right now, to the U.S., Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska, to load up, compliments of the IRGC, always wanting to be โthe tough guy!โ Weโre offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they donโt, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! Theyโll come down fast, theyโll come down easy and, if they donโt take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years. ITโS TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!