@MoloWarMonitor Clearly shows what I said earlier that the US strategy is now to conduct strikes without making a statement about it, so Iran does not retaliate (for now)
@GordoCDA Strikes will happen regardless. It takes some time for Israel to form a government after the elections (1-2 months). The elections could also end in a stalemate, and a new round of elections could be required.
@JasonMBrodsky Capturing abu musa, greater tunb, lesser tunb, and sirri would improve navigation in the strait. Qeshm would be much more risky, bloody, complicated, and require many more troops.
@LordPos3idon The only opportunity for another major campaign is between november and janaury, before the new congress gets installed, as republicans will lose the midterms.
After that it will be up to israel to occasionally mow the lawn with Us refueling support
@MoloWarMonitor I dont see a correlation with laying the groundwork of a major campaign. Simply put, the US realized that whenever they announced a strike publicly (such as when they hit that mine launcher in Sept), Iran would retaliate. They are keeping a low profile to save interceptors.
@NotWoofers I think they plan to do another operation in Iran, declare victory, and withdraw assets from gulf countries. I think they want Israel to become the main hub for USAF. Then they will do Cuba.
@EloiseHenrietta@gbrew24 The 5th fleet base was evacuated and hit immediately in the war. Despite that, the US launched ATACMS from Bahrain throughout the conflict. There are undisclosed locations