@scotthortonshow Scott, you're just butthurt because this is the 5th war with Iran that TRUMP ENDED this year and the 3rd Strait of Hormuz he's OPENED!!
🇵🇰🇺🇸🇮🇷 Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry torched claims that Lebanon wasn’t part of the ceasefire: “Lebanon was agreed upon by both parties to be included.”
Their FM Ishaq Dar said the misunderstanding it was excluded "only existed in Tel Aviv and Washington."
While Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the White House’s claim it wasn’t included was an “example of reneging on the agreement.”
Pakistan is doubling down and calling their ally, the U.S, as well as Israel, liars.
Bruno Fernandes officially becomes the third player in Manchester United history with 100+ goals & 100+ assists in all competitions (105 & 100). He did it in 318 appearances.
For context; Leo Messi did it in 319 for Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo did it in 325 for Real Madrid.
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- Greek CIA whistleblower
- Chinese high school teacher
- Turkish socialist streamer
- Mexican white supremacist virgin
America and Israel struck Iran (casualties include a reported 40 children approx.)
Iran retaliated by sending missiles into:
1) Israel (expected)
But also:
2) United Arab Emirates (UAE) - al-Dhafra airbase. (one dead in Abu Dhabi from falling debris of intercepted missile)
3) Bahrain - US Navy Fifth Fleet HQ in Manama
4) Qatar - al-Udeid Air Base
5) Kuwait - International airport
6) Jordan - Muwaffaq al-Salti airbase
7) Syria: Suwayda industrial zone (four people reported dead in southern Syria, according to state news agency SANA)
8) Saudi Arabia - Riyadh & Prince Sultan airbase in the East
9) Iraq - US Consulate in Erbil
So why did Iran attack its Arab neighbours if they hadn’t attacked Iran?
The overt justification is that Iran targeted countries hosting US troops in their military bases.
But the strategic aim is that by expanding the theatre of war to include its regional Arab Muslim neighbours, Iran’s regime (with little to lose if it’s fighting for its own survival) seeks to escalate the *cost* of conflict.
This action seeks to force the US to choose between a region in flames with the prospects of a wider war, or to return to negotiations with Iran.
Iran is goading escalation by calculating that it if it is forced to fight, then it stands a better chance of survival if other countries are dragged into this war, both for it and against it.
This is similar to Israel’s ‘Samson option’. If you force a regime to fight for its existential survival, then it may seek to impose this cost onto you too. Causing regional chaos and provoking all out war is still seen as better than a total loss.
Netanyahu plays a similar game.
This is why President Trump is in a very difficult situation. Managing this is incredibly difficult, but necessary, for America.