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@Meemoo There seems to be a method to what Iran is doing. They’re attacking the entire gulf region with drones and older missiles and in the process identifying and destroying US missile defenses that have been amassed all over different countries within Iran’s missile range. They’re taking out those defenses because 1.) Iran knows its hypersonics can strike Israel at will, and 2.) Iran is ultimately expecting a US ground invasion. If they clear out those peripheral defense batteries and US bases with older and less-valuable missiles, then Israel and the US naval ships in its waters will be vulnerable to their advanced and powerful missile systems. Iran is prepared for a long war, Trump and Netanyahu were pinning their political survival on it to being over this evening.
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There's certainly more thought going into this than "pick fights with everyone today".
I suspect:
1. KSA and UAE are not prepared to attack Iran
2. It's easier to hit nearby US military installations than (far away) Israel
3. UAE is going to be furious about this because it damages their reputation as a rich playboy resort. They might be able to send the US military away...
4. Which, if it happens, will put immense pressure on KSA and Qatar to do the same, and if they can't then this will destabilize their governments, whose royal families are (already) seen as whores for the US and Israel.
So it's basically "lots to gain, nothing to lose"
I suspect:
1. KSA and UAE are not prepared to attack Iran
2. It's easier to hit nearby US military installations than (far away) Israel
3. UAE is going to be furious about this because it damages their reputation as a rich playboy resort. They might be able to send the US military away...
4. Which, if it happens, will put immense pressure on KSA and Qatar to do the same, and if they can't then this will destabilize their governments, whose royal families are (already) seen as whores for the US and Israel.
So it's basically "lots to gain, nothing to lose"