@safriz not read many posts in this thread recently if any but just seen some of your posts - which are mostly spot on in terms of facts.
You have to realize this simple fact. The Iranian regime has not hurt the US mainland even once since 1979. They are incapable of doing that. Same story - largely when it comes to Israel.
On the other hand GCC has a close geographic proximity to Iran and thus is an easy target - in particular the smaller GCC states.
The GCC is also the world's richest area in terms of natural resources and mineral wealth (oil and gas infrastructure), one of the world's main economic, aviation, tourism etc. hubs.
My claim is that the Iranian regime - even if the GCC and the Iranian regime were treaty allies and the closest allies in the world - would be targeting the GCC in case of a conflict - because that is Iran's sole opportunity to make this more of a global economic conflict. Otherwise they have no other options to play.
Having said that barely anything in GCC (in KSA in particular) has been destroyed of worth and Iran has been hit 1 million times more.
Not to mention that KSA/GCC alone has 15 times the economic and 2000 times the sovereign wealth fund - whatever little damage can easily be rebuilt. We can't say the same thing about the Iranian regime.
It is the stupid Iranian regime's fault anyway. They have made the life of ordinary Iranians miserable since 1979 and have even failed to develop nuclear weapons despite getting help/insight from Pakistan and Pakistani elements. They have practically failed in every endeavor.
Prior to 1979 KSA/GCC and Iran had cordial ties. Even to this day - GCC hosts the largest Iranian diaspora (by far) in the region. Millions of Iranian Arabs, Baloch, Sunni Persians etc. have been migrating to Eastern Arabia/GCC for the past many centuries and migrations of Arabs the other way around have also occurred - although on a smaller scale.
Unfortunately they are largely deluded people and people with an elevated sense of grandeur that has no connection to the ground reality.
We are talking about a country 1.5 times smaller than KSA alone, with an economy smaller than 10 million big UAE and with fewer people than KSA and Yemen alone. By 2050 Yemen will have a larger population than Iran.
But if you read/hear them speak, they are acting like they were the next China.
It is all a bit of a joke really. I only feel sorry for ordinary Iranian civilians - the 1000's that have perished. For what? Nobody really knows why.
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