Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

[Meengla]

Interesting discussion between Katty and Anthony. I don't know who Anthony is but seems like a warhawk with good connections in the Pentagon while Katty also has connections in the CENTCOM. Anthony saying there are those in the Pentagon who want to go all in to do a regime change in Iran and that would require 500,000 US troops. He is also saying Pentagon's hawks are thinking of unloading the entire American stock of bunker busters to destroy all military targets including any place where are fissile material stored. Katty saying CENTCOM has all the targets programmed but they will not target bridges etc as that would be a war crime.
It is a scary video if there indeed are such people in the Pentagon. There is also a good bit of discussion about US-China relations with the upcoming Trump meeting with China's Xi.

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[Meengla]

Thanks, I'll check out the video.

Not worth watching, IMO. Hamid Mir is in usual expansive mode talking about hypothetical alliances between Muslim countries. If you watch then could at least skip the early minutes where he talks about Pakistan's military history.

 

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[ShapurII]

I hope I'm wrong, but my guess is that there will be a deal by the next week, and Iran will be attacked again in the near future before Trump leaves the office.

 

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[Magi]

"Control over the Strait" is only really effective if it causes behavior change in belligerent actors.

Behavior change is lot more than paying a toll. It means India would choose between releasing the Iranian tankers it hijacked or having cooking gas. They are still getting fuel and kept our tankers too.

It means countries would release stolen Iranian funds AND pay the toll.

 

[The SC]

The US has suspended all funding and security coordination with Iraq's government, and suspended dollar shipments to Iraq's central banking system

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[hasn2009]

And reality is somewhere in the middle as almost always.

 

[fameen]

Interesting discussion between Katty and Anthony. I don't know who Anthony is but seems like a warhawk with good connections in the Pentagon while Katty also has connections in the CENTCOM. Anthony saying there are those in the Pentagon who want to go all in to do a regime change in Iran and that would require 500,000 US troops. He is also saying Pentagon's hawks are thinking of unloading the entire American stock of bunker busters to destroy all military targets including any place where are fissile material stored. Katty saying CENTCOM has all the targets programmed but they will not target bridges etc as that would be a war crime.
It is a scary video if there indeed are such people in the Pentagon. There is also a good bit of discussion about US-China relations with the upcoming Trump meeting with China's Xi.

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Anthony Scaramucci was Trump’s spokesman in Trump’s first term. He was famously fired after 11 days. He’s also a 2nd/3rd tier hedge fund manager. Very conservative. Identifies as a Christian Zionist.

Katy Kay works for the BBC. She’s Swiss/British but now lives in the US and has a US passport (I think). Speaks Arabic and covered Middle East early in her career. Has long gone “native
“ in her desire to win an American audience.

They are both well connected in the American establishment.

The podcast company “Goalhanger” is owned by Gary Lineker - a famous English footballer who is politically
liberal. Supports Palestine.

 

[ShapurII]

 

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Closing Bab Al-Mandab strait?
New air defense systems?
New Anti-ship missiles?