Nethanyahu is apparently saying that with US help, they can "finish the job" with Iran.
How far do you think that conflict is going to escalate?
Quote from: Jacob on February 16, 2025, 02:00:06 PMNethanyahu is apparently saying that with US help, they can "finish the job" with Iran.
Seems naive. I don't think Iran will help Israel and America to take over Gaza, even if the Ayatollahs are cut in on the golf club resorts.
Hard to say, he's already proven to be more crazier and more erratic than his first term. Almost anything could happen
I'm guessing the Israelis are going to do air strikes in Iran this year. The Iranians have had a rough last year, and they've shown that they have no real way to respond to US or Israeli attacks. The failure to respond to the Soleimani killing has left them wide open to attack. They could always do a terrorist attack, but unless it is against a military target they will suffer considerable blow back. And hitting a US or Israeli military target would be tough. The best bet would be a US military base in the Middle East, Africa or the rest of Asia, but those are pretty well guarded. They pulled if off 40 years ago though... Hitting a target in Europe would be... unwise.
Quote from: Jacob on February 16, 2025, 02:00:06 PMNethanyahu is apparently saying that with US help, they can "finish the job" with Iran.
How far do you think that conflict is going to escalate?
The sanctions against Russia are already unofficially lifted and they are free to do commerce with anyone unimpeded.
The US has announced 8 billion$ cuts to the Pentagon, and that includes Africa, where Russia anc China were already moving in to displace the US since 2016.
My guess is China will sell military hardware to Russia and they will resell it to Iran. There's no CIA to watch what is going on in Russia or China anymore and no other intelligence agency with a budget to watch what is going on either if there is US military secrets being stolen and resold to enemies of the US.
This will maximize damage and casualties, create more chaos. If Iran can get its hands on some nukes, or even dirty nukes, it will be fun time for Israel to stop a real terror attack. There likely won't be anymore deployment of a carrier strike group in the Red Sea by this summer.
It'll go as far as necessary to keep netanyahu out of jail.