Trump gave Israeli national defense secrets to Russia, which would love US attention partially diverted from Ukraine, and who happens to be a close ally of Iran (Iran is supplying Russia with weaponry)
Iran is one of the main sponsors of Hamas. Iran has also been under US sanctions of varying degrees for about 45 years, so it would be happy should the US lose face or power.
I’m not saying Iran is responsible, but they were likely middlemen.
Frankly, when something happens in the Middle East, Iran does have a habit of being around the corner.
The entire region can essentially be divided into two loose coalitions dating back to the Cold War. The Saudi group, backed by the US, consisting of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Jordan, Kuwait, and Egypt; and the Iranian group, backed by Russian, consisting of Iran, Syria, Qatar, and a vast network of insurgents and militia groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen. Oman maintains something of a neutral position and facilitates a lot of communication, while Iraq has been caught right in the middle. Turkey also portrays itself as a rational neutral third-party.
While all Islamic states tend to be nominally opposed to Israel, the Saudi coalition tends to be much more open to at least some limited cooperation with it. Jordan and Egypt extensively work with Israeli security, for instance, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been gradually establishing economic ties. This has all been encouraged by the United States.
Palestine represents a very sticky issue in mix of all this, and Iran uses it as a way to portray its enemies as traitors to the cause. It spends a lot of resources to support Hezbollah and Hamas, and it explicitly seeks the complete destruction of Israel. An Israel that actually manages to normalize relations with the Saudi coalition represents a huge threat to Iran’s influence and the balance of power, as Israel is a military and economic powerhouse supported by the United States, and so it is in the interests of Iran to harm Israel and turn the rest of the Muslim world against it.
It’s Iran just the default country to blame when something bad happens?
Trump gave Israeli national defense secrets to Russia, which would love US attention partially diverted from Ukraine, and who happens to be a close ally of Iran (Iran is supplying Russia with weaponry)
Iran is one of the main sponsors of Hamas. Iran has also been under US sanctions of varying degrees for about 45 years, so it would be happy should the US lose face or power.
I’m not saying Iran is responsible, but they were likely middlemen.
Them, Russia, Cuba. Used to be Venezuela, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, but our jackals already messed them up, so no need, now.
Frankly, when something happens in the Middle East, Iran does have a habit of being around the corner.
The entire region can essentially be divided into two loose coalitions dating back to the Cold War. The Saudi group, backed by the US, consisting of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Jordan, Kuwait, and Egypt; and the Iranian group, backed by Russian, consisting of Iran, Syria, Qatar, and a vast network of insurgents and militia groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen. Oman maintains something of a neutral position and facilitates a lot of communication, while Iraq has been caught right in the middle. Turkey also portrays itself as a rational neutral third-party.
While all Islamic states tend to be nominally opposed to Israel, the Saudi coalition tends to be much more open to at least some limited cooperation with it. Jordan and Egypt extensively work with Israeli security, for instance, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been gradually establishing economic ties. This has all been encouraged by the United States.
Palestine represents a very sticky issue in mix of all this, and Iran uses it as a way to portray its enemies as traitors to the cause. It spends a lot of resources to support Hezbollah and Hamas, and it explicitly seeks the complete destruction of Israel. An Israel that actually manages to normalize relations with the Saudi coalition represents a huge threat to Iran’s influence and the balance of power, as Israel is a military and economic powerhouse supported by the United States, and so it is in the interests of Iran to harm Israel and turn the rest of the Muslim world against it.
They are the primary financiers of Hamas…
We still shouldn’t bomb them, however.