>> Not too sure that's true. He gave Iran very much a blody nose and their
>> retaliation was a weak effort at best. Of course there might be more but do
>> far it looks the iranians that are all bluster.
I'm seeing a different perspective.
First of all Iran is very much an effective regional power. They've got significant influence in both Iraq and Syria as well as, via Hezbollah, Lebanon. Netsur mentioned their part in Yemen. The Houthi 'rebels' are not something new, neither is the government they're fighting a wholly legitimate and secure power. Yemen is arguably not a single nation. It is, and has been since we called it Aden, a hotbed of ethno-religious conflicts. It's previously been divided into two and might be more settled if something similar were to happen again.
Iran also has fingers amongst the gulf states on opposite side of Persian Gulf and is currently exploiting conflicts between Qatar and its neighbours.
Iran has had 40 years experience of tweaking the tail of 'The Great Satan' (USA) and knew exactly what they were doing this morning. They cannot win a military battle but by placing missiles in a place and at a time where they damaged bases but caused no casualties they've given Trump the message that they could equally place them differently and cause him a lot of trouble. Multiple coffins arriving back at Edwards AFB will do him no favours come November.
Until he threw a hissy fit because Obama's deal was actually working there was a real prospect that Iran might move a bit closer to the rest of world.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Wed 8 Jan 20 at 14:10
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