>> >> 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.
I'm talking about the here and now rather than background. This doesn't change the power of anyone hugely. Yes they have contacts throughout the ME and groups they work with but bar qatar ( and iraq to a limited extent ) they have no real allies in the region.
Of course they aren't going anywhere the US strike was never meant to change the course of history it was what it was. If we only declare success in former we've set the bar very high.
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.
Unlikely they've got capability to land missiles with that level of accuracy, hitting the base will be the limit of what they could achieve. Lobbing some modestly advanced (at best) missiles is best effort.
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