Doesn’t look like we are going to invade Iran…
…since there have been no troops moved into the region.
But we have the most powerful collection of air assets in the Gulf area - many moved in the last 48 hours - since 2003.
Surely all of it helps the negotiating position of the real estate professionals that are conducting talks for us. But if those talks fail - and so far, neither side has budged - strikes could occur at any time. Could be much more sustained than last time.
Replies to: Doesn’t look like we are going to invade Iran…
I think step 1 is to rename the Persian Gulf.
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Trumpian Gulf? Gulf of Trump? Plague Rat Reservoir?
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I assume we would sell.the naming rights to the Saudis.
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The Saudis already call it the Arabian Gulf
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But they don't pay us for that right???
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Oooh, nice!
No wonder their such good friends with Trump and Co.
Still feel “Emirates First Class Gulf” is a possibility…
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I like it.
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The window opens at 4PM eastern on Friday. Closes at Globex open, 6PM Sunday.
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Let's see how Witcoff (indebted to Qatar), and Kushner (indebted to Saudi Arabia) deal with this...
my nephew on the Ford is counting on them.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff
Let's see how China deals with any sustained closure of the Gulr of Hormuz
Fortunately, the US is energy independent.
Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iran-close-parts-hormuz-strait-143742791.html
You're comfortable with having Witcoff and Kushner leading our negotiating team? I doubt that the
Iranian clerics are going to be swayed by promises of Persian Casinos...
The best I can say about Trump's negotiators is that they are not John Kerry.
We dare not screw the world through a closing of the Gulf of Hormuz... so it's got to be diplomacy through economic squeezing.
At zero cost to the U.S., Kerry got IAEA boots on the ground verifying compliance by Iran...no need
for warship deployments or bombings.
btw, it's the "Strait of Hormuz"...i.e. narrow passages...not wide expanses ;-)
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