Unfortunately the above could sum up many (if not most) parts of the world
Red Sea / Houthi rebels situation
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Unfortunately the above could sum up many (if not most) parts of the world
The difference is that most other parts of the world eventually mature and settle down. England was at war with France for decades. Now we aren't. Various European countries were at war for decades. Now we aren't. The United States had a civil war between the north and south. Now they don't. Scotland used to hate England for centuries. Now they still do.
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As far as I can tell from the news nothing happened? Or at least nothing has been announced.
Fortunately the latter is words rather than sticks and stones!
Probably planning
That's a bit of a trope tbh.. there are longstanding issues/rivalries both with borders and ethnic/religious tensions.
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was in part the result of an ongoing dispute re: directional oil drilling over a shared oil field, the Saudi/Iran rivalry is a longstanding, deep sectarian issue, it's not some trivial event that has caused them to hate each other.
Likewise borders such the lack of one for Kurdistan (a stateless people) or indeed issues re: the state of Israel and it's expansion/settlements into Palestinian territories are not exactly minor things either.
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That won't be escalatory at all. Nope, not at all.
BRB, getting some tinned food in for the coming WW3...
Funny the last time the US sank most of the Iranian navy it didn't start ww3, but now we have the internet and if a tin foil hat on the internet says so it must be true, so what ever will we do!? I dunno about you, but I'm gonna sit on my toilet and have a great big pooooooo
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Soldato
Not at all something as simple as this:
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Yep my comment was quite tongue in cheek. But I do feel the situation is a little more dangerous now. We have several bloks forming that have mutual interests; Russia, China, North Korea and a lot of the Middle East -vs- the Western powers. It could quite easily spiral out of control.
Soldato
I doubt there will be any direct action against Iran.
However I wouldn't be surprised if a significant amount of US military assets start heading in that direction in preparation for a full scale operation to help support the Yemen Government regain control of the country.
However I wouldn't be surprised if a significant amount of US military assets start heading in that direction in preparation for a full scale operation to help support the Yemen Government regain control of the country.
Soldato
When did bombing a country become 'Kinetic Strikes' what a weird choice of language it sounds like an overly politically correct AI bot wrote the post!
Soldato
You are looking into it too much. Military action these days is multi domain and can take many different forms. Kinetic strikes is a term used to differentiate from other potential actions.
Soldato
What other options the the term bombing would cause confusion, kinetic strikes is just plain odd it's up there with special operation for me.
Is that in case the old term "bombing the crap out of them" is mistaken for some harsh words instead?
Man of Honour
I'd be pretty stunned if there was any direct action against Iran like you say; far more likely that the American's start a campaign of air strikes against Iranian backed forces in Syria and Iraq
Soldato
Sadly, I think this is all a well planned distraction designed to disrupt US aid from going where it really needs to in Ukraine.