Those missiles could have been launched from the back of a truck anywhere in the region—in fact I’m surprised they launched from Iranian soil, and not from Iraqi or Kuwaiti territory. Or shoot, Qatari, though I think the US keeps a close eye on anything near Al Udeid. Considering the state of the Iraqi-Iranian border or Kuwaiti border, and the historical competence of Quds Force, it would not have been much more difficult to do so, and it would have complicated considerations of who was responsible.
Then again, if they were to do that, they probably wouldn’t have used Iranian weapons.
I was trying to put myself in the shoes of the King of Saudi Arabia. Despite all of the money and equipment, things like Aegis Ashore, Patriot radars, AWACS planes overhead, no one ostensibly saw a damn thing until the world’s largest refinery blew up. The missiles flew over several countries, and as accurate as the strikes looked, could have flown through the window of the King’s residence in Riyadh, with the same lack of warning. That would bother me, if I were the King.
Slight rise in DFW area, I think. I usually only pay attention to diesel, and it’s up about 35-30 cents in my area. I topped off the boat yesterday with another 50 gallons in case marina fuel follows the prices upward. For my Corolla, I don’t even notice the price, but when I’m buying 50-100 gallons each fill up at the marina, it makes sense to get ahead of even a small increase.
Why would you believe the Trump administration on this? When he screwed on the path of a storm, they had the head of NOAA lie to back him up. I don’t even believe named officials of this administration and I surely wouldn’t believe the gaslighting of some unnamed official. This administration has zero credibility with all their lies and gaslighting. If Pompeo told me the sky is blue, I would go out and check. I don’t understand how people still believe anything these liars say.
Are you saying Iran has nukes? I’m very :dubious: about that. They may get them, since Trump blew up the nuclear agreement, but they don’t have them now.
It’s odd how there seemed to be some stability out of Iran for several years, but in the last year, things have been spiraling downward. Does anyone know what might’ve caused this?
And as if on cue, Trump just tweeted:
I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!