I fear he wants blood, not money.
How come the cease-fire has been more successful in Israel? Is the agreement (e.g., to begin withdrawing from certain zones in Lebanon) being honored on the ground?
An Amazon data center in Bahrain was destroyed recently:
Consider me a little amazed by this as well. I thought as soon as Iran and the US started going back at it, Israel would immediately resume bombing Lebanon.
If I can hypothesize – Iran may see Israel as implacable (i.e. counterattacks/shipping restrictions have no ability to change Israel’s behavior), while Iran’s behavior has very much influenced America’s behavior. They may believe (quite reasonably, IMO) that Trump will back down with enough pain (economic as well as complaints from Arab allies), while Israel will not.
The anti-data center movement has really upped their game.
Hezbollah have been behaving themselves, so the situation hasn’t escalated.
Also, with three months until the elections, Netanyahu doesn’t want more rockets on Israeli civilians. Makes him look bad.
On a personal note, I’m scared that Israel will get sucked back into the war today or tomorrow, like many are saying here. My son is coming home after four months in Seattle - he’s actually on the plane to JFK right now, and he has a long layover before his flight back to Tel Aviv, which arrives tomorrow. I’m scared fighting will start, Israeli airspace will lock down, and he’ll be stranded in New York or even worse, it’s happen mid-flight and his plane will be diverted who-knows-where. Can we take a rain check this time - or at least wait until Friday?
The vanity war cost now stands at 37.5 BILLION dollars.
And why should they? Rememer what was happening when this war was launched?
Iran is still at a position of strength. It’s the US that isn’t taking this seriously.
I saw a headline, I think on the AP, where Rubio was saying that it “would be” bad if Iran were to control the Strait of Hormuz. Would be.
Now Trump is threatening to bomb a bridge or power plant in Iran for each ship attacked in the Strait, smells like desperation to me.
Also, how war crimey is that? IMHO bridges and power plants have always been targets in war since war (and bridges, and then power plants) existed, but I’ve noticed that international law is less permissive than I am.