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The Arab monarchs' hopes that fostering better diplomatic ties with Iran would earn them goodwill in the event of an Israeli or US war with their neighbour have gone up in smoke, literally, because of Iranian attacks. But the Gulf states were also unable to use their investments in the US, or business links to Trump's family, to prevent the war or earn extra protection. 'I don't feel much sympathy [from the US] for the Gulf which is being hit left and right' - Cinzia Bianco, European Council on Foreign Relations Gulf countries running low on interceptors are being "stonewalled" by the US, which is facing a global shortage of interceptors, MEE reported previously. Trump's statement that he was "surprised" by attacks on the Gulf landed with a thud in the region, analysts and Arab officials told MEE. The public remarks by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have also been scant on praise for Gulf states facing down hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones.

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The Gulf has to avoid being dragged into Israel's vision for the region: one of managed chaos in degraded states. Regime change in Tehran is not within reach from the air. The demise of Khamenei will likely leave an Islamic Republic that is neither Islamic nor a republic, but rather a military dictatorship run by the Revolutionary Guards. Iranian drones cost a fraction of air defences. How long can Gulf states last? Israel's approach of triggering Iran to go all-out against its Gulf neighbours risks producing a Gulf order in which the monarchies are treated as a junior partner, expected to bankroll security and accept strategic decisions made elsewhere. The alternative is a sovereign Gulf policy rooted in strategic autonomy and Gulf unity. The Gulf's security architecture is still anchored to the US, yet the Gulf is not powerless. It can choose where, when and how its military capabilities are used. It can demand that the US limit escalation launched from or imposed upon its territory. It can price access, basing and cooperation as strategic assets that Washington should not mistake as entitlements. It can use its weight as one of the most important pools of capital invested in the US, and its overall net contributions to American power, to insist that Gulf security is not a disposable side issue.

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Gulf states are caught in middle of the US-Israel war on Iran. There is a way out From Abu Dhabi to Riyadh, regional states must take steps to shape their own destinies, rather than being pawns in the Israeli-US agenda

Hinted at in this article as a means of asserting agency

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gulf...

Gulf states could review investments due to financial strains caused by Iran war, FT reports Gulf states could start ​to review their overseas investments and future ‌commitments as they consider options to ease the pressure on their budgets following the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, the Fin...

Unverified, but crazy

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

👀 gulf states pulling back from the warner bros deal to pressure Trump

P.S. why would anyone come to the World Cup here after all this?

I’m not gonna engage with rage bait, just want to hear serious analysis of what potentially happens from here on out and what the regional implications are, not half-baked justifications helping Trump

Oh shit

They’re not being politically correct anymore?

Does this mean we’ll be done in a few days?

This is delusional bc only possible with full regime change and a US puppet installed.

Good point

I hope this is real

Posted by the Kurdistan social media page.

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Locals report a large fire growing at the Bahrain Petroleum Company refinery.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry confirmed that a refinery in the Maameer area was attacked.

Appears Iran fired a large salvo of ballistic missiles in last hour.

They’re trying to keep a very tight lid on news, so this is interesting

Hearing reports of evacuations at Terminal 1 at DXB airport.

Iran's foreign minister denies seeking war with its neighbors Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iranian strikes have targeted American military bases and installations in those countries.

Full 20 min interview is very interesting

www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...

Point out their inconsistencies and errors

SNAP has the best return on money government spends that isn’t science or national parks.

Outrageous

This is the scary part to me.

Are we gonna be asked to help take down these states one by one, in spite of current alliances? I know Trump hates NATO, but if we dissolve it and then attack a former NATO member, what does that say about alliances with the US?

How do we avoid WW3?

Fits within Israel’s wider regional goals?

Just watched another video of an American general saying that he thinks the war has easy military aims and we can neutralize Iran without regime change no problem and get out.

They don’t really talk about potential political or regional implications afterwards, altho not really their lane

You might be right. I just assumed the name recognition meant more than his policies/personality among non-engaged voters, but he has been around long enough that he’s prolly a pretty known commodity.

When there are no impediments to Trump and his agenda, who gets blamed when things go wrong?

The GOP took away Trump’s handlers and SCOTUS has expanded his executive branch power considerably

Trump and the GOP own *everything* so if you don’t like how things are going…

And bc Trump has re-made the entire govt in his image, there is no real foil to his power. Trump and Republicans have to own everything. No Fauci, no Dems w/ any real power to point to.

So tell me again how popular Cornyn is?