Current Affairs Iran

[The binman chronicles]

Turkey IMO will be key, not Arabic nation but a sunni one, (as opposed to Farsi shia) I am curious which side their govt will take, a NATO ally or their dangerous neighbour (they share a quite long of a border in their east) a mass destruction of Iran would cause a lot of problems for them, incoming war refugees etc. They won't like the idea of kneeled down Iran

More so if Russia create a pact with Iran and say if the US retaliate on them then they will get involved. You'd hope everyone would be not silly enough to start down this path but we have a bunch of madmen all in positions of power at the moment.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Iran has been pushing it with the USA, the west and Arab Emirates for months, I'm surprised something like this hasn't happened sooner under Trump, in fact I think it would have had it not been for us and other key Euro countries telling him not to.

Attacking tankers and also hijacking them, attacking Saudi's biggest oil refinery, they earned a bloody nose.

 

[spectateur]

Guy got his in a dirty game. The fall out is always worse, but better to see a puppet master go

But assassination is contrary to international law.

 

[PhilM]

More so if Russia create a pact with Iran and say if the US retaliate on them then they will get involved. You'd hope everyone would be not silly enough to start down this path but we have a bunch of madmen all in positions of power at the moment.

To be fair, @[Deleted Member] question is quite a poignant one and especially when you consider the growing ties between Turkey and Russia: quite a little entente.

 

[spectateur]

Iran has been pushing it with the USA, the west and Arab Emirates for months, I'm surprised something like this hasn't happened sooner under Trump, in fact I think it would have had it not been for us and other key Euro countries telling him not to.

Attacking tankers and also hijacking them, attacking Saudi's biggest oil refinery, they earned a bloody nose.

Retaliation for being starved to death due to US sanctions.

 

[arminisgod]

People are way overrating Iran. As with most middle East armies they are good at keeping their own people at bay but would get slaughtered in a shoot out with the yanks.

Iran will do nothing major. They haven't got the capability

 

[arminisgod]

Retaliation for being starved to death due to US sanctions.

Don't try and build nukes then. They had a simple choice

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Retaliation for being starved to death due to US sanctions.

What are the sanctions for mate?

 

[PhilM]

Iran will do nothing major. They haven't got the capability

Conventionally, you're correct. However, if we're talking about the asymmetric warfare that Iran is quite adept at, you will expect a major response of some sorts.

 

[davek]

Are we in a Presidential Election year by any chance?

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

People are way overrating Iran. As with most middle East armies they are good at keeping their own people at bay but would get slaughtered in a shoot out with the yanks.

Iran will do nothing major. They haven't got the capability

Boots on the ground war would be a blood bath not seen since the two world wars.

 

[arminisgod]

Conventionally, you're correct. However, if we're talking about the asymmetric warfare that Iran is quite adept at, you will expect a major response of some sorts.

Yeah they'll be some sort of response but nothing 'major'. Remember they have just taken out their mastermind.

Not really sure Iran has any powerful allies as someone stated on here.

 

[arminisgod]

Boots on the ground war would be a blood bath not seen since the two world wars.

Why would the us get involved in that?

Trump has just flexed his muscles and reminded Iran who they are sabre rattling with. It's about time too

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Remember they have just taken out their mastermind.

He was an idiot being in Baghdad after the embassy raid, it was too obvious, why wasn't he in Tehran at Iran's military HQ god knows.

 

[davek]

Oil prices will rocket, downturn in the west.

Happy New Year.