Alex
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Alex
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Husband | Dad | American | Common sense over ideology | Rooting for the country 🇺🇸 These are my personal opinions




🇫🇷🇱🇧 France announced it'll double humanitarian aid to Lebanon to ~$20M while FM Barrot visits Beirut, pushing for a ceasefire. Their envoy says it's "unreasonable" to expect Lebanon's gov to disarm Hezbollah while Israel is bombing. Israel's response? "Too little, too late." They want Hezbollah gone but see Beirut as too weak/scared to act without sparking civil war. France's cash looks like a band-aid on a bullet wound. Aid helps civilians, sure, but it doesn't touch the root: Hezbollah's arsenal and Iran's grip. This feels more like diplomatic theater than a real path to peace. Lebanon stays stuck, civilians suffer, French taxpayers pay for a foreign country, and the cycle drags on. Thoughts? Source: Al Jazeera






You put a bill on the floor for *one day* and look what happens.








🚨🇮🇷 Iran just hit 9 countries in a single night, including 7 of the wealthiest nations on earth This was Tehran's answer to Israel striking the South Pars gas field, the world's largest, earlier today. The most intense retaliatory barrage of the entire war, and Iran is now the only country on the planet simultaneously attacking seven of the richest nations by GDP per capita: 🇮🇱 Israel: Ballistic missiles and cluster munitions over central Israel. Two killed in Ramat Gan. Four Palestinian women killed in the West Bank by an Iranian missile. 🇶🇦 Qatar ($110K GDP per capita): 14 ballistic missiles fired. Ras Laffan LNG hub suffered "extensive damage" confirmed by QatarEnergy. 🇦🇪 UAE ($100K): 13 ballistic missiles and 27 attack drones intercepted. Iran threatening imminent strikes on energy facilities. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia ($35K): Evacuation orders issued for Samref Refinery and Jubail Petrochemical Complex. Waves of missiles intercepted over Riyadh. 🇰🇼 Kuwait ($75K): Ballistic missiles intercepted. U.S. facilities targeted again. 🇧🇭 Bahrain ($65K): U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters under continued assault throughout the war. 🇴🇲 Oman ($32K): Drone strikes on industrial zones. Workers killed. The last neutral Gulf state is now taking fire. 🇯🇴 Jordan: U.S. bases struck as part of the widening multi-front campaign. 🇮🇶 Iraq: U.S. Embassy in Baghdad under nightly drone siege. Combined GDP per capita of the Gulf states under attack: over $417,000. These are some of the most prosperous, developed nations on earth, and Iran is hitting all of them simultaneously while its own economy collapses. This is Operation Madman at full throttle: torch the region's wealth until the world demands the war stops. Source: @rami_hashimi / Reuters / @itswpceo







🇺🇸🇮🇷 @RepRoKhanna on Iran war: "The war in Iran is crushing our economy at home. Gas prices are up 27% and we’re spending $2B daily."




🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump weighing strike options inside Iran Trump has not yet decided whether to send U.S. troops to seize Iran’s nuclear material. The Pentagon has plans ready, but key unknowns remain, including where the uranium is and who’s really in control inside Iran. U.S. officials believe Iran’s military is weakened, but warn it could still disrupt oil flow in the Strait of Hormuz using mines. Why it matters: any move on the ground risks massive escalation and a direct hit to global energy supply. Source: CBS News









