Jdars
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President Trump on arming the Iranian people: “The Iranian people have to have guns and I think they’re getting some guns. As soon as they have guns, they’ll fight like as good as anybody there is.”







Trump is going to stick with the blockade. Which is, in effect, a decision to not make a decision. Trump will wait to see if the blockade works. Iran faces economic pressure--albeit the kind the country's leadership have a lot of experience with. Hormuz stay shut. wsj.com/world/middle-e…


Rahm Emanuel: “No more U.S. military aid—financial assistance from the taxpayers for Israel. You’re a country like all other allies of ours, Japan, South Korea, the Brits, the Germans. You’re going to pay full price; you can buy what you want, but you have to abide by the laws that should be it.” “No more U.S. taxpayer support... I was in the room when President Obama’s largest assistance was under President Obama. We did the funding for the Iron Dome. But here, the days of taxpayer subsidizing Israel are over.” “No more financial aid.”




UPDATE: I’m really struggling to call what happens next On one hand, Trump needs an off-ramp to limit the global economic damage and growing domestic political pressure Iran would also like this war to end before more cities are leveled and more leaders are killed On the other hand, Iran is doing surprisingly well controlling the Strait, striking the Gulf and Israel, and selling oil for more than twice the price than before the war, making a killing And on the American side, troops are heading to the region for what increasingly looks like a ground operation to control Hormuz Negotiations are the most promising development since February 28th. But Iran's warnings to Gulf nations against supporting any ground operation, combined with maximalist demands from both sides, make a deal unlikely in the short term



#BREAKING Iran is ready to seize Bahrain and UAE coastlines if US launches a ground invasion, Iranian security analyst said. If the US 'makes any mistake,' Iran's forces are ready to take the Emirati and Bahraini coasts and 'fundamentally alter the regional landscape'








דיווחנו הערב ב״עובדה״: ראש המוסד דדי ברנע העריך ערב המבצע כי השגת שינוי משטרי באיראן זו מטרה אפשרית. העמדה המקצועית שהניח בפני השרים היא שאם יושגו המטרות הצבאיות של המבצע קרי פגיעה קשה באישים בהנהגה, במוסדות השלטון ובכוח הדיכוי המשטרי, המוסד והCIA יידעו בתורם להביא תוצאה של החלפת המשטר כשהוא מתכוון להוצאת העם האירני לרחוב ולמציאת אלטרנטיבה שלטונית.










