Just Politics

[DragonBear]

Any theories on what's going to happen with Iran and Israel now that they've assassinated yet another one of their top officials?

It's amazing the Mossad can still pull off such operations in Iran. Not the easiest society for spies to blend into.

I'm sure Trumpty and Pompeo are in it up to their ears as well.

They probably wish they were. But Israel seldom asks for US approval for covert operations.

Rather one had the recent

report

The New York Times reported last week that President Trump was considering a military strike against Iran in an attempt to stop Tehran's growing nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency a day earlier had reported that the country’s uranium stockpile was 12-times larger than allowed under the Obama-era nuclear deal that the Trump administration withdrew from in 2018.

Trump reportedly held a meeting Thursday in the Oval Office to discuss his options, but Vice President Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller and Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dissuaded him against such actions.

Biden is going to have enough problems reversing what Drumpf has done, and persuading the Iranians to dump their stockpiles back down. Starting a war on the way out would've been a nice shit sandwich to leave behind to Biden.

Israel would've cheered such a move. And the Saudis probably wouldn't have cared:

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Saudi Arabia with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The main topic of conversation was Iran, Israeli officials told Axios

The Saudis apparently making an agreement ANY flight out of Israel is permitted to use Saudi airspace. Nowhere is it mentioned it must be a commercial flight to the UAE.