“For now, Iran’s move appears carefully calibrated: forceful enough to deliver a message, but measured enough to avoid massive casualties. The coming hours may reveal whether this was a limited reprisal or the opening salvo of a broader campaign.”
I’m sorry, but this response seems telegraphed or staged. Please hear me out.
First off, Qatar announces it is closing down their airspace an hour before the attack? Clearly, they were warned, or their intelligence services knew of the upcoming attack, which means the Americans were warned; allowing us to knock down most of the missiles without suffering any casualties. This favors Trump.
Call me crazy but it sounds like Trump told the Iranian’s using a secret channel through Qatar to retaliate carefully, and with minimal effect, or to just back down, and in return Trump would end this spectacle soon, without getting involved with regime change (or something to this effect).
I know this sounds conspiratorial, but seriously? Iran retaliates by attacking Qatar? Qatar is Iran’s best ally in the region. They share offshore oil fields, as well as economic and security cooperation.
And yet, this is the American the airbase they attack, when we have air bases in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain (naval station), and Iraq? Seriously????
Bottom line: if true, Trump once again gets a win for doing nothing. His base and the rest of the Republican cult gets to believe this initial attack was a success (Iran’s nuclear capabilities obliterated), even though all evidence points to the contrary), and Trump finally puts Netanyahu back on a leash.
And once again, Trump gets to play the hero, and the strong man who thwarted nuclear annihilation, while back at home, he continues to lay waste to our constitution.
Additionally, while he suffers no consequence for once again almost destabilizing the region, the rest of us will pay dearly, and for decades to come. Only in America!…:)
That's a little on the conspiritorial side but not too much. The problem with it is that American forces would inevitably be put in harms way so if the whole thing is kabuki....and a handful of americans get killed ....that would create a shitstorm. If they somehow did it with zero American or Qatari casualties......then your theory begins to look more possible. The whole thing reminds me a little of the Spanish American war when America was taking Manila from and so the Americans and Spanish arranged a mock battle to satisfy Spanish honor without anyone getting hurt. There was also a third party involved there too -- the Phlippine revolutionaries, who hadManila surrounded and wanted to seriously do a number of the Spanish, but the Americans kept that from happening; the mock battle satisfied spanish honor, and the spanish left and went hom to spain, leaving the Americans in charge. Anyway some theater like that might indeed be happening now.
I live in Bahrain. Yes the attack was planned. The airbase was evacuated before hand and apparently trump knew also. It was a move by Iran to not let the US aggression pass, but just a show of force and to threaten any further action.
Thank you, Michael, for helping to keep your readers fully informed with the latest updates during this ominous time following Felon47’s reckless American involvement in Israel’s conflict. I am becoming a paid subscriber to support your insightful journalism.
I’m American and I live in Bahrain. Yes the attack was planned. The airbase was evacuated before hand and apparently trump knew also. It was a move by Iran to not let the US aggression pass, but just a show of force and to threaten any further action.
Your account makes Iran's attack seem like the second coming of Pearl Harbor. You failed to mention that Iran notified both Qatar and the United States in advance of the attack. President Trump thanked Iran for the warning.
Fair point, sort of. When I posted this in the early minutes after the attack, that wasn't known. It has since come out, and I've inerted and upate paragraph reflecting this information. But if you're reading form the original email you won't see that update. I generally think it's best practice to only update on the web - otherwise I'll be spamming my subscribers with a new email every time it updates. Thanks for keeping me on my toes, though. Always appreciated.
“For now, Iran’s move appears carefully calibrated: forceful enough to deliver a message, but measured enough to avoid massive casualties. The coming hours may reveal whether this was a limited reprisal or the opening salvo of a broader campaign.”
I’m sorry, but this response seems telegraphed or staged. Please hear me out.
First off, Qatar announces it is closing down their airspace an hour before the attack? Clearly, they were warned, or their intelligence services knew of the upcoming attack, which means the Americans were warned; allowing us to knock down most of the missiles without suffering any casualties. This favors Trump.
Call me crazy but it sounds like Trump told the Iranian’s using a secret channel through Qatar to retaliate carefully, and with minimal effect, or to just back down, and in return Trump would end this spectacle soon, without getting involved with regime change (or something to this effect).
I know this sounds conspiratorial, but seriously? Iran retaliates by attacking Qatar? Qatar is Iran’s best ally in the region. They share offshore oil fields, as well as economic and security cooperation.
And yet, this is the American the airbase they attack, when we have air bases in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain (naval station), and Iraq? Seriously????
Bottom line: if true, Trump once again gets a win for doing nothing. His base and the rest of the Republican cult gets to believe this initial attack was a success (Iran’s nuclear capabilities obliterated), even though all evidence points to the contrary), and Trump finally puts Netanyahu back on a leash.
And once again, Trump gets to play the hero, and the strong man who thwarted nuclear annihilation, while back at home, he continues to lay waste to our constitution.
Additionally, while he suffers no consequence for once again almost destabilizing the region, the rest of us will pay dearly, and for decades to come. Only in America!…:)
That's a little on the conspiritorial side but not too much. The problem with it is that American forces would inevitably be put in harms way so if the whole thing is kabuki....and a handful of americans get killed ....that would create a shitstorm. If they somehow did it with zero American or Qatari casualties......then your theory begins to look more possible. The whole thing reminds me a little of the Spanish American war when America was taking Manila from and so the Americans and Spanish arranged a mock battle to satisfy Spanish honor without anyone getting hurt. There was also a third party involved there too -- the Phlippine revolutionaries, who hadManila surrounded and wanted to seriously do a number of the Spanish, but the Americans kept that from happening; the mock battle satisfied spanish honor, and the spanish left and went hom to spain, leaving the Americans in charge. Anyway some theater like that might indeed be happening now.
I live in Bahrain. Yes the attack was planned. The airbase was evacuated before hand and apparently trump knew also. It was a move by Iran to not let the US aggression pass, but just a show of force and to threaten any further action.
Thank you, Michael, for helping to keep your readers fully informed with the latest updates during this ominous time following Felon47’s reckless American involvement in Israel’s conflict. I am becoming a paid subscriber to support your insightful journalism.
Thank you very much for the vote of confidence. I will do my best to stay on top of things. Let's just hope this doesn't go completely sideways.
And a complete cease fire has just been announced ending all hostilities between Iran and Israel.
I’m American and I live in Bahrain. Yes the attack was planned. The airbase was evacuated before hand and apparently trump knew also. It was a move by Iran to not let the US aggression pass, but just a show of force and to threaten any further action.
Your account makes Iran's attack seem like the second coming of Pearl Harbor. You failed to mention that Iran notified both Qatar and the United States in advance of the attack. President Trump thanked Iran for the warning.
Fair point, sort of. When I posted this in the early minutes after the attack, that wasn't known. It has since come out, and I've inerted and upate paragraph reflecting this information. But if you're reading form the original email you won't see that update. I generally think it's best practice to only update on the web - otherwise I'll be spamming my subscribers with a new email every time it updates. Thanks for keeping me on my toes, though. Always appreciated.
& so it begins 😞thanks to @Donald Trump & his goons😡