US says its firepower will ‘surge dramatically’ and IDF warns of ‘surprises ahead’, as Iran launches retaliatory strikes
Israel and the US have bombarded Iran and Lebanon with a fresh wave of airstrikes and threatened a major escalation in their joint offensive, as Iran retaliated with more attacks across a swath of the Middle East.
Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, said US firepower was “about to surge dramatically” with the deployment of more bombers, while Eyal Zamir, the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, said Israel was moving to a new phase of its offensive that would “further dismantle the regime and its military capabilities”.
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On Friday, the seventh day of the spiralling conflict, Tehran launched missiles and drones at Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, apparently targeting US bases and civilian infrastructure including oil pipelines.
Maybe, or maybe their strategy is to drop the bomb so they go down in history as strong men.
I’m not saying he won’t back it up with craziness, just that he uses fear as a negotiation tactic.
Yes but my point is that this is irrelevant because Trump is terrified to do anything but escalate escalate escalate.
Escalation IS the cowardly thing to do, it is existentially exhausting that centrists have amnesia with fascism when it comes to this lesson.
He hasn’t yet attacked Greenland or Canada. But he’s been using the fear of that to try to negotiate… Something.
Prop up the price of oil to keep it from crashing from a glut of suppliers.