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Muz said:
Side question: Has Netanyahu dragged Trump into this WMD style?
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nope

this is standard US foreign policy, Iran has been in their plans for decades, hence why they overthrew Assad in Syria

Netanyahu is just the stooge in charge of the land based aircraft carrier
 
Which airspace is Israel using? They're over Iran with their crumbling defences but are Jordan and Iraq complicit? Powerless? Are there some international corridors? Doubt it.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/12/mapping-us-troops-and-military-bases-in-the-middle-east ???
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Very handy but it still doesn't answer how Israel can fly across multiple countries without them rejecting entry or shooting them down. Covert? Using US corridors with US transponders? As if Jordan, Saudi and Iraq would be happy with this. Alas, they all hate Iran so maybe they're all complicit.

I've seen footage of fighter jets in Iraq and Iraqis saying there's nothing they can do. That's perhaps understandable. Jordan and Saudi though...
 
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JS96 said:
Very handy but it still doesn't answer how Israel can fly across multiple countries without them rejecting entry or shooting them down. Covert? Using US corridors with US transponders? As if Jordan, Saudi and Iraq would be happy with this. Alas, they all hate Iran so maybe they're all complicit.

I've seen footage of fighter jets in Iraq and Iraqis saying there's nothing they can do. That's perhaps understandable. Jordan and Saudi though...
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I think you may have answered your own question .....
 
JS96 said:
That's Iraq. There's still Jordan or Saudi to surpass. Unless they go the long way around.
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Jordan did shoot down a few of Iran's missiles that flew over their air force the other day which sort of suggests they're not keen on Iran doing that.
 
Posted this in the Trump thread but should probably be here.

 
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Muz said:
Jordan did shoot down a few of Iran's missiles that flew over their air force the other day which sort of suggests they're not keen on Iran doing that.
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I read that. Their King comes across as one of the more reasonable in the region. I'm sure there are human rights issues etc but comparatively better. Still, it's all about consolidation of power.
 
Muz said:
Imagine the cost.
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It really is mental when you see what else it could buy. Like every country's spending. Aid for trade I don't know but the way german gifts all its money when the entire set up is bursting at the seams with deficits and cracks is frustrating.
 
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JS96 said:
I read that. Their King comes across as one of the more reasonable in the region. I'm sure there are human rights issues etc but comparatively better. Still, it's all about consolidation of power.
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Apparently Jordan, from the little I've read about the middle east, are the country working behind the scenes the most keeping a lid on things and providing intelligence.
 
Muz said:
Posted this in the Trump thread but should probably be here.

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When I travelled there people would literally stop me in the street to have a tea and ask me to sit with them.

Randoms would also take photos with me with their kids.

Such cool people in that place.
 
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Had a president of the United States ever bombed as many different countries in for 6 months of a term (excluding non ww2)? I’m sure they have but he must be a 6 or 7 now.
 
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