Quote (ofthevoid @ Apr 12 2024 08:33pm)
Not right now, not directly at least. Vast majority of Americans are tired of wars and are getting squeezed by inflation. It would be political seppuku for Biden to draw us into a war with Iran. He’d basically be giving away the election. IMO this is more of a defensive show of force me thinks.
Quote (DizzyBusiness @ Apr 12 2024 09:19pm)
Lean more towards Ofthevoid's opinion that this is a defensive show of force mostly just because a war with Iran right now seems like it would be a really bad idea to me. The US will 100% defend Israel and go to war for it if necessary but I think it will try to avoid it if possible.
Wonder if we will see a USS Liberty style incident
While I tend to agree you both of your assessments, I think Israel wants to drag the US into this clusterfuck; election year be damned. The UAE, qatar and turkey have all publicly stated that they won't allow America to launch their aircraft from their countries or use their airspace (hence the aircraft carriers in the Red sea)
All the pieces are moving into place and if Iran won't escalate, Israel sure as hell will( imo). Israel has to stop Iran from exporting the absolute shiton of drones/missles to its proxies and a direct confrontation (with America of course) benefits Israel greatly.
Will be interesting to see what happens next