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Iran attacks RAF base in Cyprus, an EU country

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Re: Iran attacks RAF base in Cyprus, an EU country

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Post by mamonster »

breppp wrote: post #10
mamonster wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>hotels in Bahrain and Dubai IRGC claims they are being used to house US troops that left their base (in the case of Bahrain) and/or intelligence ops.

I guess the US marines are also operating the Saudi oil facility and French base on their time off Their actual current explanation is that they can't control their armed forces https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888422

I was talking about the explanation for hotels only.

The general strategy makes a lot of sense for a desperate regime: Instead of striking Israel(densest AA network in the world, long flight path so lots of time to intercept) they will force US to expend AA material all over theater and make US allies question credibility of defense. It's not like only hitting Israel or US will improve their reputation.

Re: Iran attacks RAF base in Cyprus, an EU country

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Post by breppp »

mamonster wrote: post #11
breppp wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess the US marines are also operating the Saudi oil facility and French base on their time off Their actual current explanation is that they can't control their armed forces https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888422

I was talking about the explanation for hotels only. The general strategy makes a lot of sense for a desperate regime: Instead of striking Israel(densest AA network in the world, long flight path so lots of time to intercept) they will force US to expend AA material all over theater and make US allies question credibility of defense. It's not like only hitting Israel or US will improve their reputation.

> The general strategy makes a lot of sense for a desperate regime

The issue is that they are also attacking their closest friends in the region, as opposed to the other gulf nations which were merely pressuring the US not to attack due to fear.

They have thrown the stone in the metaphorical glass house towards the oil facilities very early in the conflict.

I think this is more an issue of mismanagement rather than strategy. They probably do have a very acute command and control issue due to the strikes.

It's also a good preview of how Iran with nuclear weapons would play out

Re: Iran attacks RAF base in Cyprus, an EU country

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Post by andrewflnr »

breppp wrote: post #2

This comes after attacking US, French bases and civilian infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE as well as their close friends and mediators in Qatar and Oman

They're really determined to prove that they're the bad guys after all, huh?

Re: Iran attacks RAF base in Cyprus, an EU country

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Post by ekjhgkejhgk »

andrewflnr wrote: post #17
breppp wrote: post #2

This comes after attacking US, French bases and civilian infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE as well as their close friends and mediators in Qatar and Oman

They're really determined to prove that they're the bad guys after all, huh?

LOL they were attacked first. The bad guys in this story are Israel and their puppets the USA.

Re: Iran attacks RAF base in Cyprus, an EU country

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Post by breppp »

derelicta wrote: post #16
echoangle wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From who? Did the UK attack Iran?

Well, actually yes they did contribute to the attack on the Republic. See[1]. [1] : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20l1v0ldqzo

Your link actually says they were contributing to the defense not the attack

> The US-Israeli strikes were launched after negotiations to limit Iran's nuclear programme ended without a deal. The UK did not participate.

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