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Hoojack

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Iran has to be stretched pretty thin right now as is and I can see


Why hamas would lose support in favor of supporting resources in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq but I doubt Palestine has gotten much more than moral support from sa for some time.

I’m not really a fan of trumps bull in a china shop foreign policy and I throwing another bomb in the region isn’t necessarily something I’d do. But I’m still not sure a direct Iran/sa face off isn’t inevitable or damn close to it. SA is surrounded by proxy conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. And it’s traditional allies in the region have are either trying to sure up their own governments(Egypt and Jordan) or not really military powers (uae). Israel is becoming a logical ally.

In the end an all out conflict would be horrendous short term. Another generation of the status quo would also be horrible. If it wasn’t almost certain we’d be involved, I’d say let’s get it over with and settle things.
[Post edited by Hoojack at 12/07/2017 10:09PM]

(In response to this post by walkthecorner)

Posted: 12/07/2017 at 10:05PM


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