Iran is said to be assessing 13 retaliation 'scenarios' against the US
"13 scenarios for the revenge over the assassination of Qasem Soleimani have so far been discussed in Iran's Supreme National Security Council & even if all agree on the weakest scenario, yet it will bring a historic...
and Iran will launch ballistic missiles with cluster munitions at air bases where US forces will be deployed
And don't forget about oil infrastructure of Arabian peninsula----it will be destroyed and US economy will suffer trillions of dollars of losses due to high oil prices
Trump doesn't...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/killing-of-soleimani-follows-long-push-from-pompeo-for-aggressive-action-against-iran-but-airstrike-brings-serious-risks/2020/01/05/092a8e00-2f7d-11ea-be79-83e793dbcaef_story.html
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo woke on Tuesday to a 4 a.m...
170 Iraqi MPs sign a resolution to expel U.S. troops from Iraq
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/443789/170-Iraqi-MPs-sign-a-resolution-to-expel-U-S-troops-from-Iraq
Exclusive: Supreme Leader's military adviser says Iran's response will be 'against military sites'
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/05/middleeast/iran-soleimani-khamenei-adviser-intl/index.html
I doubt he would make such a spontaneous decision---it was planned for many weeks maybe months----Embassy attack was just a good excuse.
Naive news portraying him just spontaneously picking the target are specially designed to show Trump as unpredictable.
US was silent after Abqaiq attack...
Gen. Petraeus on Qasem Soleimani’s killing: 'It's impossible to overstate the significance'
https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-03/gen-petraeus-qasem-soleimani-s-killing-its-impossible-overstate-significance
Quote:
"Well, I suspect that the leaders in Washington were seeking to reestablish...
This is a game of nerves and Iran should send a signal more relevant than just tweets-----mobilization and movement of troops will be fine
If Iran will make a step back---in the future US will continue bullying Iran and crossing the red lines.
US has no assets in the region---- two aicraft carriers and several bases.....all these assets are within reach of Iranian missiles together with oil infrastructure and Strait of Hormuz....Trump is bluffing....this is a game of nerves.
Real preparation for war and deployment takes months
Trump...
The truth is that financial and military damage to US will be so severe that US will cease being a superpower and Trump knows it.-----he has no balls to attack Iran.----Iran should respond harshly to Soleimani murder and see how US will make a step back
I will try to calculate the damage that will be done to US economy in the event of war with Iran
Right now oil price is 60$ per barrel. What will be the oil price in the event of war? Some say-150$ per barrel, but this doesn't make sense, because 150$ per barrel was the price of oil in 2007...
LOL...IRGC Commander Unveils Details of US Message to Iran after Assassination of Gen. Soleimani
https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/01/04/2174107/irgc-commander-unveils-details-of-us-message-to-iran-after-assassination-of-gen-soleimani
US asked for ‘proportionate response’ to Soleimani’s...
10 years ago US imported a lot of oil---and closure of Straight of Hormuz was a real deterrence during Bush era
But in 2019 US produced 12mln barrels of oil per day and consumed 20mln barrels of oil per day----so US imported 8mln barrels of oil per day---mostly from Canada, Mexico, Venezuela...