Saw that Israel reported that the Iranians are targetting their Nuclear sites.........Isn't that what have been targetted in Iran as well, so no surprise there in tit for tac conflicts. The reporter [sensationalising things] said there is a worry about a country using a tactical nuclear strike, but the worrying thing was he never mentioned which country and in this situation i do not know which one he meant?
Gulf countries such as Saudi, Oman, UAE, etc like US bases in their countries for protection. If the current situation continues will they feel the same? In the near future they may, as they are terrified of Iran, in the West we tend to think of all of them as Muslim, but Iran [and Iraq] is mainly Shia, while these others are Sunni. which is a whole conflict in it self.
This US action is just an echo of history, in 1953 the British and Americans deposed a very popular leader, as he wanted to nationalise the country's oil industry, so MI6 and the CIA organised a coup. Which bought in the Shah, who was a puppet for the UK and US interests, and as brutal to desenters as was the following regime.
Now it is about not just or even about oil, but the nuclear threat, whether true or perceived, which does not matter as perception can be more important than the truth. The Iranian regime has seen what has happened to other middle east states and dictators and sees the Nuclear option as a protection [or what we would call defense] again attack. As no one is attacking other rogue states such as N Korea, which probably has something to do with them having nuclear capabilities, plus would Russia have been so keen to attack Ukraine if they had kept their nuclear weapons? Add to this the problems the US and the Israeli heads of state are having at home. Once Israeli is not in conflict, he will be out of office and then they will reopen the corruption charges which were being being prepared. While in the US there seems to be a stagnating economy and the Epstein files. Plus no one is mentioning tariffs, or even the part destruction of one of the most beautiful ironic houses in the world, The White House. An American friend of mine message me and said he is doing so much damage to the White House I thought he was in the British Royal Navy.