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Torie
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« on: May 10, 2018, 05:55:06 AM »
« edited: May 10, 2018, 06:01:43 AM by Torie »

Iran launches a rocket barrage (which appears to have been almost totally "ineffectual") against Israel in the Golan Heights (not sure why or what precipitated that), Israel apparently does an extensive bombing of Iranian targets in Syria, and Iran vows to lash back.

Where might all of this lead to? Under what circumstances might it have any impact on the EU decision to just say no to the Trump reimposition of sanctions against Iran? I am puzzled as to just why Iran at this point in time decided to ramp things up with Israel, so far with seemingly unpleasant results for it as Iran gets the short end of the stick for its initiation of this round of hostilities. Did they dislike Netanyahu's speech praising Trump's US pullout from the Iranian deal or something?
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Torie
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2018, 06:26:47 AM »

TF's theory is interesting. It is one way to make some sense of what seems to make no sense from the Iranian perspective. As for Iran lashing back, if it does what Dead0 muses about, then does that not run the risk for Iran that the EU will revert to sanctions over all of this, as opposed to following Trump's moves?
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2018, 06:34:27 AM »
« Edited: May 10, 2018, 06:41:13 AM by Torie »

If they blow something up and have plausible deniability long enough for the story to cycle off the front page, then the EU won't do anything.  Especially if they wait a year or two before they do it.

TF's theory is interesting and would make some sense, but there is no proof of it.  Israel's neighbors shoot missiles at them all the time, including Iran's allies.  This isn't unusual.

Waiting a year or two, would be a "retaliation" attended by a lot of patience. In the meantime, there will be a huge disconnect between Iran's rhetoric and what they do. That kinds of reminds me of Trump (in his case thank heavens). And if Iran denies that it was the perp, then how can it ever claim that it retaliated at all?

As to a lack of evidence, well yeah. At the moment, we are in the idle speculation mode. But I find this more interesting (and perhaps important), than speculation and flame wars about how many seats the Pubs will lose in Congress, based on stuff that to me, lacks statistical robustness this far out, but that is just me.
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Torie
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2018, 06:54:46 AM »

Thanks guys for sharing your knowledge and insight with those like myself who are relatively ignorant on this matter. I appreciate it.
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