Michael O'Hanlon, USA Today: After Iran bombs Saudi oil infrastructure, should the United States retaliate?
Iran's attack reveals weakness. Trump can do nothing and wait for sanctions to continue crushing the mullahs' regime.
Should Saudi Arabia and/or the United States retaliate beyond a new round of sanctions? That is the question of the day. Iran is the strongly suspected perpetrator of weekend drone and missile attacks against key Saudi oil infrastructure at Abqaiq facility and Khurais oil field that temporarily cut the kingdom's oil production by almost half.
Apparently, some 20 drones and several cruise missiles hit a total of at least 17 different aim points at these two general locations in the country's east. The weapons may have been launched either from Iranian soil or a place fairly close by.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 20, 2019
Is Donald Trump About to Attack Iran? -- Curt Mills, National Interest
Refraining from strike on Iran, Trump shows strength -- Uwe Parpart, Asia Times
Israel after Netanyahu? -- Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera
A historic first? Israel's Arabs could lead parliamentary opposition -- Rami Ayyub, Reuters
Stepping up to China's political warfare -- Patrick M. Cronin, The Hill
Modi’s Grand Strategy in Kashmir? -- Ahaan Bagwe, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Kashmir crisis: How to read India's threat to Pakistan -- Soutik Biswas, bbc
Putin Wants to Be Middle East's Go-To Problem Solver -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Cuban 'sonic weapon' sickness caused by pesticides? -- DW
And Now, Justin Trudeau Must Face the Voters -- Globe and Mail
How will Justin Trudeau's blackface photos affect Canada's election? -- Leyland Cecco, The Guardian
Who’s Afraid of Huawei? -- Emily Taylor, Chatham House
4 comments:
20 drones and several cruise missiles, launched over what is supposed to be a well watched area and yet were not detected.
Duh I'm Bob I don't get nuances in technology and defence duuhhh
Bob,
Is this an assumption on your part, the 'well watched area"? I would think it's well watched for certain behavior but not a drone and missile attack of wartime proportions.
Roger
Your assumption is correct.
Are you suggesting that they are trying to provoke an attack by Iran to start a war without having adequate observation and defensive mechanisms in place? Seems a bit irresponsible doesn't it?
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