Iran Threatens the U.S. with "Consequences" for Israel Support

I think that a lot of it goes back to having weak or mentally-challenged U.S. presidents. We haven't had an intelligent, strong president since Bush, Sr. Biden probably comes as close as anyone else as far as foreign policy. We've had strong, decisive idiots like Trump and GWB. We've had misguided intellectuals like Obama and Clinton who were fairly weak on foreign policy. Bad leadership lets aggressor nations think that starting something might be a good idea. America does not seem to value intelligence and wisdom in their leaders anymore. We seem to like confidence men, and men who would be good to sit down and drink a beer with, and people who can sling insults. I'm not sure where our education system went sideways on this . . .

 

Very nice clown article. Maybe "zero" is Iranian for "brain-dead". I tend to not trust articles written by people not smart enough to spell "Persian Gulf", or smart enough to question the absurd claims of the Iranian navy, which is a joke of a navy. Maybe the Persona Gulf is an bathtub mock-up of the Persian Gulf, and Iran's plastic attack boats chased out the plastic aircraft carrier. Brought to you by Mattel.

 

The U.S. has figured out how the Houthi's are targeting ships in the Red Sea and off the coast of Yemen. An Iranian spy ship is providing information. The question is, what is the U.S. going to do about it?

Iranian Spy Vessel Directs Houthi Rebel Attacks in Red Sea: WSJ

 

Iran has declared itself in charge of the Straits of Gibraltar. If Israel and the U.S. don't do what Iran says (like stop fighting in Gaza and allow to, then it will shut down sea traffic through the Straits. They do not appear to have any ability to do anything at the Straits, unless they have some terrorist attack planned.

Iran threatens to shut Strait of Gibraltar as tensions ramp up (yahoo.com)

 

A couple of complications for the U.S. in Iran's war on shipping. One is that France, Italy, and Spain refuse to provide naval ships unless the E.U. is in command of the entire operation; they will not submit to U.S. command over their vessels.

The other complication is that a ship was attacked 200 miles off the coast of India, and 1200 miles away from Yemen. No one is sure that Yemen has or doesn't have drones with that range, or whether the drone was launched from Iran.

Cracks Form In New Naval Coalition, Drone Strikes Spread To Indian Ocean (yahoo.com)

 

A big part of Iran's problem is that they have not been involved in a major war with a western country in a very long time (perhaps centuries). The only war they have been involved with is the one with Iraq in the 1980's, and Iraq was not able to teach them anything worthwhile. Unfortunately, they have not learned the lesson of being held accountable for their actions. As a result, their support of terrorism and undermining of other countries has only expanded.