Deceptichum@quokk.au to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBiden says US ‘discussing’ possible Israeli plans to attack Iran’s oil industrywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down16
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkBiden says US ‘discussing’ possible Israeli plans to attack Iran’s oil industrywww.theguardian.comDeceptichum@quokk.au to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareTedesche@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoTo cripple a country that is actively supporting terrorists? Less oil revenue significantly hampers Iran’s ability to support terrorism around the Middle East.
minus-squareSlippiHUD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·3 months agoWhy is the president commenting about it to the news? And why is the President helping escalate to an even wider war? If the point was to limit the spread of conflict, I can’t imagine the US joining Isreal in opening more war-fronts will accomplish that goal.
minus-squareTedesche@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoThe point is that by directly attacking Israel, Iran already has opened that warfront.
To cripple a country that is actively supporting terrorists? Less oil revenue significantly hampers Iran’s ability to support terrorism around the Middle East.
Why is the president commenting about it to the news? And why is the President helping escalate to an even wider war?
If the point was to limit the spread of conflict, I can’t imagine the US joining Isreal in opening more war-fronts will accomplish that goal.
The point is that by directly attacking Israel, Iran already has opened that warfront.