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TACO walks back his threats to bomb Iranian energy infrastructure (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think there is some limited truth in this.

I think what really happened is that Iran and the GCC countries had conversations, where Iran confirmed their position, and the GCC countries relayed to Trump that they will default on every single obligation they have to him personally, once their countries are made unlivable.

So in a way, there was a negotiation, just not directly.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Iran publicly stated they would bomb the surrounding infrastructure.

Iran has changed from their past muted responses with limited retaliation, to adopting a similar reaction as the aggressor. Their gas got bombed and Iran then bombed Qatari gas. Then they put out a statement saying they would bomb the region if they got bombed again and Trump walked it back

The only thing that works against the US hegemony is the fear of retaliation and Iran is showing they won't be bullied into submission.