{"id":5721,"date":"2024-02-16T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5721"},"modified":"2024-02-22T22:21:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T04:21:38","slug":"5721","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/02\/16\/5721\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a blog about Iran, and how it chooses not to act as a normal country.\u00a0 Two of the pressure points it faces are of course the U.S. and Israel.\u00a0 So, if it was the USG that decided to betray Israel\u2019s pressure against Iran (regarding the facts of this story), that is dastardly.\u00a0 \u201cIsrael Was Behind Attacks on Major Gas Pipelines in Iran, Officials Say,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 2-16-24.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s the troubling quote from Western officials (notice how the NYT doesn\u2019t describe them but also describes them at the same time, one of these could be Jake Sullivan himself\u2014\u201cIsrael carried out covert attacks on two major natural gas pipelines inside Iran this week, disrupting the flow of heat and cooking gas to provinces with millions of people, according to two Western officials and a military strategist affiliated with Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards Corps.\u201d\u00a0 And \u201cThe Western officials said Israel also caused a separate blast on Thursday inside a chemical factory on the outskirts of Tehran that rattled a neighborhood and sent plumes of smoke and fire into the air.\u201d\u00a0 Who is authorizing these releases?\u00a0 Pres. Biden himself?\u00a0 It would seem to go the highest officials since the relationship with Israel is so important, and the threat from Iran so striking.\u00a0 But why not let Iran figure out on its own who did it? — \u201cEnergy experts estimated that the attacks on the pipelines, which each run for about 1,200 kilometers or 800 miles and carry 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day, knocked out about 15 percent of Iran\u2019s daily natural gas production, making them particularly sweeping assaults on the country\u2019s critical infrastructure.\u201d\u00a0 Is the U.S. trying to control how Israel defends itself?\u00a0 Is the U.S. trying to control how Israel approaches the peace deal with Hamas and the PA and with Arab states that SArabia as proposed?\u00a0 Iran is the real danger, not Israel.\u00a0 If we want Iran to act as a normal country, then the U.S. needs to do likewise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Insists On Its Right To Block Borders With Afghanistan,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 2-16-24.\u00a0\u00a0A mighty big, expensive venture.\u00a0 Won\u2019t happen.\u00a0 May be built in a few places.\u00a0 \u201cIran intends to close its land borders,\u201d<\/a> Azer News, 2-16-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cUS Cyberattack Hit 2 Iranian Military Ships in Red Sea,\u201d<\/a> VOA, 2-16-24.\u00a0\u00a0Two ships, not one\u2014\u201cA source with knowledge of the cyberattack said an Iranian frigate was also targeted.\u201d\u00a0 Another interesting point\u2014\u201cA U.S. drone strike on February 7 in Baghdad killed a Kataib Hezbollah commander who the U.S. said was \u2018responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on U.S. forces in the region.\u2019\u00a0 There has not been an attack on U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria or Jordan since February 4, according to the Pentagon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a blog about Iran, and how it chooses not to act as a normal country.\u00a0 Two of the pressure points it faces are of course the U.S. and Israel.\u00a0 So, if it was the USG that decided to betray Israel\u2019s pressure against Iran (regarding the facts of this story), that is dastardly.\u00a0 \u201cIsrael … <\/p>\n

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