by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
This week there has been a tremendous amount of speculation that a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities is imminent. Now it has happened. When I originally wrote this article, I thought that a military strike on Iran would not happen until after one last round of talks with the Iranians this weekend. Even though it was obvious that those talks would go nowhere, I thought that the U.S. and Israel would give the Iranians one last chance to make a deal. But that obviously did not materialize. The Jerusalem Post is reporting that air strikes on Iran have begun…
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The IDF has started to attack dozens of Iranian nuclear sites early on Friday morning.
Warning sirens have been set off to get the public ready for potential Iranian counterattacks of ballistic missiles on Israel.
It appears that the Trump administration was aware that something was about to happen.
In fact, “multiple sources” told CBS News that Israel was “fully ready” to hit Iran’s nuclear facilities…
U.S. officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran, multiple sources told CBS News.
The U.S. anticipates Iran could retaliate on certain American sites in neighboring Iraq. This is part of the reason the U.S. advised some Americans to leave the region earlier Wednesday. The State Department ordered non-emergency government officials to exit Iraq due to “heightened regional tensions,” and the Pentagon has authorized military family members to voluntarily leave locations throughout the Middle East, a defense official told CBS News.
Interestingly, “five sources” delivered the same message to NBC News…
Israel is considering taking military action against Iran, most likely without US support, in the coming days, five sources told NBC on Thursday.
This comes shortly after a CBS report in which multiple sources stated that Israel has told US officials that it is “fully ready to launch an operation into Iran.”
Iran’s military has begun drills earlier than planned to focus on “enemy movements,” state media reported later on Thursday afternoon.
Obviously the Trump administration felt that this was a message that needed to get out.
When President Trump was directly asked about the potential for a military strike on Iran, he had some very interesting things to say…
A reporter asked Mr. Trump Thursday if an Israeli strike on Iran is imminent. “Well, I don’t want to say imminent, but it looks like it’s something that could very well happen,” he said.
Mr. Trump spoke about Iran at an appearance at the Kennedy Center Wednesday evening, telling reporters Americans were advised to leave the region “because it could be a dangerous place, and we’ll see what happens.” Mr. Trump also reiterated the U.S. did not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, saying: “We’re not going to allow that.”
When asked at the White House why dependents of military personnel were allowed to voluntarily leave the region, Mr. Trump said, “You’ll have to see.”
Now the bombing of Iran has started, and nothing will ever be the same again.
So how will the Iranians react to all of this?
Obviously, Iran will strike back at Israel really hard.
During a briefing with a group of Republicans in the U.S. Senate last week, Steve Witkoff warned that Iran has the ability to cause “massive casualties and damage” inside Israel…
- Witkoff told the Senators that military strikes by Israel are on the table if no agreement is reached.
- He then brought up Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities. The U.S. is concerned Israel’s air defenses would not be able to handle an Iranian response involving hundreds of missiles, the sources said.
- Such an attack, Witkoff told the group, could cause massive casualties and damage.
- Witkoff also raised concerns about Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal during a speech in New York on Wednesday, calling it “as big of an existential threat” for Israel as Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
The Iranians have even threatened to hit Israel’s nuclear facilities if their own nuclear facilities are destroyed.
If Israel’s nuclear facilities were to get hit, Israel may feel compelled to use their really big weapons.
In addition to striking back against Israel, the Iranians have repeatedly warned that U.S. bases in the Middle East will be targeted…
If nuclear negotiations fail and conflict arises with the United States, Iran will strike American bases in the region, Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Wednesday.
“Some officials on the other side threaten conflict if negotiations don’t come to fruition. If a conflict is imposed on us… all US bases are within our reach and we will boldly target them in host countries,” Nasirzadeh said during a press conference.
If U.S. bases are getting hammered by Iranian missiles, President Trump will be forced to respond, and then we will be at war with Iran.
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