Trump's Mother of all gifts to the Arab and Muslim states

This war will possibly change forever the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, long dominated by the USA with multiple military bases in the region. It could even destroy the US$ hegemony when Middle East oil exporters start selling their oil also in other currencies other than US$, if and when the umbilical cord that links to the USA is cut.

The most important outcome of this war must be that Iran will now openly and officially control the Straits of Hormuz and the resultant oil trade in the Middle East. This must be the 'mother of all gifts' for Iran resulting from the war against the USA and Israel. Call it a blessing in disguise if you will.

Furthermore, it is going to change the mindset of the Gulf countries, having realized that the USA is unable to protect their infrastructures, a myth that they had always been led to believe in for decades. In fact, that myth had already been exposed years ago, when the Houthis attacked a Saudi oil installation using crude rockets which the Patriot interceptors were unable to respond. The irony is that the incident had never been capitalized by others to silence the effectiveness of those Patriot interceptors, and the incident was just quietly swept under the rug. How to when US$ millions or even billions had already been invested in those air defense interceptors

Now the USA air defense myth had been destroyed by Iran and widely exposed. Reports that the Gulf countries are planning to form a collective military umbrella to protect themselves have emerged, the same as the Europeans now moving in the same direction. That is going to change the whole global outlook that had always been fixated on USA military domination to protect them against, should I say, imaginary enemies all along. It is a big issue: a mountain of an issue, being deceptively being watered down into a molehill, but the reality is there for them to see and ponder about. It will result in countries asking about the effectiveness of those Patriot and THAAD interceptors. The bigger question must be about the suspicion of kill switches being applied, as happened in Qatar when Israeli drones were able to target Hamas leaders holding a peace meeting in Qatar regarding the war in Gaza. Qatar was gloated to be very well covered by USA missile defense umbrella, yet unable to deploy them against Israeli drones. Why is that so?


Anonymous