My parents and I left our home in the Gulf on Friday evening to visit family in Switzerland for my birthday last week. We were supposed to return today, but the airspace there is now closed. Do you think things will go back to business as usual soon?

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    17 hours ago

    Not likely this time.

    Previously both sides would fire missiles for a few rounds, pretend to have won something and go back to strongly worded statements. This time the US insists on the regime change in Iran. So the Iranian leadership feels like they’re fighting for their lives. Because they are.

    I’m just catching up on the news but it seems to me Iran knows they can’t really meaningfully hit Israel. So they’re going to try dragging Gulf countries into the war. They’re close, easy to hit and full of rich people who are influential with the US. And have no serious military capacity (except maybe Saudis).

    Whether it works we’ll find out in a few days I think.