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The Pentagon has shifted combat command responsibility for operations involving Israel from the US European Command (EUCOM) to the US Central Command (CENTCOM).
This step has led Iranian officials to take a series of measures, including proceeding to more advanced stages in its nuclear development. This challenges the JCPOA nuclear deal, which provoked European leaders who, along with the US, have failed to honour their commitments since 2015. Furthermore, Iran has conducted missile, air and sea manoeuvres and has taken escalating steps with the “Axis of the Resistance” to confront the new US-Israeli joint military command. These steps make the Middle East more dangerous than ever and are a severe challenge for Joe Biden’s new US administration policies and actions.
Decision-makers in Iran explained that “integrating Israel under the Central Operations Command constitutes a direct threat to Iran.
That is why the “Axis of the Resistance” has concluded that any future war will not be between two countries and on the front line. In any coming war, the bombing is expected to take place at the heart of every city. This will be highly destructive, far more than in any previous war. Precision missiles are already directed at strategic targets in the bank of objectives. US-Israeli cooperation will not prevent damage from being inflicted on both sides despite their superiority and the abundance of fire and military capacity. Israel has 15,000 sites within its bank of objectives, and the “Axis of the Resistance” has thousands of US and Israeli sites targeted by its strategic precision missiles. Consequently, massive destruction is expected on both sides.
Finally, the display of Iran’s missile force in its recent naval and drones’ manoeuvres can be seen as a first response. It is a message from the Iranian leadership to this newly announced US-Israeli alliance.
Iran rebuffed the recent US announcement of sending the Nimitz aircraft carrier, whose Iranian missiles did not fall very far away from during its current missiles’ manoeuvres. The dispatching of four B- 52H bombers sent by the Pentagon to the Middle East was taken seriously because their missile payloads constitute a fraction of what the American military bases in the region possess. Also, these B-52H cannot fly over Iran for fear of being shot down.
In conclusion, it is understood that Iran and the US are sending intimidating messages to each other. This is obviously increasing tension in the Middle East, and the new US administration under President Joe Biden will need a miracle to de-escalate this level of stress.
I see another plane load of taxpayer money heading to Iran (or both)
originally posted by: mekhanics
a reply to: Gothmog
I see another plane load of taxpayer money heading to Iran (or both)
You can include Isreal too!
Source: U.S. Foreign Aid Obligations to Israel: 1946-2020
originally posted by: Gothmog
No country , other than the EU , trusts Biden.
Well , other than the Chinese and Iranians.
I see another plane load of taxpayer money heading to Iran (or both)
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: scraedtosleep
My comment has more to do with the different goals of trump and Biden in the Middle East.
Trump obviously wanted peace between nations and was responsible for several treaties.
Biden is escalating tensions so far.