Sunday marks one year since killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Defense officials are at odds over whether Tehran’s threats are exaggerated or presage an attack in near the end of Trump's administration
The Saudi-led coalition has cleared four fuel ships to dock at Yemen s Red Sea port of Hodeidah, two sources familiar.
Second, said Erdemir, Erdoğan wants “to disrupt the growing energy cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean, which has deepened Ankara’s diplomatic isolation in the region.”
“Erdoğan, however, has a difficult time hiding his deeply ingrained anti-Israeli sentiments and failed to articulate a credible message as part of his tactical outreach so far,” he added. “It is difficult to imagine any mainstream Israeli politician taking Erdoğan’s offer seriously as long as Turkey continues to be the most important Hamas base outside Gaza.”
There is little prospect for success and little appetite for paying the costs necessary to succeed.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Regime change might work, but there’s little good reason to believe the chances of such are high. A war would incur serious costs on Iran, but would also commit the United States to the destruction of the Islamic Republic, a process that could take decades, if it succeeds at all.
The Trump administration appears ready to decertify Iranian compliance with the the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), despite a lack of evidence of Iranian violations. For critics of the JCPOA, this represents a move in the right direction; the goal of U.S. policy should be the end of the Islamic Republic and the overthrow of the existing regime in Tehran. As long as this regime exists, no matter how constrained it is by bilateral and multilateral agreements, it will seek to undermine the stability of the established order in the Middle East through overt and c
Suleimani strike not the military game-changer America wanted
A year after killing top general, Pentagon still regards Iran as potent foe in Middle East
Iran s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (front) leading a prayer over the caskets of Qassem Suleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis at Tehran University in the Iranian capital. AFP
Army cadets attend a funeral ceremony for Qassem Suleimani, shown in posters, and his comrades at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in Tehran. AP
Mourners gather to pay homage to top Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani, after he was killed in a US strike in Baghdad, in the capital Tehran. AFP
“We’ve had significant challenges introducing the ship to the fleet, successfully operating the ship, [and] ensuring it meets the minimum mission capabilities we desire,” said retired Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, now a senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
For the Navy, a system-wide design flaw for the LCS project would represent another misstep in what’s been a draining period of logistical nightmares, public relations missteps and political controversies. The service also is bracing for a leadership change as the Biden administration comes to power in January, and the high likelihood of flat defense budgets moving forward may mean less tolerance for any kind of cost overruns or mismanagement.