• Foni@piefed.zip
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    12 hours ago

    That would imply that the US would dismantle its bases throughout the region so that the Gulf countries would align themselves with Iran. Even if something like that could happen (doubtful), it couldn’t happen quickly or under bombardment. US companies wouldn’t maintain investments under those circumstances either, and the problem is the reverse investment, from the Gulf to the US.

    P.S.: I’m not American, I had to look up half of those initials

    • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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      7 hours ago

      That would imply that the US would dismantle its bases throughout the region so that the Gulf countries would align themselves with Iran.

      An option that the US has to compensating Iran in exchange for peace, and then US paying for world peace, while keeping GCC control, is to just withdraw and try to pay, be nice to GCC, to keep them under their control umbrella with hope of returning to bases for new attacks on Iran. This cannot work, because Iran would stay angry at them. US bases are destroyed, and require repair $. Trump just proposed a 2027 budget with $600B increase in defense spending, 10% cut to social/health services, and $200B extra Iran war costs. Before the war, Dems wanted last healthcare cuts removed to reopen government.

      There is a genuine threat to automatic Israel reparations funding, and if GCC are practical towards Iran cooperation, then Trump and repbulicans will spite them, and Dems may promote fewer health/social cuts instead of strenthening the absolute failure of a “US protection contract” for these nations. GCC would need to continue being Israel/US colony voluntarily sacrificing themselves to Iran superiority, instead of being practical. Their biggest customer, China, can assist in making them more practical in friendship with Iran and China.