Recent content by Amonet

I don't know that it's that anyone's "supposed" to see Iran that way, I think it's more about lack of knowledge and faulty assumptions. I wish there was another way. I wish there could be certainty that this will turn out alright. I don't like the concept of regime change through bombs. I...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5lz0vgy52o Natural gas and oil prices rising in the UK. Article says oil now up to $82 a barrel. Natural gas, known in the UK simply as "gas", has risen more than 30%. Chart on page of gas prices showing they spiked from less than 50 pence per therm in...

https://www.flightradar24.com/ A lot more USAF planes seem to be going over there now. ETA I also see a Qatari air force plane showing up over Saudi. I don't know if there's been some relaxation of the transponders showing their positions that is just making it look like more activity? ETA 2...

Interesting analysis from Sky News UK https://news.sky.com/story/this-is-the-dilemma-trump-is-facing-as-war-with-iran-escalates-13514464 They make other points as well, including that they claim some gulf states are angry at being targeted by Iranian missiles and that might encourage them to...

Which is one reason why you do need a different regime in place and for Iran to become part of the world. Other countries in the Middle East have managed a transition to this, and Iran needs to move out of the 70s and into the future. Their people deserve better as well as all the potential...

Snipped by me for focus, This much seems reasonable to me. It doesn't seem to have such political Trump-focused aims. It doesn't even mention regime change, though I think that is a reasonable part of the aims inasmuch as it's the choices of the current regime, their decisions to facilitate...

There's a part of me that hopes they don't leave the job half done like in Iraq and Libya and.... A lot of criticism to this are totally legitimate imo. Some seem to be focusing on dislike of Trump as a president, which for me is irrelevant at this point, but no one would want things to end up...

It's possible that someone from Iran has reached out and others in the regime are denying that. Although it's also possible that the claim is an attempt to make it feel safer for anyone in the regime to reach out and potentially be part of a new government rather than be a target for a missile...

There is no simple sense to it all. As far as Iran is concerned Trump "says" it's all about the Iranian people. I believe he's actually wanting to dismantle their terror network apparatus that supports Hezbollah, Hamaz, Houthi rebels, has been supporting pro Assad, is sending drones and...

We're two days in. President Trump has suggested a timeline of four weeks. The US/Israel have also attacked the Revolutionary Guard, not just Khamenei. We don't know how much else might happen over the next days or weeks. We don't know if Iran will surrender and acquiesce to US demands. If...

I hope targets like this being included will help chances of the Iranian people being able to overthrow the government.

I support these desires for Iran. It does seem, though, they have nothing to do with how Iran treats its citizens, and in that sense the claims President Trump is making about this all being for the people of Iran might be a bit of an over-simplification? There are good reasons imho to rein in...

There are many people who are more left wing in the UK who swear the BBC is far too right wing. And there are people who are more right wing who say it's too left wing. To me these claims have much to do with perception. I think it might be best to just be cautious with any source and try to...

I think you're mostly right about this. But, even though I think they've been a bit misleading as to the reasons for this attack on Iran, I still come back to it being an overall positive to reduce its capabilities to arm terror groups in the middle east or further afield. I don't think Iran...

$70 to $73 sounds like a very minor increase to me. For a major event I'd expect at least $150. I realise the current low prices might not support $150, but even so, $3 is a tiny increase. If the strait of Hormuz is blocked for a week or more I would expect oil prices to go up quite a bit...