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“I didn’t have to fire a missile.” - President Obama on Iran.
That’s right, Mr. President. You didn’t.
Not when Iran-backed militias in Iraq killed American service persons there.
Not as the IRGC deepened ties with the Taliban (but also al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network) as it killed Americans in Afghanistan.
Not when the IRGC-QF plotted to kill the Saudi Ambassador to Washington in a Georgetown restaurant via Mexican drug cartels
Not as Iran began enriching uranium to 20 percent purity, which is highly enriched.
Not as Iran began enriching uranium in centrifuges in its highly fortified underground Fordow facility for the first time.
Not as Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz.
Not as IRGC-Navy fast attack craft routinely harassed American Navy vessels and commercial traffic in and around the Persian Gulf.
Not as Iran tested medium range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear payloads with genocidal phrases against Israel written in Hebrew.
Not as Iran continued to work on space launch vehicles with the ultimate goal of developing longer-range strike platforms that could one day threaten the European continent and the US homeland.
Not as Iran beefed up its drone program.
Not as the regime successfully co-opted the Houthis in Yemen and began to provide them with material support as the group entered the Axis of Resistance.
Not as the Islamic Republic backed Assad’s slaughter of Syrians to the hilt and intervened decisively, later along with Russia, in that theater and created a security and humanitarian catastrophe I the Middle East and refugee crises that has thrown a massive curveball into European politics and demographics.
And last but certainly not least, not as Iranians whose calls for support you ignored during the Green Movement were killed, arrested, beaten, and tortured.
That’s right, Mr. President. You didn’t.
Not when Iran-backed militias in Iraq killed American service persons there.
Not as the IRGC deepened ties with the Taliban (but also al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network) as it killed Americans in Afghanistan.
Not when the IRGC-QF plotted to kill the Saudi Ambassador to Washington in a Georgetown restaurant via Mexican drug cartels
Not as Iran began enriching uranium to 20 percent purity, which is highly enriched.
Not as Iran began enriching uranium in centrifuges in its highly fortified underground Fordow facility for the first time.
Not as Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz.
Not as IRGC-Navy fast attack craft routinely harassed American Navy vessels and commercial traffic in and around the Persian Gulf.
Not as Iran tested medium range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear payloads with genocidal phrases against Israel written in Hebrew.
Not as Iran continued to work on space launch vehicles with the ultimate goal of developing longer-range strike platforms that could one day threaten the European continent and the US homeland.
Not as Iran beefed up its drone program.
Not as the regime successfully co-opted the Houthis in Yemen and began to provide them with material support as the group entered the Axis of Resistance.
Not as the Islamic Republic backed Assad’s slaughter of Syrians to the hilt and intervened decisively, later along with Russia, in that theater and created a security and humanitarian catastrophe I the Middle East and refugee crises that has thrown a massive curveball into European politics and demographics.
And last but certainly not least, not as Iranians whose calls for support you ignored during the Green Movement were killed, arrested, beaten, and tortured.
Former US President Barack Obama accused President Donald Trump of launching an unnecessary war with Iran that had left Tehran in a stronger strategic position, killed American troops and pushed up prices.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Michigan on Saturday, Obama challenged aims of victory, saying the conflict had exposed US allies and bases to attacks while giving Iran greater control over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
“The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions,” Obama said. “The most important of which was he decided to start an unnecessary war nobody asked for and nobody voted for.”
He contrasted Trump’s decision to go to war with his own administration’s nuclear diplomacy, saying Iran did not possess nuclear weapons and that the 2015 agreement reached during his presidency had curbed its nuclear program.
“I didn’t have to fire a missile. I engaged in diplomacy,” Obama said.
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Jonathan Schanzer retweeted
How does the munitions shortage affect America's warfighting capability?
@RyanBrobst_, deputy director of @FDD_CMPP, unpacks the implications on the FDD Morning Brief with @JSchanzer.
Full episode: bit.ly/48g2Yc5
@RyanBrobst_, deputy director of @FDD_CMPP, unpacks the implications on the FDD Morning Brief with @JSchanzer.
Full episode: bit.ly/48g2Yc5
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Fair to ask: was this alliance structure created to defend Saudi Arabia from attacks by Iran and the Houthis, or is the primary goal to pillory Israel on a near-daily basis?
BREAKING: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan release statement saying 'Israeli occupation is the main source of instability in the region'
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Nobody wants this
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Jonathan Schanzer retweeted
Mines, AI, and Missiles
Great @FDD Morning Brief conversation between @JSchanzer and @FDD_CMPP Deputy Director @RyanBrobst_
youtube.com/watch?v=5pM1Zi…
Great @FDD Morning Brief conversation between @JSchanzer and @FDD_CMPP Deputy Director @RyanBrobst_
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Would Israel be better offwithout American aid?
Ambassador @DrMichaelOren and I recently debated this exact topic at the @92ndStreetY.
Join the debate in the comments!
@SapirJournal
Ambassador @DrMichaelOren and I recently debated this exact topic at the @92ndStreetY.
Join the debate in the comments!
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The Iran war is exposing America’s military gaps — from minesweepers to air defense. @RyanBrobst_ joins me on today’s @FDD Morning Brief to break down what the battlefield is teaching us. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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France is burning and the French military is doing simulations after the French president traveled to the Middle East. Like there’s no crisis at all.
🔴 BREAKING: French, British air forces stage first joint nuclear strike simulation exercise
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Isn’t that what the regime is already doing?
Iran’s message is stark: If the U.S. and Israel restart their air campaign, Tehran will respond with strikes not only on American bases and warships but on airports, pipelines and other civilian targets in the neighboring countries of the Persian Gulf. on.wsj.com/4zP83nD
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Tehran and Moscow are propping up each other's wars.
👀 Catch the full episode of the @FDD Morning Brief: bit.ly/4yFxkzQ
👀 Catch the full episode of the @FDD Morning Brief: bit.ly/4yFxkzQ
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Jonathan Schanzer retweeted
"Qatar says it doesn't support the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood disagrees."
From my recent appearance on FDD's Morning Brief with @JSchanzer
From my recent appearance on FDD's Morning Brief with @JSchanzer
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Jonathan Schanzer retweeted
LISTEN: Our friends @continetti of the @WSJ and @JSchanzer of @FDD join us today to discuss Saudi Arabia’s Houthi bind, the possibility of the entire region being dragged into the conflict, the controversy over the shutdown of Starshield, which limited Ukraine’s ability to strike Russia, and the possibility of renewed Israeli/American offensives on Iran.
Plus, more election talk, and Matt recommends The Strategist by Eliot A. Cohen.
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Plus, more election talk, and Matt recommends The Strategist by Eliot A. Cohen.
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Good news. Operation Economic Outcast is doing what it was designed to do. wsj.com/world/middle-e…
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Israeli jets flew to Iran’s border; a bid to rile Tehran or deter it?
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Jonathan Schanzer retweeted
A foreign bank with Iran as its third-largest shareholder has given over $17 million to at least 50 Islamic private K-12 schools in the United States. Along with these grants, the Islamic Development Bank works with the largest Islamic K-12 school accreditation organization in the U.S., the Council of Islamic Schools based in North America (CISNA).
🏫 America’s primary and secondary schools have become targets of foreign influence campaigns.
Over $10M in QFI grants have reached nearly two dozen school districts, mainly supporting Arabic language and culture instruction.
@76brandy76, @JenRichmond & @SimoneJWei dive into how tion system is vulnerable to foreign influence: fdd.org/analysis/forei…
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Here we go again
BREAKING: Washington has ordered all US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, a diplomatic source told @AFP
The families of embassy staff were also ordered to leave the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain.
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Jonathan Schanzer retweeted
Qatar says it doesn’t support the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood says otherwise.
On the FDD Morning Brief @EFischberger joins @JSchanzer to unpack how Doha backs the Brotherhood’s religious authority — the same body issuing fatwas calling for jihad against Israel ://t.co/tfYrT7mhfp
On the FDD Morning Brief @EFischberger joins @JSchanzer to unpack how Doha backs the Brotherhood’s religious authority — the same body issuing fatwas calling for jihad against Israel ://t.co/tfYrT7mhfp
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