collapse of US economy and war with Iran.
The US is bankrupt and needs an excuse for war and for people to accept deprivations. The Bolton firing was just cover for executing the plan. If the US gets involved while Bolton is in office, the optics are wrong because it would just look like another neo-con trick.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/14/saudi-arabia-is-shutting-down-half-of-its-oil-production-after-drone-attack-wsj-says.html
Now SA, Isreal, and the US have an excuse to attack Iran. Don't be surprised if we start sending troops to Iran. Don't be surprised if this was a false flag attack.
Other observations:
4ch.net is still down, so there's no unfiltered source of social media posts. Voat is still up, but if things go sideways, don't be surprised if it also gets taken down. The sources of information HAVE to be controlled in order for this attack to be turned into war.
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verboten ago
Neocons and Israel will use it to try to drag us into a war, they will tell us it's all Iran's fault. But they will have a hard time to tell us that it was a missile coming from Iran because it was not the first missile strike on SA - we have already seen Patriot systems in action in Riyadh in the news. There were already attacks on oil infrastructure deep in SA, the last one just a few days ago. The Houthis attack airports, oil infrastructure and military bases with different drones and missiles every day, and learn in the process how to deal with the Patriot systems. It was not the first time they have landed a direct hit. And Neocons and Israel will have a hard time to convince us that the missiles are shipped from Iran into Yemen - there are just too many of them and the Houthis are surrounded and have no port.
cm18 ago
Their claiming it was a drone attack. If I remember they're claiming it was from Yemen (supported by Iran).
verboten ago
The Houthis claim it was their drones (used to crash into the radar of the Patriot systems) and their cruse missiles (for the final blow, one was found crashed nearby in the desert). They do it almost every day, hitting airports, military bases and oil infrastructure deep in Saudi territory, so there is no reason not to believe them. But Pompeo and Israel are claiming now that it was two missiles directly fired from Iraq or Iran. They want to tell us that they have the smoking gun, that Iran has committed an act of war and that we have to invade now to stop them.