Trita Parsi says that strike shoved Riyadh into a fight it can’t finish cleanly, and the course it’s on now only makes things worse:
“It’s not only not realistic, it’s dangerous. It’s undermining Saudi Arabia’s own interest and security.”
With the Houthis going nowhere, how long before Riyadh has to pick between a deal it hates and a war it can’t win?
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Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)🇮🇷 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 A third round of the Iran war could go after desalination plants and undersea internet cables from day one.
Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, says round two ended up looking just like round one, and round three is shaping up the same way, except Israel is now pushing to hit energy sites, water plants and the cables under the Gulf right out of the gate.
Those threats tend to get carried out:
“When it comes to these military threats, they’ve acted on most of them, to the best of my knowledge.”
Those cables run through the whole Gulf, so cutting them would knock Iran’s neighbors offline right alongside Iran.
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— https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2112395084909932850
