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PufPuf23

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4. USA destroyed our credibility in the Middle East.
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 08:41 PM
Sep 19

The USA had to have foreknowledge of the attack in Qatar as that is the location our largest Middle East military base and home of CENTCOM. Have read but cannot confirm that the Israeli jets that attacked Doha (location of CENTCOM) were refueled by Brit and USA tanker planes. Israel has no interest in an end to the war or would not have killed or tried to kill the mediators.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Central_Command

We cannot be trusted by our Gulf Arab allies and never will be trusted in our remaining lifetimes for good reason.

Israel is the most likely to use nukes as that is their stated, "Samson Option".

The USA does not control Israel. We are in a major bind including our own hubris.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

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