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The Heat Is On: Options for Deterrence in the Middle East

J.E. Dyer
The Optimistic Conservative, Aug. 2, 2024

“Although there is no reason to expect the current U.S. administration, which for rhetorical convenience I will call “Petunia,” to take any effective action in the Middle East crises of 2024, there are actions the U.S. could take that would do some good.”

As usual, late-breaking news demands to be included in this article.  I’m not going to rewrite the piece to reflect any potential change in likelihood, this weekend, that a response to a major, concerted attack on Israel – and very possibly U.S. interests as well – may shortly be in order.  But the tea leaves seem to read that way.
Read this X post carefully.  The original post by Iran’s Khamenei was made on 3 October 2023, four days before 10/7.  But it was just pinned on Khamenei’s X account on 2 August 2024; today.

Breaking

Ayatollah Khamenei has just pinned this post to his Persian Twitter account.

It reads: “The Zionist regime is about to go.” pic.twitter.com/r19YDFsudI
— Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) August 2, 2024

I verified the contents of that alert here.

OK, this is defeating users, but it’s valid as posted by @ShelleyGldschmt
Orig Khamenei post was 3 Oct 2023, 4 days before 10/7. So, prior knowledge.
I just verified the Oct 2023 post is pinned at Khamenei’s FARSI account. (The one ending in _fa)

1/3https://t.co/ipOMPHxy7Y https://t.co/8LPejJRDkL pic.twitter.com/nlDzkTNn9Q
— J.E. Dyer ☘️ (@OptimisticCon) August 3, 2024

The 3 Oct 2023 post is NOT pinned at Khamenei’s English account. (Ending in _ir)
As of time of my posting this thread, the screen caps are 15-20 min old.
This should clarify the matter.
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