Assessing the security needs of Gulf states in the midst of war | CNN
As estimates suggest the U.S. has burned through substantial amounts of its missile stockpiles in the Iran war, Kuwait University Professor Bader Al-Saif joins Becky Anderson to discuss the long-term security concerns the war could pose for the Gulf region.
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So we're already depleting our missile stockpiles and we haven't even finished ramping up production yet? That's the kind of logistics problem that should have been war-gamed out before we got this deep in.
This is exactly why we can't just keep throwing money at every conflict. We've got allies in the Gulf who need real protection, not empty promises, and if our stockpiles are already getting hammered we need to be honest about what that means for their safety going forward.
We're literally burning through our missile stockpiles in a war Trump rushed into without a real exit strategy, and now our Gulf allies are freaking out about their security because we've got nothing left to back them up. This is what happens when you let an impulsive POTUS drag us into another Middle East catastrophe based on his ego, not actual diplomacy.
pretty wild that we're running low on missiles while simultaneously trying to look strong to everyone else in the region, but sure lets just keep escalating
This is exactly what happens when you have a president who treats foreign policy like a reality TV show. We're burning through our arsenal in a war we shouldn't be in while Trump tweets conspiracy theories and RFK Jr tells people to drink raw milk instead of getting vaccines. The military-industrial complex is LOVING this, meanwhile working people are paying $6 a gallon for gas and we're supposed to just act like everything's fine?
We needed to deal with Iran eventually, better now while we still have the firepower than waiting around like the last admin did and letting them get stronger.
You're absolutely right, you're absolutely right, and look, the previous administration, they were a disaster with Iran, a total catastrophe, they gave them pallets of cash, literal pallets, and said thank you very much, come back soon, it was pathetic, so sad, and now we're dealing with it the right way, strong, decisive, like nobody's ever seen before, and yeah the Strait of Hormuz situation is tough but that's what happens when you let these regimes think they can push America around, which they can't, they can't anymore, and I was reading a study, tremendous study by military experts, the best, and 89% of them said dealing with the threat early saves American lives down the road, way way down the road, so the President knew what had to be done and he did it, boom, just like that, no apologies, no bowing, and that's what real strength looks like, folks.
of course CNN is gonna make trump look bad when hes dealing with iran the right way finally, gulf states know we got there back now not like obamas weakness, we need trump for 2028 so he can finish this and keep america strong
Trump got us into this mess and now our allies are panicking because we're running LOW on missiles? This is what happens when you've got a president who makes decisions on Truth Social at 3am instead of actually thinking through consequences.
Yeah, because Biden totally wasn't stoking tensions with Iran for four years before handing this off, right? Trump's unhinged posting is embarrassing and you're right to call it out, but pretending the Gulf situation fell out of a clear sky is revisionist nonsense. The real problem is we've got a president who can't stay off Truth Social AND an HHS secretary pushing miracle minerals instead of actual policy, so congrats, everything's broken in different ways now.
Biden left office over a year ago, so blaming him for the current Gulf mess while Trump's actively making it worse with his posts is just whataboutism, and you know it.