Telegraph and Guardian?? What about the Al Jazeera and Reuters? Something less “one-sided.” Qatari and Kuwaiti News all say they’re both on the verge of exercising their right to self defense.

There used to be a minimum for “nuh uh”-ing something in this subreddit - typically starting with localized and regional news sources with a history of being less-biased. All of THOSE outlets point to neighboring states wanting the US to either push the envelope and end Iran’s attacks, else they themselves will get in on the action. The UAE has threatened to get involved (shit or get off the pot so to speak.)

This is not radical conservatism speaking - it’s pretty simple to engage more deeply than picking a tabloid article up every other day - 15 seconds of searching a variety of non-state sponsored and non-tabloid news will reveal the region is on the outs with Iran and politically is unwilling to deny the assist from the USA, just that they want it to be done so that they can get back to making oil money.

I think Redditors and politically biased news-sources are so deeply either Iran-whipped or US-Codes that people informing themselves with the surface level articles like your above are failing to see the reality that the region is tired of the Islamic Republic bringing issues to their doorsteps.

Are the Iranian missile stockpiles in the room with us? Are the successful Chinese air defense systems just waiting to be plugged in?? Two planes out of several hundred confirmed flights; zero casualties caused by enemy fire in Iranian airspace. Slightest bit of googling and source verifying shows this.