Although Iran's military retaliation against Israel has been repeatedly postponed, everything is unresolved, and all dangerous situations will arise at any time. Iran has just released a video of the prospect of "striking targets in Israel" again, which means that the country is ready to launch an attack at any time. At the critical moment, the attitude of the Western camp was surprisingly unanimous, and Britain and France successively warned Tehran through diplomatic channels not to attack Israel. Compared with these two countries, the attitude of the United States has attracted more attention from the international community. And the attitude of the United States is indeed tougher.
U.S. President Joe Biden publicly warned Iran on April 12 against retaliatory strikes against Israel. The US president said: we will support Israel and will help Israel defend itself, Iran will not win. Earlier, a U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal that U.S. intelligence showed that Iran would launch a retaliatory attack within days, targeting "potentially Israeli territory" rather than Israeli interests elsewhere. The official said the attack could take place in the next 24 to 48 hours. Israel is preparing for an attack in the south or north of the country.
The U.S. statement means that if Iran attacks, U.S. forces in the Middle East will respond to protect Israel's allies. In terms of defense, US Defense Department officials said that the US Navy is urgently sending at least two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers and several other ships to positions off the coast of Israel and in the northern Red Sea in order to provide anti-missile air defense umbrellas. These US anti-missile destroyers have the ability to intercept and destroy Iranian missiles in the flight phase.
F-22 fighters inside Udeid airbase
B-1B bombers deployed by the US military at Al Udeid airbase in Qatar
In terms of punitive counterattacks, the more than 100 US military bases in the Middle East are the basis for the US military to launch a large-scale counterattack. At these US military bases in the Middle East, hundreds of fighter jets, strategic bombers, as well as destroyers and attack nuclear submarines capable of launching cruise missiles are deployed. With a big war imminent, what the United States is most worried about is whether its allies in the Middle East will be able to unite with its enemies, and facts have proven that the United States has fallen into isolation at a critical moment.
Turkey's Ingirlik airbase has a stockpile of tactical nuclear weapons
On April 12, three important U.S. allies in the Middle East informed the U.S. that the U.S. military must not use bases in its territory to attack Iran. The three countries are, Qatar, Kuwait and Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed the United States that the United States would not be allowed to use Turkish airspace to attack Iran. Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base is one of the largest overseas bases of the US military, stationed with B-52 and B-1B strategic bombers, as well as F-22 "Raptor" stealth fighters, and Turkey's Ingirlik Air Base, which is not only an important US air base in the Middle East, but also stores tactical nuclear weapons. Therefore, the embarrassment and embarrassment of the United States at this time can be imagined.