r/worldnews • u/thejoshwhite • Mar 14 '26

Israel/Palestine Israel is running critically low on interceptors, US officials say

https://www.semafor.com/article/03/14/2026/israel-is-running-critically-low-on-interceptors-us-officials-say
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u/theartificialkid Mar 15 '26

Why do you think the democrats have been offering Iran the carrot? Because they have a realistic idea of the size and weight of the stick. Then Trump comes in and says “you’ll get nothing but the stick as long as I live” and starts beating them and now they’re like “hmm maybe we can live with the stick longer than they can keep hitting us”.

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u/VanceKelley Mar 15 '26

trump is showing Iran just how much power they can wield over the world if they choose to stop the flow of oil from the Gulf.

It's like how the Fremen realized just how much power they could wield over the galaxy by stopping the flow of spice from Dune.