The Daily Populous Friday October 4th, 2024 night edition
Authored by bbc.com and submitted by Class_of_22

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seen-in-the-skylight on October 3rd, 2024 at 19:39 UTC »

One other element to consider: rising oil prices are good for Russia, who desperately needs the revenue right now. One of a few reasons this would be bad for the West.

Linny911 on October 3rd, 2024 at 18:50 UTC »

Should target military bases and their Mossad equivalent HQ as a turnabout, be proportionate and use only 200 missiles so there's less bellyaching about being disproportionate.

Class_of_22 on October 3rd, 2024 at 18:01 UTC »

From Biden’s comments about the oil facilities, it seems like the U.S. government is not likely to support a strike by Israel on Iran’s oil facilities, nor is it advised.

So I’m guessing that Biden will tell Israel not to do it, and instead go for the air defense.