It is assuring to learn that, in their ongoing joint offensives against the current radical Iranian regime, the United States and Israel have established an edge over their opponent. They have eliminated a lot of the Iranian leadership, strategic targets, Revolutionary Guards command centers, missile sites and nuclear facilities. One, however, is not sure when the radical regime would vanish and the atmosphere of peace and progress flourish in Iran and the Middle East.

Reports are that the post-Ayatollah Ali Khamenei regime in Iran is all set to retaliate against the US, Israel and all their assets in the region. The Gulf states lie within range of Iranian missiles and drones. Iran intends to target their critical infrastructure – including oil facilities, desalination plants, ports and financial hubs.

The Iranian regime may also be laying mines in the crucial Strait of Hormuz to use it as a leverage to tilt the war in its favor.  It may be calculating that a large portion of global oil and liquefied natural gas exports passes through the Strait. By establishing its mastery over the Strait, it could dictate its terms to other states in the region.

Ironically, there is hardly any consensus across the democratic world as to how they would contribute to subduing the clerical regime in Iran. Indications are they are hardly affirmative about their support.  Democratic Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been openly acting against them. In  September 2025 , Sánchez announced a total arms embargo on Israel—banning all exports and imports of defense equipment and dual-use technology—and prohibited ships or aircraft carrying fuel or military material for Israel from using Spanish ports or airspace.

Also, some of the Gulf Cooperation Council states, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, which have long perceived in radical Shiite Iran a threat to their existence, are being reluctant to back the US and Israel-led offensives against the Iranian regime. Some of the GCC leaders are said to be thinking that the United States is already having significant military capabilities to decimate the Iranian military power and as such there is no point for them to intervene in the matter.

One thinks the GCC states would better join the US and Israel and confront Tehran.  This would be in the interest of both the US and the Gulf Council states.  After what happened to the USA in Iraq and Afghanistan in the recent decades, American public opinion is skeptical about the country’s large-scale military involvement in the region. By joining the US offensive against Iran, the Gulf states could impart Washington some moral justification to its action against the evil regime.

The Gulf states ought to bear in mind that no meaningful dialogue between them and radical Shiite Iran is possible today. The approach of post- 1979 Iran towards the world and the Gulf states has been revolutionary, not evolutionary. The Gulf states would do well to take appropriate measures to defend themselves against Iran.

One thinks the United Kingdom can be of great help to the Washington and Jerusalem in their war against radical Iran. The UK is believed to have autonomous de-mining systems in the region. It could press them in service, if needed, to bail out the US and Israeli forces in the region.

Please follow Blitz on Google News Channel

© Blitz