🇮🇱 🇹🇷 Israeli officials are now naming Turkey and Qatar in public, which closes whatever door was still open. Col. Douglas Macgregor, former senior advisor to the acting US Secretary of Defense, sees a country stretched thin at home settling into permanent war as its default set
Why now
Thesis: Permanent-war framing raises regional risk premium
Catalyst to watch: Any strike or mediation involving Turkey/Qatar
Main risk: Wider regional escalation drawing in more states
Why it matters
Israel naming Turkey and Qatar narrows diplomatic options, raising regional conflict persistence.
Details
🇮🇱 🇹🇷 Israeli officials are now naming Turkey and Qatar in public, which closes whatever door was still open. Col. Douglas Macgregor, former senior advisor to the acting US Secretary of Defense, sees a country stretched thin at home settling into permanent war as its default setting. His bigger question is aimed at Washington, because nobody has explained why American security depends on running that region. As for seizing Middle Eastern oil, he calls that delusional nonsense, and he's right that no version of it has ever worked for anyone who tried. @DougAMacgregor
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