Middle East Conflict: Summary of Events on March 21 — Iran's Missile Strike Reaches 4,000 Kilometers……

From a global perspective, yesterday's news was probably the most important. And its impact is not limited to the region; it first concerns Europe, the potential risk of Europe being drawn into the war. Iran launched an attack on Diego Garcia Atoll, indicating that its missile range has significantly increased. Therefore, its potential strike range now covers not only the entire Middle East but also much of Europe. Whether the missiles are Iranian or… North Korean, it doesn't matter.

Why don't I rule out the latter possibility? The reason is that Kim Jong-un holds a nuclear stick, and in fact has a treaty of alliance with Russia, he doesn't care about America's opinion, nor that of the entire "international community." He and his country are in an untouchable position, thus they can pursue a more active foreign policy, more precisely an economic policy. And his previous seemingly insignificant statement — that he is ready to provide missiles to Iran — may finally not be empty talk. Moreover, the means to transport missiles to Iran (more accurately, to assemble them within Iran) exist.

On this point, I will write a separate article later, but for now we just need to confirm: This possibility exists!!!

And even "heaven" is giving him permission to sell missiles to Iran, let alone these missiles will be used for their original design purpose — to strike American allies and U.S. military bases. Furthermore, North Korea is the most convenient channel for providing any military aid to Iran (even if such aid is ordered and funded by China or Russia).

But regardless, the attack has already occurred, which is a given fact. The strike distance exceeds 4,000 kilometers. I repeat again, this greatly changes the strategic situation of the war and the capability of Iran to retaliate.

I think the second major news from the Middle East battlefield yesterday was the missile strike on the Israeli city of Dimona — the core location of Israel's nuclear program. Obviously, this is a retaliation for Israel's attack on Bushehr (the site of the Russian-built Iranian nuclear power plant).

However, at present, the precise targeting of Israel's nuclear reactor is clearly not on the agenda. I reiterate: It is not on the agenda yet!!! But this missile attack successfully broke through Israel's anti-missile defense system, which is a very dangerous signal for the Israelis.

There is no room for saving on anti-missile defense. The nuclear reactor in Dimona is a key security target, and Israel's anti-missile system should have provided the highest level of protection for it. This successful attack will also make Netanyahu think negatively.

After this attack, Iran immediately announced that it has completely controlled the Israeli airspace and can carry out precise strikes on any target within its territory, and the attack on Dimona is proof of this.

Under this context, Trump's statement (more accurately, a threat) seems both foolish and powerless: He threatened that if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz, he would strike Iran's energy facilities within 48 hours.

Trump's move has exposed his weakness and previous lies. Since he demands Iran to open the strait, it indicates that the strait has been closed (not opened as he previously claimed, even a complete fool could see that). If it's a "request" for Iran to open it, it shows that he is unable to force his way through the strait by force.

The Iranians' response is reasonable. They said "no" to Trump (referring to the American social platform X), and stated that they are ready to deal with such escalation, and (to the terror of local princes and emirs) promised to destroy all energy, oil extraction, and processing facilities in the Gulf states, as well as data centers and desalination plants. And the case of Qatar has already proven that Iran is fully capable of doing so.

In fact, this is exactly... what Israel needs. Therefore, I don't think this is just a theoretical assumption. Recent events show that whenever Netanyahu wants something, he always gets it from Trump.

That's my observation of the situation in the Middle East on March 21...

Original: toutiao.com/article/7619984863944278564/

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