larry johnson brings us news from the gulf; 

 

Late Monday afternoon in Florida, I learned that there was a large movement of KC-135s over the Arabian Peninsula. This movement was consistent with air-refueling operations for US combat aircraft. I also learned that the US was “spinning up,” which is military slang for going hot. I fully expected air strikes to commence inside Iran early Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, Iran hit the UAE’s oil terminal at Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman — a facility that the Emiratis have used to partially circumvent Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. I believe this was Iran’s way of voicing its displeasure with the UAE openly siding with Israel. Worth noting that Israel supplied the UAE with an Iron Dome system that utterly failed to stop the Iranian attack.............more...........