US Urges UAE to Join War Against Iran, Including Seizing Persian Gulf Islands
๐ฆ๐ช GULF โ Washington is now asking a Gulf monarchy to do what CENTCOM hasn't done yet. ๐ LOOK CLOSER: Encouraging UAE to seize Iranian islands โ Abu Musa, Tunbs โ would open a second kinetic front and hand Tehran a justification to exit all remaining talks. For Abu Dhabi, the ask carries existential risk: Iranian retaliation against UAE soil, not US bases. Washington gets deniability; UAE absorbs the blowback.