Mideast Retaliation Update — August 11, 2024

Locator: 48384MIDEAST.

Mideast: let's start the countdown --

• Friday, August 2, 2024: nothing
• Saturday, August 3, 2024: nothing
• Sunday, August 4, 2204: folks said "tonight" would be the night; nothing
• Monday, August 5, 2024: Trump says "tonight" will be the night. Nothing.
• Tuesday, August 6, 2024: twitter devoid of any incident in the Mideast overnight.
• Wednesday, August 7, 2024: Egypt tells airlines to avoid Tehran airspace Thursday morning (tomorrow morning) -- posted at August 7, 2024, 8:22 p.m. CDT, from the Drudge Report
• President of Iran asks (begs?) Supreme Leader not to go to war.
• Thursday, August 8, 2024: nothing
• Friday, August 9, 2024: nothing. Iran says Hezbollah will have to go it alone
• Iran: now suggests it will go after those who assassinated the terrorist leaders; won't attack Israel
• consensus is Iran does not have the resources to attack Israel; "can't afford a war";
  
• F-22s arrive in the Mideast; roost at undisclosed location (Kuwait?); location / number not released
  
• wow, how I wish was still active duty -- thirty years with the F-15 -- never got old
  
• Saturday, August 10, 2024: nothing.
• Sunday, August 11, 2024: Iran delays indefinitely. Internal discussions between Hezbollah and Iran, but also with Hamas, no doubt.
• Monday, August 12, 2024: Iran to attack within three days — Israel IDF.