the level of denial, in the #gulf "political elite" that are interviewed in media, is really staggering. an "strategic expert in Iranian issues", when asked if gulf counties will intervene militarily against #iran, he said "no, they will maintain strategic restraint because why should they get involved with regime that is effectively a dead corpse aka iran". in unrelated news, yesterday #iran hit #saudiarabia #sabic company (4th largest chemical manufacturing company)