{"id":692484,"date":"2026-03-16T20:06:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=692484"},"modified":"2026-03-16T20:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:06:51","slug":"gulf-states-press-us-to-neutralise-iran-for-good-as-hormuz-crisis-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=692484","title":{"rendered":"Gulf states press US to neutralise Iran for good as Hormuz crisis deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Gulf Arab states did not ask the U.S. to go to war with Iran, but many are now urging it not to stop short by leaving the Islamic Republic still able to threaten the Gulf\u2019s oil lifeline and the economies that depend on it. <em>&#8220;There is ?a wide feeling across the Gulf that Iran has crossed every red line with every Gulf country,\u201d<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cAt first we defended them and opposed the war,\u201d he said. \u201cBut once they began directing strikes at us, they became ?an enemy. There is no other way to classify them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Gulf leaders, inaction is now the greater risk.\u00a0The effect of Iran\u2019s attacks this month goes far beyond specific material damage, not only disrupting oil flows but damaging a hard-won image of stability and security that has underpinned Gulf countries&#8217; attempts to expand trade and tourism and rely less on fossil fuel exports.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;If the Americans pull out before the task is complete, we\u2019ll be left to confront Iran on our ?own,\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/analysis-gulf-states-press-us-212508833.html\">https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/analysis-gulf-states-press-us-212508833.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a WAR zone &#8211; FOG OF WAR rules always apply<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gulf Arab states did not ask the U.S. to go to war with Iran, but many are now urging it not to stop short by leaving the Islamic Republic still able to threaten the Gulf\u2019s oil lifeline and the economies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=692484\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-692484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=692484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692485,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692484\/revisions\/692485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=692484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=692484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=692484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}