Gulf States Call on U.S. to Crush Iran’s Ability to Harm Them
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
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| 0:31.3 | Gulf officials say they want the U.S. to keep up the fight against Iran in order to render it |
| 0:36.3 | incapable of future attacks. |
| 0:38.9 | Speaking to the journal, Emirati and Qatari officials described Iran as the belligerent party, |
| 0:44.4 | citing its attacks on infrastructure and civilian targets, |
| 0:47.7 | while another senior Gulf official said the only acceptable outcome of the war would be in Iran |
| 0:52.3 | so enfeebled it could never imperil its neighbors again. |
| 0:56.5 | Iranian leaders in recent days, meanwhile, have said they would only accept a ceasefire if the country |
| 1:01.7 | received reparations and ironclad guarantees against future attacks. |
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