The earlier threat, Trump's most extreme rhetoric since the Iran war started, sparked a wave of Democratic denunciations but was met with mostly silence from top Republicans.
Yes I wrote desperate above, it should really have been desperate and insane.
If USA chooses to put boots on the ground, I am 99% confident it will go very badly for USA, and I am also confident the US generals know that too. If USA put boots on the ground I bet it’s because they are ordered to by the administration, against the advise of military experts. Usually when USA does that, they have complete air supremacy, and they have way more troops than what AFAIK is available ATM. I also think USA lacks defenses against FPV drones and maybe even artillery fire, and that would probably be the most logical responses from Iran. In previous wars where USA has been very successful, that was all taken out before land troops were applied.
This is an asymmetric war, and I don’t think there is any real way USA and Israel can win that. Iran is not seeking a military victory, they are seeking to damage the US economy.
Hey you read this situation better than I did, props, it was truly a TACO tuesday.
You’re totally right about the drones, I don’t think our military has the slightest clue what is coming for them on a war scaled against china, and I think China is actually the winner of this war, as saturation missile and drone attacks have been their plans for a long time (missile more than drone, but now why not both?!).
We keep defunding laser weapons, which may be for good reason, but I always imagine it is because their is no repeatable grift on a laser weapon unlike a missile which requires lots of military industrial complex funding and maintenance on a huge scale.
They definitely succeeded, our economy is pretty fucked. Curious what long term effects come from this.
As an aside, I would love to see a comparison of DJ’s 10 point ceasefire deal and the original Obama deal, feels like we are much worse off now as we are responsible for paying for both the weapons we launched, and the damage we did, how dumb can we be?
Definitely China is the winner here, and USA is the loser, with EU somewhere in between. I think EU is gaining friends fast ATM. Trade deals with South America and India, and Japan and Canada even joining our SAFE program.
Yes I wrote desperate above, it should really have been desperate and insane.
If USA chooses to put boots on the ground, I am 99% confident it will go very badly for USA, and I am also confident the US generals know that too. If USA put boots on the ground I bet it’s because they are ordered to by the administration, against the advise of military experts. Usually when USA does that, they have complete air supremacy, and they have way more troops than what AFAIK is available ATM. I also think USA lacks defenses against FPV drones and maybe even artillery fire, and that would probably be the most logical responses from Iran. In previous wars where USA has been very successful, that was all taken out before land troops were applied.
This is an asymmetric war, and I don’t think there is any real way USA and Israel can win that. Iran is not seeking a military victory, they are seeking to damage the US economy.
Hey you read this situation better than I did, props, it was truly a TACO tuesday.
You’re totally right about the drones, I don’t think our military has the slightest clue what is coming for them on a war scaled against china, and I think China is actually the winner of this war, as saturation missile and drone attacks have been their plans for a long time (missile more than drone, but now why not both?!).
We keep defunding laser weapons, which may be for good reason, but I always imagine it is because their is no repeatable grift on a laser weapon unlike a missile which requires lots of military industrial complex funding and maintenance on a huge scale.
They definitely succeeded, our economy is pretty fucked. Curious what long term effects come from this.
As an aside, I would love to see a comparison of DJ’s 10 point ceasefire deal and the original Obama deal, feels like we are much worse off now as we are responsible for paying for both the weapons we launched, and the damage we did, how dumb can we be?
Definitely China is the winner here, and USA is the loser, with EU somewhere in between. I think EU is gaining friends fast ATM. Trade deals with South America and India, and Japan and Canada even joining our SAFE program.