I fell for the "two more weeks" meme...
Ngl.. so did I.
U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
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#122Seriously, what is the benefit to the US here? I can't understand how this benefits the country at all.
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#123OK what was done was done. What should we expect the political fallout in Iran?
Reversion to mean. Pre-78.
Re: U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
#124Seriously, what is the benefit to the US here? I can't understand how this benefits the country at all.
Oil for starters. Iran is the principle destabilising element in the middle east. By proxy they are participating in every conflict.
A nuclear iran would be completely intolerable, never mind that their regime might just be lunatic enough to use them.
Add that war is bad for the whole world.
So the us benefits that it protects her economic (and strategic) interests in the ME, which are real and extremely important, at the low cost of a limited air campaign.
There are further moral arguments, but i'm answering your question in the most direct way.
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#125The irony being that Iran must get nukes now. It is readily apparent they cannot defend themselves conventionally. Nukes are the ultimate deterrence. This wouldn’t be happening if they had a credible, survivable nuclear deterrence. QED this forces Iran to acquire nukes.
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#126I can see many problems with his plan.
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Always amazes me how right leaning this site's populace seems to be
Re: U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
#128The irony being that Iran must get nukes now. It is readily apparent they cannot defend themselves conventionally. Nukes are the ultimate deterrence. This wouldn’t be happening if they had a credible, survivable nuclear deterrence. QED this forces Iran to acquire nukes.
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Curious what the alternative is here? Let the U.S. do whatever? Genuinely curious.
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