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The strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry

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Re: The strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, especially murdering a school full of girls during the first days seems like a perfect example of extensive planning and preparation.

Has anyone ever claimed that wars don't involve mistakes. That wars are not hell, that wars are somehow a good phenomenon associated with the human species? But has anyone not naive argued that wars are not sometimes necessary to achieve objectives? I genuinely wonder what point you have here other than to remind us of these fundamental human truths. And if so thank you. But I would ask you what would you be doing if…

How about not starting a war? Especially as a sudden attack during negotiations? With a country that has been historically bending backwards to find some kind of diplomatic solution?

And since when murdering the leaders repeatedly is a valid war strategy?

Not even mentioning that Chamenei was killed together with a daughter, son in law and a grandson. But who cares about accidental casualties, right? Just one more kid.

Re: The strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry

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Everyone's an expert 19 days into a conflict that was absolutely foreseen in comprehensive United States military planning. People need to have some patience. What's clear is it the way this is being executed is a complete reboot of how prior Middle East conflicts were executed which suggests major ownership of prior problems and learnings applied

If you mean "absolutely foreseen" like "we knew this was a really really bad idea yet Trump still let himself get bamboozled by Netanyahu and now he doesn't know what do", sure, we were all absolutely aware that these were going to be the consequences.

Re: The strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry

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post #12

It's kind of funny how the US military, the largest single consumer of fossil fuels on the planet, didn't consider that disrupting the largest source of fossil fuels would impact them.

Unfortunately you're flawed to think that rational and evidence based thinking plays a role in the final decision making.

Re: The strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry

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post #12

It's kind of funny how the US military, the largest single consumer of fossil fuels on the planet, didn't consider that disrupting the largest source of fossil fuels would impact them.

They demoted or fired all the people in the room who would raise a concern for being gay and woke.

Yep. This is a nationalist christian war. We all feel for Bibi getting roped into this. Thank goodness the marines have his blessing.
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