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The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran

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Re: The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran

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Post by Bender »

apexalpha wrote: post #211

While I have no love for the Iranian regime I fear this will end up like the 'liberation' of Iraq: A massive power vacuum in an unstable Islamic regime. What even is the plan here if the air assault fails? Boots on the ground? In Iran?

What even is the plan here if the air assault fails? Boots on the ground? In Iran?

Other than nukes that would be the only option if they can blast the doors to the underground military cities. They will have to do it fast as the ships will not sustain combat for more than 5 days with their current ammo per the pentagon.

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Post by nsvd2 »

AbstractH24 wrote: post #415
yodsanklai wrote: post #396

Nothing like a war to boost your popularity just before the elections

Only I’m not exactly sure what constituency will support this war. He wasn’t even smart enough to leave America open to attack, manufacture a pretext, and rally people around the flag like 9/11 Heck, there was even a better case in Korea & Vietnam. Even Venezuela. What’s the case this is America’s problem?

If a democracy is meaningfully created in Iran I will consider that a huge win for Trump and it would certainly make me more sympathetic to his party.

To be clear, I don't think the chances of that happening are high.

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apples_oranges wrote: post #446

I hate that we apparently have to take sides when commenting ..

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Post by jari_mustonen »

adverbly wrote: post #341

Well hopefully this is short, minimally lethal, and leads to regime change for all those involved.

There is nothing ideal about that outcome. The "regime change" people talk about is intended to look like what happened in Libya: A failed state that falls in anarchy.

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Post by philistine »

Arun2009 wrote: post #426

I am just befuddled by how much of this violence is directly motivated by religious concerns, both on the side of Iran and on the side of Israel and USA. I have been reading on the topic of shunyata or emptiness in Mahayana Buddhism, and have been uncomfortably observing just how much of the artifacts we take to be real and substantial in the world are just "made up". They don't have an inherent reality of their own…

Religion poisons everything.

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Post by squidbeak »

ruben81ad wrote: post #479
sega_sai wrote: post #363

The take home message from this is that the only way for any country to be secure is to have nuclear weapons.

This has nothing to do with nuclear weapons. The only problem here is that iran has petrol. Thats it.

You've completely misunderstood the poster's point. Nations are being taught that without nuclear weapons you could be attacked in this new world.
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