This current debacle is simply showing how ineffective the US military is at removing a hostile regime. If they can't even risk a ground incursion to take out this so-called military rival, how could they possibly take on a nuclear power like Russia or China?
How is the Chinese military being hindered by the US? Would the US military be able to effectively intervene if China attempted a military capture of Taiwan right now? Also how is Russia being deterred, when it's making hand-over-fist in oil sales and openly telegraphing a renewed summer offensive in Ukraine? The US military losses aren't the issue here, it's America's prioritizing Israel over everyone else that's going to make its other allies reconsider any defense agreement in the future.
Russia doesn't have the ability to CoD MW3 into Europe. Complete farce, and China has no ambition to become the new world police after watching how it affected the US.
Or just like Iran/Contra, where the spooks were selling weapons to the Iranians to fund regime change in Nicaragua.
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What would constitute a threat? Pearl harbor 2.0?
not a direct threat to the continental US maybe, but certainly a threat to US allies, assets and interests in one of the most strategically important regions on the planet
The US political establishment has spent 25 years reframing armed resistance to military occupation as capital-T Terrorism, and since Iran was supplying weapons to said TERRORISTS during GWOT, we have now been told that the destruction of Iran will somehow lead to the dissolution of TERRORISM against US military occupation in the Middle East proper.
That's unfortunate, I would've liked to see a bit less bloodshed before this whole thing ended. The big-noses aren't exactly known for their restraint.
No regime change or destruction of a country has happened from just an air assault with conventional weapons. You HAVE to convert the state, at least partially, into an occupied territory to make that happen. Force the leadership into existence using vassals and then hold it all together long enough that hopefully it grafts.
As I've said before, I absolutely would not hold it against Taiwan if they offered to diplomatically reunify with China after seeing just how reliable US security guarantees have been.
Erdogan especially. He's been making moves to turn Turkey into a regional player of its own as part of his Neo-Ottoman dreams, so I'm just wonder who he is planning to stab in the back with this move, because it sure isn't to make any friends, being a disgusting cockroach and all that.
We're on what, their third, fourth claim of some superweapon stashed away they're totally going to use on us?
Imagine getting maneuvered into terrain by a fucking Aardvark of all things.
Unlike Biden who had a long day ahead of napping, Trump had a long day ahead of talks with the military, international diplomats so he could call their countries fake and gay right to their faces instead of social media, internal economic planners about the oil situation and what can or even should be done about it, and finally Hollywood Hulk Hogan's mom.
They could have talked it out with Bad Cop, but they decided they were too good for that. Now they get to talk with Really, Really Bad Cop.
So you agree that even taking out a smaller regional power like Iran is a ridiculous notion for the modern US military, unless they're willing to restart the draft. Again, Russia and China have NOOOOOOOKS, so why even waste time with terrain analysis? And no, they're also huge countries with varied terrain that would stress US logistics to the breaking point. Mass scale meatgrinder ground wars between peer countries just aren't a thing anymore.
So you're for the war but can't serve yourself. Typical neocon warmongerer
Iran is not a threat to America, Israel objectively does more harm to America than Iran does.And conversely i'm getting sick of the "if you do anything that benefits israel whatsoever that thing is 100% the worst thing for america, for whites, for the west..."
There are 3 potential military rivals to the USA: china, russia, and iran in order of military power. All 3 of which have stated in various ways they aim to destroy the west and force upon it the humiliation they felt during colonialism or post cold war in russia's case. You guys make all sorts of mind bending arguments about how jews are secretly trying to destroy the west, while the above 3 countries and much of brics are screaming it in our face.
We are currently destroying with the 3rd most powerful army on that list while significantly hindering the other two, and you guys are in here crying that we've suffered about 1/10th the losses we did in the opening months of iraq and because heckin kikes are benefitting from our actions.
If you think jews shipping migrants in and fucking with our culture is bad, wait until you see what it's like to have foreign armed forces marching in your streets. This is something israel is not capable of, russia and china absolutely are at least in europe, and china is mass producing naval forces as we speak.
Honestly? I think you guys obsess over jews because it's easy. If the threats to your life are foreign militaries that want you dead, you have to deal with that problem by grabbing a gun and facing them head on, a skillset most don't have and that requires courage. On the other hand, if the problem is actually jews you can solve it by naming the jew online which fits your skillset perfectly.
I would've served after the call to quarters from famed war hero Rob Schneider, but I knew if I ever got yelled at I'd punch the drill sergeant in the face.So you're for the war but can't serve yourself. Typical neocon warmongerer