Comment by csomar

> Until yesterday. We'll see whether their infrastructure is going to survive this war.

None of their energy infra. was hit and I don’t see it happening. Hitting their energy infra. will result in them hitting the GCC oil infra. This is more likely, in my opinion, part of the negotiations. They couldn’t agree to the terms of their power projection, so they went to the field to test it out.

> What doesn't add up is that there are a lot of parties that would like to see regime change in Iran, including a lot of Iranians.

You are buying into Western propaganda. Not that I know about the conditions on Iran and the Mullah popularity. It’s not possible to gauge that since freedom of information is limited there but I wouldn’t trust the latest campaign either. Only time will tell on this one.

> In no small part because of the idiot-in-charge.

This is where we disagree; though I could agree that the democrats will have handled this differently but not necessarily in a non-violent way.

> And that's precisely why I think there is a massive potential for escalation here.

I still think this one will pass. Though China will probably stick to its own deadlines when it’s ready on its own terms.