Comment by jasondigitized
1 day ago
The USA did not take Iran. They essentially shot off fireworks, killed the figure head and then got check mated.
1 day ago
The USA did not take Iran. They essentially shot off fireworks, killed the figure head and then got check mated.
Taking wasn't the goal. I don't understand the goal, but it is clear that taking Iran wasn't.
The U.S. isnt checkmated, the U.S. is enforcing a naval blockade against Iran and their oil based economy is in a free fall with rapid inflation. The U.S. is experiencing slightly higher gas prices but economy is still humming. Meanwhile the U.S. military has not exhausted all of its options while Iran has none.
The US is indeed checkmated like Afghanistan like Iraq and like Vietnam checkmated spinning your wheels spending money wasting money wasting time and wasting resources, checkmate.
With the addition of most countries now looking for other trade partners the Art of the no deal…
What would you consider a "win" condition here? I have no idea what the American administration is looking for as a win.
More like a draw it seems.
Definitely not.
Iran did billions in damage across the middle east, put a major dent in munitions stockpiles, and there is effectively no military way to shut down all of Iran and protect shipping. Too many drones, too many ballistic missiles, and it only takes one. This is basically like an insurgency on a macro level, where small and cheap weapons threaten very large very expensive targets.
Iran is completely blockaded right now:
https://mynews4.com/news/nation-world/centcom-naval-blockade...
The drones are useless if you dont have targeting systems which were taken offline by F35s 2 months ago.
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So what Iran's basically fucked and the USA just gets an economic boost from military spending?
> "They essentially shot off fireworks, killed the figure head and then got check mated"
I mean, that's certainly a take. A wholly inaccurate one, but it's a take.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iranian_officials_kill...