Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The houthis shot a lot of missiles after the beginning of this war, which was Oct 7. They are in a position to use IR supplied ASCMs and drones against shipping in the Bab and Red Sea. They also attempted to shoot US naval vessels, including a CVN.
Of course not, how many times do I have to say I was not in favor of this action.
But IR was objectively killing Americans overseas, and a threat to the global (oil) economy which ultimately needed to be dealt with. The question was how, and to what degree the US needed to be involved. I was good with the first strikes against the IR nuke facilities, IL was 100% going to do that anyway and kick up the hornet's nest.
Unfortunately to accept a lot of the arguments you make you have to believe what is being said by Hedgspeth and Trump. These are the same people that claimed the war was over, we have already won, the Iranian military is “obliterated” and that the strait is open expect for the shooting.
If all of that what they had claimed is true then why are the straits closed and Iran shooting and hitting high value targets daily.
I don’t believe we have won. Don’t believe anything that is said from the administration at the point as the lies to truth ratio has been exceeded on a “scale never seen before” to borrow a favorite phrase.
At the end of the day our economy, our retirement accounts and our jobs hang in the balance from the decisions of the past three weeks. I personally have very little optimism based on the facts.