Originally Posted by dingdong;[url=tel:4015721
4015721]So if Iran was such a threat to the US and the world, then
why didn’t we go in with a global coalition to fight Iran with as many resources as possible?
why did we not get Congress approval to go to war?
why are no countries coming to help us now that we have picked a fight no one else wanted to fight?
So now, we as pilots will take hits on profit sharing as oil prices climb. As consumers we will pay more at the pump. As parents we may see our kids go fight a war that has no endgame or real strategy other than they hoped the people would rise up and take over the long established government of Iran. The US is not great right now. The rest of the world is watching us like a belligerent drunk on the street corner arguing with a trashcan.
It's embarrassing to be on an overnight in another country.
American soldiers and civilians are dying and you’re worried about profit sharing?!?! Stand by for the mob…. @Turbosina? Where you at? School this fool with your outrage.
Do Libya, DO LIBYA!!!!
In all seriousness, between the two only one was funding multiple proxies, killing tens of thousands of their people, and only one garnered genuine fear from the other middle eastern states. Are we suddenly against women’s rights and freedom? It’s no coincidence that you can draw a straight line between Irans funding of Hezbollah/Hamas/Houthis… and money given to the regime by the Obama and Biden admins.
Big picture, this is also about Russia and China. Russia just lost one of their biggest weapons suppliers and China has now lost 20% of their energy supply. BRICS is dead, the petro dollar is secure, and Russia is now coming back to the table. China has seen all their top tier military hardware and exports fail, spectacularly, as has the rest of the world. Aside from no one buying their stuff anymore, they now have to seriously reevaluate whether they think they have a snowballs chance of invading Taiwan.
Gotta look beyond the short term future to the long term, third order effects and beyond. You seriously worried about your kids not fighting future wars? Strong analysis says we’re ending them now.