Originally Posted by
METO Guido
Short answer, absolutely yes. Sign a treaty, this war is over. If not, you know it’s a fight that had to happen sooner, later. Sustain the operation long enough, they’ll eat the cheese.
They were in the process of negotiating when the U.S. bombed them along with Israel. The message sent to Iran was the whole thing is a farce to move troops and equipment into position.
Sustain the operation longevity enough, they’ll eat cheese? Who ate cheese in Vietnam? Afghanistan?
Originally Posted by
11atsomto
One thing I DO know. If they had the capability to destroy us….you bet your carne asada theyd do it in a Tehrani minute.
Because Fox told you, or was it OAN? How many ICBM nukes do you envision it would take Iran to destroy a country the size of America?
Originally Posted by
2StgTurbine
I think you are correct. That does not mean I like it, but honestly I do believe we put ourselves in a corner and the only way out is to turn Iran in to Gaza. Judging by your posts, you personally, might like that. But since the point of this thread is the ECONOMIC impacts, let's stay on topic to keep the moderators happy.
Gaza, the size of Philly with 2 million people.
Iran, the size of Alaska with 90 million people.
Good luck.
The only way out of this mess is to completely destroy Iran. Bombing them to the stone age and declaring victory won't be enough. We will simply create a generation of terrorist who want revenge and will will start the cycle all over again. THAT is why Netanyahu has turned Gaza to rubble. The only way to prevent future terrorist is to kill the entire population. Again, morals aside... do we have the capability to do that? How many cruise missiles will it take to level Iran? I don't see how an air campaign can accomplish our goals. Since you seem very gung-ho on this, how do you think this war ends? Do we eliminate the current stat of Iran?... What will it cost? Do we cut our losses, declare victory, and leave?...won't we simply be right in the same place we were 6 months ago but now with our best weapons depleted and our national debt even higher?
Eliminate 90 million people?
Good luck.
The “only” way out of this mess is to take our ball and go home.
Xi Jinping is loving this! All of our expensive missiles are being used, or Navy is pushed to their limits, and our debt is ballooning. If we cant protect the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, we have no shot of stopping China from taking Taiwan in 10 years.
Of course not. You really think we will take on China? Not easy to attack a country that holds all your debt and can send numerous ICBMs with nukes.
All the talk about Iran being a world threat, what a joke. You’ve seen the last 3 yrs of a Russian aggression towards Ukraine and Europe, 100,000+ dead, and no one even dared bomb Putin or Moscow. Wonder why? Oh that’s right, they are a nuclear country.
If Iran had no desire to pursue nuclear weapons, they most definitely do now. Full of mountainous regions they could have facilities today enriching uranium and we’d have zero clue.
If I had to guess, one day just like Pakistan there’s going to be a successful nuke test underground in Iran and they will announce to the world. And like India and Pakistan, who went to war 3 times since the independence in 1947, and zero wars since going nuke power in 1998, there will be a forced stalemate peace among Iran, the U.S. and Israel.
And maybe that’s the best we can hope for the Middle East.