Originally Posted by
METO Guido
Attempts to flip Vietnam/Afghanistan into rule of law cultures were 127% misguided. For which we pay a grievous price. True.
Revolutionary guard storm troopers just smoked what, 20k of their own to remain in power?
They didn’t. Israel and the U.S. did. I think the west doesn’t realize their hatred of the Rev Guard is far less than their hatred of being bombed by the U.S. and Israel simultaneously.
Displacing a 50 year regime is beyond our control. Still doesn’t mean it’ll never happen. More to the point, Iran triggers a successful test, you tell me, what’ll IDF’s next move be?
Stalemate. Or a mutually assured destruction. Stalemate sounds better. The good news about religious fanatic leaders in the Middle East, including Bibi, is they value staying in power above tasting uranium or plutonium.