Sponsors terror and has nukes? The U.S. and Israel would top the list. Facts: Israel has paid cash to Hamas in the past. We give cash to Afghanistan’s Taliban government. Many other examples too.

Then why do you seem to be going into overdrive to defend this?

I thought the nukes were gone/destroyed.

Why are we there now? It’s can’t have anything to do with being a lap dog for Netanyahu or oil, right?

With all due respect, why isn't there the same condemnation for insults lobbed towards those of us who don't support this war. So far I've been called a libtard, TSA, implied I'm antisemitic, said I hate America and support terrorists and even supported the Oct 7 massacre.

I think the objectives will be whatever Trump can get out of this without too high of a cost... political, economic, geopolitical. Doubt he cares about $ cost. So kind of a fishing expedition...

Regime change?

Compliant regime 2.0?

Nuclear program severely degraded?

Proxies cut off from support?

Lower conventional threat to the GCC?

Loss of future ability to interfere with shipping?

Message sent to other Evil Empires (mission accomplished at this point I think).

Kind of like a Chinese menu, he'll take what he can get up until it gets too hot in the kitchen and he has to pack it in.

Been pretty clear to me. If you get your news from the Ladies of The View then yes you would probably think that.

- Desultory Iran's missile base so they can never rebuild
- Destroy their Navy
- Make sure they never have the capability to develop a nuclear weapon

I'm discussing it, not defending anything.

This is kind of like investment strategy. My preference is traditional EFT/Index funds for predictability and stability. As opposed to say private equity startup investment, which has high risk, uncertainty, and potential for high reward.

But if my spouse invested our retirement fund in private equity (which typically has a lengthy lock), I would be analyzing how *that* is going, and future prospects. It might even look bullish at some point. Might as well look forward, because you can't get your money back out until the end regardless.

"This all bad and will only get worse" is just TDS. Stop talking about me, just stick to current events.

Also... "Rise up! Take your country back!"
Also... How do you plan on finding the 400 kilos of enriched Uranium in a country the size of Alaska?

I don't plan on finding anything. I'll leave that up to the experts and fine people in our Military and this Administration to figure it out.

You’re a Navy guy, right Rick? Not asking you to dip into the high side, but what capabilities do we have/need to effectuate that outcome?

I feel like there was probably a big ways/means/ends, forces/capabilities/effects, enemy actions/counters conversation somewhere in a SCIF in Tampa. And it was effectively a field grade circle jerk because this was either somehow overlooked or the pentagon and the admin didn’t care or know to care that it would be a problem.

Either way, huge swing and miss. We entered the conflict on our terms. And the spot price of Jet-A is now $4.26 according to A4A. Gonna be an interesting fall/winter if this keeps up.