Economic Impacts of Iran War
03-24-2026 | 08:02 AM
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Devils advocate myself here. If that same regime within the last 3 months killed 30,000 of their own citizens for the crime of protesting, would that make them less likely to attack themselves in the future? It's perplexing how one side of the isle totally ignored that atrocity.
03-24-2026 | 08:04 AM
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03-24-2026 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by icohftb;[url=tel:4016291
4016291[/url]]Agree we had no intention of killing children - I don't know if it was due to out of date intel (most probably?) or if the Iranians purposefully set them up as a human shield. I do however think the administration failed in the initial messaging with what seemed like a denial/casting blame on someone else's tomahawk.
A drone strike was dubbed as “righteous” by the JCS a few years back, it wasn’t so “righteous”
A Chinese embassy bombed on “accident”, etc etc etc…..
Mods, ANOTHER case of mobile platform screwing up the quote function. I did NOT accidentally delete any script in the process.
03-24-2026 | 08:13 AM
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You never know with squirrely admin talking heads.
A drone strike was dubbed as “righteous” by the JCS a few years back, it wasn’t so “righteous”
A Chinese embassy bombed on “accident”, etc etc etc…..
Mods, ANOTHER case of mobile platform screwing up the quote function. I did NOT accidentally delete any script in the process.
A drone strike was dubbed as “righteous” by the JCS a few years back, it wasn’t so “righteous”
A Chinese embassy bombed on “accident”, etc etc etc…..
Mods, ANOTHER case of mobile platform screwing up the quote function. I did NOT accidentally delete any script in the process.
03-24-2026 | 08:31 AM
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It is fair counterpoint, but impossible to entertain the hypothetical as the United States is not a Tyrannical Theocracy and if it were I'm not sure I'd be too disappointed with someone trying to remove it from power. That statement comes with my bias of course of NOT preferring tyrannical theocracies. Some people think thats the way to go.....it's just not for me.
03-24-2026 | 09:07 AM
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Devils advocate myself here. If that same regime within the last 3 months killed 30,000 of their own citizens for the crime of protesting, would that make them less likely to attack themselves in the future? It's perplexing how one side of the isle totally ignored that atrocity.
03-24-2026 | 10:17 AM
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We were fairly preoccupied with ensuring the safety and security of US forces and AMCITs in the region. Didn't really have the bandwidth to wade into multiple civil wars (in addition to OIF/OEF).
03-24-2026 | 10:24 AM
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Now the Saudi Prince wants Trump to put boots on the ground to destroy Iran’s “hard line government.” The sheer irony of any Saudi prince to say hard line government is astounding. And Bibi saying the U.S. can’t end this war, only when Israel wants to end it, it will end.
We are being played on the world stage and it is an embarrassment.
We are being played on the world stage and it is an embarrassment.
03-24-2026 | 10:25 AM
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Devils advocate myself here. If that same regime within the last 3 months killed 30,000 of their own citizens for the crime of protesting, would that make them less likely to attack themselves in the future? It's perplexing how one side of the isle totally ignored that atrocity.
Possible, but no indication that I've seen. IR isn't DPRK or Gaza... they don't have a tight enough hold on their own population to get away with pulling a stunt like that if they got caught. Too risky IMO.
Usually these kinds of things seem to blow up more on our end than anything.
Usually these kinds of things seem to blow up more on our end than anything.
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