All of this on only $1 billion taxpayer dollars a day plus a few service members! So much winning that POTUS can play golf to his heart’s content! Sicko! Seriously, do better! Have some respect for the military. |
| A big part of the US's military power involved the alliance it headed and the broad coalition it could recruit to any cause. The world has told Trump to go f*ck himself. We have never had a CiC this weak. |
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UK poll numbers to join the US 8-17% in favor. |
| Good news. Lots more ships coming to open the Strait. Israel has informed the US they will release US 6th fleet to US control. Of course the US will have to pay Israel for the use of this fleet while on loan to the US. |
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The military operation has been impressive. But the operation has been a strategic defeat, because it’s being headed by incompetents in the White House who don’t have a justification, objective, endgame or plan for the war.
All Trump has managed to do is install an even more hardline Iranian leader, convince the Iranians that nuclear weapons are needed to protect their regime, tank the global economy, provoke regional escalation, and alienate Gulf allies who are being attacked because of this operation. |
The military operation is always impressive the first few week on American TV just like Iraq when Bush declared mission accomplished. |
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We fought an asymmetric war in Afghanistan for 20 years and lost. Afghanistan had no cards. The Iranians have all the cards and will fight this asymmetric war for a long while.
This could go on for decades. |
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https://youtu.be/kpR-IiwMg_Q
‘US Base BREACHED’: Pro-Iran Militia’s Drone Storms US Base In Iraq; FPV Slips Past Air Defence 46,572 views · 2 days ago The drones just fly around looking for targets. No air defenses. |
Yes, hitting a few targets with bombs isn't that hard. Actual change to a country is very hard. |
| It's difficult to fight a war against a country with nothing to lose. We forget that. |
That's factually incorrect. Persia is one of the great civilizations. They have everything to lose. That's why they fight on. |
Yes, but that's not a military problem. That is a political problem. The US military is doing exactly what's asked of them. And with the exception of that unfortunate strike on a girls school, it is fulfilling its mission with extraordinary skill and professionalism. But that cannot replace the absolute stupidity of Trump and Hegseth for defying all advice and launching a war that does not have an easy political solution. The miltary knows all the risks. But it cannot do anything to save Republicans from their strategic idiocy. |
DP. No it is not fulfilling its mission. Sorry they have failed. Dropping bombs/air campaign against a really county has never worked. |
lol Iran is real country with allies. |