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0 pointsHauntingPin26d ago0 comments

Yes ... why do we never learn from history? What's with the selective memory?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_war

The previous campaign lasted a whole 13 days and WW3 didn't start. I'm not sure why anybody thinks it'll be different now or why Russia or China would bother going to war for Iran. That makes zero sense.

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sekai26d ago

> The previous campaign lasted a whole 13 days and WW3 didn't start. I'm not sure why anybody thinks it'll be different now or why Russia or China would bother going to war for Iran. That makes zero sense.

We did not move 1/3 of operational USAF capacity and 33% of our deployable Navy for limited strikes.

HauntingPinOP26d ago

Okay, and where's the army? I'm not sure what you're expecting without boots to put on the ground. Are the pilots gonna be ejecting to go hunt Khamenei? This argument is meaningless. Again, none of this can lead to WW3 and none of this can turn into a protracted war as in Ukraine-Russia.

You can stop when you have no idea what you're talking about, you know.

JumpinJack_Cash26d ago

You seem like a Trump voter who voted for no more wars doing damage control

Boots on the ground can happen at any time if Iran manages to either hit one of the thousands of US assets in the region or worse they resort to terrorism with a theatrical attack like 9/11 which ended up costing so many lives , money and freedoms ranging from TSA literally up your ass to the destruction of privacy online and offline…..and of course as we all know boots on the ground

shakna26d ago

What do the three points of the navy trident represent?

TheAlchemist26d ago

The big difference with previous campaign is that now, the Iranian regime is facing existential threat. While the previous war was more a of a show for respective domestic publics, this one feels like there is no coming back.

Of course Russia or China won't go to war for Iran - nobody is saying that. They can get involved though, just as Europe is involved in Ukraine war.

viking12326d ago

They will provide intel and weapons like NATO in Ukraine.

AlecSchueler24d ago

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-military-...

One day later and they've doubled their predictions already.

> a whole 13 days and WW3 didn't start.

Also you moved the goalposts here. The quote was "no boots on the ground, over in two weeks."

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