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0 pointsvkou5d ago0 comments

Retreating is a viable option for the US. The world will return to the status quo in a week or three, and he will look every bit the fool that he is.

Nobody wants to get involved when Iran is fighting back against US aggression. The world would get a lot more interested in doing so if it were just conducting unprovoked, unilateral piracy in the straight.

Withdrawal is a viable option for everyone but the man who started it.

Congress can end this any time by not paying for this shit.

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aworks5d ago

Foreign Affairs suggests Iran would rather fight a protacted war with the US than repeated wars with Israel. And in either case, they would continue to attack US regional interests.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-americas-wa...

soupfordummies5d ago

It’s really wild how thin his skin is and how the gop just allows every bit of it.

netsharc5d ago

I don't know, in my scenario, Iran will keep attacking the Middle Eastern countries, angering them enough to yell at Trump to fix the shit he's started. But maybe China could get them to stop...

But this is amateur geopolitics commentary (A great quote about Internet commentariat when the Russian invasion started was "Last week I was an epidemiologist, this week I'm a geopolitical expert!")

vkouOP5d ago

They won't. Their demands before restoration of the status quo are just internal messaging and posturing.

If Russia withdrew all its troops tomorrow, Ukraine wouldn't keep bombing Moscow.

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