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That’s absurd. US is almost 30% of the world GDP and growing as a proportion. It is Iran that can’t afford war. Iranian military power is weakest its been and

That’s absurd. US is almost 30% of the world GDP and growing as a proportion. It is Iran that can’t afford war. Iranian military power is weakest its been and getting weaker, it is no match in any sense for US military power. The US is not going to occupy Iran but it can put them into the dark ages in matters of hours and probably eliminate most of their military. An Iranian terrorist general constantly plotting cowardly attacks against innocents well deserved assassination by drone outside of his own country.

topmonk 7y ago
> An Iranian terrorist general constantly plotting cowardly attacks against innocents well deserved assassination by drone outside of his own country. Let's bomb China, next! All that fentanyl they are shipping over here kills 11,000 per year. Surely they deserve it, too.
- svd4anything 7y ago
  Well the equivalent would be the Chinese drug lord boss found in Manilla while moving a large shipment and then taken out by a CIA drone. That sounds very reasonable and I can’t imagine what you are opposed to, what exactly is the problem with either what happened or the scenario in Manilla?
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ohiovr 7y ago
There is no such thing as invasion defensive war that can't be afforded. You do it or you die. A rag tag bunch of colonies defeated the most powerful empire in the world, twice. This isn't a video game. The oceans don't protect us like they did in ww2 and ww1.
- svd4anything 7y ago
  The US is not thinking about invading Iran. There is absolutely 0% domestic political support which even if somehow Iran foolishly tries to use 911 type terrorism as a retaliation is not going to generate political support for another pointless occupation.
  - ohiovr 7y ago
    I hope that's right. I also hope Trump isn't up to something worse than occupation. This is just a preview https://www.rt.com/news/477489-trump-iran-strike-targets/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications https://www.rt.com/news/477489-trump-iran-strike-targets/?ut...

topmonk 7y ago

> An Iranian terrorist general constantly plotting cowardly attacks against innocents well deserved assassination by drone outside of his own country. Let's bomb China, next! All that fentanyl they are shipping over here kills 11,000 per year. Surely they deserve it, too.

svd4anything 7y ago
Well the equivalent would be the Chinese drug lord boss found in Manilla while moving a large shipment and then taken out by a CIA drone. That sounds very reasonable and I can’t imagine what you are opposed to, what exactly is the problem with either what happened or the scenario in Manilla?
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ohiovr 7y ago

There is no such thing as invasion defensive war that can't be afforded. You do it or you die. A rag tag bunch of colonies defeated the most powerful empire in the world, twice. This isn't a video game. The oceans don't protect us like they did in ww2 and ww1.

svd4anything 7y ago
The US is not thinking about invading Iran. There is absolutely 0% domestic political support which even if somehow Iran foolishly tries to use 911 type terrorism as a retaliation is not going to generate political support for another pointless occupation.
- ohiovr 7y ago
  I hope that's right. I also hope Trump isn't up to something worse than occupation. This is just a preview https://www.rt.com/news/477489-trump-iran-strike-targets/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications https://www.rt.com/news/477489-trump-iran-strike-targets/?ut...