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As if conventional responses are the only way to retaliate. We are talking about Iran here. They're all about asymmetric warfare.
by Aloisius 1y ago
As if conventional responses are the only way to retaliate. We are talking about Iran here. They're all about asymmetric warfare.
- energy123 1y agoTheir intelligence heads are also all gone. What kind of response do you envisage?
- Aloisius 1y agoWell. Some guys with a tiny fraction of the funding Iran has managed to fly a few airliners into some buildings a few years back. So, I imagine there are perhaps unconventional options available to a country which is fully willing to fund terrorist groups for decades against a country with a very large amount of largely unprotected infrastructure. But who knows? It just seems a bit premature to argue Iran's defeat. Feels a bit... mission accomplished.
- firesteelrain 1y agoEven more reason for them to go. It’s not good enough to continue taking it from Iran.
- Aloisius 1y agoAhh, trying to bomb your way to regime change in the Middle East. This feels so familiar. What could possibly go wrong? If only those who advocated for war were forced to fight in them.
- firesteelrain 1y agoI fought in Iraq.
- emilsedgh 1y ago[flagged]
- firesteelrain 1y agoThanks!
- Aloisius 1y agoWill you be volunteering to fight in Iran next? And any wars that fall out of it from a country with twice the population of Iraq being destabilized?
- firesteelrain 1y agoI am already volunteering But I dont think we are invading Obama attacked Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. We aren’t there now are we? December 1, 2012 - 300th drone strike on Pakistan. Obama executed 563 drone strikes on Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan alone while in office.
- seanmcdirmid 1y ago> Obama attacked Pakistan I’m scratching my head on this because Pakistan was and is still a US ally, but I guess you mean the Bin Laden operation?
- firesteelrain 1y agoNo, the 300 drone strikes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan
- nebula8804 1y agoFrom your link: "However, despite the public opposition of Pakistani officials, multiple former Prime Ministers gave covert permission to the United States to carry out these attacks." Makes sense, they were in the tribal areas where I assume the government was losing control of their monsters.
- energy123 1y agoThey were already doing that in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Palestine, Iraq and Bahrain. They weren't holding back before, and they won't hold back after. But their ability to do that is now severely degraded. The officials overseeing these programs are now gone. The weapons they were sending to these groups are now reduced.
- ExoticPearTree 1y ago> Their intelligence heads are also all gone. What kind of response do you envisage? It does not mean that their ability to gather intelligence or use it is 100% gone. It most likely means they are a bit in disarray because of their top-down command structure. And maybe it takes a day or two until they put someone in charge.
- jopsen 1y agoUkraine just demonstrated how to mess with long range aviation parked in the open. I'm not saying it's easy, but there are many soft targets in America. But yeah, who knows. The wise choice here is to go home and not play. The US and Israel are not about to invade with ground forces. And if they were it'd be without support from European countries.