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> So why not do that? Iran incinerates the other oil infrastructure in the Middle East and the world enters a global recession? As usual with US military thin
by MattGaiser 6mo ago
> So why not do that?
Iran incinerates the other oil infrastructure in the Middle East and the world enters a global recession?
As usual with US military thinking, there is limited thought to the day after taking the action.
- magicalhippo 6mo agoAnd desalination plants if they want to get ugly at any point.
- giardini 6mo agoWhat about the other option I mentioned: disable it? I'm pretty sure one grenade in the right place would shut the entire island down.
- MattGaiser 6mo agoThe difficulty isn’t in shutting the island down. That is undisputed. It’s what the Iranians will do if you shut the island down. Maybe they will incinerate less as a result, but they will still shut down the rest of the gulf.
- giardini 6mo agoHow long can they "incinerate"/operate as a nation if they have no oil/gas whatsoever? Our cost: every 2 weeks we drop a few bombs in a few locations, Their cost: no oil/gas and eventually no nothing as no one gets paid. Seems like a low-cost winning strategy to me.