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No doubt. But it still seems like a bizarre strategy. They can't shoot the people they want so they just shoot these other randoms.

by bawolff 7mo ago

andrepd 7mo ago
These other "randoms" are US allies which host bases and equipment used to attack them. In more practical terms, wrecking shit up in places like Dubai that made their name off air travel and attracting "expat" douchebags, is a very effective way to get them to pressure the US to stop the war. So is blowing up oil infra and stopping transit in Hormuz for allied nations.
ceejayoz 7mo ago
AWS isn't an "other random", it's a core piece of American infrastructure, and Bahrain hosts the US Fifth Fleet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Support_Activity_Bahrain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Support_Activity_Bahrain Same for Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, etc.; all host US bases. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-facilities-middle-east-2026-02-28/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-facili...
lenkite 7mo ago
These randoms not only host U.S. bases supplying logistics for the attacks on Iran, but were are launch pads for missiles https://www.wsj.com/world/iran-war-land-missile-strikes-22ca3be5 https://www.wsj.com/world/iran-war-land-missile-strikes-22ca... until Iran ensured the launch sites were destroyed "Videos verified by Storyful, which is owned by News Corp, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, indicate that at least some of the launches came from Bahrain, the tiny kingdom just 125 miles across the Gulf from Iran." The air bases are still being used as launch pads for drone strikes and chopper missions.
- jasomill 7mo ago
  This, plus a history of conflicts between various Persian dynasties and their Arabian neighbors that predate the existence of the US by over 1,000 years.
megous 7mo ago
NY Times doesn't even know what NATO is, while writing a full-page article about it, so yeah this kind of ignorance about where USA has it hands and guns is not surprising, from some random on the internet. ;)
FpUser 7mo ago
>"They can't shoot the people they want so they just shoot these other randoms." Same as sanctions. There are many places where they can not tell governments what to do, so they suffocate general population

No doubt. But it still seems like a bizarre strategy. They can't shoot the people they want so they just shoot these other randoms.

by bawolff 7mo ago

No doubt. But it still seems like a bizarre strategy. They can't shoot the people they want so they just shoot these other randoms.

andrepd 7mo ago

These other "randoms" are US allies which host bases and equipment used to attack them. In more practical terms, wrecking shit up in places like Dubai that made their name off air travel and attracting "expat" douchebags, is a very effective way to get them to pressure the US to stop the war. So is blowing up oil infra and stopping transit in Hormuz for allied nations.

ceejayoz 7mo ago

AWS isn't an "other random", it's a core piece of American infrastructure, and Bahrain hosts the US Fifth Fleet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Support_Activity_Bahrain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Support_Activity_Bahrain Same for Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, etc.; all host US bases. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-facilities-middle-east-2026-02-28/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-facili...

lenkite 7mo ago

These randoms not only host U.S. bases supplying logistics for the attacks on Iran, but were are launch pads for missiles https://www.wsj.com/world/iran-war-land-missile-strikes-22ca3be5 https://www.wsj.com/world/iran-war-land-missile-strikes-22ca... until Iran ensured the launch sites were destroyed "Videos verified by Storyful, which is owned by News Corp, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, indicate that at least some of the launches came from Bahrain, the tiny kingdom just 125 miles across the Gulf from Iran." The air bases are still being used as launch pads for drone strikes and chopper missions.

jasomill 7mo ago
This, plus a history of conflicts between various Persian dynasties and their Arabian neighbors that predate the existence of the US by over 1,000 years.

megous 7mo ago

NY Times doesn't even know what NATO is, while writing a full-page article about it, so yeah this kind of ignorance about where USA has it hands and guns is not surprising, from some random on the internet. ;)

FpUser 7mo ago

>"They can't shoot the people they want so they just shoot these other randoms." Same as sanctions. There are many places where they can not tell governments what to do, so they suffocate general population