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They also got to keep their new Ayatollah and continue with their religious government. An escalation of the war would have certainly ended with a complete reg
by petcat 7mo ago
They also got to keep their new Ayatollah and continue with their religious government. An escalation of the war would have certainly ended with a complete regime change. Which would have been very expensive in life (Iranians) and money (Americans).
- spaghetdefects 7mo agoThere was never going to be a regime change. Continuing the war meant many Americans were going to die (in addition to bankrupting the US). I'm a US citizen and very glad Iran came out on top here.
- gizajob 7mo agoUS is bankrupt to the tune of trillions already.
- epistasis 7mo agoWhen you don't the money, you can't go bankrupt. But, if you had an amazing reputation for paying your debts, and get super low interest rates because of it, and all of a sudden you change your reputation and demand for holding your debt and currency goes down, well, then that's created a massive problem for the currency that reduces everyone's quality of life drastically.
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- goatlover 7mo agoA complete regime change would probably only come with a large scale invasion, bigger than Iraq's. A huge majority of Americans don't want that.
- Auracle 7mo agoOr with their people rising up, which is I think what the US and Israel were hoping for - though they didn’t seem to plan for a way to actually make it happen.
- flyinglizard 7mo agoWe will see what happens at the end of this war when people come out of their homes to a crumbling country. They could decide that enough is enough and bring in some change.
- Alupis 7mo agoWithout arms, it is probably impossible for the people to take back their country. We take the Second Amendment for granted here in the US - but the lack of a similar thing in Iran is what will keep the civilian population under the regime's control - or else another 10k-30k+ massacre.
- Auracle 7mo agoI was wondering why we aren't considering the Liberator pistol v2.
- ImPostingOnHN 7mo agoGetting collectively bombed tends to have a unifying effect. If anything, bombing a populace would decrease the risk of an uprising that supports the bombers. How would you feel if your city was being bombed by a hostile foreign nation, including a school full of kids? Magnanimous toward the attackers?
- user3939382 7mo agoYeah they will come out of their homes and decide that we should acquiesce to Israel because enough is enough. How’d that go with the Palestinians? In the real world, Israel’s abhorrent behavior unites these populations /against/ them. Your logic is in a fantasy realm.
- Invictus0 7mo agoTheir new Ayatollah is braindead. It's not over yet.