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The Iranian civilization is five thousand years old. It's not out of the blue that they have a hundred underground missile and drone cities. They know how to p

The Iranian civilization is five thousand years old. It's not out of the blue that they have a hundred underground missile and drone cities. They know how to play the long game, and America never does.

jemmyw 2mo ago
Yes I expect they started digging those missile bunkers 2000 years ago knowing that one day someone, somewhere, would invent something they could launch at passing ships.
- OutOfHere 2mo ago
  > expect they started digging those missile bunkers 2000 years ago Huh. They didn't, but probably several decades ago. Tell me, which American project took several decades to come to maturity? There has been none. Its focus and attention span isn't long. The next President cancels or doesn't follow up with what the previous President starts, which effects a limit of eight years to any project. There is zero civilizational thinking.
  - bathtub365 2mo ago
    The US spent decades building their own missile program…
    - OutOfHere 2mo ago
      Yes, I apologize. The US has had a number of defense programs that lasted a while, but were not continuous in their execution, and met with cancelations before they were later resumed. As far as public works programs go, there has been nothing notable going on since the highway construction program ended in the 1990s. This entire century has had nothing to speak of in terms of notable long-term non-defense projects.
- jfil 2mo ago
  The ancient Qanats are actually vertical launch shafts, with a convenient water supply for transportation below. It helps that they've had a single unbroken administration for 5,000 years. Helps for long term planning.
orwin 2mo ago
China and Iran are the two oldest administrations in the world. What is interesting is even when conquered, as long as they aren't genocided/colonialized, administration transcend culture and religion (China is the best example for culture, Iran for religion). Everybody knows that Iran administration is stable. It survived two civil war within 30 years with at most moderate changes.

jemmyw 2mo ago

Yes I expect they started digging those missile bunkers 2000 years ago knowing that one day someone, somewhere, would invent something they could launch at passing ships.

OutOfHere 2mo ago
> expect they started digging those missile bunkers 2000 years ago Huh. They didn't, but probably several decades ago. Tell me, which American project took several decades to come to maturity? There has been none. Its focus and attention span isn't long. The next President cancels or doesn't follow up with what the previous President starts, which effects a limit of eight years to any project. There is zero civilizational thinking.
- bathtub365 2mo ago
  The US spent decades building their own missile program…
  - OutOfHere 2mo ago
    Yes, I apologize. The US has had a number of defense programs that lasted a while, but were not continuous in their execution, and met with cancelations before they were later resumed. As far as public works programs go, there has been nothing notable going on since the highway construction program ended in the 1990s. This entire century has had nothing to speak of in terms of notable long-term non-defense projects.
jfil 2mo ago
The ancient Qanats are actually vertical launch shafts, with a convenient water supply for transportation below. It helps that they've had a single unbroken administration for 5,000 years. Helps for long term planning.

orwin 2mo ago

China and Iran are the two oldest administrations in the world. What is interesting is even when conquered, as long as they aren't genocided/colonialized, administration transcend culture and religion (China is the best example for culture, Iran for religion). Everybody knows that Iran administration is stable. It survived two civil war within 30 years with at most moderate changes.