• cmbabul@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    This is damage control on the the stock market and posturing for his base, Iran doesnt seem to be backing down and the longer this drags out the more certain disaster for the global economy becomes.

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    So it is a war. Which means it is illegal because Congress has not sanctioned it. Arrest the criminal fucker.

  • jjpamsterdam@feddit.org
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    And here I was thinking that it takes one side to start a war but two to stop it. The US seems to be in a no win scenario. Either they just call it a day while publicly claiming victory, which in practice results in an Iranian victory, or they commit to a ground campaign, which is Afghanistan all over again but much bigger in scope.

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    He had a press conference, very recently, “over soon, but if Iran does anything more, destruction of everything”. including reference to shipping in Straits. Iran knows he’s bluffing, and has run out of missiles, and will not put the navy within their drone range, but at any rate, Trump’s Israel masters won’t let him off the hook.

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        13 days ago

        They don’t produce that many per year, and they need rare earth material access to build more. Trump feeling the need to say there is an unlimited supply, should be proof enough that they’ve run out. The Quadrupling of orders could affect future wars, but is a definite reaction to limited current supplies.

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      13 days ago

      The cost differential between ballistics and interceptors (10x or more) would be one factor but doubt the US/Israel is close to running out yet.

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    13 days ago

    And we still don’t even have a declared goal for this war. Uhm… Besides all the bullshit religious rhetoric, of course.

  • intrepid@lemmy.ca
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    13 days ago

    Oh! Stop projecting and retreat already! Nobody else asked for any of this. This is on you and your moron squad alone.