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Originally Posted by lustylad
Those objectives were amply communicated from Day One. Perhaps you should change, or at least broaden, your news sources.
FOUR KEY OBJECTIVES:
1. Destroying Iran's missile capabilities.
2. Knocking off Iran's navy.
3. Ensuring Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon.
4. Ensuring the Iranian regime cannot arm, fund and direct terrorist armies outside their borders.
Trump's 4 objectives in Iran explained https://share.google/ptBAYtlMeVM9IUKOk |
So, how's donny little go at playing toy soldier with the lives of everyone over there going?
And with the billions already spent (~12B first week and definitely 1B every day after), how is the return on investment with the given objectives? Let's see
1. Iran steadfastly holding on to the missle capabilities and has shown that they still are using them.
FAIL.
2. Hear they still have putt putts on the water that are still causing an annoyance (sp). And why should we treat their Navy like that when they were nice enough to help our sailors when they needed it?
FAIL.
3. That should be off the table since donny&co declared they annihilated that capability months ago.
FAIL.
4. Seeing that regime is still using arms, having attacks outside of the area directly hot....wait for it....
FAIL
So, how is our return on investment going?
Do *YOU* think that the expenditure reached the above objectives?
If so, than why are we still hitting things?
If not, how much more $$$$ is needed to settle things?
*I* will say that from the above objectives, the last is the thorniest. And I agree with accomplishing it. But not in a Pyric (sp) style that really isn't a victory.
As others have stated, at least Obama kept things from being hot. And *I* think he would have helped an uprising by the people there...the only sure way to ensure a regime change that could possibly be helpful to the world by showing terroristic tactics are long term goal guarantees of objectives.
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Originally Posted by royamcr
What happened to no new wars? Biden would start a war with Iran... You'd lose your fucking magat shit if Biden did this.
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Ah, the sheeple just follow like lemmings.
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Originally Posted by pxmcc
at this point in the war, i think we have a new list of objectives:
1. Open the Strait
2. Open the Strait
3. Open the Strait
4. Open the Strait
ok, i admit i'm exaggerating a bit, but Iran has us in a bit of a pickle. i would argue that we have no desirable options right now, only bad or worse.
if i was the commander, i would do the following:
1. take Kharg Island with the Tripoli
2. take the other islands with the Boxer
3. land on both sides of the Strait and secure that territory
4. keep bombing the shit on anywhere Iran is using to launch attacks
5. bring more Warthogs to the front
6. bring another carrier strike group
7. bring more destroyers and cruisers
8. start escorting oil tankers through the Strait
all of this is a shitty option but it's the least shitty option we have, imo, for a war that absolutely never should have been launched. it is what it is, though.
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It seems that with the objectives donny is failing at getting, he is grasping at straws to:
1. Open the Strait
2. Open the Strait
3. Open the Strait
4. Open the Strait
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Originally Posted by Unique_Carpenter
The Island of Abu Musa has a strategic location and although occupied by Iran, has always been claimed by the UAE, specifically the Emirate of Sharjah. Iranian forces sized the island and a couple others in 1971. Note that the British forces simply stood by while the Iranians forcefully occupied and executed the local police force.
Thoughts of the Munich agreement in 1938 come to mind about the Brits not doing anything.
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Well, maybe if the Brits had Persia, things would have been different.
