• DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      *US: bomb Iranian proxies in Iraq and Syria who were the sources of the attacks on US personnel in Jordan.

      I believe you forgot the key context.

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          9 months ago

          Why do you want a broader conflict?

          Also the formal Iranian military wouldn’t last more than a week, for fuck sakes they’re still flying the same F-14’s we sold the Shah in the 70’s.

          There’s not a single formal military on the planet that can stand up to the US military, and that’s why even China backs off when we tell them we’re done fucking around when China is playing silly games out near Taiwan and Japan.

          Iran doesn’t want this smoke, Iran wants us to do something stupid that will make us look like the bullies so that they can play victim to the wider world, just like they and Hamas got Israel to do, and Biden is much too politically savvy to fall for it.