US Strikes on Iran (Operation Epic Fury)

[Paleophyte]

1) It’s too late to go back to before the 26th of February. If the US withdraws now it leaves it regional allies to the mercy of an even more radicalized Iran who now believe they can tax and control the flow of ships in the straits of Hormuz. So I think we are in a “You have to believe in it” phase of this conflict.

The "You have to be even more naive and gormless" phase of this conflict. Awesome.

2) It seems like D. Trump does not have a plan (or he is simply not disclosing it).

What was the first hint?

But Israel is being very clear about its objectives. Israel has a limited population and it cannot maintain military presence in 5 different fronts forever. They need to go for the head of the octopus and that is the regime of the Ayatollahs.

Following Israel's plan is what got Trump fucked in the first place. They don't have any more of a plan than Trump did.

The IRI is an existential threat to the state of Israel, full stop.

Jingo for, "We're justified in shooting first."

3) Everything is unfolding exactly as G.W. Bush’s campaign in Iraq.

You say this like it's a good thing. Dear gods you're brainless. Only an imbecile would use Iraq as a military strategy outside the context of a book titled something like 'History's Greatest Military Failures'.

Then they deploy ground troops who will face limited resistance only.

Care to place bets on that? Kharg Island is about to become the sort of bloody mess that accomplishes nothing. These troops that Trump told everybody weren't going to be deployed are about to end up getting killed a lot for no good reason.

In the Iraq war G.W. Bush had also said that “things would look better once everything is over”. I think the same works here.

That we have another fine example of a politician mouthing platitudes while getting people on both sides senselessly killed?

But I think this is going to be Iraq 2.0.

Iraq 1.0 was a complete cluster fuck based on a lie, and now you want somebody who is utterly incompetent to follow that blueprint and send people to their deaths? And you think that's a good thing. Get a clue. Then get another one so that it doesn't die of loneliness.