The Continuing Push Towards The Inevitable War with Iran

[PanzerJaeger]

The article seems to be about missile strikes--how is that "another middle eastern war"?

How is it not?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

How is it not?

Well, the other ones involve tons of ground troops...so it's not really the same path. Actually I just realized you already said the lesson was "not just to avoid sending ground troops". But that seems to make a huge difference to me.

We're at war in like 7 countries now if you count bombing I think.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Well, the other ones involve tons of ground troops...so it's not really the same path. Actually I just realized you already said the lesson was "not just to avoid sending ground troops". But that seems to make a huge difference to me.

We're at war in like 7 countries now if you count bombing I think.

Most countries are not actually "at peace", Rome closed Janus' doors only three times in her history, and not for very long.

"War" with Iran, however, would be a bad idea. Strikes into Iran would need to target SAM defences and then Nuclear plants and refining facilities, such strikes would cause considerable collateral damage and might ignite real war, not like Iraq or Libya, but a real "we're going to have to build more tanks and ships" war, not to mention it would seriously destabalise the region and probably provoke direct attacks on Israel.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Most countries are not actually "at peace", Rome closed Janus' doors only three times in her history, and not for very long.

"War" with Iran, however, would be a bad idea. Strikes into Iran would need to target SAM defences and then Nuclear plants and refining facilities, such strikes would cause considerable collateral damage and might ignite real war, not like Iraq or Libya, but a real "we're going to have to build more tanks and ships" war, not to mention it would seriously destabalise the region and probably provoke direct attacks on Israel.

Well, the guy who wrote the article is scaremongering anyway. Statements like "no acceleration towards military action by the US, but that could change" are not news worthy.

[Major Robert Dump]

We cannot afford to keep doing this.

Iranian-supplied explosives and weapons being used on troops in Afghanistan is more justification than anything to do with Israel. However, using that rationale, we should also invade Pakistan, yet we send Pakistan money hand-over-fist.

I have an idea:

If we are going to go to the mat for Israel, can Israel at least give us some foreign aid, kind of like the US does Pakistan, except, ya know, with results?

[Tellos Athenaios]

If we are going to go to the mat for Israel, can Israel at least give us some foreign aid, kind of like the US does Pakistan, except, ya know, with results?

I don't think that is how the game works.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I don't think that is how the game works.

No, but we could sell the Iranians lots of stuff, I don't know, say weapons, via the Israelis who we could also then sell weapons to and then give more weapons to some impoverished Third World country whose death squads are just dying for the latest murderous fashion item to show we have a conscience. This way everyone makes a profit, we can have a Lovely War Against the Black Hats with unrivalled opportunities for Denial, and everyone's happy because Reaganonmics is back.

Isn't it great that modern doublethink allows us to consider bombing and firing missiles at a country as Not War? Landscape Gardening, perhaps.