I still think this is tactically incorrectI dont get into the name calling, except moe and I think he is just trolling..... no one is that gullible.
I have disagreements with Trump and many many Republicans but have no choice but to vote that way , democrats are just far to cray cray for me. I do believe Iran needed crushed . We have used every tactic under the sun and they keep building more missiles and shipping them out to be used against us and Israel. I was against going into Iraq for many reasons and was hopeful Iran would calm down after the first bombing. Talking to a few friends who have spent many years serving and working in the middle east I believe its the right thing to do and at the right time . Worth the pain of high gas prices.
I’m not sure what our actual endgame or goal is here
Iran has made their goal crystal clear: crumble our economy and the economies of their neighbors who let us put military bases on their soil. They’ve got allies, China in particular is the world’s largest manufacturer of drones, and that’s the asymmetrical part that worries me. No matter how much power or money we throw at it, they only need to launch a handful of cheap drones every couple of weeks to keep choking Gulf shipping lanes.
Our original promise to the UAE and Saudi Arabia (trade oil in USD + host our bases = we protect them, including keeping the Gulf shipping lanes open) was what made the whole setup work. Trump seems fine walking away from that full protection bargain, and I think that’s a bigger shift than a lot of people are admitting.
