Jason LefkowitzIf this is true, Donald Trump has managed the unusual feat of going to war with another country and having them come out of it stronger than they went in
“Iran, despite the decapitation of its leadership, has dealt the United States a strategic defeat in the classical sense. It will end the war in a stronger position than when it came under attack. The United States will end the war in a weaker position than before it launched its war. The rest is details.”
I should state here that I'm not saying there is some better way out of the Iran War for the United States. I don't see one. For whatever reason, our military, the most lavishly funded in the world, is unable to prevent Iran from sinking ships in the Persian Gulf. The only military alternative is escalation, landing ground troops to try and push Iranian fires back out of range. That seems like an even bigger disaster in the making.
Trump cutting our losses is probably the best outcome that can be hoped for. But there will still be a price, and while the U.S. was alone in starting this war, it will not be alone in paying it.
Sebastian LasseWell, there are more and more European Countries closing its airspace for US Military flights. Last was Spain.
I am from Germany and I think if we close down the airspace over Ramstein, this would be a way out of the Iran War …
LabSpokane@sl007 @jalefkowit Please kick us out. Thank you.
I mean, do not get me wrong. As a photojournalist I had nice moments at Ramstein (as pictured).
It does not depend on the people, just on the king.
Dan Sugalski@jalefkowit This Iran War thing is very much a "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" thing. The absolute best result absolutely sucks and you'd have to be breathtakingly incompetent to think otherwise.
So, y'know, *exactly* the kind of rake this administration will repeatedly step on.
The Orange Theme@jalefkowit The best way out is to invent a time machine and smother baby Reagan. Or at least prevent Trump from starting a war.
AN/CRM-114@jalefkowit I’ll only add that diplomacy a nation is only as good as its word. The United States government is structurally untrustworthy on the timescale of years, thanks to its electorate; but now it cannot be trusted on the scale of days or hours.
Breaking off negotiations with a nation, explicitly to launch a surprise decapitation attack, is something that’s hard to recover from even with a regime change and mass executions
KanaMaunaWe really let the genie out of the bottle with the decapitation strikes. Someday, maybe soonish, someone will do that against us