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Comment Re:Yeah, whatever (Score 1) 64

If I remember right, under Bush the argument went like this:

1) "Iraq is supporting terrorists!" Nobody believed it.
2) "Iraq is trying to build nuclear weapons!" Almost nobody believed it. There were some aluminum tubes transferred.
3) "Iraq is trying to get weapons of mass destruction!" Almost no one believed it.
4) "The president has secret information that he can't tell us!" 60% of the population (especially congress) believed it, because 9/11.

In the end it turned out that the Soviets prevented America from deposing Saddam during Desert Storm, so Jr decided to finish the job when the Soviets left.

Comment Re:Yeah, whatever (Score 5, Insightful) 64

Because the US has no clearly-defined goals.

The goal is to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The secondary objective is to prevent them from rebuilding their rocket supply. The third objective is to remove their support for terrorist proxies around the region.

The bonus objective is regime change.

Comment Re: Past that (Score 1) 149

"There are credible reports of some commanders allegedly using apocalyptic religious rhetoric. But there is no evidence that the U.S. government or military officially says the war is to bring about the “end of days." https://chatgpt.com/share/69aa...

In all seriousness, the war is seriously worrisome.

Comment Re:Seems like a poor strategy (Score 0) 149

1. How wide is the Strait? Like, they can hit it with artillary?

Targeting might be tough with artillery but it's around 30miles wide at the narrowest. Recently Iran released some sea mines into the area.

As opposed to US commander who are telling their troops this is a holy war, and will bring on the End Times (tm)?!?!?!

Which US commander did that?

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