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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 135 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Man, I really hate being on the Axis side. I hope we loose.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 month ago (3 children)

We already lost. Trump got bullied/suckered by Israel into this mess without a clearly defined American win scenario. Israel has one and they are getting it. The US does not, because Trump is weak and catastrophically dumb, ignorant, narcissistic, and incompetent.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

We... we lost two THAAD radar arrays, already.

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/irgc-destroys-second-us-thaad-system-uae-radar-qatar-early-warning-iran-missile-dominance/

We... can't intercept too many missiles without those.

They're like $1.5 billion USD each, roughly adjusted for inflation.

And... I think there were only like, 12 of these things, total. Anywhere. As of a week ago.

We reportedly have been trying to take away the one we use in South Korea, to redeploy it.

This is ... beyond completely tits up.

Trump is saying the US Navy will just escort any willing vessel through the Strait of Hormuz.

And... what, we're gonna use all our fleet defensive systems, to .... shoot down the missiles that Iran can build 10x faster than we can build interceptors?

Taiwan is now completely fucked, if anyone hasn't figured that out yet, we will now almost certainly not have enough missiles to repel an invasion from the PLAN and PLAAF.

This is... extremely bad situation, if you are generally a fan of yourself and other people not dieing a violent death.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They're moving at least one from S Korea to replace one of the destroyed ones. Hopefully it gets blown up too.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They're not only squandering their position as a global leader and the good will of our allies, but the military might and defensive capabilities too.

They're literally going to make the continental US vulnerable to attack by wasting so many resources in this pointless war of aggression.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Some are saying that this is a brilliant tactic by Trump. They took Venezuela, where China gets much of their oil, and now we've blocked Hormuz, where China gets the rest of its oil. They think this will crush China.

But China still has about a 100 day reserve. When that runs out, they will do something to get leverage for more oil - like take Taiwan. They need the oil, we need the chips. We've always worried about them taking Taiwan, and now Trump is going to force their hand with his "brilliant" chess playing.

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

No body is going to win this. Everyone loses.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hmmm. This is the Evil side.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

US is doing an evil playthrough.

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

That's the wrong take, I hope that we do an Itlay

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 64 points 1 month ago

Ahhh so thats why we bombed iran.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago (11 children)
[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Hard to imagine only half of the Arabian Peninsula or just a minor sliver of the Levant would be enough. "We're here, why isn't it ours" seems like the Israeli motto.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Ah yes just casually taking the bulk of the fucking Nile…

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Might as well clean up the rest of Egypt as well at that point.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

100% chance that if they did this, they'd find a reason to invade the squishy but obscenely rich regions the the east as well.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Fucking psychos. Even at their peak, the biblical Israel was never that expansive. What farcical claim do they even attempt to make to this?

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[–] lmdnw@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hope for lots of dead Israeli soldiers!

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Are we calling this whole situation in the middle east and Europa a world war yet?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Remember how innocent we were the FIRST time Trump bombed Iran and we thought he was starting world war 3? Such sweet summer children were we.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lebanon can’t catch a break.

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[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 month ago

Classic Israeli tactic. Big mate allowed to feel like the tough guy, whilst the little shits do something sneaky and nasty whilst the world looks elsewhere.

[–] clot27@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its actually hell how we allow this to happen how we allowed the formation of zionist state in the first place its disgusting

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago

Truman supported them even right after his security thwarted a mail bomb aimed at him by Zionists.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Oh yeah, invade this christian nation once again

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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Someone invade "israel", so they get what they do to others.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

It’s been tried multiple and the invaders always lose the war and territory.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Three countries (and more really) tried to do exactly that, and they have still not recovered

Their militaries are woefully inadequate, they can't compete with US/Israeli doctrine directly

There are many reasons why, "top heavy" is simplest explanation; rank and file are afraid of their superiors (rightly so), so they withhold and misrepresent unfortunate news.

This makes modern military operations that depend on adaptability, communication, and coordination very difficult.

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[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Of course they did. Israelis are war fucking criminals, bloodthirsty murderers.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So how much territory could they actually effectively hold and control?

[–] BananaLama@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Most people already fled. So it's pretty sparsely populated right now

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Watch the Lebanese army and goverment again do nothing while their citizens are massacred other than scold their opposition to stop resisting.

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