It seams like the US isn't interested in winning wars, they just like starting them and then extending them for as long as possible.
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2026
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The way that normally works is that the US will isolate a country that can't fight back and then commit war crimes there for decades because it's a good profit vehicle for the military industry. They control the level of escalation, and they're able to turn heat up when they want or to cool things down when they need to.
The difference with Iran is that it's not isolated, and it's able to fight back in a meaningful way. The US does not have escalatory dominance in this conflict. And that's a whole new development for the burger reich.
Good, we deserve an equivalent response. The bullies need humbled.
Never thought about this before, but if China was going to start shit they're getting a really good look at US capabilities right now with little risk other than market disruption.
Honestly, I think China is probably thinking they vastly overestimated the US.
If Iran is outproducing the US and most of NATO, China could run circles around them.
Indeed, a lot of the US capabilities and limitations are being revealed now. I'd also be shocked if China wasn't quietly testing stuff like radars in Iran to see if they can detect US stealth jets for example.
This is nothing new, mapping out radars and intercept infra in advance, plus overwhelming the response ability, depleting interceptor stock with cheap rockets and drones is basic modern warfare, just as in NATO-Russia war.
The crazy part here is that NATO evidently hasn't learned anything at all over past 4 years.
Truth be told, even if NATO did learn, it won't matter. They're too deep in the neoliberal hole to reverse course now. Their arms manufacturers won't do anything without fat checks, and the US is running out of checks to write.
You know how they say, "don't let your mouth write checks your ass can't cash?" US is having a bunch of its checks bounce.
completely agree
They only learn after the fact. When their own blood drenches the sand.
Call me crazy but maybe it was just a test if Iran have those missiles they claim they have.
Iran claims to have operational hypersonic missiles (Fattah-1, Khorramshahr-4) capable of Mach 15.
https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/irans-hypersonic-missiles-summed-up-in-4-words/
This is 18376 km / h flying on < 100km orbit. You need some kind of radar mesh to detect that but even if you have one there is probably 1 minute left for reaction. Only skynet level defense can do it.
not to mention that Iran is systematically destroying US radars across the region as we speak
The US uses its operations to test out kit as well. Desert Storm was especially useful in that regard as there was plenty of time in the build up. Could it be the pesky Chinese and Russians are doing the same. Uncle Sam may come away with a bloody nose unless this is resolved quickly.
You'd think the US would've already been learning these lessons in Ukraine, but evidently they were not. And this is the first time the US got itself into a war where it does not control escalation. I don't see why Iran would settle for anything less than pushing the US out of the region entirely at this point.
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