Trump said there is practically nothing left to target in Iran......now what?

There is plenty left to target, it is just that all the easy targets are gone now.

They will try to stay a little longer to kill all these hardline assholes and give the people a legitimate shot at taking down this regime. There are still some pretty high ranking government officials outstanding too that need to go meet Allah.

We do not really know what is in store when the torch is passed to the people of Iran. It could be in the cards to provide them some air cover. If a large group of people can sucker these IRGC people out when the time come then we might can get bombs on them.

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couldn't Trump just claim victory by saying US objectives have been met and cease offensive military operations?

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Sure why not.

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There is plenty left to target, it is just that all the easy targets are gone now.

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I guess the more pertinent question is what is the US objective?

If the objective is to crush the Iran's ability to produce a nuclear weapon, produce intermediate and long range missiles, drones, etc. how will the US know when those objectives are met? Without unfettered access into the interior of Iran how will the US know all threats have been neutralized and all objectives have been met?

If the US objective is regime change and the Persian people are unwilling to participate in removing the Islamists from power, what does this operation look like? How long does it take? How many US servicemen are the US willing to sacrifice? How much money should the US expect to spend?

Just asking a few questions.

Going forward, there are a lot of moving parts right now with the potential for a shite ton of unintended consequences. What's the downside of the US declaring victory and telling Iran they're officially under the new DOW policy of FAFO?

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Im so fricking confused by this! How can we be out of targets, but our concern is tanker safety in the strait?

What the frick is the danger in the strait, if we r out of targets?

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The enemy is hiding in their residential neighborhoods.
The enemy is hiding in places of business.
The enemy is hiding in school buildings.

They no longer have government buildings or police stations to congregate.
They no longer have ambulance services.
But they are still present. It is going to take Intel on the ground to be as precise as we have been up to this point.
We need starlink to some assets on the ground giving us direction.

Bush I stopped Desert Storm too soon when they were rolling and you saw where that got us. Bush II had his Mission Accomplished moment and you saw where that got us.

We don’t need Trump to do either of those. Keep going until that regime is all dead.

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......now what?

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When confronted with a dilemma like this, my wife's go to is ...

"Deeper and harder"

If there is no regime change, the opposition will blast how much of a failure it all was.

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The natives are going to get restless quickly. Those boomers are not going to like it when they have to fill up the pontoons this summer and gas is $5/gallon.

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Trump, and the world for that matter, can’t afford for this to go on much longer.