re: Iran shoots down helicopter over Hormuz Strait... the US will respond

Thought they had no military capabilities?

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I have a lot of sympathy for the people of Iran"

so being happy our pilots are safe is vomiting emotions..... but having sympathy for the people of Iran is analyzing facts...... got it.

Does it hurt to be this stupid?

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Apparently.

I very clearly was criticizing Trump’s decision to engage in this unnecessary conflict with Iran. My post made no reference either way to safety of the soldiers involved.

You’re analysis and response was that I “didn’t care about foreign policy or these two soldiers”

I’m thrilled they are okay. I am less than thrilled that illiterate and emotionally compromised individuals like yourself get to vote.

And, yes, I can be thrilled that American soldiers are okay and sympathize with Iranian population being held under the thumb of the theocratic authoritarians. Those are not competing positions.

What would you like me to use as a starting point?

Solemaini's Quds force hunting American soldiers in Iraq for sport?

Or more recent?

Over 200 attacks on US/coalition bases/interests by Iran and it's proxies over the past 5 years?

46 Americans killed on Oct 7?

3 assassination plots?

60% uranium enrichment?

Deal with the Chinese (signed 4 days before Epic Fury kicked off) for Chinese CM-302 supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles?

None of those things even move the needle for you?

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That doesn’t mean they can’t even get a single shot off dumbass.

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And capable of somehow controlling the Strait.

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The village idiot has spoken

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Every time you post.

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None of those things even move the needle for you?

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None of these were used as justification by the Trump administration for the current conflict.

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All hail king Trump all hail, King Trump 2028, baby.

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The TDS is strong with this one.

Other than the uranium enrichment, no, those things weren't.

And that's on them. The messaging on this and so many other things need to be a lot better. They really need a media war room to get all the information out.

Do any of those things I listed meet your threshold of justification?

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Other than the uranium enrichment, no, those things weren't.

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Except that Trump's own Defense Intelligence Agency publicly stated that Iran would not have weapons-grade capability until 2035 at the earliest.

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Do any of those things I listed meet your threshold of justification?

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For the current action, no.

Like I posted above, the most likely scenario is that Israel told the US that they were planning on striking Iran and they needed the US to help take Iranian military capabilities. The US justified it to the public as Iran will most likely counter Israel's attack against both Israeli and US holdings so we should preemptively attack their capabilities.

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Myself, along with several other posters called on Trump to hit them with tactical nukes about three weeks ago. But several of our resident candy asses started crying about it.

I'd like to inquire if they still feel that way. I bet they don't.

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There is a lot to consider with that move that goes beyond purely the candy arse geopolitical ramifications...if that is what you are referring to as candy arse crying IDK. First I assume you would want to use them to take out Iran's under ground missile/ drone complexes which is the primary threat to the region and could cause damage that would take possibly years to repair the damage to the oil infrastructure of the other gulf states. . Conventional arms and some lack of intelligence has made these sites hard to take out. Some of these complexes are 1600 feet deep in solid granite. A nuke may not even be able to destroy them but lets say they can or at least entomb them. 90% of the gulf countries get their drinking water from the Persian gulf and coastal desalination plants.

Those tac nukes..specifically ground detonations around the coast (where a lot of these complexes are located) would be even worse than air bursts as far as possible water contamination issues in the gulf. and it would be even worse if we happen to hit a secret nuclear site that perhaps we didnt know about. Sounds crazy.....shite happens. It would require an immediate shut down of those desalination plants cause if that shite gets in there it would be a nightmare to flush out ..I dont think it would be possible. and the geography of the gulf traps it there for a long time as well. So potentially we are talking about a massive fresh water crisis that will effect millions and millions of people.