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re: No ground troops

Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:03 pm to
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:03 pm to
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keep asking why a military operation wouldn’t hand all its plan over to its enemy and all I get our ad hom attacks.

You've avoided the question for hours now. I asked it again last page and I'll repost for you

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What is the regime going to hold out for, exactly, without boots on the ground, if we continue the bombing as part of our stated goals (without boots), that they would not otherwise hold out for?


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mean what could the negative effects of telegraphing where you’re going and what you’re doing next when 77m people have put you in charge of the nation be.

That wasn't the question

You're flailing
Posted by Jbird
Shoot the tires out!
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Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:03 pm to
Of course you're smarmy attitude never got your shite pushed in. Lol
Posted by crazy4lsu
Member since May 2005
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Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:06 pm to
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I got the typical neocons/ignorant response



Yeah the switch between being anti-war to now supporting a war in a very complicated area seems to depend on the support for secular governance, but those defenders seem to overrate how many supporters for secular, democratic governance there actually are in the region. At one point in time, I recall Neocons insisting that all we needed to do was to give Iraqi's the right reading material in order for them to take on viewpoints more amenable to the US. And similarly, Iraq had a well-educated population, as Baghdad was considered the literary capital of the Arab world for a long time and actually had a tradition of secular, if not socialist, governance. None of that worked out all that well for anyone but I guess we have to learn that lesson again. I mean, the group that is going to defend this kinetic action won't learn, but everyone else will.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:07 pm to
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Of course you're smarmy attitude never got your shite pushed in. Lol

Not once.

And the smarmy attitude was not really necessary because people irl understood who I was and didn't act like retards in response.

You see it here because of the Dunning Kruger Effect and emotional types require it in response to their drivel.
Posted by jammajin
Member since Jul 2024
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Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:08 pm to
You’re avoiding and flailing now. I actually got my shite pushed out in high school by 3 people who post here. They got so tired of my foolishness they pushed it out rather than in

But no really 3 people from my high school post here. Of course they all can’t stand my attention whore ways and wouldn’t be caught dead admitting it or hanging with me

Anyway, I’ve asked this question for hours and nobody can answer it sufficiently for me. Which is odd because I usually am satisfied with answers here regularly which is why I post 4000 times per day
Posted by Jbird
Shoot the tires out!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:08 pm to
Not your constant I am the smartest fricker on TD attitude.

It's everyone else

Lol

I love you man!
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
472916 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:09 pm to
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None of that worked out all that well for anyone but I guess we have to learn that lesson again. I mean, the group that is going to defend this kinetic action won't learn, but everyone else will.

This is a FO I hoped we never had to learn again
Posted by crazy4lsu
Member since May 2005
39571 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:10 pm to
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I keep asking why a military operation wouldn’t hand all its plan over to its enemy


Unless you think your enemy is stupid, they know what the options are and have known what the military options are for a long time. The US political class has signaled its intent on Iran for a long time, and Iran responded by designing part of their defensive network to withstand a loss of leadership. Whether the Iranians at the moment know whether boots on the ground is on or off-the-table is irrelevant when their entire defensive approach depends on boots on the ground. Their approach is the same that Shia militias have used since the Iraqi insurgency.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
472916 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:10 pm to
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Not your constant I am the smartest fricker...attitude.

You don't understand irl people did not really disagree

That point went over your head

Posted by Jbird
Shoot the tires out!
Member since Oct 2012
89078 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:10 pm to
Naw I got it big guy.

Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
472916 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:11 pm to
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Whether the Iranians at the moment know whether boots on the ground is on or off-the-table is irrelevant when their entire defensive approach depends on boots on the ground. Their approach is the same that Shia militias have used since the Iraqi insurgency.


Correct
Posted by crazy4lsu
Member since May 2005
39571 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:11 pm to
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This is a FO I hoped we never had to learn again



I mean, some of us did. The problem is that the US political class barely has to suffer any consequences. They are divorced from the consequences. That will lead to absolutely idiotic outcomes.
Posted by Lizardman2
Member since Jan 2024
2691 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:35 am to
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Ground troops not needed.


Why not?


Because modern warfare doesn't require boots on the ground. Leaders are being sniped with precision-guided munitions with pinpoint accuracy. Likewise, everything from mobile radar with missiles to underground missile defense systems are being obliterated with the same.

Posted by jammajin
Member since Jul 2024
1496 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 9:10 am to
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and Iran responded by designing part of their defensive network to withstand a loss of leadership.



seems to be working well then

I can see why you and SFP admire them so..
This post was edited on 3/10/26 at 9:11 am
Posted by BOHICAMAN
Member since Feb 2026
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Posted on 3/10/26 at 9:16 am to
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Because modern warfare doesn't require boots on the ground.


All the lols
Posted by crazy4lsu
Member since May 2005
39571 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 1:10 pm to
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seems to be working well then

I can see why you and SFP admire them so..


Have they capitulated? And grow up you toddler. I am stating a fact, that they built their defensive network to operate independently. Otherwise, shut up.
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