I thought that this administration ran on ending wars and not starting new ones?
America has the ability to be a beacon of hope and possibility for the world, but I am not sure that will survive the actions described here.
God bless our warriors.
Thank God we rescued our pilot & all of the rescuers escaped Iran safely.
Now is a great time to end this war & bring all of our troops home.
The main issue: launching a war against Iran is foolish due to Iran’s ability to shut down the SOH, the effect that has on the economy, our alliances in the Gulf & the strength of the petrodollar etc.
We could have contained Iran w/Sanctions & CT strikes (like Solmani) & let the regime organically collapse overtime or negotiated.
Attacking Iran directly has only emboldened the regime & the hardliners.
This war only benefits Israel, as their goal is to create chaos within Iran so the regime can’t pose a threat to Israel.
Israel needs us to lead these efforts because they lack the military capability but also so we value the intel they give us on Iran.
America at war with Iran increases the value of Intel on Iran that Israel provides, this is the commodity Israel deals in.
We do not benefit from this war & are losing our standing in the world because of it.
Israel moved the red line & forced the war.
POTUS’s original red line was no nuclear weapon for Iran. The Supreme Leader agreed & held a prohibition on a nuclear weapon since 2004. The disagreement & debate was on enrichment levels & monitoring.
The Israelis convinced POTUS that zero enrichment was the red line, the Iranians disagreed, we took out their enrichment capability w/ Op Midnight Hammer, making enrichment a dead issue.
Iran was back at the negotiating table afterwards, this was a major threat to Israel’s goal of regime change, so they forced our hand & attacked Iran, knowing Iran would then attack us, plunging us into the war.
A true display of American strength would be NOT taking the escalation bait. Don’t double down on failure by committing ground troops & increasing air strikes.
Show the world we can still lead by restraining Israel & negotiating w/Iran to open Hormuz, restoring order is power.