Mar. 20 at 4:31 PM
The ding-dongs in the White House think that the Strait of Hormuz only affects oil - WRONG
Prices for nearly every good will increase - everyone will pay for a boondoggle war which will not materially change the Middles East
Iran’s IRGC runs a decentralized “mosaic defense” system—provincial commands, distributed networks—unlike the centralized regimes in Venezuela, Iraq, or Libya—far harder to decapitate or occupy
Even boots on the ground won’t fix/improve things. After 20 years &
$5T spent in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s back in charge - no change. Iran would be worse: tougher terrain, bigger population, & deeper ideology
This isn't a winnable war in any conventional sense. It's just expensive chaos that hits ordinary people's wallets the hardest...this why we can't have nice things like health insurance
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