Ukraine will be coming in with their fur coat demanding “where’s my ammo?!”
Let’s say a hypothetical scenario exists where Iran depletes the entire stock of the best interceptors, but loses their ability to fire missiles in the process. Are there any other powers in the region or the world that could use that window of vulnerability to attack other US positions? Are there other powers that would? I suspect the answer to the first question is only China and Russia, and the answer to the second question is no, but I am curious if I’m wrong
Yemen is almost certainly going to join in. Hezbollah and Iraqi militias already said they will be activating against the US. The problem for the US is that they are spread very thin in the region, and there is a huge amount of animosity towards them, especially after the genocide in Gaza. It’s entirely possible that US backed regimes will start to fall as well.
That would be amazing. Hopefully they all join in while Iran still has gas in the tank. If they wait until Iran’s missile capacity is gone it’s too late
Imagine if (I’m almost certain it’s not gonna happen, because the villains seem to have the upper hand, historically speaking) Iran actually took down a carrier or something like that? Would it embolden other countries to act against America and their interests ? Could we (I know, I’m not doing anything but I’m on the side of humanity) neuter Western imperialism (Europe can’t really do anything without American backing, the days of the hegemony of European empires are long gone) here?
Probably not, but dreaming is free. My biggest dream is Westerners, on average, knowing who they are, what they’ve done and what they’re doing around the world. I believe in their hearts, they’re just silly and propagandised. If that ever happens (we were getting somewhere with TikTok and the genocide in Gaza), they’ll need to send clankers to war since the people won’t stand for killing and pillaging anymore.
Even if Iran doesn’t take out a carrier, the US is now faced with no good options. It’s pretty clear they miscalculated, and Iran isn’t going to collapse. So, now they find themselves faced with an Ukraine style attrition war, except the logistics are far worse than they are for Russia which actually has a border with Ukraine. The US has to ship weapons and troops all the way across the ocean here. So, what does the US do now, do they commit to the war which is unwinnable, or do they run home with their tail between their legs?
Either scenario is a disaster. If the US commits to the war then there’s almost certainly going to be an economic crash as happened when the US invaded Vietnam. If the US is seen to be defeated, then everyone can see that the empire can be defeated. The whole narrative of the best military in the world that cannot be challenged falls apart at that point.
I’d argue attacking Iran was a far worse blunder than starting a proxy war in Ukraine, but it’s also compounded by it. The US has depleted a lot of its stocks of critical weapons like missile interceptors over the past four years, and the economic war on Russia forced a creation of a whole alternate economic system that’s outside western control. Both these factors have significantly weakened the American hand in the current conflict.
The only way to possibly prevent disaster and pull out is for Congress to impeach and remove Trump for acting without their approval. But given how they’ve basically been spreading their buttcheeks for him for the past year, I don’t see that happening.
i could see this being used as a bay of pigs situation, to depose of trump and co. (more likely just trump, and the co. aspect continue on unabated), but that might be expecting too much of americans.
fact is most only care that their line goes up (even if just due to inflation/currency debasement), and war is great for profiteering. No US administration since Eisenhower has been against US warmongering and I see no reason why that would change under a republican administration especially.
yeah same
