(04-12-2026, 09:33 AM)CriticalStinker Wrote: I don't think there is an outcome where Iran "wins". Their country was already in rough shape because of their government, and we have given them a pounding.
But I'm old enough to remember that we said mission accomplished too early in Iraq. That became a years long war.
There are absolutely scenarios where we could lose a lot of resources while getting very little in return. Trump has said many times that we've already won. Then what are we still doing there? The longer we stay, the more chance an escalation happens we can't walk back from and it's a true full blown war. The longer the strait stays closed, the more chance more nations get involved.
Complete destruction of Iran’s Air Force, navy, nukes and air defenses is a win.
The table is set for the Persians to take their country back.
We did a lot of the heavy lifting and now it’s their turn to get cracking.
They are the ones who have to take it back.
It’s theirs to take.
Hopefully more nations get involved, besides just the neighbors because Iran’s Hormuz hostage situation is affecting a lot of other countries.
Escalation?
What is Iran going to do that haven’t already done?
They’ve killed 40,000 of their own population for protesting(reality is it’s probably way more), attacked all their innocent civilian neighbors, and held hostage by mining an international trade waterway.