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re: Update: Situation in Iran thread
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:27 am to Lizardman2
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:27 am to Lizardman2
Sunk Cost fallacy. Cheap in comparison to war.
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Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:31 am to Lizardman2
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Yeah, it almost has to go down right? Otherwise, it's the most expensive training exercise of the military in history.
This was the classic "carry a big stick and speak softly" - build up was to put pressure on Iran while they were at the negotiating table
If we dont strike at this point its a bad look, no one will take threats seriously in the future if they are empty. I.e. Obama's "red line" in Syria
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:35 am to Trapped in time
This isnt for Israel. Read over the last 10-15 pages. The answers are there.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:38 am to METAL
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This isnt for Israel. Read over the last 10-15 pages. The answers are there.
Right. Not for Israel just coincidentally super beneficial for them and will get Republicans slaughtered in the midterms.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:41 am to msutiger
Again, reread the last dozen pages. There’s a lot more to the than meets the eye.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:43 am to wdhalgren
quote:Good, loyal goyim. You will get 2 slices of bread on next allowance instead of just 1.
These comments are trite and virtually worthless. You think you've distilled every possible analysis of this down to a 2 second sound bite. I guess it's a form of virtue signalling or something, but it's more like simple-minded signalling.
Speaking of virtual signaling lol…
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:44 am to hawgfaninc
This is a Kansas City Shuffle - a head fake - look over here
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:45 am to GeauxBurrow312
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If we dont strike at this point its a bad look, no one will take threats seriously in the future if they are empty. I.e. Obama's "red line" in Syria
It is only a bad look if Iran does not capitulate.
I keep seeing "this is a bad look" as if not sending an aerial assault is a bad thing. It is only a bad thing if Iran continues to act like they did in 2025. But this is 2026 and they have the largest war machine assembled since 2002 outside their front door.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:50 am to VooDude
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Good, loyal goyim
Like I said, simple-minded. I guess dividing the world up into two groups is the only way your brain can function.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:55 am to meansonny
Trump has also hinted in the past at regime change. That’s a guaranteed shitshow…
To guarantee elimination of Iran’s nuclear program will require boots on the ground. How many American lives should we invest in a ground war with Iran? It’s likely to cost far more than Iraq or Afghanistan…
To guarantee elimination of Iran’s nuclear program will require boots on the ground. How many American lives should we invest in a ground war with Iran? It’s likely to cost far more than Iraq or Afghanistan…
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:08 am to VOR
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:09 am to VolInBavaria
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:14 am to wdhalgren
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Like I said, simple-minded. I guess dividing the world up into two groups is the only way your brain can function.
Three slices of bread for your service goy, but no more.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:22 am to wdhalgren
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Thanks Israel, our Jewish overlords.
These comments are trite and virtually worthless. You think you've distilled every possible analysis of this down to a 2 second sound bite. I guess it's a form of virtue signalling or something, but it's more like simple-minded signalling.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:23 am to VOR
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How many American lives should we invest in a ground war with Iran? It’s likely to cost far more than Iraq or Afghanistan…
This has nothing to do with those conflicts. And as far as risk to boots on the ground it all has to do with ROE.
Also over thirty thousand Iranians sacrificed their lives to throw off the mullahs. That indicates a very large portion of the population would view us as liberators.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:23 am to hawgfaninc
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The USS Gerald R. Ford is not parked near Iran. It is parked off Israel. And nobody is asking the only question that matters: why.
The $13.3 billion crown jewel of the US Navy, the largest warship ever constructed, just positioned itself off Haifa. Not in the Arabian Sea where the Lincoln sits 850 kilometers from Iranian shores loaded for offensive operations. Not in the Gulf where strike range is optimal. Off Israel. Defending Israel.
This is not redundancy. This is architecture.
Two carriers. Two missions. Two entirely different strategic functions. The Lincoln is the sword, positioned to launch strike packages into Iranian airspace within hours of an order. The Ford is the shield, its Aegis missile defense systems creating an umbrella over Israeli population centers against the retaliation that follows the first Tomahawk.
America just split its carrier doctrine into offense and defense simultaneously. That has not happened since the Pacific theater in 1945.
But the positioning reveals something deeper than tactics. When Iran retaliates, and every wargame says Iran retaliates, its missiles and drones fly toward Israel. They will fly through the same airspace where a US carrier strike group is now stationed. Every Iranian missile aimed at Tel Aviv or Haifa must traverse the Ford’s defensive envelope. Shooting at Israel means shooting at, around, and through an American carrier group.
Iran cannot retaliate against Israel without engaging American naval assets. The Ford’s position makes that physically impossible. The carrier is not defending Israel as a favor. It is positioned so that any Iranian response to American strikes automatically becomes an attack on American forces, triggering the full unrestrained weight of US military response without a single additional political decision required.
This is escalation insurance written in steel and seawater. If the campaign goes longer than planned, if munitions run thin in 7 to 10 days, if allies hesitate, the Ford’s position ensures that Iranian retaliation does the political work Washington cannot do alone: it transforms a limited American strike into an act of self-defense that no ally can refuse to support.
You do not park a $13.3 billion carrier where the enemy’s return fire will hit it unless you want the enemy’s return fire to hit it.
The Ford is not there to prevent escalation. The Ford is there to guarantee that if escalation comes, it comes on terms that make American restraint politically impossible and allied participation politically unavoidable
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:27 am to wdhalgren
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Like I said, simple-minded. I guess dividing the world up into two groups is the only way your brain can function.
You’re arguing with indoctrinated retards
God speed
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:29 am to hawgfaninc
You know shite is real when the Kazakhstan's are getting the heck out of town.
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You do not park a $13.3 billion carrier where the enemy’s return fire will hit it unless you want the enemy’s return fire to hit it.
Iran can shoot at Israel without having to shoot at the Ford.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:30 am to BayouBengal51
Shipping lines are starting to divert their ships away from the Suez Canal due to rising tensions.
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