We'll have boots on the ground by the end of April.
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We'll have boots on the ground by the end of April.
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We'll have boots on the ground by the end of April.
@sjvn jfc
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We'll have boots on the ground by the end of April.
@sjvn So we're occupying the oil, basically, and installing another CIA-friendly shah? Makes sense. Who cares about precedent?
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@sjvn So we're occupying the oil, basically, and installing another CIA-friendly shah? Makes sense. Who cares about precedent?
@AAKL Nah, that's way too much for Trump to do. I expect we'll try to occupy the Iranian shores of the Straits of Hozmuz and Kharg Island--and I also expect it will be a bloody disaster.
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@AAKL Nah, that's way too much for Trump to do. I expect we'll try to occupy the Iranian shores of the Straits of Hozmuz and Kharg Island--and I also expect it will be a bloody disaster.
@sjvn Interesting, assuming he's the one controlling the show, which he isn't. But this also assumes Iran hasn't mined everything. There's a precedent to this: when Saddam Hussein set the oil fields on fire to slow the advance of U.S. forces.
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@sjvn Interesting, assuming he's the one controlling the show, which he isn't. But this also assumes Iran hasn't mined everything. There's a precedent to this: when Saddam Hussein set the oil fields on fire to slow the advance of U.S. forces.
@sjvn But I would argue, after seeing today's news, that the plan is to control the Straight or to put it under U.S. or international control.
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@AAKL Nah, that's way too much for Trump to do. I expect we'll try to occupy the Iranian shores of the Straits of Hozmuz and Kharg Island--and I also expect it will be a bloody disaster.
They might take the shore, but they'll be stuck between water and a mountain range, full of nooks and crannies to hide drone bases.
If US troops don't want to be sitting ducks for drone attacks, they'll have to charge up a mountain to secure more territory inland. Charging up a mountain does not have an encouraging history.
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They might take the shore, but they'll be stuck between water and a mountain range, full of nooks and crannies to hide drone bases.
If US troops don't want to be sitting ducks for drone attacks, they'll have to charge up a mountain to secure more territory inland. Charging up a mountain does not have an encouraging history.
@Phosphenes @sjvn they might isolate the Straight and put it under U.S. control. Risky, but potentially crippling for Iran.
