just the last sentence
"all of these attacks, to my mind, are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. The US has no problem using and building more bombs and bases."
OK i understand thats problematic - lets put it another way:
in 5 years time, the US will STILL have bases and bombs in the middle east. thats what i meant. the way i framed in originally did not account for Iran's strategy of leverage on world energy, which is having an affect on US strategy for this conflict.
trusting this clarifies.
This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 22 2026 01:20am