i really really hope this was the full extent of iran's official response - if so, we can all consider ourselves lucky that they have smarter leadership than america.
that said, it's pretty amazing how people, who acted like they were principled non-interventionists (which always was a weak and transparent excuse to cover for another one of trump's foreign policy blunders), just backed this move that had (and unfortunately still has) the potential to escalate into a major military conflict.
a few questions for those embracing the
"we killed a terrorist and it didn't cost us anything" narrative:
- what do you think about the thousands of additional troops deployed to the middle east? not just in terms of its economic costs (strange how no one is asking how to pay for this), but also the fact that it's the exact opposite of trump's promise to get america OUT of the middle east?
- how does the fact that iran now also abandoned the nuclear deal, and might go back to developing nuclear weapons, fit into the 'masterful response' narrative?
- how many additional terrorist do you guess this escalation has created? hundreds of thousands mourning and protesting in the streets, shouting 'death to america' - a few of them will inevitably make it to a military base or even to the US. worth it?
- how would you evaluate fact that the likelihood of both parties returning to the negotiating table was decreased significantly by trump's hawkish approach towards iran?
i mean it's great that not more lives have been lost (yet), but people can't possibly be that shortsighted and ignorant to genuinely consider this a 'win'?!
Quote (bogie160 @ 8 Jan 2020 21:44)
Vietnam has always had a much larger population than Iran. It's the 15th most populous state in the world.
north vietnam's population in 1964 was around 17 million people. iran's population today is around 80 million people.
This post was edited by fender on Jan 8 2020 03:48pm