Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

[Watandar]

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This just means instead of 1, you need 2-3 drones to do the job.

 

[Master Chief]

How did every other empire in history fall in that case? Why is the US so special that it can sustain its own imperial project indefinitely without consequence?

It is more to do with the era we live in and the baseline standard of living with technological advancements of mankind.

There is no internal strife in the empire due to: (a) tight controls in this information age, and (b) people are happy to accept the blue pill because even under economic strain, you're not dying from famine, succumbing to plagues, or watching your family get chopped up by barbarian chieftains or criminal gangs.

There is a layer of "tolerance" in the system because living standards are so much higher than ever before, back when the great empires of old would visibly teeter and fall over the precipice. Will a 50% or even a 100% shift in fuel prices actually cause subversion of the zionist project to the point that the empire collapses? Would the military ever revolt en masse? Would any revolt of the judiciary or even of the people occur over a matter of bombs dropping on brown skinned people thousands of miles away? Doubtful. Very doubtful. Americans DID risk everything to revolt against the British over matters of their own interest. But they would only go so far for someone else's interests and that would be well well short of overthrowing the Republic.

The only solution (unless the economic siege can be tolerated and accepted) would seem to be some form of actual military defeat of USA, which is too much for Iran to achieve at present. Israel and the GCC sure, but not USA.

 

[Watandar]

It seems the U.S. will be HEAVILY bombing Iran after the mid terms. Trump wants to avoid rocking the boat before then to avoid hurting his parties chances any more than he already has.

But after mid terms, Trump is a free unchained man to do whatever he wishes with no political repercussions

Midterms have a limited impact on the Iran war. The real reasons are lack of military options, lack of offensive and defensive missiles and the vulnerability of the GCC to Iranian attack. That won't change for many years.