US Perspective on the Iran - Israel / US War

[Pakistani Dragon]

Why is everything a drop in the bucket regarding Iranian attacks I mean if we add up every single country with their own material losses this is including after the pentagon report that only went from February 28 to June 30 do we really believe everything is just a drop in the bucket hundreds of structures destroyed or damage dozens of aircraft god knows how many vehicles and everything in between we can keep repeating it’s a drop in the bucket but it’s a very very costly drop in the bucket

The United States also made more than $44 billion in military sales during the war, according to the Pentagon Inspector General's latest report.

That's billions of dollars flowing into the US defence industry, supporting American manufacturing and jobs both directly and indirectly.

On the other hand, can you tell us how many defence sales Iran has secured as a result of this “War of Choice”?

How many countries have been lining up to buy Iranian weapons because of the war?

 

[lightning f57]

Why would the US start a war with its third-largest trading partner, or, for that matter, why would China start one with its largest individual-country trading partner?

Both countries have enormous economic interests at stake.

Easy, Taiwan !

 

[KAL-EL]

I doubt it very much. Europe is far more technologically advanced than Russia, and it also has nukes.

Russia is "bogged down" in Ukraine and if history repeats itself, it's not going to end well for the Russians once the war ends.

During this war so far, they've already lost Syria and now they're looking at losing Iran too.

^^ This

people seem to love to talking about nuking this and nuking that. Meanwhile in the real world, where most of us live, nukes don't get used like candy

 

[KAL-EL]

Why would the US start a war with its third-largest trading partner, or, for that matter, why would China start one with its largest individual-country trading partner?

Both countries have enormous economic interests at stake.

Though adversaries, short of an existential threat to either Nation, China and the US won't be going to world war 3 anytime soon.

Yes I know there are people here who have a bloodlust that would love to see it happen. They think of it as like a video game.

Accepting in this game, there is no reset button

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

They can indeed, I find AC's white elephants when it comes to states like the US and China

They have a role..it's mostly blue water denial and quick airstrips...not shore bombardment.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

according to reports by Forbes. [1]

Sep 22, 2025

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/09/22/heres-how-much-the-trump-kids-have-made-because-of-the-presidency/

 

[MNZGamerX]

 

[Americano]

They can indeed, I find AC's white elephants when it comes to states like the US and China

No carrier has been sunk since WW2.

American carriers have wreaked havoc on enemy vessels and territories.

I think I'd rather have these "white elephants" than not.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

lol Dream on it isn't that high



$6.099...come on Iran you have to do better...the US map only goes up to $5.58..and that's for high tax California.

https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=38.822395&lng=-96.591588&z=4

 

[SolarWarden]

Ugh!!! Of course California why TF am I still here!!!! I'm like a dingleberry that is dry stuck to an a-hole. I can't unstuck myself to California.... yet.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Ugh!!! Of course California why TF am I still here!!!! I'm like a dingleberry that is dry stuck to an a-hole. I can't unstuck myself to California.... yet.

 

[Davey Crockett]

Ugh!!! Of course California why TF am I still here!!!! I'm like a dingleberry that is dry stuck to an a-hole. I can't unstuck myself to California.... yet.

 

[SolarWarden]

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I don't want to move to Texas or Florida I'm thinking Wyoming, Montana or one of the Dakota's. I want to be as far from people or population centers as possible when the cht hits the fan.

 

[SABRE]

I don't want to move to Texas or Florida I'm thinking Wyoming, Montana or one of the Dakota's. I want to be as far from people or population centers as possible when the cht hits the fan.

I dislike Florida's wildlife scene.

 

[lightning f57]

No carrier has been sunk since WW2.

American carriers have wreaked havoc on enemy vessels and territories.

I think I'd rather have these "white elephants" than not.

When was the last time peers with AC went to battle against one another since WW2, never. So not a good metric.

Still a white elephant v peers.