Flavius Agximus said:2026NCAggies said:harge57 said:2026NCAggies said:American Hardwood said:LMCane said:Rockdoc said:
What I want to know is what is our "threshold" as the general put it? Even though we intercepted what they fired at our ships, what if one slips through and hits one of our destroyers? That's not acceptable and pure BS. The act of firing should have been the threshold. Quit screwing around with these idiots. Losing a multi-billion dollar ship is not acceptable.
obviously Trump and the braintrust around him at the White House
believe it is better for the USA right now to strangle the Islamic Republic into submission than to start heavily bombing them.
there is even an air blockade in that no aircraft have even been flying OVER Iran the past few days much less landing.
I believe this is correct. The administration is making progress in moving towards their goal of capitulation without great expending lives and material. Why not take the slow road with less risk? Trump seems to weigh the cost of American servicemen very heavily, something that should be very much appreciated.
Right now, exposing Iran's bluff on the SoH is a key point in removing the last leverage that Iran has, to the extent that leverage actually exists. Without that threat, everything else Trump wants becomes much easier. I still think the time for more bombs will come, but that will be over forcing the surrender of the nuclear material and hopefully the end of the IRGC and control of Iran by radicals at large.
The only way you finish them off is through another bombing campaign. They do not care about the blockade, have you seen their last proposal? Complete joke. There is no negotiating with these idiots, they could care less about the economy, they just want to outlast us and survive
It is time to finish the job and devastate through bombing
You do not go the slow route period, congress is fed up already and so are the population. FINISH THE DAMN JOB
This thing could be won within another month. The blockade will take a long time. We do not have that kind of time.
Rs are going to get their asses tore up in the midterms if this lasts months
Completely disagree. You can't "finish the job" with bombing alone, we have already bombed 95% of the military targets. To meet the objectives of taking Iran's Uranium and essentially taking over the strait and ensuring safe passage would require significant "boots on the ground" presence which i think in the US is the least preferred option.
Um we have not bombed 95% of the military targets. Trump and Hegseth said we only bombed 70 to 75% and it is probably more around 65%. You bomb the remaining targets, kill off more top leaders and bomb their infrastructure to rubble. While keeping the blockade
They will be done with if we do that. Arm the civilians and get factions of the Artesh army to turn against the IRGC and it will definitely be over
And we have already cleared one passage in the strait without boots on the ground...............
in hindsight wonder if the initial decapitation strike was the right approach? Maybe for the Israelis thinking of it in terms of perpetual regional war, and IIRC that strike was the Israelis' doing, it was a good move. But for us looking to destroy nuclear and missile capability and get out, it left too big a void in national authority figures who could cut a deal.
maybe consider the ACTUAL REALITY that Ayatollah Ali Khameini HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN OVER THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM in June 2025
and he chose to be bombed
then he had the opportunity to make a deal in February 2026 and he chose to be bombed
suddenly you think that after surviving three rounds of this he is going to surrender?!!?
you need to realize that Ali Khameini WAS MORE INTRANSIGENT and hated the USA more than any other current leader.
