Republicans scared, they keep talking about de-escalation

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But the plus side for the other great powers is that the war hawks will destroy America's logistical ability to project itself for another decade and give Xi a free hand in Asia, and Putin the ability to pressure the EU.

i think we have republican congressmen in this chat

i recognize that dumb

The irony of course is that we don't have to play their game. Iran would never be able to hold Saudi Arabia and Iraq long anyway.

SA is pussy

they cant fight

their military is a joke, it just spends a lot of money

ME militaries come in two basic flavors, they are the 'we put our second sons in officers uniforms and abuse our peasant enlisted" variety

that's partly what this is about, getting the US wedded to the saudi position because they are getting embarassed in yemen

Mostly, it can rely on sunni Islamists and ironically Sunni terrorists. They are weak conventionally. Not that Iran intends to do more than give them a bloody nose.

the real issue is going to be naval

iran has subs

all this above surface stuff is a distraction. if you can 'see' it, the enemy wants you to see it

to really embarass the us, you have to sink a carrier

The long game is that the ME is a quagmire that Russia and China want America to sink in, so we are too weak to respond to other fronts.

Russia wants to snap up the rest of Ukraine back into its orbit, and China wants an America too weak to help out Taiwan and China's neighbors.

Fucking Iran aint playing with Dubai

that will be 'hilarious' , even though monsterous

gonna kill all the instagram thots

Yeah I don't see much de-escalation happening now

What are the chances that enough senators flip and Trump ends up getting removed?

Probably about 2%

But even then

That might be optimistic though

President Pence.

God forbid.

Yeah is that even much better?

I mean, yes, it is

I would like it to happen

Very much

chance definitely higher

He'll probably be more responsible. Probably more pragmatic.

their language is shakey

Well with WW3 around the corner the chances are higher

That's why.

Except, there is also the whole

Not wanting to remove a president during a time of war

Depends on how big said war gets

are you ready