Message from @snake
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Any reasonable nation will agree
But it's not like we can stop them from making moves
the point of negotiations is to come out of that spat in good terms
avoiding near conflicts
Well that’s the point of negotiating, is to try and get that objective. If we give them some lee way they might strike a deal, or maybe if we’re hardass then allow some things to slide
But still you should always try to get a better deal
Giving them leeway to negotiate back and forth, which can't happen if we're acting in bad faith
Uh sure it can, we could easily tell them to do something in return of this other thing, and then fuck them over
no it really can't
Iran is already distrustful of our govt
But even if you can’t have both, we have infinite power compared to them so we can choose
Ok and? Who fucking cares about how Iran feels ?
we're not gonna be able to trick'em
Really what I’m saying is that we have the guns, we can order them around, and they know it. So why not use that advantage?
yeah no, that's not how it works
us having power doesn't matter
and if anything it would only make us seem arrogant and/or evil as fuck
That’s exactly how this works, three frigates and one sortie I could have the US military make Iran get on her knees.
yeah no
that's not good enough
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three ships ain't shit
Because they have one specific island where 85% of their oil and gas goes through. That’s where the one sortie comes in. And three frigates too close and block off the Persian gulf, cutting off their oil exports
We’re oil and natural gas independent
So we don’t need any resources coming through
more like three ships get swarmed with attack boats and missile strikes
Bruh
I’m not putting them inside the Persian gulf
I don’t need too
and yet you'll be putting them in missile attack range
No I won’t
yes it would
Well sure a few missiles
hundreds on average
The SAMCO attacks proved they have some damn good missiles but those are rare
Most of their missiles are mediocre
And aren’t long range precision guided
some of their missiles are questionable, but the rest are relatively good
Yeah but they aren’t gonna be able to have the precision needed to hit a frigate out in the Arabic ocean.
That’s actually really difficult