Message from @The Electric Lizard
Discord ID: 662800945029054485
its 5 now
one of them resurrected i guess
Exactly how is this different than Russian or US air strikes in Syria?
Because the US is already dangerously close to a war with Iran
how close is dangerously close?
like they are going to hop in their speed boats and invade california close?
Well a war could have been declared yesterday when they assassinated the government official
but it wasn't was it?
It wasn't but it took Iran and the US closer to war
Further escalation like this bombing could easily push relations past the breaking point and lead to war
I see how it can look like that.
but if you look at it from a practical standpoint
what the fuck can Iran do?
other than be dicks to US allies in the region
which they are already doing
They can attack US bases in the region
they won't
They can attack the US navy in the region
lol
they did that already
Just because they can't invade the American Mainland doesn't mean that they can't do anything
anything they do won't hurt us and will give us a reason to annihilate them
nothing is going to happen
It would largely be a stalemate because the US doesn't have the numbers to actually completely occupy Iran
Not without putting considerable funds into it and probably starting the draft at least
If you knocked off the Ayoltollah and his underlings the previous secular democracy would return, pre-revolution style.
would be ugly as fuck
but they havent always been like this
Or a power struggle would occur and other radicals would take over
even then, that's not going to happen
You can't force a place to be a Liberal Democracy
Hoestly, there are enough protests in Iran for the people to take care of this themselves if their rulers are shown to be vultnerable
Iran is a very religious place, Enforcing secularism on it will be very difficult
Iran was already a liberalish democracy before the revolution in the 70's
That was 50 years ago
Attitudes won't be the same
yeah and there are still protests against the hijab in Tehran
By some
Many support the government