US officials say an invasion of the island would aim to pressure Tehran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz
  • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    1 day ago

    So we’re going to send troops into the enemies most valuable place, they know this, and the entire place is a giant bomb before they even knew this?

    Huh, I wonder how that will turn out.

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      18 hours ago

      I wouldn’t hope for a massive disaster as despite clueless leadership american military is still incredibly strong and organized (relatively speaking). The issue if I understand correctly that in asymmetrical warfare winning a battle doesn’t win the war and neither does winning a dozen battles. Just a another step in yet another quagmire.

      • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        13 hours ago

        It’s not even a question of winning the battle, it’s that Iran could very likely turn the island into a smoldering fire pit in a dozen different ways without even stepping on the island. From Iran’s side, they’re not going to win a face to face confrontation and they know it. If they spark up that island, oil prices shoot for the moon the next day, which puts Trump on a path to impeachment surprisingly fast. The right wing only reacts when things affect them personally, and gas is touching every one of them in their no no place, the wallet.

      • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        10 hours ago

        The US can take and hold this island I would presume, just as the English have done all over the world for centuries. The land around the straits as well, but that is a larger commitment that will lead to forever war, which is the entire point of this, so Israel can have a foil to domestic politics and reach across the border whenever they want on some pretext.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      22 hours ago

      Trump called it a “crown jewel” recently, I think. And I remember finding it an arbitrary assertion from him. And I should have known he was projecting and or leaking what he was last told by an “advisor” again.