• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    Isn’t the US refusing to send it’s warships there? Like it’s not that they can’t, it’s that they’re using their lack of progress or enforcement there to force broad consent to the war in iran from the US’s allies by using the straighr closure to force their hand economically.

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      1 month ago

      The are refusing because their losses will be too high and they want their “allies” to suffer those losses

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      1 month ago

      Why do you assume there is a strategy? If there had been one we wouldn’t be at this point. It’s really sad to think that’s what it boils down to, but it is just:

      1. Big toddler wants to show how big and powerful he is
      2. Big toddler is offended that nobody wants to play with him any more

      It’s all about bullying others and pretending that whatever happens was the plan all along. Except now nothing happens and we are all just waiting for the bully to get bored and go play with his new ballroom.

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        1 month ago

        Why do you assume there is a strategy?

        They’re evil - but they’re not so evil they don’t have a plan. Even if it’s a bad plan, it’s still a plan, and while the main characters here are in fact idiots, there’s some very smart people manipulating them. I don’t know if their strategy will work, but they’re still going to try for it.

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          They are:

          • evil
          • shockingly stupid in a lot of shocking ways
          • are absolutely convinced they’re they smartest guys in the room

          There is no plan. Seriously.

          The plan of the Nationalist Christians that are pushing for a lot of this shit is chaos, violence, and bloodshed. They are trying to bring - and think they are bringing - about the biblical end-times.

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            1 month ago

            Okay, that it’s a bad plan doesn’t… mean it’s not a plan. It’s just a bad plan.

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        1 month ago

        Well, yes. Plenty. Most of the western world, in fact. That’s a big part of the problem.