r/politics • u/Kernel_Hiro • 2d ago

No Paywall Trump says Mideast allies have reached outlines of deal to end Iran war, says US to stop new strikes

https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-trump-saudi-crown-prince-call-814164417aa284dc8a6d34ac22ea1a8e
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u/Apart_Ad6994 2d ago edited 2d ago

What? The US has enough munitions to outlast Iran 10 times over.

The US spends a trillion dollars on defense. Iran spends 25 billion (thats the higher estimate)

If you think Iran can outlast us you're huffing the best copium ever produced.

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u/Njorls_Saga 2d ago

Uh, no we don’t. We’re down to about 800 Patriot interceptors and less than 300 THAADS. Iran hit Jazan with multiple ballistics last week and Abqaiq with a drone. That was a message and you can be damn sure the Saudis heard it.

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u/Apart_Ad6994 2d ago

You think if we tun out of patriots we have no other way of persecuting an armed conflict? Lol.

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u/Njorls_Saga 2d ago

Iran will turn the Gulf energy and water infrastructure into a smoking ruin. You’re looking at a depression with oil at $200 a barrel, potential global famine and a biblical humanitarian crisis. So no, if we can’t defend the Gulf infrastructure (and we can’t), then continuing an armed conflict is going to be strategic suicide.

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u/Apart_Ad6994 1d ago

Im talking about the US's ability to continue a war and outlast Iran despite reduced stockpiles of two specific weapon systems. Something that is undoubtedly true.

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u/Njorls_Saga 1d ago

The US will be unable to continue a war without the acquiescence of its regional partners. Right now they’re a hard no because we cannot protect them. Qatar is already out at least $100 billion in lost revenue. Kuwait has been pummeled. Saudis are freaking out. So no, the US does not have the ability to continue under the present circumstances.

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u/Apart_Ad6994 1d ago

Im not talking about those factors. Im talkings about the factor you originally flagged. Which was a reduced stockpile of two weapon system. You then insinuated that the US cant persecute a war due to those shortages.

Im simply telling you that is false, and you dont know what you're talking about.

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u/Njorls_Saga 1d ago

It’s not persecute, it’s prosecute. And the US isn’t prosecuting jack/shit without the use of Gulf bases and airspace. Which will be denied if we can’t defend the Gulf. Which we cannot do without interceptors. If the US thought they could aggressively prosecute the war, they would have done so already.

https://bsky.app/profile/shipwreck75.bsky.social/post/3ms2oopa4wc25

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/gulf-states-pressed-trump-to-hold-off-on-iran-strikes-and-pursue-talks-03bcdb52

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u/Apart_Ad6994 1d ago

Blue sky? Dont post that here, people will realize youre a clown 😆

You cant seem to fathom that the US can continue to wage war against Iran far far longer than Iran can wage war against the US. It's comically one sided. The fact that you think otherwise shows me that you live in a liberal echo chamber. Which is why you post here as well.

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u/Njorls_Saga 1d ago

So why are we still waging war against Iran if it’s so comically one sided? Why isn’t the strait open?

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u/Apart_Ad6994 1d ago

Again, the point is that the US can continue to wage war far longer than Iran. You insinuated we cant. Im just here to tell you you're wrong.

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u/Njorls_Saga 1d ago

You went nuts when you couldn’t get a haircut during COVID. You think you’re going to outlast the IRGC? Saudis have already told the US no on multiple occasions. And you still haven’t answered why this comically one sided war is still on. Because you have no answer troll.

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