Gulf War No.37: Iranistan

[C R]

'Gas' prices rise in the US and this is just the beginning before the supply shock. Jet has doubled and there's warnings over impending inflation rise.
That'll go do down well. It's only when the MAGA's feel the direct effect of Trumpanomics that they shift position.

They won't shift position, they'll convince themselves that it is all for the best.

 

[Pinno718]

Are US airline prices also sensitive to oil shocks?

From the horses mouth:

https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/airlines-fuel-costs-rerouting-airfares-middle-east/

 

[icowden]

They won't shift position, they'll convince themselves that it is all for the best.

And on that note...


Final shot has some extra impact these days...

 

[Pinno718]

They won't shift position, they'll convince themselves that it is all for the best.

Kegbreath has diminished the significance of US servicemen's deaths. The press 'across the board' has apparently tried to 'make the president look bad' as they took it to Leavitout at a presser.
These continued acts and sentiments which bring the callousness and sheer incompetence will leave it's mark. I think ostensibly you are right but Trump rode on the peace ticket during his campaign and 13 months in, there are dead troops and that MAGA base is dwindling.
When the point comes that very few people in the US trust anything that he and his administration say, that will be the collapse.
I think there are sufficient disillusioned numbers of MAGA's that will become more and more cynical and more and more vociferous that sheer weight of public pressure will tell.
By it's own design, the administration is so self serving and incompetent, they are continually stumbling, they continually f*ck up and the point has come where American lives are being lost in a war they never voted for. The pushback will come from both sides. Rubio and Vance both rode on that same ticket. There is no MAGA Mk2 to fill the void and no one would be able or want to take the reigns of this toxicity and turn it around.

 

[CXRAndy]

Starmer promised prosperity, lower taxes, stop the boats.

All we got was murders, free speech arrests, doom and gloom economy with highest level of tax in a century.

 

[First Aspect]

The outcome of this folly will be an unstable Iran and a prolonged period of uncertain shipping in the Gulf. They simply cannot play whackamole against every small group with drones, nor stop them acquiring them within a country to size of Spain, France and Germany combined. Nor will there be realistic prospect of the US or anyone else semi permanently monitoring the skies to intercept them.

I don't think the nuclear threat was without foundation in the longer term, but it doesn't justify action now and the aims of nullifying Iran's ability to destabilise the region simply won't be achieved the way they are doing it.

 

[CXRAndy]

The outcome of this folly will be an unstable Iran

I'd rather have an internally unstable Iran, than an organised terrorist world wide supporting government in charge of Iran

 

[First Aspect]

I'd rather have an internally unstable Iran, than an organised terrorist world wide supporting government in charge of Iran

Go stand in the corner with the other idiots. There is no invisible wall dividing Iran's internal end external stability. If it is unstable, so is the Middle East as a whole.

 

[CXRAndy]

No it's not, there are just a few countries producing terrorists, funded by Iran

Saudi, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar UAE aren't waging terrorism all around the world.

 

[briantrumpet]

The outcome of this folly will be an unstable Iran and a prolonged period of uncertain shipping in the Gulf. They simply cannot play whackamole against every small group with drones, nor stop them acquiring them within a country to size of Spain, France and Germany combined. Nor will there be realistic prospect of the US or anyone else semi permanently monitoring the skies to intercept them.

I don't think the nuclear threat was without foundation in the longer term, but it doesn't justify action now and the aims of nullifying Iran's ability to destabilise the region simply won't be achieved the way they are doing it.

Looking at a topographical map, I suspect that Iran would be even less easy to hold than Afghanistan. It's not going to end well for any hostile takeovers.

 

[First Aspect]

Looking at a topographical map, I suspect that Iran would be even less easy to hold than Afghanistan. It's not going to end well for any hostile takeovers.

He will not get boots on the ground. The IDF might I suppose, but it is absurd to think they can stop drones being built and launched.

 

[briantrumpet]

Looking very likely that it was the US that killed 150 schoolgirls, with the aid of AI.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-school-us-strikes-naval-base.html

 

[Pinno718]

Looking very likely that it was the US that killed 150 schoolgirls, with the aid of AI.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-school-us-strikes-naval-base.html

The fact that the 'war dept'' tried to say it wasn't them speaks volumes.

 

[Beebo]

A very pithy comment I read was that
Iran can win simply by not losing. US will eventually get bored and go.

So this is just going to be a failure for Trump as the only way he wins is complete domination. And that needs boots on the ground.

 

[spen666]

Its interesting how so many are condemning the USA, but make no criticism of Iram for attacking hotels etc in countries that are not involved in the conflict, eg Saudi, Bahrain, UAE etc

No condemnation either of Iranian threats to non military shipping using the Straits of Hormuz

A missile strike on a school whilst targeting adjacent military targets is regrettable, but is of a very different category to random attacks on civilian targets in non combatant countries