303Bear said:
KaiBear said:
303Bear said:
KaiBear said:
If Iranian regime change is the final goal…..bombing Iran's oil facilities and power plants are a must.
During WW2 we bombed German occupied oil facilities in Europe and didn't give a **** about its price per barrel impact.
Same when we sank the entire Japanese fleet of oil tankers.
Fight to win…..period
Using the strategic bombing of during the second world ware to advocate for the destruction of Iran's oil and power infrastructure is complete non sequitur.
Comparing the current world oil market within the context of this conflict to the energy reality and constraints during WWII is as useful as comparing apples to carburetors.
Awful lot of Warhawks in this thread for folks that generally voted for the "peace" president.
Wrong
If you want regime change …..you destroy the ability of the mullah's to maintain control of the populace.
You do not let our entitled masses whine their way into half measures.
That merely kick the terrorist can down the road still again.
Please kindly explain how destroying the civilian power grid helps ensure regime change. Further disconnecting and punishing a reeling population seems like a poor plan to get them to act in our best interests.
By repeatedly bringing up "the entitled masses" and the "whiners" as you fully commit everyone to a lower quality of life due to rationing, you expose the absurdity of many claims you likely agree with about our own energy independence. If we really were energy independent, Iranian production or Hormuz wouldn't matter. But since reality isn't want you want it to be, and we do live in an integrated global market, it does matter. Assume you will be just fine with a 4 gallon a week gas ration and I am sure you have already started your victory garden.
Finally, once this glorious regime change is accomplished, then what? Do we leave a fledgling government with no infrastructure, ripe to be taken over by the next waive of zealots? Or do we stay 20+ years and rebuild?
My kids will be paying off the last time we spent 20 years in a country to replace the regime with the same regime for the rest of their lives. I'd really rather not saddle my grandkids with the debt from this half baked boondoggle.
Iran has been killing Americans world wide for decades.
They had come to believe Americans were cowards . Infidels more concerned about immediate gratification and material accumulation.
Should have fought this war at least 20 years ago; but each president ….Republican and Democrat knew the American people would retaliate politically and damage their party come election time.
Iran saw this ….and pushed the envelope with nukes.
So here we are.
I do not like this war ….primarily because of all the Israeli influence within our government.
However now that's it's begun it is vitally important that we win it. If you can't see that I am not going to spend 3000 words attempting to show you the reasons.
Be it Iraq, Japan, Germany or Italy……regime change only occurs when the civilian population is fed up with the actions of their current dictator.
Privation works…..war fatigue works.
Of course nothing I post is going to change your mind in the slightest.
Just hope Trump follows through, though I doubt he is strong enough to do so.