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rluna828today at 6:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

I wonder is Iran would have gone different if we had captured the Ayatollah instead of killing him. A stealth drop ship like this would have allowed that to happen. The reason why regimes are more likely to negotiate when you capture their leaders is because you might release them. (not a good day for the usurper.)


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ivelltoday at 7:09 PM

I don't think whatever is negotiated with Iran's current regime would actually be honored by them. They may commit something to get their leader back, but won't be keeping the promises.

Their self stated goal is destruction of Israel and US. They could have chosen peace and not have funded proxies across the middle east. Their choice of aggression by whatever means they have at their disposal just shows what their long term strategy would be.

They have shown the intend. They just didn't have the capacity to follow through. Once they gain the capacity, they could go extreme lengths. Just see how they attacked their neighbors who were not party to the war.

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otabdeveloper4today at 8:09 PM

> A stealth drop ship like this would have allowed that to happen.

Yeah, I saw that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode too.

Sadly, we might need some more intensive vibranium research before it becomes reality.