alt Hacker News> I'm not suggesting that Iran shouldn't have a military, but instead questioning the purposes for which it would have one.
Well, they're currently being attacked. "Defending against attackers" is a pretty important purpose for a military.
> I'm not suggesting that Iran shouldn't have a military, but instead questioning the purposes for which it would have one.
Well, they're currently being attacked. "Defending against attackers" is a pretty important purpose for a military.
They wouldn't be under attack if they weren't being run by the regime that is running their country. Notice how it's just Iran that's being attacked? And even so, what good did that military to them? They still got attacked, and their military assets were still significantly/mostly destroyed. What's the point of a military if the military you're buying just gets obliterated by the only country that is going to attack you for things you did in the first place and didn't have to do?