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ericmaylast Wednesday at 2:36 AM6 repliesview on HN

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amlutolast Wednesday at 4:10 AM

> bombs work and settle the issue

If you want evidence that bombs do not settle the issue, you can consider the current Iran war. The US and Israel have dropped a rather impressive number of bombs on Iran. As far as I know, most of them worked. But whatever issue the leaders of the US and Israel thought they were going to settle is most definitely not settled. The regime has changed from Ayatollah Khamenei to Khamenei, the US’s military position is dramatically worsened, and, while Iran has a lot of rebuilding to do, they are arguably in a strategically stronger position than they were before. Maybe you think Iran’s continued existence “can’t happen period”, but Iran still exists and the US’s ability to anything about it is very much in doubt.

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dante54last Wednesday at 3:44 AM

This is very rich given that the US, is the only country to use nukes, and Israel has illegal nukes and wont even accept inspection. Nobody charged anyone to cross a strait until your pedophile leaders decided to kill a head of state and bomb a school full of children

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nixon_why69last Wednesday at 3:53 AM

> I guess Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, and Qatar don’t exist lol

All of those countries except Iraq facilitated this war, the weapon launches were overwhelmingly from land bases on their territory. If they want to talk with Iran about discounts for expelling american airbases, I'm sure they could find an audience.

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8notelast Wednesday at 3:41 AM

they can destroy whatever they want, but are unwilling to move ships in, and unwilling to put boots on the ground.

if the US/israel believed their own propaganda, they'd be doing both of those things.

lostloginlast Wednesday at 8:58 AM

> US and Israel don’t go around just announcing everything they’re doing. They don’t need propaganda

Why does Trump talk so much then? It would be lovely if stopped.

thaumasioteslast Wednesday at 2:42 AM

> I guess Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, and Qatar don’t exist lol. They’re not just attacking ships in one tiny area - ships have to pass through bidirectionally which affects trade for everyone. Stop trying to defend this stuff.

You must have a real problem with the concept of the Panama Canal.

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