cant even say what you are trying to do?
Then you will never be able to achieve it.
Trump mulls his options for Iran
NPR 2/21/26
'The president has also been intentionally vague about his ultimate goal with Iran. Some days he sounds like he would be satisfied with a negotiated deal on the country's nuclear program. Other times, his emphasis seems to be on ousting Iran's theocratic leaders, who have ruled for nearly a half-century."
"Right now, no additional talks are planned."
"Trump has been far more willing to call on the military in his second term. He has bombed seven countries in the past year..."
(I thought it was 8 but okay, seven...)
"Most of these attacks have been brief one-and-done operations that the president can launch — and shut down very quickly."
(Not this time.)
"Trump has expressed support on several occasions for regime change in Iran. That option would almost certainly include a large-scale military operation, and there would be no guarantee of success."
"Iran has been ruled for the past 37 years by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who is now 86. While he makes major policy decisions, Iran has multiple power centers and a range of security forces that include the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a force dedicated to preserving Islamic rule."
"As a result, ousting Khamenei or even several top leaders
might not produce a major change in the way Iran is ruled."
"In addition, the U.S. force is built on fighter jets that would strike from the sky and Navy ships that would fire long distance from the seas. The U.S. does not have large numbers of ground troops anywhere near Iran."
(Thats a good thing
cause it would just be an unmitigated disaster
if that was the route they ever decided to go.)
"With no prospect of a ground war, Iran's leaders seem to believe they could survive a U.S. bombing campaign, said Alex Vatanka, an Iran expert at the Middle East Institute in Washington."
(Man doesn't live in the air
or in the sea.
Sooner or later
if you want people gone you
HAVE TO
go after them on the ground.)
"The boots-on-the-ground option is not being taken very seriously in Tehran, which means the U.S. can hurt them badly, but it's not going to be sufficient and last long enough to end the regime's ability to stay in power," said Vatanka. "This means you get hit hard, you're bloodied, but you will rise again and you move on."
"Trump has not sought to make a case for war
(He doesn't think he needs to.)
"American presidents have traditionally made a full-court press when attempting to build support for a U.S. war."
(It's odd, kit really is.)
"However, Trump has so far not made a major speech to the American people about the prospect of a new Middle East war. He will have an opportunity to do so in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, but it's not clear that he will."
"The Trump administration has not sought formal support from Congress, though some Republicans are expressing support individually. The administration has also declined to make its case at the United Nations. And aside from Israel, the president hasn't sought to bring in allies of the U.S. or build an international military coalition."
So Thats:
American people
Congress
United Nations
Allies of the U.S
None of em being sold
on why we need to go to war with Iran.
What more do you really need to know?
Our military is not what it was in the 2003 gulf war.
That was almost a quarter century ago.
Then we could get six carriers
at a time to the middle east if we had to.
Nowadays we are struggling to get two.
And our adversaries got weapons
and technologies
(Radar capable of detecting stealth aircraft
and submarines under sea etc.)
we don't got
and we don't have
answers for either.
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