Comments on: Are we at war? n/t https://habitablezone.com/2024/02/03/are-we-at-war-nt/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:17:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2024/02/03/are-we-at-war-nt/#comment-52905 BuckGalaxy Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:59:54 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102660#comment-52905 I believe Iran wants to avoid a direct confrontation with us just as much as we'd like to avoid one with them. I agree this was the perfectly measured response. We didn't hit their homeland because they didn't hit ours, and that is one of the big messages we sent here. We also struck their Quds units in Syria and Iraq, as well as their proxie forces. The Quds Force is one of five branches of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence. American soldiers died so Iranian soldiers died too, but neither on home soil. I believe Iran wants to avoid a direct confrontation with us just as much as we’d like to avoid one with them. I agree this was the perfectly measured response. We didn’t hit their homeland because they didn’t hit ours, and that is one of the big messages we sent here. We also struck their Quds units in Syria and Iraq, as well as their proxie forces. The Quds Force is one of five branches of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence. American soldiers died so Iranian soldiers died too, but neither on home soil.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2024/02/03/are-we-at-war-nt/#comment-52904 ER Sun, 04 Feb 2024 04:33:53 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102660#comment-52904 They won't lose face by not responding because they haven't been hit on their own turf. But if they keep upping the ante they run that risk. The ball is in their court. Its exactly how I would have handled it if I were Biden. But if they escalate, then Biden has to strike IN Iran or lose all credibility. You can't give people who kill Americans a free pass, or they will see it as a sign of weakness. And they will be right. They won’t lose face by not responding because they haven’t been hit on their own turf. But if they keep upping the ante they run that risk. The ball is in their court. Its exactly how I would have handled it if I were Biden.

But if they escalate, then Biden has to strike IN Iran or lose all credibility.
You can’t give people who kill Americans a free pass, or they will see it as a sign of weakness. And they will be right.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2024/02/03/are-we-at-war-nt/#comment-52903 podrock Sun, 04 Feb 2024 02:52:15 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102660#comment-52903 y/n y/n

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