Large Cane Toad

Honestly it’s pretty impressive how Iran has been able to pinpoint and take out the US’s most irreplaceable assets. Losing things THAADs and AWACS is a very painful loss that weakens the US globally.

Let us cheer and rally for the downfall of monarchs like the good old times.

ONE OF US SOUTH KOREA! ONE OF US!

Yep, there is a reason the Gulf states are so hesitant to get directly involved, empowering their own trying domestic militaries will lead to a Gaddifi couping their asses and Iran knows it. Their paper thin rule depends on material wealth to keep their populations placated and for the US to act their as their personal bouncers.

It’s possible we’ll see a lot US aircraft getting down as Iran figures out what works and what doesn’t. There is a lot more room for Iran to adapt to F35s than there it is for the US to adapt and change their F35s.

At this point Japan is more likely to invade and attack Taiwan then China. You can guarantee their imperial nostalgic government isn’t going to be happy about seeing a former colony they still see as theirs’ choosing to reunite with China and they will make up whatever bullshit they can.

Hormuz blocked means fuller storage tanks, fuller tanks means more strikes on tanks, less tanks means less storage, less storage means means oil producers completely ceasing operations sooner.

If the Gulf monarchies began expanding and empowering their militaries they would be couped in a heartbeat. A national army of citizens would depose them for being the traitors to their own people that they are.

First stage: “Our capabilities are overwhelming, we will utterly and easily annihilate Iran.”

Second (current) stage: “Ok, they are causing us a little bit of pain and damage, but it’s temporary, we promise.”

I wonder when the third stage will be.

It isn’t all just online, I very much encounter “Pray for Israel” type stuff when driving by churches and such in the real world too.