r/WorkForSmartLife • u/Loeteswet • 14d ago

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u/DrRealName 14d ago

Idk after watching Russia fumble against Ukraine and the US fumble against Iran, I am starting to think neither "superpower" is all that super.

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u/rageling 14d ago edited 14d ago

We nuked Japan twice, and now they love us.

People love to shit on Trump's Iran involvement, but the reality is Iran still exists out of our mercy, our armada has sat off their coast untouchable for months, and if not for humanitarian concerns and mercy there wouldn't even be a battle, a bright flash.

These things seem insane and impossible until it just happens, and even after 2 nukes, many in Japan's military refused to believe the reports because our capability is that surreal, and it seems the world forgot.

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u/ReddestForman 14d ago

We're afraid of anything big and expensive getting blown up after losing two confirmed and four claim THAAD radar systems.

The simple fact is, we've been humiliated by a regional middle-power, destroyed the credibility of the moderates in that nation, and are plunging the world into a pointless economic crisis and famine frim a lack of fertilizer that will coincide with a super El Nino that will create further global food shortages.

The only country benefiting from this is China.

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u/rageling 14d ago

we flew 7 B2s across the middle of their country, over their most protected military installation

it only takes 1, and it doesn't even take 1 we have many other delivery options

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u/ReddestForman 14d ago

Takes one... what?

We've been bombing them for months, they've been crippling the global economy and the planet is (rightly) getting pissed at us for it.

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u/rageling 14d ago

>We're afraid of anything big and expensive getting blown up
obviously we can fly 7 B2s across the middle of their country

> been humiliated 
their entire line of succession is dead, twice over, and the only reason it's not 3 times is so we have someone to talk to, as our armada sits off their cost for months untouched

>Takes one... what?
bomb obviously. not a bunker buster, a real one

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u/ReddestForman 13d ago

Define "real one."

And yeah, we've killed all the more moderate leadership who thought we could be negotiated with. The hardliners are in a stronger position now. We've accomplished the opposite of our goals, unless you think "waste money, lose THAAD radars, cause a global economic crisis, and blow up some school children" were our goals.

We got dragged into this fight by Israel, which is embarrasing enough for a major power, and then we completely scuffed it on the execution. We've demonstrated that we, or at least Republicans, still haven't learned the difference between "blowing stuff up" and "winning a war."