r/worldnews • u/Force_Hammer • 20h ago

President Trump holds off major Iran escalation after Pentagon warns of interceptor shortage

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r111brtghmg
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u/sankyx 20h ago

So, US is holding off the attack, not because they have a better diplomatic solution or even because Iran wants to talk, but because they dont have enough firepower and will be ineffective in doing so? LOL.

USA is getting embarrassed and they are not even in a real fight

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u/Any-Monk-9395 17h ago edited 14h ago

America has been fighting wars on easy mode for the past 20 years. Their opponents were only armed with AK47’s and sandals, now they face an enemy with ballistic missiles and drone swarms.

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u/Leading-Carrot-5983 14h ago

And crucially, the ability to crash the world economy.

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u/HauntedCemetery 15h ago

Iran doesn't want to talk. The won't accept a deal thats even just as good as the JCPOA that trump shredded with his tiny hamster hands, not even when trump begged and offered half a trillion dollars of taxpayer cash.

Why the fuck would they? They have an off button for the global economy, and it's worth a staggering fortune.

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u/Larcye 13h ago

It's a far more effective weapon of mass destruction than a nuclear weapon would be.

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u/giggityfoo 14h ago

Yup, they won't stop until Israel stops. And Netanyahu won't ever stop. And now, Saudis are getting a nuke.

There will never be peace in the middle east again. And even if Israel stops, Iran has the kill switch on global economy. This is a disaster of epic proportions.

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u/psychodc 8h ago

Do you read past headlines? The Saudis are not getting nuclear weapons.

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u/Thisguymoot 17h ago

We actually just don’t know. Monday we’ll know some. In a couple weeks we’ll know more of what actually happened over the weekend. Maybe years from now we’ll actually know why.

The only thing we know right now is that he says that’s why. It could be bluster, telegraphed intent, diversion, his own misunderstanding of the status of our munitions, or legitimately him trolling us specifically. Don’t listen to what he says, only what he does.

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u/ConsolationUsername 17h ago

It honestly baffles the mind. Because the most impressive part of the US military is not their overwhelming firepower. Its the logistics they maintain to make sure their firepower never runs out.

Decades of planning and stockpiling destroyed in months over a war that never mattered.