I'm sure I'm going to get toasted, but Iran and its proxies are just about ready to FAFO. At some point, the US needs to stop punishing the proxies and punish Iran as well. I'm certain POTUS has had many, many meetings on that plan. It certainly feels like we're going to end up there, meetings or no. Just stream of couscous, but come on.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/40-us-service-members-may-brain-injuries-iran-linked-attacks-rcna123591
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-carries-out-more-strikes-against-iranian-targets-syria-2023-11-08/
"U.S. and coalition troops have been attacked at least 40 times in Iraq and Syria by Iran-backed forces since the start of October."
The fucking US is the only voice of reason that has any meaning in this for Israel, and Iran and co are deliberately, systematically escalating while trying to keep is jsut below the level of plausible deniability for the common Arab and US citizen. The US is not in control.
Fuck it. Lot's of people hate the US and will not change their opinion. But this is not WMD in Iraq or even Afghanistan pretense. Let's see how Russia does without Iraqi drones and put Iran in self defense mode, for once, rather than continuing to allow them to murder and kill through proxies like hamas and hezbollah.
Why the fuck do we spend 12% of all spending in the US (roughly a trillion a year), on the military if we won't, can't or shouldn't use it? Being attacked sure as hell seems like the right time to use it.