Subject: Re: Is NATO figuring it out?
I think we need to live with the consequences of our actions. I'm unwilling to sacrifice the lives of sailors because of an obvious consequence of attacking Iran. We should probably shut off Iran's spigot entirely. Their economy almost certainly would collapse, and then -maybe- there would be enough support for an insurrection to accomplish the stated goal of regime change. If we let their oil flow, they'll just build more stuff that goes 'boom', and then use it.

A rec for this.
The Iranians are a nest of scorpions. They serve no purpose in the world other than to export terror and chaos. Like it not, Trump decided that their current state of ballistic missile development + their existing levels of nuclear enrichment + their willingness to use state assets (their Navy, etc.) to disrupt trade in the straits + their willingness to export terror through proxies in Yemen (the Houthis), Gaza (Hama), Lebanon (Hezbollah) and other places constituted a threat that couldn't be kicked down the road any longer.

We can agree to disagree about whether or not blasting them right now was either the right thing to do or even if it was a good thing. But the most important notion is that we've arrived at this point in time and it can't be undone. Thank you for recognizing that.