Posted on Jan 30, 2024
A deadly fight 33 years ago shows just how destructive a war between the US and Iran could get
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There are four ways a nation can respond to strikes against its military:
1. Immediate counter-strike against the direct source of the attack
2. Surgical strike against the person/people responsible for ordering/authorizing the attack
3. Placate the public with useless strikes against nominal "targets" that are determined to be unimportant to both sides.
4. Do nothing at all and call it "diplomacy"
The most effective response is a combination of 1 and 2. Where #1 must be immediate and violent (to hell with "proportional"), #2 takes longer because both the target selection and the actual strike must be executed carefully.
The Biden Administration vacillates between choices 3 and 4.
1. Immediate counter-strike against the direct source of the attack
2. Surgical strike against the person/people responsible for ordering/authorizing the attack
3. Placate the public with useless strikes against nominal "targets" that are determined to be unimportant to both sides.
4. Do nothing at all and call it "diplomacy"
The most effective response is a combination of 1 and 2. Where #1 must be immediate and violent (to hell with "proportional"), #2 takes longer because both the target selection and the actual strike must be executed carefully.
The Biden Administration vacillates between choices 3 and 4.
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