Posted on Jan 7, 2020
What’s everyone’s take on the new conflict that is at hand? Stay conflict? Become a war? Other people get involved?
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The missiles fired last night will probably scratch Iran's itch for revenge and we'll go back to our regular cold war.
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My opinion-for whatever it's worth--is that the festering geopolitical wound that is Iran, will periodically flare up as it has occasionally for the past 40 years. I don't expect this to devolve into a full-blown war; a series of saber-rattling and low level tit-for-tat strikes that may involve proxies perhaps, but we're already seeing some of the rhetoric simmering down.
Ask us a year from now. ;-)
Ask us a year from now. ;-)
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SGT Dave Tracy
SPC (Join to see) - I'm old enough to remember the Iranian hostage crisis, and all the little flareups in between; it may not be everlasting, but its been ongoing for 40 years.
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It’s hard to predict considering rash military decisions are made without thinking about the consequences. It is a macho contest now, and neither side wants to back down. Iran does not want a conventional war with us and will use terror tactics against us. I think the US and Iran are crazy enough to escalate the situation to a war.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
The Iranian missiles might be a face saving act to prevent escalation as they did not hurt any American SMs.
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PO1 Orlando Miller
If we take out Iran's offshore/onshore platforms, refineries and oil terminals, they are financially crippled. Couple this with the existing sanctions and Iran will call a cease fire after day one. Iran is fortunate no American servicemembers were killed or injured.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
PO1 Orlando Miller - True. If that happens some people will make a lot of money or lose a lot of money on oil futures.
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