If/when the Isrealis hit any of our ships, our government will not only be expecting it, but party to it and willing to accept any number of casualties in order to have a causus belli to move to direct aid. This is, mind you, if the Iranians don't hit our ships on their own as they are being baited to do. All this talk about Isreal doing this alone is bullshit when the US is providing intel, refueling, armament, and interdiction aid. Just because we're not pulling a trigger to send a bomb into Iran doesn't make us not party to this engagement, and everyone who pretends it is so is a nigger.
If Cuba droned Miami on the intel that we were preparing bay of pigs 2.0 out of it, and took out major parts of our civilian and military leadership, and they were getting all of the above 'support aid' from anyone, we'd be striking at both parties, and we'd be right to do so.
Again, I don't care who wins, because we lose in either case. I understand why Isreal doesn't want Iran to have nukes. I also understand why Iran wants nukes. It's a security blanket to help guard against belligerent nations. The US enables bad behavior in our 'friends' like turkey, Isreal and azeribajin that we decry in others. I get it, geopolitics and realpolotik are what they are, but let's stop pretending that we're some sort of moral paragon. If Iran got the drop on Isreal, people would be crying about it who celebrated these strikes.
