Yes, of course there is going to be damage, but relative to what? 2008, COVID, the Ukraine war, etc.? Further, it is not a question of just the resulting damage imo, but also what the US gains by degrading Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, etc.
a third the weight of an F-15 or an F-35 and a quarter the weight of an F-22
IF it hit, definitely. Look at what the mongoloids in this thread are doing with a laundry fire...
Maybe. Unless the Marines are told its time to take away Irans crayons.
Where the hell have you been?, we've in blockade mode going on 12 days now.
With the implication it was just until Peace talks happen. Which, with the news today, doesn't seem like that's happening at all now. So that changes the long term outlook. I just don't know what the plan is with a long term blockade. Starving Iran out?
In a sense they're the perfect enemies for the US. Any country run by sane people would hit the brakes well before three carrier groups showed up off the coast and started blasting. The poor guys at the Department of War have no way to try out their equipment or get combat experience without insane weirdos with a death fetish.
"We can remain retarded for longer than you can remain solvent", is the strategy.
Hit the galley, the naval food porn will continue to deteriorate.
and Iran has been messaging that they won't actually engage in negotiations until the blockade is gone. They stated over and over before today that they weren't going to engage in negotiations with us in Islamabad and that if any of their officials even met with ours it would be just to restate their demands and intentions. Today's announcement from our side was just that we weren't going to fly to the other side of the globe for that.
This is all true. And Trump has also said that he's not taking the blockade down until Iran negotiates. So.... what's the plan? Either it's to break Iran with a siege or break iran with bomb and bridge day.
That is the point of a blockade in general, yes, the longer it continues the more difficult things become for the regime creating mounting pressure for them to give in.
I wonder how many of them realize that D-Day largely came down to "get there and destroy shit and figure it the fuck out"
