It is not reasonable to attempt to reply to so very much; but I will, at least, attempt a brief reply.
To claim that Israel would be âtoastâ is downright silly. (It seems to assume that Iran is militarily mightier than Israel. Just where you get that informationâor misinformationâI have no idea.)
I really do not know just what the âKSAâ is. Please explain.
And yes, I have no doubt that our military could entirely destroy Iranâs navy and air forceâwith not even a remnant of it left intact.
Oh, by the way: We would simply not allow Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz. Our military would ensure that it is kept openâirrespective of the wishes of Iranâs ayatollahs.
If, in your metaphor, âthe emperorâ is intended to be the USâand I would assume that this is what you meanâit is still very difficult for me to imagine just why you would believe that the US has suddenly become beholden to the preferences of Russia and China.
The very idea that there must be some sort of âbalanceâ between good and evilâand that a âunipolar worldâ is, therefore, dangerous (even if that âunipolar worldâ is dominated by the most moral and ethical country ever to exist)âis truly silly, it appears to me.
Have you read ANY of todays posts - anyway at the risk of repeating myself.
Do you know how many missiles Hezbollah or Hamas or Iran have? all aimed at Israel - In a conventional(boots on the ground) war, I agree US would win but how many years have you been in Afghanistan/Iraq and you still havenât ââwonââ either of those wars.
One word from the Ayatolla and the straits of Hormuz are closed - see previous post.
KSA - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
I didnât say beholden but they will prevent US from doing anything in Iran - same way they did in Syria.
Why do you think Trump backed off in Korea. Sanctions on China arenât working out too well either.
Ukraine wasnât great.
And Europe is ignoring the Russian sanctions.
Oh, I have no doubt that President Trump fully intends to make Iranâs economy even worse than it already isâas an alternative to starting a shooting war.
If the ayatollahs wish to respond militarilyâŚwell, I think that they will soon find that it was an enormous mistake on their part.
As for Iranâs (supposed) ability to close the Strait of Hormuz, simply by announcing that it is doing so: I do not think that it would remain closed for long. The US Navy would quickly see to that.
Iran has no intention of starting a war. Why should Iran?
Only the Zionists want a war with Iran (at the expense of non-â â â â â â American kids).
I do find it quite,well, interestingâŚthat you find it rather humorous when I point to the fact that the US is the most moral and ethical country ever to exist. (And that is especially true when it comes to great powers.)
But perhaps you would wish to elucidate here.
And I am not quite sure just what you mean by President Trumpâs (supposedly) having âbacked offâ in âKoreaâ (North Korea)? Are you (somewhat obliquely) referring to the fact that President Trump previously described Kim Jong-un as âRocket Man,â and then suddenly became BFFs with him? (If so, I would agree that President Trump is not really on sound footing now, in this regard.)
How is it possible to have âless military capabilitiesâ than zero? (That is, after all, exactly what we would leave Iran with, if we were ever to engage them.)
We would not merely destroy some of their navy and air force.