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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI will not be listening to the crazed guy, TSF just started WWIII, I don't think China and Russia will stand idle...


Deuxcents
(23,117 posts)stillcool
(34,386 posts)and there's fireworks going off in the background. Just to make the right aura for my reading pleasure.
LetMyPeopleVote
(166,528 posts)ImNotGod
(879 posts)both will up their persuasion for a peace deal, that is all.
Vogon_Glory
(9,984 posts)and thinking of Napoleons dictum: Never interrupt your enemy while hes making a mistake.
And this one was a doozy.
Johnny2X2X
(23,083 posts)Iran is a 3rd rate power. Its idiotic to attack them for literally no reason. But this likely wont be the start of a huge conflict.
greatauntoftriplets
(177,976 posts)It would interfere with listening for air raid sirens.
MarineCombatEngineer
(15,864 posts)Russia can't even defeat a country like Ukraine and I don't really see China getting involved militarily, they're focus is on Tawain and the E. China Sea, which they see as their sphere of influence, they're not going to go head to head with the US Military.
WarGamer
(17,561 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(20,090 posts)Russia doesnt have the military resources, and China isnt going to risk their economic dominance.
Expect a lot of saber rattling, and Putin taking advantage of the news cycle being focused on Iran, but thats about it.
We may get to see some creative use of hobby drones by Iranians on US soil.
Arazi
(8,173 posts)Boomerproud
(8,866 posts)But it will involve us versus Russia and/or China.
Vogon_Glory
(9,984 posts)in a prolonged, massive ground war. Most Iranians may (or may not) hate the Ayatollahs, but that doesnt mean that they dont see themselves as patriots or that they wont fight to defend their homeland. I dont know what sort of red, white and blue psychedelics Trump and his advisers are ingesting, but an invading US ground force WONT be welcomed as friends. The Irans, both military and civilians alike, WILL fight.
Even if both Trump and Vance vanished into thin air today (6/21/2025), the Iranians are going to hate us for years to come,
Igel
(36,989 posts)None are going to make an amphibious landing in Rehoboth or Galveston or Santa Monica, none are going to invade Iran.
We've dropped bombs. Might drop more bombs. There may be some strike on US assets or forces, a terror attack or two, but that's about it.
ShadesOfBlue
(83 posts)They will hate us for decades. It will be passed down the generations.
WarGamer
(17,561 posts)Nothing will happen over Ukraine.
DUU
(41 posts)China did send transport aircraft to evacuate some friends and families. They will continue to refrain from any direct action or escalation of indirect support, at least until the trade is formally signed off by the US and Xi.
ShadesOfBlue
(83 posts)Which is why America can impose itself on the vast majority of the globe.
PufPuf23
(9,494 posts)We could lose NATO.
roamer65
(37,680 posts)Iran is a SCO member. There are mutual defense agreements.