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Aristus

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2. Iran doesn't have to win. It just has to not lose.

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 09:28 PM

Jun 21

If I were going to ask someone to tailor-make a country perfect for hosting, hiding, and protecting an insurgency, the result would probably look an awful lot like mountainous Iran.

There’s a part of me that thinks Trump would get 25’d if he tried to start a ground war in Iran. But I’ve already been disastrously wrong about the depths Republicans will sink to to secure their hold on autocratic power.

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Two weeks until we surrender to Iran? [View all] Johonny Jun 21 OP

I can safely say the the US will NEVER surrender to Iran, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 21 #1

Iran doesn't have to win. It just has to not lose. Aristus Jun 21 #2

But they will lose militarily, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 21 #3

Is Iran's nuclear weapons program anything more than three physicists sitting around smoking and joking? Aristus Jun 21 #4

As much as I would like to agree with you, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 21 #6

How come nobody ever talks about the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons in a time of war? Aristus Jun 21 #7

Putin will definitely be pissed at Trump. EllieBC Jun 21 #5

maybe he meant Galactic Standard Weeks? WarGamer Jun 21 #8