Tactics and Strategy at the Strait of Hormuz | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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The fact that it would be insane to do something does not reliably discourage the American government from doing it anyway (see, e.g., Iraq).

Iran needs to have a reasonable chance of winning for it to want to start a war. Just making the other guy lose is not sufficient.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Feb 16th, 2012 at 12:46:42 PM EST
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That it would be insane is no surety the Iranians won't do anything either. Sometimes, people just do crazy things.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Thu Feb 16th, 2012 at 12:56:47 PM EST
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The Iranians, however, have had a demonstration of the destructive power of modern warfare within living memory. One hopes it was convincing, given the scale of human and industrial destruction it entailed.

The Americans have not had such a demonstration since 1865.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Feb 16th, 2012 at 02:49:51 PM EST
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Tactics and Strategy at the Strait of Hormuz | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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