The political benefit of war against Iran would at least be equal to the strategic benefit.
It would sure shut a lot of flapping jaws.
And, it would make our allies feel safe under US protection.
Right now, every country who has relied on Uncle Sam for security is sh!tting themselves with fear and looking for options.
It would sure shut a lot of flapping jaws.
And, it would make our allies feel safe under US protection.
Right now, every country who has relied on Uncle Sam for security is sh!tting themselves with fear and looking for options.
The United States is very untrustworthy because Democrats occasionally get elected. The solution is to redesign the system to make it impossible to elect such horrible people. I saw an article the other day regarding this problem, and I think it made a great deal of sense.
Of course, short of collapse, I don't see that solution getting implemented any time soon.
I note that Ronald Reagan said that if those hostages were still being held when he took office, we would go to war with Iran. I also note that the Iranians let them go the very day of his inauguration. I knew Reagan was the man we needed back in 1976, but we had to go with Charisma-less Ford, and the consequences were utterly predictable to me at the time.
The Russians took very serious notice of Reagan's threat to fire PATCO. When he did it, they said "this is a man who will do what he says he will do." That colored all of our subsequent foreign policy relations.
America was better for it, and it is exactly what we need right now. So far, Cruz seems to be the only man who has that kind of determination. Just my opinion.