I’m thinking maybe we should stay out of this one.
The Muslim world (Sunni majority) hates Iran.
Well okay. lol
The US should be arming both sides of this conflict. A win, win.
Sunni Muslim fundamentalists against Shi Muslim fundamentalists.
In some ways it is bad news, because the Mullahs of Tehran could use a war with the Taliban as a rallying cry for “unity” among all Iranians, and it might work; blunting the opposition protests against the Mullahs.
If it became a full fledged war, I think the Taliban would lose initially, as they did in 2001, after which Iran would retreat leaving another Afghan destabilized failed state.
The larger question is what would Pakistan do, if anything?
Maybe they’ll get wet enough to call it a bath.
From an American Jew, all that I can say to both sides is, “Mazel Tov!”
Wow. They’re eating their own!
Is there a nation out there with the ‘Tito ‘ like ability of the former Yugoslavia that could conquer the Taliban AND rule Afghanistan with an iron fist afterwards? Does Afghanistan have enough of anything exploitable to make it worthwhile to whoever has the wherewithal to do it?
Hmmmm.
Maybe all of that abandoned American coalition equipment will be put to good use after all.
Another proxy war using our weaponry!
This is why Israel survives. The only thing that Moslems hate more than Jews is each other
One can only hope they keep each other so busy killing each other.
Israel has had nuclear weapons for at least fifty years, and no one seems concerned they’ll use them. The threats by Iran against Israel have always been for internal consumption; to get a rally-around-the-flag effect. My theory is that it will be Muslims who use them first and they will use them on other Muslims. If Iran comes under real stress from the outside and they have actual bombs, we can expect they’ll use them.
Like they could make it worse?
And that will give the crazies a nuclear weapon.
Let the Dogs fight. Stay out of their way.
Wow just a thought. What if Biden isn’t a senile dolt like I thought but still crafty..
He left the Taliban have these weapons and cash in return they would attack Iran?????
Feasible…maybe?
Unless they find a way to appeal to Shia Persians, the Taliban is no threat to Iran beyond border areas. If anything, the Sunni, non Persian, Taliban, is likely to cause the disaffected Iranian population to rally around the flag.
Afghanistan vs. Iran? And China shares a sliver of land with Afghanistan as. common border. (I’d guess China sides with the Afghans.) With India and Pakistan in the region, that could make for some strange fireworks!