Norfolk? its a little late for them to be in Norfolk.
Iran knows that in a conventional showdown, they are toast. the only way they can succeed, is to use the element of proximity to the theatre, and the time it would take US forces to ramp up, to their advantage. if they can make a quick move and seize some key oil field assets in iraq, entrench their ground forces there, and ramp up all their proxy attacks (shia militia, terrorists, syria, etc), start destroying tankers in the Persian Gulf and send oil to $200 - what happens?
its like the battle of the bulge - Germany wasn't try to win the war with that offensive, as in defeating the Allies. they were simply trying to break the allied determination to pursue the war, with the hope of getting the allies to consider a negotiated settlement rather then fighting total war to the end to break Germany.
Do you think the americans are ready to fight a war with iran? or would they be looking at $6 gasoline and say - let's make a deal with these guys.
That was what I had read and noted as of last week .. now ? Who knows.
Do you think the americans are ready to fight a war with iran?
No, but I think the government is ready .... maybe at the cost of an impeachment ... but I hope that we're ready for whatever comes down the pipe.
Then again I may just be whistling past the graveyard.
I know the answer. Congress will fight over who makes the deal. And posture for the voting public suckers.