Captain Rumbeard

Well the Goa'uld are parasites sooooo...

They're basically communism in the flesh.

You're a liar.

They will till they run into the wrong house and now it's a national news event trying to recover their bodies without stacking more.

They lost four soldiers to an attack by Hezbolla.
Sorry, you are catching retaliation when you initiate it.

Trump needs to acknowledge this. He also needs to stomp the IRGC into the cesspit of history once and for all. I get he wants to minimize casualties and God bless him for it, but at some point the decision has to be made. Either you're willing to lose our boys or you're not.

I think he might tac nuke them to avoid that. I honestly think that might be on the table and part of the reason for the Camp David weekend. Tactical nukes on the uranium sites till they vaporize it.

If he feels like he's been made a fool of, I wouldn't want to be in Iran.

What sailors are those?

You guys always seem to have these invisible anonymous sources just when you need them saying just what you'd like them to say.

Color me not remotely impressed anymore.

Granted.

But it was not shut down. And the reason it was slowed was because of the insurance companies, not the realities of the straits.

Where are they going to build more?
Boom.
Where are they going to launch them?
Boom.
Who's going to drive them?
Boom.
How are they going to get them anywhere near a target?
Boom.

And Britain, and Australia.

I get that but I'm not talking about some timid endeavor. I'm talking bridgehead for an invasion force if need be with an air superiority zone around it. Then go full bore offensive with artillery and bombers to create a large perimeter. Large enough that if one gets across the border it won't make it to the bases because we detected it too far out. Then defend against them in depth. We have the stuff to do this.

With Kharg we'd put a bunch of destroyers and frigates and whatnot there to keep them clean. Then have shore mounted batteries to deal with anything that gets past them. Active sorties by the Navy / Air Force on the areas they fire from. Blow up anything that looks like it could house a drone.

We've got Gorgon Stare sitting there looking at every square inch of the place in extreme detail. We have AI parsing that for targets, catching movement and following it, identifying all kinds of intelligence. If they try to move any even remotely large units or assets we will know immediately and put a bomb/artillery shell/missile on them. They do not have infinite drones or launchers. Nor do they currently have an industrial capability to build many more. Taking our boot off their throat right now is with the understanding by all that actually know, that we could kill them right now and they know it. But letting them up lets the people the threat. We can work with that and it doesn't cost us as much.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want us to have to do that. But we certainly could if he chose to do it.