War with Iran?

[GMDino]

(06-17-2019, 01:19 PM)hollodero Wrote: I wonder how this is not a bigger topic. It seems in the making. The tanker incident, the existence of John Bolton, the rhetorics, the cancelling of the nuclear deal, talks about additional troops in the region.

And of course Trump slamming Iran for not complying with the agreement he cancelled ("Iran defying the limits"). Which is the oddest thing ever. I sure dislike the Iranian regime very much, but when you cancel the deal, why should they feel forced to follow it still or still accept any limits from a torn up agreement? And of course now they want the bomb more than ever. I don't like that, but I can genuinely understand that. "We should rather negotiate" is nothing one could sell to the Iranian people any longer. Negotiations or agreements with the US have proven to be worthless. So why bother? Also, countries with nuclear bombs are usually left alone, while those who have none are potential targets. Everything seems to take a pro bomb course for Iran, and the way I see it Trump is partially to blame for that legacy of his tenure.

Could a war prevent an Iranian bomb? I don't know. I personally feel a war with Iran would be devastating, cost millions of lifes, including much american life, and nothing good would come of it. This isn't Iraq, the US has no friendly group like the Kurds there, their military is prepared for centuries for that war to come.
Someone should tell Trump that a war with Iran is what McCain would have wanted. Just in case.

What do my american friends think about this? Is a war possible, would it do good, or are folks like me just hysterical?

I was following the different stories about this while on vacation and (to me) it seems that the lack of trust in ANYTHING anyone in the Trump admin says has caused there not to be this groundswell of support for war.  Without that DJT would never be okay with it.

He likes to bluster because big talk makes his followers think he's really big and tough.  He just doesn't want action because then he has to lie answer for the consequences.

Also, to fair to Donald, he does seem to NOT want more war in the middle east.  Why? Anyone's guess as he has no ethics or morals that can be zeroed in on as "consistent".

It's still possible as long as we have men who would never actually go fight willing and raging in their pants to have a good old war...but I don't think it's likely at this point.  Just my opinion.