cellular command structure, complete control of the straight with an army that has 1/100th the budget, less than a quarter of the naval fleet of the US, 1/30th the airpower, and has hardly any support in the region compared to pretty much all of europe and the Middle East actively providing support to the US. The U.S. has claimed multiple times it’s stopped Iran’ss ability to fight and that hasn’t been true a single time.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 1 pts · 124d

Bro the Iranian navy isn't a quarter of the naval fleet power of a carrier group much less the whole US Navy

Naval comparison gets a little tricky but the best simple statistic is tonnage or you get silly things like Coast Guard speedboats counting the same in the comparison as a modern destroyer.

Zos_Kia@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 130d

They're bashing millions of dollars in equipment with tens of thousands of dollars in equipment. There is absolutely positively no way for them to win the war but they can make it so prohibitively expensive as to be untenable. That's the only strategy that ever worked against imperial armies.

youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 1 pts · 130d (3 replies)

No im sorry this sounds too much like strategy.

lvxferre@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 130d (2 replies)

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youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 1 pts · 130d (1 reply)

No im sorry thats nerd shit. Also cheating. Im telling their mom.

lvxferre@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 130d

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MantisToboggon@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 131d (5 replies)

They got a Stargate?

Lawnman23@piefed.social · 61 pts · 131d (3 replies)

paraphrand@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 131d (1 reply)

Anyone downvoting this gif is a bitter jerk. lol

FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 1 pts · 130d

There seem to be a ton lately, probably leaking over from reddit lol

aviationeast@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 131d

Yes they just plug in into the DHD whenever they want to use it over the space force.

slingstone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 130d

I'm glad I'm not the only one whose mind went here.

Now I can safely point out that destroying the Stargate would have terrible consequences. The naquadah power source would take out a significant chunk of real estate.

barnaclebutt@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 131d (1 reply)

Oh no. Don't. Not Open AI. Sam Altman is such a cool dude. Just don't also blow up beloved Jared Kushner at a meeting with his bribe fund too. Or, finally release the Epstein files. All those things would be terrible. Just leave the AI alone. I need RAM prices to be absurdly high otherwise I'll have fun.

youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 4 pts · 130d

Oh god, what if they bombed silicon valley? We would have no choice but to surrender.

saltesc@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 131d

paraphrand@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 131d (2 replies)

I have to say, somehow I missed where openAI was building this until the war news.

rem26_art@fedia.io · 18 pts · 131d (1 reply)

Yeah same, I kinda just thought they were building it in Texas or something. But apparently, its being built in Abu Dhabi

setsubyou@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 131d

That’s because it was announced as a US AI infrastructure project that would generate jobs in the US etc. They started looking into other locations really quickly. But I guess a lot will still be in Texas.

Soapbox@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 131d

Hot damn. Dont threaten me with a good time!

theblurstoftimes@leminal.space · 17 pts · 131d (3 replies)

Oh come on Iran, there's like only 3 places DT is always at.

IndustryStandard@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 130d

Trump is the least competent opponent Iran could wish for.

cynar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d

The allies, in WWII had a similar choice. They decided not to kill Hitler. At that point he was making enough mistakes that his replacement would be sufficiently more competent to outweigh the benefits.

Right now, Iran is a quite limited war. Going after trump would massively escalate it. Iran doesn't want mushroom clouds over multiple cities.

Saledovil@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 130d

Killing a head of state isn't actually effective. E.g. the ongoing 🇮🇷 war.

BillyClark@piefed.social · 15 pts · 131d

Interesting concept. Large countries are controlled by wealthy people and corporations, but even a small country has more resources than many larger businesses. So, a small country can threaten businesses that control a larger country in order to influence the larger country.

So, there are two outcomes that I can see. Either the larger country is played by the smaller country, or the larger country pays even more to the business, causing further inequality and dissatisfaction among the masses. Or I guess the large country could abandon the business. So that's three obvious possibilities.

rosco385@lemmy.wtf · 9 pts · 130d

Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 131d

Oh no, please don't. I'll be really mad

Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 130d

When Money is the controlling power of a nation (even when the political façade of that nation is Democracy) it makes sense for those the power controlling the nation attacks, to respond by going after Money.

By the way, this doesn't just apply to nations at war, but also to civil society groups within nations were the greatest power is Money.

Ilixtze@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 131d

OH GOD, OH MAN, OH GOD, OH MAN, OH GOD!

Zos_Kia@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 130d

That'd be hilarious because they promised a bazillion data centers and barely delivered 3 and now 1 might get bombed.

Davel23@fedia.io · 4 pts · 131d

https://giphy.com/gifs/yes-please-fallout-v6AuajTg9zYSna6aAH

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 131d

Do it! Fuck AI

herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 130d

I have been following this dude for a while now. He's a top tier troll. Best in the world.

FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 1 pts · 130d

This whole thing is idiotic.