Iran Includes American Tech Giants on List of New Targets
gizmodo.com
State-aligned media released a list naming the offices of Microsoft, Palantir, and more as potential targets of military action.
  • InFerNo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    4 hours ago

    Russia had some reputation of being a large and powerful army, but as soon as they attacked Ukraine it showed the world it actually had shit. It basically lost its credibility of being a world power because their arsenal is old fashioned and they were just throwing in bodies.

    I feel the US is going through the same. Everyone saw them as an undefeatable nation, but this little stint in Iran had their stockpiles dropping faster than expected and it’s not going as they expected. Hegseth and Trump contradict each other and besides squandering their soft power over the past years, they are also showing that their military might has limits.

    They are both still to be reckoned with and they are capable of doing great harm to innocent bystanders, but my view has changed a bit.

    • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      42 minutes ago

      I think the issue is that offense is harder than defense. A defender generally has the home advantage in terms of logistics, familiarity with the area and political will. The difference this makes is hard to estimate, and even harder so if you’re not even aware of it. Combined with delusions of grandeur, this is a recipe for underestimating the enemy.

      And call me a cynic, but I suspect neither Cadet Bone Spurs nor Major “Warrior Ethos” “Signal Chat” “American Crusade” Boozeth are entirely qualified to make high-level military judgements.

      (Neither is my armchair general ass whose only education in the matter is some MilHist blogs and articles, but at least I’m not an actual general charged to actually make them.)

      For Putin, I’m not sure. I’m disinclined to believe he’s just ignorant about the tenacity a people under attack can develop, given Russian history, but I can only make unqualified guesses.

      Either way, as you say, I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end, because a blunt and rusty axe still hurts, and they don’t seem concerned about where they swing it and who’s in the way.

    • Bazell@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Doesn’t matter how advanced your weapons are if you have not enough money to use enough of them and not enough soldiers that would like to come and kill other people that can also fight them back. So, while the USA has high defending potential, it has not enough politically approved resources for a long occupational war. Only short quick operations are now possible, since the USA citizens are against the war and greatly affect the leadership authority of current government, so that it cannot waste money to launch a full scale war as it was before. Especially, because of this doesn’t pleases oligarchs which have great leverage in this situation.

  • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    4 hours ago

    I guess Trump is getting what he wants, he’s getting a spot in the history books - as the one who started WWIII.

    Congratulations. Peace Committee my ass.

    But do carry on with your plans, Iran.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    3 hours ago

    on a sub, people “were theorizing” how they can reroute the transportation of oil through land, like through trucks or oilpipes, and falls way too short ot sustain global demand.

  • Wilco@lemmy.zipEnglish
    141·
    5 hours ago

    Im here in the US rooting for Iran … such a weird fucking timeline.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    7 hours ago

    it would be a hilarious turn of historical events if Americans were saved from the oligarchs by Iran.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    491·
    23 hours ago

    Since America and Israel attacked Iranian Economic Interests when they bombed oil producing facilities, it’s entirelly fair for Iran to respond in kind.