Iran Super Thread- Merged

[Czech_pivo]

Time and time again, war after war, decade after decade the LOAC are not applied evenly, and seldom applied at all relative to the rate of incidence. They certainly won’t be applied against any of the principal belligerents in this conflict.

This conflict has the potential to move the gist of Carney’s Davos pitch more than any other events that have occurred since then and most likely into the future.

It also lays bare for all to see what an utter waste of hundreds of billions in military spending the Gulf States have done over the decades. All the high end equipment they have is either tied up on the docks, under canvas in storage facilities or spending tens of millions of dollars in attempting to shoot down drone worth a few thousand each - with little success.
Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE are unable or unwilling to gather their considerable naval resources to defend their own backyard.

 

[The Bread Guy]

… Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE are unable or unwilling to gather their considerable naval resources to defend their own backyard.

Yet it’s NATO who are the cowards according to some, right?

 

[Baz]

Time and time again, war after war, decade after decade the LOAC are not applied evenly, and seldom applied at all relative to the rate of incidence. They certainly won’t be applied against any of the principal belligerents in this conflict.

Absolutely. However, I will apply them as a framework for what my government should or shouldn’t be doing.

I think my government should be participating in the reopening of the Straights of Hormuz. Not because the US asked (demanded?) that we do, but because that is what is ethical and in the best interests of the world.

Of course, in the medium to long term, the world should become less reliant on middle eastern energy.

However, it should not be a NATO led operation.

I wonder how the belligerents (Iran, Israel, and the US) would react if a coalition of the willing put a force in there with the sole purpose of protecting non-participating nation’s ships from all three of them?

 

[Cloud Cover]

The aforementioned Gulf states still remain far more likely to fight a war against Israel than with it. Especially against IRGC who haVE shown they can and will cause them serious harm.
Still, it seems clear that the IRGC must now be destroyed - as the saying goes “ that which doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”, or a grave tactical mistake. In this case both will be true without complete destruction.