ModsEnthusiast t1_j6d0den wrote
Reply to comment by LumixShill in Massive fire breaks out at oil refinery in Iran by slc73
>it could easily be interpreted as another "Western" power directly attacking Russian goals.
so what, honestly? who will this convince that doesn't already hate the 'west' ?
LumixShill t1_j6d1mnl wrote
It's less about the public perception and more about the kind of impetus that open war between Iran and Israel could add to the current global tensions.
You can look in my profile to find plenty of instances of me criticizing Joe Biden, but I personally think his defense staff has been smart to slowly ramp up the kinds of weaponry being given to Ukraine.
There's a benefit to ramping up slowly because at the end of the day these military decisions are still being made by people, and "here's all our top tier military tech on day one" ramps up tension to 11 and may result in some unfortunate decisions.
The more open war to manage, the harder it will be to keep that balance between ensuring Ukrainian victory, and not causing something like tactical nukes or other WMDs to be deployed.
ModsEnthusiast t1_j6d203p wrote
>It's less about the public perception and more about the kind of impetus that open war between Iran and Israel could add to the current global tensions.
the world has been expecting this war for like 50 years now, it seems inevitable unless something very drastic happens. Like how the fall of the soviet union stopped WW3 from seeming inevitable
LumixShill t1_j6d2fhy wrote
We were actually quite close to smoothing relations with Iran during the JCPOA negotiations, but I agree that any relief of tensions that resulted from those dialogues has been completely undone and likely cannot be recovered at this point.
thisplacemakesmeangr t1_j6d43og wrote
I vaccilate between this take and a darker view including defense contractors and entrenched wealth. Given the same options I'd take Biden every time but this geriatric bullshit has got to go. How many employers out there are clamoring for 80 year olds to run their companies? Wtf are we doing letting them run the world
Governmentwatchlist t1_j6emgsu wrote
This is a really interesting point. If you wouldn’t want them to lead your 11th grade choir program, why do we want them leading the free world.
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