Naval group with 3,500 Marines enters CENTCOM region

dont make fun of our holy war. Trump was sent by god to lead Israel to victory. Only Trump is the anti christ

Given that about half the people in the administration are trying to bring about Armageddon, that actually sounds quite feasible

You say /s but that’s what he will totally do

And if that doesn't work he fucks kids

Nice long weekend to let it cool off 100% shit will go down that weekend

Evil yes, but equally as incompetent. Not a single person involved in this has a single clue what they're doing. Even the military has been purged of "disloyal" commanders.

If there are still competent generals that survived the purge last year, they might have scoped it to something small and defensible (e,g outaide of the mountains of ~mordor~ Zalgros and Arborz).

Absolutely - I’m just looking at the raw troop count. This is a colossal half assed based on feels cluster. All US allies have their 10ft poles out at this point.

Why do people keep talking about a draft? The US has over 1M active duty service members and over 2M if you include reserves.

There won't be a mental breakdown. Their media will just pretend like it's either going great or like it isn't happening at all and they will just keep on going with their miserable lives.

Which would mean they would have to take and HOLD Hormuz Island, Qshem, & Larak, while keeping The Strait of Hormuz open for a reliable supply line, if they plan to also go for Kharg Island, even further in! It’s absolutely suicidal any way you cut it! My personal opinion is that Iran will let the U.S. go right through the strait and land on any islands or land surfaces. Then the personnel are just sitting ducks for Iranian artillery, let alone the relentless drones. Iran can cut off any supply line to the boots on the ground, if the U.S. even plans to have a supply line of any amount, for any amount of time. And if Iran does engage any U.S. navy vessels that are in the strait, they are sitting ducks while moving through the strait! The U.S. navy has to have a 100% defensive force while doing all this, because any successful strike by any of the tens of thousands of drones, would be an unthinkable disaster, which I don’t think the normal everyday American would think is possible. I’m not sure with the public tech known how they deal with the endless drone bombardments and pov missile submarine drones, like we have kind of seen used in Ukraine, but Iran has different equipment. There is a reason even the most hawkish in American history for the last 40 some years, hasn’t done anything like this with Iran. It’s THE worst case war games scenario as is, at least publicly shown. Sending flag draped coffins numbering in the HUNDREDS of dead U.S. soldiers would be the end of the Trump presidency as we know it, along with Congress would finally have to sit up off of their hands and intervene!

A special three day military operation you say?

I think he's the symptom, though. Not the cause.

It's tied moreso to the numbnuts who voted for him and the ones who were indifferent enough to not vote at all. We get the government we deserve. - Joseph de Maistre

While true, it really did not reach nearly the level of intensity until the 2020s.

For Epstein!

From the halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Little Saint John,

Still doesn't beat homemade.

Not even the finest blind made parts.

Not to mention, they order directly from amazon which means about 50% of those RoseArts are fake!

Por que no los dos?

Running for your life from an FPV drone has got to be one of the most terrifying and demoralizing experiences. Even if you manage to survive it’s only a matter of time before another one shows up.

Artillery is a lot cheaper than FPV drones though, and shells are not gonna be intercepted.

It'll be interesting to see how the US handles contemporary tactics. Tactics have advanced really quickly in Ukraine... do they have strategies to deal with fibre optic drones, or establishing supply routes with nets? Or are they just going to show off some new high tech thing autonomous defense? Or do they just equip every marine with shotguns and try to take them out in flight?

You can hide behind the oil silos

Remember, Donald Trump likes explosions and good news stories. People have heard of Kharg Island. They haven't heard of a bunch more places. He does not pay attention to any sort of expert. And, yeah, it's a terribly poor option.

And even if it looks like the US will take Kharg, Iran surely has it rigged with demo charges and will level all infrastructure on it before letting the US have it. This is literally a lose/lose for the US.

Yeah and that would require a metric shit ton more helicopters and build up than what has happened so far. The MEU can go by air but the whole point is they’re amphibious and on big landing ships, hence the need to get into the gulf. Not saying it’s not possible, either way is incredibly stupid and difficult

Don't forget the tyrants and despots that brought them there!

Every empire falls once the obligations for interest are higher than military spending. Which the US exceeded just last year.

I think The main issue is whether or not the U.S is prepared for drone warfare, especially the smaller remote controlled ones that cant be intercepted by AA or jet. Weve seen how effective is has become as a force multiplier and they are putting infantry directly into its range with almost no cover and guarenteed countermeasure against them

That will be tough since these days most cameras in combat zones are mounted to enemy FPVs

You realize this is the same admin that included a f****** journalist in a group chat by mistake where they both discussed highly classified airstrike details and self-assesed said debacle as being "good on OPSEC". Our military is not completely staffed by clowns, but our top military leadership *absolutely* currently is.

Or Normandy, without the success.

Plus there would be no reasonable follow-up to make it worth it because they haven't planned for it. In a total war you might well be prepared to take such losses, but only if you can make it worth it. There's no planning here that would enable to US to make such losses "worth it".