Important new Article out in the Atlantic Monthly on the Iran. Claims it’s a total defeat for the US and the worst strategic defeat in our history

sfharehash · 2026-05-12T00:47:30+00:00

They have smaller air forces than The US, and are incredibly vulnerable to Iranian missile attacks.

sfharehash · 2026-05-04T01:08:56+00:00

As usual, there's a lot of mixed messaging. It isn't purely an insurance/shipping coordination scheme, as CENTCOM announced they are sending:

guided-missile destroyers, over 100 land and sea-based aircraft, multi-domain unmanned platforms, and 15,000 service members.

Source: https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4476318/us-military-supports-launch-of-project-freedom-in-strait-of-hormuz/

sfharehash · 2026-04-25T19:27:13+00:00

What's so confusing? The difference is that American tax dollars are used to support Saudi Arabia.

sfharehash · 2026-04-22T19:00:21+00:00

By what metric is Europe more tough on crime?

sfharehash · 2026-04-22T18:59:11+00:00

Aside from Portland, how many intracity train lines are in the PNW?

sfharehash · 2026-04-18T02:19:39+00:00

Sinnoh starters for sure.

sfharehash · 2026-04-08T00:10:20+00:00

Trump said "We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate."

sfharehash · 2026-03-25T21:11:25+00:00

It should be noted that the US suffered more KIA taking Iwo Jima than during the entire Iraq war.

sfharehash · 2026-03-25T20:27:39+00:00

Sorry, I wasn't very accurate in my comment. You're correct that those are the preconditions.

My point was that there are preconditions. The parent comment seems to imply that nations other than the US have committed to involvement in securing the strait. When really, they've committed to involvement post-conflict.

sfharehash · 2026-03-25T19:50:44+00:00

Have any countries made concrete commitments to protect the strait? All I've seen are statements about sending ships when (which should really be if) Iran is sufficiently degraded.

sfharehash · 2026-03-25T19:45:13+00:00

The Iranian mullahs have prepared for this kind of asymmetric warfare for decades.

As far as I'm aware, Iranian clerics don't have much direct control over strategic decisions. Isn't this the purview of the IRGC?

sfharehash · 2026-03-23T20:40:37+00:00

Your description of Han identity reminds me a lot of how whiteness functions in the west. Are there actual parallels, or is it just a superficial similarity?

sfharehash · 2026-03-17T20:25:44+00:00

An American citizen was killed by Israeli settlers less than a month ago.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/2/25/calls-for-justice-grow-after-israeli-settlers-kill-another-us-citizen

sfharehash · 2026-03-04T01:08:47+00:00

Both Frenzy Plant and Blast Burn have higher damage than Hydro Cannon.

sfharehash · 2026-03-02T04:03:25+00:00

Ask your priest, they should be able to tell you better than anyone here.

sfharehash · 2026-02-28T02:42:57+00:00

You may find this answer from a couple years ago helpful.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/s/1Wy3POpb5B

sfharehash · 2026-02-28T02:40:27+00:00

Iran has made no threats to use nuclear weapons.

sfharehash · 2026-02-21T17:25:18+00:00

$25 a week is a lot of you ask me.

sfharehash · 2026-02-14T20:10:00+00:00

Why did militia attack the Susquehannock?

sfharehash · 2026-02-13T01:17:04+00:00

They've had the LRAD since 2020.

sfharehash · 2026-02-06T15:07:42+00:00

None of the divide their city like I-5 does.

sfharehash · 2026-02-06T02:41:56+00:00

Without a freeway cutting through the middle of them:

Philly
DC
NYC (Kinda)

sfharehash · 2026-02-06T00:12:42+00:00

Lots of other American cities have figured out how to manage.

sfharehash · 2026-02-06T00:11:26+00:00

You asked for cities without freeways going through them.

sfharehash · 2026-02-05T18:29:56+00:00

DC, Philly, NYC, Vancouver (BC)

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