IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoCould the United States lose the war in Iran? Why one professor thinks it will happenwww.pennlive.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkCould the United States lose the war in Iran? Why one professor thinks it will happenwww.pennlive.comIronpigsWizard@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·12 hours agoProblem: You can’t lose a war you have no definition for winning. So in the end, the US literally can’t win or lose the war, all they can do is simply choose to end it. What is the end goal? What does winning the war look like? 🤷 Yeah, me either. But if you don’t define it, you can’t lose it either.
minus-squarenorthernlights@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoThe goal was to distract from the Epstein files and to cede to the Israeli’s demands so they don’t release the dirt. It’s already won.
Problem: You can’t lose a war you have no definition for winning.
So in the end, the US literally can’t win or lose the war, all they can do is simply choose to end it.
What is the end goal? What does winning the war look like? 🤷 Yeah, me either. But if you don’t define it, you can’t lose it either.
The goal was to distract from the Epstein files and to cede to the Israeli’s demands so they don’t release the dirt. It’s already won.