They helped deplete the US’s munition and now they’re in a much worse position to fight Iran.
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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks agoWhat has Russia gained from the Ukraine invasion? Genuinely asking.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Not really?
First, the US stopped sending aid a long time ago. It’s currently just that some of it is allowed to be sold to Ukraine by weapons manufacturers.
Second, most of what was sent was stuff that was sitting around that was required to be replaced anyway. It was created with the intent to fight Russia, and it was just wasting away. It literally has to be thrown away after a period, if it isn’t used, and replaced.
Whatever happens in Iran, it isn’t because of a lack of munitions. That pretty much been proven. It’s because the US can’t fight the kind of war that needs to be fought, and it never has been able to. Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan prove that. Iran can hide out in their mountains and nothing can be done about it.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
[deleted]Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Man, you are so far deep in your bubble. You think Russia can fight a war for years, but the US is out of munitions in a few days? I don’t care about your opinion if the country. You have to be really stupid to believe the US munitions stockpile is hardly even scratched by this so far. Hell, the ships that have expended munitions probably aren’t even low.
You’re allowed to think it’s bad and wrong without purposefully being an idiot. Your opinion should at least attempt to be based in reality. The weapons used in Iran were already in the region, and that’s obviously only a small fraction of what exists back home. The stockpile likely isn’t strong enough for a “forever war”, like Trump says, but this so far was nothing.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Way less people to pay pensions for in 30 years
Way less old weapons to recycle
Being BFF with North Korea
A possibility to turn around when the economy tanks
A greener world with less oil and gas exports
Enlarging NATO for a more peaceful future
Do I have to go on?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
he probably meant from IRANS invasion, the oil prices rose as a result of the strait being Mined, and the sanctions being lifted?>
Fluke@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
A horrendous number of dead working age men?
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Come on, i was trying to get them to say something outrageously stupid, now they wont reply. :(