Originally Posted by
Ninthace
Has this been thought through?
If the US unleashes a wave of strikes on Iran, what then? It will only strengthen Iranian resolve and I suspect you will see major retaliation on those states in the Middle East that are seen as friends of the US and the closure of the Gulf to shipping. Does POTUS have a plan that goes beyond stage 1?
I would suspect a strike should it occur would be due to Iran approaching some threshold on the development of a nuke.