I agree. But I agree in the short-term. Invading Iran is a long-term project for the US military industrial complex and if it takes 20, 30, or 50 years they'll eventually get around to it. Hell, they invaded Iraq twice before they were satisfied in its destruction. Rumsfeld and his buddies had those plans just lying around for over 20 years when 9/11 gave them an opening. Invading Iraq would have been an "impossible sell" until 9/11 made so many Americans anti-Islam war hawks for a few years. Don't underestimate the power of propaganda fugue-state Chauvinism.
Oh it's no doubt possible, just not within Biden's first term or the near future. Asking the US public to green light a huge war after fucking up wars for two decades is a hard sell. NATSEC burned through all it's political capital, and it'll take a while to restock it up.
A Cold War and a decade or two of gaslighting and agitation will restock the political capital cupboard. Defense profits are through the roof since 2000. Regulatory capture is in full effect and I'm sure there are plans to embroil the US in another Cold War with proxy fights against China.
I agree. But I agree in the short-term. Invading Iran is a long-term project for the US military industrial complex and if it takes 20, 30, or 50 years they'll eventually get around to it. Hell, they invaded Iraq twice before they were satisfied in its destruction. Rumsfeld and his buddies had those plans just lying around for over 20 years when 9/11 gave them an opening. Invading Iraq would have been an "impossible sell" until 9/11 made so many Americans anti-Islam war hawks for a few years. Don't underestimate the power of propaganda fugue-state Chauvinism.
Oh it's no doubt possible, just not within Biden's first term or the near future. Asking the US public to green light a huge war after fucking up wars for two decades is a hard sell. NATSEC burned through all it's political capital, and it'll take a while to restock it up.
A Cold War and a decade or two of gaslighting and agitation will restock the political capital cupboard. Defense profits are through the roof since 2000. Regulatory capture is in full effect and I'm sure there are plans to embroil the US in another Cold War with proxy fights against China.