Thing is I don't see any off ramp here for the US. There's no reason for Iran to do another ceasefire at this point. Their best play is to push the US out of the region entirely.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Perhaps the contradictions between Israel's interest and Trump's voter base's would finally reach a breaking point and the US would slap Israel and ragequit the war?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

At this point, they'd have to leave the whole region. I don't see why Iran would stop when they're winning.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

because of it's people: the iranian leaders give a fuck about its people whereas the western leader do not give a fuck about its people. things will get worse for both groups and only the iranians have leaders who care at all.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago

If Iran is defeated it will be a complete disaster for the people there. Just look at Libya or Syria as examples. That's what the people are facing. This is an existential war against extermination for them.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I could see this playing out. Already, people in the admin and media are saying that we started this war to protect Israel (or because of Israel, or even dragged into war by Israel) and that seems like the first step to an off-ramp.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Combine that with the sharp pain this is about to bring:

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 5 points 17 hours ago

The whole stock market has shaved off 2%, with the Dow down 900.

I wonder if we'll see the markets trip their circuit breakers tomorrow and halt trading.