Explanations I've seen:
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to drive up oil / gas prices (the problem is that the prices are too high, which accelerates the global green energy revolution and the end of the fossil fuel industry while destabilizing western "society"; successfully seizing Iran's oil would have presumably lowered prices too);
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Trump's ego, bolstered by Maduro's kidnapping and the seemingly successful counter-revolution in Venezuela; the imperial ruling class thought they were invincible because they haven't suffered a really palpable defeat since Vietnam (I guess Afghanistan / Yemen doesn't count...);
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to protect the Zionist entity and the Gulf Monarchies and also to shore up American influence in the region;
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to slow China's rise (Iran supplies lots of China's fossil fuels);
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a distraction from the Epstein files;
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lots of powerful ghouls have been itching to do this since 1979;
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to stop Iran's nonexistent nuclear weapons program;
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to game the stock market.
Did I miss anything? What are the most plausible / implausible explanations? Are they all valid? I'm not sure, I'm asking because I want comments / critiques. Also, are we headed to a permanent nationwide blackout in the USA (as predicted by The Simpsons) and the Mad Max-ification of all but the top 10% or will things "go back to normal"? Or will this just become another Ukraine War?
Bonus Q: how are the libs and chuds you know reacting to the war? My spouse thinks that Iran is currently winning but the USA will eventually prevail 🥴
Trump's people genuinely believe their own bullshit, that all they needed to do was be "unwoke" and that they would crack the nut of winning a war in the middle east. As if George W lost in Iraq and Afghanistan because he was too busy doing land acknowledgements or something.
Yea this is where I'm at, Occam's razor, there is no plan, the administration filled with podcasters, zealots, and loyalists is just being stupid.