Isn’t piracy sort of a capital crime? I’m not sure admitting to that is a good policy.
I love the designation in the Wikipedia article “enemy of all mankind”. Apparently piracy is frowned upon… legally speaking.
It could be worth it if the cost is on the lower end of that. Iran is a major source of instability in the world through all the proxy groups they support. And they have a theocratic authoritarian government that isn’t great for Iranians either.
Someone put together a list of what has been achieved:
On the one hand this may have been the time to do it, there was a confluence of factors that seemed to make Iran vulnerable.
But it seems weird to take a victory lap on most of the objectives. No one thought the USA was incapable of bombing Iran back to the Stone Age. So while I think some of the points about the region abandoning Iran are cogent, it wasn’t the first year after starting the war anyone was worried about, it was the next twenty.
Isn’t piracy sort of a capital crime? I’m not sure admitting to that is a good policy. I love the designation in the Wikipedia article “enemy of all mankind”. Apparently piracy is frowned upon… legally speaking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_piracy_law
Pennies compared to what it has cost us:
$25bn or $1 trillion: How much has Iran war really cost the US?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/30/25bn-or-1-trillion-...
It could be worth it if the cost is on the lower end of that. Iran is a major source of instability in the world through all the proxy groups they support. And they have a theocratic authoritarian government that isn’t great for Iranians either.
Someone put together a list of what has been achieved:
https://xcancel.com/mdubowitz/status/2047489126602088842
Although if the cost is $1 trillion maybe it’s not worth it.
On the one hand this may have been the time to do it, there was a confluence of factors that seemed to make Iran vulnerable.
But it seems weird to take a victory lap on most of the objectives. No one thought the USA was incapable of bombing Iran back to the Stone Age. So while I think some of the points about the region abandoning Iran are cogent, it wasn’t the first year after starting the war anyone was worried about, it was the next twenty.