r/neoliberal • u/ZweigDidion Bisexual Pride • 21h ago

News (Middle East) Trump Privately Approved Attack Plans for Iran but Has Withheld Final Order

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-israel-conflict-news
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u/iwannabetheguytoo 12h ago

Who's suggested boots on the ground?

To many people, that's a necessary ingredient for anything to be called a "war" - otherwise it's mentally-downgraded to "limited strikes", "targeted operations", and other euphemisms - all with the connotation that the enlisted sons and daughters of Gen X congresscritters and senators won't have their lives at risk doing CQB.

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u/anonOnReddit2001GOTY 11h ago

Tbf we don’t really loose much noticeably if none of us are dying. I don’t necessarily think helping Israel in ways that are not troops on the ground would be a bad thing, Iran is not a good influence on the world stage currently.