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[–] hoch@lemmy.world -4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Iran has been supplying Russia for years; Ukraine might as well be at war with them. No sympathy for Iran.

[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wonder why Iran might have a favourable relationship with Russia over the client states of the power that has spent decades trying to destabilise and pillage them. I guess we'll never know.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Okay, then Russia and Iran are fully within their rights to bomb any ship from any NATO country

[–] hoch@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They're more than welcome to. Let's see how it works out for them.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

My brother in delusion, the so-called "most powerful military in the world" got chased out of the red sea by tiny, war ravaged Yemen and is currently getting owned by Iran. I think it'd work out for them pretty fuckin well for them considering they're already wiping entire US bases off the map.

[–] hoch@lemmy.world -5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Iran is definitely making an embarrassment of the US and allowing them to deplete their arsenal, but to say the US is getting owned and wiped out is a bit of a stretch. Call me when they manage to hit a single naval ship.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"Sure they've lost like a dozen bases and a whole bunch of irreplacable war, recon and logistics planes plus most of their reaper drones, but they still have their boats that catch fire and flood with shit"

The navy retreated from the red sea because it knew a ship hit was only a matter of time, and they had no defense against it. Same with Hormuz. The US keeps it's fleets away from actual danger because they're it's military prestiege and mobile air power, but everyone in charge of one knows that one drone swarm or hypersonic salvo will turn it into a new coral reef.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

It's working pretty well actually