Re:Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia
by bdangubic on Saturday March 21, 2026 @03:35PM
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what would be a non-stupid strategy?
Re:Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia
by JumpCrisscross on Saturday March 21, 2026 @03:41PM
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Broadly, taking American and Israeli threats seriously. And not overestimating how easily their neighbors would capitulate if bombed.
Tactically, this would mean not concentrating senior leadership above ground. Scattering their navies out of port. Targeting U.S. military bases and not the civilian infrastructure around them.
It’s pretty fucking stupid. Convening the top brass above ground, failing to scatter the navy, bombing Azerbaijan and Qatar and Oman. I’m not saying the individual actors are dumb. But the result of the competing centers of power between the IRGC, military proper, clerical establishment and god knows who else produces a stupid strategy.