Post #1626200
2026-03-22 16:34 UTC
@isaackuo @cstross The US victory conditions are for the Islamic Republic to go away. (US elite consensus that it's illegitimate, generational offense at daring to claim ownership of oil, etc.) They don't need to be Napoleon and be lauded as a conqueror.
Take a look at Iran on Google Maps; switch on the traffic.
Sparse transportation network, very concentrated; single export economy.
Think kinetic sanctions; blow up the ability to export oil and the roads over the mountains. Mine the ports.
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@graydon@canada.masto.host 2026-03-22 16:38
@isaackuo @cstross Is this a big bundle of war crimes before they start bombing power plants? Yes. The whole thing is illegitimate per the defunct post-war order. Does anyone in the US administration care at all? No. (Many are actively in favor.) Can the US do it? This is one of the things you can do with air supremacy. Will it work? It could; starving people are docile, but people who know they're going to starve are not. (Not that this is going to save anybody.)