Isn’t it obvious? If we hit them, they will hit israel as hard as they can and those two will go at it. Israel will very likely nuke them as a result. the gloves in the gulf will come the fuck off and every American EVERYWHERE will be a target and at risk. people will get kidnapped and killed all over the fucking place at any target of opportunity that arises. lebanon will literally explode. israel will have a real deal fight on one flank with hezbollah and on the other with hamas. lots of folks will die. and this is the kicker: iraq will become the total and complete clusterfuck we worry about and act like it already is. basically we haven’t seen nothing yet if we think it is or was bad before. and that’s just the immediate short-term implications…
we’ve been very lucky recently that conflicts have been able to be contained. this is one of the ones with a possibility for escalation and much, much more widespread effect because of how focused on the energy producing areas it is. when the world’s most powerful country makes a forceful play on two of the top five energy producing countries in the world let’s just say that won’t go over very well and really risks pulling others into it.
Contrary to some of the thoughts of some posters here, there is no cake at the end of this walk.
