TACO Tuesday, Iran Edition
Apr. 8th, 2026 08:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribNow don't get me wrong, I'm glad Trump TACO-ed out in Iran. This is, however, a clear defeat for the US - a defeat that is ENTIRELY on Trump. The US lost 13 soldiers killed, an unreported number of wounded, a dozen or so planes destroyed, and various (expensive) bits and bobs of military infrastructure blown to bits.
Iran, on the other hand, gets to keep it's uranium and enrich same, PLUS is allowed to levee tolls on ships going through the Strait of Hormuz. As a reminder, before the war, passage through the strait was free. Oh, and the current regime stays in power. Clearly, just blowing shit up does not mean you win a war.
The reason we lost is because Trump and his dipshit "Secretary of War" failed to plan. Iran closing the strait was always their go-to card in the event of war. We did not have assets in place to effectively contest that closure and so, pants around our ankles, we got spanked. (See also this: On the Military Failures of Fascism.)
Part of this failure is due to the decision to park the USS Ford carrier battle group in the Caribbean. Simply put, anything we wanted to do in that region, including remove Maduro, could have been done without the Ford's help. Now we've got a battlegroup in desperate need of a refit and a whole bunch of sailors who are going to exit the Navy as soon as possible. Good job Trump! /sarcasm
* TACO = Trump Always Chickens Out
Iran, on the other hand, gets to keep it's uranium and enrich same, PLUS is allowed to levee tolls on ships going through the Strait of Hormuz. As a reminder, before the war, passage through the strait was free. Oh, and the current regime stays in power. Clearly, just blowing shit up does not mean you win a war.
The reason we lost is because Trump and his dipshit "Secretary of War" failed to plan. Iran closing the strait was always their go-to card in the event of war. We did not have assets in place to effectively contest that closure and so, pants around our ankles, we got spanked. (See also this: On the Military Failures of Fascism.)
Part of this failure is due to the decision to park the USS Ford carrier battle group in the Caribbean. Simply put, anything we wanted to do in that region, including remove Maduro, could have been done without the Ford's help. Now we've got a battlegroup in desperate need of a refit and a whole bunch of sailors who are going to exit the Navy as soon as possible. Good job Trump! /sarcasm
* TACO = Trump Always Chickens Out
