Taking the post too personally. By “we” I meant the government and the neocons before this government. Not you or I.
Play this out two or three steps. The Iranians drop off arms. We stop them by shooting at them. Then Iran does what? And to whom? They certainly are not going to attack us.
This is a chess game. You are playing checkers.
The other issue here is that we simply do not have the ability to project power in the Middle East AND Europe AND the Pacific. Pick one, or two, but not three. Which one of those do you want to lose.
We import a small amount of oil from the Gulf. I suggest we lose that area instead of the other two.
Well, it looks as if from the latest reports that the Iranian ships have turned around. As for where we should put our assets, I have long advocated that we need to pull out our Army forces from Europe. Just keep the air and naval bases. Western Europe should be able to protect herself. When do we push the baby away from the tit? She’s 70 years old now... (end of WWII)