Defend themselves? LOL... Keep dreaming. Maybe they are continuing being delusional they can threaten a superpower without repercussions... I suggest getting a shrink working on that...

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orwin 2 hours ago | parent [-]

They can make it very expensive though. And they can't negotiate, given it's the second time they are attacked during negotiations, so really, what can they do? Cause the most chaos possible around them, strain the relationships between the US and other ME countries, force the US to make a choice about which ally to protect (it will be Saudi Arabia), make the oil price go up and deplete US weapon stocks. If the force the US and Israel to put boots on the ground, they will have won.

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tzahifadida 2 hours ago | parent [-]

In WW-II, the US bombed the hell out of German forces for months on end. That is what people do not understand. The US have the capability to generate bombs indefinitely. There will be no boots on the ground for soldiers (they wish). They will just get pulverised as time goes by. If the US and Israel will think they cannot get to their thick skull they'll simply bomb the oil refineries and let the Iranian regime deal with paychecks from their street goons and fanatics who will eat them alive.

	▲	nixon_why69 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Its not bombs that are running out, its interceptors. The 12 day war exhausted 25% of american stocks, we're on day 3 of this round, do the math. What happens to Israel when the interceptors run out and they're on equal standing with Iranian/Palestinian/Lebanese civilians?
	▲	bayindirh 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> The US have the capability to generate bombs indefinitely. The same US which had to re-build and re-open factories to be able to support Ukraine, and had an important shortage of shells for some time? The same US talking with their allies to build ships for them? US generals said that their defensive munition is not infinite. Middle Eastern countries said that they have Patriot stockpiles for 4 days. We're past WWII. Nobody has that capacity anymore. Some of the tech and factories built these gigantic battle cruisers are not present anymore even. US may, and can pulverize Iran if they want, but it'll be much more expensive than WWII era, because of how interconnected the world is now, and this is how post-WWII world has been designated. Make everyone depend on everyone, and make war very expensive as a result.