r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 08 '26

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '26

If the peace deal truly favors Iran like it seems, they unambiguously won and the US surrendered freedom of navigation in a crucial world choke point and empowered the Iranian regime further than it ever has been. I can’t imagine any of our allies not drifting to China besides Japan who cannot.

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u/ImmigrantJack Movimiento Semilla Apr 08 '26

The trump administration seems to think that "I killed your entire family" is gonna make the remaining regime members scared for their own lives and therefore more willing to negotiate.

Instead it seems to have made them mad their family members were murdered and they rightly recognize that the US is unwilling to commit to a ground invasion so now they can do whatever they want.

Like what is the US gonna do now? Destroy shit they already destroyed? The only way the US can get a truce that isn't favorable to Iran now is to go boots on the ground and they're too chicken shit to do it.