SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: This strike will do nothing to "deter" Iran but it will deal a blow, possibly a fatal blow, to even the hope of a negotiated settlement.

https://x.com/DanielLDavis1/status/2064465080662597673

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This is likely to spawn a big reax from Iran.  This strike will do nothing to "deter" Iran but it will deal a blow, possibly a fatal blow, to even the hope of a negotiated settlement.

It is still not clear that the U.S. helicopter was actually shot down by Iranian fire. The story floating around of an Iranian Shaid drone taking down the U.S. aircraft is incredibly suspect, as a Shaid is not maneuverable, and the chances of it intercepting an American attack helicopter is VERY unlikely - and if it did, the explosion would have deatroyed the aircraft, not just disabled it.

Why, then, are we risking a return to full on combat with Iran, and along with it, the significant damaging of GCC oil infrastructure that Iran threatened to attack if we resumed the war?  

This is a foolish play for the United States.

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U.S. Central Command

@CENTCOM

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction, in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian