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Why Wars Don't Work Anymore
from Iran Forever, Belfast Riots, & College Commencement | The Tim Dillon Show #499 · #499
3 min
Tim argues that modern wars like Russia-Ukraine and the US-Iran conflict never have a clean ending or a clear winner, and that occupying a country afterward is its own disaster.
- US teases nuclear annihilation, Iranians tell it to fuck off, then US asks to end the war and Iran says not really.
- After a while nobody even knows if the Strait of Hormuz is open or closed anymore.
- Wars don't work anymore.
- Russia should have been able to beat Ukraine even with US weapons and money, but didn't.
- Can't win wars unless you nuke everybody, and there's nothing to win anyway.
- US learned this with Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam but nobody cares because there's money in war and post-war chaos.
- Tim questions whether the people pushing wars even believe we can win or want to win.
- Ukraine and Russia just trade territory and casualties while missiles kill guys on both sides.
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