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Fil1957

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7. There are only two options for the U.S.

Reply to magicarpet (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:32 AM

Yesterday

1. Declare victory and leave. The best option by far, but very hard to spin since it will actually be a loss.

2. Escalate.

Some might say there is a third option -- the status quo is maintained as a "forever war". However that's not viable, since the straits will stay mostly closed and the world economy will eventually crash before too long.

Since Trump can't spin this as a victory, and he is psychologically unable to accept defeat, he will escalate.

As magicarpet said at the top "we are so fucked".

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