by throwaway5752 on 1/3/20, 4:02 AM
It's a terrible sign this can't stay on the front page of Hacker News. In theory this should be a smarter than average group of people.
Short term, your gas price went up 4% starting tomorrow and we are going to see how resilient our computing infrastructure is to an actual cyber offensive with destructive intent (rather than simple information theft or monetary theft/ransom). Medium term the odds of a war with substantial US casualties has increased substantially. Long term it's possible this will be seen as the tipping point for PRC as the dominant global power. This is a historic event and not in a good way.
by spamizbad on 1/3/20, 3:37 AM
It's important to note that this guy isn't just a top general: He's basically the guy responsible for Iran's foreign policy. It would be like an Iranian airstrike taking out the likes of Dick Cheney during the Bush years.
by erentz on 1/3/20, 3:40 AM
Going from history there’s going to be a lot of democrats hand wringing about “process” but the Democrats and the media will still fall in behind an escalation to war. They’re already doing it. Media are already unquestionably repeating claims of the pentagon that Suleimani was planning attacks. Calls against war will be called unpatriotic and largely silenced. This feels quite scary. I was hoping for an eventual end to war.
by ohiovr on 1/3/20, 3:45 AM
Iraq and Iran are natural allies. Could we fight both? What if NK decides to make an offensive? Sure we could nuke them back but what if they storm SK and then launch? There are games they can play.
by robmiller on 1/3/20, 3:44 AM
by stopads on 1/3/20, 3:41 AM
Aren't we supposed to need congressional approval to start a war?
So many things I was taught in civics class turned out to be complete fiction.
by cagenut on 1/3/20, 3:59 AM
good news for electric vehicles
by dirtyid on 1/3/20, 4:17 AM
May we live in interesting times.