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That's a totally different situation from a totally different time. Just dropping a wikipedia link on a singular, mostly unrelated action isn't a mic drop, especially when done multiple times.
Both situations are about Iran closing the Straight of Hormuz and the US response to such. It's hard to draw up a more similar event. Second up would be the ongoing operations against the Houthis who are attempting to close a different straight.
37 years is a LONG time when it comes to technology, especially military technology. Think about how much has changed in society since then. Hell, the vast majority of people in the military 37 years ago have long since gotten out. Just because "the us and Iran are doing a thing again" does not mean we'd even attempt the same thing. The geopolitical landscape that existed in 88 isn't the same either. US is on the way down as chinas going up. And you more or less copypasta the same thing that every person whos ever been on reddit has seen. Come on, at least put a write up, or some opinion on it. Or just describe the thing that happened. So many of us know this copypasta, that if someone were to ask for a source, it should be an immediate ban. Stop the copypasta.
Providing someone with a link to a reference they didn't get is a "mic drop" in your head? Ok buddy.
Yeah, in your head. Because it's rather insulting to assume people don't get the joke, when it's been a joke for a VERY long time and you were probably delivered that same wikilink 40-50 times by now. Yes, helpfulness can be insulting, sorry if that was what you were going for.
When I replied to the comment with the link it just read:
The rest was edited after that.