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Title: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 06:33:16 PM
It's called a pre-emptive strike — but what if Iran decides to act first? Every nation has the right to defend its survival.

https://www.rt.com/news/619057-israel-strikes-iran-reports/

Explosions and missile interceptions reported in Tehran on Friday

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Friday that the Israeli Air Force has conducted a “preemptive” strike in Iran.

Iranian media reported explosions in Tehran, as well as missile interceptions.

An emergency situation has been declared across Israel. “Following the State of Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future,” Katz said.

The attack comes after weeks of simmering tensions following the collapse of renewed negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. Multiple news outlets reported last month that Israel had discussed potential strikes on Iranian nuclear sites with the United States.

US President Donald Trump recently accused Tehran of “slow-walking” the negotiations and reiterated that his objective is the complete dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program. Iran has denied pursuing nuclear weapons, maintaining that its nuclear activities are solely for civilian purposes.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: GymnJuice on June 12, 2025, 06:35:52 PM
Hopefully we can stay out of it.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 06:43:16 PM
The US and Israel say Iran mustn’t get nukes — and threaten to destroy them to prove the point. But if you’re being threatened with annihilation, wouldn’t you want nukes too? The hypocrisy is nuclear.

Iran can’t have nukes — so we might have to bomb them.’ That logic is why Iran wants nukes. The bully says: disarm or else — and calls you the threat.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 06:45:03 PM
Hopefully we can stay out of it.

Nothing says ‘you don’t need nukes’ like constant threats of war. But sure, Iran’s the irrational one.

We threaten to bomb Iran to stop them from wanting nukes — and then act shocked when they want nukes. Genius diplomacy.

Iran doesn’t need nukes, they just need to trust the countries openly talking about bombing them. Totally reasonable.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: IroNat on June 12, 2025, 06:55:55 PM
The US and Israel say Iran mustn’t get nukes — and threaten to destroy them to prove the point. But if you’re being threatened with annihilation, wouldn’t you want nukes too? The hypocrisy is nuclear.

Iran can’t have nukes — so we might have to bomb them.’ That logic is why Iran wants nukes. The bully says: disarm or else — and calls you the threat.

Neo-Con Logic.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: GymnJuice on June 12, 2025, 07:03:02 PM
Nothing says ‘you don’t need nukes’ like constant threats of war. But sure, Iran’s the irrational one.

We threaten to bomb Iran to stop them from wanting nukes — and then act shocked when they want nukes. Genius diplomacy.

Iran doesn’t need nukes, they just need to trust the countries openly talking about bombing them. Totally reasonable.

All countries should want nukes. They're a great deterrent. All countries who already have them should try to prevent others from obtaining them to keep their advantage. I think it is both logical and hypocritical, but I'm a cynic.  ;D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: 1Patrick on June 12, 2025, 07:11:28 PM
Hopefully Hadi’s new gym is still intact.
In all seriousness Trump needs to stay TF away from this one.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 07:33:18 PM
Hopefully Hadi’s new gym is still intact.
In all seriousness Trump needs to stay TF away from this one.

Trump has been a disappointment. Everyday he appears more like a puppet. I'd like to be proven wrong. But he needs to lead with his actions.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 12, 2025, 08:05:35 PM

In all seriousness Trump needs to stay TF away from this one.

How can he? The US and Israel are intertwined, hard to tell them apart. There is no unilateral in this imo.

This could be a total nightmare for the world. Iran retaliates and nukes are dropped and then... what are Russia and China going to do?

IMO this has little or nothing to do with Iran having nukes. This could be controlled and Iran was/is ready for strict inspections. This is about Israel wanting to be the ME hegemon.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: Grape Ape on June 12, 2025, 08:40:57 PM
Nothing says ‘you don’t need nukes’ like constant threats of war. But sure, Iran’s the irrational one.

We threaten to bomb Iran to stop them from wanting nukes — and then act shocked when they want nukes. Genius diplomacy.

Iran doesn’t need nukes, they just need to trust the countries openly talking about bombing them. Totally reasonable.

When we fail diplomatically to stop them producing nukes, you use force to stop it.

Stop sponsoring terrorism, stop working towards getting a nuke, and you don't get bombed.

Iran used to be a friggin' tourist destination.  The mullahs have destroyed it.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 12, 2025, 08:49:50 PM
When we fail diplomatically to stop them producing nukes, you use force to stop it.

Stop sponsoring terrorism, stop working towards getting a nuke, and you don't get bombed.

Iran used to be a friggin' tourist destination.  The mullahs have destroyed it.

Just like when Gaddafi stopped his program... ended with him getting a bayonet up his ass. So much for doing it the diplomatic way. And Hillary laughed... that bitch.

Iran was the last on the 7 countries list that Wesley Clark talked about. Netanyahu's plan.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Never1AShow on June 12, 2025, 08:52:01 PM
Don't care.  No nukes for Iran.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Ron on June 12, 2025, 08:59:14 PM
Stunned here watching what is going on...

Axis of Resistance, loose and informal military network of militant groups, which bill themselves as resistance forces, and state-controlled armed forces in the Middle East that are supported by Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In addition to the IRGC, the axis comprised of Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, certain militias in Iraq, and Houthi forces in Yemen.

Israel, US, many Arab countries that are Sunni, India, the EU and many other countries needed these guys to be done with so a new age can come to the Middle East. Maybe one of peace in the future.   

Syria - done
Hezbollah in Lebanon - done
Hamas in Gaza -  almost done
Hoothis in Yemen - almost done
and last ... Iran... the supplier of all of these... 




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Iran was the last on the 7 countries list that Wesley Clark talked about.

In a statement attributed to Wikipedia, General Wesley Clark mentioned a plan to target seven countries, beginning with Iraq and including Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. This plan was part of a longer, five-year campaign, according to Clark.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 12, 2025, 09:21:05 PM


Israel, US, many Arab countries that are Sunni, India, the EU and many other countries needed these guys to be done with so a new age can come to the Middle East. Maybe one of peace in the future.   



Yes we know Israel and the US love the Sunni because they are so peaceful. Except these are all the ones who attacked the US, the ISIS (which Israel backs even now in Gaza), and all these radical islamist groups. Al-Sharaa, a Sunni, killed Americans in Iraq but now Trump is praising him, calling him handsome. The US and Israel funded all these terrorist groups in Syria to overthrow Assad... because the Sunni are so peaceful :D

It has nothing to do with peace, they want maximum war and terror in the Islamic countries. Trump said he wanted to see Iran thrive and prosper... what a load of crap. The goal is simply to cause chaos, to make them weak.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Ron on June 12, 2025, 10:27:46 PM
Yes we know Israel and the US love the Sunni because they are so peaceful. Except these are all the ones who attacked the US, the ISIS (which Israel backs even now in Gaza), and all these radical islamist groups. Al-Sharaa, a Sunni, killed Americans in Iraq but now Trump is praising him, calling him handsome. The US and Israel funded all these terrorist groups in Syria to overthrow Assad... because the Sunni are so peaceful :D It has nothing to do with peace, they want maximum war and terror in the Islamic countries. Trump said he wanted to see Iran thrive and prosper... what a load of crap. The goal is simply to cause chaos, to make them weak.

Al-Sharaa, a Sunni - might have turned to trying to do something for Syria instead of destroying it when he overthrew Assad. Maybe he realized there is a better way than Jihad and Matrydom.  For the people of Syria, to grow. People can change.   If Hamas agreed to release the hostages, stop calling for the destruction of Israel, and wanted something better, than maybe things can change.  Even now, they are fighting and killing other clan factions in Gaza.




Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: Brenda Steunbeer on June 12, 2025, 10:30:19 PM
The US and Israel say Iran mustn’t get nukes — and threaten to destroy them to prove the point. But if you’re being threatened with annihilation, wouldn’t you want nukes too? The hypocrisy is nuclear.

Iran can’t have nukes — so we might have to bomb them.’ That logic is why Iran wants nukes. The bully says: disarm or else — and calls you the threat.


Your "logic" is flawed. There is no existential threat to Iran. To Israel there is. Iran has stated many times it wants to destroy the entire state of Israel, they make no secret of it. So Israel has every right to prevent that from happening

Also: if Iran develops nukes and several get into the hands of terrorist organizations, Western countries also are at immense risk. Not only Israel. Israel is doing the dirty work for us. As usual the radical left pro islamisation EU will accuse Israel of everything, without the EU ever wanting to spend on defense. The EU prefers the American taxpayer to pay for Europe's safety
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 11:21:41 PM

Your "logic" is flawed. There is no existential threat to Iran. To Israel there is. Iran has stated many times it wants to destroy the entire state of Israel, they make no secret of it. So Israel has every right to prevent that from happening

Also: if Iran develops nukes and several get into the hands of terrorist organizations, Western countries also are at immense risk. Not only Israel. Israel is doing the dirty work for us. As usual the radical left pro islamisation EU will accuse Israel of everything, without the EU ever wanting to spend on defense. The EU prefers the American taxpayer to pay for Europe's safety
The idea that Iran poses “no existential threat” ignores the reality that they’ve been under constant threat of regime change or attack for decades — from nuclear-armed powers, no less. That is an existential threat.

Yes, Iran has made hostile statements — but so has Israel, and the U.S. has actually overthrown governments in the region. If preemptive threats justify nukes, then Iran has just as much logic for wanting them as Israel does for stopping them. That’s the hypocrisy.

And the “terrorist handoff” argument? It’s speculative. The only country in the Middle East with undeclared nukes and a history of military preemption is Israel. Yet we never question their nukes.

If nuclear non-proliferation is the goal, threatening countries with annihilation isn’t how you get there — it’s how you make sure they want the bomb even more.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 11:23:51 PM
Don't care.  No nukes for Iran.
We say Iran can’t have nukes while pointing nukes at them. Irony’s gone nuclear.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 11:25:09 PM
Stunned here watching what is going on...

Axis of Resistance, loose and informal military network of militant groups, which bill themselves as resistance forces, and state-controlled armed forces in the Middle East that are supported by Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In addition to the IRGC, the axis comprised of Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, certain militias in Iraq, and Houthi forces in Yemen.

Israel, US, many Arab countries that are Sunni, India, the EU and many other countries needed these guys to be done with so a new age can come to the Middle East. Maybe one of peace in the future.   

Syria - done
Hezbollah in Lebanon - done
Hamas in Gaza -  almost done
Hoothis in Yemen - almost done
and last ... Iran... the supplier of all of these... 




In a statement attributed to Wikipedia, General Wesley Clark mentioned a plan to target seven countries, beginning with Iraq and including Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. This plan was part of a longer, five-year campaign, according to Clark.
Funny how “peace” always seems to require one side’s total destruction.

You can’t bomb your way to a stable Middle East. Dismantling every actor Iran supports doesn’t end the conflict — it just removes any balance of power. What comes next? Unchecked domination? Occupation? More resentment? More blowback?

Also worth noting: every time someone says “we’re almost done” with a group, it usually means a new one is about to rise from the rubble. The region’s not a video game — you don’t beat the “final boss” and roll credits.

If peace is the goal, maybe stop trying to achieve it through annihilation.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 11:26:40 PM
Just like when Gaddafi stopped his program... ended with him getting a bayonet up his ass. So much for doing it the diplomatic way. And Hillary laughed... that bitch.

Iran was the last on the 7 countries list that Wesley Clark talked about. Netanyahu's plan.
A man was sodomized with a blade and executed on camera. She laughed about it. If that were my blood, I wouldn’t forgive. I wouldn’t forget. And I sure as hell wouldn’t move on.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: Brenda Steunbeer on June 12, 2025, 11:37:45 PM
The idea that Iran poses “no existential threat” ignores the reality that they’ve been under constant threat of regime change or attack for decades — from nuclear-armed powers, no less. That is an existential threat.

Yes, Iran has made hostile statements — but so has Israel, and the U.S. has actually overthrown governments in the region. If preemptive threats justify nukes, then Iran has just as much logic for wanting them as Israel does for stopping them. That’s the hypocrisy.

And the “terrorist handoff” argument? It’s speculative. The only country in the Middle East with undeclared nukes and a history of military preemption is Israel. Yet we never question their nukes.

If nuclear non-proliferation is the goal, threatening countries with annihilation isn’t how you get there — it’s how you make sure they want the bomb even more.


Israel has had a nuclear weapon since 1966. Israel has never stated they want to destroy the country of Iran. They just don't want the crazy ayatollahs to support hezbollah, hamas, houthis etc
And more importantly they don't want nuclear weapons on the hands of religious fundamentalist muslims. Israel is a small country, it only takes one nuke to vaporise it.

If the 9/11 terrorists had a nuke at their disposal, they would have used it. New York City, or another major American city, would be gone. The implications of such a action would be off the scales. Both in loss of lives, but also economically / socially.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 11:45:16 PM

Israel has had a nuclear weapon since 1966. Israel has never stated they want to destroy the country of Iran. They just don't want the crazy ayatollahs to support hezbollah, hamas, houthis etc
And more importantly they don't want nuclear weapons on the hands of religious fundamentalist muslims. Israel is a small country, it only takes one nuke to vaporise it.

If the 9/11 terrorists had a nuke at their disposal, they would have used it. New York City, or another major American city, would be gone. The implications of such a action would be off the scales. Both in loss of lives, but also economically / socially.
Israel doesn’t have to say it wants to destroy Iran — it’s backed covert operations, assassinations, and cyberattacks against Iranian scientists and infrastructure. That’s not peacekeeping — that’s warfare.

And yes, Israel is small — but so are plenty of countries that don’t get to stockpile nukes without scrutiny. The concern over “religious fundamentalists” having nukes ignores the fact that Israel is a nuclear-armed religious state too. The double standard isn’t about religion — it’s about power.

As for 9/11 — it was horrific, but not committed by Iran. Bringing it up to justify preventing Iran from nuclear self-defense is a distraction. You don’t stop proliferation by threatening countries — you cause it. Iran didn’t build a bomb after the nuclear deal; it accelerated efforts after it was torn up.

Fear of the worst-case scenario can’t replace policy based on fairness — or we’ll keep repeating the same cycle of threats, escalation, and war.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: obsidian on June 12, 2025, 11:47:19 PM
If the 9/11 terrorists had a nuke at their disposal, they would have used it. New York City, or another major American city, would be gone. The implications of such a action would be off the scales. Both in loss of lives, but also economically / socially.
The U.S. is the only nation to ever drop nuclear bombs — not in theory, not in fear, but in action. On Japan. Twice. Remember that when talking about who “can’t be trusted” with nukes.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 13, 2025, 12:03:39 AM
All countries should want nukes. They're a great deterrent. All countries who already have them should try to prevent others from obtaining them to keep their advantage. I think it is both logical and hypocritical, but I'm a cynic.  ;D
Agreed. There would be no Ukraine vs Russia war if Ukraine had kept their nukes. Nuclear warheads are the biggest peacemakers the world has ever known.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Raymondo on June 13, 2025, 12:16:01 AM
obsidian, the Russia Today mouthpiece conveniently sidesteps the fact that the destruction of Israel is enshrined Iranian policy.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Raymondo on June 13, 2025, 12:18:36 AM
Iran should never be allowed to have nukes - end of.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 04:15:52 AM
Even now, they are fighting and killing other clan factions in Gaza.

You do realize Israel is right now arming ISIS-related factions in Gaza?! If Hamas became peaceful Israel would still not agree to a two state solution, because they simply do not want Palestnians there. As you know at one point early on Israel actually built up Hamas. Israel know the terrorists now in power in Syria hate Jews but they still built up these groups with the US for years because it fit the agenda. Now these groups are slaughtering and torturing and raping alawites, kurds and other groups in Syria. Does Israel care? No, this was exactly the plan, plunge the country into chaos so they remain weak.

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Israel is arming local militias in Gaza in an effort to counter Hamas in the besieged enclave, officials say, as opposition politicians warned that the move endangers national security.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the covert enterprise on Thursday, calling it “a good thing.” In a video posted on social media, Netanyahu said Israel had “activated clans in Gaza which oppose Hamas,” and that it was done “under the advice of security elements.”
 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/06/middleeast/israel-arming-hamas-rivals-gaza-intl

What the new leaders do in Syria

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/asequals/syria-army-commander-women-abuse-as-equals-intl-invs/
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: King Shizzo on June 13, 2025, 04:21:51 AM
All countries should want nukes. They're a great deterrent. All countries who already have them should try to prevent others from obtaining them to keep their advantage. I think it is both logical and hypocritical, but I'm a cynic.  ;D
Agreed. In this case, two things can be true.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 04:31:03 AM

Israel has had a nuclear weapon since 1966. Israel has never stated they want to destroy the country of Iran. They just don't want the crazy ayatollahs to support hezbollah, hamas, houthis etc
And more importantly they don't want nuclear weapons on the hands of religious fundamentalist muslims. Israel is a small country, it only takes one nuke to vaporise it.

If the 9/11 terrorists had a nuke at their disposal, they would have used it. New York City, or another major American city, would be gone. The implications of such a action would be off the scales. Both in loss of lives, but also economically / socially.

Everyone assumes if Iran had the bomb they would use it. But that would be suicide obviously. Would they commit suicide just to destroy Israel? I don't think Iran "wants" the bomb, at least not to use it. The mullahs have said these weapons are evil, and I doubt their faith includes a plan to destroy the whole world, which is real risk if someone drops the first one.

Most Jews in Israel are atheist as far as I know and they have the Samson-option; they say if their existence is threatened they will take out the whole world with them.

Now Trump says they will face more brutal bombing if they don't "negotiate." JFC! Trump the peace maker.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: King Shizzo on June 13, 2025, 04:33:20 AM
 We, as Americans are hypocritical at times.  At this point, we are basically the equivalent of the Roman empire at its peak, with all it's military might, corruption, and rampant debauchery.

But sometimes we have to take off the rose-colored glasses, and maybe try to comprehend how other countries may view us.

Remember, we (America) are the ones who have used nuclear weapons before. Imagine the eye rolls at the negotiating tables with these other countries, when we tell them "you can't have these things to protect yourselves, but we can."

I grew up in America. I live in America. That's all I know.

However, I'm not dumb enough to not realize that other cultures around the world, may have other viewpoints, and sometimes, rightfully so.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 04:45:31 AM
We, as Americans are hypocritical at times.  At this point, we are basically the equivalent of the Roman empire at its peak, with all it's military might, corruption, and rampant debauchery.

But sometimes we have to take off the rose-colored glasses, and maybe try to comprehend how other countries may view us.

Remember, we (America) are the ones who have used nuclear weapons before. Imagine the eyeballs at the negotiating tables with these other countries, when we tell them "you can't have these things to protect yourselves, but we can."

I grew up in America. I live in America. That's all I know.

However, I'm not dumb enough to not realize that other cultures around the world, may have other viewpoints. And sometimes, rightfully so.

Delta Force operator saying the US is not a good friend

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: GymnJuice on June 13, 2025, 04:54:12 AM
Trump has been a disappointment. Everyday he appears more like a puppet. I'd like to be proven wrong. But he needs to lead with his actions.

You aren't wrong. But can you think of any politician other than Trump who would be more likely to keep us out of an Israeli war with Iran? (This is an honest question. I think Hillary, Biden, Bush, et al would be huge war hawks in this scenario... maybe Rand Paul would keep us out, I don't know)

IMO Trump has been a big backer of Israel in actions and words. But despite his past support I think he is stubborn and belligerent enough to go against the grain and stay out of a war over there.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: Donny on June 13, 2025, 05:03:09 AM
You aren't wrong. But can you think of any politician other than Trump who would be more likely to keep us out of an Israeli war with Iran? (This is an honest question. I think Hillary, Biden, Bush, et al would be huge war hawks in this scenario... maybe Rand Paul would keep us out, I don't know)

IMO Trump has been a big backer of Israel in actions and words. But despite his past support I think he is stubborn and belligerent enough to go against the grain and stay out of a war over there.

Uncle sam only cares about Uncle Sam..  $$$$$$
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 05:04:41 AM
But despite his past support I think he is stubborn and belligerent enough to go against the grain and stay out of a war over there.

Impossible. Israel owns congress.

“I have said to people when they ask me if this Capitol crumbled to the ground, the one thing that would remain is our commitment to our aid…and I don’t even call it aid…our cooperation with Israel. That’s fundamental to who we are.”
 - Nancy Pelosi

Meaning, Israel is more important than the US.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 13, 2025, 05:11:10 AM
https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/world-news/israel-mossad-infiltrated-iran-to-damage-air-defense-systems-during-operation-rising-lion-airstrikes/ (https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/world-news/israel-mossad-infiltrated-iran-to-damage-air-defense-systems-during-operation-rising-lion-airstrikes/)

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Israeli spies infiltrated the heart of Iran before Friday morning’s Operation “Rising Lion” airstrikes and damaged the country’s missile infrastructure and air defenses in a series of covert operations.

Intelligence agents with Israel’s Mossad smuggled in weaponry that destroyed defense measures inside Iran, which threatened Israeli military capabilities.

Agents deployed “significant measures” on large quantities of special weaponry and deployed them across Iran, targeting designated areas, an Israeli security source told The Post.

Explosive-laden drones had been smuggled in and stashed in the heart of Iran before the unmanned aerial vehicles flew to the base and destroyed the launchers that had “posed a threat to Israeli strategic and civilian targets.”

Sounds similar to what Ukraine did the other day to Russia's strategic bombers.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Rambone on June 13, 2025, 05:13:26 AM
I bet that Lindsey Graham fag is creaming his panties right now
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 13, 2025, 05:20:18 AM
Iran should most certainly have nukes.  How else is one going to "accidentally" go off in their borders?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 05:40:10 AM
Question, especially if you applaud this war, let's say this leads to a spike in gas prices, will you accept it because it's the right thing to do? It's fun to watch bombings on the screen but may not be so fun if it has consequences for our comfortable lifestyles. Further, should it come to that, should the US sacrifice many American lives for Israel? America has given much blood for Israel in the ME wars and many of those that were involved in Iraq for example (Iraq was a war for Israel and the ones who engineered it in the US were mainly Jews), were disillusioned when they realized it was on false pretenses. All those grieving families, all those maimed, all that mental PTSD anguish. Perhaps even pangs of conscience, it was worth killing 500,000 children said Albright from her comfortable perch.


I bet that Lindsey Graham fag is creaming his panties right now

And of course these soft politicians would never shed blood themselves. Trump had bone spurs. It's sickening.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: B_B_C on June 13, 2025, 06:15:49 AM


more weapons of mass destruction


U.S. Diplomacy provided for Israeli  proving that the US is  Israel's bitch
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Never1AShow on June 13, 2025, 06:33:04 AM
No Kings, just Autopens.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Methyl m1ke on June 13, 2025, 06:43:01 AM
God Bless Israel!!!
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Ssxa on June 13, 2025, 08:12:31 AM
This will explain why Netanyahu is doing what he is doing and will not listen to anyone including Trump

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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 13, 2025, 08:36:33 AM
i seriously doubt iran has any nukes and even if so  israel has at least 200 and according to colin powell they where all aimed at iran.  israel has the most powerful and well armed and trained military in the middle east. 
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Donny on June 13, 2025, 08:44:29 AM
i seriously doubt iran has any nukes and even if so  israel has at least 200 and according to colin powell they where all aimed at iran.  israel has the most powerful and well armed and trained military in the middle east.
have to respect the jews in that they fought a war against multiple oponents ..stood their ground & won.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 13, 2025, 09:32:17 AM
have to respect the jews in that they fought a war against multiple oponents ..stood their ground & won.



they are tough, hell they are all trained to fight.   there special forces train with ours.  and well equipped there isnt any nation on the middle east that can take them in a conflict. 
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: 38 returns on June 13, 2025, 10:04:38 AM
Why are the USA the arbiters of who has nukes or chrm weapons

They cowardly did the Japs and Vietcong as they couldn't beat them

Everywhere they go turns to shit afghan Iraq Vietnam Cambodia sierra Leone Haiti absolute abortion of an army
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 10:06:17 AM
So obviously the US is all in as Trump is now saying, and all this was planned with the US, Israel wouldn't go in without US backing it. Trump brags about Israel is attacking with US weapons and how they are the best. So forget all about the baloney of whether the US will get involved or not LOL. A round of talks was planned for this weekend. So the US was "negotiating" in bad faith. Trump is demanding Iran make a deal, but this shows again how the US is not to be trusted. What would a deal be worth when it would be reneged on anyway? Iran was willing to talk, even if they had red lines. US and Trump went back and forth on whether missiles would be included in the deal, whether civilian enrichment would be acceptable, or if it would be zero. Demands changed as often as Trump posted on Truth social. Why would anyone trust the US? Same as Russia has been saying all along, US promised lots of things, like no NATO expansion, and then reneged on it.

Looks devastating for Iran so far, let's see if they can mount any retaliation. Maybe it's best they can't, no doubt Israel would resort to nukes if threatened.

"We had nothing to do with this, Israel did this unilaterally, Iran don't you attack US assets... oh look at how successful Israel is, we knew all about it!"

You think Putin thinks Trump is honest when he says he knew nothing about the strikes in Russia?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 13, 2025, 10:31:49 AM
We, as Americans are hypocritical at times.  At this point, we are basically the equivalent of the Roman empire at its peak, with all it's military might, corruption, and rampant debauchery.

But sometimes we have to take off the rose-colored glasses, and maybe try to comprehend how other countries may view us.

Remember, we (America) are the ones who have used nuclear weapons before. Imagine the eye rolls at the negotiating tables with these other countries, when we tell them "you can't have these things to protect yourselves, but we can."

I grew up in America. I live in America. That's all I know.

However, I'm not dumb enough to not realize that other cultures around the world, may have other viewpoints, and sometimes, rightfully so.

It was the right call. Saved millions of Japanese and US casualties.

Concerning the Roman Empire, the US and much of the West are probably nearing 400 AD territory...

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Moontrane on June 13, 2025, 10:38:07 AM
Question, especially if you applaud this war, let's say this leads to a spike in gas prices, will you accept it because it's the right thing to do? It's fun to watch bombings on the screen but may not be so fun if it has consequences for our comfortable lifestyles. Further, should it come to that, should the US sacrifice many American lives for Israel? America has given much blood for Israel in the ME wars and many of those that were involved in Iraq for example (Iraq was a war for Israel and the ones who engineered it in the US were mainly Jews), were disillusioned when they realized it was on false pretenses. All those grieving families, all those maimed, all that mental PTSD anguish. Perhaps even pangs of conscience, it was worth killing 500,000 children said Albright from her comfortable perch.

And of course these soft politicians would never shed blood themselves. Trump had bone spurs. It's sickening.

Oil prices spike whenever there's a hot conflict - or war - in the ME.  However, Israel did not target Iran's oil refineries, infrastructure, etc.

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Iran-Says-No-Damage-to-Oil-Facilities-From-Israeli-Strikes.html
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 13, 2025, 10:43:35 AM
to be fair here , even if iran had a nuke i seriously doubt they would use it, it would be the assurance of them getting completely wiped off the map.   putin has been threatining to use nukes for what three years now he wont. i doubt most of the russian nukes even work. the maintenance on nukes is very tedious and expensive as well.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 10:46:22 AM
Oil prices spike whenever there's a hot conflict - or war - in the ME.  However, Israel did not target Iran's oil refineries, infrastructure, etc.

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Iran-Says-No-Damage-to-Oil-Facilities-From-Israeli-Strikes.html

Yeah I was thinking if they close the strait of Hormuz like everyone has assumed they would in case of war. We'll see what happens. The US will want to take the oil of course so don't hit that :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 13, 2025, 10:50:04 AM
Yeah I was thinking if they close the strait of Hormuz like everyone has assumed they would in case of war. We'll see what happens. The US will want to take the oil of course so don't hit that :D

you are right and if that straight is threatened they will just send in a air craft carrier navy strike fleet.  and some nuclear subs
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 10:55:24 AM
to be fair here , even if iran had a nuke i seriously doubt they would use it, it would be the assurance of them getting completely wiped off the map.   putin has been threatining to use nukes for what three years now he wont. i doubt most of the russian nukes even work. the maintenance on nukes is very tedious and expensive as well.

Yeah like I said Iran using a nuke would be suicide.

AI:

"Russia is estimated to have around 5,580 nuclear warheads, according to various sources like the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). This includes both strategic and non-strategic warheads, some of which are deployed and others retired but largely intact."

Assuming Russia doesn't have capabilities would be insanity. Look at what they've done with the Oreshnik, experts say they are far ahead in missile tech from what I've seen. The US doesn't even have hypersonic ballistic missiles. I saw some podcast with an MIT professor expert in missiles who said the planned US Golden Dome cannot be achieved, there's no defense against these missiles. Even if they could shoot one warhead there are many decoys in every nuke so you have like one chance in 20 to guess the right one. The project is a grift for the military-industrial complex. That's what I heard, I know nothing myself :

you are right and if that straight is threatened they will just send in a air craft carrier navy strike fleet.  and some nuclear subs

Wouldn't that mean it will be closed regardless? I don't know exactly what the Iranians could do, they might be able to mine the whole area quickly? Or bomb it themselves? Didn't countries in the ME set aflame their own oil too?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 13, 2025, 12:16:51 PM
to be fair here , even if iran had a nuke i seriously doubt they would use it, it would be the assurance of them getting completely wiped off the map.   putin has been threatining to use nukes for what three years now he wont. i doubt most of the russian nukes even work. the maintenance on nukes is very tedious and expensive as well.

Same reason as North Korea.

So no one attacks them.

And they deliberately promote themselves as if they're crazy enough to use them.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 12:41:15 PM
Same reason as North Korea.

So no one attacks them.

And they deliberately promote themselves as if they're crazy enough to use them.

I think it's The Chosen who are the most likely to use them. I'm actually nervous now.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 13, 2025, 12:43:00 PM
Whatever is going and whatever you're feeling, just remember one thing.

Never bet against America

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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 13, 2025, 12:54:40 PM
Whatever is going and whatever you're feeling, just remember one thing.

Never bet against America

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As long as the US maintains the technological advantage in weapon development and innovation, they will remain in the lead.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 01:59:58 PM
Direct Hit in "Tel Aviv"

https://www.bitchute.com/video/Ik5G1C3pyqlN

Iran can destroy Israel with conventional weapons. No need for nukes. As others have mentioned, Israel has a small footprint.

Just remember, Israel attacked Iran first. And they launched the last attack in 2024, Iran did not retaliate then, because they were waiting to see what happens with Trump.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: joswift on June 13, 2025, 02:06:46 PM
Whatever is going and whatever you're feeling, just remember one thing.

Never bet against America

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my dad had $100 on Vietnam...
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 02:13:58 PM
my dad had $100 on Vietnam...
Who won? Some say Vietnam won.  ;D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 02:17:12 PM
you are right and if that straight is threatened they will just send in a air craft carrier navy strike fleet.  and some nuclear subs
Aircraft carriers are sitting ducks—Iran has the capability to strike them. Submarines are a different story.

But here’s the irony: nuking Iran would only prove why Iran felt it needed nukes in the first place.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 02:22:09 PM
It was the right call. Saved millions of Japanese and US casualties.

Concerning the Roman Empire, the US and much of the West are probably nearing 400 AD territory...
I know they were prepared to drop a third nuke if Japan did not surrender. And here's a link that claims they planned to drop 12. Not sure if it is legit.

That would have killed millions.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-planned-to-drop-12-atomic-bombs-on-japan/
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 02:31:23 PM
obsidian, the Russia Today mouthpiece conveniently sidesteps the fact that the destruction of Israel is enshrined Iranian policy.

Funny how ‘destruction of Israel is policy’ gets repeated like gospel, but nobody mentions Israel actually attacked Iran first—multiple times in 2024. Iran responded, then didn’t retaliate after the last one. Now Israel strikes again in June 2025.
If anyone’s acting on a ‘destruction policy,’ it sure doesn’t look like Iran.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: loco on June 13, 2025, 02:59:27 PM
Whatever is going and whatever you're feeling, just remember one thing.

Never bet against America

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 ;D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 13, 2025, 03:08:36 PM
my dad had $100 on Vietnam...
Who won? Some say Vietnam won.  ;D

You really think winning wars against countries who are no danger to the US is ever the actual goal?

It's the ability to distract and pull the wool over peoples eyes that will keep America at the top.

Never bet against the worlds best psychopaths. Also known as corporate America

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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: 1Patrick on June 13, 2025, 03:15:19 PM
I do not have  a horse in this race,but Trump did say to Jew to do not attack Iran and Jew did so anyways knowing America will support Jews.
Trump should left Jews on their own and not to get involved.He will look like Jew puppet now.
Once alpha leader  becomes Jew  sucking beta if he doesn’t push Netanyahu against the wall.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 13, 2025, 03:53:27 PM
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The timing of Israel's plan to attack Iran was top secret. But Washington pizza delivery trackers guessed something was up before the first bombs fell.

About an hour before Iranian state TV first reported loud explosions in Tehran, pizza orders around the Pentagon went through the roof, according to a viral X account claiming to offer "hot intel" on "late-night activity spikes" at the US military headquarters.

Not confining its analysis to pizza, the account noted three hours later that a gay bar near the Pentagon had "abnormally low traffic for a Thursday night," and said this probably pointed to "a busy night at the Pentagon."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pizza-delivery-monitor-alerts-to-secret-israel-attack/ar-AA1GFvCx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7202e77f85334f24a87e271f196dfc8b&ei=14 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pizza-delivery-monitor-alerts-to-secret-israel-attack/ar-AA1GFvCx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7202e77f85334f24a87e271f196dfc8b&ei=14)

 ;D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on June 13, 2025, 03:58:32 PM
Who won? Some say Vietnam won.  ;D

American never lost a major battle in Vietnam. 58,200 US troops dead compared to 1.1 Million NVA. America ' lost ' a PR war and we should've never been there to begin with just like Iraq.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 13, 2025, 04:02:28 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pizza-delivery-monitor-alerts-to-secret-israel-attack/ar-AA1GFvCx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7202e77f85334f24a87e271f196dfc8b&ei=14 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pizza-delivery-monitor-alerts-to-secret-israel-attack/ar-AA1GFvCx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7202e77f85334f24a87e271f196dfc8b&ei=14)

 ;D

LOL I read about this last night, genius analysis method.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 04:04:03 PM
You really think winning wars against countries who are no danger to the US is ever the actual goal?

It's the ability to distract and pull the wool over peoples eyes that will keep America at the top.

Never bet against the worlds best psychopaths. Also known as corporate America

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Correct. It was a rhetorical question.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 04:06:41 PM
American never lost a major battle in Vietnam. 58,200 US troops dead compared to 1.1 Million NVA. America ' lost ' a PR war and we should've never been there to begin with just like Iraq.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/fragging-vietnam-war

Fragging: When Soldiers In Vietnam Revolted Against Their Officers By Murdering Them With Grenades

As the Vietnam War dragged on, soldiers began to see the war as unjust and unwinnable, leading to openly mutinous behavior.

By way of a “fragmentation grenade,” from which the term “fragging” was derived, a soldier could effectively do away with an officer without leaving any evidence. Because the shell of the grenade was destroyed, any fingerprints were destroyed with it. Individual grenades were also not given unique serial numbers, so any effort to trace the murder weapon back to the murderer was unlikely.

Fragging attacks were usually retaliation for some disciplinary action, although they were also sometimes a convenient means for worried troops to get rid of an officer they thought was incompetent.

Targets were sometimes even given a warning in the form of a grenade with their names painted on it, planted in their sleeping quarters with the safety pin still in.

Over the course of the entire Vietnam War, there were 800 documented fragging attempts in the Army and Marine Corps. By another account, over 1,000 such incidents were thought to have occurred. Between 1969 and 1970 alone, the U.S. Army reported 305 fraggings.

The true number of fragging incidents, however, may never be known. This is partly because the attacks themselves make it difficult to determine which were deliberate and partly because, in an attempt to spare the victims’ families further pain, the Army did not officially report the true cause of death of some of the officers.


The United State officially ended its involvement in Vietnam in 1973, along with its military draft. The end of the war also marked the end of the fragging epidemic, something which some historians speculate is not unrelated to the end of the draft.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 04:08:33 PM
I read that Iran has downed 2-4 Israeli F-35 jets. Most likely US tax payers paid for those.

https://news.sky.com/story/iran-claims-it-has-shot-down-four-israeli-jets-as-it-fires-missiles-in-response-to-fridays-attacks-13383379
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 04:12:23 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pizza-delivery-monitor-alerts-to-secret-israel-attack/ar-AA1GFvCx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7202e77f85334f24a87e271f196dfc8b&ei=14 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pizza-delivery-monitor-alerts-to-secret-israel-attack/ar-AA1GFvCx?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=7202e77f85334f24a87e271f196dfc8b&ei=14)

 ;D
Quote
Not confining its analysis to pizza, the account noted three hours later that a gay bar near the Pentagon had "abnormally low traffic for a Thursday night," and said this probably pointed to "a busy night at the Pentagon."
LMFAO!
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 13, 2025, 04:21:21 PM
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Irongrip400 on June 13, 2025, 04:46:21 PM
I bet that Lindsey Graham fag is creaming his panties right now


Lmao. Not sure why this is so funny 😂
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: webstar on June 13, 2025, 04:50:18 PM
Hopefully we can stay out of it.

lol I wish.

Isreal been clamouring about the nukes since 1995 if I’m not mistaken.

Turn on the money printer.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Ron on June 13, 2025, 04:55:49 PM

Oil...  The United States produces more crude oil than it consumes and has become a net exporter of petroleum products. While the US imports some crude oil, it exports even more, resulting in a net positive export balance.    The US is ok with the price being higher, it makes for good profit for oil companies here.


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iran-claims-it-has-shot-down-four-israeli-jets-as-it-fires-missiles-in-response-to-fridays-attacks-13383379

Iran claims everything they can in their news - they need to keep the people thinking all is great. before they rise up against the leaders.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: chaos on June 13, 2025, 05:23:32 PM
Thousands of years of bitching and fighting about land and religion.  ::)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 14, 2025, 12:21:42 AM
Thousands of years of bitching and fighting about land and religion.  ::)
The infinite war. It never ends.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 02:26:52 AM
APOCALYPSE NOW IN TEL AVIV

https://rumble.com/v6urhgb-paocalypse-now-in-tel-aviv.-1-video-for-5-footages.html?mref=x8y2t&mc=722lg

Just remember who started this.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 14, 2025, 02:29:32 AM
Oil...  The United States produces more crude oil than it consumes and has become a net exporter of petroleum products. While the US imports some crude oil, it exports even more, resulting in a net positive export balance.    The US is ok with the price being higher, it makes for good profit for oil companies here.


Iran claims everything they can in their news - they need to keep the people thinking all is great. before they rise up against the leaders.

These regime change operations always work out so great, once they rise up finally there will be democracy and liberalism. Worked great in Irak, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan and on and on. Once Putin is overthrown the Russians will be just like "us." Seems to me what comes after color revolutions is always worse, and that is the intention.

Western media is so honest. Israeli media never lies either. All reporting on the Palestine war there has to pass through state censors, can't have the people hearing the "wrong" information. I'm sure you know this Ron but in case someone doubts this look it up. Israel never intentionally shot against civilians, never abused prisoners, "most moral army in the world." What is the Mossad motto? "By way of deception, thou shalt do war." Israelis are known for being at the forefront of intelligence gathering and manipulation of public perception. Anyhow, in wars all sides always manipulate information, don't publicize own losses and exaggerate wins.

I don't know what will happen to oil prices but I know for sure the average man in the US is awfully sensitive about gas prices. All the experts are warning that prices may spike. They are worried about Saudi oil installations becoming a target also and Saudi is *extremely* important for the US.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 02:37:10 AM
Once Putin is overthrown the Russians will be just like "us."
I don't see that happening. This is pure fantasy. The US is an upstart compared to Russia. Russia existed long before Europeans even arrived in North America to build an outpost.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran
Post by: GymnJuice on June 14, 2025, 05:16:20 AM
lol I wish.

Isreal been clamouring about the nukes since 1995 if I’m not mistaken.

Turn on the money printer.

It is hard to know the real motivations. Netanyahu has his own political reasons to instigate and prolong conflicts. I'm no expert. Maybe they really wanted to stop Iran's nuclear program, maybe their real objective is regime change, maybe it is "wagging the dog," or maybe it is just a combination of all the above.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 14, 2025, 07:24:29 AM
Oil...  The United States produces more crude oil than it consumes and has become a net exporter of petroleum products. While the US imports some crude oil, it exports even more, resulting in a net positive export balance.    The US is ok with the price being higher, it makes for good profit for oil companies here.


Iran claims everything they can in their news - they need to keep the people thinking all is great. before they rise up against the leaders.

this is another reason china will not go to war with the u.s  china gets 80% of there oil from the saudis the u.s can easily prevent this if they wanted to.   the chinese would run out of oil and food in a few months
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 12:32:54 PM
this is another reason china will not go to war with the u.s  china gets 80% of there oil from the saudis the u.s can easily prevent this if they wanted to.   the chinese would run out of oil and food in a few months
China can get their oil from Russia. They are already working on more pipelines. Look at a map. Russia is massive.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 12:33:32 PM
How many booms for Tel Aviv?
https://x.com/bigmadcrab/status/1933685791340798461

https://x.com/oneofnine/status/1933697085716451641
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 12:50:42 PM
Here's Trump saying Biden will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate, and he is weak, and ineffective.

The irony. What is Trump then? How close are we to war with Iran?

https://x.com/bigmadcrab/status/1932938203045965873
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 14, 2025, 02:03:45 PM
Who has caused most destruction so far in June?

Israel on Iran or Iran on Israel?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Irongrip400 on June 14, 2025, 02:07:34 PM
Who has caused most destruction so far in June?

Israel on Iran or Iran on Israel?

Iran is just piddling around. None of these fools ever actually really retaliate against Israel because they’re scared and Israel just has much better weapons. They’re smarter too.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 14, 2025, 03:20:13 PM
Iran is just piddling around. None of these fools ever actually really retaliate against Israel because they’re scared and Israel just has much better weapons. They’re smarter too.

It is embarrassing for Iran how Israelis have infiltrated their country, building a drone base there. Likely money to Iranians has played a part, CIA and Israeli money.

Yes they are obviously operating from a base of weakness, not many options. Some analysts I watch and like think Iranians should concentrate on keeping the regime together instead of retaliating militarily right now. However they HAVE to respond in some measure because not doing anything undermines their authority as well. I have no love for Iranians as such, have many personal gripes with many of them. But here I sympathize still, they were negotiating and would have made significant concessions, accepted very tough inspections and so on, and now they're getting fucked in the ass by two faced liars like Trump. Israel and the US were demanding they lie down like dogs. Never trust Americans, that's what countries are learning more and more if they didn't think like that already.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 14, 2025, 04:50:37 PM
Netanyahu had a call with Putin and the Russian readout says they blame Israel entirely and condemn the attack. It also appears as though Russia blames the drone attacks in Russia on UK, US and Israeli cooperation with Ukraine. Interesting considering Israel also had drones in Iran itself. How much support will Russia now give Iran?

Tucker Carlson on June 5:

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Mark Levin was at the White House today, lobbying for war with Iran. To be clear, Levin has no plans to fight in this or any other war. He’s demanding that American troops do it. We need to stop Iran from building nuclear weapons, he and likeminded ideologues in Washington are now arguing. They’re just weeks away.

If this sounds familiar, it's because the same people have been making the same claim since at least the 1990s. It’s a lie. In fact, there is zero credible intelligence that suggests Iran is anywhere near building a bomb, or has plans to. None. Anyone who claims otherwise is ignorant or dishonest. If the US government knew Iran was weeks from possessing a nuclear weapon, we’d be at war already.

Iran knows this, which is why they aren’t building one. Iran also knows it’s unwise to give up its weapons program entirely. Muammar Gaddafi tried that and wound up sodomized with a bayonet. As soon as Gaddafi disarmed, NATO killed him. Iran’s leaders saw that happen. They learned the obvious lesson.

So why is Mark Levin once again hyperventilating about weapons of mass destruction? To distract you from the real goal, which is regime change — young Americans heading back to the Middle East to topple yet another government. Virtually no one will say this out loud. America’s record of overthrowing foreign leaders is so embarrassingly counterproductive that regime change has become a synonym for disaster. Officially, no one supports it. So instead of telling the truth about their motives, they manufacture hysteria: “A country like Iran can never have the bomb! They’ll nuke Los Angeles! We have to act now!”

They don’t really mean this, and you can tell they don’t by what they omit. At least two of Iran’s neighbors — both Islamic nations — already have nuclear weapons. That fact should scare the hell out of Mark Levin. Yet for some reason he never mentions it. How come? Because it’s not the weapons he hates. It’s the ideology of the Iranian government, which is why he’s lobbying to overthrow it.

It goes without saying that there are very few Trump voters who’d support a regime change war in Iran. Donald Trump has argued loudly against reckless lunacy like this. Trump ran for president as a peace candidate. That’s what made him different from conventional Republicans. It’s why he won. A war with Iran would amount to a profound betrayal of his supporters. It would end his presidency. That may explain why so many of Trump’s enemies are advocating for it.

And then there’s the question of the war itself. Iran may not have nukes, but it has a fearsome arsenal of ballistic missiles, many of which are aimed at US military installations in the Gulf, as well as at our allies and at critical energy infrastructure. The first week of a war with Iran could easily kill thousands of Americans. It could also collapse our economy, as surging oil prices trigger unmanageable inflation. Consider the effects of $30 gasoline.

But the second week of the war could be even worse. Iran isn’t Iraq or Libya, or even North Korea. While it’s often described as a rogue state, Iran has powerful allies. It’s now part of a global bloc called BRICS, which represents the majority of the world’s landmass, population, economy and military power. Iran has extensive military ties with Russia. It sells the overwhelming majority of its oil exports to China. Iran isn’t alone. An attack on Iran could very easily become a world war. We’d lose.

None of these are far fetched predictions. Most of them comport with the Pentagon’s own estimates: many Americans would die during a war with Iran. People like Mark Levin don’t seem to care about this. It’s not relevant to them. Instead they insist that Iran give up all uranium enrichment, regardless of its purpose. They know perfectly well that Iran will never accept that demand. They’ll fight first. And of course that’s the whole point of pushing for it: to box the Trump administration into a regime change war in Iran.

The one thing that people like Mark Levin don’t want is a peaceful solution to the problem of Iran, despite the obvious benefits to the United States. They denounce anyone who advocates for a deal as a traitor and a bigot. They tell us with a straight face that Long Island native Steve Witkoff is a secret tool of Islamic monarchies. They’ll say or do whatever it takes. They have no limits. These are scary people. Pray that Donald Trump ignores them.

On June 13:

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The real divide isn’t between people who support Israel and people who support Iran or the Palestinians. The real divide is between those who casually encourage violence, and those who seek to prevent it — between warmongers and peacemakers. Who are the warmongers? They would include anyone who’s calling Donald Trump today to demand air strikes and other direct US military involvement in a war with Iran. On that list: Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Rupert Murdoch, Ike Perlmutter and Miriam Adelson. At some point they will all have to answer for this, but you should know their names now.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 05:07:44 PM
Iran is just piddling around. None of these fools ever actually really retaliate against Israel because they’re scared and Israel just has much better weapons. They’re smarter too.
Haifa has been hit very hard. Looked like a steady meteor shower. Most hit the ground.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProRussia_news/comments/1lanwrg/multiple_missiles_hit_haifa/
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 05:18:08 PM
Who has caused most destruction so far in June?

Israel on Iran or Iran on Israel?
Apparently, Iran’s warheads are heavier than Israel’s. Iran is also a much larger country with the geographical advantage of housing its nuclear and weapons facilities deep underground—something Israel doesn’t have the same luxury to do. Without U.S. backing, Israel would likely lose a conventional war with Iran. Its only trump card is nuclear weapons—but using them would only highlight the hypocrisy. The message would essentially be: Iran wasn’t allowed to have nukes, so we had to nuke them to prove our point.

Iran also holds strategic value for both Russia and China. The effort to undermine it follows a familiar pattern—just like Ukraine, Syria, and Afghanistan. It’s part of a broader strategy: slowly encircle and weaken Russia, with the endgame of breaking it into controllable regions. But it’s hard to imagine Putin—or the Russian people—standing by and letting that happen.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 05:42:48 PM
"Moments from the new normal that the residents of Haifa must get used to as Netanyahu continues to slaughter Palestinians and attacks Iran... Good luck!"

https://x.com/SavageFunFacts/status/1934048143429222740
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 05:43:33 PM
Finally finally someone doing what I wanted always, showing atrocities of Israel live to enablers and funders (Council)

https://x.com/GozukaraFurkan/status/1931397898660413871
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 14, 2025, 06:03:06 PM
Saw this. I think it is fake news / propaganda though:

https://x.com/IRIran_official/status/1933975339149250971

#Pakistan has informed the United States that any nuclear attack on #Iran will be met with a nuclear response from Pakistan against Israel.

Pakistan has also informed France and the U.S. that if any country directly intervenes in the war against Iran and Israel, the Pakistani military will enter the war alongside Iran against Israel.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 14, 2025, 06:04:41 PM
Haifa has been hit very hard. Looked like a steady meteor shower. Most hit the ground.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProRussia_news/comments/1lanwrg/multiple_missiles_hit_haifa/

US and UK are moving military assets to the Middle East now. I think this is because the Iron Dome cannot fully protect Israel from Iran's missiles and those ships help shoot down Iran's missiles.

The last time this happened I think Jordan also helped shoot down Iranian missiles.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 14, 2025, 06:39:07 PM
US and UK are moving military assets to the Middle East now. I think this is because the Iron Dome cannot fully protect Israel from Iran's missiles and those ships help shoot down Iran's missiles.

The last time this happened I think Jordan also helped shoot down Iranian missiles.

AFAIK the UK doesn't have hardly any assets :D


Prof. Marandi of Iran said right now Jordan, Iraq, and I think he said Qatar, UAE and a couple more muslim states are involved in shooting down Iranian missiles.

Apparently, Iran’s warheads are heavier than Israel’s. Iran is also a much larger country with the geographical advantage of housing its nuclear and weapons facilities deep underground—something Israel doesn’t have the same luxury to do. Without U.S. backing, Israel would likely lose a conventional war with Iran. Its only trump card is nuclear weapons—but using them would only highlight the hypocrisy. The message would essentially be: Iran wasn’t allowed to have nukes, so we had to nuke them to prove our point.

Iran also holds strategic value for both Russia and China. The effort to undermine it follows a familiar pattern—just like Ukraine, Syria, and Afghanistan. It’s part of a broader strategy: slowly encircle and weaken Russia, with the endgame of breaking it into controllable regions. But it’s hard to imagine Putin—or the Russian people—standing by and letting that happen.

These points are also my impression. They don't know how many missiles Iran has exactly, they themselves I think claimed like 3000 plus there's a large industrial base all over Iran producing more. I don't know if Russia is supplying more or more defense batteries at the moment, at least not overtly. The US has a shortage of missiles, a depleted stock, they say they can't even keep supplying Ukraine anymore. So question is what happens if this becomes a war of attrition. If Israel attacks oil refineries who knows if Iran targets the Gulf oil producing states, Marandi says these states are finished if so, but he's partisan of course.

Edit: of course Israel has now attacked the largest gas field in the world in Iran.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 14, 2025, 07:27:29 PM
America loves a winner. Israel is a winner.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 14, 2025, 07:42:43 PM
America loves a winner. Israel is a winner.

Israel has won the loathing of the whole world.

I think, according to polls, at least 70% of Americans are against Israel due to what it's doing in Gaza. It has lost a whole lot of soft power. Americans loathe Israel so much that Trump has had to put them in a new special protected class, curbing freedom of speech. If Israel resorts to nuclear weapons now, they will have to invent a new class of evil to describe it. You can win and still lose.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Raymondo on June 14, 2025, 11:45:40 PM
AFAIK the UK doesn't have hardly any assets :D


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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 15, 2025, 02:56:14 AM
Israel has won the loathing of the whole world.

I think, according to polls, at least 70% of Americans are against Israel due to what it's doing in Gaza. It has lost a whole lot of soft power. Americans loathe Israel so much that Trump has had to put them in a new special protected class, curbing freedom of speech. If Israel resorts to nuclear weapons now, they will have to invent a new class of evil to describe it. You can win and still lose.

These attacks affect financial markets and peoples investments, so definitely not going to help with popularity.

If the US drops support for Israel, it's pretty much over for them.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 15, 2025, 04:43:44 AM
Israel has won the loathing of the whole world.

I think, according to polls, at least 70% of Americans are against Israel due to what it's doing in Gaza. It has lost a whole lot of soft power. Americans loathe Israel so much that Trump has had to put them in a new special protected class, curbing freedom of speech. If Israel resorts to nuclear weapons now, they will have to invent a new class of evil to describe it. You can win and still lose.

The curbs on free speech started before Trump. There was a US House resolution equating anti-Zionism and antisemitism.

My guess is that this conflict peters out just like the India-Pakistan conflict did. At some point there will come a time when both sides can save face and say they've "won." Then we'll be back to where we started minus our tax dollars.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Brenda Steunbeer on June 15, 2025, 05:01:27 AM
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Extremely risky to sail into the persian gulf.
F-35s have a limited range. So that ship would have to be positioned in the arab sea, relatively close to Iran. Unless US tankers would help.

Thanks to the IDF complete air superiority in parts of Iran is possible. Important, as otherwise the F-35s would not be able to carry underwing armament and fuel tanks, as that would ruin their radar signature
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Brenda Steunbeer on June 15, 2025, 05:06:44 AM
America loves a winner. Israel is a winner.


Israel has beat the Nazis (despite genocide they survived and got their own state), Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, hamas, houthi and hezbollah, PLO, and now Iran. Russia has all but left Syria too. Israel is the clear winner, and rightly so.

If the Israeli campaign continues succesfully there is a possibility of the fall of the insane ayatollah regime in Iran. They are very weakened right now. Highly humiliating how the Israeli Air Force is dominating. The Iranian people are poor, the country despite all its commodities is in ruins and near third world level.
Fundamentalist islam always is a losing bet.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Donny on June 15, 2025, 05:12:45 AM
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 15, 2025, 07:14:17 AM
what is truly amazing is how iran looked back in the 60's and 70's   totally different country back then before the revolution. the citiizens there are the ones who have been getting ass fucked for a few generations now ,
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 15, 2025, 07:51:38 AM

Israel has beat the Nazis (despite genocide they survived and got their own state), Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, hamas, houthi and hezbollah, PLO, and now Iran. Russia has all but left Syria too. Israel is the clear winner, and rightly so.

If the Israeli campaign continues succesfully there is a possibility of the fall of the insane ayatollah regime in Iran. They are very weakened right now. Highly humiliating how the Israeli Air Force is dominating. The Iranian people are poor, the country despite all its commodities is in ruins and near third world level.
Fundamentalist islam always is a losing bet.

I hope so.

And that their leadership get hanged to death from their own cranes in the public squares.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 15, 2025, 09:09:36 AM
I hope so.

And that their leadership get hanged to death from their own cranes in the public squares.

griffith you are right i have seen youtube videos of people who have visited iran, the general iranian people are kind, they are just under the control of a goverment with guns and military i feel sorry for them actually.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 15, 2025, 10:46:16 AM
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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 15, 2025, 11:49:55 AM


If the Israeli campaign continues succesfully there is a possibility of the fall of the insane ayatollah regime in Iran. They are very weakened right now. Highly humiliating how the Israeli Air Force is dominating. The Iranian people are poor, the country despite all its commodities is in ruins and near third world level.
Fundamentalist islam always is a losing bet.

I hear what you are saying, Israel and the US makes this claim all the time. However, with all the regime change operations it ends up with more extreme factions picking up the slack. Look at Syria, it was kind of secular, now it's headed by an Al-Qaeda general who was killing Americans in Iraq! It was unbelievable how Trump flattered and praised Al-Sharaa, could hardly believe my eyes! :D In the past Israel has built up ISIS and has treated it's wounded soldiers. NOW Israel is arming ISIS-linked groups in Gaza! :o Is ISIS more moderate than Hamas? IS HST more moderate than Assad? I think Syria just launched rockets towards Israel so they are hardly Jew lovers over there. Seems to me these regime change operations have nothing to do with making countries more moderate or about helping muslims get successful LOL, the whole point is to make them descend into sectarian fighting, that's what Israel is hoping for. Iran has actually been fighting all the fundamentalist Sunni terrorist groups and keeping them in check. Thinking Iran will become a western liberal democracy is absurd. All this is a cynical take but I think it's right. Tell me I'm wrong.

BTW, I'm pretty sure Hamas was actually built up by Israel in the early days, that's a claim I've seen repeated many times at least. And that ISIS was an Israeli creation.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 15, 2025, 12:42:21 PM
I hear what you are saying, Israel and the US makes this claim all the time. However, with all the regime change operations it ends up with more extreme factions picking up the slack. Look at Syria, it was kind of secular, now it's headed by an Al-Qaeda general who was killing Americans in Iraq! It was unbelievable how Trump flattered and praised Al-Sharaa, could hardly believe my eyes! :D In the past Israel has built up ISIS and has treated it's wounded soldiers. NOW Israel is arming ISIS-linked groups in Gaza! :o Is ISIS more moderate than Hamas? IS HST more moderate than Assad? I think Syria just launched rockets towards Israel so they are hardly Jew lovers over there. Seems to me these regime change operations have nothing to do with making countries more moderate or about helping muslims get successful LOL, the whole point is to make them descend into sectarian fighting, that's what Israel is hoping for. Iran has actually been fighting all the fundamentalist Sunni terrorist groups and keeping them in check. Thinking Iran will become a western liberal democracy is absurd. All this is a cynical take but I think it's right. Tell me I'm wrong.

BTW, I'm pretty sure Hamas was actually built up by Israel in the early days, that's a claim I've seen repeated many times at least. And that ISIS was an Israeli creation.

Or at least the monarchy of Persia again  :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 15, 2025, 12:57:21 PM

Israel has beat the Nazis (despite genocide they survived and got their own state), Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, hamas, houthi and hezbollah, PLO, and now Iran. Russia has all but left Syria too. Israel is the clear winner, and rightly so.

If the Israeli campaign continues succesfully there is a possibility of the fall of the insane ayatollah regime in Iran. They are very weakened right now. Highly humiliating how the Israeli Air Force is dominating. The Iranian people are poor, the country despite all its commodities is in ruins and near third world level.
Fundamentalist islam always is a losing bet.
You made a typo - just trying to be helpful!  :P
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 15, 2025, 01:10:04 PM
Putin and Russia are fools if they fail to back up Iran. The end goal is to break up Russia. I am starting to doubt Putin - is he another Deep State puppet? I know there are many Russian Jews in Israel. And Putin has many Jewish AND Muslim friends. I wonder what Ramzan Kadyrov thinks of Israel attacking Iran?

Russians should still hold Jews accountable for the Russian Revolution where Jews murdered the Russian Tsar and his entire family in a ritualistic manner. Yakov Yurovsky, the chief executioner, was of Jewish descent.

Some observers saw Lenin and his band as a motley group of Jewish revolutionaries. Alexander Guchkov, the Russian minister of war in the Russian Provisional Government after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in March 1917, told the British military attaché General Alfred Knox that “the extreme element consists of Jews and imbeciles.” Lenin’s train had included 19 members of his Bolshevik party, several of his allies among the Mensheviks and six Jewish members of the Jewish Labor Bund. Almost half the passengers on the train were Jewish.

https://www.jpost.com/magazine/was-the-russian-revolution-jewish-514323
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 15, 2025, 01:19:09 PM
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Vaporize Netanyahu and Zelenskyy already!
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Big Pat on June 15, 2025, 02:17:25 PM
Sun Tzu smiles

From the American Thinker Website


June 15, 2025
Peering Through the Fog of War
By Clarice Feldman

In wartime, it’s particularly difficult to ascertain what’s happening. Governments have a natural and healthy instinct to hide from public eyes what is going on, even those fully democratic ones that in peace have some constraints on official censorship. Nevertheless, the fact that so many people around the world have video-capable mobile phones and access to the internet makes it harder to hide what is happening.

All week long I’ve been looking at these videos, reading official IDF reports and statements by leaders of involved countries, and they show that Stacey McCain and Lee Smith, whose takes I link to below, are in full accord with what I’ve seen. The Israelis pulled off the most astonishing, most brilliant offensive in modern military history; the President orchestrated a genius misdirection allowing the Israelis to cap off 20 years preparation for this attack; Iran’s regime is on its back feet from which it will not recover; Israel has saved the world with the assistance of a number of Arab countries and the U.S.; Britain under Keir Starmer has earned the disregard of the western world and was prudently left entirely out of advance knowledge of the attacks. Obama and Biden’s loony foreign policy gave the mullahs an almost two-decade opportunity to build their nuclear capacity, which Israel, with Trump’s assistance, has destroyed. Finally, the war will continue for about a week or two, but I, at least, have no doubt about the outcome -- the end of the Mullahcracy.

Misdirection

Ido Hilbany wrote of the brilliant misdirection campaign Trump orchestrated with Netanyahu, which allowed Israel to get into position if, as was certain, the mullahs would dither in negotiations to end their nuclear enrichment program.

THE ART OF THE MISDIRECT:

I know some people are so broken they will never be able to muster a compliment for Trump, but the level of misdirection and coordination with Israel on this Iran attack was brilliant. Trump used his public platforms to lull Iran into complacency while privately coordinating with Israel. Trump and Netanyahu went so far as to meet privately this week to finalize things while publicly both leaking that Trump was urging restraint.

The problem here for the press corps is that so many of them hate Trump so much, they cannot nuance the cleverness of this. They must either approach it as Trump is a failure who even Israel does not respect or Trump is a liar who lied to everyone to get Iran.

The reality is everyone honest knows Iran has always been the liar, claiming it had no nuclear ambitions even as it plotted a bomb. The Obama/Biden policies helped Iran, which embedded agents within the Biden Administration. And Trump has turned the tables on it all, including probably taking advantage of Iran’s embedded agents to amplify his misdirection.

And now Iran has been set back significantly and the world is safer today.

But scream about Orange Man Bad if you must. The press corps that does not deal with the truth of what happened is just going to further discredit itself. They couldn’t detect Biden’s decline and cannot accept Trump’s calculated misdirection.

It’s amazing what allies can accomplish when they actually act like allies.

He played a straight course between those in his party who wanted the U.S. to militarily intervene and those who said we should have nothing to do with this. He let Steve Witkoff play at allowing the Iranian regime to do its usual dithering while he said on April 11 that they had 60 days to end the enhancement program. Doubtless, they thought they were dealing with the Obama/Biden-type vanishing red line. They weren’t. On the 61st day, Israel struck.

Lee Smith has been a longtime critic of America’s Middle East policies. This week, he thinks Trump finally got it right:

At last, an American president kept his word. He was very clear about it even before his second term started: Iran can’t have a bomb. Trump wanted it to go peacefully, but he warned that if the Iranians didn’t agree to dismantle their program entirely, they’d be bombed. Maybe Israel would do it, maybe the United States, maybe both, but in any case, they’d be bombed. Trump gave them 60 days to decide, and on day 61, Israel unleashed Operation Rising Lion.

Until this morning, when Trump posted on Truth Social to take credit for the raid, there was some confusion about the administration’s involvement. As the operation began, Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a statement claiming that it was solely an Israeli show without any American participation. But even if details about intelligence sharing and other aspects of Israeli-U.S. coordination were hazy, the statement was obviously misleading: The entire operation was keyed to Trump. Without him, the attack wouldn’t have happened as it did, or maybe not at all.

Trump spent two months neutralizing the Iranians without them realizing he was drawing them into the briar patch. Iranian diplomats pride themselves on their negotiating skills. Generations of U.S. diplomats have marveled at the Iranians’ ability to wipe the floor with them: It’s a cultural thing -- ever try to bargain with a carpet merchant in Tehran? And Trump also praised them repeatedly for their talents -- very good negotiators! The Iranians were in their sweet spot and must have imagined they could negotiate until Trump gave in to their demands or left office. But Trump was the trickster. He tied them down for two months, time that he gave to the Israelis to make sure they had everything in order.

Has Operation Rising Lion enhanced America’s peace? If it ends Iran’s nuclear weapons programs, the answer is absolutely yes. When American partners advance U.S. interests, it adds luster to American glory.

There’s already lots of talk about Trump’s deception campaign, and in the days and weeks to come, we’ll have more insight into which statements were real and which were faked and which journalists were used, without them knowing it, to print fake news to ensure the operation’s success. One Tablet colleague says it’s the most impressive operational feint since the Normandy invasion. [snip] It’s now clear that the insanely dense communications environment -- including foreign actors like the Iranians themselves, anti-Bibi Israeli journalists, the Gulf states, and the Europeans -- served the purpose of the deception campaign. But most significant was the domestic component. Did the Iranians believe reports that the pro-Israel camp was losing influence with Trump and that the “restraintists” were on the rise? Did Iran lobbyist Trita Parsi tell officials in Tehran that his colleagues from the Quincy Institute and other Koch-funded policy experts who were working in the administration had it in the bag? Don’t worry about the neocons -- my guys are steering things in a good way. It seems that, like the Iranians, the Koch network got caught in its own echo chamber.

The Brilliant Israeli Military Campaign

Stacy McCain described what I saw: a brilliant military campaign by Israel. He compared what we saw to Michael Corleone’s elimination of rival Mafia heads.

Can you imagine the kind of long-term surveillance and planning that went into this operation? Like, figuring out where the Iranian air force leaders would meet in an emergency, mapping out the location of that bunker, giving them some kind of signal of an impending attack, then watching them scurry to their bunker and -- WHAM! -- you took out the leadership at the outset of the campaign, so “that there was nobody to give the order” for the Iranian counter-attack. Meanwhile, you’ve got Mossad spies sneaking around all over Iran, ready to play their part in wrecking the enemy’s air defenses, so that the Israeli Air Force can fly in without danger of getting shot down.

One standard deviation -- it’s a lethal advantage.

He detailed some of the campaign:

As it became clear Israel was about to attack, the commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ air force convened in a bunker to coordinate the response.
But Israel knew that emergency protocol, and the location of the bunker. They destroyed it, killing the overall commander and the heads of the drone and air defense forces. “The fact that there was nobody to give the order neutralized an immediate Iranian response,” an Israeli official said.

They were among the more than two dozen Iranian commanders targeted in a sprawling attack on Iran’s military command-and-control. The heads of the IRGC, the Iranian military, and Iran’s emergency military headquarters were all eliminated in the opening salvo.

Another key target was Iran’s air defense systems and radars. Israeli intelligence mapped their locations, and most were hit by the Israeli Air Force in the opening strike. That gave the IDF virtually unchallenged freedom of operation in Iran’s skies.
Meanwhile on the ground, Israel’s Mossad spy agency was conducting a series of covert sabotage operations deep inside Iran to take out air defenses and ballistic missile launchers...

In central Iran, Mossad commando units had positioned guided weapons systems in open areas near Iranian surface-to-air missile launchers.
In another area inside Iran, Mossad covertly deployed weapon systems and sophisticated technologies hidden in vehicles. When the Israeli attack began, these weapons were launched and destroyed Iranian air defense targets.

Iran Stood Alone

It helps that Iran really has no friends that matter.

The coordination went deeper, though. While it is unlikely that Arab nations in the region knew the time and scope of Israeli attacks, they were all prepared to help Israel beat back any Iranian counterstrike, and they did. While many of them are making noises about how unhappy they are regarding the Israeli attacks on Iran, they are also helping Israel defend itself against retaliation.

So far, around 100 Iranian drones have been launched against Israel, and none have hit anything important.

If your knowledge of the Middle East comes from the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, or one of many loony U.S. universities, you may be astonished to realize how hated Iran’s regime is.

“Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Azerbaijan, Qatar, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates allowed Israel to use their airspace and/or defended Israel against Iranian drone attacks last night. That also suggests Russia was likely OK with the Israeli strike and China at least knew about it.” Apparently, left in the dark was onetime ally Great Britain.

One of the architects of Obama’s disastrous policy on Iran reared his head, Ben Rhodes. The Great Iowahawk (David Burge) shot it off:

@Iowahawkblog

“No matter how absurd and lunatic the White House inner circle is right now, it will never top assigning a failed creative writing grad student and campaign van drivers [sic] -- to concoct a strategy of appeasing Iran with a billion dollar airdrop of $100 bills.”

Iowahawk did, however, find some joy in this because some of this money went to Hezb’allah and was used by them to buy pagers which the Israelis had tricked out to blow up their private parts.

By week’s end, numbers of Europeans who share a never-ending delusion that the Middle East is just like us marched, drove, and flew to Egypt expecting to be allowed to breach the border into Gaza to stand with Hamas. They were beaten up by Egyptian police and civilians and tossed out bodily, left in shock and tears. You must see this video of one of them on his knees to a group of Egyptians enforcing the border with Gaza as they roll their eyes at his stupid entreaty that all Islamic believers should stick together.

Israel now so completely controls the skies over Iran that, reportedly, it is refueling over Tehran. The IRGC is so weakened that its officers are not reporting and are being threatened with treason for not showing up. Elon Musk has activated Starlink over Iran so that civilians can more easily transmit outside the country after what’s left of the government shut down internet access. I’ve seen videos of Iranians dancing in the streets, apparently no longer fearful of recriminations. Finally, there are reports of private airplanes ferrying out what’s left of the regime elsewhere, perhaps to Russia, where they can play backgammon with Assad, who also fled there from Syria earlier.

Related Topics: Israel, Iran, Trump, Middle East, Military
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 15, 2025, 04:02:22 PM
Israel now so completely controls the skies over Iran that, reportedly, it is refueling over Tehran. The IRGC is so weakened that its officers are not reporting and are being threatened with treason for not showing up. Elon Musk has activated Starlink over Iran so that civilians can more easily transmit outside the country after what’s left of the government shut down internet access. I’ve seen videos of Iranians dancing in the streets, apparently no longer fearful of recriminations. Finally, there are reports of private airplanes ferrying out what’s left of the regime elsewhere, perhaps to Russia, where they can play backgammon with Assad, who also fled there from Syria earlier.

Yes the Iranians will greet American and Israeli troops with flowers and parades LOL. Just like all the other ME countries did LOL

The truth is that patriotism is likely to increase and even people opposed to the regime will rally around the government as a response to bombing by foreign invaders. That's always what happens, basic psychology.

I can't tell what will happen, but these rosy depictions of an easy victory are way too premature. Iraq was defeated militarily in 5 minutes but it didn't turn out so great. Afghanistan didn't turn out great, took 20 years of senseless war, lots of Americans dead and crippled, and ended with a democratic Taliban government LOL.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 16, 2025, 12:41:09 AM
Putin and Russia are fools if they fail to back up Iran. The end goal is to break up Russia. I am starting to doubt Putin - is he another Deep State puppet? I know there are many Russian Jews in Israel. And Putin has many Jewish AND Muslim friends. I wonder what Ramzan Kadyrov thinks of Israel attacking Iran?

Russians should still hold Jews accountable for the Russian Revolution where Jews murdered the Russian Tsar and his entire family in a ritualistic manner. Yakov Yurovsky, the chief executioner, was of Jewish descent.

Some observers saw Lenin and his band as a motley group of Jewish revolutionaries. Alexander Guchkov, the Russian minister of war in the Russian Provisional Government after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in March 1917, told the British military attaché General Alfred Knox that “the extreme element consists of Jews and imbeciles.” Lenin’s train had included 19 members of his Bolshevik party, several of his allies among the Mensheviks and six Jewish members of the Jewish Labor Bund. Almost half the passengers on the train were Jewish.

https://www.jpost.com/magazine/was-the-russian-revolution-jewish-514323
Why have allies if they won't back you up? Russia and China need to be there for Iran.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 16, 2025, 01:25:41 AM
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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 16, 2025, 01:29:02 AM
There’s a real possibility that Trump is playing Israel. He recently suggested that Iran and Israel should “fight it out,” signaling a potential shift away from automatic U.S. intervention. Israel may have gambled on guaranteed American support—but if Trump’s posture is a strategic bluff, it could be a setup for Israel to overextend and expose itself. Time will tell whether this was calculated restraint or just rhetoric.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 16, 2025, 01:39:51 AM
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Iran has a population nearly 10 times larger than Israel. There’s no realistic path for Israel to defeat Iran in a conventional war without direct U.S. military support. But such intervention would likely trigger a broader conflict—Russia, China, and Pakistan are unlikely to sit on the sidelines. None of them would tolerate another regime change or a Western puppet state in such a strategic region.

Iran has spent decades preparing for this scenario. Its key defense systems and nuclear infrastructure are buried deep underground, designed specifically to withstand external attacks.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 16, 2025, 01:43:13 AM
Iran has a population nearly 10 times larger than Israel. There’s no realistic path for Israel to defeat Iran in a conventional war without direct U.S. military support. But such intervention would likely trigger a broader conflict—Russia, China, and Pakistan are unlikely to sit on the sidelines. None of them would tolerate another regime change or a Western puppet state in such a strategic region.

Iran has spent decades preparing for this scenario. Its key defense systems and nuclear infrastructure are buried deep underground, designed specifically to withstand external attacks.

 :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 16, 2025, 03:54:20 AM
Iran has a population nearly 10 times larger than Israel. There’s no realistic path for Israel to defeat Iran in a conventional war without direct U.S. military support. But such intervention would likely trigger a broader conflict—Russia, China, and Pakistan are unlikely to sit on the sidelines. None of them would tolerate another regime change or a Western puppet state in such a strategic region.

Iran has spent decades preparing for this scenario. Its key defense systems and nuclear infrastructure are buried deep underground, designed specifically to withstand external attacks.

Pakistan depends on international support for its conflicts with India. I don't think they'd involve themselves in a meaningful way.

China and Russia might give arms and intelligence, but I doubt they'd do more than that.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 16, 2025, 04:49:07 AM

China and Russia might give arms and intelligence, but I doubt they'd do more than that.

I'm watching a military fella now who says the US is removing air defense from Ukraine and shipping it to Israel. Maybe that's "good," the US should quit Ukraine but supporting Israel now weakens the US elsewhere. Can't build the posture against China if all resources go to the ME. US has already admitted they don't have much more to give Ukraine as it is and must pivot to Asia. And how to protect its self with no arms? Russia and China oppose the Israeli aggression and this will hardly make them more friendly to The Empire. They also see Trump's fake "negotiating," where he was planning an attack while saying he was close to a deal with Iran and saying he wanted peace. Trump already lost on Ukraine after all that posturing and chest thumping. Remains to be seen what happens with Iran but I fear the US will intervene directly. Will average Americans support Trump on this adventure? If gas prices skyrocket I think Americans will lose their minds :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 16, 2025, 05:19:41 AM
Iran has no choice but to keep the oil flowing. As a result, they can’t win this. The oil markets are reflecting this.

Israeli hegemony in the ME is the future and the world is better off because of it.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 16, 2025, 05:47:02 AM
Obsidian is a good dude.  I enjoy our chats on finance and AI subjects.  His political views need work though.   :)    However, in this case he is not wrong.

You can't live by a Rules For Thee, None For Me attitude for so long and not expect it to catch up with you. 
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: _bruce_ on June 16, 2025, 06:53:24 AM
Shalom, fellow non jews - what to do now?
Since, by pure coincidence, we're full to the brink of the same "natural" enemies shouldn't we join the brave fight and march to Jerusalem...

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 16, 2025, 08:55:07 AM
Pakistan depends on international support for its conflicts with India. I don't think they'd involve themselves in a meaningful way.

China and Russia might give arms and intelligence, but I doubt they'd do more than that.
Pakistan does have nukes though so that's probably why they entered the conversation.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Brenda Steunbeer on June 16, 2025, 09:24:13 AM
This is pure gold!






The pieces of interior and the dust make that epic video complete hahaha
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 16, 2025, 11:04:21 AM
:D

You might laugh, but Pakistan possesses roughly 170 nuclear warheads and has conducted six nuclear tests. It shares a border with Iran, making logistical support—by land or air—a very real possibility. If Israel were to launch a nuclear strike on Iran, Pakistan could supply Iran with nuclear weapons under the justification of collective self-defense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 16, 2025, 11:26:24 AM
You might laugh, but Pakistan possesses roughly 170 nuclear warheads and has conducted six nuclear tests. It shares a border with Iran, making logistical support—by land or air—a very real possibility. If Israel were to launch a nuclear strike on Iran, Pakistan could supply Iran with nuclear weapons under the justification of collective self-defense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

Israel doesn’t need to use nukes. This will be settled shortly.

Iran’s only card is the Straight of Hormuz but if it messes with that it will become completely isolated and countries like China, who need Iran’s oil, will tell it to stand down or its current leadership will not be part of the picture going forward (assuming they’re still alive by the end of this week). The rational actors have no time for Iran’s nonsense.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: illuminati on June 16, 2025, 11:52:01 AM
This is pure gold!






The pieces of interior and the dust make that epic video complete hahaha


Ha Ha Ha Allah just said FUCK YOU.  ;D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 16, 2025, 12:20:27 PM
Israel doesn’t need to use nukes. This will be settled shortly.

Iran’s only card is the Straight of Hormuz but if it messes with that it will become completely isolated and countries like China, who need Iran’s oil, will tell it to stand down or its current leadership will not be part of the picture going forward (assuming they’re still alive by the end of this week). The rational actors have no time for Iran’s nonsense.

And Israel doesn't need the US either? In no way are they right now begging the US to enter the war in an offensive way? No way are the neocons in congress agitating for US interference like rabid dogs? Israel is probably completely calm and can sustain a war of attrition... no need for nukes... Israeli public is just as comfortable with being bombed and just as willing to sacrifice, as Iran. Israel is completely self sufficient, doesn't need outside help at all, the defensive Iron dome missiles will last a long time :D

“The ‘forever war’ is what Iran wants, and they’re bringing us to the brink of nuclear war. In fact, what Israel is doing is preventing this, bringing an end to this aggression,”

- Netanyahoo

I think Trump is being set up as the fall guy if he doesn't enter the war, thereby putting enormous pressure on him. Everyone has always predicted Israel will need the goyim to fight their future war with Iran. We'll see...

BTW, in one article above it says Iranians are celebrating and using Starlink that has been activated, now finally getting "freedom." It's ridiculous, Israel has a total media blackout, it's forbidden to film missile crash sites. Even with the Palestine issue, Israeli media has to clear all articles on it by censors. "Freedom" ::) The fog of war is heavy all around, difficult to get accurate info.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 16, 2025, 02:03:35 PM
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 16, 2025, 02:38:28 PM
You might laugh, but Pakistan possesses roughly 170 nuclear warheads and has conducted six nuclear tests. It shares a border with Iran, making logistical support—by land or air—a very real possibility. If Israel were to launch a nuclear strike on Iran, Pakistan could supply Iran with nuclear weapons under the justification of collective self-defense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

This is true.  However, Pakistan will not do anything as it would just draw India into the conflict.  And THIS (Paki-Inida) is where WW3 will really start.  None of this Iran or China or NK bullshit.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: BigRo on June 16, 2025, 02:59:56 PM
This is true.  However, Pakistan will not do anything as it would just draw India into the conflict.  And THIS (Paki-Inida) is where WW3 will really start.  None of this Iran or China or NK bullshit.

How do you know? Your a prophet?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 16, 2025, 04:13:55 PM
This is true.  However, Pakistan will not do anything as it would just draw India into the conflict.  And THIS (Paki-Inida) is where WW3 will really start.  None of this Iran or China or NK bullshit.
How do you know? Your a prophet?

Speaking of prophesy, both Jewish and American Evangelical Christian eschatology centers around a strong Israel, when Israel dominates the messianic age can come for the Jews, and Armageddon can commence for the Christians. It's prophesied. Wars for Israel and ethnic cleansing of Amalek is mandated by God. Jews may be atheist but still believe God gave them Israel. Therefore I fear wars like this with Iran can precipitate WWIII, when you believe God has sanctioned these actions dangerous things can happen. It sounds ridiculous but some on this forum say they support Israel due their Christian faith.

And you have this:

Quote from: wiki
The Samson Option (Hebrew: ברירת שמשון, romanized: b'rerat shimshon) is Israel's deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against a country whose military has invaded and/or destroyed much of Israel.[1] Commentators also have employed the term to refer to situations where non-nuclear, non-Israeli actors have threatened conventional weapons retaliation.[2]
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Lartinos on June 16, 2025, 06:52:13 PM
Trump says Tehran should evacuate. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/trump-urges-tehran-evacuation-iran-israel-conflict-enters-fifth-day-2025-06-17/
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 16, 2025, 07:52:24 PM
Trump says Tehran should evacuate. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/trump-urges-tehran-evacuation-iran-israel-conflict-enters-fifth-day-2025-06-17/

Doesn't sound good at all to me.


Bannon says the Iran war, all the forever wars, are Deep State ideas. Ending forever wars is a central tenet of Trumpism. But what are we heading towards? Bannon thinks the coming 200 days are critical.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: loco on June 17, 2025, 03:39:48 AM
“Israel has total superiority over Iranian air space. IDF planes can fly as freely over Tehran as they can over Tel Aviv. The ayatollahs have been unable to protect even the upper levels of their military command, which has been decimated almost at a stroke. This is unprecedented in the annals of warfare.

The same goes for some of the most important nuclear scientists who should have been among the most protected people in the country. Heavily guarded nuclear sites have been repeatedly struck, as has energy infrastructure. Substantial numbers of ballistic missiles and drones have been destroyed before they could be launched. Israeli special forces have been operating on the ground in Iran with impunity and the extent of intelligence penetration of the regime and its military seems breathtaking.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/khamenei-guards-militarily-defeated-rest-160201625.html

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 17, 2025, 04:54:00 AM
How do you know? Your a prophet?

Yeah, something like that.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 17, 2025, 06:22:12 AM
Markets aren't really panicking with what's going on. Inside chatter is that the walls are closing in for the current Iranian regime.

Israel, US and the Arab world are all aligned and are just waiting for the Irans supreme leader to surrender. Bombs may keep flying from both sides for a while though.

Russia and China won't be happy with Iran falling so that may need some smoothing over (it's probably happened already)

Guess who's winning again?

(https://media1.tenor.com/m/x1Dm3We03UQAAAAC/fat-man-shoot.gif)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Brenda Steunbeer on June 17, 2025, 06:47:33 AM
Never forget


(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8uXVi2CBkC0/maxresdefault.jpg)

(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b0628c02a7f069f8f7358ea033d04262dfe9e881/0_164_4070_2443/master/4070.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=78872a0f4133cebfcc77edfcf4925ccf)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Brenda Steunbeer on June 17, 2025, 06:52:02 AM
“Israel has total superiority over Iranian air space. IDF planes can fly as freely over Tehran as they can over Tel Aviv. The ayatollahs have been unable to protect even the upper levels of their military command, which has been decimated almost at a stroke. This is unprecedented in the annals of warfare.

The same goes for some of the most important nuclear scientists who should have been among the most protected people in the country. Heavily guarded nuclear sites have been repeatedly struck, as has energy infrastructure. Substantial numbers of ballistic missiles and drones have been destroyed before they could be launched. Israeli special forces have been operating on the ground in Iran with impunity and the extent of intelligence penetration of the regime and its military seems breathtaking.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/khamenei-guards-militarily-defeated-rest-160201625.html


Israel = 22,000 km2 or 8,500 square miles of land
Iran = 1,650,000 km2 or 636,000 square miles of land

Israel = 10 million people
Iran = 86 million people

Staggering incompetence of the religious fundamentalist ayatollahs. They've had 45 years to prepare, and Israel humiliates them in 4 days.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: loco on June 17, 2025, 07:03:20 AM
;D


il Donaldo Trumpo
@PapiTrumpo
WHO DID THIS???😂😂😂

https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1933641292182896998

 :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 17, 2025, 08:51:16 AM
Never forget


(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8uXVi2CBkC0/maxresdefault.jpg)

(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b0628c02a7f069f8f7358ea033d04262dfe9e881/0_164_4070_2443/master/4070.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=78872a0f4133cebfcc77edfcf4925ccf)
I went to school with a girl related to one of the hostages (uncle I think).
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 17, 2025, 09:07:29 AM
Doesn't sound good at all to me.


Bannon says the Iran war, all the forever wars, are Deep State ideas. Ending forever wars is a central tenet of Trumpism. But what are we heading towards? Bannon thinks the coming 200 days are critical.



They, and Bannon in particular, are fringe voices at this point.

The “Deep State,” if you want to call it that, was never going anywhere. Trump’s campaign rhetoric to end it was just that, rhetoric. 
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Irongrip400 on June 17, 2025, 09:21:20 AM
I read on BBC that Trump said “we have total control over Iran's skies”. Mimicking what Israel said but then adding that American weapons are superior to irans defense tech. I don’t like that kind of talk.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Methyl m1ke on June 17, 2025, 09:40:10 AM
Fuck iran
Fuck pakistan too
Anyone else here for the gangbang? Russia are you good? Theres plenty of room!
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 17, 2025, 10:11:02 AM


Guess who's winning again?

(https://media1.tenor.com/m/x1Dm3We03UQAAAAC/fat-man-shoot.gif)

Hate to say the obvious, but AGAIN?! When did America win a war the last time? Iraq and Afghanistan were hardly wins, they are national traumas. What are you referring to? Trump is between a rock and a hard place here, who thinks this will just be some bombing and then it's all over, the US can pivot to Asia?

They, and Bannon in particular, are fringe voices at this point.

The “Deep State,” if you want to call it that, was never going anywhere. Trump’s campaign rhetoric to end it was just that, rhetoric. 

Yeah, it wasn't going anywhere, you're probably right it was delusional to think that. I've said as much here for a long time. Other posters here said Trump has killed the Deep State, he's really doing it! "Fuck you, you love Biden!" :D If what you say is true it just means the so-called "MAGA base" is fringe, the "little guy" who Trump depended on for votes, ultimately doesn't matter. Trump has the same fucking neocons and Jews calling the shots now, almost everyone in his circle is actively working against his stated objectives, as Bannon says. I don't know if Bannon matters at all, I don't watch his podcast at all, but I've seen mentions in MSM that Bannon is hugely influential, the "base" listens to him. But it's the same base that is fringe. Not really having watched Bannon previously I was kind of impressed with this podcast. Tucker had the most watched show in the whole of US, did he not?

Trump keeping fucking Lindsey Graham around is absurd! :D

But I have a question, especially to the ones who support this Iran affair, if US goes on the offensive, should Trump put the question to congress before he does? Should Americans have a say?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Methyl m1ke on June 17, 2025, 10:31:30 AM
Hate to say the obvious, but AGAIN?! When did America win a war the last time? Iraq and Afghanistan were hardly wins, they are national traumas. What are you referring to? Trump is between a rock and a hard place here, who thinks this will just be some bombing and then it's all over, the US can pivot to Asia?

Yeah, it wasn't going anywhere, you're probably right it was delusional to think that. I've said as much here for a long time. Other posters here said Trump has killed the Deep State, he's really doing it! "Fuck you, you love Biden!" :D If what you say is true it just means the so-called "MAGA base" is fringe, the "little guy" who Trump depended on for votes, ultimately doesn't matter. Trump has the same fucking neocons and Jews calling the shots now, almost everyone in his circle is actively working against his stated objectives, as Bannon says. I don't know if Bannon matters at all, I don't watch his podcast at all, but I've seen mentions in MSM that Bannon is hugely influential, the "base" listens to him. But it's the same base that is fringe. Not really having watched Bannon previously I was kind of impressed with this podcast. Tucker had the most watched show in the whole of US, did he not?

Trump keeping fucking Lindsey Graham around is absurd! :D

But I have a question, especially to the ones who support this Iran affair, if US goes on the offensive, should Trump put the question to congress before he does? Should Americans have a say?

We are going to establish some kind of military base in iran watch. To keep russia in check as well as to guarantee Israels long term safety. I would enlist in case of a draft.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 17, 2025, 10:45:41 AM
I read on BBC that Trump said “we have total control over Iran's skies”. Mimicking what Israel said but then adding that American weapons are superior to irans defense tech. I don’t like that kind of talk.

I don't either but that's just Trump's style. Like when he said he had a bigger button than the North Korean.

Trump isn't perfect but I bet if Hillary or Bush was in charge we'd already have boots on the ground.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 10:45:59 AM
I read on BBC that Trump said “we have total control over Iran's skies”. Mimicking what Israel said but then adding that American weapons are superior to irans defense tech. I don’t like that kind of talk.
Not sure what's propaganda and what's not. But let's assume Iran is completely losing right now.

Western media outlets are proudly framing this as a major success — that Iran, once portrayed as an existential threat to Israel, is now being “defeated” as easily as Iraq was. But if Iran was truly that weak, why was it attacked in the first place?

Let’s put it in perspective:
If a 50-pound boy (Iran) threatens a 300-pound man (the U.S., NATO, Israel), does the man respond by utterly destroying the child — or killing him? Because that’s exactly how the media narrative sounds right now.

The logic doesn’t add up. Either Iran was never the threat they claimed it was, or the disproportionate response reveals something deeper — a show of dominance, not defense.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 10:56:52 AM
We are going to establish some kind of military base in iran watch. To keep russia in check as well as to guarantee Israels long term safety. I would enlist in case of a draft.
Sounds like you suffer from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" syndrome. There is little chance of this happening. The US is basically bankrupt. Nobody wants to buy US bonds, except for the US government and I guess stablecoin issuers. Where will all the money come for all these bases?

What if Israel is physically invaded by a few million Muslims? Israel can't nuke itself? I could see people being slaughtered in the streets and in their homes.

Iran is apparently the graveyard of empires.

Empires Try, Iran Endures
From ancient times to the present, Iran has seen wave after wave of conquest and foreign interference, but always manages to resist, recover, and reassert itself:

The Romans couldn’t conquer ancient Persia despite repeated wars.

Genghis Khan’s Mongols burned Persian cities, but Persia survived and eventually absorbed the Mongols culturally.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, Russia and Britain tried to control Iran through puppet monarchs and economic pressure.

In 1953, the CIA and MI6 overthrew Iran’s elected Prime Minister—yet Iran would later overthrow the Shah in 1979 and become staunchly anti-Western.

The U.S. and allies have used sanctions, cyberattacks (like Stuxnet), and proxy wars, yet Iran continues to project power across the Middle East.

Iran Is Hard to Invade and Control
Rugged terrain, vast deserts, and strategic mountains make military invasions logistically difficult.

A deep-rooted national identity that predates Islam gives Iran strong internal cohesion — it isn’t easily broken or remade.

The population is educated, politically engaged, and often rallies in the face of foreign threats, even if critical of their own government.

Foreign Powers Overextend Themselves
Empires that mess with Iran often pay a heavy cost:

Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, was backed by the West in the 1980s. After an 8-year war with Iran, it was left bankrupt and unstable — setting the stage for the Gulf Wars.

The U.S. tried to isolate and contain Iran but ended up accidentally increasing its influence by invading Iraq and weakening Iran’s rivals.

Even Israel’s covert attacks (nuclear scientist assassinations, sabotage) haven’t halted Iran’s nuclear program — they’ve arguably hardened it.

Intervening in Iran is a trap. You might win battles, but you’ll lose the war — politically, strategically, or morally.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 17, 2025, 10:57:13 AM
But I have a question, especially to the ones who support this Iran affair, if US goes on the offensive, should Trump put the question to congress before he does? Should Americans have a say?

Absolutely to both. But it won't happen. If the US strikes it will do so without asking Congress or the people. This was interesting though.

https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-announces-the-filing-of-a-war-powers-resolution-to-prevent-war-with-iran (https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-announces-the-filing-of-a-war-powers-resolution-to-prevent-war-with-iran)

Quote
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, introduced a war powers resolution expressing concern about the escalating violence in the Middle East and its potential to pull the U.S. into conflict. The resolution will require a prompt debate and vote prior to using any U.S. military force against Iran.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5354540-us-involvement-iran-house-resolution-bipartisan/ (https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5354540-us-involvement-iran-house-resolution-bipartisan/)

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A bipartisan group of House members on Tuesday introduced a war powers resolution to prohibit U.S. involvement in Iran as its conflict with Israel intensifies, signaling they may force a vote on the matter.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who is one of the most outspoken libertarian-leaning Republicans advocating against U.S. military intervention abroad, posted on the social media site X on Monday that he would introduce such a resolution on Tuesday.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: IroNat on June 17, 2025, 11:09:41 AM
If Israel truly has air superiority and Iranian air defenses are neutralized, the U.S. will send B-2 bombers with 30,000 lb bunker busters to destroy Iranian nuke installations.

No need to invade Iran with troops which would be foolish.


Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 17, 2025, 11:26:23 AM
But I have a question, especially to the ones who support this Iran affair, if US goes on the offensive, should Trump put the question to congress before he does? Should Americans have a say?
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They’ll have as much say as they usually do but Congress is fully behind Israel so it really doesn’t matter.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: illuminati on June 17, 2025, 11:34:20 AM
Haven't these 2 shitty countries removed each other to a step
closer to their respective Gods  ::)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 17, 2025, 12:46:12 PM
We are going to establish some kind of military base in iran watch. To keep russia in check as well as to guarantee Israels long term safety. I would enlist in case of a draft.

No offense intended, but are you Jewish? Are you an evangelical Christian?

Do you also think the Iraq and Afghanistan affairs were "worth it"? Those were also Jewish wars, fought for Israel, not because of some WMDs. Israel and for the military-industrial complex. Vets from those wars are mostly very disillusioned. Some feel Bin Laden was kept alive by the US to feed the MIT. Then he was finally killed to make sure Obama was reelected. If I was a vet, and thought that, I would feel like my government is evil and I was royally fucked in the ass.



If someone isn't a Jew or evangelical, I can't understand how they would support these regime change operations, just to enrich the MIT and for Israel, that hemorrhoid of the middle east. All that blood shed, all those grieving families, all those new and lifelong enemies made. All under guise of The War on Terror.

Anyone see this recent Trump speech in Saudi, I think it was. Wonder who wrote this speech, some think it might have been Vance. He puts the neocons on blast, says the US has no business in telling the ME countries how to govern. But now he's again going down this path  ??? ??? ???




They’ll have as much say as they usually do but Congress is fully behind Israel so it really doesn’t matter.

Yes, Israel paid for and owns congress. Massie has said almost everyone in congress has an AIPAC handler assigned. There was a panel discussion between Mayoral candidates where they tried upstaging each other on how much fealty they showed Israel. One of them hadn't booked a tour of Israel with the obligatory pics at the wailing wall and this was held against him as this big crime. US lawmakers go to Israel to sign new laws! At the same time, Israel is recognized as the #1 foreign spy. Israel stole atomic secrets from the US, even sold that info to the Soviet Union. How Americans accept this state of affairs is unbelievable to me.

If someone is into conspiracy theories, take a look at this. Israeli fingerprints, arguably, all over JFK, 9/11, recent drone attacks in Russia and much much more. Of course USS Liberty attack proven.

https://www.unz.com/runz/the-israeli-strike-on-iran-the-jfk-assassination-and-the-9-11-attacks/
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: French on June 17, 2025, 01:03:50 PM
Hadi Choopan was born in Abnow, Fars Province, Iran. He currently lives in Shiraz, where he runs Choopan Classic Gym.

Shiraz has been directly affected by the ongoing Iran–Israel war, including airstrikes in the past few days.
During Operation Rising Lion, launched by Israel on June 13, 2025, multiple Iranian cities—including Shiraz—were struck by air raids.

Iranian media confirmed explosions around Shiraz, notably near its airport, indicating the city was indeed “hit” in the escalation.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 17, 2025, 02:06:20 PM
The Israelis are highly competent and the Iranians have shown shocking incompetence. They replaced a general with a new one and immediately he was killed too, very humiliating. Shocking amount of previous infiltration inside Iran. I guess the Israelis couldn't get to the Supreme Leader and you'd think the Iranians have him secured inside a mountain right now. Will be interesting to see if the Americans can destroy the underground nuclear sites as well as take out the leader. In the Nasrallah killing the IDF used 80 "bombs," unclear to me how many of them were the monster bunker busters, but there were many dropped on top of each other. The nuclear sites are very deep/inside mountains. It's said Iranians are a relatively high IQ population, but these events don't exactly show it. I have personal beefs with Iranians but I'm on their side in this. Someone in my family was hoping for an attack on Iran because it would destroy his nemesis' real estate holdings in Tehran :D Trump really screwed them but it may have eroded his diplomatic power even more as other countries see how Trump's promises are fake. Russia and China are watching; Putin said the attack goes against all international law and UN resolutions the US is signatory to. I know posters here will say, well fuck the UN, but the fact of the matter is that the US is in the UN too.

Tulsi Gabbard said in march that Iran is NOT developing a nuclear bomb. She compiled all the info from all the intel agencies. She was hand picked and appointed by Trump, and now when Trump was asked about Tulsi's assessment, he goes, "I don't care what Tulsi said!" ??? ??? ??? :D Tulsi has been a favorite of the MAGA crowd and the general dissidents and Deep State opposers, from what I can tell.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 02:09:57 PM
If Israel truly has air superiority and Iranian air defenses are neutralized, the U.S. will send B-2 bombers with 30,000 lb bunker busters to destroy Iranian nuke installations.

No need to invade Iran with troops which would be foolish.
The U.S. MOP (GBU‑57A/B) can penetrate ~60 m (~200 ft) of reinforced concrete/soil

Given both Fordow and new Natanz complexes are deeper than this, they likely lie beyond the MOP’s full penetration capability.

That’s why analysts emphasize these sites are particularly hard to destroy via airstrike or conventional bunker-busting munitions.

Iran’s most fortified nuclear sites are buried well below the effective reach of even the most powerful U.S. bunker-busters—making them highly resilient to air attacks. The depth of these underground facilities underscores the challenge of neutralizing them without extraordinary means.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 17, 2025, 02:18:14 PM
Hate to say the obvious, but AGAIN?! When did America win a war the last time? Iraq and Afghanistan were hardly wins, they are national traumas. What are you referring to? Trump is between a rock and a hard place here, who thinks this will just be some bombing and then it's all over, the US can pivot to Asia?


They don't go into those "wars" trying to win. The conflicts are to feed the military industrial complex and there is also a lot of dirty money laundering goes on.

It's beyond Trumps sphere of influence.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 02:18:23 PM
The Israelis are highly competent and the Iranians have shown shocking incompetence.
So was Iran never really a threat? If that’s the case, then Israel’s attack becomes even more indefensible. You can’t simultaneously claim Iran was an existential danger and then gloat about how easily they're being defeated. That contradiction only exposes this war as yet another Western regime-change operation—no different from what we saw in Iraq, Libya, or Syria: topple a sovereign state and replace it with a compliant puppet.

Iran supported Russia against Ukraine, so why didn’t Russia or even Pakistan help deter this war by providing Iran with nuclear weapons? After all, the constant justification from the U.S. and Israel has been that Iran is “weeks away” from acquiring a nuke. But no one dares touch North Korea—for exactly that reason.

I wish I could sit down with Putin or Xi and ask them what they're waiting for. The U.S. and Israel continue making bold, aggressive moves, and their supposed geopolitical rivals just watch it happen.

What’s stopping Iran from responding in kind? Israel carried out covert attacks inside Iran, including sabotage and assassinations. What's preventing Iran from sending special forces into Israel to light fires, destroy infrastructure, or cause chaos in return?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 17, 2025, 02:31:34 PM
So was Iran never really a threat? If that’s the case, then Israel’s attack becomes even more indefensible. You can’t simultaneously claim Iran was an existential danger and then gloat about how easily they're being defeated. That contradiction only exposes this war as yet another Western regime-change operation—no different from what we saw in Iraq, Libya, or Syria: topple a sovereign state and replace it with a compliant puppet.


For decades Iran funded proxies across the middle east. In Syria, Iraq, Yeman, Hamas, Hezbollah etc. They were all systematically dismantled. All that's left now is Iran.

As for Khamenei. I'm pretty sure they could have taken him out, but they left him alive as they want him to surrender. They don't want to make him a martyr and encourage the crazies to fight on.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Grape Ape on June 17, 2025, 02:36:22 PM
So was Iran never really a threat? If that’s the case, then Israel’s attack becomes even more indefensible. You can’t simultaneously claim Iran was an existential danger and then gloat about how easily they're being defeated

You easily can and they did: Iran is CLOSE to a bomb, so we have to take them out now BEFORE they become more formidable.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 02:39:32 PM
They don't go into those "wars" trying to win. The conflicts are to feed the military industrial complex and there is also a lot of dirty money laundering goes on.

It's beyond Trumps sphere of influence.
Trump is captured by them, and he may have no choice. He may have been told behind closed doors that he or his children will be killed if he does not play along with the Deep State.

The US empire is facing financial collapse. Few buyers remain for US bonds—except the government itself. The US is turning pro-crypto because stablecoin issuers are now buying these bonds. However, it seems that the government wants to outlaw allowing interest to be paid directly to stablecoin holders, reserving yield exclusively for their prized bonds or traditional financial institutions.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 02:43:32 PM
You easily can and they did: Iran is CLOSE to a bomb, so we have to take them out now BEFORE they become more formidable.
They've been close to a bomb for 25 years. That's a tired old argument. And Russia or Pakistan should have just given them one and allowed them to test it in the desert somewhere for Proof-of-Nuke. I am still wondering why Russia did not do this. Perhaps they don't trust the Iranians 100%? The US has nuclear weapons in numerous nations. They even had some on Okinawa in the 60s, even though Japan technically did not allow it. I know someone that actually worked there.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: loco on June 17, 2025, 02:44:54 PM
Trump is captured by them, and he may have no choice. He may have been told behind closed doors that he or his children will be killed if he does not play along with the Deep State.

The US empire is facing financial collapse. Few buyers remain for US bonds—except the government itself. The US is turning pro-crypto because stablecoin issuers are now buying these bonds. However, it seems that the government wants to outlaw allowing interest to be paid directly to stablecoin holders, reserving yield exclusively for their prized bonds or traditional financial institutions.

The stock market's secret weapon: Insatiable demand from American retirement accounts

Mon, June 16, 2025

For US households, there’s still no alternative to the stock market.

The TINA trade in stocks — which stands for There Is No Alternative — was thought to be waning in recent years as rising interest rates since 2022 boosted bond yields for the first time in years, giving investors another option to lock in steady returns.

However, TINA appears to be back in full swing, and the impulse is particularly strong in US retirement accounts like 401(k)s, Goldman Sachs analysts wrote in a recent note.

Strategists at the bank pointed to red-hot demand for stocks in US retirement accounts, with total 401(k) allocations to equities in the US swelling to $8.9 trillion in 2024.

Altogether, roaring demand from retirement accounts and retail brokerage accounts paints a healthy backdrop for the stock market. US household demand is a key pillar of strength for the market, the bank said.

US households have raised their total stock allocation to 49% in recent years, the highest level on record, and the bank said it expects households to directly purchase $425 billion in equities this year.


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-markets-secret-weapon-insatiable-233829513.html
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 02:48:35 PM
For decades Iran funded proxies across the middle east. In Syria, Iraq, Yeman, Hamas, Hezbollah etc. They were all systematically dismantled. All that's left now is Iran.

As for Khamenei. I'm pretty sure they could have taken him out, but they left him alive as they want him to surrender. They don't want to make him a martyr and encourage the crazies to fight on.
But they were never an existential threat.

How likely do you think a steady invasion of Israel by millions of Muslims willing to die for their cause is? Remember Brad Pitt's World War Z? With all the Zombies climbing over the walls? I guess Muslims are not that fanatical. But it made me think how Israel would deal with a mass infiltration and literal war in the streets, door to door. The population is concentrated in small areas, and they can't bomb themselves. Seems to me if the Muslims were hell bent on taking out Israel that they could eventually take that approach?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 17, 2025, 02:49:35 PM
They've been close to a bomb for 25 years. That's a tired old argument. And Russia or Pakistan should have just given them one and allowed them to test it in the desert somewhere for Proof-of-Nuke. I am still wondering why Russia did not do this. Perhaps they don't trust the Iranians 100%? The US has nuclear weapons in numerous nations. They even had some on Okinawa in the 60s, even though Japan technically did not allow it. I know someone that actually worked there.

Russia and Iran might have some interests aligned at this time but historically they have not been allies.

I'd be surprised if one country willingly gave nukes to another unless it was a very "special relationship" like USA and England, or Russia and Belarus. I don't think Iran and Russia or Iran and Pakistan are on that level.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 02:52:17 PM
But they were never an existential threat.

How likely do you think a steady invasion of Israel by millions of Muslims willing to die for their cause is? Remember Brad Pitt's World War Z? With all the Zombies climbing over the walls? I guess Muslims are not that fanatical. But it made me think how Israel would deal with a mass infiltration and literal war in the streets, door to door. The population is concentrated in small areas, and they can't bomb themselves. Seems to me if the Muslims were hell bent on taking out Israel that they could eventually take that approach?
Strong stock demand doesn't solve the US debt crisis.
401(k)s pouring into equities might be bullish for the market, but it does nothing to finance the federal deficit. The government funds itself through bond sales, and taxes, not stock prices. If there's weak demand for Treasuries, the US either raises yields, prints money via the Fed, or defaults by stealth through inflation.

Capital gains taxes from rising stocks are a temporary revenue bump — they vanish in a downturn. Meanwhile, spending keeps outpacing revenue by trillions annually. A booming stock market might help investor sentiment, but it doesn’t fix a broken fiscal foundation. If nobody wants to buy the government’s debt, we have a real problem — no matter how high the S&P goes.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 17, 2025, 03:02:04 PM
But they were never an existential threat.

How likely do you think a steady invasion of Israel by millions of Muslims willing to die for their cause is? Remember Brad Pitt's World War Z? With all the Zombies climbing over the walls? I guess Muslims are not that fanatical. But it made me think how Israel would deal with a mass infiltration and literal war in the streets, door to door. The population is concentrated in small areas, and they can't bomb themselves. Seems to me if the Muslims were hell bent on taking out Israel that they could eventually take that approach?

Why do you think Iran funded groups like Hamas and Hezbollah? If Iran was attacked as they are being now then those Iranian proxies were meant be mobilised onto the streets, door to door and fighting in those small areas of Israel.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 03:02:43 PM
Russia and Iran might have some interests aligned at this time but historically they have not been allies.

I'd be surprised if one country willingly gave nukes to another unless it was a very "special relationship" like USA and England, or Russia and Belarus. I don't think Iran and Russia or Iran and Pakistan are on that level.
Ukraine and Russia were at one point, and now look where they are. Russia manufacture and gave nuclear warheads to Ukraine during the Soviet Union era, and was smart enough to take it back when the USSR collapsed. Perhaps that could influence their decision with Iran. Or they could use Iran to deplete more of the US' weapons supply, reducing Ukraine's resistance. Then there's the US / China / Taiwan issue. These BRICS nations are obviously gaming scenarios behind the scenes. I don't see how a pro-Western puppet regime in Iran is in the best interest of Russia, China, or BRICS. And they have the means to prevent it.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 17, 2025, 03:10:49 PM
Why do you think Iran funded groups like Hamas and Hezbollah? If Iran was attacked as they are being now then those Iranian proxies were meant be mobilised onto the streets, door to door and fighting in those small areas of Israel.
Those were small numbers. I am wondering what if it becomes a mass mobilization. In the movie "The Day After", nuclear weapons are detonated over advancing Soviet Troops.

I envision a scenario like that. If Iran mobilized a million plus army, it is likely that they would be nuked before they reached Israel. That could involve Turkey at that point, and they have the largest army in NATO.

I would think an invasion would have to be spread out, to minimize taking out a large number of troops via nuclear blasts before they reach their target.

Disgruntled Syrian, Lebanese, and Hoothis soldiers could join the party.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 17, 2025, 03:20:42 PM
Whats next?


Another bombardment from Israel?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 17, 2025, 03:28:57 PM
Whats next?


Another bombardment from Israel?

It's close to ending
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 17, 2025, 03:49:36 PM
They've been close to a bomb for 25 years. That's a tired old argument.

Apparently Israel has claimed they were close to a bomb since 1984. US intelligence agencies estimate, what Tulsi relayed, was they could build one in 3 years IF they decided to do it. Israel has said they were a week away, Bibi now said 13 months. Then said variously they hade enough material for 7, 9 and 15 bombs. As many have concluded, this has nothing to do with a bomb per se. I don't know but it seems to me that Iran actually building one, or attempting to, might actually put them at greater risk - a preemptive nuclear strike. What's ridiculous is that it's basically illegal to acknowledge Israel's nuclear stockpile in US congress. Because it's illegal, per US laws, to deal with states with bombs that are "undeclared" and not under various treaties.

It's close to ending

How confident are you of that? Even Israeli and US intelligence analysts acknowledge they don't know the extent of Iran's missile stockpile and how much of a defense they can mount going forward. Even harder to know if the regime will collapse and how much support it will get from the populace. Say for example if their oil is attacked that might increase support for the regime. Like I said, Iraq was defeated immediately but how long did it take to finish that project? AFAIK there are still US contractors working there. What if Iran's deep underground nuclear sites cannot be destroyed quickly, are they just going to be left there? Imagine if Iran manages to shoot down a US bomber dropping a bunker buster. Or Iran deciding to close the Strait of Hormuz. Or Iran attacks a US base as retaliation for US going on the offensive.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: B_B_C on June 17, 2025, 04:20:37 PM
Israel’s long-term approach is security driven:

Israel backed Hamas against Fatah, a policy whose consequences are visible in the carnage in Gaza today.
It backed the South Lebanese army (SLA) in Lebanon, until the SLA’s collapse amid the emergence of Hezbollah.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 17, 2025, 05:54:51 PM
Someone on the internets:

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[T]he US and Israel did not launch this war to try to eliminate the nuclear sites. They know they can't. They are too well-protected and dispersed and any damage can be reconstituted in the short-term. They launched it to cause total state collapse in Iran, beginning in phases. The first phase was the eliminate the top military and IRGC leaders, while also going after scientists and mass killing civilians in the process.

This would create the false impression that they are still somewhat restrained and focused on military/nuclear targets.

After taking what they expect will be a similarly constrained response from Iran, they will see that as confirmation that Iran will not adhere to its own stated red lines and is still afraid of meeting Israel at the same level of escalation.

That is their green light to proceed to the next phase, which is to target and kill top political leaders, including Khamenei.

Their hope isn't to replace the current government and state with some re-hash of the monarchist Zionist fascist through his failson, they know there is no base of support for that inside the country.

Their hope is to do another Libya and Syria: Unleash proxy forces they fund and arm together with the Gulf "Arab shield" puppet regimes and NATO-Erdogan and turn it into a spiral of death and chaos, a concocted "civil war" where Iranians are paid and armed by the CIA and Mossad to kill Iranians.

The MEK and other such proxy forces have already been trained and prepared and are ready to be activated. They will begin with car bombings and terrorist attacks mass killing civilians. "ISIS" will reappear again and do its typical job for their CIA-Mossad masters.

The US and Israel decided to launch this war since before Trump was elected, and it has the full and total support of the entire US military-intelligence-industrial complex and the media and political class, both Republicans and Democrats and it would have also happened if Kamala Harris won the election.

They see Iran and the Axis of Resistance and its alliance with Russia and China as the main obstacle to full and total Zionist US-NATO-Israeli imperial hegemony in the region and by extension the world, and they want to destroy it as it is the only one that unlike Russia and China does not have a nuclear deterrent and they want to get to it before it obtains it.

This is an existential war of survival not just for the Iranian state, but for Iran as a nation.

If this project succeeds, the country will be balkanized, ethnic divisions will be stirred by foreign actors, the CIA and Mossad and the Gulf puppets will fund and arm dozens of proxy death and rape-squads roaming their fiefdoms, tens of millions of lives will be destroyed.

Everything must be done to prevent this. Iran has the weapons to do so. It has the capacity to do so, it is only a question of will. Does it have the will to do what it takes to prevent the mass destruction of their own people and nation. I hope it does. We must all hope it does.

Interesting analysis here:

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/true-promise-3-iran-responds-with


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Now Trump stands poised on the knife’s edge of one of his most historically critical decisions—whether to betray the mandate of the American people and consign his second term and dwindling legacy to the trash heap of history, or to pull back on the strings of Miriam Adelson and other donors and show a spine in standing up for the real ‘America First’ vision he promised to all. As of this writing, there are reports of urgent meetings in the Pentagon surrounding precisely the issue of Israel’s request for the US to officially enter the war to ‘finish off Iran’.

Yanis Varoufakis writes:

"This is Trump's Waterloo. He posed as the Leviathan who would bring a stealthy Peace, a smart Deal that averts a war with Iran. Then, with one more gross violation of international law, Netanyahu puts him in a little box: For either Trump knew of the attack, in which case he is no more than Netanyahu's stooge. Or he didn't know, which begs the question why he didn't know and how will he react to being treated like a fool by Netanyahu. Either way, Trump's strongman, dealmaking image is now toast. Either way, he goes down in history as yet another US President that Netanyahu bent to his genocidal will."

The entire non-Western world is now watching this pivotal turning point moment with bated breath: Trump can either make a move to redeem at least some lost hope for America’s global leadership, or instead pound the final nail in its coffin, forever edifying the rising Global South as to the true nature of the immoral, barbarous, and unprincipled West. It is a metaphysical crossroads: Trump will either stay true to his quasi-spiritual mission of world betterment, or he will drown the US in the blood of neocon imperialism.

Israel’s long-term approach is security driven:
 Israel backed Hamas against Fatah, a policy whose consequences are visible in the carnage in Gaza today.
It backed the South Lebanese army (SLA) in Lebanon, until the SLA’s collapse amid the emergence of Hezbollah.

I see you copied and pasted this from a Guardian article. The article echoes what I said previously:

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If Netanyahu’s comments appear eerily familiar, it is because they are. The same Netanyahu, and Iran hawks in the US, pushed a similar argument in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Iraqis then, like Iranians, the world was told, would welcome the removal of Saddam. The Middle East would be reshaped.

Meaningful regime change, however (whatever that means in practical terms), is not the same as regime destruction.

In Iraq, where ultimately an incompetent US effort was made at nation-building, and Libya – where it was not – there followed periods of bloody chaos, which continues in Libya.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/netanyahu-israel-iran-regime-change-destruction

That is, the goal is chaos, death and destruction, not betterment for the Iranians or to free them from an oppressive regime. Bibi says "We are not against you, the Iranian people." Meanwhile the plan, if successful, is to kill millions of people through a civil war through terror groups funded and instructed by the CIA and Mossad.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Mayday on June 17, 2025, 08:15:16 PM

I see you copied and pasted this from a Guardian article. The article echoes what I said previously:

That is, the goal is chaos, death and destruction, not betterment for the Iranians or to free them from an oppressive regime. Bibi says "We are not against you, the Iranian people." Meanwhile the plan, if successful, is to kill millions of people through a civil war through terror groups funded and instructed by the CIA and Mossad.

Perhaps the aim of constant war in the Middle East is to prevent them being stable enough to take a side of a larger country wanting to wage war on the US and Allies?

It does seem at any sign of unity, next minute they are being bombed.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 18, 2025, 12:34:14 AM
Perhaps the aim of constant war in the Middle East is to prevent them being stable enough to take a side of a larger country wanting to wage war on the US and Allies?

It does seem at any sign of unity, next minute they are being bombed.

I think that's it exactly. Prevent China from allying itself with Russia, prevent both from allying with Iran. Sabotage BRICS. Israel and the US say they are "freeing" Iran, the usual BS they say when staging color revolutions. Trump says he wants an economically successful Iran but that's obviously not true, they know this will result in years of bloodshed and misery, probably decades. The plan for Russia for decades has been to balkanize it and make it weak. Trump has demanded that China open itself up for American business, which means an opportunity for the Zionist bankers to suck its blood, but I don't think the Chinese are that stupid :D At the same time, Trump's whole platform has been to sort of be a counterweight to these, at least partly; end the forever wars, make peace with Russia and so on but obviously he can't fight the "Deep State." Well, maybe he could, theoretically he could tell Bibi to go fuck himself, end the Ukraine debacle, extricate the US from the ME, but the US so thoroughly captured by the Zionists, he took all that money from people like Miriam Adelson...

As I quoted above:

"The entire non-Western world is now watching this pivotal turning point moment with bated breath: Trump can either make a move to redeem at least some lost hope for America’s global leadership, or instead pound the final nail in its coffin, forever edifying the rising Global South as to the true nature of the immoral, barbarous, and unprincipled West. It is a metaphysical crossroads: Trump will either stay true to his quasi-spiritual mission of world betterment, or he will drown the US in the blood of neocon imperialism."

Some are still hoping Trump is playing 5D chess and he might still come through and fulfill his promises... :-\ Trump responds to Tucker, who has been a Trump supporter and huge influence on the MAGA right, with childish insults like a 13 year old. He is alienating himself from his biggest allies. They think this Iran war will split the MAGA base because a large part of that base is not with him on yet another ME war. Though I don't know what a poll of them would say right now. Maybe they don't care, not as long as they get to sit on the couch watching the bombing and go about their lives as per usual. If there was a draft and a world war I don't think they feel Iran is such an immediate existential threat to warrant it. I don't think they would even accept a tripling of gas price :D


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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 18, 2025, 04:36:12 AM
It’s not that complicated.

Iran’s disruptive regime needs to fall in line with the new world order. China wants it, the Arab world wants it, Russia wants it, et al. The world will publicly condemn US involvement but silently condone it. Even Syria’s new government wants to be part of the global economy.

A cataclysmic world war is just an internet/social media phenomena, like many things today. In six months this will be ancient history, partly due to lessons learned in recent ME conflicts.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 18, 2025, 04:53:25 AM

Iran’s disruptive regime needs to fall in line with the new world order.

And let me guess, with a world court in Jerusalem ruling over all?

What a nightmare vision. It doesn't get more dark than this in my opinion.
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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: illuminati on June 18, 2025, 06:09:23 AM
And let me guess, with a world court in Jerusalem ruling over all?

What a nightmare vision. It doesn't get more dark than this in my opinion.
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Spot on - Agree
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 18, 2025, 06:22:33 AM
And let me guess, with a world court in Jerusalem ruling over all?

What a nightmare vision. It doesn't get more dark than this in my opinion.
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Watch this vid bror

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: IroNat on June 18, 2025, 10:13:46 AM
Flight Tracker Allegedly Spies Mysterious Chinese Transport Planes Heading for Iran

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2025/06/18/flight-tracker-allegedly-spies-mysterious-chinese-transport-planes-heading-for-iran/
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 18, 2025, 01:53:36 PM
Watch this vid bror



Earlier I edited my post above to include this vid 8)

We will see who is right, the doomsayers or the ones here who say this will be over in a couple of weeks and forgotten in 6 months. I fucking hope I'm 100% wrong and worried for no reason. I just don't get how one can be so optimistic; Trump tells Iranians the whole of Tehran should evacuate - all 10 million people! My reading tells me they are going to do an insane blitz, bombers refueling from US tankers and no one is safe in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran. So much for Israel being able to do this on their own.

Look at this insane text Trump reposted on Truth Social. Madness.



Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 18, 2025, 02:09:37 PM
Earlier I edited my post above to include this vid 8)

We will see who is right, the doomsayers or the ones here who say this will be over in a couple of weeks and forgotten in 6 months. I fucking hope I'm 100% wrong and worried for no reason. I just don't get how one can be so optimistic; Trump tells Iranians the whole of Tehran should evacuate - all 10 million people! My reading tells me they are going to do an insane blitz, bombers refueling from US tankers and no one is safe in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran. So much for Israel being able to do this on their own.

Look at this insane text Trump reposted on Truth Social. Madness.
Reckless rhetoric from Trump. You can't evacuate 10 million people. Where do they go? And the ones that don't make it out? Too bad, we warned you, now we bomb the fuck out of your city. Iran should absolutely develop a nuclear weapon after Trump threatened 10 million Iranians. Or Russia / China / Pakistan should donate enough to match Israel's 200 nukes. Deterrence for Peace.

This war on Iran is just another resource grab. It was never about nuclear weapons. It's the same old rhetoric they used with Iraq, Libya, Syria, Vietnam. Remember the false flag Gulf of Tonkin incident? Israel literally bombed a US military ship which killed numerous naval officers and crew.

The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (a spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.[2] The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marines, and one civilian NSA employee), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.[3] At the time, the ship was in international waters north of the Sinai Peninsula, about 25.5 nautical miles (47.2 km; 29.3 mi) northwest from the Egyptian city of Arish.[1][4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident

James Bamford, a prominent investigative journalist and author known for his work on U.S. intelligence agencies, has written and spoken extensively about the USS Liberty incident, and he takes a critical stance toward the official U.S. and Israeli narratives.

In his book "Body of Secrets" (2001), Bamford devotes significant attention to the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, a U.S. Navy intelligence-gathering ship that was attacked by Israeli air and naval forces during the Six-Day War, killing 34 American crew members and wounding over 170.

Here are key points Bamford makes:

1. Deliberate Attack
Bamford argues that the attack was not a case of mistaken identity, as Israel claimed. He presents evidence and testimony suggesting that Israeli forces knew the ship was American, including:

The ship's large U.S. flag and distinctive markings.

Intercepts and testimony from NSA personnel indicating Israeli forces deliberately targeted the ship.

He cites survivors, NSA documents, and former officials who contradict the Israeli and U.S. official story.

2. U.S. Cover-Up
Bamford suggests that the U.S. government deliberately downplayed and covered up the incident to protect the U.S.–Israel relationship.

He criticizes President Lyndon B. Johnson and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara for not pursuing a full investigation.

He claims U.S. officials suppressed NSA intercepts that could have proven Israeli knowledge of the ship’s identity.

3. Motive
One of Bamford’s more controversial claims is that Israel may have had a motive to prevent the USS Liberty from intercepting sensitive Israeli military communications—possibly relating to:

The planned Israeli invasion of Syria.

Alleged atrocities or military movements Israel didn’t want the U.S. to know about.

4. NSA Involvement
Because the USS Liberty was an NSA signals intelligence ship, Bamford connects the incident to the broader context of Cold War intelligence operations. He draws on his deep research into the NSA to explore why Liberty was there and what it may have been intercepting.

Summary
Bamford views the USS Liberty attack as a deliberate act by Israel, followed by a cover-up by the U.S. government. He believes the truth has been obscured for geopolitical reasons and argues for a full, transparent investigation—which survivors and some former officials have long demanded.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Irongrip400 on June 18, 2025, 02:26:47 PM
Earlier I edited my post above to include this vid 8)

We will see who is right, the doomsayers or the ones here who say this will be over in a couple of weeks and forgotten in 6 months. I fucking hope I'm 100% wrong and worried for no reason. I just don't get how one can be so optimistic; Trump tells Iranians the whole of Tehran should evacuate - all 10 million people! My reading tells me they are going to do an insane blitz, bombers refueling from US tankers and no one is safe in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran. So much for Israel being able to do this on their own.

Look at this insane text Trump reposted on Truth Social. Madness.


Man that’s just fucking nuts. Trump needs to back the fuck off of the Iran rhetoric and let this thing play out between the two parties currently involved.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 18, 2025, 02:58:49 PM
Reckless rhetoric from Trump. You can't evacuate 10 million people. Where do they go? And the ones that don't make it out? Too bad, we warned you, now we bomb the fuck out of your city. Iran should absolutely develop a nuclear weapon after Trump threatened 10 million Iranians. Or Russia / China / Pakistan should donate enough to match Israel's 200 nukes. Deterrence for Peace.



OlympiaGym above thinks Russia and China support this action, the protests are just fake rhetoric for the masses. I don't think so, they know they are next on the chopping block. But they have the bomb, so...

I posted above that the USS Liberty incident is as good as proven to be a malicious action. Israel never had to answer for it. Sailors were threatened if they spoke out. US president turned back the planes that were en route to help. Said something to the effect of, "I'll be damned if I turn against our ally for a few dead sailors."


Man that’s just fucking nuts. Trump needs to back the fuck off of the Iran rhetoric and let this thing play out between the two parties currently involved.

God is directing Trump ::)

Trump is already involved, he knew about the attack, "I know everything," he said. Israel wouldn't have dared to start without knowing they had US backing. Trump gloated that he killed people on the nuclear negotiation team; he lulled them into thinking he was serious.
"War crime" is perhaps a silly term but this is a war crime according the international consensus. At least it shows he has no honor and his word is worthless. I've said on here in the past, when posters said he was the best president ever, that Trump could be that, but could just as well turn out to be the worst president in the history of the world, because he was holding several huge bags of shit threatening to burst :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 18, 2025, 03:05:11 PM

Man that’s just fucking nuts. Trump needs to back the fuck off of the Iran rhetoric and let this thing play out between the two parties currently involved.

Relax.

Everyone doom posting, thinking other muslim nations will side with Iran and join any war. It's not gonna happen. Pakistan is and has always been Americas bitch. The Arab powers will condemn any actions from Israel and the US, but they are aligned. They want the Iranian regime to end and stability in the region.

Iran is on it's own here and a couple of bunker buster bombs ends this.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 18, 2025, 03:05:18 PM
Iran couldn’t maintain the integrity of its airspace for even a few hours. Anyone even remotely familiar with military history knows what that means. One way or another the end result is inevitable. Iran has been neutered. However, the US and Israel know better than to overtly attempt regime change, particularly after the Afghanistan and Iraq fiascos. Any “boots on the ground” will be limited to safe, low-risk ops. There will be no trying to take Tehran or any other parts of Iran in the name of bringing democracy to the Iranian people. The need to even pretend that’s necessary is long past. Israeli/US hegemony in the area is undisputed.

Russia is mired in Ukraine. China is playing the long game for now, and just wants the oil to keep flowing. India is not yet a player at this level.

So the choice is up to the Iranian people - get in the fold or see your living conditions deteriorate beyond anything you’ve previously experienced.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 18, 2025, 03:11:51 PM
OlympiaGym above thinks Russia and China support this action, the protests are just fake rhetoric for the masses. I don't think so, they know they are next on the chopping block. But they have the bomb, so...

I posted above that the USS Liberty incident is as good as proven to be a malicious action. Israel never had to answer for it. Sailors were threatened if they spoke out. US president turned back the planes that were en route to help. Said something to the effect of, "I'll be damned if I turn against our ally for a few dead sailors."

China is very dependent on Iranian oil and is actually relying on us to keep the Straight of Hormuz open because its military doesn’t have the force projection to do so (at least not yet). People need to realize how much more advanced the US military is relative to every other country in the world both in size and technology. No country has the force projection capabilities of the US. It’s not even close. Google how many military aircraft the US has compared to everyone else. The difference is mind blowing.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 18, 2025, 03:21:09 PM


Iran is on it's own here and a couple of bunker buster bombs ends this.

I sure hope you are right. But if this is such an easy win, why does the US have to get involved at all? Israel is panicking, they can't take even a little bombing.

Iran couldn’t maintain the integrity of its airspace for even a few hours. Anyone even remotely familiar with military history knows what that means. One way or another the end result is inevitable. Iran has been neutered.

 

So the choice is up to the Iranian people - get in the fold or see your living conditions deteriorate beyond anything you’ve previously experienced.

Again, if Iran has been neutered already, no reason for the US to get involved at all. The consensus is that the nuclear sites can not be destroyed easily, or at all, so regime change it is.

As if extreme bombing won't deteriorate their living conditions. Who really thinks peace will reign after regime change in Iran? When did that happen previously? Libya, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan. Israel and the US will fund terror groups like ISIS to wreak havoc in Iran. It makes me sick how Trump praises Al-Sharaa, the Al-Qaeda commander. These were supposed to be US enemies. Israel built up ISIS, treated their wounded soldiers in Israel, and now they handed rifles to ISIS linked groups in Gaza. Israel doesn't try to bring peace and stability to Muslim countries, they bring destruction and chaos.

(https://img.libquotes.com/pic-quotes/v2/maurice-samuel-quote-lbc6g4u.jpg)



China is very dependent on Iranian oil and is actually relying on us to keep the Straight of Hormuz open because its military doesn’t have the force projection to do so (at least not yet). People need to realize how much more advanced the US military is relative to every other country in the world both in size and technology. No country has the force projection capabilities of the US. It’s not even close. Google how many military aircraft the US has compared to everyone else. The difference is mind blowing.

Sure, but in the end the US had to flee Afghanistan and hand over the country to the Taliban. As the cliche goes, these were fighters in sandals and skirts. If the US overthrows the regime in Iran they will still need to be there to make sure the oil keeps flowing and the Strait open.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 18, 2025, 03:25:35 PM
Won’t be great for any of these people but we have to look at the world for what it is, not what we wish it was.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 18, 2025, 03:46:45 PM
I sure hope you are right. But if this is such an easy win, why does the US have to get involved at all? Israel is panicking, they can't take even a little bombing.


Israel doesn't have the bunker buster bombs to take out the underground nuclear facility. They need the US to deploy them or to give Israel the bombs so they can deploy them.

The US seems to still be holding out for an Iranian surrender (I guess that suits them more) and Israel is "panicking" because of the lack of action from the US.

This could be over any time the US wants it to be over
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 18, 2025, 03:51:56 PM


This could be over any time the US wants it to be over

Depends on what you mean by "over" I guess. If you mean killing everyone then sure. But it's not like the affair ends there. The country has to be engineered to US and Israeli liking. They probably will want to fly over the Shah's exiled son, but I don't know if anyone can predict how that will go over with the Iranian people. And then you have to secure the Iranian energy resources.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 18, 2025, 04:08:58 PM
Depends on what you mean by "over" I guess. If you mean killing everyone then sure. But it's not like the affair ends there. The country has to be engineered to US and Israeli liking. They probably will want to fly over the Shah's exiled son, but I don't know if anyone can predict how that will go over with the Iranian people. And then you have to secure the Iranian energy resources.

Ending Iran's nuclear capabilities is the primary goal and that alone will bring stability back to the region.

Any regime change would be a bonus, but it's not a necessity.

Why would they need to kill everyone?

Btw you are doing a great impression of MattC when he would bug out over something  ;D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 18, 2025, 05:48:41 PM
Ending Iran's nuclear capabilities is the primary goal and that alone will bring stability back to the region.

Any regime change would be a bonus, but it's not a necessity.

Why would they need to kill everyone?

Btw you are doing a great impression of MattC when he would bug out over something  ;D

I've become obsessed with this topic :D I don't think I'm on the spectrum though, but have never been evaluated :D

By "everyone" I mean going after all the politicians and regime supporters. Trump saying Tehran needs to evacuate sounds ominous though; he's clearly saying those 10 million people are at risk of dying.

I'm not any kind of geopolitical expert but I have a feeling stability will not result. I think regime change IS the main goal, under the guise of destroying the nuclear capability. Look at Syria, Israel and the US enabled, funded and armed the groups of extremists to overthrow the government. But Israel had to bomb their missile stocks at the same time because they can't trust their new "friends." I read somewhere recently that rockets have been launched towards Israel from Syria, so they aren't 100% controlled. So if the same playbook is imposed on Iran the US has to manage the aftermath. It's never just bomb and leave. Depending on your point of view, you could argue that Shia Iranians kept the Sunni extremists in check, the Al-Qaeda, ISIS, etc. That video above linked by me and Kwon clearly shows Iranians said they would immediately accept downgrading their enrichment to 3% or whatever, enough for civilian use, in exchange for lifting sanctions. Analysts say this was the easiest deal ever, IF the goal was them not getting the bomb. But that's just the excuse for regime change. In my amateur analysis anyway :D

We'll see if US bunker busters will work.

MIT Prof Ted Postol on the bunker busters at 19:50


Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: AbrahamG on June 18, 2025, 06:08:03 PM
Fuck Israel. 
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 18, 2025, 06:08:28 PM
Earlier I edited my post above to include this vid 8)

We will see who is right, the doomsayers or the ones here who say this will be over in a couple of weeks and forgotten in 6 months. I fucking hope I'm 100% wrong and worried for no reason. I just don't get how one can be so optimistic; Trump tells Iranians the whole of Tehran should evacuate - all 10 million people! My reading tells me they are going to do an insane blitz, bombers refueling from US tankers and no one is safe in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran. So much for Israel being able to do this on their own.

Look at this insane text Trump reposted on Truth Social. Madness.

I just don’t see a doomsday scenario here for Americans. Even in the worst-case outcome. Say, a full-scale invasion and occupation like we saw in Afghanistan or Iraq. I think that would be a terrible mistake. I’d strongly oppose it. But as an American, living half a world away and not serving in the military, it likely wouldn’t affect my daily life in any tangible way. I’d see it as a waste of taxpayer money and a deeply flawed foreign policy decision. However, my life would remain unchanged, just like after those other wars. (No doubt it would devastate the average Iranian citizen like we did to the average Iraqi)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 18, 2025, 06:35:56 PM
I just don’t see a doomsday scenario here for Americans. Even in the worst-case outcome. Say, a full-scale invasion and occupation like we saw in Afghanistan or Iraq. I think that would be a terrible mistake. I’d strongly oppose it. But as an American, living half a world away and not serving in the military, it likely wouldn’t affect my daily life in any tangible way. I’d see it as a waste of taxpayer money and a deeply flawed foreign policy decision. However, my life would remain unchanged, just like after those other wars. (No doubt it would devastate the average Iranian citizen like we did to the average Iraqi)

What if gas spiked to for example 25 bucks a gallon, like some doomsayers are speculating? :D It's also coldhearted to not care at all about the carnage for ordinary Iranians. Obviously we can't care about everything in the world, but still. Like I've said it's "fun" to watch bombing on TV but what about if sacrifices have to be made, even relatively minor ones like gas price. If the Iranians decide to attack and kill scores of American troops in other countries around there, (if they do manage to fire missiles it appears there's little defense against it) it could/would be traumatic nationally. "Then we will annihilate them," sure but that doesn't bring back those troops. If this thing spirals out of control it will cause frictions and new factions fighting each other within American society. People like Tucker and Bannon say this war will alienate many within the MAGA movement because may voted for Trump to end foreign entanglements.

Like I said, I hope we aren't on a road to hell :-\ EVERYONE acknowledges the risk of this spreading into a regional war, if not world war.

Edit: so now I'm watching some analysts like Gilbert Doctorow and Douglas McGregor who say Israel only has Iron Dome missiles for another 7-10 days. Gilbert says this is why Russia isn't rushing in, because this isn't as existential for Iran as media will have you believe. Gilbert also says Trump is likely bluffing about America going in because even Trump, as stupid as he is, knows he will completely fuck himself if he does, the US assets in the region are totally exposed and Iran also has militias in other countries like Iraq that can attack US bases. So maybe Israel will shortly start talking about a ceasefire while declaring they already won by setting back the nuclear program by decades. We will see  :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Methyl m1ke on June 18, 2025, 07:57:58 PM
What if gas spiked to for example 25 bucks a gallon, like some doomsayers are speculating? :D It's also coldhearted to not care at all about the carnage for ordinary Iranians. Obviously we can't care about everything in the world, but still. Like I've said it's "fun" to watch bombing on TV but what about if sacrifices have to be made, even relatively minor ones like gas price. If the Iranians decide to attack and kill scores of American troops in other countries around there, (if they do manage to fire missiles it appears there's little defense against it) it could/would be traumatic nationally. "Then we will annihilate them," sure but that doesn't bring back those troops. If this thing spirals out of control it will cause frictions and new factions fighting each other within American society. People like Tucker and Bannon say this war will alienate many within the MAGA movement because may voted for Trump to end foreign entanglements.

Like I said, I hope we aren't on a road to hell :-\ EVERYONE acknowledges the risk of this spreading into a regional war, if not world war.

Edit: so now I'm watching some analysts like Gilbert Doctorow and Douglas McGregor who say Israel only has Iron Dome missiles for another 7-10 days. Gilbert says this is why Russia isn't rushing in, because this isn't as existential for Iran as media will have you believe. Gilbert also says Trump is likely bluffing about America going in because even Trump, as stupid as he is, knows he will completely fuck himself if he does, the US assets in the region are totally exposed and Iran also has militias in other countries like Iraq that can attack US bases. So maybe Israel will shortly start talking about a ceasefire while declaring they already won by setting back the nuclear program by decades. We will see  :D

There will be no world war. The people of iran have suffered long enough. God has answered their prayers and has come to their aid. The psychotic noose of islam is being removed from their throats so that they may live a free people.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 19, 2025, 12:33:21 AM
There will be no world war. The people of iran have suffered long enough. God has answered their prayers and has come to their aid. The psychotic noose of islam is being removed from their throats so that they may live a free people.
Plus Russia has been greatly weakened in their war with Ukraine and China's economy would collapse. Nobody really wants to back Iran.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 19, 2025, 04:26:18 AM
What if gas spiked to for example 25 bucks a gallon, like some doomsayers are speculating? :D It's also coldhearted to not care at all about the carnage for ordinary Iranians. Obviously we can't care about everything in the world, but still. Like I've said it's "fun" to watch bombing on TV but what about if sacrifices have to be made, even relatively minor ones like gas price. If the Iranians decide to attack and kill scores of American troops in other countries around there, (if they do manage to fire missiles it appears there's little defense against it) it could/would be traumatic nationally. "Then we will annihilate them," sure but that doesn't bring back those troops. If this thing spirals out of control it will cause frictions and new factions fighting each other within American society. People like Tucker and Bannon say this war will alienate many within the MAGA movement because may voted for Trump to end foreign entanglements.

Like I said, I hope we aren't on a road to hell :-\ EVERYONE acknowledges the risk of this spreading into a regional war, if not world war.

Edit: so now I'm watching some analysts like Gilbert Doctorow and Douglas McGregor who say Israel only has Iron Dome missiles for another 7-10 days. Gilbert says this is why Russia isn't rushing in, because this isn't as existential for Iran as media will have you believe. Gilbert also says Trump is likely bluffing about America going in because even Trump, as stupid as he is, knows he will completely fuck himself if he does, the US assets in the region are totally exposed and Iran also has militias in other countries like Iraq that can attack US bases. So maybe Israel will shortly start talking about a ceasefire while declaring they already won by setting back the nuclear program by decades. We will see  :D

I don't think gas would go up that high. I don't remember it doing that in either Iraq war. Maybe it would go up to $4 or $5 a gallon at worst? Who knows.

I don’t think Iran will attack one of our bases in the Middle East. Not only out of concern for how we’d react, but also because it would push the Gulf countries even further against them. The Arabs and Persians aren’t exactly allies to begin with, and Iran has its own regional image to worry about. Someone on the political board mentioned a false flag event to pull the US into this, which is what I think would really happen. All those squawking war hawks in congress will become unbearably loud.

The thoughts on the Iron Dome make sense to me. We move ships and planes to that area to help shoot down Iranian missiles, probably because of the dome's limitations.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 19, 2025, 04:34:43 AM
There will be no world war. The people of iran have suffered long enough. God has answered their prayers and has come to their aid. The psychotic noose of islam is being removed from their throats so that they may live a free people.

This has to be satire, no one can actually think like this   ::)??? :D

People in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya feel so free. Israel's genocidal God Yahweh has liberated them, the people greet the colonizers with flowers and parades. Al-Qaeda and ISIS and now Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) never oppressed anyone.

Plus Russia has been greatly weakened in their war with Ukraine and China's economy would collapse. Nobody really wants to back Iran.

From the very start of the SMO in Ukraine it was repeatedly reported Russia will be broken economically, their weapon stocks have run out as well. Reality on the ground doesn't bear this out. Now Russia stands to benefit because many countries removed the air defenses and resources and moved them to the ME. Trump's diplomatic power in that conflict has evaporated, he failed utterly, now he's begging Putin to intervene in the Iran conflict (another interpretation says it was Putin who offered mediating help but Trump's ego can't accept it.) Some claim the sanctions just helped Russia to reorganize their economy to become self-sufficient, little outside trade needed. But maybe this is wrong and Russia will collapse any day now... :D


I don't think gas would go up that high. I don't remember it doing that in either Iraq war. Maybe it would go up to $4 or $5 a gallon at worst? Who knows.

I don’t think Iran will attack one of our bases in the Middle East. Not only out of concern for how we’d react, but also because it would push the Gulf countries even further against them. The Arabs and Persians aren’t exactly allies to begin with, and Iran has its own regional image to worry about. Someone on the political board mentioned a false flag event to pull the US into this, which is what I think would really happen. All those squawking war hawks in congress will become unbearably loud.

The thoughts on the Iron Dome make sense to me. We move ships and planes to that area to help shoot down Iranian missiles, probably because of the dome's limitations.

Yeah I don't claim to know how for example gas prices would/could be affected, just relaying some alarmist projections. Everyone does seem to worry about the Strait of Hormuz. The Ayatollah has said they will attack American assets if the US attacks. There is NO defense to hypersonic ballistic missiles, we see that in Israel right now. US THAAD systems haven't helped, nothing works. Like I said, several analysts claim to know Israel only has defensive missiles for another 2 weeks at most anyway, at current levels of bombing. See what Ted Postol said about Israel's missile defense capabilities.
No Iron Dome on other countries US bases either. We will see if Iran makes good on their promise, if they have the resolve and iron will...

Israel is known for false flag events, many such examples. Like with USS Liberty, Israel attacked with the Star of David sign covered up on their planes, hoping the US would blame Egypt and be drawn into Israel's aid.

The war hawks are incredibly loud, like they are with Russia. Lindsey Graham. Levin. All that money accepted from Jewish donors, Miriam Adelson surely demands something for the reported 600 million dollars. And read that Mike Huckabee lunatic message to Trump if you didn't yet. I'm sure it tickled Trump's ego just right, him basically being called a God-ordained messiah :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 19, 2025, 06:44:15 AM
Guys on this thread are saying regime change isn't the goal. But now the Israelis are themselves confirming the focus has shifted and regime change is on the agenda. Who would have guessed :D

And Israel says Iran now crossed a red line when they hit a hospital, it's a "despicable war crime by the terrorist Iranian regime!" The GALL of these people, they make me sick. After bombing all the Gaza hospitals, all the schools and other institutions, after killing 55 thousand (at least) mostly defenseless women and children. Israel killed I think 60 children in Iran in just one strike. Has there ever been a more evil people in the history of the world? These people also approve of homosexual raping of unconvicted detainees. While at the same time spreading proven lies about beheaded babies and mass rape on October 7. All this is justified because their Yahweh told them they have the right. From the old testament to now these people have been genocidal. Modern terrorism was invented by Israel. By all standards the pager attack was terrorism. The gall to call others war criminals  ::)>:(

(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thestar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/7b/c7bfb0de-9ff3-5cbe-b478-ea57e16002e5/63e8663cb962a.image.jpg?resize=321%2C500)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: joswift on June 19, 2025, 08:01:00 AM
Guys on this thread are saying regime change isn't the goal. But now the Israelis are themselves confirming the focus has shifted and regime change is on the agenda. Who would have guessed :D

And Israel says Iran now crossed a red line when they hit a hospital, it's a "despicable war crime by the terrorist Iranian regime!" The GALL of these people, they make me sick. After bombing all the Gaza hospitals, all the schools and other institutions, after killing 55 thousand (at least) mostly defenseless women and children. Israel killed I think 60 children in Iran in just one strike. Has there ever been a more evil people in the history of the world? These people also approve of homosexual raping of unconvicted detainees. While at the same time spreading proven lies about beheaded babies and mass rape on October 7. All this is justified because their Yahweh told them they have the right. From the old testament to now these people have been genocidal. Modern terrorism was invented by Israel. By all standards the pager attack was terrorism. The gall to call others war criminals  ::)>:(

(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thestar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/7b/c7bfb0de-9ff3-5cbe-b478-ea57e16002e5/63e8663cb962a.image.jpg?resize=321%2C500)

prime booking his flight and ordering a hamas flag online as we read.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: denarii on June 19, 2025, 09:30:52 AM
US is already involved, no way IDF did all this themselves. So the decision for US airpower to get involved was made months ago. Only question is how Iran responds and whether US then responds with boots on the ground, in say south Lebanon or redeployment to Iraq.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Methyl m1ke on June 19, 2025, 09:38:55 AM
I don't think gas would go up that high. I don't remember it doing that in either Iraq war. Maybe it would go up to $4 or $5 a gallon at worst? Who knows.

I don’t think Iran will attack one of our bases in the Middle East. Not only out of concern for how we’d react, but also because it would push the Gulf countries even further against them. The Arabs and Persians aren’t exactly allies to begin with, and Iran has its own regional image to worry about. Someone on the political board mentioned a false flag event to pull the US into this, which is what I think would really happen. All those squawking war hawks in congress will become unbearably loud.

The thoughts on the Iron Dome make sense to me. We move ships and planes to that area to help shoot down Iranian missiles, probably because of the dome's limitations.
lol dude gas already costs that much here
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: IroNat on June 19, 2025, 10:15:24 AM
Iran is said to supply 1/6 of the world's oil supply.

I think the U.S. will bomb that nuke site inside the mountain with the B-2 bomber and the MOP bunker buster.

A good way to test if it works.

The world is insane.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: LurkerNoMore on June 19, 2025, 10:31:15 AM
Fuck Israel.

"I'm gonna beat the fuck out of him, and suplex him, put him in the camel clutch, break his back, and fuck his ass and make him humble."  Iron Shiek
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 19, 2025, 02:19:02 PM
Ending Iran's nuclear capabilities is the primary goal and that alone will bring stability back to the region.

Any regime change would be a bonus, but it's not a necessity.

Why would they need to kill everyone?

Btw you are doing a great impression of MattC when he would bug out over something  ;D
I don't think nuclear is the issue. It's about controlling Iran's resources. Which is why Iraq was invaded. They knew Iraq never had any WMDs. They wanted to control the oil.

Motive for controlling Iran's oil? China is highly dependent on Iran's oil, and receives it at a discounted rate. If the US controls Iran's oil, China is cut of from a cheap energy source. The coming AI race will require a ton of energy, and this might be a long-term strategic move by Trump.

It's possible that Iran already moved their nuclear assets to other areas and that they are not even stored in the locations that the US think they are.

Iran also apparently built the facilities deep enough where bunker busters could not reach.

Here's an interesting video with many different opinions on all the agendas involved with the Iran conflict. None of us really know the real motives, only the strategic players know. Time will tell how this unfolds.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 19, 2025, 02:26:35 PM
Iran is said to supply 1/6 of the world's oil supply.

I think the U.S. will bomb that nuke site inside the mountain with the B-2 bomber and the MOP bunker buster.

A good way to test if it works.

The world is insane.
Good luck with that. Apparently the Iranians are as good with concrete construction as the Iraqis. They will have moved the strategic nuclear material somewhere else before the bombing, and build another facility in the blink of an eye.

And this assumes the bunker buster can even damage the existing underground facility.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 19, 2025, 02:28:48 PM
So apparently Israel has been trying to censor any footage of Iranian strikes. The Iron Dome and other defenses are running out of supplies, and soon Iran will be able to strike with impunity. Some video footage still escapes the censorship.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 19, 2025, 02:29:29 PM
I've become obsessed with this topic :D I don't think I'm on the spectrum though, but have never been evaluated :D

By "everyone" I mean going after all the politicians and regime supporters. Trump saying Tehran needs to evacuate sounds ominous though; he's clearly saying those 10 million people are at risk of dying.

lol. Already been shown to be a bunch of BS
Guys on this thread are saying regime change isn't the goal. But now the Israelis are themselves confirming the focus has shifted and regime change is on the agenda. Who would have guessed :D

Regime change isn't the primary goal, but the US will put a squeeze on them for as long as possible hoping for a surrender or for them to be overthrown.

If it doesn't happen they'll cut some kinda deal

"Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks."
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: BigRo on June 19, 2025, 02:35:52 PM
This has to be satire, no one can actually think like this   ::)??? :D

People in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya feel so free. Israel's genocidal God Yahweh has liberated them, the people greet the colonizers with flowers and parades. Al-Qaeda and ISIS and now Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) never oppressed anyone.

From the very start of the SMO in Ukraine it was repeatedly reported Russia will be broken economically, their weapon stocks have run out as well. Reality on the ground doesn't bear this out. Now Russia stands to benefit because many countries removed the air defenses and resources and moved them to the ME. Trump's diplomatic power in that conflict has evaporated, he failed utterly, now he's begging Putin to intervene in the Iran conflict (another interpretation says it was Putin who offered mediating help but Trump's ego can't accept it.) Some claim the sanctions just helped Russia to reorganize their economy to become self-sufficient, little outside trade needed. But maybe this is wrong and Russia will collapse any day now... :D


Yeah I don't claim to know how for example gas prices would/could be affected, just relaying some alarmist projections. Everyone does seem to worry about the Strait of Hormuz. The Ayatollah has said they will attack American assets if the US attacks. There is NO defense to hypersonic ballistic missiles, we see that in Israel right now. US THAAD systems haven't helped, nothing works. Like I said, several analysts claim to know Israel only has defensive missiles for another 2 weeks at most anyway, at current levels of bombing. See what Ted Postol said about Israel's missile defense capabilities.
No Iron Dome on other countries US bases either. We will see if Iran makes good on their promise, if they have the resolve and iron will...

Israel is known for false flag events, many such examples. Like with USS Liberty, Israel attacked with the Star of David sign covered up on their planes, hoping the US would blame Egypt and be drawn into Israel's aid.

The war hawks are incredibly loud, like they are with Russia. Lindsey Graham. Levin. All that money accepted from Jewish donors, Miriam Adelson surely demands something for the reported 600 million dollars. And read that Mike Huckabee lunatic message to Trump if you didn't yet. I'm sure it tickled Trump's ego just right, him basically being called a God-ordained messiah :D

lol Russian bot detected.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: BigRo on June 19, 2025, 02:39:53 PM
So apparently Israel has been trying to censor any footage of Iranian strikes. The Iron Dome and other defenses are running out of supplies, and soon Iran will be able to strike with impunity. Some video footage still escapes the censorship.

Iran is putting a ban on social media to prevent the world seeing what's happening there too. Actually full internet shutdown.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 19, 2025, 02:51:34 PM
lol Russian bot detected.

If you overlook the Russophilia, are you on Israel's side on this? Israel's or the Palestinian side? :D And regarding the Ukraine issue, you actually said with a straight face that NATO is in no way expansionist unlike Russia :D :D :D

I'm agnostic but if there is a righteous God I pray that there's a measure of justice for Israel's crimes.





Iran also apparently built the facilities deep enough where bunker busters could not reach.



Ted Postol goes over the many issues with the bunker busters. They have ways to deflect the impact so the missile turns sideways, and who says the bunkers are straight down from whatever entrance is on top, and so on. He thinks the attempt will fail unless the Iranians were stupid in building them.




Iran is putting a ban on social media to prevent the world seeing what's happening there too. Actually full internet shutdown.

Sure, but what about Israel? Come on man, Israel has banned any filming of crash sites, almost all journalists are banned, unless they are allowed in some very limited cases, there is a threat of jail time. Control of information happens by all sides in all wars. Both sides here downplay their damage and exaggerate the successes. Israel will downplay damage until they are losing then it's the usual Jewish playbook of being oppressed and being eternal victims, "look what these barbarian terrorists are doing, they are hitting hospitals, where CHILDREN sleep!" like Bibi does right now. Like this lunatic never bombed a hospital or outright targeted children!

lol. Already been shown to be a bunch of BS
Regime change isn't the primary goal, but the US will put a squeeze on them for as long as possible hoping for a surrender or for them to be overthrown.

If it doesn't happen they'll cut some kinda deal

"Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks."

Trump is getting cold feet, whatever he does here he is fucked, I don't see any way where he doesn't lose big.

Israel is running out of ammo for their missile defense. They will demand Trump intervene. If he does, there are huge risks. Regional war, US troops at huge risk (planes being repositioned in Qatar right now for example), turning the MAGA base against him and on and on.

We will revisit this in the future, we'll see if this is over in a few days, if it's an easy win, if it's all but forgotten in 6 months, as you predict :D Even Bibi is now saying this is a complicated situation but they have to do it, but you know better I'm sure.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: BigRo on June 19, 2025, 03:10:08 PM
If you overlook the Russophilia, are you on Israel's side on this? Israel's or the Palestinian side? :D And regarding the Ukraine issue, you actually said with a straight face that NATO is in no way expansionist unlike Russia :D :D :D

I'm agnostic but if there is a righteous God I pray that there's a measure of justice for Israel's crimes.

Ted Postol goes over the many issues with the bunker busters. They have ways to deflect the impact so the missile turns sideways, and who says the bunkers are straight down from whatever entrance is on top, and so on. He thinks the attempt will fail unless the Iranians were stupid in building them.




Sure, but what about Israel? Come on man, Israel has banned any filming of crash sites, almost all journalists are banned, unless they are allowed in some very limited cases, there is a threat of jail time. Control of information happens by all sides in all wars. Both sides here downplay their damage and exaggerate the successes. Israel will downplay damage until they are losing then it's the usual Jewish playbook of being oppressed and being eternal victims, "look what these barbarian terrorists are doing, they are hitting hospitals, where CHILDREN sleep!" like Bibi does right now. Like this lunatic never bombed a hospital or outright targeted children!

I am not with Israel, nor Iran. Russia warned today for the US not to get involved. The thing is a powder keg there now. Ukraine was not close to joining Nato. All those former soviet countries wanted in to Nato it was not something pushed on them, unlike Russia's full scale war with Ukraine. Ukraine does not want to be a second class citizen in Russia's empire any longer.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 19, 2025, 03:16:44 PM
Iran is putting a ban on social media to prevent the world seeing what's happening there too. Actually full internet shutdown.

It is easy to call the internet shutdown an attempt at censorship and suppression of dissent towards the regime. And Iran clearly does censor. But in this case, I think it is actually about national defense. I'm sure WhatsApp and Facebook and whatever else is being used will have information scoured by AI and sent to Israel. In the US there is a big push to ban TikTok so China couldn't do that to us.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 19, 2025, 03:18:38 PM
I am not with Israel, nor Iran. Russia warned today for the US not to get involved. The thing is a powder keg there now. Ukraine was not close to joining Nato. All those former soviet countries wanted in to Nato it was not something pushed on them, unlike Russia's full scale war with Ukraine. Ukraine does not want to be a second class citizen in Russia's empire any longer.

Sure, they wanted in, but NATO has been in the business of encircling Russia for decades, you have to concede that. They are hostile to Russia and it's been no secret at all. Russia has wanted good relations with the US, Jeffrey Zachs said Russians used to beg him if he had contacts that could open up channels with the US but Biden refused to talk at all. Russia wanted in to NATO too but Putin was rebuked as you know. Trump has gone against the Deep State and to have good relations with them but he is opposed by everyone.

It is easy to call the internet shutdown an attempt at censorship and suppression of dissent towards the regime. And Iran clearly does censor. But in this case, I think it is actually about national defense. I'm sure WhatsApp and Facebook and whatever else is being used will have information scoured by AI and sent to Israel. In the US there is a big push to ban TikTok so China couldn't do that to us.

Iran has stupidly just now, like just a couple of days ago, demanded officials stop using cellphones as they are used to track and kill them. This dude Prof. Marandi of Iran says the authorities have begged him to stop using his cell due to safety issues for him but he wants to keep reporting.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 19, 2025, 03:44:01 PM


We will revisit this in the future, we'll see if this is over in a few days, if it's an easy win, if it's all but forgotten in 6 months, as you predict :D Even Bibi is now saying this is a complicated situation but they have to do it, but you know better I'm sure.

It was someone else who said these things. I said this isn't a prelude to WWIII and it will be over soon. Ranking the most likely to least likely scenarios

Negotiations/Ceasefire
Iranian regime surrender
Iranian regime is overthrown
US boots on the ground and it's another Iraq.

We canrevist this (this has reminded me to revisit some other threads  ;D)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: illuminati on June 19, 2025, 05:03:11 PM
In just before Italy  ;D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 19, 2025, 05:44:03 PM
I am not with Israel, nor Iran. Russia warned today for the US not to get involved. The thing is a powder keg there now. Ukraine was not close to joining Nato. All those former soviet countries wanted in to Nato it was not something pushed on them, unlike Russia's full scale war with Ukraine. Ukraine does not want to be a second class citizen in Russia's empire any longer.

What is Russia going to do? Its threats are meaningless. Ukraine has exposed Russia’s conventional military as second-rate at best. Russia’s only threat is the nuclear one and I doubt they can handle that competently.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 19, 2025, 08:14:08 PM
It was someone else who said these things. I said this isn't a prelude to WWIII and it will be over soon. Ranking the most likely to least likely scenarios

Negotiations/Ceasefire
Iranian regime surrender
Iranian regime is overthrown
US boots on the ground and it's another Iraq.

We canrevist this (this has reminded me to revisit some other threads  ;D)

Ok yeah I may have mistaken some comments as yours, but ok you think this will be relatively quick. I don't claim to know how this will play out, just have a feeling this will have big consequences. Even legacy media is very apprehensive and afraid of this spiraling out of control. I'm in my own reality tunnel and echo chamber but the dissidents who have been Trump supporters, which I follow, are very critical of how he's behaving lately. I don't know how the so-called MAGA base is feeling right now but others like Tucker and Bannon think it can/will lead to a split. They may be inconsequential with no influence right now like some you are saying, but they have been instrumental for "Trumpism" and have had Trump's ear at some points. Some of them say Trump is the biggest threat to Trumpism and that whole anti-Deep State movement :D Trump responds to Tucker by childish insults. How helpful is his social media posting really. He just waffles saying, "we might go in, we might not go in, Iranians want a deal, I want negotiations, I want total surrender, we will kill the Ayatollah, he is safe where he is," and on and on. Very childish and undisciplined :D

I wonder if a decision has already been made by Trump and he's just waiting for the right moment to go in, once all the resources are in place. If Israel's missiles run out, and they are already rationing them, then what? I guess it also depends on how big Iran's missile stock is and if they have the launchers etc. One analyst says there's little evidence Israel is actually freely flying over Iran as claimed, that the evidence is the missiles are fired from outside Iran actually, that the footage shows it's mostly drones they've managed to get through. Also that the more effective air defense batteries are situated "in the north" and haven't been touched. Claims Iran is using up the older missiles to exhaust Israel's anti-missiles batteries and that they realized they shouldn't go all in at the start because that would have forced US involvement, it was a trap. Israel actually expected 5,000 Israeli casualties immediately, which they "wanted" to force the US in.

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https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/iranian-abyss-will-us-take-the-plunge

Someone tell me how to put a hyperlink into a word in a text please :)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 20, 2025, 12:31:43 AM
In just before Italy  ;D
:D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 20, 2025, 02:08:43 AM
It was someone else who said these things. I said this isn't a prelude to WWIII and it will be over soon. Ranking the most likely to least likely scenarios

Negotiations/Ceasefire
Iranian regime surrender
Iranian regime is overthrown
US boots on the ground and it's another Iraq.

We canrevist this (this has reminded me to revisit some other threads  ;D)

A ceasefire or some form of negotiation might eventually happen, but I don’t see Iran surrendering easily—nor do I think regime change is likely. If that were going to happen, it would’ve occurred within the first 48 hours of the conflict. At this point, the Iranian leadership is more likely to dig in, and each Iranian killed in the campaign will only deepen public resentment toward Israel and the United States. After all, Iran did not strike first. So why would the Iranian public blame their own leaders? If anything, it's the Israeli government—accused of pursuing aggressive and destructive policies—that faces a legitimacy crisis.

A full-scale U.S. ground invasion is also extremely unlikely. Iran’s terrain is mountainous and difficult, and the American public has little appetite for another prolonged war. Trump was elected in part because he promised to end foreign entanglements. Iran has a massive standing army, and any invading force would be vastly outnumbered. The U.S. experience in Afghanistan—a far weaker and less organized country—was already a disaster. Iran poses an even greater challenge. Yes, I understand that modern U.S. wars are often less about "winning" and more about sustaining the military-industrial complex, but even by that standard, a ground war with Iran seems implausible.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 20, 2025, 02:15:51 AM
If you overlook the Russophilia, are you on Israel's side on this? Israel's or the Palestinian side? :D And regarding the Ukraine issue, you actually said with a straight face that NATO is in no way expansionist unlike Russia :D :D :D

I'm agnostic but if there is a righteous God I pray that there's a measure of justice for Israel's crimes.

Ted Postol goes over the many issues with the bunker busters. They have ways to deflect the impact so the missile turns sideways, and who says the bunkers are straight down from whatever entrance is on top, and so on. He thinks the attempt will fail unless the Iranians were stupid in building them.




Sure, but what about Israel? Come on man, Israel has banned any filming of crash sites, almost all journalists are banned, unless they are allowed in some very limited cases, there is a threat of jail time. Control of information happens by all sides in all wars. Both sides here downplay their damage and exaggerate the successes. Israel will downplay damage until they are losing then it's the usual Jewish playbook of being oppressed and being eternal victims, "look what these barbarian terrorists are doing, they are hitting hospitals, where CHILDREN sleep!" like Bibi does right now. Like this lunatic never bombed a hospital or outright targeted children!

Trump is getting cold feet, whatever he does here he is fucked, I don't see any way where he doesn't lose big.

Israel is running out of ammo for their missile defense. They will demand Trump intervene. If he does, there are huge risks. Regional war, US troops at huge risk (planes being repositioned in Qatar right now for example), turning the MAGA base against him and on and on.

We will revisit this in the future, we'll see if this is over in a few days, if it's an easy win, if it's all but forgotten in 6 months, as you predict :D Even Bibi is now saying this is a complicated situation but they have to do it, but you know better I'm sure.

I saw that video you posted. Really interesting info. I often listen to long YouTube discussions at 2x. If it is really interesting, I might slow it down to 1.5x or even 1x.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 20, 2025, 04:24:11 AM
Israeli stock market in Tel Aviv is hitting record highs this week. Money is pouring in. Everyone loves a winner.

https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/why-israel-stock-market-surged-despite-iran-missile-attack-on-tel-aviv-stock-exchange-hl-13898677.html/amp

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Methyl m1ke on June 20, 2025, 10:29:47 AM
It seems some of you forget about the massacre on oct 7th in Israel of 1500 women and children. Masterminded by the regime of iran. They are going to burn for their crimes, and i am going to enjoy watching very much. Van keeps saying Israel attacked iran first, BULLSHIT. had it.been 1500 swedish women and children you would feel differently.

Fuck all of that. Regime change is not the goal, its eye for an eye mother fucker
 Violence is all these animals understand, its what they know. Live by the sword, die by it.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 20, 2025, 12:57:43 PM
I saw that video you posted. Really interesting info. I often listen to long YouTube discussions at 2x. If it is really interesting, I might slow it down to 1.5x or even 1x.

Haha I do the same. Some people are a pleasure to listen to at normal speed but many other stumble on their words with a lot of uhhs and aahs and it takes forever :D
Then again there's also another type, a couple of analysts spit out words like a machine gun absolutely perfectly with zero mistakes and I don't have time to absorb it at all, and I'm like fuck you fella :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 20, 2025, 06:47:28 PM
It seems some of you forget about the massacre on oct 7th in Israel of 1500 women and children. Masterminded by the regime of iran. They are going to burn for their crimes, and i am going to enjoy watching very much. Van keeps saying Israel attacked iran first, BULLSHIT. had it.been 1500 swedish women and children you would feel differently.

Fuck all of that. Regime change is not the goal, its eye for an eye mother fucker
 Violence is all these animals understand, its what they know. Live by the sword, die by it.

Of course we would feel different if something happened to 1500 swedish women and children, but now its

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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 20, 2025, 08:17:35 PM
It seems some of you forget about the massacre on oct 7th in Israel of 1500 women and children. Masterminded by the regime of iran. They are going to burn for their crimes, and i am going to enjoy watching very much. Van keeps saying Israel attacked iran first, BULLSHIT. had it.been 1500 swedish women and children you would feel differently.

Fuck all of that. Regime change is not the goal, its eye for an eye mother fucker
 Violence is all these animals understand, its what they know. Live by the sword, die by it.

Some dirty pajeet said an eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind :D

So I take it that you're Jewish then; I understand your loyalties. We all are biased based on a multitude of factors. I probably would feel differently if it were Swedes, but as things stand Jews are at the forefront of fucking my whole country, have already done so permanently, so my sympathies lie elsewhere 8)

After what Jews have done to the Palestinians, the Jews' soft power has weakened considerably. People realize their cry of NEVER AGAIN was never meant as a universal condemnation of genocide, or that the world would never again stand by and watch a holocaust unfold. We had "survivors" come to class to preach about how it's never right to kill innocent women and children. But Jews are different, they have the God-given right to destroy Amalek, which includes children. Regarding Oct 7, I don't agree with killing civilians by the Palestinians but previous history since 1948 does affect how things are viewed. It seems the Hannibal directive was applied, confirmed by some IDF spokesmen, IDF killed both captives and kidnappers, so a large % may have been killed by friendly fire so to speak. Netanyahu is still talking about mass rapes and beheaded children which have been proven to be Israeli disinformation. What we do have is IDF on camera committing group homosexual rape. The perpetrators of which were apprehended but then freed from jail by a mob. Polls showed a majority thought the rapes were fine. Says something about moral standards of Israeli society. Then again most Israelis approve of total ethnic cleansing.

Leavitt said the whole world is behind US and Israel on this Iran war. I think that's just factually incorrect. Fact of the matter is that many are not sympathetic to the Israelis after Gaza. Gaza has led people to exploring anti-semitic conspiracy theory (or conspiracy fact, depending on your POV) and "anti-semitism" is spiking everywhere (though when has it ever been reduced, it's always increasing, we need more money to counter it lol). It's so bad that Trump has had to restrict free speech.

If the goal truly is eliminating the nuclear threat you do need regime change. You actually need an invasion and an occupation as well, because you need people on the ground to  account for all nuclear material, see if the centrifuges are truly destroyed, you need to kill all the scientists involved and destroy all their data and know-how, all the politicians and clerics need to be eliminated. If I'm not mistaken you can make a dirty bomb with nuclear material. I think Russians were worried about this wrt Ukraine at some point, they relayed their worries to the Americans who thought it was fake, that they were setting up an alibi for using a nuke preemptively.

This is the guy many claim the CIA wants to fly in after the regime change. I don't know how Iranians in Iran would feel about him. I do know the Iranians I know here don't like the clerics, but many here are homos who would probably want gay pride parades in Tehran. I don't know if the "Crown Prince of Iran" would accomodate that.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 21, 2025, 01:15:41 AM
The entire region is a constant liability to the rest of the world.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: IroNat on June 21, 2025, 04:37:48 AM
Know what to do in case!

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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 21, 2025, 05:07:11 AM
This is the guy many claim the CIA wants to fly in after the regime change. I don't know how Iranians in Iran would feel about him. I do know the Iranians I know here don't like the clerics, but many here are homos who would probably want gay pride parades in Tehran. I don't know if the "Crown Prince of Iran" would accomodate that.

If regime change doesn't come from within then it will be bad for the people of the country regardless of how bad the ayatollahs are. Saddam sucked but in Iraq after western intervention the Iraqis are worse off, IMO. Same with Afghanistan.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: obsidian on June 21, 2025, 05:17:18 AM
There are rumors that Putin's mother was Jewish. She died 2 years ago at the age of 96.

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https://www.quora.com/Was-Vladimir-Putins-mother-Jewish

https://www.rt.com/news/620076-israel-russian-speaking-putin/

Israel ‘almost a Russian-speaking country’ – Putin
The president also noted that Moscow has traditionally had friendly relations with the Islamic world, at SPIEF 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has highlighted Israel’s large Russian-speaking population as one of the key factors in Moscow’s approach to the ongoing Middle East conflict – as well as Russia’s own Muslim population and traditionally friendly relations with the Islamic world.

Speaking at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Thursday, Putin said those who question Russia’s commitment to its partners are “provocateurs” attempting to stir discord. The Russian president underscored the complexity of the Iran-Israel conflict, cautioning against one-size-fits-all expectations of alliances.

“Every conflict is unique,” he said, noting Russia’s nuanced relationships across the region.

Putin highlighted the presence of the nearly 2 million Russian-speaking residents of Israel. “It is almost a Russian-speaking country today. And, undoubtedly, we always take this into account in Russia’s contemporary history,” he said.

He also pointed to Russia’s “friendly, trusting, and allied” relations with the Arab and Islamic world, which include 15% of Russia’s own population and participation as an observer in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.


Putin reiterated Russia’s support for Iran’s right to a peaceful nuclear program – stressing that this support is not merely rhetorical, but demonstrated through concrete cooperation.

“We defend Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy not just in words, but in action,” he said. “Despite all the complexity of the situation around Iran, we built a nuclear reactor in Bushehr... And despite all the challenges and certain risks, we continue this work.”

Putin dismissed criticism that Russia should have done more to support Iran. “Start some kind of combat operations, is that it?” he asked.

“We already have combat operations going on against those who we consider opponents of the ideas we defend and who pose a threat to the Russian Federation,” he said, adding that these opponents are “far behind the frontline” and are “basically the same forces – with Iran and in the case of Russia.”

According to the Kremlin, Putin has a “complete picture” of the situation, as one of the few leaders to speak directly with the heads of Israel, Iran, and the US since the conflict flared up last week.

In a late-night Q&A session on Wednesday, Putin told journalists that Moscow has proposed several compromise frameworks to all parties, suggesting that a settlement should include mutual security guarantees – protecting both Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear technology and Israel’s right to security.

While reaffirming support for Iran’s legitimate interests, Putin clarified on Friday that Russia is not seeking to act as a mediator in the Iran-Israel conflict.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: chaos on June 21, 2025, 07:33:54 AM
It seems some of you forget about the massacre on oct 7th in Israel of 1500 women and children. Masterminded by the regime of iran. They are going to burn for their crimes, and i am going to enjoy watching very much. Van keeps saying Israel attacked iran first, BULLSHIT. had it.been 1500 swedish women and children you would feel differently.

Fuck all of that. Regime change is not the goal, its eye for an eye mother fucker
 Violence is all these animals understand, its what they know. Live by the sword, die by it.

I saw some guy talking about how Israel was built like a fortress and idf were every 10 feet according to him, then he wondered out loud how they could be invaded like that without knowing.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: illuminati on June 21, 2025, 10:00:41 AM
I saw some guy talking about how isreal was built like a fortress and idf were every 10 feet according to him, then he wondered out loud how they could be invaded like that without knowing.

I wouldn't be surprised if they did it themselves to justify attacking.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 21, 2025, 12:47:39 PM
“Despite all the complexity of the situation around Iran, we built a nuclear reactor in Bushehr... And despite all the challenges and certain risks, we continue this work.”



Putin said there were 250 Russians working in Bushehr and would now boost it to perhaps 600.

I saw some guy talking about how isreal was built like a fortress and idf were every 10 feet according to him, then he wondered out loud how they could be invaded like that without knowing.

I've seen a lot of speculation on YT about that. That it was a false flag operation basically. Some military posts were unmanned and so on. I don't know what the truth is.

This fella explains how US troops in Iraq are surrounded by militias loyal to Iran. CIA trained militias! Policy is schizo, US supports enemies in one place when they are useful and fights them at another. Currently Al-Qaeda, ISIS, DAESH etc are "friends" in Syria.
Fella thinks if Iran falls as a counterweight to Sunni terrorists, the Sunnis may turn their animosity towards Israel instead :D



Know what to do in case!

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Interestingly, Ted Postol said if close to where missiles are incoming seek shelter in place, any shelter, don't think there's nothing to be done. Said in WWII when the public was instructed to hit the floor the survivability increased by a third or something like that.

Obviously if you are nuked a desk isn't going to help :D

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 21, 2025, 05:17:04 PM
Relax.

Everyone doom posting, thinking other muslim nations will side with Iran and join any war. It's not gonna happen. Pakistan is and has always been Americas bitch. The Arab powers will condemn any actions from Israel and the US, but they are aligned. They want the Iranian regime to end and stability in the region.

Iran is on it's own here and a couple of bunker buster bombs ends this.

Flexacon > youtube "experts"

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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 21, 2025, 05:26:54 PM
Flexacon > youtube "experts"

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Wow. But hold your horses just a while longer. Now it's really getting interesting.

Declaring victory immediately?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 21, 2025, 05:57:09 PM
Wow. But hold your horses just a while longer. Now it's really getting interesting.

Declaring victory immediately?

Trump is already getting his victory speech ready  :D There may still be some more bombs that fly between Israel and Iran, but it will all fizzle out.

You see there is one important thing here I'm assuming you didn't consider as probably don't believe it, but the Iranian regime do not seek war with Israel despite what people might say.

Their primary objective (based on prophetical reasons) is to stay in power Iran. As long as they are not made to look weak or like cucks, they will take the negotiations/peace route
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 21, 2025, 06:13:20 PM
Ending Iran's nuclear capabilities is the primary goal and that alone will bring stability back to the region.

Any regime change would be a bonus, but it's not a necessity.

Why would they need to kill everyone?

Btw you are doing a great impression of MattC when he would bug out over something  ;D


BREAKING: CBS News reports that the US informed Iran that the strikes on nuclear facilities are all the United States was intending to do, without any plans for regime change.

https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1936591159650054562
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: tacobender on June 21, 2025, 06:38:35 PM
Why did the Nazis hate the Jews? Can anybody actually come up with a logical explanation? Could the Jews have possibly done something to the Nazis? Or Hitler?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 21, 2025, 07:05:17 PM
Trump is already getting his victory speech ready  :D There may still be some more bombs that fly between Israel and Iran, but it will all fizzle out.

You see there is one important thing here I'm assuming you didn't consider as probably don't believe it, but the Iranian regime do not seek war with Israel despite what people might say.

Their primary objective (based on prophetical reasons) is to stay in power Iran. As long as they are not made to look weak or like cucks, they will take the negotiations/peace route

Yeah we will see if Iran responds, if they can respond.

Iran doesn't want war with Israel, as some analysts have said if Israel stopped the genocide, perhaps released all the Palestinian detainees, peace would be immediate. Iran has also sought better relations with the US. According to the Iranians and various analysts at least. There are also Jews who live in Iran and, again according to some analysts, one of whom I watched yesterday say this, feel less "anti-semitism" there than Jews feel in the US.

Seymour Hersh whom I quoted above was right, the bombing came on the weekend.

Quote from: Seymour Hersh
This is a report on what is most likely to happen in Iran, as early as this weekend, according to Israeli insiders and American officials I’ve relied upon for decades. It will entail heavy American bombing. I have vetted this report with a longtime US official in Washington, who told me that all will be “under control” if Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “departs.” Just how that might happen, short of his assassination, is not known.

So Khamenei might "depart" soon but it's said he's already appointed two others to succeed him. So regime change is still on the agenda I think, despite Trump now saying they aren't after a regime change.

A nuclear scientist, who was killed recently by Israel, said in a video that he knew what was coming and he left it in the capable hands of the younger generation.

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 21, 2025, 07:38:00 PM
Yeah we will see if Iran responds, if they can respond.

Iran doesn't want war with Israel, as some analysts have said if Israel stopped the genocide, perhaps released all the Palestinian detainees, peace would be immediate. Iran has also sought better relations with the US. According to the Iranians and various analysts at least. There are also Jews who live in Iran and, again according to some analysts, one of whom I watched yesterday say this, feel less "anti-semitism" there than Jews feel in the US.

Seymour Hersh whom I quoted above was right, the bombing came on the weekend.

So Khamenei might "depart" soon but it's said he's already appointed two others to succeed him.

It has very little to do with the genocide.

The Iranian regime will forever be preparing for war, but they don't seek war (yet)

They are waiting for a descendent of prophet Mohammed called Mahdi to appear. Jesus is gonna show up too and they team up like the avengers and the lead all muslims to war against the antichrist and some Jews (not all)

You can forget what analysts, podcasters and doomers are saying, because until Mahdi, Jesus and the Antichrist show up, the Iranian regime have no appetite for war (only preparing for war)

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 21, 2025, 08:00:58 PM
It has very little to do with genocide.

The Iranian regime will forever be preparing for war, but they don't seek war (yet)

They are waiting for a descendent of prophet Mohammed called Mahdi to appear. Jesus is gonna show up too and they team up like the avengers and the lead all muslims to war against the antichrist and Jews.

You can forget what analysts, podcasters and doomers are saying, because until Mahdi, Jesus and the Antichrist show up, the Iranian regime have no desire for war (only preparing for war)

I'm referring to Gaza and the Palestinian territories in case I wasn't clear. Iran says they have sunk hundreds of billions into Palestine, and have a special government account for Palestine support. So they are committed to their cause. It's only Iran and Yemen who really support Palestine, they are abandoned by the Gulf states and other Sunni states.
I don't think the Iranians ever wanted the bomb, they just wanted some leverage. If the clerics take their religion seriously I'm pretty sure they see using a nuclear bomb as a great sin. That's what Khamenei has always stated anyway. Religious people are notoriously corrupt, maybe the clerics want power for power's sake, and live a life of luxury and hedonism. Maybe, maybe not. I think some Muslims take their religion seriously, like Bin Laden who moved into a cave, when he was immensely wealthy and could have lived a life of hedonism instead. I'm not sure but I think Judaism is more permissive and in my understanding there's not much emphasis on the afterlife. But someone could educate me if I'm wrong.

Evangelical Christians wait for Jesus and Armageddon to start in Israel and they see this Iran war as hastening that process, it's an end-of-days cult. I think, correct me if I'm wrong, that in their interpretation Jews have a chance then to convert or be killed. Jews wait for the building of the third temple, and the Al Aqsa Mosque needs to be destroyed, and then their Messiah, the real Messiah, unlike the son of a whore Jesus, will appear (Jesus is in hell boiling in a vat of shit and semen now according to the Talmud) :D
How Christian Zionists worship the Jews who hate Christ is a little hard to understand, but all these religions are lunatic as far as I'm concerned. Israel founded and funded Hagee's "Christians for Jews" in the US, they may not have that much influence but I'm sure they're useful.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: loco on June 21, 2025, 08:11:21 PM
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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Ron on June 21, 2025, 08:47:51 PM
I saw some guy talking about how Israel was built like a fortress and idf were every 10 feet according to him, then he wondered out loud how they could be invaded like that without knowing.

It is not.  One day I hope you get to go there and see for yourself instead of the vision the TikTokker bullcrap making people think that it is that reality.  It is not.   Tel-Aviv is a modern city,  with many different people and high tech.   Jerusalem is much more ancient, more religious in many areas.  Each city has its own unique style.  But because of Gaza and the fences, and because of the West Bank and the suicide bombers in the past, a wall was built to stop those. Unless you are right next to it, it is different.   Not so much in the last year or two, because of Hamas and the attacks, and the missles from Hezbollah, Hoothies, Iran.   But hopefully, in a few months, things will change.  Hamas will be out, and perhaps new Palestinians who do want peace, and not the destruction of Israel will be more brave and come forward for that reality for their children and families.  Like Syria, which took 30 years.  Like Lebanon is trying to do with keeping Hezbollah in check.



Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 22, 2025, 12:31:18 AM
I'm referring to Gaza and the Palestinian territories in case I wasn't clear. Iran says they have sunk hundreds of billions into Palestine, and have a special government account for Palestine support. So they are committed to their cause. It's only Iran and Yemen who really support Palestine, they are abandoned by the Gulf states and other Sunni states.
I don't think the Iranians ever wanted the bomb, they just wanted some leverage. If the clerics take their religion seriously I'm pretty sure they see using a nuclear bomb as a great sin. That's what Khamenei has always stated anyway. Religious people are notoriously corrupt, maybe the clerics want power for power's sake, and live a life of luxury and hedonism. Maybe, maybe not. I think some Muslims take their religion seriously, like Bin Laden who moved into a cave, when he was immensely wealthy and could have lived a life of hedonism instead. I'm not sure but I think Judaism is more permissive and in my understanding there's not much emphasis on the afterlife. But someone could educate me if I'm wrong.

Evangelical Christians wait for Jesus and Armageddon to start in Israel and they see this Iran war as hastening that process, it's an end-of-days cult. I think, correct me if I'm wrong, that in their interpretation Jews have a chance then to convert or be killed. Jews wait for the building of the third temple, and the Al Aqsa Mosque needs to be destroyed, and then their Messiah, the real Messiah, unlike the son of a whore Jesus, will appear (Jesus is in hell boiling in a vat of shit and semen now according to the Talmud) :D
How Christian Zionists worship the Jews who hate Christ is a little hard to understand, but all these religions are lunatic as far as I'm concerned. Israel founded and funded Hagee's "Christians for Jews" in the US, they may not have that much influence but I'm sure they're useful.

Likely extreme degenerates who would make Epstein Island look like a picnic in comparison.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 22, 2025, 04:46:07 AM
They've been close to a bomb for 25 years. That's a tired old argument. And Russia or Pakistan should have just given them one and allowed them to test it in the desert somewhere for Proof-of-Nuke. I am still wondering why Russia did not do this. Perhaps they don't trust the Iranians 100%? The US has nuclear weapons in numerous nations. They even had some on Okinawa in the 60s, even though Japan technically did not allow it. I know someone that actually worked there.

I'll admit I was wrong. I did not think there was a chance of this happening. But even if Medvedev is lying it looks like it might be a possibility now. Sad.

Quote
A “number of countries” are ready to supply Iran with nuclear warheads following American strikes on nuclear facilities early on Sunday, Russian ex-president Dmitriy Medvedev claimed on social media.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858550#google_vignette (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858550#google_vignette)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: joswift on June 22, 2025, 04:51:44 AM
It is not.  One day I hope you get to go there and see for yourself instead of the vision the TikTokker bullcrap making people think that it is that reality.  It is not.   Tel-Aviv is a modern city,  with many different people and high tech.   Jerusalem is much more ancient, more religious in many areas.  Each city has its own unique style.  But because of Gaza and the fences, and because of the West Bank and the suicide bombers in the past, a wall was built to stop those. Unless you are right next to it, it is different.   Not so much in the last year or two, because of Hamas and the attacks, and the missles from Hezbollah, Hoothies, Iran.   But hopefully, in a few months, things will change.  Hamas will be out, and perhaps new Palestinians who do want peace, and not the destruction of Israel will be more brave and come forward for that reality for their children and families.  Like Syria, which took 30 years.  Like Lebanon is trying to do with keeping Hezbollah in check.

most Palestinians i sense have lost family and friends to Israeli bombs and bullets, finding a majority that want peace will be difficult
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Donny on June 22, 2025, 05:09:47 AM
most Palestinians i sense have lost family and friends to Israeli bombs and bullets, finding a majority that want peace will be difficult
My problem with the situation is they bring their differences  to places like Germany, Palestinians here hate Jews
I think in the USA they don't see this on a daily basis like say here.
Iranians flee conflict to neighboring Turkey – DW – 06/20/2025 https://share.google/T5abj9ROTh1z3Yf0P
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Donny on June 22, 2025, 05:12:28 AM
Old video from about 7 years ago & I can tell you it's got much worse.
I wouldn't like to be a Jew in Berlin
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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: B_B_C on June 22, 2025, 05:28:42 AM


Read my lips - no more forever wars


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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: joswift on June 22, 2025, 05:57:25 AM
My problem with the situation is they bring their differences  to places like Germany, Palestinians here hate Jews
I think in the USA they don't see this on a daily basis like say here.
Iranians flee conflict to neighboring Turkey – DW – 06/20/2025 https://share.google/T5abj9ROTh1z3Yf0P

on their way to the UK
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Donny on June 22, 2025, 06:09:08 AM
on their way to the UK
Yes & the shit will start. ..of course Bart Simpson in Idaho will scream  hell yeah..go Trump but he won't live with the whole problem in his back yard.
I just think if the USA does the Bombing they should take responsibility for the aftermath
I don't want anymore of these fucking savages in my neighbourhood
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: oldschoolfan on June 22, 2025, 06:31:52 AM
What is Russia going to do? Its threats are meaningless. Ukraine has exposed Russia’s conventional military as second-rate at best. Russia’s only threat is the nuclear one and I doubt they can handle that competently.

olympia you got that right russias military is a joke, they cant even take ukraine ,they have no navy now as well
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 22, 2025, 08:31:36 AM
olympia you got that right russias military is a joke, they cant even take ukraine ,they have no navy now as well

We will see in the future. Might take a while, Russia hasn't been in a hurry. But Russia doesn't want to "take" Ukraine. They have said all along that they want a sovereign Ukraine but it cannot form a hostile block with the US. Because the US is hostile, do you deny that? When the US goals have been documented for decades. If Russia wanted to destroy the Ukraine don't you think they could easily do that? They look beyond, they will have to live with the Ukrainians in the future. Russia hasn't even targeted the leadership which they easily could, like US and Israel have done in Iran. I don't pretend to know everything that happens there, these are just my impressions so far 8)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 22, 2025, 04:23:04 PM
We will see in the future. Might take a while, Russia hasn't been in a hurry. But Russia doesn't want to "take" Ukraine. They have said all along that they want a sovereign Ukraine but it cannot form a hostile block with the US. Because the US is hostile, do you deny that? When the US goals have been documented for decades. If Russia wanted to destroy the Ukraine don't you think they could easily do that? They look beyond, they will have to live with the Ukrainians in the future. Russia hasn't even targeted the leadership which they easily could, like US and Israel have done in Iran. I don't pretend to know everything that happens there, these are just my impressions so far 8)

Russia can’t do anything “easily” militarily. You think they want to be mired in a war of attrition with Ukraine? If they could’ve destroyed Ukraine, or taken out its leadership, they would have. Have you seen the videos of Russian soldiers going to the front on personal motorcycles? Russia’s soldiers have low morale and are ill-equipped. Russia has nuclear weapons and that’s about it.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 22, 2025, 04:27:50 PM
Russia can’t do anything “easily” militarily. You think they want to be mired in a war of attrition with Ukraine? If they could’ve destroyed Ukraine, or taken out its leadership, they would have. Have you seen the videos of Russian soldiers going to the front on personal motorcycles? Russia’s soldiers have low morale and are ill-equipped. Russia has nuclear weapons and that’s about it.

Latinos are very passionate people
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 23, 2025, 12:23:25 AM
Latinos are very passionate people
Thankfully they don't have nukes.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: BigRo on June 23, 2025, 01:36:25 AM
We will see in the future. Might take a while, Russia hasn't been in a hurry. But Russia doesn't want to "take" Ukraine. They have said all along that they want a sovereign Ukraine but it cannot form a hostile block with the US. Because the US is hostile, do you deny that? When the US goals have been documented for decades. If Russia wanted to destroy the Ukraine don't you think they could easily do that? They look beyond, they will have to live with the Ukrainians in the future. Russia hasn't even targeted the leadership which they easily could, like US and Israel have done in Iran. I don't pretend to know everything that happens there, these are just my impressions so far 8)

Russia has given everything it has and it still can't claim Ukraine as its own. Putin just said he considers Ukraine to be Russia already. They tried to take Kyiv so what's that about sovereignty? And many tens of thousands of "liberated" Ukrainians in Mariupol and other places.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Donny on June 23, 2025, 01:40:07 AM
Russia has given everything it has and it still can't claim Ukraine as its own. Putin just said he considers Ukraine to be Russia already. They tried to take Kyiv so what's that about sovereignty? And many tens of thousands of "liberated" Ukrainians in Mariupol and other places.
No it hasn't
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 23, 2025, 02:30:20 AM
Say what you want about Russias Military but we all can agree on one thing


US MILITARY is TOP NOTCH

US MILITARY DELIVERS

US MILITARY = Most Efficient in The World!

Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: B_B_C on June 23, 2025, 02:36:30 AM
Say what you want about Russias Military but we all can agree on one thing


US MILITARY is TOP NOTCH
US MILITARY DELIVERS
US MILITARY = Most Efficient in The World!


= brilliant Israeli  control of the US
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 23, 2025, 02:48:09 AM
= brilliant Israeli  control of the US

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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: BigRo on June 23, 2025, 03:30:21 AM
No it hasn't

detailed comeback.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 23, 2025, 03:45:54 AM
No it hasn't

4000 destroyed tanks and 250 000 dead Russians later.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: OlympiaGym on June 23, 2025, 04:06:54 AM
US stock market futures up. No concern in US about the conflict expanding or negatively impacting the economy.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 23, 2025, 04:21:09 AM
Russia has given everything it has and it still can't claim Ukraine as its own. Putin just said he considers Ukraine to be Russia already. They tried to take Kyiv so what's that about sovereignty? And many tens of thousands of "liberated" Ukrainians in Mariupol and other places.

You can frame it any way you wish, I'm just an outsider and don't have personal affinity for either side. If I had a personal connection I might think differently. Various analysts have given several different reasons why they prefer to take it slow, and I'm not going to rehash them all here, but many of them sounded logical. For example, now Iran has different options in their war with US/Israel and various analysts say their best bet is to get into a slower attrition war with Israel, exhaust Israel's AD, don't do anything drastic to pull the US in too much. Similar has been proposed with Ukraine, like Russia could have done something drastic after the bombing of the strategic fleet, but that might have pulled the US in, it was a trap where the Ukrainians counted on a massive retaliation. Russia may prefer to attrit Ukraine more slowly. Russia has the Oreshniks and they could mobilize more troop if things got really critical. Some have suggested Russia is advising Iran right now telling them to keep a cool head and don't, for example, attack Saudi oil. Would you at least admit there might be such considerations?

Russia can’t do anything “easily” militarily. You think they want to be mired in a war of attrition with Ukraine? If they could’ve destroyed Ukraine, or taken out its leadership, they would have. Have you seen the videos of Russian soldiers going to the front on personal motorcycles? Russia’s soldiers have low morale and are ill-equipped. Russia has nuclear weapons and that’s about it.

You really think they couldn't take out the leadership? They don't have the bombs to do it? They don't have the intelligence? Come on man, there are many reasons you don't take out leadership, I very much doubt they lack the ability. Like Israel/US hasn't taken out the ayatollah and Trump claimed he didn't want to... yet. Said he could at any time. Is that cope and the truth is they haven't been able to? The motorcycles, I think there was talk about donkeys as well lol?, well some have claimed there was some advantage to using motorcycles, but that may have been a cope, I don't know :D

It is admitted that Russia produces more missiles and military hardware in a month that the EU plus US does in a year! This is mainstream sources saying it.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: IroNat on June 23, 2025, 04:23:12 AM
https://defensefeeds.com/military-tech/air-force/aircraft-bombs/gbu-57-mop/

According to military reports, the GBU-57 penetration depth allows the bomb to drive through 60 meters(about 200 feet) of earth or 18 meters (nearly 60 feet) of reinforced concrete, capabilities that no other conventional weapon can match.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: IroNat on June 23, 2025, 04:25:18 AM
4000 destroyed tanks and 250 000 dead Russians later.

Over 1 million Ukrainians dead.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 23, 2025, 04:49:21 AM
Over 1 million Ukrainians dead.

Some claim Russian losses as over 1 million as well.

Whatever the losses, they're more than the US deaths in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq 1 and 2, and Afghanistan combined!
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 23, 2025, 05:01:18 AM
Some claim Russian losses as over 1 million as well.

Whatever the losses, they're more than the US deaths in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq 1 and 2, and Afghanistan combined!
Over 1 million Ukrainians dead.

US, Ukr and NATO intelligence (propaganda) agencies say 60-100 thousand Ukrainians dead and 1 million Russians. Russians claim 1.5 million Ukr KIAs and like double "casualties." with like 1:10th as many Russians. I don't believe either side but would lean more on the Russian side, though I don't know.

A while back Ukraine initially didn't want to accept 6000 frozen bodies from Kursk. Some say because the numbers look really bad, and maybe because they now have to pay the relatives.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 23, 2025, 12:13:14 PM
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/23/sounds-familiar-was-this-said-about-iraq-in-2003-or-iran-in-2025 (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/23/sounds-familiar-was-this-said-about-iraq-in-2003-or-iran-in-2025)

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Looking back, the rhetoric that paved the way for that invasion seems unsettlingly familiar. The US, along with the United Kingdom, tried to convince the world that Iraq had WMDs as the war progressed.

How well can you tell the difference? Read these 10 statements and decide: were they made in the lead-up to the 2003 war or in 2025?

I got 6/10  ;D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 23, 2025, 01:12:45 PM
Guys on this thread are saying regime change isn't the goal. But now the Israelis are themselves confirming the focus has shifted and regime change is on the agenda. Who would have guessed :D


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Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 23, 2025, 01:56:45 PM
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So what's you explanation for Trump's post about regime change?  ;) Yeah I know he bullshits and misdirects all the time, 5D chess baby!
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 23, 2025, 02:10:23 PM
So what's you explanation for Trump's post about regime change?  ;) Yeah I know he bullshits and misdirects all the time, 5D chess baby!

What Trump wants and what he's told needs to happen are not the same things.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 23, 2025, 04:02:48 PM
What Trump wants and what he's told needs to happen are not the same things.

Are you saying Trump isn't really in control? Who is really pulling the levers? :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: B_B_C on June 23, 2025, 04:11:06 PM
Are you saying Trump isn't really in control? Who is really pulling the levers? :D

on this occasion donald is Bens boi
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 23, 2025, 04:21:20 PM
on this occasion donald is Bens boi

I think it’s the illuminati
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Never1AShow on June 23, 2025, 05:03:07 PM
All you have to do for all these predictions is see who pretty much always predicts Trump will lose and then just stop paying attention to them.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Raymondo on June 24, 2025, 01:20:58 PM
Some claim Russian losses as over 1 million as well.

Whatever the losses, they're more than the US deaths in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq 1 and 2, and Afghanistan combined!

They dont give two shits about their own people and historically never did.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 24, 2025, 03:31:47 PM
Are you saying Trump isn't really in control? Who is really pulling the levers? :D

Probably Netanyahu or Big Ron Avidanhu
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 24, 2025, 04:13:41 PM
Probably Netanyahu or Big Ron Avidanhu

Someone who absolutely detests the evil Bibi said he's an extremely competent politician whereas Trump's nowhere near that level. Obviously Bibi finally got what he's wanted for decades and got a US President to bomb Iran. Then he kissed Trump's ass afterwards to flatter him. I imagine Bibi isn't happy if the US withdraws from further attacking Iran, though I think here they absolutely needed a breather since it's been reported Israel only had defensive missiles for a few more days. But it's far from over for Israel* Nor for the US; both will absolutely demand Iran hand over all their uranium. If you looked at the news today it says some US intelligence agencies estimated the nuclear program is still there, probably only set back a few months, the bombing failed to reach its objective. I think Trump blocked a briefing about it for some congress members.

Quote
CNN: "The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it.

The assessment, which has not been previously reported, was produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s intelligence arm. It is based on a battle damage assessment conducted by US Central Command in the aftermath of the US strikes, one of the sources said.Two of the people familiar with the assessment said Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed. One of the people said the centrifuges are largely “intact.” Another source said that the intelligence assessed enriched uranium was moved out of the sites prior to the US strikes.

“So the (DIA) assessment is that the US set them back maybe a few months, tops,” this person added.
"

 Further, former Russian President Medvedev claims Iran has now been offered nuclear warheads from several states! One of which was North Korea. So the world security situation is now far worse.

Israel will do much more fighting in the future, not just in Iran.

*Greater Israel
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 25, 2025, 12:21:42 AM
^^^ Even if they get or have a nuke can they actually deliver it? The latest set of bombings only landed less than 5%.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: GymnJuice on June 25, 2025, 04:11:34 AM
^^^ Even if they get or have a nuke can they actually deliver it? The latest set of bombings only landed less than 5%.

This is part of why I don't think the US needs to worry about an Iranian nuke. If Iran gets a nuke, it is a much bigger problem for Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Europe. If they're so crazy and going to nuke everyone it forces other people to watch over the Iranian nuclear program. It doesn't have to be our problem. It should be their problem long before it becomes our problem.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Donny on June 25, 2025, 04:18:12 AM
This is part of why I don't think the US needs to worry about an Iranian nuke. If Iran gets a nuke, it is a much bigger problem for Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Europe. If they're so crazy and going to nuke everyone it forces other people to watch over the Iranian nuclear program. It doesn't have to be our problem. It should be their problem long before it becomes our problem.

The USA only gets involved when it suits their needs.
they´re not " Captain America " saving the free world...let´s not be fooled here.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: IroNat on June 25, 2025, 04:19:26 AM
^^^ Even if they get or have a nuke can they actually deliver it? The latest set of bombings only landed less than 5%.

FedEx or UPS.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 25, 2025, 05:22:26 AM
Someone who absolutely detests the evil Bibi said he's an extremely competent politician whereas Trump's nowhere near that level. Obviously Bibi finally got what he's wanted for decades and got a US President to bomb Iran. Then he kissed Trump's ass afterwards to flatter him. I imagine Bibi isn't happy if the US withdraws from further attacking Iran, though I think here they absolutely needed a breather since it's been reported Israel only had defensive missiles for a few more days. But it's far from over for Israel* Nor for the US; both will absolutely demand Iran hand over all their uranium. If you looked at the news today it says some US intelligence agencies estimated the nuclear program is still there, probably only set back a few months, the bombing failed to reach its objective. I think Trump blocked a briefing about it for some congress members.

 Further, former Russian President Medvedev claims Iran has now been offered nuclear warheads from several states! One of which was North Korea. So the world security situation is now far worse.

Israel will do much more fighting in the future, not just in Iran.

*Greater Israel

Wonder how they think they could control that territory?
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on June 25, 2025, 05:27:22 AM
Are you saying Trump isn't really in control? Who is really pulling the levers? :D

Israel.  What do you think the Epstein situation was all about?  Gathering kompromat on politicians, in order to ensure they serve the interests of Israel.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 25, 2025, 07:43:11 AM
Israel.  What do you think the Epstein situation was all about?  Gathering kompromat on politicians, in order to ensure they serve the interests of Israel.

I've been saying this all along :D At least in theory, Trump could have pushed back against Zionism, The Lobby and so on but it would have taken gigantic balls. There was likely no desire to do so in the first place. I don't know how ordinary Americans feel about this state of affairs, how many question that Israel own congress completely.
Effectively, Netanyahu is the President of the US and Trump is maybe the VP, if even that.

This is part of why I don't think the US needs to worry about an Iranian nuke. If Iran gets a nuke, it is a much bigger problem for Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Europe. If they're so crazy and going to nuke everyone it forces other people to watch over the Iranian nuclear program. It doesn't have to be our problem. It should be their problem long before it becomes our problem.


It's everyone's problem. If I'm allowed to be an alarmist again, what this bombing did is that the International Non-Proliferation Treaty is now likely toast. Iran is now likely out, the program is now underground so to speak. Medvedev and the Russians now warn that Iran has also been offered ready made nuclear warheads. The Russians have always said Iran should never get the bomb. I didn't find the post right now, but I hear Trump said something like, "Did I hear the former President of Russia say the n-word?! That they will give Iran nukes!" Either he is monumentally stupid or he is playing stupid games again. Obviously that's not what Medvedev said, he sounded alarms about the new situation. Both China and Russia are completely against Iran ever acquiring nuclear warheads, obviously. Because if they do, then Saudi and Turkey will also acquire them. That is a nightmarish situation. I will say that it's unlikely Iran would ever use one if they had it because it's obviously mutually assured destruction, well Iran's complete destruction Iran at least, but other actors could get involved which could lead to MAD. Trump says if they had one they would immediately use it! Sigh. I think there's a bigger chance Israel uses one, say if they know Iran now for certain just acquired one. Someone asked if they could deliver one and if the Iron Dome could shoot it down like all the other missiles they've shot down. MIT Prof Ted Postol explained that ballistic missile nukes can have like 20 decoy warheads each. They are disguised in inflatable balloons. So when you have an incoming nuke you have to guess which one is the real warhead, a one in twenty chance.

What this PR bombing stunt did was make the world security situation a thousand times worse. I just checked and Trump is spouting his total obliteration and "nuclear program set back 20 years crap"; it was really stupid to celebrate a WIN immediately. Only a total dumbass would do that. And he's posting these Nobel Peace Prize nominations. An utter embarrassment, the laughingstock of the whole world. Fucking wait a few hours to see how the situation develops FFS! Is the US and Israel now sitting complacent knowing Iran's nuclear material is God know where, and knowing someone else might give Iran a warhead? Of course not. Trump is desperate to not be dragged into a bigger ME war, to his credit, but he is neck deep in shit. Netanyahu played him and he just had to do something for the Jews to please his donors and get these praises on Fox News... he's on TV!!!!!! Which to him is the measure of success. But he's a boomer and doesn't understand that most people don't watch TV anymore, they get their new from social media, podcast, alternative sources.

I can't help writing this long winded crap, sorry.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: chaos on June 25, 2025, 10:57:11 AM
The USA only gets involved when it suits their needs.
they´re not " Captain America " saving the free world...let´s not be fooled here.
Sounds like your country might be next for a "regime change" if you keep talking like that. :D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: B_B_C on June 25, 2025, 11:17:42 AM
The USA only gets involved when it suits their needs.
they´re not " Captain America " saving the free world...let´s not be fooled here.

Its not clear how  going to war on Iran suits its  "needs"
It certainly satisfies some of its desires
 
Far better for its needs would be getting over its butt-hurt over the siege of its Teheran Embassy in 1979. 

The supposed weapons of mass destruction situation in Iraq almost certainly would have not arisen if it were not for the massive support the US gave Iraq when it (Iraq) invaded Iran in 1980


In the present situation  Iran V Israel    Kissinger might say  "It's a pity they both can't lose." if he was seriously alive
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 25, 2025, 11:32:26 AM
The supposed weapons of mass destruction situation in Iraq almost certainly would have not arisen if it were not for the massive support the US gave Iraq when it (Iraq) invaded Iran in 1980

Yes. The US and Trump say, among other things, "do you know how many US troops have been killed and maimed by Iranian weapons in Iraq!!!" Well, what was the US doing in Iraq in the first place? Iran shares borders with Iraq, the US came to fight a war thousands of miles from home. US armed Iraq and Saddam in its fight against Iran. Gave Iraq chemical weapons. And even more schizo, Iran backed militias have been trained by the US and are now a security threat to US personnel there. Current Syrian president al Sharaa, whom Trump now fawns over, was an al Qaeda general killing US troops in Iraq. You can't make this stuff up but it's real. Years ago a Jewish friend of mine said about Israel, "just nuke the whole place, both sides." Perhaps ironically he's had multiple Iranian girlfriends, all were psychos. One was an on and off gf for like 10 years, constant drama and tears lol. I remember what he did not like were kurds for whatever reason, I didn't ask why at the time.

I guess God bless Iran as Trump says. Bibi won't say that :D

Look at what the Christian Zionist Graham said.



Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Donny on June 26, 2025, 12:00:08 AM
Sounds like your country might be next for a "regime change" if you keep talking like that. :D
The UK definitely needs a big change 😄 but as far as Germany goes Trump won't have any problems with Merz ( the  Blackrock man ) his tongue is firmly in Donald's cheeks 🤣
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 26, 2025, 12:39:08 AM
FedEx or UPS.
That is thinking outside the box. Foreign governments should hire you as a consultant IroNat.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 26, 2025, 04:07:45 AM
So what's you explanation for Trump's post about regime change?  ;) Yeah I know he bullshits and misdirects all the time, 5D chess baby!

So what's you explanation for Trump's post saying he doesn't want a regime change?  ;)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Methyl m1ke on June 26, 2025, 04:17:59 AM
So what's you explanation for Trump's post saying he doesn't want a regime change?  ;)
trump acts like a woman always being dramatic and changing his mind every time he farts. He is quickly fizzling out and looks to be a lame duck sadly.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 26, 2025, 04:29:08 AM
trump acts like a woman always being dramatic and changing his mind every time he farts. He is quickly fizzling out and looks to be a lame duck sadly.

What Trump wants and what he's told needs to happen are not the same things.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Royalty on June 26, 2025, 06:17:53 AM
trump acts like a woman always being dramatic and changing his mind every time he farts. He is quickly fizzling out and looks to be a lame duck sadly.

You faked your own death after a Joon posted your ugly pictures. 😂
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 26, 2025, 07:08:25 AM
So what's you explanation for Trump's post saying he doesn't want a regime change?  ;)

Well what Methyl m1ke said. The guy can change his mind in the middle of a sentence. Does he even know himself what he wants to do, I doubt it. I know what he wants, to WIN, and the strategy and goal changes in seconds. He is obsessed with praise and accolades, he demands a Nobel Peace Prize a minute after declaring a ceasefire (let's not forget him aiding a new holocaust, that can never be forgotten and probably can never be forgiven, maybe God can).

Unfortunately Israel clamped down hard with censorship on all media so we can't assess how much damage Israel took, but it has to be considerable or they would have proudly show how ineffective Iran's missiles were, like they did when Iran launched that missile and drone barrage earlier. I'd like to know how much damage particularly Israel's ports took. Both sides are now sure to be re-arming and planning frenetically. We don't know how much help is coming from China and Russia. During all this, Gaza was forgotten, tons of people at the food delivery sites, women and children were massacred, I think someone said 100 people the other day. Netanyahu cried about when that evacuated hospital took a bit of unintended damage, he said this is where children usually slept! That is rich when at the same time they are intentionally targeting defenseless women and children in Gaza :(
I'm not a "fan" of Islam or arabs or whatever but it's usually agreed that intentionally targeting children is always wrong and evil. You don't have to be a muslim apologist to think that. With US supplied weapons, and Trump wants a Nobel Peace Price. That's rich ::)
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Flexacon on June 26, 2025, 08:06:45 AM
Well what Methyl m1ke said. The guy can change his mind in the middle of a sentence. Does he even know himself what he wants to do, I doubt it. I know what he wants, to WIN, and the strategy and goal changes in seconds. He is obsessed with praise and accolades, he demands a Nobel Peace Prize a minute after declaring a ceasefire (let's not forget him aiding a new holocaust, that can never be forgotten and probably can never be forgiven, maybe God can).

Unfortunately Israel clamped down hard with censorship on all media so we can't assess how much damage Israel took, but it has to be considerable or they would have proudly show how ineffective Iran's missiles were, like they did when Iran launched that missile and drone barrage earlier. I'd like to know how much damage particularly Israel's ports took. Both sides are now sure to be re-arming and planning frenetically. We don't know how much help is coming from China and Russia. During all this, Gaza was forgotten, tons of people at the food delivery sites, women and children were massacred, I think someone said 100 people the other day. Netanyahu cried about when that evacuated hospital took a bit of unintended damage, he said this is where children usually slept! That is rich when at the same time they are intentionally targeting defenseless women and children in Gaza :(
I'm not a "fan" of Islam or arabs or whatever but it's usually agreed that intentionally targeting children is always wrong and evil. You don't have to be a muslim apologist to think that. With US supplied weapons, and Trump wants a Nobel Peace Price. That's rich ::)

Thanks for the explanation MattC VB  ;D
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: loco on June 26, 2025, 08:24:00 AM
Iran’s supreme leader warns against further American attacks in his first statement since ceasefire

Khamenei spoke in a recorded video broadcast on Iranian state television, his first appearance since June 19. The 86-year-old looked and sounded more tired than he did only a week ago, speaking in a hoarse voice and occasionally stumbling over his words.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-102534072.html


Dude finally emerges in the open from hiding in his nursing home bunker.  The ceasefire must be real then, at least for now.  Libtards are fuming.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 27, 2025, 12:10:27 AM
Iran’s supreme leader warns against further American attacks in his first statement since ceasefire

Khamenei spoke in a recorded video broadcast on Iranian state television, his first appearance since June 19. The 86-year-old looked and sounded more tired than he did only a week ago, speaking in a hoarse voice and occasionally stumbling over his words.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-102534072.html


Dude finally emerges in the open from hiding in his nursing home bunker.  The ceasefire must be real then, at least for now.  Libtards are fuming.
The guy has more balls than brains.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Griffith on June 27, 2025, 01:32:42 AM
Iran’s supreme leader warns against further American attacks in his first statement since ceasefire

Khamenei spoke in a recorded video broadcast on Iranian state television, his first appearance since June 19. The 86-year-old looked and sounded more tired than he did only a week ago, speaking in a hoarse voice and occasionally stumbling over his words.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-102534072.html


Dude finally emerges in the open from hiding in his nursing home bunker.  The ceasefire must be real then, at least for now.  Libtards are fuming.

When a country has a 'Supreme Leader' you already know it's a complete shithole  :-\
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Van_Bilderass on June 27, 2025, 03:42:00 AM
When a country has a 'Supreme Leader' you already know it's a complete shithole  :-\

I know one other guy who wants to be  'Supreme Leader' with freedom to make unilateral decisions and his constituents agree.
Title: Re: Israel strikes Iran - 06-12-25
Post by: Kwon on June 27, 2025, 04:45:43 AM
I know one other guy who wants to be  'Supreme Leader' with freedom to make unilateral decisions and his constituents agree.

King Shizzo?