2026-02-28 Iran War - Israel and USA strikes Iran - "Preemptive Strike"

[B_B_C]

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-and-totalenergies-agree-end-offshore-wind-projects-lowering-costs-american

TotalEnergies has committed to invest approximately $1 billion—the value of its renounced offshore wind leases—in oil and natural gas and LNG production in the United States. Following their new investment, the United States will reimburse the company dollar-for-dollar, up to the amount they paid in lease purchases for offshore wind. Under this innovative agreement driven by President Donald J. Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda, the American people will no longer pay for ideological subsidies that benefited only the unreliable and costly offshore wind industry.

Additionally, in light of the national security concerns, TotalEnergies has pledged not to develop any new offshore wind projects in the United States.

“This agreement is yet another win for President Trump’s commitment to affordable and reliable energy for all Americans,” said Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. “Offshore wind is one of the most expensive, unreliable, environmentally disruptive, and subsidy-dependent schemes ever forced on American ratepayers and taxpayers. We welcome TotalEnergies’ commitment to developing projects that produce dependable, affordable power to lower Americans' monthly bills while providing secure U.S. baseload power today—and in the future.” 

[Van_Bilderass]

Easily.

You still have not explained how. Trump would like to know. Call him! Just Do It!

I don't expect anyone to watch video this long but if feeling so inclined perhaps watch a few minutes of this chaos. I thought it was a good discussion

Here is a good discussion of how the Iranians can claim they never wanted a bomb while enriching to 60%. Ted makes the argument Iran is most likely capable of building "10 bombs" very quickly right now if they so choose, Iran is more incentivized in doing so now as opposed to when there was the JCPOA and before this war. There is only the dialogue way now, short of completely nuking the country with a few dozen nukes. Of course Andrew Anglin whose article I
posted above makes the argument that thinking logically Bibi's intention from the start was to nuke Iran, other angles just don't fit and I like his argument.

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Ted says the Iron Dome 87% interception rate was always a bunch of BS, more like 5%, but now with all the radars gone Israel is completely defenseless in case Iran attacks/defends again. I'm pretty sure the US will attack shortly with a very certain devastating response. So again, what other plan could there be short of nukes?

Ted is a Jew btw, in case it matters.

[chaos]

Based on what I read trump has the fastest rate of debt accumulation and it is him and obama that have the most debt. I see that Biden is clocked at 8.3 T and Trump about 7.9 T

I would argue that trumps run ups are self- inflicted for the most part and that Obama contended with the 2008 crisis which induced a bail out and biden contended with Covid (which also saw debt increase similarly across many countries). Although part of trumps term was covid.

However Biden had one term so its not a fair assessment on my part. At the end of his term trump will be number 1 by a wide margin as he is essentially tied with Biden right now.I believe estimates put his current rate as contributing nearly 1/3 of overall debt if the current trend continues.

"I don't follow politics" Shows complete obsession with everything Trump related. Welcome to TDS, Negrosis.

[GymnJuice]

Ted says the Iron Dome 87% interception rate was always a bunch of BS, more like 5%, but now with all the radars gone Israel is completely defenseless in case Iran attacks/defends again. I'm pretty sure the US will attack shortly with a very certain devastating response. So again, what other plan could there be short of nukes?

I agree with skepticism of official claims about the Iron Dome’s interception rate. It’s significantly lower than reported. I also believe Iran inflicted more damage on US bases in the Gulf than has been publicly acknowledged.

That said, if Israel’s interception rate were truly as low as 5% Iran would have launched the rest of its missile arsenal by now. After all, we’ve already demonstrated our willingness to assassinate Iranian leadership directly, so they have little incentive to hold back. The fact that they haven’t unleashed everything suggests the interception rate can’t be nearly that low.

[Rambone]

Has Fox News covered this yet, boomers? The irony!

[obsidian]

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[Van_Bilderass]

I agree with skepticism of official claims about the Iron Dome’s interception rate. It’s significantly lower than reported. I also believe Iran inflicted more damage on US bases in the Gulf than has been publicly acknowledged.

That said, if Israel’s interception rate were truly as low as 5% Iran would have launched the rest of its missile arsenal by now. After all, we’ve already demonstrated our willingness to assassinate Iranian leadership directly, so they have little incentive to hold back. The fact that they haven’t unleashed everything suggests the interception rate can’t be nearly that low.

Well the explanation is that Iran has observed extremely careful escalation parity with US/Israel so far, or whatever you may call it. For example, if Iran had wanted to simply destroy Israel it should have been able to do it in a couple of days, just launch all missiles in one continuous wave? But almost every expert believes they have carefully rationed out their missiles, more advanced missiles introduced as time went on, older ones first. Plus an extreme response would always cause an extreme further response. Israel's very existence threatened = guaranteed nukes coming. As Ted says the Iranians are NOT suicidal irrational actors, it's Israel that is the irrational one.

Iran's "nuke option" = control of the straits. Destroy a US carrier, destroy Israel = nukes incoming = suicide. Instead this has been a very rational game so far by Iran. Plus I believe Russia and China have a say in what Iran does.

[LurkerNoMore]

Bibi issues a new order to the Orange Toddler.

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Based on reports as of early May 2026, Israeli officials have indicated to the U.S. that if diplomatic efforts fail, any renewed conflict must include targeting Iran's entire energy infrastructure. Israeli officials expressed that the chances for a nuclear deal are slim and urged that strikes target key Iranian energy facilities and national infrastructure to weaken the regime.
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[chaos]

Well the explanation is that Iran has observed extremely careful escalation parity with US/Israel so far, or whatever you may call it. For example, if Iran had wanted to simply destroy Israel it should have been able to do it in a couple of days, just launch all missiles in one continuous wave? But almost every expert believes they have carefully rationed out their missiles, more advanced missiles introduced as time went on, older ones first. Plus an extreme response would always cause an extreme further response. Israel's very existence threatened = guaranteed nukes coming. As Ted says the Iranians are NOT suicidal irrational actors, it's Israel that is the irrational one.

Iran's "nuke option" = control of the straits. Destroy a US carrier, destroy Israel = nukes incoming = suicide. Instead this has been a very rational game so far by Iran. Plus I believe Russia and China have a say in what Iran does.

LOL

Bibi issues a new order to the Orange Toddler.

You can call him President Toddler, you peasant.