Live Thread: Israel, US launch attack on Iran

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028546879982579979

[bigheadfred]

Faytuks Network
@FaytuksNetwork
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BREAKING: The UAE is projected to exhaust its interceptor missile stock within one week at the current rate of fire, and Qatar within four days; both are urgently seeking additional military support from the United States - Bloomberg

[libertybele]

Faytuks Network
@FaytuksNetwork
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BREAKING: The UAE is projected to exhaust its interceptor missile stock within one week at the current rate of fire, and Qatar within four days; both are urgently seeking additional military support from the United States - Bloomberg

What about the support of Britain, France, Germany, Canada, etc.??

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/4thOfJuly365/status/2028513105701900543

[PeteS in CA]

Sancho Panza was the smart, wise one as opposed to Don Quixote's quixotic world view.

He was a bit of a comic figure as well as long-suffering in his common sense. IRRC, his name, "Panza", was a reference to his appetite and girth. My perspective may have been, at the time I read Don Quixote de la Mancha, colored by my parents' stage of life, but I found the (English translation) book deeply sad.

[PeteS in CA]

https://twitter.com/maziehirono/status/2028532827474596290

She's the same ... who ritually asked every Trump judicial nominee if the nominee had ever sexually assaulted anybody. Definitely sub-genius and Trump-Hatred-obsessed.

[MeganC]

She's the same ... who ritually asked every Trump judicial nominee if the nominee had ever sexually assaulted anybody. Definitely sub-genius and Trump-Hatred-obsessed.

Maizie Hirono needs to follow her heroes Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. 

[bigheadfred]

U.S. Central Command
@CENTCOM
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Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO. The Iranian regime has harassed and attacked international shipping in the Gulf of Oman for decades. Those days are over. Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global economic prosperity for more than 80 years. U.S. forces will continue to defend it.

[PeteS in CA]

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/2028500886855565718

A handful each of 70s-80s vintage MiG-29s and Su-24s are Iran's most modern aircraft. How well maintained and upgraded - kludge or effective - they are is an interesting question. Several MiG-29s were destroyed on the ground, on the first day of the attacks.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Iran had already attacked ... October 7, 2023 ... Americans were murdered, raped, and kidnapped.

They hoped to use ICBM's with nuclear warheads for their next attack.

She's the same ... who ritually asked every Trump judicial nominee if the nominee had ever sexually assaulted anybody. Definitely sub-genius and Trump-Hatred-obsessed.

[PeteS in CA]

Because that isn't what he is doing at all!

  Though "regime change" will be happening, IYKWIM. Would calling it Whack a Mullah be bad taste?

[PeteS in CA]

...
A seasoned president solidifies his support before announcing the start of a war because -- the glorious rush of adrenaline aside --- this is a political undertaking with political repercussions. No one is suggesting Trump should have distributed the attack maps, just make the prospect of war real and palatable ---- even wrap it in the flag.
...

Do you seriously believe a majority of Dems would support anything significant done by Trump? Beware bridge toll concession sales-critters if you do.

[libertybele]

She's the same ... who ritually asked every Trump judicial nominee if the nominee had ever sexually assaulted anybody. Definitely sub-genius and Trump-Hatred-obsessed.

I read it too quickly; this is coming from a bat crap crazy Senator not a statement put out by the Pentagon.  My bad.

[Bigun]

Though "regime change" will be happening, IYKWIM. Would calling it Whack a Mullah be bad taste?

I see it as step one toward getting the ME back to where it was before Jimmuh CAAtA f'd everything up.

[libertybele]

Ridiculous?  Was it ridiculous when the Bush boys built voter support for their misadventures @libertybele

A seasoned president solidifies his support before announcing the start of a war because -- the glorious rush of adrenaline aside --- this is a political undertaking with political repercussions. No one is suggesting Trump should have distributed the attack maps, just make the prospect of war real and palatable ---- even wrap it in the flag.

This should've been a slam dunk for him.  I'm stunned he messed it up so badly.  But, if anyone can fix it, he can 

@Right_in_Virginia  Does a seasoned president solidifiy his support when the information that he has signals that we had roughly 2 weeks before Iran struck us?  How many leaks do you think would have made it to the Ayatollah's ears?

I'm not stunned at all BTW, I'd be stunned if he would have come before a very liberal Trump-hating Congress and asked "pretty please". 

Also ... waiting on the answer to my question to you about Bibi.

[libertybele]

I see it as step one toward getting the ME back to where it was before Jimmuh CAAtA f'd everything up.

I apologize BIGLY.  I had just become old enough to vote and Carter was my guy...old enough to vote but too young to know any better.  No internet back then to do any research....MSM news was the 'word' I took for granted back then to be true.  I have never voted DEM since.

[Bigun]

I apologize BIGLY.  I had just become old enough to vote and Carter was my guy...old enough to vote but too young to know any better.  No internet back then to do any research....MSM news was the 'word' I took for granted back then to be true.  I have never voted DEM since.

You and millions of others but most of them are far too proud to admit their mistake! 

[Cyber Liberty]

I apologize BIGLY.  I had just become old enough to vote and Carter was my guy...old enough to vote but too young to know any better.  No internet back then to do any research....MSM news was the 'word' I took for granted back then to be true.  I have never voted DEM since.

Carter broke a lot of people of their Democrat voting habits.

[Bigun]

Carter broke a lot of people of their Democrat voting habits.

I'm pretty sure I didn't vote at all in 1976 as I was living and working half a world away at the time.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Check the morgue.  That would be the last place anyone would look for a living human being. 

They should also check all the goat stables, another favorite object of theirs to buggar.

[Wingnut]

I apologize BIGLY.  I had just become old enough to vote and Carter was my guy...old enough to vote but too young to know any better.  No internet back then to do any research....MSM news was the 'word' I took for granted back then to be true.  I have never voted DEM since.

1976 was the 1st election I could vote in.  I voted for that smiling Plains GA peanut farming asshole too.  Other than a vote for Ross Peroit that one weird year it has been Repub all the time.

[Lando Lincoln]

1976 was the 1st election I could vote in.  I voted for that smiling Plains GA peanut farming asshole too.  Other than a vote for Ross Peroit that one weird year it has been Repub all the time.

I voted for Gerald R. Ford whose namesake naval vessel is involved in this action. Ironic.

[corbe]

   When Stone and Manafort shut down Reagan at the 76 GOP Convention, I like others, refused to vote for Ford/Dole and just sat that one out.

[Smokin Joe]

I see that you noticed that! @DB 

Yeah, it is such a common thing that I ignore it any more. I'll die from carpal tunnel if I responded to that crap every time I saw it (mostly on X--try to explain fundamental econ in 140 characters).

[DB]

   When Stone and Manafort shut down Reagan at the 76 GOP Convention, I like others, refused to vote for Ford/Dole and just sat that one out.

I was 14... No vote for me...

[BobfromWB]

Agree, and my opinion of this changes if DJT takes us in a Bushian nation building direction.  But ....  as long as the Mullah's were hell bent on a nuclear bomb (and this has been proven), we needed to act.

Right! There is no proof despite mountains of evidence, images, videos; everyone knows that nuclear reactors in the muslim world need uranium enriched to at least 90% to work correctly ... only countries in the West need uranium enriched to a lousy 4% to make nuclear reactors generate power ...

 

[Smokin Joe]

IMO, Trump's messaging sequence was messed up --- absolutely upside down and inside out @libertybele

Trump needed to prepare us for a real possibility of war before he started dropping bombs.  If I could, I'd go back to Saturday, put Trump in a suit behind the resolute desk, reserve network airtime and have him give an 8 minute speech to the American people to update them, focusing on why this war would be necessary (based on current events more than on those from 43 years ago).

I would have ended the speech assuring the American people that the appropriate members of Congress have been notified and are up-to-date on developments and his administration is fully prepared for war as it continues to work for peace.

This ⬆️ should have dominated the Sunday talk shows ---- a president in control, strong, prepared, unapologetic.  ----

Instead he spoke through social media at 3:00 am early Sunday morning to announce a war had begun ----  and then was out of pocket for the next 12+ hours giving the democrats time to hone their attack points unobstructed.

Trump needs to fix this.

Two carrier groups moved in and all the aircraft shuffling and you had no clue there was going to be some sort of action? UK denying Diego Garcia? (not normal, so why would they even mention it as being closed for hostilities).

The only question has been when, not if.

If you want to knock your opponent out, you don't announce your punches on Sunday talk shows, you just do the job.

As for Congress, aside from the minimum, don't or you might as well take out a full Page ad in the NY Times.

[Fishrrman]

All I see in the last few pages is members arguing over the past.

It ain't the past no mo'. Stop nipping at each others' rear ends.

My posts speak to today, and to the future.

How many troops will be needed in Iran, and what will be their mission?

Will some kind of formal surrender be in order?

If so, how will it be obtained?

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/2028555295954285053

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/MOSSADil/status/2028565414545109033

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/MOSSADil/status/2028574587156349028

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/2028564957181235326

[DB]

All I see in the last few pages is members arguing over the past.

It ain't the post no mo'. Stop nipping at each others' rear ends.

My posts speak to today, and to the future.

How many troops will be needed in Iran, and what will be their mission?

Will some kind of formal surrender be in order?

If so, how will it be obtained?

I think it all comes down to how many Islamists verses anti-Islamists there are in the country. And I have no idea what those numbers are. If a solid majority land in the anti-Islamist camp, then Iran will likely go in that direction. The Islamists will be hunted down and killed for what they've done to so many. Otherwise, it will remain Islamist and all that goes with that.

It is possible that more moderate Islamists will make a deal with Trump by surrendering their nuclear ambitions and Trump calling it day.

So far, I've not seen any solid evidence of where it's going.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2028567954162589932

[DB]

https://twitter.com/MOSSADil/status/2028565414545109033

Carpet bomb the Iranian coast line along the straight leaving nothing standing.

[mystery-ak]

...assuming they can read...

https://twitter.com/AzeriTimes/status/2028469681238036959

[BobfromWB]

All I see in the last few pages is members arguing over the past.

It ain't the post no mo'. Stop nipping at each others' rear ends.

My posts speak to today, and to the future.

How many troops will be needed in Iran, and what will be their mission?

Will some kind of formal surrender be in order?

If so, how will it be obtained?

The number of troops needed and their mission will be what it is - if it comes to that. Quit jumping ahead and making strawman arguments about things that are not realities. You may as well ask how many asteroids have to hit Earth to end all life.

The formal surrender will come at the end of nooses strung up by the Iranians people ...

[bigheadfred]

U.S. Central Command
@CENTCOM
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CENTCOM Update

TAMPA, Fla. – As of 4 pm ET, March 2, six U.S. service members have been killed in action. U.S. forces recently recovered the remains of two previously unaccounted for service members from a facility that was struck during Iran's initial attacks in the region. 

Major combat operations continue. The identities of the fallen are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification.

[BobfromWB]

https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/2028555295954285053

Sunken? ? ?

[Sighlass]

**Bookmark**

[DefiantMassRINO]

Iran will make that claim whether or not it's true just to cause volatility and uncertainty in Western economies and markets.

Iran says will set fire to any ship passing Strait of Hormuz
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603023446


US says Iran now has 'zero' ships in southern waters
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603028969

Carpet bomb the Iranian coast line along the straight leaving nothing standing.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028573602157666426

[BobfromWB]

https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2028567954162589932

Translation: we have plenty of martyrs on personal watercraft packing explosives will to die for our glory, and lots of anti-ship missiles and drones to blow up your crappy oil tankers. We also have go-fast boats with missiles that will swarm them while raking their decks with heavy machiegun fire. Go home infidels, or die!

[bigheadfred]

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
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🚨 BREAKING:

🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iranian reports say that the Iranian parliament in Tehran has been targeted within the last few minutes by strikes from the Israeli Air Force.

Source: Fars News Agency

[BobfromWB]

Iran will make that claim whether or not it's true just to cause volatility and uncertainty in Western economies and markets.

Iran says will set fire to any ship passing Strait of Hormuz
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603023446


US says Iran now has 'zero' ships in southern waters
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603028969

Iran does not need ships to close the Strait.

[verga]

[verga]

https://twitter.com/alexplitsas/status/2028515931173826662

Can i adopt her? I have always wanted a total B@D@$$ daughter,

[the OlLine Rebel]

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/2028457608529522842

Shout out to my dad, may he RIP.  practically his whole career was devoted to B1.  We still have much of the accoutrements of his recognition for the electronics, the mugs, model, the shirts, and the retirement photo.

He was always resentful no attention was paid to B1 while the B2 gets all the hype.  But B1 actually does most of the work.

Nice to finally see some reports even on it.

[DCPatriot]

Shout out to my dad, may he RIP.  practically his whole career was devoted to B1.  We still have much of the accoutrements of his recognition for the electronics, the mugs, model, the shirts, and the retirement photo.

He was always resentful no attention was paid to B1 while the B2 gets all the hype.  But B1 actually does most of the work.

Nice to finally see some reports even on it.

 

[verga]

Shout out to my dad, may he RIP.  practically his whole career was devoted to B1.  We still have much of the accoutrements of his recognition for the electronics, the mugs, model, the shirts, and the retirement photo.

He was always resentful no attention was paid to B1 while the B2 gets all the hype.  But B1 actually does most of the work.

Nice to finally see some reports even on it.

God Bless him and the others just like him.