Author Topic: LIVE THREAD: US and Israel vs. Iran, Part Two (Read 58005 times)

rustynail · « **Reply #350 on:** March 05, 2026, 05:31:59 pm »

Eric Daugherty
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🚨 JUST IN: SecWar Pete Hegseth says he's DONE with "dumb" rules of engagement, the US is going all-out in Iran

"The DUMB, politically correct wars of the past were the OPPOSITE of what we're doing here!"

"They had vague objectives with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement. No more!"

"Our authorities are maxed out. Our capabilities are overwhelming and gathering still!"

DCPatriot · « **Reply #351 on:** March 05, 2026, 05:33:16 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on March 05, 2026, 05:28:07 pm

Some nasty shit. If they are using those I bet they start sending bio weapons next. They are desperate.

...which clearly proves the claim that if they had a nuke, they would certainly use it, without a second thought.

Bigun · « **Reply #352 on:** March 05, 2026, 05:35:26 pm »

Quote from: rustynail on March 05, 2026, 05:31:59 pm

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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🚨 JUST IN: SecWar Pete Hegseth says he's DONE with "dumb" rules of engagement, the US is going all-out in Iran

"The DUMB, politically correct wars of the past were the OPPOSITE of what we're doing here!"

"They had vague objectives with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement. No more!"

"Our authorities are maxed out. Our capabilities are overwhelming and gathering still!"

And that right there is the best thing to come out of this to date!

DCPatriot · « **Reply #353 on:** March 05, 2026, 05:39:12 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on March 05, 2026, 05:35:26 pm

And that right there is the best thing to come out of this to date!

That's right! Enough of this "Proportionate Response" era or conducting 'war'.

Wingnut · « **Reply #354 on:** March 05, 2026, 05:41:03 pm »

Quote from: DCPatriot on March 05, 2026, 05:33:16 pm

...which clearly proves the claim that if they had a nuke, they would certainly use it, without a second thought.

Thankfully so!

bigheadfred · « **Reply #355 on:** March 05, 2026, 05:42:23 pm »

https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/2029685495416975550

bigheadfred · « **Reply #356 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:09:42 pm »

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2029693763388424701

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #357 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:09:54 pm »

Quote from: BobfromWB on March 05, 2026, 05:27:20 pm

And? Who is going to take Iran to court? Illegal shmiggle

True! As are Chemical and Biological weapons. I 100% expect Iran to use all those warheads.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #358 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:18:34 pm »

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2029684432471277734

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #359 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:23:40 pm »

Thank heavens the war will be a distant memory by the midterms.

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/2029634960747893095

bigheadfred · « **Reply #360 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:25:38 pm »

Israeli Air Force
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Translated from Hebrew
The Air Force has launched a wave of strikes in Beirut

The Air Force has begun striking infrastructure of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Dahiyeh in Beirut.

bigheadfred · « **Reply #361 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:27:00 pm »

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/2029697083137995181

bigheadfred · « **Reply #362 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:28:20 pm »

Faytuks Network
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U.S. B-2 stealth bombers dropped dozens of deep-penetration munitions on underground missile complexes in the past hour, per CENTCOM commander.

bigheadfred · « **Reply #363 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:29:24 pm »

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2029698021575844285

bigheadfred · « **Reply #364 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:31:21 pm »

Faytuks Network
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Gulf leaders are privately urging President Donald Trump to continue the war with Iran, warning that ending it now would leave them facing a wounded and hostile regime on their borders, according to The Economist. They fear Tehran would learn that striking Gulf states can pressure Washington to change course.

Fishrrman · « **Reply #365 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:31:50 pm »

RINO snorts in #280 above:
"Anything short of a knockout of the Iranian regime is failure. Winning this fight on points means that the Iranian regime lives to fight again."

You're 100% correct, of course.
That means "regime change", or even moreso, the obliteration of the regime as it exists now.

As I posted yesterday, this is going to require a scene similar to this one:

NOTHING LESS can or will be considered "victory".

And the surrender must be followed by "an occupation" of sorts -- to determine that all nuclear facilities have been discovered, and cleaned out properly.

The occupation might also require a short rule by the U.S. Military, a la Japan post WW2.
With the subsequent selection of new "rulers" after sufficient vetting.

If you want to WIN, then you must accept the responsibilites and take proper actions AFTER you have vanquished the enemy, as above. As we did in both Europe and Japan when the war was over.

Let the Shah's son come back, perhaps as a figurehead. But MAKE IT CLEAR to him that his rule will be limited in time and restrained in force. And that any abrogation of such will result in a withdrawal of western support.

That's my opinion and I ain't changin' it.

bigheadfred · « **Reply #366 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:32:28 pm »

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2029697843708186916

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #367 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:32:45 pm »

Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on March 05, 2026, 06:23:40 pm

Thank heavens the war will be a distant memory by the midterms.

https://twitterlcom/JackPosobiec/status/2029634960747893095

It had better be, or it will qualify as a "forever war."

PeteS in CA · « **Reply #368 on:** March 05, 2026, 06:50:21 pm »

Quote from: BobfromWB on March 05, 2026, 05:18:13 pm

They have some very advances missiles that have not been listed as being used yet.

Ask AI:

Key systems include the Khorramshahr 4, a 2,000 km-range missile with a 1,500 kg warhead and 30-meter accuracy, and the Sejjil, a two-stage solid-fueled MRBM.

Iran has also developed hypersonic missiles like the Fattah-1 and Fattah-2, capable of Mach 13 speeds.

5 days into the campaign and Iran has not used any of them? They're saving them for ... what? At the risk of the things being destroyed? That sounds like the things are vaporware - experiments that have been expended in testing or only existing in propaganda.

libertybele · « **Reply #369 on:** March 05, 2026, 07:00:23 pm »

Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on March 05, 2026, 06:23:40 pm

Thank heavens the war will be a distant memory by the midterms.

https://twitterlcom/JackPosobiec/status/2029634960747893095

IIRC Trump and Hegseth said this battle should be over in a couple of days. Also someone stated (my memory fails me) that this is not a 'war'.

There's not supposed to be any nation building?? So the Iranian people are on their own. There's no way to dismantle all the 'bad guys' and evilness. I'm not seeing how we're not eventually going to need to have boots on the ground over there. Maybe I'm missing something???

Don't get me wrong I stand with Trump and his actions in doing away with the Ayatollah. As Condi Rice commented, the job of completely dismantling Iran needs to be finished. I agree.

libertybele · « **Reply #370 on:** March 05, 2026, 07:14:56 pm »

Quote from: PeteS in CA on March 05, 2026, 06:50:21 pm

5 days into the campaign and Iran has not used any of them? They're saving them for ... what? At the risk of the things being destroyed? That sounds like the things are vaporware - experiments that have been expended in testing or only existing in propaganda.

Hard to tell what the Iranians and allies are going to do next. I'm surprised at the fire power that they've displayed so far. One thing is for certain, further production of weapons needed to be stopped when the U.S. and Israel attacked them.

I'm still concerned about the sleeper cells in this country .... silently waiting ... I'm guessing there will be attacks, we just don't know when. Things are too quiet IMO for comfort.

Bigun · « **Reply #371 on:** March 05, 2026, 07:15:27 pm »

Quote from: Fishrrman on March 05, 2026, 06:31:50 pm

RINO snorts in #280 above:
"Anything short of a knockout of the Iranian regime is failure. Winning this fight on points means that the Iranian regime lives to fight again."

You're 100% correct, of course.
That means "regime change", or even moreso, the obliteration of the regime as it exists now.

As I posted yesterday, this is going to require a scene similar to this one:

NOTHING LESS can or will be considered "victory".

And the surrender must be followed by "an occupation" of sorts -- to determine that all nuclear facilities have been discovered, and cleaned out properly.

The occupation might also require a short rule by the U.S. Military, a la Japan post WW2.
With the subsequent selection of new "rulers" after sufficient vetting.

If you want to WIN, then you must accept the responsibilites and take proper actions AFTER you have vanquished the enemy, as above. As we did in both Europe and Japan when the war was over.

Let the Shah's son come back, perhaps as a figurehead. But MAKE IT CLEAR to him that his rule will be limited in time and restrained in force. And that any abrogation of such will result in a withdrawal of western support.

That's my opinion and I ain't changin' it.

FWIW, I think that opinion is shared by a lot of folks including myself. @Fishrrman

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #372 on:** March 05, 2026, 07:36:31 pm »

https://twitter.com/FDRLST/status/2029691358332531170

PeteS in CA · « **Reply #373 on:** March 05, 2026, 07:39:29 pm »

How Israel’s Blue Sparrow Strike Flew Through Space and Caught Iran Off Guard

https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/03/05/how-israels-blue-sparrow-strike-flew-through-space-and-caught-iran-off-guard-n4950296

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Israel delivered one of the most dramatic and accurate military strikes in modern Middle East history when a precision ballistic missile killed Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Talk about warheads on foreheads!

Israeli forces used a Blue Sparrow air-launched ballistic missile fired from an F-15 fighter jet. The Sparrow traveled hundreds of miles, climbed high above the atmosphere, then plunged nearly straight down onto Khamenei's compound in Tehran. The steep reentry path produced enormous impact energy, leaving Iran's air defense systems little time to react. The explosion destroyed the compound and killed senior Iranian leadership gathered in the building.
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Israeli F-15 jets and other aircraft were deployed at around 7:30 a.m. Iran time, with the aircraft unleashing 30 missiles, including Blue Sparrows, to the heart of the Ayatollah's compound about two hours earlier.

The missile's ability to exit and reenter the Earth's atmosphere makes it nearly impossible to intercept, allowing the bombs to clear Iran's defense systems.

The weapon that carried out the strike originated as part of Israel's missile testing program for its Arrow ballistic missile defense system. Israel developed the Blue Sparrow as a target missile designed to simulate long-range threats such as Iran's Shahab-3 ballistic missile.

Defense planners from Israel later adapted the platform for operational use. When launched from an aircraft such as an Israeli Air Force F-15, the missile climbs on a ballistic arc that carries it beyond the dense layers of the atmosphere before reentering at extreme speed. The final descent occurs at a very steep angle, compressing reaction time for radar-tracking and interception systems.

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #374 on:** March 05, 2026, 07:46:17 pm »

They're telecommuting.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #375 on:** March 05, 2026, 07:48:33 pm »

Quote from: Hoodat on March 04, 2026, 08:50:43 pm

Open Source Intel
@Osint613The fifth and sixth U.S. soldier who were killed in Kuwait has been identified as:

Maj. Jeffrey R. O'Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa.

CWO 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California.

7:20 PM · Mar 4, 2026 · 31.2K Views

https://x.com/Osint613/status/2029366349907026058

mystery-ak · « **Reply #376 on:** March 05, 2026, 07:54:38 pm »

President Trump urged the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the military and the police to lay down their arms Thursday.

Speaking in the East Room, Trump said, “I'm once again calling on all members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the military and the police to lay down their arms.”

“They're only going to be killed. And now is the time to stand up for the Iranian people and help take back your country," Trump warned.

“You're going to have a chance, after all these years, to take back your country,” he said before asking them to “accept immunity.”

“You'll be perfectly safe with total immunity,” Trump said before warning they would “face absolutely guaranteed death” if they didn't take the offer up.
Posted by Emma Bussey

mystery-ak · « **Reply #377 on:** March 05, 2026, 07:55:51 pm »

Iran has attacked 12 countries so far since Operation Epic Fury was unleashed by the U.S. and Israel, CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper said in a Pentagon briefing Thursday.

His comments came as the military operation entered its seventh day.

“What I will point out is this is now the 12th country, that Iran has attacked 12 countries,” Cooper told reporters.

“And it goes right back to the secretary's point. Those 12 countries are none too happy," he said

“And I look forward to working with all the partners who are willing to join us in this.”

Ahead of Cooper's comments, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had described how Iran had been targeting allied countries and “pulling them into the U.S. orbit.”

“What Iran is doing by targeting allied countries that would otherwise want to stay out of this, they've actually pulled them into the American orbit,” Hegseth explained.

“So now you've got UAE and Qatar and Bahrain and Saudi and Kuwait and others saying, hey, we're with you. Here's we'll shoot with you, we'll fly with you, we'll defend with you.”

“It's actually firming up the unity of the resistance in order to focus exactly where we need to,” he said.

Hegseth's and Cooper's remarks followed a meeting with top CENTCOM commanders on Operation Epic Fury.
Posted by Emma Bussey

mystery-ak · « **Reply #378 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:00:09 pm »

https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/2029687664497283189

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #379 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:01:22 pm »

This makes sense about where Iranian warship was heading and what it was going to do before it got blown out of the water by an American SSN.

http://twitter.com/WardoftheStates/status/2029321700018688319

Wingnut · « **Reply #380 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:02:58 pm »

Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on March 05, 2026, 07:36:31 pm

https://twitter.com/FDRLST/status/2029691358332531170

Does that make you sad. RiV?

Wingnut · « **Reply #381 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:05:50 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on March 05, 2026, 07:46:17 pm

They're telecommuting.

With Pagers?

libertybele · « **Reply #382 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:12:14 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on March 05, 2026, 08:02:58 pm

No importing of refugees! We need a moratorium on importing of refugees and allowing migrants into this country. Trump has finally stopped the overwhelming influx of people coming into our country. Let's keep it that way!

Wingnut · « **Reply #383 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:13:14 pm »

Quote from: libertybele on March 05, 2026, 08:12:14 pm

No importing of refugees! We need a moratorium on importing of refugees and allowing migrants into this country. Trump has finally stopped the overwhelming influx of people coming into our country. Let's keep it that way!

Yup.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #384 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:17:14 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on March 05, 2026, 08:02:58 pm

Does that make you sad. RiV?

You believe the "not planning on it" means we won't be taking ME refugees? Oy, vavoy

No wonder this country's in trouble.

Wingnut · « **Reply #385 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:25:48 pm »

Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on March 05, 2026, 08:17:14 pm

You believe the "not planning on it" means we won't be taking ME refugees? Oy, vavoy No wonder this country's in trouble.

If it means taking beautiful young Persian women in over old craggy muzzie men... Then I'm okay.

Bigun · « **Reply #386 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:30:17 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on March 05, 2026, 08:25:48 pm

If it means taking beautiful young Persian women in over old craggy muzzie men... Then I'm okay.

You should get a glimpse of some of those Kurdish ladies!

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #387 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:31:09 pm »

Quote from: libertybele on March 05, 2026, 08:12:14 pm

No importing of refugees! We need a moratorium on importing of refugees and allowing migrants into this country. Trump has finally stopped the overwhelming influx of people coming into our country. Let's keep it that way!

Right, which is how we got all those Somalis and Haitians in the first place back in the 1990s, and then the Arabs after Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, and Syria. This includes the 9/11 hijackers from Saudi Arabia. And has anybody ever asked how all these Palestinians and other Arabs that are infesting our very expensive universities and colleges got here, and who is supporting them financially on a mass scale?

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #388 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:33:24 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on March 05, 2026, 08:25:48 pm

If it means taking beautiful young Persian women in over old craggy muzzie men... Then I'm okay.

Yeah, Persian women are old world ethnic Caucasians and not Arab, and are stunningly beautiful! I've met a few in my travels and there is a big difference between them and the much plainer and plumper Arab women.

Wingnut · « **Reply #389 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:33:35 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on March 05, 2026, 08:30:17 pm

You should get a glimpse of some of those Kurdish ladies!

I never had the pleasure. But back in the 70's before the revolution they could rock the Casbah!

Wingnut · « **Reply #390 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:40:34 pm »

Quote from: Timber Rattler on March 05, 2026, 08:33:24 pm

Yeah, Persian women are old world ethnic Caucasians and not Arab, and are stunningly beautiful! I've met a few in my travels and there is a big difference between them and the much plainer and plumper Arab women.

Amen.
When I was in college, before Carter screwed the pooch in 79, we had many Iranians on campus. Loved western culture. And loved American men.

Bigun · « **Reply #391 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:41:34 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on March 05, 2026, 08:33:35 pm

I never had the pleasure. But back in the 70's before the revolution they could rock the Casbah!

I have had the pleasure and can assure you of that!

Wingnut · « **Reply #392 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:44:36 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on March 05, 2026, 08:41:34 pm

I have had the pleasure and can assure you of that!

You devil you!

Trumps wife is pretty but the almond eyes are a turn off. Give me the round eyes!

mystery-ak · « **Reply #393 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:44:57 pm »

https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/2029725370371424476

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #394 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:48:50 pm »

I wonder how confident the ChiComs are now about their big new People's Liberation Army-Navy that they've been building and cruising around the western Pacific bullying Taiwan and the Philippines?

mystery-ak · « **Reply #395 on:** March 05, 2026, 08:52:56 pm »

A-10 Thunderbolt II

https://twitter.com/pr0ud_americans/status/2029574234414932420

mystery-ak · « **Reply #396 on:** March 05, 2026, 09:00:37 pm »

https://twitter.com/AlBuffalo2nite/status/2029711992026464755

mystery-ak · « **Reply #397 on:** March 05, 2026, 09:01:26 pm »

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2029736065221726498

mystery-ak · « **Reply #398 on:** March 05, 2026, 09:16:46 pm »

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2029740962369405166

240B · « **Reply #399 on:** March 05, 2026, 09:29:55 pm »

Ayatollah Khamenei’s son, who is front-runner for supreme leader, was treated for impotency, couldn’t find a wife [gay?]

New York Post
By Alex Oliveira and Emily Crane
March 4, 2026

That’s one rocket he won’t be launching.

The son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who is reportedly the favorite to succeed his despotic father in power — was treated for “impotency” so severe that he had to be hospitalized numerous times, diplomatic leaks show.

Follow live updates on the US and Israel’s war with Iran

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, underwent several stints of treatment at the Wellington and Cromwell Hospitals in London after having a hard time conceiving with his wife, US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks in the late 2000s showed.

The regime hardliner was reportedly so soft that he checked into the clinics at least four times — including a stay that lasted two months before he was finally able to knock up his wife.

(more)
https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/world-news/ayatollah-khameneis-son-now-tipped-to-be-supreme-leader-was-apparently-treated-for-impotency-in-uk-hospitals-report