LIVE THREAD: US and Israel vs. Iran, Part Two

[bigheadfred]

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2034211120970440985

[bigheadfred]

Mossad Commentary
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🇫🇷 FRANCE SURRENDERS AGAIN: France’s special envoy for Lebanon says it would be unreasonable to expect the Lebanese government to disarm Iran‑backed Hezbollah while the country is being bombed by Israel, adding that only negotiations can resolve the crisis and reduce hostilities.

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[bigheadfred]

The Iran Watcher 🇮🇷
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🖤 The Islamic Republic executed a man who appears to have held permanent residency in Sweden.

Kourosh Keyvani was accused of spying for Israel with no independent evidence ever made public.

Arrested during the war fast tracked through the system and sentenced to death.

Since the conflict began arrests and executions on vague espionage charges have surged with many more at risk.

This is not justice. This is a cover to eliminate young Iranians under the guise of national security.

[Timber Rattler]

AlexandruC4
@AlexandruC4

Europe could offer to help Trump on Iran — if he backs Ukraine, Finland’s Stubb suggests - Politico

Exact wrong approach to take with Trump.  Feels like blackmail, to which he will react very negatively.  These high-level European bureaucrats sure are stupid in how they deal with him.

[bigheadfred]

Mossad Commentary
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🚨 BREAKING: The IDF announces it will strike crossings over the Litani River starting midday, aiming to block Hezbollah reinforcements and weapons transfers.

💥The move signals expanded efforts to isolate southern Lebanon battle zones and disrupt Iran-backed supply routes into frontline areas.

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[Hoodat]

About Joe Kent

https://x.com/lamps_apple/status/2034090437833630130

[Timber Rattler]

Show me where Trump used the actual words surrender.  Link to a credible source where he actually said that Ukraine must surrender.

Trump and Putin never use the word "surrender" but the euphemisms "peace deal" or "ending the bloodshed," which require Ukrainian capitulation.

The stories are just too numerous to post here because I don't want to derail this thread, so I refer you back to the Ukraine War thread.  Here are a few though.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/putin-trump-donetsk-war-ukraine/

The officials said that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff pressed the Ukrainian delegation about handing over Donetsk during the meeting Friday, noting that the region is mostly Russian-speaking, a frequent Kremlin talking point that Ukrainian and European officials view as sympathetic to Russia’s demands.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/world/europe/us-russia-ukraine-peace-plan.html

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-europe-troops-ukraine-peace-deal-2033823

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/16/world/trump-putin-meeting-alaska#trump-putin-approach-ukraine

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/trump-ukraine-peace-plan-russia-donbas

Doesn't matter at this point four years down the road who the aggressor was.  This thing has turned into a meat grinder...a stalemate.

Cut the losses and move on.

Well that's easy for you to say as an American but if you a Ukrainian, which would you surrender 20% of your country's land and hollow out your army as part of a corrupt "land for peace" deal, knowing full well that Putin wants all of Ukraine, and would just use Donetsk as a new staging area for a second invasion across the Dnieper River in a year or two?

Good thing that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Winston Churchill never "cut their losses and moved on."

[bigheadfred]

Faytuks Network
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Israel Defense Minister: “Significant surprises are expected today across all arenas that will escalate the war to a new level.”

[BobfromWB]

You're equating a negotiated peace plan with surrender.

They are two completely different things.

The Russian "peace plan" is a surrender. Read it!!

[Cyber Liberty]

Trump and Putin never use the word "surrender" but the euphemisms "peace deal" or "ending the bloodshed," which require Ukrainian capitulation.

The stories are just too numerous to post here because I don't want to derail this thread, so I refer you back to the Ukraine War thread.  Here are a few though.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/18/putin-trump-donetsk-war-ukraine/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/world/europe/us-russia-ukraine-peace-plan.html

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-europe-troops-ukraine-peace-deal-2033823

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/16/world/trump-putin-meeting-alaska#trump-putin-approach-ukraine

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/trump-ukraine-peace-plan-russia-donbas

Well that's easy for you to say as an American but if you a Ukrainian, which would you surrender 20% of your country's land and hollow out your army as part of a corrupt "land for peace" deal, knowing full well that Putin wants all of Ukraine, and would just use Donetsk as a new staging area for a second invasion across the Dnieper River in a year or two?

Good thing that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Winston Churchill never "cut their losses and moved on."

Not saying you are wrong, but it will take a whole shaker of salt with sources like WaPo, NYT, Newsweek and Axios.

[DCPatriot]

Not saying you are wrong, but it will take a whole shaker of salt with sources like WaPo, NYT, Newsweek and Axios.

LOL!  Started singing "Margaritaville".   

[mystery-ak]

A senior Israeli official told Fox News on Wednesday that Iran’s Minister of Intelligence Esmaeil Khatib, who was killed overnight in a precision strike, previously survived an attack that eliminated dozens of Iranian leaders.

The official said the strike against Khatib was enabled by a joint U.S.-Israeli intelligence effort and described Khatib as a central player in plots targeting American officials.

"This man had American blood on his hands. His network specifically targeted current and former U.S. officials, including President Donald Trump," the official added.

Khatib had previously survived a sweeping strike on Iran’s senior leadership at the "Defense Council" compound in Tehran during the opening phase of Operation Epic Fury, where more than 40 Iranian leaders were killed in roughly 40 seconds, according to the official.

He was reportedly the only person to survive the initial attack.

"Today, he met the fate of his combatant comrades," the official told Fox News.

Fox News' Trey Yingst contributed to this report.
Posted by Ashley Carnahan

[mystery-ak]

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia said they repelled fresh attacks as Iran continues to fire at its Gulf neighbors in response to joint U.S.-Israeli military action against the regime.

The UAE said on Wednesday that its aerial defense systems "engaged 13 ballistic missiles and 27 UAVs launched from Iran."

"Since the onset of the blatant Iranian aggression, UAE air defenses have engaged 327 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,699 UAVs," it added.

Saudi Arabia shot down a ballistic missile targeting the area of the Prince Sultan Air Base, which hosts American forces and aircraft, and two drones targeting Riyadh's diplomatic quarter, which houses the U.S. Embassy and other foreign missions, according to The Associated Press.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2034257400325161252

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2034254359702163780

[Kamaji]

Rob Lee
@RALee85

"Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of U.S. forces in the region, people familiar with the matter said...

The technology provided includes components of modified Shahed drones, which are meant to improve communication, navigation and targeting, the people said. Russia has also been drawing on its experience using drones in Ukraine, offering tactical guidance on how many drones should be used in operations and what altitudes they should strike from, said the people, who included a senior European intelligence officer.

Russia has been providing Iran with the locations of U.S. military forces in the Middle East as well as those of its regional allies, The Wall Street Journal has reported. That cooperation has deepened in early days of the war, with Russia recently providing satellite imagery directly to Iran, said two of the people, the officer and a Middle Eastern diplomat.

The assistance is similar to intelligence the U.S. and European allies have given to Ukraine in recent years, analysts say. In the Gulf, Moscow’s aid is believed to have helped Iran with recent strikes on U.S. radar systems in the region, said the people. Those strikes have included an early warning radar for a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, system in Jordan, as well as other targets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman."
@tggrove @milanczerny @benoitfaucon



https://wsj.com/world/russia-is-sharing-satellite-imagery-and-drone-technology-with-iran-0dd95e49

3:49 PM · Mar 17, 2026  ·  80.7K Views

https://x.com/RALee85/status/2034009149500002587

And yet, Trump still has the “hots” for Putin.  Go figure.

[Kamaji]

How about, fvck you, smiley?

 How about Trump start really supporting US troops by accepting that his bromance with Putin was always one-sided and that Putin is now actively helping Iran kill American troops?

Or is Trumps Zelenskyy derangement syndrome so strong that he will willingly sacrifice the lives of American troops on the altar of his love for Putin?

[rustynail]

 Gen. Curtis LeMay, "If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting."

[mystery-ak]

 

Trump to attend dignified transfer of US service members killed in western Iraq plane crash

President Donald Trump is heading to Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday to attend the dignified transfer of six U.S. service members recently killed in a plane crash in western Iraq,  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

“This is, I know, the hardest thing the president does as commander-in-chief and as president,” Leavitt said. “He made it a point to adjust his schedule, to be there, to grieve with these families.”

“Today, I'll be going with him and just keep those families in your thoughts and your prayers as they endure this unimaginable time,” she added.

The KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq last Thursday during a combat mission in support of Operation Epic Fury.

The airmen involved were assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida and the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, according to U.S. government and state officials.

Those killed were Maj. John "Alex" Klinner, 33; Capt. Ariana Savino, 31; Tech. Sgt. Ashley Pruitt, 34; Capt. Seth Koval, 38; Capt. Curtis Angst, 30; and Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons, 28. 

Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond

[Cyber Liberty]

How about Trump start really supporting US troops by accepting that his bromance with Putin was always one-sided and that Putin is now actively helping Iran kill American troops?

Or is Trumps Zelenskyy derangement syndrome so strong that he will willingly sacrifice the lives of American troops on the altar of his love for Putin?

 

[MeganC]

Laundry fire?  Need to clean lint out of dryer vents?

Entirely possible on a new ship of a new class that is still in the shakeout phase.

[MeganC]

How about Trump start really supporting US troops by accepting that his bromance with Putin was always one-sided and that Putin is now actively helping Iran kill American troops?

Or is Trumps Zelenskyy derangement syndrome so strong that he will willingly sacrifice the lives of American troops on the altar of his love for Putin?

 

[Kamaji]

So you’re perfectly fine with Trumps best friend Putin sending targeting information on US troops and installations to Iran.  Nice to know.

[MeganC]

@Kamaji is right about this.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/russia-is-sharing-satellite-imagery-drone-technology-with-iran-wsj-reports-2026-03-17/

March 17, 202612:59 PM PDTUpdated 19 hours ago

March 17 (Reuters) - Russia has been ​expanding its ‌intelligence sharing and military ​cooperation with ​Iran, providing satellite ⁠imagery and ​improved drone ​technology to aid Tehran’s targeting ​of U.S. ​forces in the ‌region, ⁠the Wall Street Journal reported on ​Tuesday, ​citing ⁠people familiar with ​the ​matter.

[libertybele]

So you’re perfectly fine with Trumps best friend Putin sending targeting information on US troops and installations to Iran.  Nice to know.

First you need to clarify how you know that Trump's best friend is Putin; or is that your assumption??  That is absolutely unequivocally false!  He's keeping one of his biggest enemies close.

[Kamaji]

@Kamaji is right about this.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/russia-is-sharing-satellite-imagery-drone-technology-with-iran-wsj-reports-2026-03-17/

March 17, 202612:59 PM PDTUpdated 19 hours ago

March 17 (Reuters) - Russia has been ​expanding its ‌intelligence sharing and military ​cooperation with ​Iran, providing satellite ⁠imagery and ​improved drone ​technology to aid Tehran’s targeting ​of U.S. ​forces in the ‌region, ⁠the Wall Street Journal reported on ​Tuesday, ​citing ⁠people familiar with ​the ​matter.

@MeganC, thank you.

[Kamaji]

First you need to clarify how you know that Trump's best friend is Putin; or is that your assumption??  That is absolutely unequivocally false!  He's keeping one of his biggest enemies close.

  open your eyes much?  Didn’t think so. 

But good to know that you’re fine with sacrificing the lives of US troops on the altar of your hatred for Ukraine.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Trump has a man crush on Putin, similar to Hitler having a man crush on Mussolini.  It's not based on logic or reason.

Trump envies Putin because Putin doesn't have to answer to anyone for anything ever - something Trump would like for himself.

[Cyber Liberty]

So you’re perfectly fine with Trumps best friend Putin sending targeting information on US troops and installations to Iran.  Nice to know.

Putin is not "Trump's best friend," that's MSNOW/CNN-speak.  I quickly get tired of leftist nostrums being bandied about on TBR.  Sorry, not sorry.

[Kamaji]

Putin is not "Trump's best friend," that's MSNOW/CNN-speak.  I quickly get tired of leftist nostrums being bandied about on TBR.  Sorry, not sorry.

You wouldn’t know it from Trumps actions and words. 

But I take it from your silence on the matter that you’re fine with Putin helping Iran target US assets and kill US service members.

[Cyber Liberty]

You wouldn’t know it from Trumps actions and words. 

But I take it from your silence on the matter that you’re fine with Putin helping Iran target US assets and kill US service members.

No, in fact that pisses me off a great deal, which in turn is why I get irritated when people (who should know better) refer to Putin as "Trump's best buddy."

The same thing pisses me off about China, BTW.  Those two countries are trying to get our people (civilians and soldiers) killed.  Save your debating gimmicks for more benign topics.

[libertybele]

Trump has a man crush on Putin, similar to Hitler having a man crush on Mussolini.  It's not based on logic or reason.

Trump envies Putin because Putin doesn't have to answer to anyone for anything ever - something Trump would like for himself.

No.  Trump does NOT have a man crush on Putin.  That is absurd and ridiculous.  Putin is his enemy and an enemy of this country.  He know that only too well.

Next.

[PeteS in CA]

If the USS Ford were damaged by a missile, would we be told?

Yes. Likewise if the USS Abraham Lincoln had been hit. Been partaking of absurdity-filled Iranian videos and memes?

[bigheadfred]

https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/2034282421445927356

[bigheadfred]

Mario Nawfal

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🚨This is a massive escalation in the war.

Israel and the U.S. just struck South Pars, Iran's largest gas field and the largest in the world.

South Pars accounts for 75% of Iran's gas production and gas fuels 85% of Iran's electricity grid.

This isn't just hitting military targets anymore. This is crippling civilian infrastructure that keeps the lights on for millions of Iranians.

Iran's tit-for-tat response: ordered evacuations at 4 major energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, plus refineries in Haifa, Israel.

Iran warned they'd retaliate for energy infrastructure strikes. Now they're announcing which facilities they're about to hit.

The message: if you destroy our grid, we'll destroy energy hubs in countries hosting your forces and strike yours directly.

This is a new phase. Both sides are now openly targeting critical energy infrastructure that affects entire populations.

Source: AFP,
@sentdefender
, Yediot News, War Monitor

[libertybele]

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
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🚨This is a massive escalation in the war.

Israel and the U.S. just struck South Pars, Iran's largest gas field and the largest in the world.

South Pars accounts for 75% of Iran's gas production and gas fuels 85% of Iran's electricity grid.

This isn't just hitting military targets anymore. This is crippling civilian infrastructure that keeps the lights on for millions of Iranians.

Iran's tit-for-tat response: ordered evacuations at 4 major energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, plus refineries in Haifa, Israel.

Iran warned they'd retaliate for energy infrastructure strikes. Now they're announcing which facilities they're about to hit.

The message: if you destroy our grid, we'll destroy energy hubs in countries hosting your forces and strike yours directly.

This is a new phase. Both sides are now openly targeting critical energy infrastructure that affects entire populations.

Source: AFP,
@sentdefender
, Yediot News, War Monitor

More so than ever, we should be very concerned about our own grids.

[PeteS in CA]

Sure. CNN would be on the job.  A lint fire in the laundry would be breaking news.

If a Carrier ever got hit, there would be no way the word DOESN'T get out!  Iran has been claiming from the start they sank the Lincoln.  They clearly did not!

Precisely. It could not be kept secret if that were tried.

BTW, the Iranians are still claiming the USS Abraham was severely damaged and is fleeing the area.

My FB Feed is being flooded with absurdity-filled AI memes and videos from Iran, China(?), and US lefty-trolls. My favorites so far:

* A video purporting to show the USN torpedo hitting the Iranian frigate several feet above the frigate's waterline;

* A meme proclaiming that Iran has set a trap for the USN in the Strait of Hormuz, using a bows-on picture of a carrier with a visibly distinctive feature no USN carrier has ever had, a "ski-jump" bow to aid plane take-offs. UK, French, and Russian/Chinese carriers have this design feature, but not USN carriers (as far back as CV-1, USS Langley!).

[PeteS in CA]

https://twitter.com/MichaelARothman/status/2033637266816651345

Won't happen, because Trump.

[Free Vulcan]

More so than ever, we should be very concerned about our own grids.

Very much yes. With four years of Biden asleep at the wheel, who knows who's here or what they brought with them.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2034304059973198040

[PeteS in CA]

Status-6 (War & Military News)
@Archer83Able

GBU-72 Advanced 5K (A5K) Penetrator bunker buster bomb just made its combat debut.



7:34 PM · Mar 17, 2026  ·  7,597 Views

https://x.com/Archer83Able/status/2034065831609446452

The US planes currently capable of carrying this are the F-15E and B-1B, i.e. non-stealth, non-small-RCS aircraft.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/2034309465399308575

[bigheadfred]

Leading Report
@LeadingReport
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BREAKING: President Trump is now considering pulling out from the Strait of Hormuz, forcing US allies to defend it.

[catfish1957]

Leading Report
@LeadingReport
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BREAKING: President Trump is now considering pulling out from the Strait of Hormuz, forcing US allies to defend it.

lol.... 

I'd said this hand out was a one time offer.

[PeteS in CA]

Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch
@BabakTaghvaee1
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BREAKING: Once again, the French government is playing its dirty games by preventing and disrupting operations of the United States Armed Forces against the Islamic regime of Iran. They denied permission for overflight of two B-1B heavy bombers of the U.S. Air Force involved in Operation Epic Fury yesterday, forcing the aircraft to reroute over the Mediterranean Sea and then the Atlantic Ocean to return to RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom.

They did this against Reagan's strike against Ghedaffi-Duck. Very French, traditional since the days of CdG's Presidency.

[mystery-ak]

Leading Report
@LeadingReport
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BREAKING: President Trump is now considering pulling out from the Strait of Hormuz, forcing US allies to defend it.

Why?

I'm beginning to wonder if all the planners of this OP didn't foresee the problem of the Strait...

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/2034309465399308575

He's in a really tough spot...allies are scarce and he has to decide whether or not to risk more American lives.  This could easily go sideways.

[PeteS in CA]

Trump to attend dignified transfer of US service members killed in western Iraq plane crash

President Donald Trump is heading to Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday to attend the dignified transfer of six U.S. service members recently killed in a plane crash in western Iraq,  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

“This is, I know, the hardest thing the president does as commander-in-chief and as president,” Leavitt said. “He made it a point to adjust his schedule, to be there, to grieve with these families.”
...

And as before, Trump won't be checking his watch during the dignified transfer.

[bigheadfred]

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2034318997139685436

[Cyber Liberty]

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2034318997139685436

What escalation?  Iran's been throwing missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia since Day One!