Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #6

[libertybele]

Wrong thread @libertybele     

Go up thread -- following the conversation....whatever.  @Right_in_Virginia

[Wingnut]

Wrong thread @libertybele     

Stay in your Joo hating lane and let the MODs handle these things.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2077912100970582520

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/2077914608203976706

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/IsraelMillitary/status/2077655515669426233

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2077912100970582520

[Hoodat]

𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎
@NiohBerg

JD Vance is actually clueless.

94 million Iranians are fighting for a free Iran, not for becoming refugees. Despite massacres and war there's been NO influx of Iranian refugees at all.

Meanwhile, 10 million Iranians in the diaspora are fighting to return to Iran, not to remain a diaspora.

When this regime falls, it will cause REMIGRATION, not IMMIGRATION.

We are not Syrians or Libyans or Afghans.

He's so incredibly full of shit. https://x.com/marianmeyer0/status/2077563049699856704/video/1

Video:  https://x.com/marianmeyer0/status/2077563049699856704/video/1

3:34 AM  ·  Jul 16, 2026  ·  67K Views

https://x.com/NiohBerg/status/2077673169502994442

[Hoodat]

Israel has always looked out for it's own interests, but saying they lied us into bombing a country that declared war on the US 47 years ago is something else.

Apparently, it was something that Netanyahu said on Feb 11, 2026 that caused Trump to bomb Iran back in June 2025.

[Hoodat]

NOBODY had standing to challenge Obama's eligibility but I seriously doubt that would be the case should Rubio be nominated.

Everyone had standing to challenge Obama's eligibility.  In State Court BEFORE the election.  You don't want him on the ballot?  Then convince your State to remove his name.  Unfortunately, no one did.  Instead, you had a bunch of Republicans crossing over and voting for Obama in the 2008 Dem primaries because they thought he would be easier to beat than Hillary.

[Hoodat]

Top notch.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Inside Bibi's mystery Trump meeting
Axios, Jul 16, 2026

                                                   

White House officials were surprised in recent days to read in the Israeli press that President Trump would host Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.

° In fact, no meeting has been scheduled.

Why it matters: Netanyahu has visited the Oval Office six times since Trump returned to office a year and a half ago — more than any other world leader. Each of those meetings was scheduled within a matter of hours or days. This time, Netanyahu has been trying to get an appointment for more than two weeks.

° The fact that Trump isn't rushing to sit down with Netanyahu in front of the cameras signals not only the divergence of interests between the two, but also how disillusioned the White House is with the Israeli leader five months after they launched a war together.

Catch up quick:  Trump told Axios early this month that Netanyahu called to congratulate him for the 250th Independence Day and asked to come see him at the White House.

° Trump said at the time that Netanyahu could visit right after the president returned from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, which took place July 7-8.

° But as days passed and Trump returned from the summit, no meeting was scheduled.

° On Sunday, after news of former Sen. Lindsey Graham's death, Netanyahu's office told reporters that he wanted to attend the funeral. His aides told reporters in the following few days that he planned to travel to the U.S. this weekend and meet with Trump on Monday.

° Netanyahu's office even notified the Israeli Air Force to prepare his government plane and sent an advance team of protocol and security officials to Washington.

° On Thursday morning, however, Netanyahu's office announced the planned trip had been cancelled because Graham's funeral service had been postponed.

Behind the scenes: Two White House officials told Axios that while Netanyahu wanted to meet Trump, a meeting was never confirmed or added to the president's schedule.

° "Our impression was that Bibi was trying to will a meeting into existence," one of the officials said.

° It's unclear whether Netanyahu received an outright "no" from the White House. But it is clear he did not receive a positive response.

Yes, but:  White House officials did not rule out the possibility of Trump meeting Netanyahu when he comes to Graham's wake at the National Cathedral this month.

° Some Israeli officials say Netanyahu's decision to cancel his trip may also have stemmed from his assessment that the U.S. is preparing to escalate its attacks on Iran, and he would want to be in the country in case Iran retaliates against Israel.

The intrigue: The back-and-forth over the potential meeting came after Netanyahu went on Fox News right before Trump left for Ankara and criticized the president's intention to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.

° One of the White House officials told Axios that Trump was "pissed off" by the interview.

° The second official said Trump felt "Bibi had no right" to weigh in on that issue.

° During Trump's trip to Turkey, Israel provided intelligence to the U.S. that showed a senior Iranian official had told one of his colleagues that Iran should try to kill the U.S. president while he was in Ankara, Israeli and U.S. officials said.

° The new intelligence caused the Secret Service to take precautions such as switching Trump's flight to the old Air Force One. But several U.S. officials said it was single-sourced and uncorroborated.

° "It was more aspirational than operational," one of them said.

° Two sources with knowledge said that Turkish security services had investigated the issue and determined there was no specific plot to assassinate Trump in Ankara.

The big picture: Netanyahu is deeply unpopular in Washington these days, both among Democrats and within Trump's close circle and the MAGA base.

° Numerous U.S. officials, including Vice President JD Vance, have accused Netanyahu of making rosy predictions about the Iran war that didn't pan out.

° On Wednesday, 103 House Democrats voted to cut $3 billion in U.S. aid to Israel — an astonishing rebuke.

° One Jewish leader close to the Democratic Party said the vote was less about aid than about providing a way for many Democrats to express their opposition to Netanyahu and his government.

° It wasn't just Democrats. Vance went on Joe Rogan's podcast Wednesday and accused members of Netanyahu's government of trying to undermine the Trump administration's Iran policy in order to prolong the war


The bottom line: The episode was about more than just a White House sit-down. It was another sign of Netanyahu's increasingly precarious standing in Washington


https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/netanyahu-mystery-trump-meeting

[Smokin Joe]

Bibi will look out for Israel--It's his job, and frankly, Israel is a likely first strike target should Iran get a bomb that can be delivered by ballistic missile or other means.

It is in our interests, too, to prevent Iran from getting the bomb.

The hostilities so far have exposed the capabilities of the Iranians, not only to manufacture weapons, but to utilize them to disrupt far beyond their anticipated capabilities. None of this is worthless, by any means, even if it forces reevaluation of the Iranian military under the current regime. Better to know what you're up against.

Who does not think that the Iranians would not load a cargo ship and launch drone swarms against cities on the Eastern Seaboard, to include Washington, D.C. without regard for what targets are military and which are civilian?
Much that happens in our government and military circles happens in nondescript buildings, but many others are high profile and easily identifiable targets that have likely been scoped out via everything from internet searches to people on the ground.

In for a penny, in for a pound.
There really is no backing out now. But giving the appearance of keeping Israel at arm's length makes it more palatable for the Arab Gulf nations to side with the US.

[mystery-ak]

Iran targeted a water desalination plant in Kuwait during Thursday missile strikes, expanding its attacks to the civilian infrastructure of US allies in the Gulf — marking a major escalation in the ongoing war.

Additional Iranian attacks came against other U.S. allies in the region, with missile strikes targeting Qatar, Jordan and the Kurdish population in Iraq.

Iran's escalation follows the U.S. expansion of targets in Iran to bridges and electrical infrastructure.

As a result of U.S. strikes, Iran's Energy Ministry asked citizens to consume less power.

The Associated Press contributed to this post.
Posted by Robert McGreevy

[catfish1957]

Targeting Potable water plants? 

That should be the last line crossed by the muzzie mulahs.  DJT...  finish 'em off.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Bibi will look out for Israel--It's his job. 

No one disagrees with this ⬆️ @Smokin Joe  The disagreement comes from the definition of our job --- especially when Netanyahu's Israel is untrustworthy.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2078077251896185012

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2078112868906496178

[Hoodat]

Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal

🇸🇾🇮🇷🇱🇧 Here's footage of the massive weapons cache that was hidden inside an oil tanker by Iran and bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Until Syria intercepted it along the way.

Inside were hundreds of drones, missiles, and components...

For this one that they caught, nineteen others got through.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Fetterman lays out ‘red line’ over leaving Democratic Party: Israel

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/politics/fetterman-democratic-party-anti-israel

 One would have hoped it was "socialism" 

[Hoodat]

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

🚨 BREAKING: In a massive development, US oil giant Chevron is signing a deal with Iraq to *CIRCUMVENT* the Strait of Hormuz as they move into Iraqi oil fields

This is HUGE, Iran is fuming! 🔥

"Chevron will sign a Memorandum of Understanding today with Iraq to enter into 2 Iraqi oil fields, and doing study to move oil from Iraq north AROUND the Strait, possibly through the Mediterranean Sea

This will mean running a pipeline through Syria.  We'll see if their new government is ready to sit at the big boy's table.

[Hoodat]

--- especially when Netanyahu's Israel is unreliable.

Unreliable for what?  Surrender?

[Hoodat]

U.S. Central Command
@CENTCOM

On July 16, U.S. forces successfully destroyed the Chah Bahar Shahid Kalantari Port surveillance tower, part of a maritime surveillance network along Iran’s Gulf of Oman coastline used for decades by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to track and target commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

The destruction of the tower directly degrades IRGC’s ability to coordinate attacks on innocent civilian crew members. Furthermore, the strike protects freedom of navigation in regional waters for all vessels, except for ships attempting to violate the ongoing U.S. naval blockade against Iran.

Video:  https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2078125131847594149/video/1

9:30 AM  ·  Jul 17, 2026  ·  244K Views

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2078125131847594149

[Hoodat]

Ben Tzion Macales
@BenTzionMacales

Confirmed strike on Semnan Airport in northern Iran.
The target appears to be the airport's control facility/tower.

Coordinates: 35.5947944, 53.4951494

8:27 AM  ·  Jul 17, 2026  ·  11.9K Views

https://x.com/BenTzionMacales/status/2078109449273688391

[Hoodat]

Shin
@hey_itsmyturn

US dollar reaches 1,911,500 rials (191,150 tomans) in Iran's open market.



6:24 AM  ·  Jul 17, 2026  ·  94.1K Views

https://x.com/hey_itsmyturn/status/2078078263897817599

[Cyber Liberty]

One would have hoped it was "socialism" 

Not everybody hates Da Jooos.

[mystery-ak]

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) disputed an Iranian claim that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces killed U.S. service members in Syria.

CENTCOM summarized the IRGC claim in a Friday morning post on X. "CLAIM: Iranian forces claim they attacked al-Tanf Garrison in Syria and captured or killed American troops in the process. FALSE," CENTCOM wrote.

"FACTS: No U.S. troops in the region have recently been killed or captured," the post concluded.

The IRGC made the claims through Iranian state media Friday, announcing the force had completed a "surprise attack" on the Al-Tanf military base in Syria.
Posted by Robert McGreevy

[Hoodat]

World Source News
@Worldsource24

Axios: U.S. official: The U.S. military bombed at least seven bridges around the city of Bandar Abbas, which is considered a hub for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) operations in the Strait of Hormuz.

https://axios.com/2026/07/17/trump-iran-israel-refueling-planes



11:26 AM  ·  Jul 17, 2026  ·  2,530 Views

https://x.com/Worldsource24/status/2078154393044623717

[Hoodat]

World Source News
@Worldsource24

Axios: The Trump administration notified Israel it is sending dozens more refueling planes to the country ahead of a potential expansion of military operations against Iran.

Among the options being considered are bombing Iranian infrastructure facilities like power plants, conducting more attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in order to bury Iran's enriched uranium even deeper, and bombing the Pickaxe Mountain underground site that is suspected to be a facility in the making.

- Trump hasn't made a final decision yet, but he appears willing to escalate the war to cause enough damage that theIranian regime will open the Strait of Hormuz and accept Trump's nuclear demands.

- Trump could order an escalation in the coming days, U.S. and Israeli officials say.

https://axios.com/2026/07/17/trump-iran-israel-refueling-planes



11:18 AM  ·  Jul 17, 2026  ·  2,893 Views

https://x.com/Worldsource24/status/2078152416835359054

[Hoodat]

𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎
@NiohBerg

Why hasn't the internet been cut off in Iran yet? It's very simple:

Because Israel hasn't rejoined the war yet.

As long as it's only the US dropping bombs on very limited military targets, the islamic regime finds this war to be manageable. They aren't worried. They think they can both withstand the US while also keep the suffering population held down.

However, Israel fights wars entirely different. They are ruthless. They will level entire buildings to get one regime official. They will assassinate everyone unless they're held back.

The Israelis fight like Middle Easterners, but do so with Western technological superiority. This combination terrifies the IRGC, which is why out of all the countries they've bombed so far, Israel has been left completely alone.

Once Israel is uncuffed by America and allowed to join the battle, expect the internet to be cut off VERY shortly.

6:50 AM  · Jul 17, 2026  ·  39K Views

https://x.com/NiohBerg/status/2078085047807058258

[Hoodat]

ᴛᴀʏᴛᴀʏ👑°☆•♡
@Arahabaki_13

Hi 👋
Iranian here,
Living in southern Iran, currently under attack by US Army.
I'm in my twenties, I lost my grandfather in war, my whole family has trauma because of Iran-Iraq war, but guess what?
They are literally celebrating now.
Yes they're still scared, but also extremely happy.
My aunt just bought new clothes to wear after Iran is free, the same person who told me she's gonna just kill herself if the regime stays.
So, THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP!
GOD BLESS THE US ARMY!
#FinishTheJob
#KingRezaPahlaviForIran‌

12:31 PM  ·  Jul 16, 2026  ·  232.2K Views

https://x.com/Arahabaki_13/status/2077808244374847754

[Wingnut]

Not everybody hates Da Jooos.

It does seems to be very "stylish" in a certain group of subspecies and their supporters.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2078162710554968372

[Right_in_Virginia]

Unreliable for what?  Surrender?

You're correct ---- the more appropriate adjective for the Netanyahu leadership is "untrustworthy".  Good catch.   

(I've made the requisite edit to the original post)

[Hoodat]

You're correct ---- the more appropriate adjective for the Netanyahu leadership is "untrustworthy".  Good catch.

Personally, I admire Israel's unwillingness to surrender.  It is consistent with the founding of this nation.  Clearly, you have contempt for that quality.

[240B]

US Clobbers Iranian Roads And Bridges In New Effort To Choke Out IRGC

Trending Politics
By Staff
July 17, 2026



The U.S. ramped up its air campaign against Iran early Friday, striking additional bridges and apparently toppling a surveillance tower at a key Iranian port as President Trump followed through on threats to target the country’s infrastructure in an effort to loosen Tehran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran responded by launching another wave of missile attacks against U.S.-allied nations in the Middle East, including Qatar, which has played a central role in mediation efforts throughout the conflict.

The fragile ceasefire reached last month has now unraveled, giving way to days of escalating exchanges between U.S. and Iranian forces as both sides battle for control of the strategically vital waterway. Iranian officials claim American strikes have killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds, with additional casualties reported following Friday’s attacks.

When the United States and Israel launched military operations against Iran on Feb. 28, Tehran effectively shut down shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sending global oil prices soaring and giving the regime significant leverage in negotiations.

Speaking during a primetime address to the nation, Trump said the military campaign is producing results.

“We are likewise winning big in Iran, and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly,” Trump said.

(more)
https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/us-clobbers-iranian-roads-and-bridges-in-new-effort-to-choke-out-irgc-jrupp/

[mystery-ak]

Gen. Jack Keane (ret.) laid out the U.S. strategy in the Strait of Hormuz, arguing during a Friday appearance on Fox News that the U.S. is returning to operations developed during Project Freedom.

"We're executing Project Freedom. Remember, that was the plan to open the Straits of Hormuz back on May the 4th. It was a plan, at that time, to be about two weeks in length. It was a very comprehensive plan, and we're executing it. We're not naming it, but that's the fact," Keane posited.

"And that plan is, one, to secure the straits, to clear the strait, and then also to protect shipping. And what you're seeing is, one, the focus to take down all the means for them to interfere with shipping, missiles, drones, fast boats, and then the things that help and enable it, command and control, sensors, radars, and the logistical infrastructure support for it. And then we're also hitting Iran's ability to retaliate against the Gulf states, U.S. Bases, or Israel, if they choose to do that as well," he continued.

Keane's comments came after the U.S. completed its sixth consecutive day of targeted strikes in Iran on Thursday. The campaign destroyed a number of bridges in Iran's southern region and took out a surveillance tower at a key Iranian port.

Keane also remarked on efforts by the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen to shut down shipping in the Red Sea.

"The Houthis, certainly, can fire and initially shut it down," Keane said of the Red Sea, "but then they're going to pay an awful price," he continued.

"We came close to taking just about everything away from the Houthis once before. We didn't finish that campaign because they were willing to do what? They were willing stop interfering with the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, which Bad Mandab leads to it. And they know full well what's coming if they attempt to do this. And it would likely bring the Israelis back into this in major combat operations again. So that's their choice to make, certainly, but we can deal with that if they execute them," Keane concluded.
Posted by Robert McGreevy

[mystery-ak]

The U.S. is sending dozens of refueling planes to Israel ahead of a potential expansion of scope in the Iran war, Axios reported Friday, citing Israeli and U.S. officials.

The Trump administration notified Israel it was sending the planes following a meeting in which President Donald Trump was presented with plans to conduct a large scale military operation in Iran.

The plans, Axios reported, involved the U.S. bombing critical Iranian infrastructure facilities such as power plants as well as increased strikes on nuclear facilities such as the Pickaxe Mountain site.

Trump has reportedly not made any final decisions, but U.S. strikes on Friday did destroy Iranian infrastructure, particularly a number of bridges in the country's south.
Posted by Robert McGreevy

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/2078160249257648567

[rangerrebew]

DETAILS: CENTCOM DESTROYS surveillance tower as Iran pressure campaign RAMPS UP
YouTube
Fox News
77.8K views

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=iran+campaign+latest+updates&mid=728EE2F41500557FC50B728EE2F41500557FC50B&churl=&FORM=VIRE

[Right_in_Virginia]

US Clobbers Iranian Roads And Bridges In New Effort To Choke Out IRGC

Trending Politics
By Staff
July 17, 2026



The U.S. ramped up its air campaign against Iran early Friday, striking additional bridges and apparently toppling a surveillance tower at a key Iranian port as President Trump followed through on threats to target the country’s infrastructure in an effort to loosen Tehran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz.

Are we in danger of depleting our arsenal to dangerously low levels?

[Wingnut]

Are we in danger of depleting our arsenal to dangerously low levels?

No and hell no. 

[240B]

Are we in danger of depleting our arsenal to dangerously low levels?

Munitions are rated based on functionality and gross power. Me may be slightly short on Tier 1 Tier 2, but I doubt they are using the best we have on a nothing country like Iran.
America has plenty of munitions in storage. It may not be the State-of-the-Art stuff that we are all used to, but it still carries a punch. No worries.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2078163720937820653