War in the Middle East.

[P___X]

Well, woke up to a cease fire... then immediately accusations of violations from Israel (it all seems a bit confused though) and threats from them to hit Tehran later today. I would imagine we're all thinking that Israel is being lent on heavily to stop as Hesgeth, Vance and the gang don't fancy any more nation building projects after all?

I wouldn't trust any of it. They'll bomb, wait a news cycle with ceasefire then resume bombing. THey seem to be doing the same shit as putin.

edit: they couldn't even wait out the news cycle.

 

[SouprMatt]

Well, woke up to a cease fire... then immediately accusations of violations from Israel (it all seems a bit confused though) and threats from them to hit Tehran later today. I would imagine we're all thinking that Israel is being lent on heavily to stop as Hesgeth, Vance and the gang don't fancy any more nation building projects after all?

It appears that most/all of 45’s advisors told him to stay out of this.

But as he’s proven before, he values the opinions of other authoritarian leaders above all else.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Nobody knows more about war than he does...

 

[Thomas Veil]

I swear, we need a separate Karoline Leavitt thread. You know, for all the Leavitty in her press propaganda conferences.

Intelligence sources are now all saying that the attack on Iran was not nearly as successful as Trump said. In fact, the Defense Intelligence Agency report and the battle damage assessment conducted by US Central Command say that we probably did no more than set Iran’s program back a few months.

Enter Baghdad Barb.

“This alleged assessment is flat-out wrong and was classified as ‘top secret’ but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community. The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program. Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration.”

Ooooh. Somebody’s getting pissy.

Let me quote that again and highlight all the manipulative, propagandist, highly suspect language used.

“This alleged assessment is flat-out wrong and was classified as ‘top secret’ but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community. The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program. Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration.”

That’s a lot of gaslighting.

Would it have been so hard to just say, “We are reevaluating the results of the attack” and just tell the truth?

Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say — CNN

The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it.

apple.news

 

[P___X]

I wouldn't trust any of it. They'll bomb, wait a news cycle with ceasefire then resume bombing. THey seem to be doing the same shit as putin.

edit: they couldn't even wait out the news cycle.

It's not war, when you bomb and wait, bomb and wait....

 

[Scubachap]

OK, so it looks like it was one and done from the US point of view - well, for the time being anyway. I guess everything can now shift back to shocker that is Gaza, which is coming back onto our news now in all its horror. Where this leaves proliferation in the Middle East now is anybodies guess. With the regime still in place I guess they'll quietly double down on their atomic tinkering and probably make sure that this time it's done right under Tehran city itself. Meanwhile I guess the broader lesson to smaller powers (if they missed the Ukraine memo) is you'd better get yourselves a bomb ASAP and do it as quietly as possible.