Iran is reeling from Israel's unprecedented attack - and it is only the start
Source: BBC
Israel's "Operation Rising Lion", as it calls its attack on Iran, is unprecedented. It is vastly more extensive and ambitious than anything that has come before, including the two missile and drone exchanges it had with Iran last year. For Iran, this is the biggest assault on its territory since the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988
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Iran is reeling and this may be only the first wave. There will be many more potential targets on Israel's hitlist, although some may be beyond its reach, buried deep underground in reinforced bases beneath solid rock.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg72ny4xeyo

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(15,685 posts)NoRethugFriends
(3,448 posts)And this is in no way comfortable to you Ukraine situation. Ukraine pose no threat, I ran posed big threat.
J_William_Ryan
(2,878 posts)This was the intent of Trump withdrawing from the JCPOA in 2018, to facilitate an attack on Iran justified by Irans nuclear threat.
Bayard
(26,152 posts)Netanyahu is like trump, thinking he can do whatever he wants and no one is going to stop him. Like I said earlier in another thread--nobody knows for sure if Iran may already have nukes or not.
NoRethugFriends
(3,448 posts)Israeli intelligence is excellent. That's how they pulled this off.
Bayard
(26,152 posts)Response to GJGCA (Original post)
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PSPS
(14,747 posts)Anything to stay in power since it's the only thing keeping him out of prison.
Butterflylady
(4,496 posts)He's been looking forward to it since day 1.....he wants to see blood no matter who it is.
Fetterman will be the first to volunteer.
Nigrum Cattus
(757 posts)Also, it is to reduce their nuclear program. Problem
is, it will only solidify their resolve to have nukes to
prevent this from happening in the future. This a war
between Jews & Muslims and nobody has the balls to
admit it.
FBaggins
(28,275 posts)Youre just now noticing a war between Jews and Muslims?
Nigrum Cattus
(757 posts)countries/places other than the middle east. Iran
has a lot of ability to cause terror. Point is, this will
only make things worse.
FBaggins
(28,275 posts)Or maybe Boulder, Colorado?
Once again, they've been in danger for some time.
The Mouth
(3,373 posts)Never forget. To hell with Iran. Ill support *ANYTHING* Israel or the US does to them.
Eko
(9,540 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(15,864 posts)Why would Iran get nuked? And from who?
Israel doesn't have to nuke Iran, and neither does the US or any nuke armed country, conventional means alone are more than enough to neutralize Iran.
Eko
(9,540 posts)The person I asked it of said exactly "Ill support *ANYTHING* Israel or the US does to them." I fail to see how it is and odd question in any way.
MarineCombatEngineer
(15,864 posts)but just for the record, I would most definitely not support a nuclear strike on Iran, there's no need for it and Israel knows there's no need for it.
Eko
(9,540 posts)Between our B1's, B2's and 52's there is no need to. I just thought that was an extreme stance and asked for clarification.
MarineCombatEngineer
(15,864 posts)nuking Iran would be a colossal disaster and a horrendous war crime for any nation.
Eko
(9,540 posts)Happens to all of us, but I still had to ask.
FBaggins
(28,275 posts)that theres no chance of the West using nuclear weapons first in a conflict.
ananda
(32,653 posts)who thinks of nukes as a fun play toy
that will make him king of the world.
He tried to use them in his first term, stopped
only by the actions of General Milley.
Now we have no sane, competent military leaders
C Moon
(13,037 posts)WestMichRad
(2,427 posts)Perhaps embolden by how successful theyve been to date in fending off drone and missile attacks.
Their luck wont last forever. Expect attacks against US interests as well. Iran and its allies will keep striving for ways to inflict retribution.
Lancero
(3,220 posts)Its why Israel held back after Irans ballistic missile and drone barrages in 2024 - They knew they needed to focus their attention on Irans irregular forces, their terrorist proxies.
republianmushroom
(20,781 posts)tavernier
(13,831 posts)Just because we have a spoiled five year old with Carte Blanche dying to try out all the bang bang toys hes been given? Sounds to me like itll be a pretty quick ending. No point in even buckling in.
republianmushroom
(20,781 posts)DavidDvorkin
(20,271 posts)NoRethugFriends
(3,448 posts)republianmushroom
(20,781 posts)LexVegas
(6,878 posts)womanofthehills
(10,054 posts)3 or 4 groups of ballistic missiles attached Israel today with missile defense systems not working at 100%. Interesting - but from what Ive read on social media today, its the rare person supporting Israel. Many Republicans have had it with Trump today - Trump referring to himself as the peace candidate and then being for all the wars.
FBaggins
(28,275 posts)Israel can handle this level of big time
A nuclear Iran changes that calculus
Orrex
(65,649 posts)I suspect that I can guess at the response.
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Deep State Witch
(12,042 posts)In support of the poor, suffering Iranian people.