The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread

[Mik]

17,000 years of so called civilization and we still fight wars over our imaginary sky friends. Jesus.

[Wim]

@Mik Jesus ??? LOL

[Renauda]

@Mik said in The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread:

17,000 years of so called civilization and we still fight wars over our imaginary sky friends. Jesus.

Yes and it’s called fanaticism. Stems from adhering to what is errantly believed to be a creed of absolute truth, religious or secular, the choice is yours to pick and, comes in all shapes, sizes and models.

[Mik]

We're gonna fuck those poor bastards again.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iranian-kurdish-fighters-say-they-re-ready-to-strike-tehran-waiting-for-opening/ar-AA1XQHYj

[Renauda]

@Mik

No problem, as I was once corrected by a former poster and self appointed know-it-all here when I raised the issue about stabbing the Kurds in the back, it’s merely realpolitik on the part of Washington.

[taiwan_girl]

Like Trump, Iran’s new supreme leader is a real estate mogul, with a house on ‘Billionaires’ Row,’ a villa in Dubai, and upscale European hotels

https://fortune.com/2026/03/09/iran-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei-real-estate-mogul-billionaires-row-villa-dubai-european-hotels/

But before the conflict, he largely kept a low profile while accumulating assets around the world. A Bloomberg investigation in January found Khamenei has avoided putting investments in his own name, but they totaled more than $138 million.
That includes Swiss bank accounts as well as luxury properties. Among his holdings in several of London’s ritziest neighborhoods is a house on “Billionaires’ Row.” Sources told Bloomberg Khamenei’s real estate empire also boasts a villa in the “Beverly Hills of Dubai” and upscale European hotels.

[jon-nyc]

Jesus make it stop.

[89th]

[Renauda]

America’s very own Dim Philby.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

My understanding is strategic reserves across the west have a lot of overall capacity but are rate-limited in how much they can deliver per day thus can’t make up for a closed SoH.

[Doctor Phibes]

Remember when Trump thought that using up the strategic reserve was almost as stupid as invading middle-eastern countries?

In other news, we have always been at war with eastasia.

[jon-nyc]

I remember when he wanted to sell half the reserves in the first term.

[Mik]

[Renauda]

@Axtremus said in The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread:

@Renauda said in The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread:

@Mik said in The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread:

Yeah, I don't know how one could torture the words otherwise.

They could try to sell it as a Special Military Operation.

Doubt if anyone with half a brain would buy it.

Well ... we are talking about the MAGA folks after all.

I see Trump is trying to sell it as “an excursion”.

[Mik]

"See the Straits of Hormuz! Lots of fireworks!"

[89th]

At this point, should we just expect a complete ecological disaster in SoH if these oil tankers get blown up?

[taiwan_girl]

[taiwan_girl]

Has anybody gotten a clear understanding of what the overall plan in Iran is?

I know it is kind of a buzzword/cliche question, but....

How do we measure success in the Iran campaign?
kill the leader - check
get a new leader installed - 1/2 check
bomb the country - check
get a US friendly govt??
other?

[89th]

I think the plan is:

• Bomb them and kill their leadership (multiple times)
• Hope the people use the opportunity to protest and create real electoral change
• Say we won
• Not call it a war
• Not realize this is just a version of what happened Libya