Iran Crisis & the 2026 War between Iran and the United States, Gulf States, and Israel - Please focus on news and coverage, not argumentation.

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Wodanaz powiedział(a):
Quick rundown of what happened since last night? Or should I just follow the highlights
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Iran bombed Oman, their foreign minister said its because they can't control their military units anymore. Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE continue to be struck by random missiles and drones, two US servicemen confirmed KIA, 8 dead in Israel after an Iranian missile got lucky and landed right on top of a bomb shelter. USA and Israel have achieved air supremacy over Iran.
 
mango_reseller powiedział(a):
More attacks on vessels in the Persian Gulf. At this point a more conspiratorial person would be saying that the immediate goal is to drive up oil prices (and cause potential inflation) making a lengthy campaign in Iran very unattractive.
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That's (for once) not conspiracy; those are 100% aims of targeting resources, among others. Strategy is not conspiracy.
 
Friend of Dorothy Parker powiedział(a):
And a caretaker leader is maybe the path of least friction for an interim governmentt, and US influence there would be to our obvious benefit.
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He and his family could stay on a constitutional monarchy even if/when Iran chooses to have a system with several parties and elections, like how many European countries do it. I can image that the symbolic value of that is very important, at least in the next few decades while the culture recovers from the theocracy.
 
mindlessobserver powiedział(a):
Iran bombed Oman, their foreign minister said its because they can't control their military units anymore. Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE continue to be struck by random missiles and drones, two US servicemen confirmed KIA, 8 dead in Israel after an Iranian missile got lucky and landed right on top of a bomb shelter. USA and Israel have achieved air supremacy over Iran.
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LMAO we got unilateral military unit action boys, this can get spicy in a fucking hurry, this is why you USUALLY dont competently decapitate the command structure as there is no one to negotiate with.
 
HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS powiedział(a):
Big win for Russia. China is now 100% dependent on Russia oil, plus higher prices. With Venezuela and Iran out of the picture, there is so much china can do.
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China was getting Russian oil through Iran, that isn't happening rn. Russian oil is sanctioned to hell and paying them directly fucks Chinese banks with American sanctions. that's not happening. China gets less cheap oil, russia get less bidirectional smuggling through Iran and less iranian goods

Iran getting fucked being good for Russia is top 3 retarded brics cope in this thread so far
 
mindlessobserver powiedział(a):
NOOOOOO! THEY BELONGED IN MUSEUMS! NOOOOOOOOOOO :cryblood:

THIS IS UNIRONICALLY THE WORST, MOST EVIL THING THE STATE OF ISRAEL HAS EVER DONE!
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There are enough 4's and 5's around.

Any remaining 'cats, however, must be captured and upgraded to a new F-14E spec with F-135s (somehow) and AESA, and updated Phoenixes to match. Inshallah.
 
Catch The Rainbow powiedział(a):
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3 Americans dead, 5 seriously injured.
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Friend of Dorothy Parker powiedział(a):
His most important potential role - for Iranians, if any - would be a symbolic one. The Islamic Revolution was and is THE most important moment in Iran's modern history. A literal black veil settled over that country in 1979, and the Shah represents all that was lost. His son serves as the current-day representation of that - or he could, merely from being the son (and he looks a lot like his father*). Tbh, I don't think there's a huge royalist appetite in Iran, and he doesn't seem to have been able to galvanize people much over the last 45 years, but he might just be the full circle symbol people will want. And a caretaker leader is maybe the path of least friction for an interim governmentt, and US influence there would be to our obvious benefit.
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Setting up a democracy would be an extreme mistake. Tell Paul Harvey he can have absolute dictatorial monarch or power and leave it at that. And if he doesn't want to just get his son to do it? Democracy is for fags.
 
HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS powiedział(a):
This is the only chance to conquer Taiwan but alas Xi just purged his military and no want has any idea what to do.
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I do believe that China wants to attack Taiwan ASAP, but I don't think their logistics make any sense right now.
One, unless its a quick in-n-out (it won't be), they won't be able to sustain oil demand with just Russia supplying. They are trying to create oil by compressing coal, which they have a lot of, but that's nowhere near enough.
Two, most of their exports are currently dependent on Taiwan's semiconductors which they will never ever control no matter what ever. If they attack Taiwan without their own semi industry at least able to lift some of that burden, they will nuke their economy.
Three, they will immediately lose any western trading partner, who already are itching to decouple from China because their own industries are collapsing due to inability to compete with China. This in itself wouldn't matter that much in the same way that Russia survived sanctions, but coupled with one and two, I think would be the killing blow.
Four as you mentioned Xi already purged the entire military top brass lol
 
Lmfao the worthless media in my country (italy) is ballwashing Iran so hard. They're acting like the regime will totally recover and will totally manage to elect another supreme leader.
 
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