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

Rubio says that Trump is heartbroken to see what Iran does to its people and wants there to be a way for them to fight back. He also brings up the 2009 protests, where Obama turned his head and coughed in response.
 
The UAE really has become Israel's twin lol
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To be fair it is on Trump because they've broken the ceasefire so many times, not just attacking the UAE. Their attacks on us however have been utterly pathetic and that's the only reason this ceasefire narrative can still somewhat hold up to anyone not paying close attention. I think if it wasn't a midterm year Trump probably would've attacked by now but since the numbers aren't that great and Iran can't seem to hit anything that'd force a large response he's playing softball.
 
Hell, I am surprised Trump just hasn't starting naming Random (surviving) IRGC officers and saying "Thank you for the productive dialog about peace" and just wait for the IRGC to start self-strategic martyring each other.
I wish you were our SecDef. Gordon Gecko is pretty funny, but not THAT funny.
US culture is designed to bend and adjust to bullshit in a way I guess they can't comprehend. Half of the country seething about the president is tuesday here.
Free speech includes stupid speech. Chinks have been bred to servitude over milennia, and have never had a culture that values liberty over life. The USA is not only founded by descendents of actual warrior cultures like the Gauls, Britons, and Teutons, but moreover we were selected from the more daring and freedom-loving of those who escaped papist and crypto-papist (Br*tish) tyranny.

Then we interbred with injuns, who are just plain crazy and very, very cruel to their enemies. The redneck and its counterpart the country black terrify all those who grovel before authority.
 
Battery-only models have already reached around 50% market penetration in recent months in Singapore and Thailand and about a third in China, Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam. Even before the war, billions of drivers in Asia were looking for an alternative to the cost and pollution of petrol power and in numerous markets electric models were already as cheap as conventional vehicles.​
In the Philippines, imports of solar panels from China during March alone were sufficient to increase total solar capacity by half, relative to levels at the end of 2025. In Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan, trade was sufficient to boost installations by a quarter or more. One Manila-based solar installer told local news site Rappler that they were signing as much as 10 times more contracts per month than they were before the war.​

The move to alternatives is accelerating.
Electric cars make the problem worse.

- 93-94% of Singapore's electricity is generated from natural gas and all of it is imported.

- 90% of Thailand's electricity is generated from LNG and oil. 37% of their LNG and 60% of their oil is imported.

- 50% of Vietnam's electricity is generated using imported fossil fuels.

- 60% of China's electricity is generated using imported fossil fuels.
 
Rubio says Epic Fury is totally over, and we'd love a peaceful resolution *wink wink, nudge nudge*, but Iran is refusing to accept one.
He also says, quote, "They should check themselves before they wreck themselves."
 
Electric cars make the problem worse.

- 93-94% of Singapore's electricity is generated from natural gas and all of it is imported.

- 90% of Thailand's electricity is generated from LNG and oil. 37% of their LNG and 60% of their oil is imported.

- 50% of Vietnam's electricity is generated using imported fossil fuels.

- 60% of China's electricity is generated using imported fossil fuels.
Singapore fits.

Thailand:
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Vietnam:
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Coal being 50 % (net) imported.

China:
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Coal being 10 % imported (net). That kind of surprised me.

The overall point is that gas and oil have to go though the Strait. Coal does not. The biggest producer of coal is Australia. So unless Australia says no to exporting coal. They will be able to mitigate some of their demand. In addition the electricity mix isn't forced to be stagnant and can change over time as well. Away from oil and gas in this case.
 
I remember there were reports of confusion within china's leadership because the CCP's strategy since like 2016 was to let civil unrest destroy us all and they figured it would happen any day now. If in china the news was calling for the death of the leader, and people were talking about killing each other on social media they know their civilization would fall apart in a matter of months because it's rigid. US culture is designed to bend and adjust to bullshit in a way I guess they can't comprehend. Half of the country seething about the president is tuesday here.
poltards sperging about the boogaloo or whatever nonstop -> china believes the USA is gonna rip itself apart any day now

poltards duping boomer politicians again, but this time unintentionally :story:

tyrants don't understand that free countries allowing their citizens to politisperg as they please is why those free countries don't implode. political safety valves don't exist in tyrannies because as comrade dyatlov has explained, comrades, tyrannies do not implode. it is physically impossible comrades
 
Is there anything the US has offered or could offer Iran as consolation for giving up their nuke and strait ambitions? Something they and Third Worldists/#FreePalestoids can hold up as a crushing victory over Zionism and The Great Satan?
Our offer is a permanent delay on bridge and power plant day, in exchange for Hormuz opening and Iran giving up nukes. The weak dont get to negotiate with the strong for better terms beyond sufferance for their continued existence.
 
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Iran's joint military command is now claiming the attacks on the UAE were false flags.
Nothing says that a country is winning (or won) a conflict like renegade units launching independent attacks, long after a cease fire has been in effect, against neutral targets.

And these niggas think they can be trusted with nuclear weapons? As much as I hate to say it. The jeets and the mountain jeets are seemingly more trustworthy when it comes to nuclear weapons.
 
The USS Cole's effect on ship design cannot be over stated. The risk was already known and ship designs were being updated to account for the possibility, but the Cole attack put all that into laser focus. Ships got not only better sensors, but also with better weapons stations designed to allow shooting of small craft. It is not just the USN who took this lesson to heart, every navy and ship yard/design firm applied lessons.
The USS Cole bombing wasn't the fault of ship design, but the rules of engagement Clinton admin. had lay down and the U.S. Navy had to complied with. As in letting the uninvited locals whether in person and in ships getting in too close when at port.
 
these niggas think they can be trusted with nuclear
Bruh. Nukes are surprisingly clean in terms of radiation these days. Your Fallout leaping is actually going to be of higher quality with the radioactive material and missiles Iran already has.
“Nukes” are just a cope Orange Man is trying to call upon.
 
Bruh. Nukes are surprisingly clean in terms of radiation these days. Your Fallout leaping is actually going to be of higher quality with the radioactive material and missiles Iran already has.
“Nukes” are just a cope Orange Man is trying to call upon.
The radioactive fallout is the least of the concern with a nuclear weapon dipshit.
 
Bruh. Nukes are surprisingly clean in terms of radiation these days. Your Fallout leaping is actually going to be of higher quality with the radioactive material and missiles Iran already has.
“Nukes” are just a cope Orange Man is trying to call upon.
I didn't meant the fallout, I meant that the clear lack of control the IRGC has over its forces could lead to them to launching a nuclear strike against some other country without authorization from their superiors. Its been weeks since the start of the cease fire and yet their units operating under their (gay) mosaic network are still launching independent attacks.
 
I reiterate that there is still no silver bullet for Iran that lets Trump walk away with a divisive victory without another round of strikes. Thats just how it is.
Radan, the police general is still alive, Ahmad Vahidi is still alive, Basij is still intact and IRGC, and they still have the moderates hostage.
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Not sure if this is a bright idea to wait almost 2 weeks for strikes to restart, but lets see how it plays out.
 
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Heres how bad the Iranian Rial is spiraling from Bonbast:
SegmentFromToRaw change% change
Baseline → 12-Day War~80,000 (Jan 2025)95,700 (Jun 12, 2025)+15,700 IRR+19.6%
12-Day War → 2026 War95,700 (Jun 12, 2025)172,050 (Feb 27, 2026)+76,350 IRR+79.8%
2026 War → May 2 current172,050 (Feb 27, 2026)189,100 (May 2, 2026)+17,050 IRR+9.9%
Total baseline → now80,000 (Jan 2025)189,100 (May 2, 2026)+109,100 IRR+136.4%
Yes I used AI, seethe about it. Anyways, Iranian currency is hemorrhaging against the USD.
I sent my friend $100 in December, it was 900k Rial

I sent my friend $100 a week ago, it was 1.8 million Rial
 
I reiterate that there is still no silver bullet for Iran that lets Trump walk away with a divisive victory without another round of strikes. Thats just how it is.
Radan, the police general is still alive, Ahmad Vahidi is still alive, Basij is still intact and IRGC still has to moderates hostage.
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Not sure if this is a bright idea to wait almost 2 weeks for strikes to restart, but lets see how it plays out.
Trump is seemingly in love with his blockade to the point that he seems to think it solves literally all his problems, and he can hang it over Xi's head as the ultimate solution with minimal risk to American lives. Which is honestly not a terribly misplaced notion, but it hinges on how much suffering the regime can endure before something substantial gives.
Rubio said today that all 90 million Iranian civilians could drop dead tomorrow, and the regime wouldn't give two shits so long as their IRGC thugs weren't among them, so it's clear the Trump admin has an understanding of how callous and despicable these people are, despite all of Trump's hemming and hawing about "regime change."

On that note, Rubio was damn near in tears earlier with how obviously furious he is at the UN and Europe for their absolute refusal to do a damn thing to help, saying he's unsure if a majority of countries will even vote for the resolution to open the Strait.
 
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