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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Hate to post a clickbaiter, but the fact that they have an exact number of how many targets are left to strike is a big plus, as it already disincentivizes mission creep and gives a clear end goal.
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One day after launching strikes on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and embroiled the region in war, President Trump told me this morning that the country’s new leadership wants to talk with him and that he plans to do so.

“They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them. They should have done it sooner. They should have given what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long,” Trump told me in a phone call from his Mar-a-Lago club shortly before 9:30 a.m.

Asked whether his conversation with the Iranians would happen today or tomorrow, Trump responded, “I can’t tell you that.” He noted that some of the Iranians involved in negotiations in recent weeks were no longer alive. “Most of those people are gone. Some of the people we were dealing with are gone, because that was a big—that was a big hit,” he told me. “They should have done it sooner, Michael. They could have made a deal. They should’ve done it sooner. They played too cute.”

Yesterday morning, in a video posted on social media, Trump called on the people of Iran to rise up against the current regime once the bombing campaign ended. “Now you have a president who is giving you what you want. So let’s see how you respond,” he said. “Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach.”

Read: ‘The worst-case outcome is complete chaos’

I asked Trump whether he was willing to prolong the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran to support a popular uprising if one unfolds. “Will they continue to get support if it takes some time to overthrow the regime?” I asked. Trump was noncommittal. “I have to look at the situation at the time it happens, Michael. You can't give an answer to that question,” he said.

But the president also expressed confidence that a successful uprising was coming, noting the signs of celebration in the streets of Iran and supportive gatherings of expatriate Iranians in New York and Los Angeles. “That is going to happen. You are seeing that, and I think it's gonna happen. A lot of people are extremely happy over there and in Los Angeles and in many other places,” he told me. (In addition to pro-regime-change celebrations in several major cities, large antiwar protests have also been held, many of them just a few blocks away.)

Trump told me he was pleased with Iranian people’s reaction so far. “Knowing it's very dangerous, knowing I've told everybody to stay in place—I think it's a very dangerous place right now,” he told me. “The people over there are shouting in the streets with happiness, but at the same time, there are a lot of bombs coming down.”

For years, the U.S. intelligence community has tracked and disrupted Iranian-led assassination plots against U.S. officials, including Trump, inside the United States. I asked him whether he had any indication of renewed Iranian threats against the U.S. homeland since the start of the attack. “I don’t want to tell you that,” he said.

Read: How Trump lives with the threat of Iranian assassination

Soon after our conversation, U.S. military officials announced that three U.S. service members were killed in the operation and five more were seriously wounded—the first known American casualties of the campaign. Trump told me he expects the attack on Iran will not disrupt Republican efforts before this fall’s midterm elections to convince voters that his administration is focused on delivering economic benefits for the country. “We have the greatest economy we’ve ever had,” he told me. “The word isn’t out because people like you don’t write about it properly. But the economy is ready to go through the roof. And it already is in many cases."

Trump argued that the attack’s effect on oil markets, which reopen tonight, would likely be less disruptive on American pocketbooks than some analysts had predicted, given the early success of the operation. “This could have been a huge price increase with respect to oil, if things went wrong,” he told me.

“So we’ll see what happens,” he added, before pivoting back to his decision to attack Iran for the second time since June. “People have wanted to do it for 47 years. They’ve killed people for 47 years, and now it’s reversed on them.”
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mango_reseller said:
Why does a criticism of US going abroad and killing evil people while sacrificing its own have to mean "defending any entity Trump goes after"? I agree the Iranian goatfucker and his regime are evil, I disagree that we need to do something about it. If you're making a purely moral argument, should the US next start targeting its own murderous, theocratic, genuinely-misogynist dictator allies? I don't care about them either, so my POV is "no".
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Respectfully, (I know; WTF am I doing here, even) I disagree.

I normally refrain from pop-slop references, but this one is apt: "With great power comes great responsibility".

You are the only remaining superpower on the planet, and so sometimes, ya gotta do superpower shit.

Remember that Iran was(?) is the single greatest state sponsor of Islamic terrorism and Muslim barbarism more generally. Their downfall will bring great benefits to the world, and especially to the US.

China is playing the long game; you must as well.
 
Foley said:
If you for one reason or another feel that you must try to seek help outside of the United States, your only option is China. And we have no track record of them doing anything either.
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the chinese don't seem to offer any military or security assistance to allies at all.
the russians talk big game and might send some wagner goons or 'peacekeeper' troops, but china offers their allies only economic and financial ties, and some military equipment of questionable quality at best.

basically russia says it will defend you, then when push comes to shove they'll either fail to protect you (armenia) or never show up at all (iran)
china doesn't even pretend that it will defend you, all it offers is a business relationship and maybe some political and diplomatic backup in international affairs.
 
Blewberry Nausea said:
There was a game or a concept for a game during the GWoT where you would be able to play actual combat missions designed based on publicly released information within like a couple of months of it happening that sounded interesting. So like you could experience Fallujah and shit.
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Ah I found the game and it was actually released! Nothing amazing though, it wasn’t a big studio

First released in 2004, Kuma\War now features over 120 missions, known as "episodes". While many episodes are drawn from the Iraq War, Kuma has also re-created events from Afghanistan, Iran, South Korea (a 1996 raid by North Koreancommandos), Vietnam (John Kerry's Silver Star mission), Sierra Leone (Operation Barras) and Mexico (a battle between Mexican soldiers and drug cartels).

The first mission of the game (named "Uday and Qusay's Last Stand") is the battle in which the two sons of Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay, are killed. The attack is described as "a turning point in Operation Iraqi Freedom" and "a milestone in the war on terror". Other significant episodes include "John Kerry’s Silver Star", "Fallujah: Operation al Fajr", and "Osama 2001: Tora Bora." The main distinguishing feature in Kuma\War is its extensive background information for each mission, which includes satellite photos, original articles and a multimedia library.

In May 2011, Kuma Games released Kuma\War 2's 107th mission: a recreation of the death of Osama bin Laden. Later in October 2011, Kuma Games released the 108th, and as of 2013, final mission for Kuma/War 2, a recreation of the Fall of Sirte and the death of Muammar Gaddafi
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Sorry for the derail, thread tax from James Woods
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mindlessobserver said:
Joe Vargus, (AngryJoe) is having a sperg out on Xitter over the evil orange man bombing wholesome chungus Iran.

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@Ice please kick this beaner out ASAP!
Milles d'Allemagne said:
they're even more retarded than you'd think, even Putin is just doing video-conferences. These guys just gotta hangout in person

LINK / archive
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Reminder to thank omar for why muslims believe that allah is the greatest general. And that listening to people with milltary or espionage skills is kufr or shirk.
1999 prick said:
Tourists are now sleeping in parking basements.
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The arabs long term planning in play everyone!
Catch The Rainbow said:
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If only the Afghanis had nukes...
StacticShock said:
but enough about israel and their retardation of trying to force a rapture.
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I cast! Trumpmanei!
Milles d'Allemagne said:
I know leftists don't care and will still cry about their big daddy islamic republic because of muh 6 gorillian starved palestinian infants (Iran is not uninvolved in that conflict escalating time and time again) but brown on brown violence is the middle eastern way of life
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I hate Muslims but fucking cmon man LOL. Jews, atleast makes lies that are entertaining. Not retarded! Anyhow they all should be struck down. Esp qatar. Fuck them!
Delicious Diversity said:
Fast forward to today. The US is able to cripple Venezuela's air defences and arrest their president in one morning with no losses. The US and Israel were able to completely buck-break Iran in a 12 Day War, and now this year, cripple the country's defences and eliminate its leadership on the first day of strikes without any boots on the ground (excluding special forces, almost certainly). Again, with as far as we know, no losses. Maybe a drone shot down here, a radar dome lit up there. No dead. The tech gap is wider than the Pacific by now.
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People joke about America being modern rome but fuck with the shit they're pulling these days. Even the fucking romans would be terrified. Damn a united America would be a terrifying enemy to all muds and a show of force for the civilized world.
 
Damn having to watch groypers mock dead American soldiers while Catch The Rainbow calls it out (oh and actually contributes to the thread with info). Being forcibly made just a bit less antisemitic against my will. Sucks obviously those soldiers died (RIP) for Israel but Iran is way too BPD a nation to exist.

Anyway sucks that US/JEWS aren't airdropping starlinks so we could get more content from the ground in Iran since I doubt the internet will come back anytime for the next few weeks.
 
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