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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Maori Kiwifruit Growers said:
The whole idea is that you literally unplug, recenter and get closer to God/your family/your kids/your wife/what really matters once a week.
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that's a good sentiment, and I like that. Just do away with the anal retention to the point that you have to come up with wacky light switches and special settings on your ovens. Turning the lights on or off or cooking a meal is not in anyway disrupting your spirituality or preventing you from deepening your connection with God and your family. This stuff reminds me of Medieval monks flagellating themselves for committing sin, both are taking a good concept (in the case of the monks, feeling regret and remorse for wrong-doings) and turning the dial up to 11.
 
Can someone tell me why Israel is currently invading Lebanon?
They know that we're supposed to be fighting Iran right now, right?
 
bookers said:
Can someone tell me why Israel is currently invading Lebanon?
They know that we're supposed to be fighting Iran right now, right?
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It's a long history but long story short lebanon got up in israelis shit, then Israel got up in Lebanon shit, now an iranian proxy group exists on israels border and is fucking up Lebanon internally. Also this time Hezbollah decided to join the conflict by breaking a ceasefire and started bombing Israel (again).
 
bookers said:
Can someone tell me why Israel is currently invading Lebanon?
They know that we're supposed to be fighting Iran right now, right?
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Hezbollah, a militant Shia organization aligned and supported by Iran has been de-facto running/occupying southern and eastern Lebanon for the better part of 40 years, and has regularly engaged in hostilities with Israel. It’s a pre-emotive strike done by Israel this time, hopefully to smite them for good.
 
bookers said:
Can someone tell me why Israel is currently invading Lebanon?
They know that we're supposed to be fighting Iran right now, right?
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Can you tell me why the US was conducting raids on Cartels with Ecuador
They know that we're supposed to be fighting Iran right now, right?

(Multitasking is a thing)
 
bookers said:
Can someone tell me why Israel is currently invading Lebanon?
They know that we're supposed to be fighting Iran right now, right?
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Hezbollah is an Iranian proxy based out of Lebanon that regularly attacks Israel. Hezbollah operates in Lebanon virtually unimpeded because the Lebanese government does not want to square up with them. Some say that's because Hezbollah is stronger than them, but I think that's hooey. If the Lebanese government really wanted to get rid of Hezbollah, they would have made a deal with Israel and/or the US long ago to team up and wipe them out. personally I think the Lebanese government could drive Hezbollah out, but that would render them momentarily weak enough for Israel to decide to expand their borders a bit. Remember the middle east is a giant Mexican standoff, peace treaties and alliances aren't worth the paper they're written on there. Every tribe believes it all belongs to them, they're just letting every other tribe squat on it temporarily until they can take it back. Once you adopt that mindset, everything about middle east politics makes sense.
 
bookers said:
Can someone tell me why Israel is currently invading Lebanon?
They know that we're supposed to be fighting Iran right now, right?
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1. To hunt down Hezbollah that launched rockets from Lebanon at israel in retaliation for dabbing on Khamenei.
2. To establish a buffer zone to push Hezbollah out of range from being able to find on jew land.
3. To pressure Lebanon to get off their ass and take control of their own territory instead if ignoring terrorist activity.
4. These reasons make sense but they're probally just land grabbing more shit and will keep it.
 
gaysexenjoyer said:
Aren't calls home... monitored?
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Eh, no not really, not blatantly outside of the phone calls in basic. If you're not in a combat zone, in a school, or training you pretty much have unrestricted access to your personal cellphone (with some exclusions for things that are above my pay-grade I imagine). In certain countries you might be required to use a VPN or be restricted on the apps you can use, but cellphones have become a crutch for shitty leadership who can't set a timeline and you basically always need it on you. If you're on patrol or something you won't have it on you of course, but for day to day operations you need it. I tried to switch to a dumbphone for a bit and it caused so many issues I gave up.

It's fine to call home and give them updates about basic stuff, you can say "hey I'm deploying in a few weeks and it might be dangerous," but if you say "we're going to Iran soon in a combat role" (as the literal first boots on the ground) you'll probably get some UCMJ stuff at the very least
 
I just spoke with the mother of a service member in this unit. They were given one last call home before having to turn in their phones. He told his mom the were going “boots on the ground” tonight.
He also told her his commander said they were doing this to bring about the second coming of Christ.
I can also confirm they did not tell them this was a combat deployment until it was too late—everyone was told they were only going to training.
Not saying this is a confirms that the U.S. is invading… just that at least one soldier told their parent this before losing access to all communication.
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None of this happened. Western militaries don't tell combat units you're going to 'training' until the last second then say haha no you're going to combat. That kind of bait and switch has happened to some Russian soldiers, undoubtedly that's where the idea for that part of the story came from. Doing that shit destroys morale and neglects preparation, that = lots more casualties. There is no invasion force in place. The only place that the Immediate Response Force or a Marine Expeditionary Unit would be large enough to take is Kharg island, there's nowhere else in Iran 2,000-4,000 grunts would be enough. This religious bullshit is warmed-over muh Christian nationalism fantasies libshits have been talking about for years. I expect Kharg will be seized at some point, but right now any force put there would be hideously vulnerable to Iranian bombardment
 
Burnt Fish said:
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I see your small B-2 and raise you my large F-35.
I think this is from the Twelve-Day War.
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Kaakaapoo said:
reminds me of the shabbat light switch. one of the funniest ads I've ever seen. HEY GOY, GET IN HERE AND TURN MY BEDROOM LIGHTS OFF WOULD YA?
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"So I sat in the dark and thought: "It's the 21th century. There's got to be a better way."
Indeed, funny jew man, indeed.
Burnt Fish said:
Ukraine takes down over a thousand shaheds a day on some days and does it in a cost effective way. The US needs a change of gears in how we combat them instead of relying on our expensive interceptors, and that change is likely in the process of happening as Ukraine has already agreed to assist us in adopting their cheaper interception methods using cheap drones to combat the cheap drones.
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Ukraine is defending stationary targets deep within their territory and has hundreds of thousands of men under arms in the area the Shaheds fly over. The US would need to defend bulky and relatively slow moving cargo ships in an area where they risk their naval assets to cheap drones if they get too close. I am sure that the Ukrainians can help, but the situation is simply difficult for the USA.
 
The Great Ducktator said:
"So I sat in the dark and thought: "It's the 21th century. There's got to be a better way."
Indeed, funny jew man, indeed.

Ukraine is defending stationary targets deep within their territory and has hundreds of thousands of men under arms in the area the Shaheds fly over. The US would need to defend bulky and relatively slow moving cargo ships in an area where they risk their naval assets to cheap drones if they get too close. I am sure that the Ukrainians can help, but the situation is simply difficult for the USA.
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Thinking more in the sense of using them to defend the US bases and all of the other stationary targets Iran has been targeting for the last week
 
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