It would widen but decidedly not in Iran's favor, they have the upper hand right now and the U.S. is all alone. Dragging Israel into this would be catastrophically stupid.
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US forces in Iraq under attack from Iranian cruise missiles. [IMPORTANT STAFF POST]
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It would widen but decidedly not in Iran's favor, they have the upper hand right now and the U.S. is all alone. Dragging Israel into this would be catastrophically stupid.
It's 1AM here and I need to sleep but I also feel obliged to stay awake and keep up to date with this. For some reason I'd rather see any immediate responses live than wake up to a shitshow.
Didn't realise some of our folks are based there as well, hopefully they're OK.
There is so, so much amateur footage of missile strikes from Syria, Libya, Israel, etc over the past decade, and they would frequently get reposted as alleged footage of some event in those conflicts that had made the news recently, so I would take footage tweeted even by mainstream news outlets with a pinch of salt.
Trump could kick these people in the genitals with steel toe'd boots while taking everything they own and these fucking dipshits would still support him.
They're brainwashed fucking idiots.
I have to wonder if this is just posturing given that Israel seem to be the only allies that Trump "cares" about.
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Iran's air defense is basically worthless against modern stealth jets
Exactly the response the administration wanted.
But there was no other way for Iran to respond to an assassination attack
But there was no other way for Iran to respond to an assassination attack
Trump gonna follow up his "if it happens, it happens" with a "I don't really care, do u?" speech?
Can't say I blame Iran, but this isn't going to end well for them. I was hoping cooler heads would prevail. But after endless US antagonism, they really had no choice but to respond
Manpads, maybe. They don't have the range to shoot down high flying US aircraft.
You think this is going to hurt his numbers? Oh that's funny, why do you think this is happening in the first place?
He's creating a bad guy that only he can defeat. Or that'll be the political play. I dunno how it plays but I don't think well.
Reposting this, OP can we threadmark this. The hysterics and hyperbole is insane, the situation is dire enough as it is
This is what their AF is largely comprised of
Good call closing the thread to establish some rules. ^
Oh ok, well I hope they leave soon for Iraq's sake, they don't deserve to get caught up in this bs.
Oh ok, well I hope they leave soon for Iraq's sake, they don't deserve to get caught up in this bs.
What a fucking mess.
Thanks to the idiotic general American public, no doubt.
This isn't really the time or place, but for whatever reason, an active military engagement usually improves a president's numbers.
To be fair, they dont really need stealth technology when they have giant 10,000 ft mountain ranges to hide behind and dogfight in.
A sitting president has never lost reelection during war time
Trump doesn't have a cooler head.
He's going to respond because he's a fucking idiot with a one track mind.
I feel so sick knowing that this country voted to put life or death decisions into the hands of Donald fucking Trump. People on both sides are going to live or die based on decisions from a madman.
At a minimum, they're launching their air forces as an evasive measure. Jets on the runway are sitting ducks.
In the event of conflict, it's standard practice to get birds in the air.
This was probably one of the angles used on him, but yes...because traditionally US presidents are reelected during war time
If it's any consolation I don't actually think Trump has the stomach for an actual war. He'll think to himself "Ugh this sounds like A LOT of work!" and he'll bluster his way through this.
The only reason he gave the go ahead for Soleimani is because he thought he get plaudits the same way he did for al baghdadi and he didn't understand the ramifications.
He's literally too much of an idiot and coward for war; he'll hand off all the decisions to the military brass and they will deescalate it.
The only reason he gave the go ahead for Soleimani is because he thought he get plaudits the same way he did for al baghdadi and he didn't understand the ramifications.
He's literally too much of an idiot and coward for war; he'll hand off all the decisions to the military brass and they will deescalate it.
Do we have anyone here who is bilingual and can translate what the local folks in this video are saying?