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Image is of destruction and damage inside Israel, sourced from this article.


Iran and Israel have struck each other many times over the last few days. There has been a general focus on military facilities and headquarters by both sides, though Israel has also struck oil facilities, civilian structures and hospitals, and in return for this, Iran has struck major scientific centers and the Haifa oil facilities.

Israel appears to have three main aims. First, to collapse the Iranian state, either through shock and breakdown by killing enough senior officials, or via some sort of internal military coup. Second, to try and destroy Iranian nuclear sites and underground missile cities, or at least to paralyze them long enough to achieve the first and third goals. And third, to bring the US into a direct conflict with Iran. This is because the US better equipped to fight them than Israel is (though victory would still not be guaranteed depending on what Iran chooses to do).

Iranian nuclear facilities are hidden deep underground (800 meters), far beyond the depth range of even the most powerful bunker busters (~70 meters or so), and built such that the visible ground entrances are horizontally far away in an unknown direction from the actual underground chambers. Only an extremely competent full-scale American bombing force all simultaneously using multiple of the most powerful conventional (perhaps even nuclear) bunker busters could even hypothetically hope to breach them (and we have seen how, in practice, American bunker busters have largely failed to impair or deter Ansarallah). There are several analysts on both sides who have concluded that it is entirely impossible to physically prevent Iran from building nukes.

I fully expect the US to join the war. I believe the current ambiguity is a deliberate invention of the US while they work to move their military assets into position, and as soon as they are ready, the US will start bombing Iran. After that, Iran's leadership must - if they haven't already - harden their hearts, and strike back with no fear, or risk following the path of Libya, Syria, and Iraq, either into either surrender, occupation, or annihilation. Every day where they do not possess a nuke is a day where lives are being lost and cities are being bombed.


Last week's thread is here.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 81 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Iran has Juche Necromancy technology

Admiral Ali Shamkhani confirms survival after Israeli strike - Pakistan Minute Mirror

Earlier reports had falsely announced his death, but Press TV and several Iranian outlets have confirmed his current stable condition

PressTV -

"I am alive and ready for sacrifice"

Message from Admiral Shamkhani to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the people of Iran: I am alive and ready for sacrifice

Admiral Ali Shamkhani, the political advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, who was severely injured during a terrorist attack by the Israeli regime on his home in the early hours of June 13, has stabilized medically.

In a message addressed to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the people of Iran, he emphasized: The bright day of victory is near. The name of Iran will shine throughout history as it always has, and the smiles.

[-] cinnaa42@hexbear.net 81 points 1 month ago

So the israelis are just obscuring all military casualties from the Iranian strikes, right? It's completely unbelievable with the number of confirmed hits on IDF/related institutions that no military personnel have been killed.

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[-] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 81 points 1 month ago

The Israeli blackout really drives home how reliant we are on constant media reporting to determine the rate of success and draw conclusions about the relative strengths of Israel and Iran. With an Israeli media blackout, there's going to be a lot more people questioning (both legitimately and as propaganda online) whether Iranian capabilities are degraded or if we just can't see the strikes any more.

I guess for your average guy without much military knowledge like yours truly, there's increasingly not much more to do or say than to hope Iran knows how to fight wars, lol

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 80 points 1 month ago

Former Economy Minister of Iran seems to be calling for the Strait of Hormuz usage to immediately be taken under a policy of "all ships require approval from Iran to pass".

Passing the Strait of Hormuz Only with Iran's Permission

🔹Khandouzi, Former Economy Minister: Starting tomorrow, for 100 days, no oil tanker or LNG cargo should be able to pass through the Strait without Iran's approval.

🔹This policy is decisive if it is implemented "on time". Any delay in its implementation means enduring more war inside the country. Trump's battle must be ended by combining economy and security.

Fars News Agency https://t.me/farsna/377755

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 80 points 1 month ago

If they drop a nuke on Fordow they can claim whatever they want to claim about its success because nobody will be able to verify whether it actually damaged the facility via radiation monitoring.

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[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 80 points 1 month ago

On Channel 13, an Israeli commentator joked about war with Turkey.

Stupidest move Israel could make.

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[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 80 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Another ballistic missile attack by Iran on Israel just concluded, 20-30 missiles launched, multiple direct hits. Same pattern since day 1 of the war, more than 20 missiles must be launched to guarantee direct hits, and the more that are launched, the more direct hits.

I'd guess daytime strikes are done using missiles launched from the east, where Israeli fighter jets can't reach. Probably dispersed from the missile cities and prepared the night before, but fired during the day.

[-] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 80 points 1 month ago

if you have USA as an Ally you get 25 Air Tankers on the way to support you 3 days into your war X´th war of aggression , while doing genocide.

If you have china , i think its jasmine tea.

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 80 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Some Palestine Action activists have taken a couple of British air-to-air refuelling tankers out of action with a bit of red paint.

Security review launched after activists break into RAF base

A security review has been launched across UK military bases after pro-Palestinian activists broke into RAF Brize Norton and sprayed two military planes with red paint.

spoiler

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx24nppdx0lo

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the action as "disgraceful", saying it was an "act of vandalism".

Footage posted online by Palestine Action on Friday showed two people inside the Oxfordshire airbase in darkness, with one riding on a scooter up to an Airbus Voyager and spraying paint into its jet engine.

South East counter terrorism police later confirmed its specialist officers were investigating the incident alongside Thames Valley Police and the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Downing Street said the incident had not blocked any planned aircraft movements or stopped any operations.

Defence Secretary John Healey said he was "really disturbed" by the incident and had ordered an investigation and the wider security review.

Palestine Action said the activists evaded security and claimed they had put the air-to-air refuelling tankers "out of service".

However, RAF engineers are assessing the damage and a defence source told the BBC they did not expect the incident to affect operations.

In a statement, a Palestine Action spokesperson said: "Despite publicly condemning the Israeli government, Britain continues to send military cargo, fly spy planes over Gaza and refuel US and Israeli fighter jets."

Counter-terror police said the incident happened in the early hours of Friday and added enquiries were "ongoing to establish the exact circumstances".

Thames Valley Police earlier said it had received a report about people gaining access to the base and causing criminal damage.

"Inquiries are ongoing to locate and arrest those responsible," the force said.

RAF Brize Norton serves as the hub for UK strategic air transport and refuelling, including flights to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. The air force has conducted reconnaissance flights over Gaza out of the Cyprus base.

The base is encircled by a large perimeter fence, with security camera and sensors in the area in addition to manned security checkpoints. Patrols around the base are also carried out from time to time.

But a defence source said these measures would not have been able to provide complete cover around the large airbase.

Palestine Action has engaged in similar activity since the start of the current war in Gaza, predominantly targeting arms companies. In May, it claimed responsibility for the daubing of a US military plane in Ireland.

The group said the activists who entered RAF Brize Norton used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the planes' engines.

It also said they caused "further damage" using crowbars - though this is not visible in the bodycam footage it provided.

Video shows the activists then roaming around the airbase.

The protesters did not spray paint on the Vespina aircraft - used by the prime minister for international travel - which was also on the base.

The MoD told the BBC that RAF Voyager aircraft had not been involved in refuelling or supporting Israeli Air Force jets.

A spokesman said Voyagers have been used in the Middle East to refuel RAF Typhoon jets involved in the ongoing international efforts to tackle the so-called Islamic State group in eastern Iraq and Syria.

They have also been used in the Red Sea in the past in operations against Yemen's Houthi rebels.

Lord West, Labour minister for UK security and former head of the Royal Navy, said earlier that while he was not aware of the full details, the break-in was "extremely worrying".

"We can't allow thing like this to happen at all," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, adding that breaches like it were "really a problem" for national security.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the security breach was "deeply concerning".

"This is not lawful protest, it is politically motivated criminality," she said in a statement.

"We must stop tolerating terrorist or extremist groups that seek to undermine our society."

Greg Bagwell - a former RAF deputy commander - said that in targeting the Voyager, the activists picked "a strange target".

Air Marshall Bagwell, now a distinguished fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), told the BBC "those aircraft do not do what these protesters think they do. They're largely used for moving passengers or fuel".

He added that Voyagers had "the wrong connectors" that would stop them being used to help refuel Israeli or US jets, as the action group suggested.

But he said if the activists "wanted to create an effect, they've clearly done that".

Shadow armed forces minister Mark Francois told the BBC any attempt to interfere with the engines of large aircraft was "totally reprehensible".

He added there were "serious questions for the MoD to answer" about how protesters were able to "gain access to what is supposed to be a secure RAF airbase".

The local Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard described the activists' actions as "stupid and dangerous".

He said the investigations should establish "how this happened and what can be done in future to make sure no further breaches occur".

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[-] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 80 points 1 month ago
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[-] jack@hexbear.net 80 points 1 month ago

I am very afraid for the people of Tehran

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[-] hotspur@hexbear.net 80 points 1 month ago

The Atlantic, surprise surprise, is in full consent manufacture mode. It’s so on the nose you can practically see the talking points emails…

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[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Trump has left the G7 and is heading back to Washington DC, and posted these three things on Truth Social

More very public signalling towards Iran.

Lindsey Graham joins in

This is very serious. Anyone on here that lives in Iran, please take as much precautions as possible. Leave if possible.

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago

Fuel tanks of Israeli jets keep being found on Iran's Caspian coast.

Azerbaijani airspace is almost certainly being used as a launchpad towards Tehran.

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[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago

@WhyEssEff@hexbear.net you wanted to be tagged when it happens, well, here it is. The US has attacked Iranian nuclear sites.

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[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Iran just launched the largest ballistic missile attack of the past few days on Israel this morning, over 30 ballistic missiles launched. Multiple impacts/direct hits in Tel Aviv (3) and Be'er Sheva (1), including on Soroka hospital.

Lots of interceptors, likely David's Sling, were launched over Tel Aviv

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[-] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago

—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Washington Post: 'Israel will only be able to maintain shooting down Iranian ballistic missiles for 10 or 12 more days, then they will need to start rationing munitions'

This could explain why Iran is opting to launch small but consecutive waves. Iran is likely using up some of their older / less sophisticated missiles to deplete Israeli defenses, to make way for the 'real' stuff later on. This is attritional warfare.

In most cases, a small wave of 3-5 Iranian ballistic missiles is enough to prompt the launch of about 10-15 Israeli interceptor missiles, with each one costing at least $12 million dollars (in the case of THAAD).

In contrast, even Iran's most modern missile, the Fattah-1, only costs about $200,000 to produce. If we assume 12 interceptors for one Fattah-1 missile (as seen in a video today), that means Israel is spending $144 million dollars to 'intercept' (or not) a single Iranian hypersonic missile.

This is simply not sustainable. Within about two weeks, if Iran keeps up the current pace of fire, Israeli airspace will be at the mercy of Iran's far larger and more destructive solid fuel missiles. Unless, of course, the U.S. intervenes directly.

From @Middle_East_Spectator, good analysis that lines up with a lot of what we've been saying here.

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[-] Tervell@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago

https://xcancel.com/MazMHussain/status/1935775987171483652

Israeli officials appear to be editing contrast and angle on images of their airstrikes in Iran and posting them on separate days to appear new. The images below clearly show overlapping details with modifications only to image and resolution. There appear to be many cases this.

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[-] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago
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[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago

I'm getting really annoyed that whenever you express disappointment with China's passive foreign policy, some people immediately act like you're being unreasonable and asking China to declare total war, as if there aren't a dozen other things the world's biggest manufacturer could do with the amount of cards they have. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, because if continuing (and even strengthening) trade with the Zionist entity during a genocide didn't stop those people from making up excuses, then nothing will.

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[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago
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[-] Lerios@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago

when you've been offline for a few days and when you return the news comm is at 3600 comments stress

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[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Update: B-2s currently in the air, still over the continental United States though, just left Whiteman. Potentially 8 B-2s, in two separate groups. 4 hours to California, and 24 hours to cross the Pacific... I can't believe this is being done so publicly, this has to be signalling and not an actual combat mission. The B-2s are using the callsign MYTEE, a transit callsign that covers the entire bomber fleet. So most likely not a combat mission.

You can hear the comms here

Source

In what has to be one of the most blatant acts of public signalling I've ever seen, the US issued a notice to all airmen (NOTAM) for mid air refueling off of the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii, at 15:00 UTC for June 21st. This notice was issued just outside of the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, the red B-2 shaped outline, just by chance I'm sure. This is definitely something only Trump would do, if you put it in a movie or Tom Clancy novel it would be too blatant. ~~So the B-2s are just past Hawaii now, should they be on their way.~~

Source

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Israel is taking down youtube lives showing tel aviv and haifa. We're entering a period of military censorship that includes civilian cities now.

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[-] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago

China will continue to trade with both Israel and Iran

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[-] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago
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[-] LoveYourself@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

Al Aqsa Flood war will see the defeat of flagships of the most advanced navy in the history of the human race.

God protect the resistance axis as they continue to humiliate and defeat the oppressors

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[-] whatdoiputhere12@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

Trump seemed like he was in a hurry to me

Love that he closed it off with a god bless Israel

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Maduro calls on U.S. people to stop the US government's madness - Prensa Latina

Article

Caracas, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, called on the people of the United States to stop the madness of his government to get involved in the war that Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran are currently waging.

While participating in the Workshop of the Seven Transformations (7T) with the deputies elected on May 25, in the Ríos Reyna hall of the Teresa Carreño Theater Cultural Complex, in Caracas, the ruler assured that “only the people of the United States can stop this madness”.

I call on the American people, do you want another war, do you want the United States to get involved in the slaughter, in the destruction of the Muslim, Iranian and Arab peoples," Maduro asked.

They want the United States to be marked as the initiator of the Third World War, he added, and pointed out that this is the call he is making from the “pacifist and Bolivarian Venezuela”.

The Venezuelan leader called on the streets, from all corners, from North to South and from East to West, to "raise a single voice in the U.S. nation: no to war!

Maduro recalled the destruction and death every time the United States gets involved in a conflict in the Middle East as it happened in Iraq, where a million people lost their lives, as well as in Libya and Afghanistan.

The Head of State urged the countries that are powers in the region and the world to “sit down and force the Zionist State of (Benjamin) Netanyahu to stop its attacks and to respect International Law”.

I call on all the governments of the new powers: China, Russia, Turkey, the countries of the Gulf Council, the nations of the Global South, but especially the Muslim countries, to “support and accompany the Islamic Republic of Iran in its struggle for peace”, he emphasized.

“That has to be the path, not the path of escalating violence, of deaths, of bombs, no,” he reaffirmed.

Likewise, he reiterated his call to the Jewish people to stop the war and to Netanyahu to “stop this madness of infernal war with all the neighboring countries and of wanting to conquer and colonize the entire Middle East and Western Asia”.

It is a Hitlerian, supremacist and Nazi idea, which must be defeated by the Global South, he stressed.

Regarding the 7T Workshop, the President proposed the creation of a Latin American and Caribbean Parliamentary Political School, with the name of the Venezuelan revolutionary David Nieves Banchs.

This center would aim at contributing to the training of political leaders, he pointed out, and called on revolutionary parliamentarians to prepare themselves to become “a sounding board of the People's Power”.

President Maduro needs YOUR help! maduro-gift

[-] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

IRGC Statement:

"To the residents of the occupied lands in Al-Quds:

The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, relying on the brave Iranian people, have dismantled the air defense systems of the Zionist army in several past operations, and today, the skies of the occupied territories have opened their arms to Iranian missiles and drones.

The missile strikes will be precise and continuous. As you saw yesterday, Mossad and “Aman” (military intelligence) headquarters, as well as air force bases of the Zionist army, were targeted across various parts of the occupied territories.

The Commander of the IRGC had warned: "The gates of hell will be opened upon you."

The missiles of the Aerospace Force will not allow you a single moment outside your underground shelters and it has now been days since you’ve seen sunlight.

Be certain: the sirens will not fall silent for even a moment. You must choose between a slow death in a hellish life within the shelters, or a swift escape from the lands your forefathers stole; perhaps you’ll find life beyond the hell that is coming."


this feels like a bit of an exaggeration but the vibes are very much there at least

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[-] iie@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

Is it actually plausible that America might really chicken out? Someone pour water on my optimism if it's unfounded

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[-] glingorfel@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

if trump decides to go for it, we're gonna end up with a nazbol Tucker Carlson campaign in 2028 that unites all the worst libs and chuds

I keep seeing clips of him roasting Ted Cruz with a bevy of comments on each one from libs saying "I can't believe I'm agreeing with Tucker now"

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

Iranian Atomic Energy Agency full statement:

'Following the brutal attacks of the Zionist enemy over the past few days, at dawn today, the country's nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan were attacked by the enemies of Islamic Iran in a brutal act that contradicts international laws, especially the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

This act that contradicts international law was unfortunately carried out in amid the shadow of indifference and even the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

The American enemy, through cyberspace, the President of this country has taken responsibility for the attack on the aforementioned sites, which are under the continuous supervision of the IAEA based on the Safeguards Agreement and the NPT.

It is expected that the international community, while condemning the lawlessness based on the rules of the jungle, will support Iran in preserving its legitimate rights.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran assures the great Iranian nation that despite the evil conspiracies of its enemies, with the efforts of thousands of its revolutionary and motivated scientists and experts, it will never allow the development of this national nuclear industry, which is the result of the blood of nuclear martyrs, to be stopped.

This organization has put the necessary measures, including legal proceedings, on its agenda to defend the rights of the noble Iranian nation.'

[-] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

Washington Post: anti-missile defense against Iran costs Israel $285 million per day.

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

If time actually is a flat circle - we'll get a reboot of this...

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[-] nasezero@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago
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[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

If I was Trump I would at least have tied John Bolton to one of the bombs

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

I know the dems are beyond pathetic but this is - I dunno what to call it - beyond beyond pathetic.

UPDATE, 24+ hours since the Trump-Vance admin bombed Iran:

  • 52 House members signed onto the Massie-Khanna War Powers Resolution
  • 3 Senators supporting Kaine's War Powers Resolution
  • 8 Senators signed onto Bernie's No War Against Iran Act

60 total. 59 Democrats. 1 Republican.

https://bsky.app/profile/premthakker.bsky.social/post/3lsafl4p3pk2l

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[-] LoveYourself@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago

⚫️ The Islamic Jihad Movement spokesperson, Mohammed Al-Haj Musa: —

And when the Islamic Republic responded—striking back—the sirens wailed in occupied Palestine, in the skies over the usurped land. I tell you, those sirens also wailed in the hearts of all Palestinians, for this Iranian response was a response on our behalf. These Iranian strikes were for us, on our path.

This people of Gaza, who have endured a brutal war, a continuing genocide, and starvation—living now in tents or beneath the rubble—have found someone who stands by them and defends them in the fullest sense of the word.

We affirm that what has taken place in various arenas of support—and is now manifesting in the Islamic Republic of Iran—has its central cause in Palestine, and is for the sake of Palestine.

The Islamic Republic is not being attacked or confronted today because it “intervenes,” as some claim. No—it’s because it says “No” It refuses to yield. It refuses to abandon the Palestinian people amid a global alignment supporting the zionist occupation and its genocidal war.

This, then, is a war for Gaza. A war for Palestine. Since the dawn of the Revolution in 1979, the slogans of Imam Khomeini and all the leaders who gave what they could—including the signature of the martyr Qassem Soleimani on every launcher and missile that reached the expanse of Palestine’s geography—affirm that the jihad of the Republic is a support for the Palestinian people.

So let it be clear: this is not some emotional bias.The Palestinian people today are making their choices. Despite all the harsh conditions, we still believe—and will continue to believe—that the rifle is the only legitimate solution, and that resistance in all its forms is our unifying path.

We reject and denounce all forms of sectarian or doctrinal division.

We are now at a true crossroads: Either you are with the nation of Muhammad ibn Abdullah—the nation that resists occupation, oppression, and humiliation—or you stand in the camp of those who seek Al-Quds as “Yerushalayim,” defending and supporting the occupation.

The matter is now crystal clear. There is no gray area. This is the certainty of the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian joy today is not like any other joy. Who rejoices? The hungry. The wounded. The oppressed. The grieving. The burned—in heart and soul. The one whose home has been destroyed. Whose family has been killed. Who suffers and suffers again.

He stands and smiles in these moments, for he sees hope in a nation-a nation now embodied by the Islamic Republic—a true nation amid Arab abandonment.

A nation that says “no” to the occupier in the harshest of circumstances.

The Islamic Republic does not possess what the United States does.This is what everyone must understand.

The Islamic Republic does not fight from behind a shield that protects its leaders and people. Its resources are limited, but it has prepared its people spiritually and psychologically for forty years to belong to this nation.

It has prepared its people to become the strategic weapon of the Islamic Republic: this certainty in the hearts of Iranians that they belong to the Islamic Ummah, and that they are duty-bound to support the cause with their blood and lives—to sacrifice everything they can.

Therefore, it is only natural for us as Palestinians to say that this blood is our blood, that this cause is our cause. Any strike on Tehran is, to us, a strike on Gaza, on Al-Quds, on Palestinian Akka.

We rejoice—we are filled with joy—when these missiles and shells strike at the heart of the entity. We feel that our occupied, sacred land—this land of the prophets—resonates with these flames, turning into fire upon the occupier, scorching him in anger and vengeance for all the sacrifices made by the Palestinian people, and in response to the continuing crimes of the enemy.

https://t.me/PalestineResist/79311

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[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago

All this when trump severly sabotaged negotiations with Iran on nuclear weapons in his first term. This will be forgotten with the manufactured consent when the same media outlets praised Obama for making significant headway in those negotiations. This is a clown world

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[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago

Can Iran develop nukes fast? Are they trying to develop nukes? I don't see how Iran survives a joint attack from the two zionazi entities without pointing a gun right at the center of Israel. The thought of a country with a 100 million people being turned into Libya is a tragedy on the scale of a world war.

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[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Radlibs: OMG this is just 1984 Stasi Kgb

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[-] Quaxamilliom@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago

“When our turn comes, we shall make no excuse for the terror.”

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