Iran

[General Jack]

How much are we spending to fund all the countermeasures we are taking ourselves, along with us footing the bill for Israel and several Arab states? Shahed drones are dirt cheap, and they're firing old stock missiles. What are we defending everything with?

Now, perhaps I am being optimistic that we'll stop this **** quickly, but maybe the realist's view is that the US does not care about money and will keep blowing through it as long as necessary.

One other point, trump is the self-proclaimed "King of Debt". His MO is to let someone else hold the bag.... in this case, ourselves and our fellow citizens.

 

[General Jack]

Germany to Trump: We won’t help you reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Berlin says Iran is “not NATO’s war.”

www.politico.eu

Germany gives the middle finger to trump and Smegsbreath, I expect others to follow.

 

[CobbVol]

I'll take that as you not knowing.

Typical response from you that the majority in this forum have come to expect and discount.

 

[hog88]

Germany to Trump: We won’t help you reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Berlin says Iran is “not NATO’s war.”

www.politico.eu

Germany gives the middle finger to trump and Smegsbreath, I expect others to follow.

Does Germany even have a blue water Navy?

 

[BeardedVol]

We're spending millions to take out 5-figure drones. There was a Wall Street Journal podcast on it last week. Some other highlights:

- Ukraine has fired 600 Patriot missiles in the last few years
- We fired 800-1000 in the first week of the Iran war
- Our production is ~600 year
- Patriot missiles are very expensive

Basically, they will use old tech to deplete our new tech which is very expensive and hard to replace.

Fighter jets are downing Iranian drones—a dangerous, expensive mission

Former pilots laud the arrival of cheap munitions and help from Ukraine.

www.defenseone.com

Might see our first $1.5 trillion+ defense budget next year.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Good pillow then? Is it natural down or synthetic fiber? I go back and forth so have both. Form a pillow sandwich with my head at night.

I like mine. A pillow is as about as personal a choice as you can make and they have a free return window if you don’t like it. It isnt down they have different density fill materials to tailor your pillow. I have a down also but only sleep on the my pillow.

We bought some of their sheets too but the wife has other places she likes to buy high thread count sheets from. I stay out of that all together.

 

[MAD]

This applies to the men too.

 

[MontyPython]

I like mine. A pillow is as about as personal a choice as you can make and they have a free return window if you don’t like it. It isnt down they have different density fill materials to tailor your pillow. I have a down also but only sleep on the my pillow.

We bought some of their sheets too but the wife has other places she likes to buy high thread count sheets from. I stay out of that all together.

Does it come with an autographed 8x10 of Lindell? Sold!

 

[General Jack]

Does Germany even have a blue water Navy?

Good question for the one asking for help to answer.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Does it come with an autographed 8x10 of Lindell? Sold!

Thankfully no. And also thankfully they do not bomb my inbox with political propaganda. The day to day business execution had thus far for us been separate from the personal views of the owner.

 

[jvol1]

'Not our war': U.S. allies balk at Trump's Strait of Hormuz demands

Many European governments expressed reservations Monday about providing military support to reopen the crucial waterway.

www.nbcnews.com

Actions do have consequences. Not gonna get any help on this one after all of the insults and tarriffs.

 

[MontyPython]

Does Germany even have a blue water Navy?

Nah, Germany gave up after the Hindenburg sunk in Pearl Harbor.

 

[jvol1]

Troll job city.

It's not, though. I realize we feel untouchable and that we can do anything we please. Like germany prior to wwii, we have the premier military tech and training in the world. But drone v patriot is the modern tiger v Sherman battle. Our military is capital and resource intensive and that can be a weakness.

 

[Vol8188]

That was a really good breakdown. Was everything I was saying (that they cannot continue this indefinitely as some claim) and broke down all the exact reasons why

 

[85SugarVol]

Does Germany even have a blue water Navy?

Yes. They produce some of the finest diesel-electric subs in the world.

 

[EasternVol]

Typical response from you that the majority in this forum have come to expect and discount.

If you expected anything else then you should have addressed the question.

 

[LouderVol]

Yes. They produce some of the finest diesel-electric subs in the world.

*suspicious*

 

[NashVol11]

Trump is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers. If you think you're even close to having a clue that you know the foreign policy power moves happening it might be your worst insight to date.

 

[NashVol11]

He needs to stop talking lol

STOP SAYING THIS

 

[utvolpj]

STOP SAYING THIS

I hope he repeats it daily. Some need to wake up

 

[BeardedVol]

I hope he repeats it daily. Some need to wake up

"It's just another aspect of the game of 7D foreign policy chess that Trump is playing, that you're too stupid to comprehend."
@BreatheUT

 

[Ritzwatch]

Iran bombing civilians in cars in the UAE.

Jordan sets Eid al-Fitr holiday from march 20–23

en.royanews.tv

Iranian missile debris striking sites in Jerusalem.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/missile-debris-falls-near-al-aqsa-mosque-and-church-holy-sepulchre.

No outrage on VN.

I guess for some collateral damage is only “unacceptable” and civilian deaths “genocide” when it happens in Gaza.

 

[FortSanders]

Let us remember who Iran really is.... This report is consistent with other reports from Iran.

Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International.

The nurses were among medical staff at Tehran’s Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center who treated people injured during the massive protests that erupted in late December and spread into early January.

One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International.
Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture.
In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days.
They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources said.
In another form of torture, agents took her along with dozens of other detained women to an elevated place and then pushed them all into a small pit-like space, the sources said.
The injuries inflicted on the nurse were so severe that doctors had to remove part of her intestine, and she now lives with a colostomy bag, one source said.
Her uterus also suffered severe tearing and she has so far undergone two surgeries. Doctors may ultimately be forced to remove her uterus completely, the source added.
Before she was transferred to the operating room, the nurse repeatedly asked doctors not to allow her to survive and said that if she came out of surgery alive, she would take her own life, the source said.
According to an eyewitness, her psychological condition is so severe that her hands are currently tied to the hospital bed to prevent her from harming herself while she remains under the supervision of security forces.

The second nurse was also subjected to gang rape in custody, according to the sources.
Part of her intestine was severely damaged, and she has also been fitted with a colostomy bag, the witnesses said.
Due to severe bleeding, doctors removed her uterus completely.
Sources said the family of one of the nurses was forced to pay significant sums of money to an intelligence officer to secure her release.
According to the sources, a document was then prepared stating that the woman had entered into a temporary marriage with one of the agents, a step described as intended to create the conditions for her release.
She was also required to sign a pledge stating that after her release she would declare that she had been abused and raped by “rioters,” the sources said.

The hospital, located in the Vali-Asr area of Tehran, faced a wave of wounded people late on the evening of Jan. 8.
From around 9 p.m. onward, large numbers of individuals injured by live ammunition were transferred to the hospital.
Agents involved in the crackdown on protesters told hospital staff not to provide medical treatment to the wounded, according to sources.
Among the 27 personnel and nurses present in the ward that night, 14 refused the order and attempted to treat the injured.
Sources said two male nurses among them were arrested after protesting the situation and expressing sympathy with the wounded.
Among the 14 members of the medical staff who resisted the order, only seven female nurses were able to continue providing emergency care for several hours.
According to information received by Iran International, these seven nurses continued treating the wounded until around 11 p.m. to midnight.
Security forces later entered the hospital and fired at some of the wounded patients.
When nurses and hospital staff protested the shooting, they were beaten and transferred to the lower floor of the hospital and into a storage area.
Witnesses said that among the seven nurses, two were shot and killed in front of the others.

Iran’s security agents gang rape two nurses detained for aiding protesters

Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International.

www.iranintl.com

 

[rekinhavoc]

Iran taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests, Tehran residents tell BBC

Residents describe new security checkpoints around the capital, where they say people are stopped and searched.

www.bbc.com

 

[LouderVol]

Iran bombing civilians in cars in the UAE.

Jordan sets Eid al-Fitr holiday from march 20–23

en.royanews.tv

Iranian missile debris striking sites in Jerusalem.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/missile-debris-falls-near-al-aqsa-mosque-and-church-holy-sepulchre.

No outrage on VN.

I guess for some collateral damage is only “unacceptable” and civilian deaths “genocide” when it happens in Gaza.

checks the timelines, Israel doesn't get to play victim when they started this round.

Gaza "War": Palestine attacks Israel first. Israel attacks back. Palestine doesn't get to cry foul

Iran "war": Israel and the US attack Iran first. Iran attacks back. Israel doesn't get to cry foul.