Iran

[ButchPlz]

Put it this way, I thought it was only football that you didn't know jack squat about.

So you haven't actually read anything?

 

[n_huffhines]

I didn’t say anything about restricting trade in my post.

I said stop policing and supporting other countries

You said "isolationist" which includes isolating ourselves from trade

 

[TVOLS]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/army-82nd-airborne-iran/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-army-said-to-cancel-exercise-for-elite-paratrooper-unit-fueling-speculation-of-mideast-combat-deployment/

 

[NashVol11]

I'm pretty sure that being terrorist is also on the list of textbook bad things. But then again, the left thinks a lot stuff that used to be on that list is fine now.

Everyone on that ship was a "terrorist" now lol, you really will rationalize anything. Were the girls at that elementary school terrorists too?

 

[Matt2496]

Now this is interesting to me. I would have assumed we would have provided China assurance ahead of/during these strikes that they would still get their oil in order to prevent them from being pressured into helping Iran. It now seems like that may not be the case.

 

[utvolpj]

Everyone on that ship was a "terrorist" now lol, you really will rationalize anything. Were the girls at that elementary school terrorists too?

If they weren't then why were they on a military base? Magamath

 

[Smokey123]

Everyone on that ship was a "terrorist" now lol, you really will rationalize anything. Were the girls at that elementary school terrorists too?

Yashar sums it up pretty good
“This rush to immediately engage in atrocity denial — to reflexively deny that a military may have killed civilians — is a cancer.

It creates enormous resentment and prevents people from simply acknowledging human tragedy.

Some of you need to learn how healing it can be to say:

“This is horrible. What a tragedy.”

 

[MAD]

This is who the Iranians wanted.

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has ACCEPTED the role as Iran’s transitional LEADER.

 

[Matt2496]

If we actually put boots on the ground in Iran, you can kiss any Republican winning the presidency goodbye for at least a decade, and that's the least of the concerns.

 

[rikberry31]

Everyone on that ship was a "terrorist" now lol, you really will rationalize anything. Were the girls at that elementary school terrorists too?

That's right, I forgot. One of the rules of engagement in WWII was that we didn't kill German who wasn't a card carrying Nazi. Besides other countries don't kill any of our soldiers who disagree with the administration or cause any collateral damage. Those girls were there for a reason. Just the same as when they put children's hospitals on the top floor of military bulidings.

 

[General Jack]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/army-82nd-airborne-iran/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-army-said-to-cancel-exercise-for-elite-paratrooper-unit-fueling-speculation-of-mideast-combat-deployment/

Here it goes... gonna be boots on the ground.

 

[ButchPlz]

I'm pretty sure that being terrorist is also on the list of textbook bad things. But then again, the left thinks a lot stuff that used to be on that list is fine now.

BRB, going to tell every Iranian I know they're a terrorist.

 

[utvolpj]

Always Be Sure of Your Target and What’s Beyond It​

I know it's the first time anyone has heard that phrase. Please be sure to give me credit

 

[General Jack]

If we actually put boots on the ground in Iran, you can kiss any Republican winning the presidency goodbye for at least a decade, and that's the least of the concerns.

Waiting for maga to re-draw their line in the sand... again.

Still won't be a war though, right?

 

[KB5252]

Wrong!

How can the enemy know what to expect if we don't either?

Double blind warfare!

 

[KB5252]

Definition of strategery.

We've rendered their psychics useless!

 

[NashVol11]

That's right, I forgot. One of the rules of engagement in WWII was that we didn't kill German who wasn't a card carrying Nazi. Besides other countries don't kill any of our soldiers who disagree with the administration or cause any collateral damage. Those girls were there for a reason. Just the same as when they put children's hospitals on the top floor of military bulidings.

What was the reason? Because as many have noted, we do the same thing. Not sure "slaughtering unarmed people is okay because we've done it before" is the best rationale

 

[EasternVol]

Hamas does the same crap. Hell Saddam put much of his AAA on the roofs of hospitals and SAM sites at schools too. Which is actually much smarter tactically than building an IRGC base around a school if you are a POS and dont care about children. SAM sites and AAA are the first thing that have to be destroyed in order to establish total air dominance and a "closed airspace". So these garbage leaders get their story right away that "US forces are killing kids and patients" for Al Jazeera etc.
Some of the Jew haters here actually consider Al Jazeera a credible news agency...despite the fact that on Oct 7th their "journalists" were part of the raiding party thst rode into Israel on the back of mopeds and in the back of trucks. They went along to tape women being raped on the hoods of their cars, old women torn from their homes, teenagers being executed at a music festival, kidnappings en masse, and even shooting civilians inside bomb shelters for the few close to the border that thought they made it to safety. Those "journalists" (terrorists) are just as guilty as the other Hamas terrorists and should be handled the same way.

It must suck to be so hateful, unthinking and gullible. Even you should know it's normal to have schools on a military base. Do you know who has a lot of schools on military bases? The US.

DODEA & Public Schools on Military Bases | Military OneSource

Military children around the world can get quality education at the Dept. of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) or public school on their military base.

www.militaryonesource.mil

 

[KB5252]

Yes, and we knew they would be because we were invited to this same diplomatic event, backed out at the last second, and then used it to commit murder and further destroy our good guy rep if anybody still thought of us that way. This is the lowest of the low. Hegseth grew a mustache just so he could twirl it.

We are the baddies. Iran is the baddies, too. So is Israel. The world would probably be happy to be watching us **** each other up if we didn't keep involving them.

I'm not sure I buy that line of thinking. I've done some searches and all have come back with similar answers.

TIFWIW

Naval vessels generally do not go completely unarmed during training exercises or joint drills, nor do they simply hide all weapons in internal storage. Instead, they operate under a mixed approach where weapons are kept on board—often in a ready-to-use state—but are controlled, secured, or configured differently depending on the specific drill.

 

[McDad]

What was the reason? Because as many have noted, we do the same thing. Not sure "slaughtering unarmed people is okay because we've done it before" is the best rationale

This thread is fast paced. Don't feel like trying to catch up.

That school that was bombed was targeted by US military? And there wasn't a strategic reason (stored weapons for example) for it to be targeted?

 

[n_huffhines]

Were you pissed when Obomber did it?

I disliked Obama, but when Obama did what?

 

[NashVol11]

I'm not sure I buy that line of thinking. I've done some searches and all have come back with similar answers.

TIFWIW

Naval vessels generally do not go completely unarmed during training exercises or joint drills, nor do they simply hide all weapons in internal storage. Instead, they operate under a mixed approach where weapons are kept on board—often in a ready-to-use state—but are controlled, secured, or configured differently depending on the specific drill.

Did you ask about Exercise MILAN specifically? I've seen people say that no ammunition is allowed

 

[MOOOOONEY]

You said "isolationist" which includes isolating ourselves from trade

I said a real isolationist president and government that didn’t police and support the world.

You’re just playing semantics.

 

[EasternVol]

This is who the Iranians wanted.

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has ACCEPTED the role as Iran’s transitional LEADER.

Who offered him the job?

 

[volfanhill]

This thread is fast paced. Don't feel like trying to catch up.

That school that was bombed was targeted by US military? And there wasn't a strategic reason (stored weapons for example) for it to be targeted?

The school was adjacent to an Iranian military facility.

We shot. We missed is my guess. There is some debate that we were using outdated intelligence tha didn't show the school being where it was. No accusations of them using the school in a nefarious manner that I've seen