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Israel is a rogue state (Original Post) malaise Jun 13 OP
It is highly likely they used US intelligence to execute that attack WSHazel Jun 13 #1
Israeli intelligence Mountainguy Jun 13 #3
Is this the same Israeli intelligence WSHazel Jun 13 #19
And the same US intelligence that Mountainguy Jun 13 #23
Whatabout rebuttal WSHazel Jun 13 #34
Lol Mountainguy Jun 13 #36
Heehee. I think he got you with the meth heads on kites rejoinder. brush Jun 13 #43
You could use Google Maps to execute this attack. It's not exactly difficult to locate Iran's strategic areas. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Jun 13 #5
And another one who has no idea of what they're talking about. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #7
I was just saying it's simple for modern countries, and it's certainly no rocket science. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Jun 13 #8
I didn't mean you, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #9
My bad brother, it's early and the coffee hasn't kicked in yet. XD Hellbound Hellhound Jun 13 #10
No, never even heard of that. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #12
Lol! No worries. I've been a computer junkie since MacOS so unfortunately I was bred on 'em. Hellbound Hellhound Jun 13 #13
Did the Iranian theocracy collapse this morning? WSHazel Jun 13 #16
LOL. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #20
I can't ForgedCrank Jun 13 #39
It really is incredible. Israel outplayed Iran here with years of planning Arazi Jun 13 #46
You are right, ForgedCrank Jun 13 #51
Yup. Even Jordan is on Team Israel Arazi Jun 13 #57
If I had ForgedCrank Jun 13 #62
Agreed. I'm more concerned with the Egyptian "street" erupting Arazi Jun 13 #63
There's always someone next in line in any hierachy. And Israel is just the US's attack dog in ME,has been for decades. brush Jun 13 #44
Of course there's always someone next in line, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #48
Time is right. But the idea that a coountry in that region, Israel, Iran, Arabia... brush Jun 13 #50
It may be far fetched to our western thinking, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #53
Possible, but it's quite possible they're familiar with the concept of mutually assured destruction. brush Jun 13 #58
Iran's mullahs are fanatics. Like Hamas, they don't care about fallout Arazi Jun 13 #60
Sure, they want to die too, can't wait. brush Jun 13 #64
You're looking at this thru western eyes Arazi Jun 13 #66
Please. Thru human eyes. We all have survival instincts. Your bias towards Muslims is clouding your judgement by.... brush Jun 13 #70
Sigh. Not bias at all. Iran is led by religious fanatics Arazi Jun 13 #71
"Their people vehemently do NOT want to die." At least you got that part right. brush Jun 13 #76
Oh ffs, just stop. Attacking DUers is shitty Arazi Jun 13 #78
Not attacking DUers. Maybe exposing one to the inconsistencies of their statements. brush Jun 13 #80
Nothing I said is inconsistent Arazi Jun 13 #92
Heehee. Those two sentences are a perfect example of inconsistent statements. brush Jun 13 #93
Bibi was elected, unlike the psychopaths who run Iran. Mosby Jun 15 #109
Too bad for Israel. It's stuck with the waromgering war criminal who keeps widening the war. brush Jun 15 #117
The same Western eyes that sit by and watch Israel murder and starve malaise Jun 13 #105
No one is starving. Mosby Jun 15 #110
And how were Hamas survival instincts? I believe IDF has offed all the top guys who planned 10/7 now EX500rider Jun 13 #90
Hamas? The terrorists hiding in caves? Who's talking about them? brush Jun 13 #91
I sure hope we don't have to ever find out, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #61
Iran won't fire a nuclear ballistic missle into Israel Mosby Jun 13 #72
I didn't necessarily mean firing a nuke into Israel, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #87
Really? WSHazel Jun 13 #15
Put simply, overconfidence is killer. Hellbound Hellhound Jun 13 #17
This was a mass assassination attempt, not an attack on nuclear assets WSHazel Jun 13 #22
Comical Mountainguy Jun 13 #24
Why are so many people defending Trump? WSHazel Jun 13 #27
Because Iran is Mountainguy Jun 13 #29
Should America go to war with every country it doesn't like? WSHazel Jun 13 #40
Why are you defending nuclear proliferation? Mosby Jun 15 #111
Wasn't that the same rationale for invading Iraq? WSHazel Jun 15 #113
Yeah but that was a neocon lie. Mosby Jun 15 #116
So here's the thing. Killing EVERYONE just creates a power vacuum. It means those next in line ascend. Hellbound Hellhound Jun 13 #25
You think Gaza needs more shock and awe? WSHazel Jun 13 #33
Who said anything about what I think? Hellbound Hellhound Jun 13 #38
You did WSHazel Jun 13 #41
It's called a tactical assessment. Hellbound Hellhound Jun 13 #42
Israel doesn't need US Intelligence assets, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #6
You assume facts not in evidence sarisataka Jun 13 #31
And yet GaYellowDawg Jun 13 #2
No thanks, I prefer the rational Western world to Iran's world. Fuck Iran. They deserve everything they're getting. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Jun 13 #4
Netanyahu is a real monster. milestogo Jun 13 #11
Iran's mullahs are far FAR worse. They're a death cult Arazi Jun 13 #54
Iran murders women for not wearing head coverings mcar Jun 13 #73
I love Western complicity! ❤️ tritsofme Jun 13 #14
Why ? JI7 Jun 13 #18
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a rogue state. madaboutharry Jun 13 #21
They are too, no doubt. nt Gore1FL Jun 13 #30
Thoughts about Trump's involvement, he refused to comment on whether he was involved Bev54 Jun 13 #26
Lying liars lie malaise Jun 13 #32
Depending on the outcome, he'll either take complete credit for it, or totally disavow the operation. sop Jun 13 #68
When Iran flung hundereds of drones and missiles at Israeli cities sarisataka Jun 13 #28
*terrorist state nt Rob H. Jun 13 #35
wow...this is some kind of thread stillcool Jun 13 #37
And Hamas are freedom fighters. nt LexVegas Jun 13 #45
Obvious straw man is obvious WSHazel Jun 13 #49
I believe this is a reference to an argument made by the OP. tritsofme Jun 13 #55
It is not a strawman if sarisataka Jun 13 #97
What does that make Iran? onenote Jun 13 #47
A neutered state? egduj Jun 13 #52
No problem with that. onenote Jun 13 #59
I sure hope so. GaYellowDawg Jun 14 #108
By definition some_of_us_are_sane Jun 13 #56
It's been rogue for a bit longer. By that definition. AloeVera Jun 13 #77
How many countries in the Security Council will vote in favor of this aggression? How will Trump;s ambassador vote? Ping Tung Jun 13 #65
Whatever the resolution will be, China and Russia will vote in Iran's favor. Beastly Boy Jun 13 #83
And, Trumpers will vote for war. Ping Tung Jun 13 #85
In the UN? Beastly Boy Jun 13 #94
I doubt that it won't. Ping Tung Jun 13 #96
Well, that rules out a vote on cookie recipies. Beastly Boy Jun 13 #99
Netanyahu is a war criminal PJMcK Jun 13 #67
Poor Iran mcar Jun 13 #74
Israel is ruled by a fascist criminal dictator who has the courts in his pocket, just like the US nazi dictator. nt ImNotGod Jun 13 #69
Iran murders women for not wearing head coverings mcar Jun 13 #75
Actually that is not true. AloeVera Jun 13 #103
Well, aren't they wonderful mcar Jun 13 #106
Israel enid602 Jun 13 #79
Yes. The timing is perfect for Netanyahu and the religious lunatics running the genocide. AloeVera Jun 13 #81
That is as silly of a wag the dog reasoning as I have ever seen. Beastly Boy Jun 13 #84
Well, Mossfern Jun 13 #88
Israel enid602 Jun 13 #89
The Middle East... hell, the whole world, is full of states far more rogue than Israel. Beastly Boy Jun 13 #82
There is no scenario where I take Iran's side. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 13 #86
Oh, but Iran isn't, right? MarineCombatEngineer Jun 13 #95
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 13 #98
K&R GoodRaisin Jun 13 #100
Support Israel ... stop the madness of Iran!!!! nt Raine Jun 13 #101
Support human beings. H2O Man Jun 13 #104
By supporting the overthrow of a regime Raine Jun 14 #107
How did Iran of all places get the benefit of a doubt? RandySF Jun 13 #102
Because of antisemitism. Mosby Jun 15 #112
The majority of the world know the differences between anti-Semitism malaise Jun 15 #114
Anti-Zionism is antisemitism - the ADL. You dont get to redefine bigotry. nt LexVegas Jun 15 #118
Everything that criticizes actions of Israel is not antisemitism. PufPuf23 Jun 15 #119
No edhopper Jun 15 #115

WSHazel

(434 posts)
1. It is highly likely they used US intelligence to execute that attack
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 09:25 AM
Jun 13

Every time we use our intelligence in a military operation, we show our hand about our methods. Netanyahu's attempt to wipe out Iran's senior leadership missed Khameini, so it is a failure. The foreign policy value of taking out a few generals of a floundering petro-state thousands of miles away may be very useful to Saudi Arabia, but has limited if any value to the U.S.

In other words, we gave up something incredibly valuable, broadcasting our intelligence capabilities and methods to the rest of the world intelligence community, in return for nothing.

WSHazel

(434 posts)
19. Is this the same Israeli intelligence
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:19 AM
Jun 13

that allowed a bunch of meth heads on paragliders to jump a fence on October 7 after some of the sloppiest operational security in the history of surprise attacks and still kill over 1,000 Israelis? Is this the Israeli intelligence you think is so brilliant?

Mountainguy

(2,101 posts)
23. And the same US intelligence that
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:27 AM
Jun 13

Let 19 bozos kill 4k people.

Please point to the intelligence community that has prevent 100% of attacks.

WSHazel

(434 posts)
34. Whatabout rebuttal
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:45 AM
Jun 13

I thought that was purely a Republican tactic. Thank you for clearing that up for me.

5. You could use Google Maps to execute this attack. It's not exactly difficult to locate Iran's strategic areas. n/t
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 09:54 AM
Jun 13
10. My bad brother, it's early and the coffee hasn't kicked in yet. XD
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:00 AM
Jun 13

As an unrelated aside, I noticed the truck in your sig. Do you by any chance play the game "American Truck Simulator"?

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,782 posts)
12. No, never even heard of that.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:04 AM
Jun 13

I very rarely play video games on my computer, I really have zero desire for video games, if that's what it is.
Besides, I don't really need to play that, I do the real thing.

13. Lol! No worries. I've been a computer junkie since MacOS so unfortunately I was bred on 'em.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:07 AM
Jun 13

Games are my TV or radio equivalent.

I only ask because it's a hell of a game and I play constantly. If I wasn't crippled I'd have made a career out of driving, and you've got my envy and respect. Cheers, and again, see you in the next thread. XD

WSHazel

(434 posts)
16. Did the Iranian theocracy collapse this morning?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:12 AM
Jun 13

Can you send me a link of where that happened? Because otherwise, what was the point of this attack? So we killed some random generals in a floundering petro dictatorship thousands of miles away. In doing so we exposed significant intelligence capabilities and tied America to a murderous semi-dictator in Israel who is openly advocating ethnic cleansing.

Please explain to me how this made our lives better.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,782 posts)
20. LOL.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:21 AM
Jun 13

Israel just neutered Iran and showed them to be a paper tiger compared to Israel, they managed to knock off some very important figures in the regime.

And was Israel actually targeting Khamani?

I stand by my statement.

ForgedCrank

(2,712 posts)
39. I can't
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:02 AM
Jun 13

get over the level of intel and planning required, let alone the logistics. It blows my mind.
I'm not one to cheer for war and destruction, but I don't think anyone with more than a couple of brain cells could fail to realize what Iran has in mind for Israel (and the US if they can pull it off).
The unfortunate reality is that Israel can completely destroy that cesspool of evil, and it will always sprout up and grow back. The threat will be perpetual as long as that ideology survives. I just hope Iran is smart enough to not attack any US assets. I really don't want us getting dragged into this crap

Arazi

(7,981 posts)
46. It really is incredible. Israel outplayed Iran here with years of planning
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:36 AM
Jun 13

Every story coming out is more incredible than the last…

It really was now or lose the moment.

Iran’s support triad that they’d built for decades is utterly destroyed. Traitor in office to look the other way (and provide covert support). A gleeful KSA benignly scolding (but inwardly thrilled)…

Crazy

ForgedCrank

(2,712 posts)
51. You are right,
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:51 AM
Jun 13

there are so many striking points, and it just keeps getting more incredible as we hear more. The entire region pretty much gave the green light for this op. Many even went so far as to crush a meager retaliatory Iranian drone strike against Israel. How so many of them knew about this and yet it remained secret for so long is just incredible. One thig is very clear though, Iran has no true friends, and Israel doesn't bluff

Arazi

(7,981 posts)
57. Yup. Even Jordan is on Team Israel
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:58 AM
Jun 13

I hope Egypt survives this. They’re so fucking precarious already - they had to have been a silent partner and their people know it. Do they hate Iran or Israel more?

ForgedCrank

(2,712 posts)
62. If I had
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:04 PM
Jun 13

to take a guess, I would say that Egypt doesn't like either one much. But if they have to pick a side, the choice is pretty obvious. Only those with partisan blinders on would chastise Israel for doing this.

Arazi

(7,981 posts)
63. Agreed. I'm more concerned with the Egyptian "street" erupting
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:05 PM
Jun 13

We’ll see if they can keep the shit under control

brush

(60,322 posts)
44. There's always someone next in line in any hierachy. And Israel is just the US's attack dog in ME,has been for decades.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:27 AM
Jun 13

Safe guarding the oil region with US supplied weapons. And with warmonger Netanyahu, they've got a real lulu, even goes against US presidents.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,782 posts)
48. Of course there's always someone next in line,
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:45 AM
Jun 13

but Israel has severely weakened the regime and, if current reports are accurate, has also greatly destroyed Iran's nuclear program along with killing it's top scientists.

Israel bought itself, and the world for that matter, time, we'll see how long of time has been bought.

brush

(60,322 posts)
50. Time is right. But the idea that a coountry in that region, Israel, Iran, Arabia...
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:51 AM
Jun 13

or any other country would carry out a nuclear attack with all those nations so closely packed and bordering each other is kinda fatfetched. Everyone in the region would suffer fallout.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,782 posts)
53. It may be far fetched to our western thinking,
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:55 AM
Jun 13

but remember, we're dealing with a far different culture in the ME than the West, we tend to forget that.
Iran with a nuke would be a disaster, there is no doubt in my mind that if given the chance, Iran would launch a nuke and the aftermath be damned.

brush

(60,322 posts)
58. Possible, but it's quite possible they're familiar with the concept of mutually assured destruction.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:59 AM
Jun 13

Arazi

(7,981 posts)
60. Iran's mullahs are fanatics. Like Hamas, they don't care about fallout
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:03 PM
Jun 13

If they can destroy their enemies, everyone caught in the fallout is going to “paradise”.

They. Do. Not. Care. About. Civilians.

Even other fanatic regimes like KSA knew they needed to put down Iran’s dangerous regime cause they crazier

brush

(60,322 posts)
70. Please. Thru human eyes. We all have survival instincts. Your bias towards Muslims is clouding your judgement by....
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:36 PM
Jun 13

implying their inhumanity in not even having survival instincts. Not good.

Arazi

(7,981 posts)
71. Sigh. Not bias at all. Iran is led by religious fanatics
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:49 PM
Jun 13

That’s just a fact.

Their people vehemently do NOT want to die.

Don’t cast aspersions here on DU. Really shitty

brush

(60,322 posts)
80. Not attacking DUers. Maybe exposing one to the inconsistencies of their statements.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 01:20 PM
Jun 13

Arazi

(7,981 posts)
92. Nothing I said is inconsistent
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 03:29 PM
Jun 13

Iran’s leadership are crazy fanatics who don’t care how many die.

The Iranian population is a different story and I’ve made that clear.

brush

(60,322 posts)
93. Heehee. Those two sentences are a perfect example of inconsistent statements.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 03:36 PM
Jun 13

You have no insight into whether Iran's leaders have survival instincts. How do you know that?

That's just anti-Muslim talking points. Straight out of trump 1.0.

But in an earlier post you wrote: "Their people vehemently do NOT want to die."

Make up you mind. The leaders are Iranian too.

Then maybe we can talk about the real warmonger in the region, war criminal Netanyaku who keeps widening the war.

Mosby

(18,699 posts)
109. Bibi was elected, unlike the psychopaths who run Iran.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:06 PM
Jun 15

Thats why they have no issue with firing rockets at Israeli civilians. So far at least two of the dead in Israel are Muslims.

What happens when a missle falls short and hits Haram al Sharif? Gonna blame the Israelis somehow.

You know some Iranian leaders are fleeing to Moscow, just like Assad did. Bunch of cowards.

brush

(60,322 posts)
117. Too bad for Israel. It's stuck with the waromgering war criminal who keeps widening the war.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 04:09 PM
Jun 15

Last edited Sun Jun 15, 2025, 07:01 PM - Edit history (1)

Who also will be tried for corruption in Israel once the war is over...whenever that is.

And that's nothing but the truth. Israel deserves better.

malaise

(285,630 posts)
105. The same Western eyes that sit by and watch Israel murder and starve
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 08:17 PM
Jun 13

the Palestinians and blow up schools and hospitals.
Spare me.

EX500rider

(11,905 posts)
90. And how were Hamas survival instincts? I believe IDF has offed all the top guys who planned 10/7 now
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 03:18 PM
Jun 13
With the confirmed killing of Hamas's top military commander Mohammad Sinwar in an Israeli strike, a chapter has closed on the elite leadership group in Gaza that orchestrated the events of 7 October, 2023.

Sinwar's demise follows the confirmed killings of other central figures who sat on what came to be known inside Hamas as the War Council.



https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v7p9p0rn7o

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,782 posts)
61. I sure hope we don't have to ever find out,
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:03 PM
Jun 13

and that's kinda my point, for now, and hopefully long into the future, Israel has bought itself, and the world, time.

Mosby

(18,699 posts)
72. Iran won't fire a nuclear ballistic missle into Israel
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:50 PM
Jun 13

They don't have the technology for that and it would be stupid.

What Iran would do is smuggle a nuke into Israel in a box truck or something. After the detonation they would have "plausible deniability" which would protect them from reprisal.

Easy peasy.

Thats why their nuclear program needs to be completely destroyed.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,782 posts)
87. I didn't necessarily mean firing a nuke into Israel,
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 02:49 PM
Jun 13

it would be more like what you describe, but Israeli intelligence would, hopefully, intercept it before it reaches Israel and, IMO, if Iran did manage to smuggle one in and it detonated, Iran would cease to exist about 1 hour later.

WSHazel

(434 posts)
15. Really?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:08 AM
Jun 13

Is your premise that Iran's leadership, which is under the constant threat of assassination, is a collection of total fucking idiots? You don't think they are aware that they are under the threat of assassination and take precautions? Walk me through how stupid you think they are.

And if your premise is accurate, and Iran is run by the stupidest people on this planet, ever in history, then why do you consider them threats? Anyone as stupid as you seem to believe is not worthy of exposing our advanced intelligence capabilities to find, at the same time on the same day, to assassinate.

17. Put simply, overconfidence is killer.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:13 AM
Jun 13

Let me put it to you this way, friend. If you give a toddler a nuclear weapon, would you consider them a threat? I would, because even though they might not know what they're doing, they may slap that big red button because "Button". Then millions die. All because one toddler with a button decided to play slapass. THAT is why I consider them a threat. Same as North Korea.

Except Iran AREN'T Toddlers. Toddlers, we can excuse because they don't know better. Iran's leadership, they DO know better and still have the button. Not only do they have the big red button, they've already been blowing up other places with many smaller buttons. They're a knowing, thinking, sentient, vengeful, religiously extremist toddler with the ability to vaporize millions of people in a nanosecond.

And I won't even dignify the "Exposing intelligence" argument, since 95% of the time, targets expose themselves through various forms of media.

If you don't think that's a threat, then I can't explain further.

WSHazel

(434 posts)
22. This was a mass assassination attempt, not an attack on nuclear assets
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:26 AM
Jun 13

Israel attempted to take out all of Iranian leadership, and failed. Hitting a few facilities that everyone knew were already there was not the point of this attack, it was a cover. Trump's stupid endorsement after the attack means that no country will ever trust America in a negotiation, ever again.

It appears that the Saudi's were behind this. They have the most to gain from a wipeout of Iran's military leadership and an embarrassment of the rest of the country's leadership. So for those scoring at home, the U.S. helped and authorized an attack by a hated, murderous, semi-dictator Netanyahu to help the country that attacked us on 9/11.

Nice work.

Mountainguy

(2,101 posts)
24. Comical
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:33 AM
Jun 13

You assign some purpose for a strike that you have literally no idea, much less proof, of and then say it was a failure for not meeting your made up objective.

WSHazel

(434 posts)
27. Why are so many people defending Trump?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:39 AM
Jun 13

This attack was stupid and pointless, and guarantees retaliation. And you are celebrating it.

Even Trump's State Department is smart enough to distance itself from this attack, through the WSJ article this morning. So why are you strapping yourself to Netanyahu? Please walk me through how supporting Netanyahu helps American foreign policy or progressive objectives.

Mountainguy

(2,101 posts)
29. Because Iran is
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:42 AM
Jun 13

A Russian puppet state who's sole role has been to destabilize the entire region.

WSHazel

(434 posts)
40. Should America go to war with every country it doesn't like?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:03 AM
Jun 13

How much war would you like?

Iran is a terrible government, that is also thousands of miles away and not really a threat if just left alone. In fact, Iran has had repeated challenges to the theocracy over the years, and would have likely been overthrown from within if the U.S. had simply let sanctions run their course rather than Trumpify our foreign policy. Now, the population hates us and an internal rebellion will never happen. It sounds like you are advocating more of the stupid policies that got us to this point.

Also, the country that benefits the most from an unstable Iran is Saudi Arabia. Should Saudi interests be a guiding principle to American foreign policy?

Mosby

(18,699 posts)
111. Why are you defending nuclear proliferation?
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:34 PM
Jun 15

They are closer than ever to developing a working nuclear weapon. That's not a threat?

Why would anyone be OK with that.

WSHazel

(434 posts)
113. Wasn't that the same rationale for invading Iraq?
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 02:21 PM
Jun 15

Neocons made up WMDs to justify a glory seeking invasion of Iraq. Is that what we are doing now?

Mosby

(18,699 posts)
116. Yeah but that was a neocon lie.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 02:32 PM
Jun 15

Here we have over a decade of non-compliance with the United Nations IAEA and a complete disregard for international law (UNSCR 2231).

Where have you been?

25. So here's the thing. Killing EVERYONE just creates a power vacuum. It means those next in line ascend.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:35 AM
Jun 13

For the sake of argument let's say I was in Israel's shoes and I wanted to send a message to Iran. Here's my checklist.

1. Wipe out everyone beneath the head honcho and his immediate cronies. This sends the message that "You could be next".
2. Strike at strategic military sites preemptively. This sends the message of "We can neuter you when we want and where we want."
3. (And this is kind of prediction for the future so don't quote me here) Show of force using a secondary target. In this case, my bet would be somewhere in Gaza. Sort of a "Shock and Awe" moment, so Gaza should probably be preparing.
4. Direct confrontation. Steamroll Gaza, show up at Iran's door.
5. And only after ALL THAT would I consider targetting the big boss Khamenei himself.

Israel's following a pretty standard military history playbook. Kill the big man first, someone replaces him. Kill everyone around him, THEN the big boss? No one to replace him and anyone who tries knows exactly what will happen if they fuck around.

WSHazel

(434 posts)
33. You think Gaza needs more shock and awe?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:44 AM
Jun 13

How much more? Should Israel eliminate 20% of the remaining population? 50%? 100%? What is just the right amount of murdering helpless, desperate people to get Israel's point across?

Since you are in favor of eliminating Iran too, why bother with killing a few generals? Why not just wipe that country off the map? Wouldn't that meet your objectives?

What other Middle Eastern nations do you think should be wiped off the map?

38. Who said anything about what I think?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:00 AM
Jun 13

The only thing I "Think" is what I was hypothetically examining from a military perspective to eliminate Iran as a threat. It's nothing more than a thought exercise. I never said anything about "Eliminating Iran", nor did I say that Gaza "Needs" anything.

If I wanted Iran as a whole "Eliminated" , I'd say so directly. I don't fuck around with mincing words and dancing around meanings.

Learn from Chris Rock and keep my words out your mouth.

WSHazel

(434 posts)
41. You did
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:06 AM
Jun 13

Your post was:

For the sake of argument let's say I was in Israel's shoes and I wanted to send a message to Iran. Here's my checklist.

1. Wipe out everyone beneath the head honcho and his immediate cronies. This sends the message that "You could be next".
2. Strike at strategic military sites preemptively. This sends the message of "We can neuter you when we want and where we want."
3. (And this is kind of prediction for the future so don't quote me here) Show of force using a secondary target. In this case, my bet would be somewhere in Gaza. Sort of a "Shock and Awe" moment, so Gaza should probably be preparing.
4. Direct confrontation. Steamroll Gaza, show up at Iran's door.
5. And only after ALL THAT would I consider targetting the big boss Khamenei himself.

Israel's following a pretty standard military history playbook. Kill the big man first, someone replaces him. Kill everyone around him, THEN the big boss? No one to replace him and anyone who tries knows exactly what will happen if they fuck around.


That sounds a lot more like a policy endorsement than a thought exercise.


42. It's called a tactical assessment.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:10 AM
Jun 13

If it were a policy endorsement, it'd go much more along the lines of "I support what Israel is doing".

I do a lot of wargaming. What I detailed in that post is exactly what I do in said gaming. I NEVER strike at the main leader because that just breeds resentment. I strike at the underlings, exterminate them first. Eliminate the base of power and ensure that no one rises to replace the head honcho. That means the leader has to struggle with replacing his lost elements, and while he's doing that, I strike again at a different target while he's looking away. Repeat this process over and over until the main leader stands alone, THEN wipe him out.

His successors will have seen what happens and be cowed. Even in a multiplayer game or an MMO, this works; Psychological strategic warfare is a thing.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,782 posts)
6. Israel doesn't need US Intelligence assets,
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 09:55 AM
Jun 13

they're very well capable of using their own intelligence, they do, after all, have the most capable intelligence service in the entire ME, especially when it comes to Iran.

sarisataka

(21,789 posts)
31. You assume facts not in evidence
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:44 AM
Jun 13

What was revealed? The locations of Iranian nuclear research sites are not very secret.

GaYellowDawg

(4,996 posts)
2. And yet
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 09:51 AM
Jun 13

Iran is worse. Israel is at least a little pragmatic. Iran has a government full of foaming-at-the-mouth religious fanatics who would love to use nukes as a first-strike option. They're so deeply immersed in state-sponsored terrorism that calling Israel the rogue state in this instance is fucking ludicrous.

If I have to root for either bad or oh shit, it's the fucking apocalypse, I'm on team bad.

4. No thanks, I prefer the rational Western world to Iran's world. Fuck Iran. They deserve everything they're getting. n/t
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 09:52 AM
Jun 13

Arazi

(7,981 posts)
54. Iran's mullahs are far FAR worse. They're a death cult
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:57 AM
Jun 13

determined to destroy anything and everything that doesn’t conform to their fanaticism.

Bev54

(12,566 posts)
26. Thoughts about Trump's involvement, he refused to comment on whether he was involved
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:37 AM
Jun 13

So is it, he was involved and Israel was given his full blessing or he asked them to do it and doesn't want to comment

Or did he tell them not to do it and they did it anyway and does not want to comment for fear of looking weak because Israel has gone rogue

Or he has no fucking idea whether he agreed or not because he is out of his mind and/or someone else makes the decisions not him.

sop

(14,818 posts)
68. Depending on the outcome, he'll either take complete credit for it, or totally disavow the operation.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:30 PM
Jun 13

sarisataka

(21,789 posts)
28. When Iran flung hundereds of drones and missiles at Israeli cities
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 10:42 AM
Jun 13

I don't recall Iran being called a "rogue state"


Just sayin'

WSHazel

(434 posts)
49. Obvious straw man is obvious
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:48 AM
Jun 13

The two choices are not unequivocal support for Netanyahu or being a Hamas supporter, no matter how desperately those supporting Netanyahu unequivocally want to make them the two choices.

tritsofme

(19,322 posts)
55. I believe this is a reference to an argument made by the OP.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:57 AM
Jun 13

Who has stated on multiple occasions that Hamas are freedom fighters and that they are just like Nelson Mandela.

GaYellowDawg

(4,996 posts)
108. I sure hope so.
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 03:54 AM
Jun 14

There are no "good guys" here, but I'll take Israel over Iran, North Korea, or Russia any day.

some_of_us_are_sane

(1,488 posts)
56. By definition
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 11:57 AM
Jun 13

(At least since the 2024 election)....the UNITED STATES is a 'rogue state' -

A rogue state is a term used to describe countries that are considered a threat to international peace and stability due to their behavior.




I never thought I'd see this day.

AloeVera

(3,081 posts)
77. It's been rogue for a bit longer. By that definition.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 01:06 PM
Jun 13

Decades.... Just sayin'.

Empires come, Empires go. Sometimes, Empires are run by a lunatic, especially as they are about to crumble.

Ping Tung

(2,756 posts)
65. How many countries in the Security Council will vote in favor of this aggression? How will Trump;s ambassador vote?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:14 PM
Jun 13

Should Israel and Iran abide on a UN decision? Will Trump?

Beastly Boy

(12,787 posts)
83. Whatever the resolution will be, China and Russia will vote in Iran's favor.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 01:55 PM
Jun 13

That should tell you a thing or two right there.

Ping Tung

(2,756 posts)
96. I doubt that it won't.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 04:25 PM
Jun 13

I don't think that the security council will be debating about cookie recipes when the killing is going on.

Beastly Boy

(12,787 posts)
99. Well, that rules out a vote on cookie recipies.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 07:27 PM
Jun 13

That leads to an inescapable conclusion: the resolution will be in favor of war. Got it.

PJMcK

(23,797 posts)
67. Netanyahu is a war criminal
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:23 PM
Jun 13

He has directed the mass murders of tens of thousands of civilians including children. There is no end in sight to this murderous madness.

ImNotGod

(782 posts)
69. Israel is ruled by a fascist criminal dictator who has the courts in his pocket, just like the US nazi dictator. nt
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:30 PM
Jun 13

AloeVera

(3,081 posts)
103. Actually that is not true.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 07:55 PM
Jun 13

Iran has a law that calls for various penalties, up to a DEATH SENTENCE. Horrible.

Many brave women are openly defying that law. Iran's government has chosen not to enforce the law - because Iran has a number of other problems and decided the last thing it needs is more international condemnation when it is trying to present a more "moderate" face to the world.

So not one woman has been "murdered" by Iran's government for defying the face covering law.

No, I am not a "mullah supporter". I'd like to see a free and democratic Iran. I'd like to see all countries free of the influence of any religion, whether it's Iran or Israel - or the U.S. now. But I am against war. So I dislike the usual talking points that are used to beat the drums of war or excuse an illegal act of war - a war that has nothing to do with defending human rights or women's freedom.

enid602

(9,454 posts)
79. Israel
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 01:17 PM
Jun 13

Israel’s campaign in Iran is needed to give them a few weeks of shade to continue their war against Palestine. The Israelí populous wants ALL of Israel to itself, and this regime is toast if it can’t deliver.. Israel has already lost most good will around the world. The regime must now produce.

AloeVera

(3,081 posts)
81. Yes. The timing is perfect for Netanyahu and the religious lunatics running the genocide.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 01:45 PM
Jun 13

The worst is happening in Gaza now. Israel's scam GHF "aid agency" is wildly successful. People can't go for even the paltry and cruelly useless aid for fear of getting shot by the IDF or the criminal gangs it funds and partners with.

Mass starvation under cover of darkness. Internet cut off. Then, in a few weeks, or months, mass forced displacement of the starving to the Sinai, disguised as a "humanitarian" operation.

All planned by evil men and backed by an ethno-religious and ultra-nationalist ideology as despicable and fanatic as that of the mullahs. Honestly, no self-awareness of the hypocrisy of pointing fingers evident in this thread.

Beastly Boy

(12,787 posts)
84. That is as silly of a wag the dog reasoning as I have ever seen.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 02:04 PM
Jun 13

Israel's war against "Palestine" is the direct consequence of Iran's decades-long sponsorship of anti-Israel terrorist proxies the region. If anything, Israel's campaign in Iran will eliminate the cause of the war to will bring it to an end.

Mossfern

(3,941 posts)
88. Well,
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 03:01 PM
Jun 13

shouldn't Israel want all of Israel to itself?
Did you mean something else?

Most countries want all of their country to themselves I believe.
Can you think of any country that doesn't?

Beastly Boy

(12,787 posts)
82. The Middle East... hell, the whole world, is full of states far more rogue than Israel.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 01:46 PM
Jun 13

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But let's all laser focus on Israel. Because the rest of them are... freedom fighters?

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,782 posts)
95. Oh, but Iran isn't, right?
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 04:25 PM
Jun 13

The Iranian leadership and their minions are just benevolent "freedom fighters"?

Mosby

(18,699 posts)
112. Because of antisemitism.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:36 PM
Jun 15

There is no other explanation for the world’s obsession with Israel and it's actions. What other country's existence is questioned? Only Israel, 77 years on. 17th oldest democracy in the world, and haters the world over want to end it.

Sick.

malaise

(285,630 posts)
114. The majority of the world know the differences between anti-Semitism
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 02:24 PM
Jun 15

and anti-Zionism. That includes many of us with Jewish blood,
I repeat -Israel is a rogue state.

PufPuf23

(9,453 posts)
119. Everything that criticizes actions of Israel is not antisemitism.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 04:30 PM
Jun 15

Some are anti-war and anti-indiscriminate deaths of innocents.

The USA supports Israel and has given more military aid to Israel by far than any other nation. That is justification for concern in how used. Many citizens do not want to see the USA dragged into a large war.

Close to half the Jewish population on Earth live in the USA.

We define sick in a different manner.

I also support Israel and have virtually all my life because my role models, spouse and friends for nearly 70 years are Reformed Jews that loved progress and peace, those relations have lasted longer than with any of my actual family. Makes me heartsick.

The World is turning against Israel because of actions of Israel. The actions of Israel are hurting the USA and turning loose the warmongers.

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