Iran-Israeli Conflict Thread

[Thomas More]

Good. The US government should be not only defeated but humiliated. This is the beginning of the fall of this evil empire.

You should probably keep in mind that Murphy is a hard core TDS liberal who hates America, and would never, ever say anything positive about this. For example, he is a strong advocate of transgender children.

He is not a reliable source for anything, and it weakens any point that somebody is making if they quote him.

 

[Ember]

Even your AI response said at the end that the world was bipolar since the Soviet Union was the rival superpower.

In a world that is 'bipolar' in military terms, as per the Cold War, you can still have a world hegemon that has unmatched global influence.

The statement I made was that it is US empire *hegemony* that is 'dying'.

 

[Thomas More]

Bro, could you give up on the super creative weird-speak and just write in normal sentences? It's getting a bit tedious and long-winded, we get it, you're a super smart creative writer inventing his own style with cut and paste "journalism" and AI. Just state your case simply without trying so hard to be different.

I agree that f-funny writing is pain to read. I also have no use for the recent trend to aLteRnAte lower and upper letters in a word. This just makes it hard to read. It's better to express your thoughts in words than in messed up typing.

 

[Wutang]

In a world that is 'bipolar' in military terms, as per the Cold War, you can still have a world hegemon that has unmatched global influence.

The statement I made was that it is US empire *hegemony* that is 'dying'.

Even under that definition I disagree with what the AI said. The Soviet Union had tons of global influence back then especially over the third world and also among the intellectual class of the west. There was actually lots of people in the US and western Europe who were cheering on the USSR in the same way we get these dissident right and left perpetually online people cheering for the Irans of the world.

If the claim is that the US hegemony is going to be in a weaker state after this war then that's realistic. I don't think this war alone is going to cause any sort of fall though.

 

[Ember]

If the claim is that the US hegemony is going to be in a weaker state after this war then that's realistic.

That is essentially what I was saying. And that it will likely continue to decline.

 

[Northern Pilgrim]

After the Cold War the world became unipolar as the US was the remaining superpower. In other words, my contention that the US was actually in a weaker position back during the Vietnam War era but still managed to not survive but eventually achieving a unipolar world has truth to it has some legs to it.

Following this reasoning, if the US could not only survive but actually advance in its global status after the Vietnam War which was a much bigger endeavor then I don't see why a war like this is going to spell the doom of the US.

Agree re: Vietnam, but with one small point that is different. Back then the US didn't get dragged into a war by an "ally" and also the main opponent wasn't able to hit US bases all over the region. Sure, localized strikes and occasional firebases were overrun, but nothing on this scale, and especially not with the rest of the world glued to their TVs because of the ramifications that would affect nearly everyone.
Vietnam was a black eye for sure, but not a total L. This one remains to be seen and ofc US/IS has given some serious blows, but they've taken many in return. Strategically it's looking bad...
If they had of been paying attention to what's been going on with UA/RU for the last 4 years and really layered their defenses/AA I think it'd be a lopsided, blowout USA W. However, there is way too much faith in Spec Ops and wunderwaffen for what needed to be done to happen. If they can manage to get a ceasefire, well then we'll see.

Sometimes I kind of wonder if this isn't Trump's way of closing down bases in the ME and bringing home the troops....5-D chess or something....

 

[TheLoneReader]

I'm not sure what to make of this war, and I've refrained from having an opinion because the fog of war has been so thick around this one, which one has to consider in our information-heavy era. Am I happy with USA supporting the Zionists on this one? Absolutely not. But I'm pretty sure we can all see that anti-Zionism is only going to grow from this point forward, and maybe that's the point of all of this on some meta level. Who knows? One comment I did see from a blog site had me thinking on the whole situation.


I'm not going to say Trump and the team are doing this on purpose, but perhaps there is a purpose behind allowing events to unfold like this. Time will tell.

Blog site is Andrei Martyanov:

My Deepest Respect For This US Marine ...

... he is a real hero! And Andre does it a true metal service!! This marine hero still serves his country, which is the USA! That's coura...

smoothiex12.blogspot.com

 

[Read_Lives_of_Saints]

Haaretz: Sleepless in Tel Aviv: Iranian Missile Barrages Trigger All-night Sirens in Central Israel​

Sirens triggered by Iranian missiles launched at central Israel deprived Israelis of more than three consecutive hours of sleep, as the U.S. and Israel struck Iran in what the Pentagon and Iranians on the ground called the most ‌intense airstrikes of the war

Bar Pelegand and Reuters
10:26 AM • March 11 2026 IST

Israelis in central cities of the country were unable to sleep for more than three consecutive hours overnight into Wednesday due to a series of missiles fired from Iran, which triggered sirens in cities between Netanya in Israel's central north, and Ashdod in the south. Sirens were sounded across central Israel at approximately 11:30 P.M. Tuesday, and Wednesday at 12:50 A.M., 3:40 A.M. and 4:40 A.M.

The Home Front Command's Telegram channel did not provide updates on the last barrage, nor did it report on sirens triggered by rockets fired at the Galilee Panhandle in northern Israel.

Footage circulating from the missile launch at 12:50 A.M. toward central Israel showed numerous interceptor fragments from one of the missiles.

שברי ירוט של אחד הטילים שנורו הערב לעבר ישראל מאיראן, כפי שנצפה מאזור הדרום

צילום: חמ״ל דרום pic.twitter.com/kJr98DZvcE

— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) March 10, 2026

Southern HQ


On extending the emergency wartime restrictions until March 26, military officials have explained in a press briefing that it is due to the widespread missile launches towards Israel.

"Those who are looking for this war to be like the twelve-day war last year won't find what they are looking for. They are sporadically firing throughout the day at civilian population centers such as Beit Shemesh and Tel Aviv, as well as at military bases," they added. "The enemy is unsuccessful in coordinating heavier barrages of tens of missiles."

Meanwhile, the United States and Israel pounded Iran on Tuesday with what the Pentagon and Iranians on the ground called the most ‌intense airstrikes of the war, despite global markets betting that President Donald Trump will seek to end the conflict soon.

"Today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran: the most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes, intelligence more refined and better than ever," U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Pentagon briefing.

More than 1,300 Iranian civilians have been killed since the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes began on February 28, according to Iran's UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani.

Scores have also been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon, while Iranian strikes on Israel have killed 12 people.

In addition to the six U.S. soldiers killed at the outset of the conflict, the Pentagon on Tuesday estimated that about ⁠140 American troops have been wounded. The Defense Department previously said eight U.S. military personnel had been seriously injured.

Iranian missile barrages trigger all-night sirens in central Israel

Sirens Triggered by Iranian Missiles Launched at Central Israel Deprived Israelis of More Than Three Consecutive Hours of Sleep, as the U.S. and Israel Struck Iran in What the Pentagon and Iranians on the Ground Called the Most Intense Airstrikes of the War

www.haaretz.com

 

[PurpleUrkel]

Iranian strikes on Israel have killed 12 people.

12 (((people)))? That's it? All of this for literally nothing? Billions of dollars wasted when one lone gunman with a rental car could take out 12 jews in less than 60 seconds for less than 5K?

Peak clown world further demonstrating that the "hatred" isn't really there. Iran could arm any one of these missiles hitting Israel with a small nuclear warhead. So either they don't have them or they're not serious and this is just elite jew and muzzy buddies who party on Ibiza together with 12 year-old girls in the off-season arguing about who is the biggest hater of Jesus Christ.

The whole thing stinks of military industrial complex war profiteering. A simple money grab by jacking up the price of oil and depleting and replenishing weapons stockpiles.

Normies fell for it again.

 

[Caduceus]

Peak clown world further demonstrating that the "hatred" isn't really there. Iran could arm any one of these missiles hitting Israel with a small nuclear warhead. So either they don't have them or they're not serious....

You do realize if you fire a nuke at another country you'll probably get at minimum 2 nukes fired back at you, so that's not a decision a country's government is going to make lightly, at least until every other option has been tried beforehand.

 

[Read_Lives_of_Saints]

Max Blumenthal says the Iran war is not in the US interest, not in its imperial interest, and is being waged because Trump is captured by Jewish donors and Lindsey Graham and that we have been hacked by a borderless foreign entity called Greater Israel.

He says this war is a 40 year old plan and was published in the Clean Break document 30 years ago that was made for the benefit of Netanyahu when he came on the scene.

Max Blumenthal obtained leaked audio of AIPAC's CEO admitting they groomed Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz from the beginning.

"They are now our lifelines inside the administration.

"That's an unregistered foreign lobbyist describing Trump's national security team.

"This does not serve American interests. Trump did it for one reason. Israeli influence."

 

[Ember]

HSBC is suspending operations in Qatar.





Oils storage tanks on fire in the port of Salalah, Oman.





US troops pulled out of the Middle East may end up in Romania.

 

[Caduceus]

 

[TruckDriver9]

ABC News interviews an American that was able to live through a drone attack on a US Command Center in Kuwait. He said 6 service member were killed?

How many did CentCom report killed in combat so far?

Officially, 7 confirmed KIA and one supposedly unrelated (medical emergency) death.

Those 6 were killed in Kuwait on the first day and their deaths were confirmed by CENTCOM soon after.

 

[TruckDriver9]

The economics of defending against Iranian drones.

Iranian Shahed drones cost between $20,000 and $50,000 to build and launch at targets.

To engage and destroy the drones, American and allied forces in the Persian Gulf use multimillion-dollar interceptor missiles. In an unusual instance, an RAF pilot in an F-35 shot down two Iranian drones over Jordan. But close examination of the costs reveals that the UK spent far over half a million dollars to intercept two drones worth less than a fifth of that.

Iranian drones are punching through theater air defenses, and hitting very high-cost targets of great strategic value. Advanced radar systems used in air and ballistic missiles defense, and facilities for communications networks have been blown up.

Ironically, Shahed launches are successful, whether intercepted or not: the benefit/cost ratio is favorable to Iran in the extreme, irrespective of the outcome.



Sources that the video used
Low cost, high stakes: The vital interceptor missiles defending Gulf states against Iran's drones
Wall Street Journal, Iran Is Hitting the Radars That Underpin U.S. Missile Defenses
New York Times, Iran Strikes U.S. Military Communication Infrastructure in Mideast
The New Era of Drone Warfare Takes Root in Iran
New York Times, Iran’s Drones Cost a Fraction of the U.S. Weapons Shooting Them Down
JPO Seeks to Slash F-35A Flight-Hour Costs
RAF pilot who gunned down Iranian drone and made history celebrated with a sunrise beer

What all these price estimates are missing, is the cost of NOT intercepting the incoming projectile. Shooting down a $50,000 drone with a million dollar missile is worth it, if it protects a target worth hundreds of millions. It's still financially unsustainable in the long run (hence the need for cost effective anti-drone systems), but needs to be taken into account.

 

[TruckDriver9]

Reports of three vessels having been struck by unknown projectiles around the Strait of Hormuz.

Update on the ships.

1. "ONE Majesty" - Japanese flagged and owned container carrier was hit while at anchor off the UAE coast.

2. "Star Gwyneth" - Marshall Islands flagged, Greek owned bulk carrier was hit while at anchor off the UAE coast.

Both vessels received minor damage suggesting drone strikes.

3. "Mayuree Naree"

This ship tried to make a run for it and got nailed by a drone-boat.
The crew abandoned ship

Thai flagged and owned bulk carrier was, reportedly, hit twice while in the Strait of Hormuz, sailing back from the UAE to India. One of the strikes (presumably a naval drone) hit the engine room and started a fire. She was abandoned by her crew and is now adrift. At the moment the Omani navy rescued 20 sailors, 3 remain missing.
Curiously, she sailed through the strait, into the gulf, just a few days ago without any incident.

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The IRGC issues a statement on two of the three vessels struck this morning. 'Expres Room' and 'Mayuree Naree Bangkok'.

There is no ship called Expres Room/Express Room, and no reports about any other ships than those three mentioned above.

 

[TruckDriver9]

Bro, could you give up on the super creative weird-speak and just write in normal sentences? It's getting a bit tedious and long-winded, we get it, you're a super smart creative writer inventing his own style with cut and paste "journalism" and AI. Just state your case simply without trying so hard to be different.

He seems to have a writing style similar to member "deepdiver" who was on the old RVF forum.

At least his Russian alter ego has been quiet for awhile.

Enough with the personal chatter. Stay on topic.

 

[Pravoslavac]

You should probably keep in mind that Murphy is a hard core TDS liberal who hates America, and would never, ever say anything positive about this. For example, he is a strong advocate of transgender children.

He is not a reliable source for anything, and it weakens any point that somebody is making if they quote him.

Straw man argument. My statement functions on it's own, it's not dependent on anyone's opinion.

 

[GoodShepherd]

I still think the comments on this thread underestimate how irrelevant the cost and capability of the American War Machine has to keep this up.

I am not in favor of it.... But the math doesn't matter ... This will continue regardless and I still think America will come out on top based off of our resource control and industry capability alone.

I get that's gonna get allllllllllllll the negative comments here.

But I bet in 2 years this will be nothing....and other than a couple trillion more irrelevant debt there will be zerrooooooo change....

The dollar will still be king. We will still have the most prolific military... And Russia and China will still be second class and NATO will still need us to protect them from their own stupidity

Whether people agree or not, like it or not the US military and even the Israeli military are very experienced at fighting wars and also very strong, we have to keep that in mind.

 

[Ember]

The World Health Organisation warns of health risks from the black rain seen falling in Iran.





Sinking Iranian vessels may not prevent them laying mines. In 2025 naval exercises they allegedly tested missile-deployed sea mines.





Senator Chris Coons claims to concerned about a possible US-Israeli Special Forces operation to capture Iranian Nuclear Facilities.