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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:18pm On Mar 20
WriteerNg:
⚡NATO has temporarily paused its Iraq mission (NMI) and pulled out ~600 personnel due to rising regional conflict.
All of them are abandoning the sinking ship now that time allows it.

Uncle Sam will learn what it takes to fight alone.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:16pm On Mar 20
LordAdam16:
a western reporter just shared an update

the pilot suffered shrapnel wounds

the plane crash landed and will not return to service anytime soon

https://x.com/gbrumfiel/status/2034972525222838351

-Lord
That pilot will never go near the cursed F35 again.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:15pm On Mar 20
emmaodet:
Iran purposely allowed it to enter their territory to avoid any excuses like friendly fire from Kuwait or any excuses.
So it entered well before firing it
If they didn't risk sending the F35 in the first week, why send it now that Iran has rolled out some of its best AD systems?

It only means one thing: Uncle Sam is fast running out of standoff strike munitions.

Of course, the F35 is the greatest boondoggle of the 21st century. Most Russian radars can detect it hundreds of miles away.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:58pm On Mar 20
"The pilot is in a stable condition"--- says centom on the F35 incidence.

Well, death is a stable condition, and actually the most stable condition there is. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:44pm On Mar 20
Mikasaobi:


It’s not speculation, he was pulled out of an interview to be in the situation room.
Everything will fall into place and the truh will finds it way up from the fog of deception.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 2:20pm On Mar 20
ariesbull:
Sometimes I ask myself how did the west and Europe colonise Africa...from the recent activities in Ukraine and Iran ...I have seen them as too daft for colonialism
Our ancestors were too daft and religiously inclined to stand their ground.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m):
LordAdam16:
the so called press conference was a virtual press conference

israeli media confirmed it yesterday

no one was in the room with satanyahu

i don't think he is dead
medical emergency, not in isn'treal, taking exceptional precautions

but all these ai videos are clearly not helping their narrative

-Lord
That's the logical reason folks like us have concluded that Mileikowsky aka Bibi from Poland is dead.

People that are alive don't generally go about making fake AI videos that they're alive. They just go about their normal business.

Israel doesn't fool me.

It took them 8 good years to admit Ariel Sharon was dead.

What they're doing now with BIbi isn't different. That's the Zionist cult for you.

There was a video of Bessent leaving a conference room to receive a call, when he returned, he looked visibly shaken. I'm still trying to get my hands on that video.

Okay, let's call that speculation.

The best evidence so far he is dead is the son.

Prior to the Iranian alleged strike targeting Netanyahoo, he used to twit 30-50 times a day on Twitter. But, for the past 6 days, the boy has suddenly stopped twitting. He is probably sitting Shiva.

That medical episode narrative is plausible, but the available dots when logically summed entails the child killer is now resting in pieces on Epstein Island.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 1:02pm On Mar 20
LordAdam16:
bessent is an a$$hat

the 140m barrels iran has on the water
are all spoken for
all the removal of sanctions would do is give iran the option to cancel deliveries to its trusted partners
simply to extract extra profit on the global market

that would be a strategic error
canceling deliveries to china just to get extra profit from south korea
who among the two is helping iran with sat feed and intelligence?

iran is already selling at a higher price to china because there is a shortage
sanctions relief while welcome will not lead to materially higher profits than they are already getting
not enough to justify spurning china to re-enter the global market anyway

this is different from russia

-Lord
I agree with you on Bessent.

There was no way Iran was going to cut off China from that 140 million barrels. And it's not like the US is a position to direct where or whom the oil gets to. So, Bessent is daydreaming.

What's more? Iran has already cemented China's position in this unfolding scheme. Every oil going through the strait as allowed by the IRGC is to be paid for on Chinese currency. And this policy is already in effect. The US is in no position to dictate the terms anymore. Iran holds the knife and the yam at the moment. All the US is doing now is just damage and narrative control. The reality speaks otherwise.

Iran prepared for this pretty well. And with those huge column of "humanitarian aids" trucks going to them from Russia/China via Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, I trust them to hold the line and keep Hormuz under lock and key until the empire will finally say I've had enough and quit.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:32am On Mar 20
dermmy:
From 2-3 days to 2 Weeks, 1 month, 2 Months, No time frame.

I still don't understand why Americans are keeping their cool with this dπmb administration.
They will soon hit the streets by the time they start paying for extra costs of gas and eggs from their pockets. Americans hate that very much. Na the reason why Trump dey unsanctioned oil everywhere.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:21am On Mar 20
Mikasaobi:


🤣🤣🤣 why are they doing this?

It doesn’t really matter, Persia will win.
The man is dead,.but they have to keep up the morale of their forces.

IDF Jews are not built like Persians.

The announced and confirmed death of the prime minister will send thousands of soldiers packing their boots and heading home to Europe where they came from.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:14am On Mar 20
[quote author=WriteerNg post=138827329] wasting your time trying to convince the NVBs here on Netanyahoo.

You catch person office dey post AI videos of the person several times, wetin you want take others do again.

Just leave them make them live in their make belief world.

Let's focus on Persia and Russia making more money during war time.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:59am On Mar 20
LordAdam16:
officially official

iran has started trial implementation of a tax/toll to use the strait of hormuz
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1156656/Iran-establishes-safe-shipping-corridor-for-approved-and-paid-for-transits

it will likely be fully implemented at the end of the war
a 10% surcharge earns them 30 to 70 billion dollars per year
they intend to apply it on all ships
not just oil/gas tankers

iran went into this war with a comprehensive plan
and are executing it with ruthless efficiency

-Lord
All our analysis and gamed out possible outcomes are being fulfilled.

Persia will emerge the winner.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m):
Mikasaobi:
Wow this is big. If the elites know then why delay the inevitable announcement. Are they working on a body double.
Probably.

A body double will keep the momentum going for the Zionist cult elites.

Plus, they need to keep the morale, seeing Israel is fighting a ground operation on the hez front. The last thing foot soldiers need now is the death of the man who started all this.

Eventually, it will come out. They can't keep it wrapped up for ever.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:27am On Mar 20
WriteerNg:
⚡Israel admits Iranian missile hit on Haifa refineries.
Like I said earlier, Israel will get its share of the retribution the same way the Gulf states have receive theirs since the IDF strike on the Iranian gas field.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:17am On Mar 20
LordAdam16:
if na we talk am dem go say na propaganda

-Lord
The US now appears to be running out of stand-off munitions.

They sent their F-35s into Iranian airspace and one of them was "damaged."

This confirms that they're not even close to dominating Iranian airspace let alone roaming freely over it.

Eyes go clear.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:11am On Mar 20
LordAdam16:
securing sanctions removal while the war is still ongoing

from unconditional surrender to we may remove sanctions

in only 20 days of war

persia on the beat

-Lord
Mennn!

While we might have rightly game Iran's ability and readiness to fight back hard, I must confess Persia has really really surprised me.

It isn't just the resilience. It's the way they thought out the entire operation.

We have always said, and has been proven right that, the strait is Iran's nuclear bomb option. Closing it early was insanely tactical. It did not only throw the enemy and its bases hosts off guard, the early closure has also helped maximize the effect and damage the closure was expected to create. This single tactical move put Tehran on the driving seat, leaving their enemies scrambling for leverages that aren't there, and checkmates no one is willing to support.

Let's even forget about the initial series of wave strikes that has effectively, if not completely blinded the enemy across the Gulf.

Don't mention how their missiles are now easily falling on their preys in Israel and beyond because much of the enemy's early warning systems has been taken out of action.

Just focus only on Hormuz and the more you look at it, the more you'd come to appreciate the Persian grand strategy. cool



The moment Persia closed the strait, it made the cost of starting this war needless, and exiting it too high for the enemy. Every escalation by the enemy accelerate the cost further, and reprisal escalations by Tehran triples the cost. This has not only bewildered the US, it has forced them to start losing some of their leverages.

In their confusion to minimize the cost, Iran imposed via Hormuz, the US have unsanctioned Russian oil, and that's the first economic victory for the axis. It means Russia is no longer selling at a discount but in the current high price, thus more money for the Russian budget and for funding the SMO.

But the cost remains high, and the solution by the enemy gets even crazier. The US is now planning on unsactioning Iranian oil----the same enemy they're currently fighting. Don't laugh yet.

Currently, Iran has over 140 million barrels of oil sitting in floating storage/tankers anchored someahere along their coast. US sanctions over the years makes this difficult to sell. Removing sanctions, according to Bessent, would allow this oil to enter the global market and bring down the price. The oil will provide at least, two weeks of supply, and Bessent calls it a "leverage against the Iranians." grin

How is that a leverage when in peace time you choke Iran from selling that oil but suddenly in war time you allow it to sell that oil? Besides, Persia will be selling at or above $100 per barrel and in currency of their choice, meaning more money for Tehran and less value for the USD. Another victory for the axis. cool

Hormuz is the real KO blow. It isn't just going to determine how this war will end, it ensure that it will end on Iranian terms.

The hegemon loses again. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:58am On Mar 20
SonOfWords:
America don carry open-eye go pick fight wey wan kee them😂.

Just look at how the entire white house is ventilating and running haywire.
Omo.

It's like Fuji house of commotion.

They're so confused and objectively deficient that they can't even think of a sane way to edit the war without looking humiliated.

Every decision they have taken since the Tehran reprisals started hitting their marks have been to the advantage of their adversaries.

On the flip side, I feel sorry for DT. He was duped into acting out in toto Elbridge Colby's strategy that seek to contain China in the indo Pacific, sidestep Russia in the attics, and position and maintains US supremacy in the western hemisphere. He never thought about the possible backlash these strategy holds for America itself.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:46am On Mar 20
WriteerNg:
⚡QatarEnergy CEO:

We may have to declare force majeure on LNG contracts for up to 5 years, affecting Italy, Belgium, Korea, and China.

Annual losses from the damaged facilities are about $20 billion.
You never see anything.

Next time, you will think twice before choosing to dine with the devil.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:06pm On Mar 19
ariesbull:
Six top isreali leaders from Benjamin to head of security, head of MOSSAD and lots of other leadership has been eliminated

This war is getting interesting.


Just look at The MESS TRUMP CAUASED
To buttress your point, a serving Russian lawmaker has confirmed that Bibi is dead.

If the Russians are saying it, then the man is dead really because they're always in the known in real time.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:03pm On Mar 19
FoolishBoy419:
Aljazeera:

US may ‘unsanction’ Iranian oil to ease pressure from US-Israeli war roiling energy markets
@Foolishboi419, what we said earlier.

They will by themselves remove the sanctions eventually.

Eyes go clear.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 2:56pm On Mar 19
LordAdam16:
oil at over 110

we're half way there

target is 150

slow and steady persia
you've got this




for the first time ever, macron is calling for an end to the war

the calls will grow louder
but persia will ignore them

-Lord
This is going to be a long one for the Israel camp. The Russians are now making sure of that. cool

The president of Tajikistan has published a video showing a large column of 110 trucks heading to Iran. The trucks will pass through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, both of which have also sent trucks, all in the name of "humanitarian aids." cool

Well, we all know that much of what is inside those trucks isn't humanitarian. Putin is making sure that, this golden opportunity to make a kill off the high oil price (Russian Urea is now selling at $108) does not pass unexploited.

Na better market Trump don buy so.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:11pm On Mar 19
FoolishBoy419:
You have said it all. I think it is unlikely that this war will end without the sanctions being eased or totally removed.
That's the iranian end goal.

Those who put the sanctions will have to remove them as a precondition for the war to end or Persia will force their hands to remove them via the economic front with solid guarantees that such atrocious acts will not repeat themselves in the future.

The disruption in energy has now shifted to energy destruction. Iran is matching escalation with escalation. The Israeli strike on iranian gas field reveals the desperation and strategic failure behind this war.

It appears that Israel took advantage of Iran's promise to retaliate against any attack on its gas and energy industries, and would spread the attack all over the region. So, the genocidal vipers decided to attack the gas fields because an Iranian retaliation might force the Gulf countries to join the war directly, something Tel Aviv (and the US) wish to happen. But, this strategy is a very weak one. In fact, it is now clear that, the US and Israel has lost the war objectively, and they're simply acting out of d desperation.

Why?

1. The Gulf states are in no position to enter the war----US security arrangements over the years that prioritize Israel's security above the rest made sure of that by under equipping those states. They lack the weapons, the logistics, and the will to wage or attrit a war against a highly advanced peer like Iran.

2. Even if they wanted to, the chances of their people turning against them is now higher than ever. This ongoing war is fast becoming a uniting force among Shia and sunni Muslims. A regional spike in the conflict will only increase the chants of death to the Big Satan (America) and death to the small Satan (Israel).

3. Iraq gets much of its gas for electricity from Iran, and they'd be hit the hardest in this ongoing tit-for-tat energy restrictions. It is delusion to think Iraq at this time would take up arms against Iran.

Turkey also gets 15% of its gas for electricity from Iran, and there is no way they'd join up against Iran.

Qatar has instead condemn the Israeli attack on the iranian gas field. It has also condemned the iranian reprisal attacks that include its gas field, but, that is where it ends. No one is taking up arms.


3. Moreover, Iranian response attacks on Haifa and Israeli gas stations are also in the menu, and with very little to no interceptors left to stop them, the genocidal state would also receive its share of the damage and suffering as well.

Hence, the above points renders the Israeli strategy a weak, poorly thought out, and desperate attempt to project "accomplishment." The included policy of assassinations that takes out pragmatists like Larijani will only make the IRGC stronger, produce more hardliners, and by the time this war ends, everything Israel wishes Iran not to be is what they'd become.

Iran will objectively emerge the winner.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:18am On Mar 19
FoolishBoy419:
JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump wants no more strikes on Iranian energy facilities after Israel attacked a key gas field, WSJ reports.

Message passed. Iran should hit some more energy sites though. By the way, why aren't our NVB showing us Iranian missile launch stats anymore?
Our NVBs were victims of western propaganda. They were duped into believing Iran is done and dusted. What they're witnessing is unbelievable. Iran has missiles that can last for the entire year.

In fact, if there is anyone that doesn't want this war to end now is Iran.

They're not just making huge sums of money from oil sales as the war rages on, it gives them a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take their pound of flesh against their enemy, reassert their sovereign and economic rights and position themselves as a key player in the region and global politics devoid of any suffocating conditions and restrictions.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:06am On Mar 19
WriteerNg:
⚡Iranian Foreign Ministry:

Iran and Oman will establish a new regime for the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
And make sure that from now onward, any ship from unfriendly countries that must pass through the strait should pay a passage fee.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:01am On Mar 19
Truthfulone1:
🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 Wave 62 Of Iran's True Promise 4 on day 19. Every American base in the region. Every Israeli troop concentration... All hit.

Let’s talk hardware. Wave 61 the one before this deployed Khorramshahr-4 multi-warhead missiles, Qadr, Emad and Kheibar Shekan against over 100 targets in Tel Aviv simultaneously, causing a partial blackout and described by IRGC as hitting without “any obstruction” meaning Iron Dome/Arrow 3/THAAD didn’t stop them. Wave 59 debuted the Haj Qassem for the first time. Wave 56 hit Rafael’s own missile storage depot with Khorramshahr, Emad and Qadr.

Each wave brings a different combination of lethal missile tech, missiles the Pentagon said didn't exist (in those quantities).

Channel 12 in Israel told their viewers on March 2nd that Iran was virtually out of launchers. The Khorramshahr-4 alone carries a 1,500kg warhead. The IRGC isn’t lobbing these by hand or are they?🤔

Iran spent decades hiding them underground in a country the size of Western Europe.

Washington and Tel Aviv told you the war was won. Iran keeps sending that farcical memo back to sender via hypersonic express delivery wave by wave.
Western war propaganda doesn’t change, whoever a conflict is fought with:

Russia ‘running out of ballistic missiles’ – Telegraph, Oct 28 2022

Iran is ‘running out of missiles’ – Telegraph, Mar 4 2026

Professed success is promoted by doing a countdown towards victory:

IDF destroyed 1/3 of Iran’s missile launchers after Tel Aviv strikes – Jewish Chronicle, Jun 16 2025

More than half of Iran’s missile launchers have been destroyed – Jewish Chronicle, Jun 20 2025

The recent war follows the scheme of ever rising enemy losses:

Around Half of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Launchers Destroyed in Strikes, Israel Says – WSJ, Mar 1

Israel says destroyed around 300 Iranian missile launchers – DPA, Mar 5 2026

IDF estimates over 60% of Iran’s missile launchers taken out – Israel Hayom, Mar 6 2026

Despite Saturday spike in missile sirens, IDF affirms 75% of Iranian missile launchers destroyed – Jerusalem Post, Mar 7 2026

Israel Says 80% of Iran’s Missile Launchers Destroyed, Israelis Could Soon Resume Normal Life As Operation Continues – Yeshiva World, Mar 10 2026

At some point however delusion creeps in: cool

IDF says destroyed 70% of Iran’s missile launchers as war progresses ‘beyond expectations’ – YnetNews, Mar 15 2026

Majority of IRGC missile launchers destroyed, Israel to return to routine soon, official say – Jerusalem Post, Mar 10 2026

US ‘cannot locate Iran’s missile launchers’ – Telegraph, Mar 11 2026
Iran’s Missile Launcher Arsenal Holds Steady Despite Strikes – Bloomberg, Mar 12 2026

People start to ask questions:

US says it has destroyed Iran missile capacity: How is Iran still shooting? – AlJazeerah, Mar 16, 2026

After Trump’s original plans did not survive contact with the enemy, the media are preparing the public for an escalation towards a ground war:


Entering War’s Third Week, Trump Faces Stark Choices (archived) – NY Times

As the conflict with Iran expands and intensifies, President Trump’s options
— to fight on, or to move toward declaring victory and pulling back — both carry deeply problematic consequences.

Oil Industry Warns Trump Administration Fuel Crunch Will Likely Worsen (archived) – WSJ

The Iran war may be about to escalate – Gulf states could join the conflict (archived) – Economist

Trump is trapped by the logic of war Boots on the ground might become inevitable – Unherd

Trump demands ‘about 7′ countries join coalition to police Iran’s Strait of Hormuz – Politico

Donald Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future’ if allies fail to help US in Iran (archived) – FT

White House Tries to Build Coalition on Iran to Address Energy Crisis (archived) – W

Copied from MOA.


As you can see from the above, western propaganda is atypical. They are now at the stage of grief and stark reality that explains their flaws, how badly they miscalculated Iran, and the defeat staring them on the face.

Now, they have one of two options:

Throw in the towel or escalate further to WW3 (use nuke on Iran).
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:19am On Mar 19
WriteerNg:
⚡Iranian missiles have struck multiple points in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

htt
This is existential for iran and it makes sense they're matching escalation with escalation.

By the time this war is over, the actors involved directly or indirectly will no longer remain the same.

Eyes go clear.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:14am On Mar 19
Alamkiir:
🇮🇱🇮🇷 BREAKING🚨:

Unverified Reports say Naftali Bennett, expected to become Isareli Prime Minister, was killed last night.


https:mus/2m6209290
A lot of people don't yet recognize the depth Iran prepared for and the risk and length it is willing to go on this war.

Persia sees this round as an existential threat and is matching every escalation with escalation.

The IRGC has made it a matter of state policy to equally assassinate top Israeli government personnel, and so far, a couple of them have been killed by direct missiles strikes and solo assassinations deep inside Israel. The Jewish media per the government is covering up the mess, but the truth always finds its way up from the fog.

Given the small size of Israel, if this war doesn't stop sooner than expected, there will be nothing left in Tel Aviv, and no place in Israel would be safe for any of their top officials.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:59am On Mar 19
ladkud:
Yariv Levin named as the interim prime minister of Israel.[color=#000099][/color]
We talk am.

The yahooboy is dead.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:57am On Mar 19
A
Alamkiir:
I believe the number 2.
They are desperate to retaliate badly
The number 2 isn't just logical, their actions recently betrays their motives.

The man is no more, and they're in haste trying to get as much damage done before the real facts spills into the public view.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:49am On Mar 19
WriteerNg:
⚡The International Atomic Energy Agency does not know the status of the new Iranian enrichment facility in Isfahan that is in an underground nuclear complex, agency chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday.

"It is underground, but we haven't visited it yet," said Grossi, who is in Washington for a conference and to hold talks with Trump administration officials.
If after this war and crimes against Iran Tehran permits the IAEA any entry to any of their nuclear site, then they have no business functioning as an independent state. They should be balkanized and fed to the vultures in Israel and Washington.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:01pm On Mar 18
LordAdam16:
getting a nuke goes without saying
they should get a nuke whether there are assassinations or not

but the focus is on what to do about the political assassinations
in the middle of the war
it is clear that the assassinations will intensify

i'm low key hoping pezeshkian bites the dust
but there are dozens of officials now in the crosshairs

and it is now a waiting game to see how they deal with this challenge




on the defense side

after the 12d war, they doubled down on a mosaic defense doctrine
iran has 31 military provinces
each is independent of each other
and independent of the central command
each has its own ammunitions (missiles/drones), production facilities, intelligence and other auxillaries

each does have its own clerical and political attaches as well




but there has been no mention of something similar on the political side

the closest that's known is that pezeshkian has delegated more authority to the provincial governments

but in tehran proper and the federal government
it is unclear how they plan to deal with an intense assassination campaign against political leaders
they've planned for it
but they're keeping that card close to their chests

and it'd be interesting to see how it goes

-Lord
The assassinations is getting intense for two obvious reasons:

1. The USrael is getting so frustrated because their initial set goals are no longer attainable.

2. Netanyahoo is no more.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:47pm On Mar 18
LordAdam16:
well, i was pissed that khameini i stayed in his residence and held important meetings there

but after this by larijani
i actually have respect for deciding to go out on your own terms

and this is not just about the top brass

for the past three weeks, usrael has been bombing and targeting basij and irgc personnel in tehran
destroying their stations and even checkpoints
what they do is withdraw their dead and injured
then send fresh personnel to man the checkpoints across tehran
this is happening in multiple cities but it is intense in tehran

you have young men leaving their homes everyday assured that the odds of it being their last is over 90%
and they come out anyway
day after day until they become a statistic

that courage permeates every rung of persian society

if the basij militiaman can put his life on the line
their head, the general reza can operate directly on the streets where he was martyred
then it is hard to take fault with khamenei i and larijani

this is the persian way




and i am not making that up

the archaemenids had an elite military unit called the immortals
literally called the immortals

it was a permanent unit of 10,000
not 10,010 not 9989
always 10,000

anyone in the unit died, got sick, or was otherwise unable to continue military service
he was replaced immediately
so that the number never fell or exceeded 10,000

this was before shia islam
so it's not necessarily about fanaticism
it is factory fitted
persians are born that way

that's why you see them chanting day after day while bombs drop around them
anyone hit is withdrawn and the march continues

-Lord
Honestly, I have come to the same conclusion on Iran.

What is happening there is beyond fanaticism---it's their "warriors way of life."

The 'Immortals" you mentioned for example view death as a course of duty, honor and loyalty on behalf of the land. This too operates as a form of psychological warfare against opponents.

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