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The GCC should lobby Congress enough to support a ground invasion.

Soldiers are not paid to be geared up manikins. Neither is a trillion dollar military budget to buy dust gathering equipment.

China should understand that a democratic Iran gives them more leverage because then it’s a battle of words not guns, theocracies or Shia revolution.

It’s ironic how Buhari imprisoned El Zazaky, killed hundreds of Shia protesters and our IRGC-sympathizers supported it. But today they love them so much because they hate Isreal and the US. Hypocrisy at its peak.

@ OP, simple answer, our customs and traditions.

Before the white man came we were progressing at a ridiculously slow pace. We are still bedeviled by this.

Bigmannism, patriarchy, religious malpractice. Ever wondered why amongst all the things the colonialists brought to our shores only religion stuck the most.

People need to be educated about sanctions.

US is only one of the several superpowers in the world. In light of this when the US sanctions a country it doesn’t apply globally.

I don’t know if this post is suppose to attract sympathy but many other nations patronized Iran. China, India, Russia, Some European and African countries.

You choose to hate the US and they refuse to trade with you, that’s morally sensible.

The news is so disjointed.

Still waiting for images of the US military ship that the IRGC sunk. Perpetual liars.

The good people of Iran should not make the Afghanistan mistake. US or not, they should take their country back. No one has the right to play god.

You can’t be more proud of DJT. He is not driven by hate like the extremist. He made his agenda clear, decapitate the IRGC, reduce their stockpile- mission accomplished.

Mindless killing is the craft of jihadists, not the west. Like Deborah, Amini etc

Compare that to the madness of persistent instigation to violence propagated by the IRGc.

For those that missed this, IRGC is the one begging.

A country that projects piety and morality has been demystified to be morally bankrupt.

Excuse no1 The US launched attacks at us from the UAE- fact check, it was a lie.
Excuse no2 US soldiers were hiding in hotels, also a lie.

They know what’s coming, Isreal has partnered with the military apparatus in the UAE, and once America gives the go ahead the response will be quick and lethal.
Isreal has also setup its arsenal in Azerbaijan.

The next campaign wouldn’t leave any IRGC member alive to tell the tale.

This is the handiwork of a hardened faction.

A deal has been sent to the US. The reasonable hardliners are working arduously behind the scenes to make peace.

This is nothing for an A-10 or Apache to eliminate in seconds.

Their weapon isn’t kinetic, it’s a gamble with whether or not America has it in them to wipe them off the surface of the earth thereby by committing genocide.

For these guys it’s always about a deranged theological pursuit and forced martyrdom.

My advice to the US is to activate the anti regime movement and Iranians in diaspora willing to bear arms to take back their country from these lunatics.

grandstar:
This is the problem with you Trump supporters.

The US military high ups had warned Trump against starting this war. That alone was reason enough to go ahead.

He did not seek NATO's advice before embarking on this war. Now, he wants them to clean up the mess he created.

If Israel had warned him not to start this war, i am certain he would have listened.

He went there to fight another mans war. Thats the real tragedy here.

Firstly, I’m not a Trump supporter but rather a supporter of western values, respect for humanity.

French President is sitting in prison, Epstein died in prison, powerful men in the west go to prison, Nigeria has no consequences even for the gravest of crimes.

Isreal is an ally to the US, there are security pacts that they have. Isreal ensures americas interests in the Middle East is preserved, their americas eyes and ears on the ground.
Are you opining america should abandon its ally?
If Mossad falls do you know what other intelligence agencies would extract from them?
Do you know that the US only sells certain military tech to a select few countries and Isreal is one of them?
Also, if the UK went to war with another country would they need to ask before the US joins the war?

foleskay:
I support the move. This move is what Yoruba would call Datie mon. Know your famz. Hypocritical Euro has proved by their words and actions that they're not really US ally. They shud bear their cross themselves

People should go back to Trumps first term in office. He doesn’t play dumb politics. If it’s not mutually beneficial call it quits.

The EU thinks by taunting Trump it would absolve them from their internal crisis, time would tell.

Hypocrites want the whole world to come to the side of a tyrannical IRGC but want NATO allies to deny the US assistance during the war.

They should be relocated to the UAE.

US haters love societies where despots abuse human rights. Just look at South Africa, Nigeria, Afghanistan, no value for human life.

The NATO chief has told Europe countless times over, you’re nothing without the US, but somehow they want to test his resolve.

Can the UK create an army in its current state. Mass mutiny would be the answer.

I support this move. Valuable equipment too.

It’s funny how folks mock American and Israel’s defense systems when they are the only ones proven to work.

Ukraine is hitting Russian 10/10, Iran was hit 10/10.

But less than 1 out of every 10 missiles shot got into Isreal and someone dare asks why everything wasn’t intercepted. When no other country has attained 50% interception except the patriot system and iron dome which currently does over 90%.

DomPerignon:
You mean big Oil and their shareholders.

90% of Americans are feeling it because high gas prices leads to inflation as it directly affects the supply chain.

You’re right but where do these big companies have their monies domiciled? Answer-US.

On the contrary, the US made/is making more money from the war.

Ship insurance/ windfall/ increased oil sale.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar1icYV7Szk

Revisionist say the US unjustifiably attacked Afghanistan, just wondering what Pakistan’s excuse is, fighting its neighbors while projecting a neutral stance.

UrVillageChief:
Are you sure about this? Pakistan hasn’t passed its boundaries because no country other than Russia and the US is uninvadable. While the former is favored by its enormous nuclear arsenal, the later is not only relying on its nukes but on the large armies of allies it had gathered over the decades and of course, its geographical advantages. The US is the only country that’s not surrounded by enemies. Unlike Russia, no foreign combatant country has a base near the US. In the event of a US-Pakistani war, Pakistan would be easily overwhelmed because it’s surrounded by enemies. Due to the fact that the US has a base in almost every corner of the world, before one Pakistani missile would land in the US mainland, thousands must have landed in Islamabad. Though the consequences would be catastrophic but take your mind off that silly thinking that one country can not be invaded. This one will be invaded if there’s a reason to.

The Pak’s ratted out Osama, the nuclear weapon they have is courtesy of China and the US.
All the US has to do is incentivize India and Pakistan would have heat on their tails. Russia and China are allies to India so they’ll be neutral.
In the end would the IRGC be worth the instability?

I wonder why this is celebrated.

Pakistan is about to rip off a desperate IRGC.

Land transportation is always 30-50% more expensive than sea. So the profit may be lost to logistics.

Like Rubio pointed out, some of the hardliner realize that they’ve got a country to run, the military should be told that ego is no wisdom.

Sign the damn deal, carriers are designed for long term deployment so they can be there for the next year and the Pakistanis wouldn’t dare be complicit to allow weapons to be trafficked through its borders.

I wonder what country America got independence from? That’s right England.

Don’t be a revisionist dear King. The English empire was the birthplace of modern day evil.
Greedy and inhumane, we forgive but never perceive repressed memories as amnesia.

jaxxy:
I've never heard of Jews or anyone attacking random people outside of a war zone area but these terrorist attack innocent people because of a war happening elsewhere.

That’s why as Christian’s we shouldn’t compromise our beliefs, our lord and savior Jesus Christ said, forgive so that your Heavenly Father will forgive you.

The extremists amongst them practice generational hate.

Take a look at what’s happening in Turkey.

https://youtube.com/shorts/El2O_4Yt0Kg?si=8FJdpEbFBHcDDfkm

erad:
They are zionists...

Ordinary stabbing and their rabbi is asking everyone to act... But you've been bombing and shooting men, women and children and stealing their lands for decades and no one can hold you accountable.

For those that will say what is happening in Israel should not concern those outside Israel... Why should Abramovic's assets be seized in UK when he's not even a Russian politician? That has set a precedence that your country's actions can be used as judgement against you.

Fantastic idea!!!
Nigerians, according to the wisdom shared by this poster, take up arms and kill any South African or Ghanaian near you to send a message back home.
Americans and Canadians go to the homes of the children of the regime in Iran and rape and kill them.


The battle must be fought on and off the battlefield.
Seizure of assets is equivalent to death (learned that today).

Hatred should be a psychiatric diagnosis not an emotion.

Hndrrxxx:
So let’s talk about US too Mr Iran Intelligence minister.

Over 75% of the US total population doesn’t support the US/Israel war on Iran.

Time will tell on Trump too very soon

Because they don’t understand that this action is a lesser evil compared to what’s to come.
Public trust has declined, same as approval ratings for Trump but those benefitting from the quiescence of the Middle East can attest to the effectiveness of the campaign.

I don’t blame them too because Trump downsized the civil service and restricted leaks and access to classified information.

My take is, he and his cohorts are not idiots and know that lawsuits would follow after the administration ends, so I believe that they’re putting together in-dismissible evidence as to why they started this war.

Jangbajantis:
If you're still wondering why South Africans support Muslim terrorists all over the world then you don't know what's happening.

As the saying goes BRICS of the same feathers, flock together.

During the obsequies of the Ayatollah it was on record that less than half a million Iranians mourned him,
When they needed a human shield for their nuclear plants the numbers were equally small,
There’s a looming reality the IRGC is in denial of, and that’s the rebellion of its people.
While some may think the internet blackout was for security reasons, the truth is, it was to slowdown the internal crisis, which in my opinion is inevitable.

Iranians are not Arabs, they’re intellectual and don’t subscribe to martyrdom. I met a Druze from Lebanon the other day, and he was proud of his religion and said Lebanese folks don’t support Hezbollah.

Time would tell if Mr Spokesperson is right.

An adage I’m fund off goes thus…
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
— Martin Niemöller

In a world were human rights are endangered and fascism is on the rise Nigerians choose to use sovereignty as an excuse to allow evildoers escape their nemesis.

Libya persecuted so many Nigerians and subjected them to the most inhumane conditions ever, but we sowed tears when their household of tyranny collapsed on them,
Our leaders have jettisoned governance, which fundamentally represents the protection of lives and property, and have exposed Nigerians to all forms of abuse yet some applaud their nefariousness,

South Africa for years have treated us and other non-south Africans badly but we protected them from their Karma, lending our voices on and offline to these monsters. DJT exposed their wickedness to the world but those with cataract filled hate for the POTUS were to blind to acknowledge the truth. Isn’t it ironic that just like yesterday it was kill the bull and today it’s kill the Nigerian.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytJA8fwP728

Nigeria, a country where truth is contextual. A country without norms, stealing could be borrowing or a gift depending on the day of the week and abuse of office could be foresight depending on the insignia on the cap.

The truth will set us free!

May God protect all innocent Nigerians and non-South Africans suffering this oppression.

Nigeria, a shameless country.

The US notifies its citizens weeks before any form of instability. What are the functions of our embassies abroad? I know, reward for blind loyalty, a showroom of ineptitude, brothel for clandestine prostitution.
Where’s our NIA? DSS? Military?

Someday these rodents on NL will understand that national pride and patriotism is bigger than tribe and political party.

Americans should protect DJT at all costs.

Nigerians are used as target practice at home and abroad.

panafrican:
Zelenskyy's Ukraine is going to be worse than Israel. It will become an international terrorist state, attacking countries on all continents.

How long has Zelenskyy been in power?

Just look at how deeply involved he already is in foreign wars in Africa and the Middle East.

Israel did NOT attack any African country on behalf of any terrorist organization, from what the rest of us have read
so far online or in History books.

He was thrown into the deep and didn’t die. As of today, he’s a warlord. A decade from now, a regional colossus.
I hope he is leading his country well, beyond the theatre of war.

Jangbajantis:
Exactly! Some people mistake restraint for weakness every single time.

When the US first called for allies to help secure the strait, many loud Nairaland “analysts” and terror sympathisers mocked it as begging. They thought patience meant America had run out of options. Many clowns chanted "Iran is winning! Iran is winning!!"

Now stronger action is taken and suddenly they're quiet.

That is the problem with fake analysts, especially on Nairaland, they celebrate diplomacy as weakness, then cry foul when hard power enters the chat.

Isreal used more than 200,000 bombs in Gaza, and some people bought the fake news that the US has run out of missiles.

Anyway, when this war is done the tactical ingenuity and superior weaponry applied/used to avoid minimal civilian casualties will be studied for decades.

Hegeseth said "We've got no shortage of munitions. Our stockpiles of defensive and offensive weapons allow us to sustain this campaign as long as we need to." . And people must understand that the US military is also keeping an eye on other enemies would try to take advantage of the situation. In brief, there are enough weapons to take on others.

Classic example of wild horse effect.

Instead of negotiating an anti-hostile agreement, you commit economic and political suicide.

Well it’s back to the drawing board for everyone. I guess cutting your losses is alien to these guys.

Why UnCloth a dead man?

Somethings are just wrong and savage. Ukraine-Russia are at war and we can all witness the respect for fallen soldiers.

Moreover, the man is most likely a mercenary so it too premature to accuse the French government.

Note- I’m not a supporter of France but sanity.

Jakarta:
I don't support the US blockade of the straits, because it is obvious that they tend to gain heavily from it at the detriment of other countries. The straits is not used by only Iran. Why can't the US open the straits and block Iran's ports?

We forget easily. The US asked other countries to come open the strait, negotiate with the IRGC, some people on nairaland laughed and said the US was begging out of weakness.
The UK was busy having English lessons, France was busy taking cheap shots of vilification.

Trump gets pissed and shows everyone that the IRGC is filled with hot air and closes the strait. Now no one can make a sound. He gave them a chance and they blew it. Listening to fake analysts talk about the US being at its wits end.

FSBoperator:
A NATION DESERVES THE JEWS IT HAS - Adolf Hitler.

No Nation has ever progressed under Jewish rule/cohabitation.

Its all downhill until the Jews are kicked out.

From your submission you agree that the Jews were the most hated ethnicity on earth, even before 1947. And somehow the world expects them to remain an endangered specie.

You may have never killed a Jew physically and I’m pretty sure a Jew has never hurt any of your family members but the hatred you hold against an entire ethnicity is equivalent to murder.

Despite the fact that a lot of northerners celebrated Deborah’s death including Dangote’s son in-law I don’t hate all northern Muslims, check your hate.

FYI, the Jews have contributed more to humanity than any other race on earth. Even the reputable great Arab scientists and scholars were Jewish converts.

https://mnews.world/en/news/the-great-jews-and-their-inventions?amp=1

FSBoperator:
Pollard that is adjudged to be the most damaging spy in US history even more than the duo of the Jewish couple, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who passed nuclear secrets to the Soviets?

The Pentagon and CIA were livid when he was sentenced to only 30ys and when any attempt by any US President to commute or pardon him on behest of AIPAC, the entire US security establishment resisted it so much that Pollard spent every single day of his 30y sentence in a Federal Maximum facility.

It was Trump that gave him a post sentence pardon but knowing he had no future in the US, Pollard moved to Israel from where Netanyahoo awarded him one of Israel's highest National medals for his spying.

Same thing we are saying.

Americans don’t know that they’re better off having Isreal as an ally than an enemy. Beyond blackmail and what-not, they haven’t betrayed the US, they’re no saints but compared to the rest of the world they have chosen who to bend the knee for. America granted them respite when Europe wanted them extinct, and they’re grateful for it. They have also contributed immensely to the American security architecture- Oppenheimer atomic bomb/hiroshima.

And before you bring up the USS liberty, the whole conversation around that incident is shrouded in complexity, complacency and complicity.

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2017-07-11/ty-article/but-sir-its-an-american-ship-never-mind-hit-her/0000017f-e48c-d7b2-a77f-e78f76800000