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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by seunny4lif(m): 11:11am On Jun 13, 2025
Since Libya and Iraq war, I don’t take Muslims nations seriously again.
They are very easy to break, that’s the reason Gulf nations leaders are still USA vassal states.


BREAKING: Israel has struck a missile factory in Shiraz, Iran
One of the reason Russia quickly moved those drones factories to inside Russia.
It’s like they knew what to happen
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Gbadebo19(m): 11:13am On Jun 13, 2025
CreativeOrbit:
Thank you for your reply. However, your response suffers from false equivalence, selective framing, and a misunderstanding of the scale and nature of the conflict.

1. Russia’s Alleged “Support” Is Not Comparable to NATO’s Backing of Ukraine

You mentioned alleged support to Russia from countries like Iran, North Korea, and China. Let’s be precise:

Iran’s drone supply is real but limited to specific types of tactical weaponry like Shahed drones—low-cost, expendable assets, not a strategic game-changer.

North Korea’s involvement is largely speculative. Claims of supplying artillery shells and possibly laborers or advisors are not comparable to NATO's real-time battlefield intelligence, satellite data, cyber support, and state-of-the-art weapons.

China, while economically significant to Russia, has avoided direct military support to prevent sanctions and geopolitical backlash. It sells dual-use goods, not tanks or advanced missile systems.

Now compare that to Ukraine’s backing:

Over $250+ billion in aid from NATO and EU countries.

Continuous supplies of long-range missile systems (HIMARS), Patriot air defense, Leopard tanks, Bradleys, and F-16 fighter jets (soon to arrive).

NATO-grade training, surveillance, logistics, and battlefield coordination.

This is not a symmetrical support structure. You're comparing a few countries’ marginal support to a full-scale, institutionalized, multi-nation military alliance backing Ukraine with near-unlimited funding and intelligence.

2. Russia Is a Sovereign Power, Ukraine Is a Proxy Warzone

Russia is the initiating state power. Ukraine is the battlefield—and its survival is contingent on foreign lifelines. Without Western support, the Ukrainian military would collapse. That’s not conjecture; it’s admitted openly by U.S. and European officials.

By contrast, Russia is not dependent on any one foreign supplier for its military survival. Its defense industry, while strained, is domestic. It has nuclear capabilities, one of the largest standing armies, and is self-sufficient in energy and raw materials.

3. Allegations of “African Gold” Payments Are a Distraction, Not a Counterpoint

Even if we accept the claim of “African gold” being used by Russia to pay for weapons (which remains largely anecdotal and based on unverified leaks), it doesn’t prove your case. Illicit financial flows or backchannel trade do not equate to formal, institutional, legal military alliances like NATO.

> The core issue remains: Russia is fighting a NATO-armed proxy, not just Ukraine as a standalone actor. This fundamentally changes the dynamics, prolongs the conflict, and complicates any assumptions about military capability.

4. Conclusion: Your Argument Lacks Proportionality and Context

Yes, Russia receives limited support. But equating that with the structured, sustained, and coordinated NATO military campaign on Ukrainian soil is misleading.

The West has turned Ukraine into a frontline buffer against Russia—politically, economically, and militarily. The comparison between Russia’s allies and NATO's involvement simply doesn’t hold.

Let’s not pretend this is a symmetrical battlefield. It’s not.
I will only reply to the African gold part. I have a leaked document that proves it. Share your mail and I will send it to you
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 11:16am On Jun 13, 2025
It's being reported that IRGC top commanders were in a meeting in an underground bunker when a bomb was dropped on them. At this time number of those present is unknown.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Gbadebo19(m): 11:16am On Jun 13, 2025
obedience4:
That has to be dumb*et analysis I have read in a while.
He will give Masterviolence a run for his d*mb war analysis
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by TenQ: 11:16am On Jun 13, 2025
CreativeOrbit:
Your attempt to shift the conversation from modern Israeli war crimes to cherry-picked eschatological hadiths reveals both desperation and ignorance. Let me respond to your deflection with the clarity and harshness it deserves.

1. Quoting Hadiths to Justify Zionist Colonialism? Pathetic.

You cite eschatological hadiths—about end-times scenarios—not normative Islamic commands for today. These hadiths are prophecies, not policies. They describe what will happen, not what Muslims are commanded to do now. There is a fundamental difference between descriptive prophecy and prescriptive ethics.

> Try again when you understand basic hermeneutics.

Meanwhile, what is prescriptive in Islam is the prohibition of oppression, the defense of the oppressed, and the right to resist tyranny. And if you’re seriously quoting hadith while supporting a regime that bombs hospitals and starves children, then congratulations—you’ve weaponized Islamic scripture to sanitize genocide.

2. “Jews and Arabs coexisted peacefully before 1948”?

You're right—and that coexistence ended the moment Zionist militias began ethnically cleansing Palestine in 1947–48. It was Zionism, not Islam, that tore apart peaceful Jewish-Arab relations. The Nakba didn’t happen because of religion. It happened because armed settlers, backed by imperial powers, began forcibly displacing an indigenous population for the sake of creating an ethno-state.

> Nearly 800,000 Palestinians were expelled. Over 500 villages were destroyed. And you dare talk about “coexistence”?

3. Zionist Regime Expelled Jews from Gaza in 2005? Yes — Because It’s a Racist State.

The “ethnic Palestinian Jews” you claim were “forced out” of Gaza in 2005 were not natives. They were illegal settlers living on stolen land under military protection while Palestinians were caged in ghettos.

And who forced them out? The Israeli government—not Palestinians. Why? Because Israel wanted to consolidate control of the West Bank and maintain the siege on Gaza from the outside while pretending to "disengage."

> That wasn’t coexistence ending—it was Zionist strategy evolving.

If Israel expelled its own settlers, that’s not evidence of peace-loving Zionism—it’s evidence of manipulative statecraft using people as pawns in a larger colonial project.

4. Citing Hadith While Supporting an Apartheid State? Laughable.

If you're going to quote Islamic texts, then be consistent. Here’s a few principles you conveniently ignore:

“Do not kill women or children or the elderly or sick.”

“Do not destroy trees or crops or buildings.”

“Do not betray, mutilate, or act unjustly.”

These are prophetic commands to Muslims even in war. Yet Israel bombs entire families, flattens hospitals, blocks food and water, and then whines about resistance.

> Where’s your outrage for the babies burned alive in incubators because Israel cut electricity?

> Where’s your morality when white phosphorus rains down on UN shelters?

Your silence on those crimes makes your hadith quotes nothing but hollow hypocrisy.

5. Don’t Pretend You Care About Jews — You’re Just Using Them.

Let’s be clear: your concern isn’t for Jews. It’s for deflecting criticism from a colonial state that uses Jewish identity as a human shield. Israel doesn’t represent world Jewry—it represents a political ideology called Zionism. And many Jews—Orthodox, secular, even Holocaust survivors—oppose it.

You bring up hadiths as if Islam mandates genocide. Meanwhile, Israel is actually carrying out real-world genocide right now—live on camera, with American weapons, and your full-throated support.

6. Final Reality Check:

You think quoting hadiths will morally disarm Muslims?

You think we will ignore:

The starvation of 2 million people?

The slaughter of over 15,000 children in Gaza?

The theft of land, the bulldozing of homes, the arrests of teenagers, the shooting of journalists and medics?

> Islam does not teach pacifism in the face of oppression.
It teaches resistance, dignity, and justice.
And Palestine is the test of our moral clarity.

So no—we will not be distracted by your weak theological smokescreens.

Until Zionism ends, occupation ends, and the siege ends,

Resistance is not terrorism—it is the language of the besieged.

And quoting hadiths won’t save a regime whose hands drip with innocent blood.
The truth is bitter: I just showed you the origin of this needless conflict.

From the River to the Sea......
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Allthelight(m): 11:25am On Jun 13, 2025
seunny4lif:
You think if Iran have displayed the nukes few years ago when Hezb and co were still available, during their peak.

Iran supposed to know that they don’t have allies in that region. Gulf nations wants nothing more than Iran to fall due Iranian government never liked all those monarchies

See where those generals were living, penthouses, when your enemy gave hint of incoming attack.

This is Shia vs everyone else in that region
Lolz the only advice to Iran right now is to withdraw from the conflict and try to reach an agreement..

Because the military operation by Israel was too successful to be overlooked..

Same thing I said about Hezbollah
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Gbadebo19(m): 11:26am On Jun 13, 2025
A new wave of Israeli airstrikes is already underway
Israeli aircraft struck the Iranian Air Force’s Tabriz Airbase, with a massive plume of smoke seen rising over the area.

The base is home to a mix of Iranian MiG-29s and F-5s from the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd tactical fighter squadrons.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Gbadebo19(m): 11:27am On Jun 13, 2025
Gbadebo19:
A new wave of Israeli airstrikes is already underway
Israeli aircraft struck the Iranian Air Force’s Tabriz Airbase, with a massive plume of smoke seen rising over the area.

The base is home to a mix of Iranian MiG-29s and F-5s from the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd tactical fighter squadrons.
Renewed Israeli airstrikes are also reported in Shiraz, southern Iran
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Gbadebo19(m): 11:28am On Jun 13, 2025
Gbadebo19:
Renewed Israeli airstrikes are also reported in Shiraz, southern Iran
In Borujerd, Iran, a missile and equipment storage facility was attacked.

Iran go dey ask themselves why dem buy this kain market....
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Gbadebo19(m): 11:37am On Jun 13, 2025
Trump na weyrey of the 21st century. Just imagine...

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Kingsnairaland(m): 11:44am On Jun 13, 2025
Raynald:
I was having a busy morning,just saw this
Iran is weak
How the hell did Russia become allies with such weak shit
Why Putin fall my head like this
You working on Attack but your defense is poor
High ranking Generals killed like pigs
Any one can be killed in today's earth once you are not in your under ground bunker

Jfk was killed trump narrow escape
Biden ran under the bridge while planes fly over

Do you know how many times they have slapped macron in public

Iran should calm down and stop this death to everyone they don't like speech

ISRAEL needs to have peace from those who surround them

Iran should and can provide such arrangements that Israel will be safe

Then both will live side by side with peace
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by CreativeOrbit: 11:47am On Jun 13, 2025
basilico:
Start a thread at the religion section , let's leave this one alone with matters about religion. I dare you.
Oh, you “dare” me?
You started this mess by quoting Islamic hadiths and pretending you could challenge Muslim theology. But now you’re tucking your tail and saying, “Start a thread elsewhere”—as if you’re some referee instead of the instigator.

Let’s cut the nonsense.

> If you had conviction, you’d start the thread yourself.
But like every insecure apologist hiding behind empire and scripture he barely understands, you expect someone else to carry your theological burden for you.

You don’t issue dares from the sidelines. You step into the arena—or stay silent.

You brought religion into this thread. You threw the first theological stone. Now that it’s crumbling in your hand, you're pretending you want “organized debate.” No. What you want is a controlled environment to escape exposure.

Well, here’s your reality check:

Start the thread yourself.
Put your Bible on the table. Quote your verses. Make your accusations. Bring your doctrine.
But be ready, because I won't just respond—I’ll demolish every pillar of your fragile theology with Qur’an, reason, and history.

And if you’re too scared to take the first step, just admit it.
Don’t dress your cowardice up as some noble challenge.

> So either post the thread like a man—or stop pretending you're ready for a theological war you're clearly unarmed for.

Your move.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Kingsnairaland(m): 11:49am On Jun 13, 2025
basilico:
It's being reported that IRGC top commanders were in a meeting in an underground bunker when a bomb was dropped on them. At this time number of those present is unknown.
No bomb can touch real nuclear under ground bunker unless the bunker is not deep enough
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 11:56am On Jun 13, 2025
Meanwhile on CNN

_ The attack will sideline the plight of Gaza
_ Iranians told CNN they are scared they never expected strikes in civilian areas. Though one guard wondered if the regime top generals were eliminated, how safe are Iranians.

I've seen Richard Dalton, UK former Jerusalem consul general. He says Israel had no right because Iran does not pose an immediate threat neither do they have the means right now.


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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by 23jerryking(m): 11:59am On Jun 13, 2025
DystopianMuse:
The same Israel wey no dey send US attimes. Them don dey give Iran WOtowoto since yesterday. Trump has no choice than to support. Na Ukraine
Exactly!!!
Forget jare, in this life ehn, get technology. You no go fear like that.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by dvkot(m): 12:08pm On Jun 13, 2025
Good operation by Israel, they took out iran AD from inside with an operation similar to SPIDER WEB .. More and more intelligence agencies will begin to utilize this form of sabotage
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by 23jerryking(m): 12:09pm On Jun 13, 2025
Kingsnairaland:
Any one can be killed in today's earth once you are not in your under ground bunker

Jfk was killed trump narrow escape
Biden ran under the bridge while planes fly over

Do you know how many times they have slapped macron in public

Iran should calm down and stop this death to everyone they don't like speech

ISRAEL needs to have peace from those who surround them

Iran should and can provide such arrangements that Israel will be safe

Then both will live side by side with peace
If only the Iranians will agree to this, no matter what you do or say, they'll never ever fancy the idea of seeing the State of Israel dwelling in peace. They either instigate a proxy against her or do something else to make Israel feel their presence. For goodness sake you've been warning and threatening fire and brimstone but in just a few hours you've had facilities destroyed and top ranking government officials killed like mere chickens.
Where's all that talk about barrage of missiles and drones? What happened to their own most trusted Air Defence System network?
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by 23jerryking(m): 12:12pm On Jun 13, 2025
Kingsnairaland:
No bomb can touch real nuclear under ground bunker unless the bunker is not deep enough
Well, bullet proof was bullet proof until the arrival of armour piercing rounds.
These people should just get their acts together and stop this madness going on in the ME. It's not really as fun as we present it to be when we throw banters on this forum.
Human lives are involved.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WritterNg: 12:13pm On Jun 13, 2025
⚡Netanyahu’s plane flew from Israel to Greece as a precaution against potential attacks by Iran.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WritterNg: 12:19pm On Jun 13, 2025
⚡Israeli Air Force external fuel tanks are being found across Syria.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 12:21pm On Jun 13, 2025
⚡Israeli Air Force external fuel tanks are being found across Syria.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 12:23pm On Jun 13, 2025
⚡Alexander Dugin:

“Iran is very far behind the new geopolitical reality. We basically offered them a close military alliance, but certain forces in Tehran hoped for an agreement with the West. There was also the idea of creating a Russian-Iranian union state. No one in Tehran took it seriously,” the Russian philosopher wrote on his Telegram channel.

Earlier this year, Russia and Iran signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. Unlike a similar treaty signed between Russia and North Korea last year, the Russia-Iran agreement did not include a provision on collective security.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by DystopianMuse(f): 12:50pm On Jun 13, 2025
Raynald:
Bro just re read what you wrote
Who is the defense system protecting
The highest Military commander in a country killed and you preserving defense for who

They are keeping them till they come for the Ayatollah Cowmany...
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by DystopianMuse(f): 12:53pm On Jun 13, 2025
Kingsnairaland:
No bomb can touch real nuclear under ground bunker unless the bunker is not deep enough

🤣🤣🤣🤣DUNCE
HAVE YOU HEARD OF BUNKER BUSTING BOMBS...
GBU-57A/B MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) Etc... don't be a dunce.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Gbadebo19(m): 12:53pm On Jun 13, 2025
WritterNg:
⚡Israeli Air Force external fuel tanks are being found across Syria.
I don't know maybe you just cursed with deliberate misinformation or something else. Do you gain anything from just willfully deceiving people? You are already a plague that should be avoided. Just did a Google lense search and except your ever lying Twitter sources, all other sources reported it as fragments of Iran missiles that were shot down

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by DystopianMuse(f): 12:54pm On Jun 13, 2025
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mummy see OOO 😀😀😀

RUSSIA IS THE MOST OVERRATED PIECE OF SHIT MILITARY IN HISTORY

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Gbadebo19(m): 12:55pm On Jun 13, 2025
DystopianMuse:

They are keeping them till they come for the Ayatollah Cowmany...
You just have a way of making me roll on the floor with laughter. Which one is "cowmany" again. I know you referring to Khomeini
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by 23jerryking(m): 1:04pm On Jun 13, 2025
DystopianMuse:
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mummy see OOO 😀😀😀

RUSSIA IS THE MOST OVERRATED PIECE OF SHIT MILITARY IN HISTORY
The man who made this last comment will not make heaven 😂😂.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by usmanpogo(m): 1:30pm On Jun 13, 2025
WriterrNg:
⚡Alexander Dugin:

“Iran is very far behind the new geopolitical reality. We basically offered them a close military alliance, but certain forces in Tehran hoped for an agreement with the West. There was also the idea of creating a Russian-Iranian union state. No one in Tehran took it seriously,” the Russian philosopher wrote on his Telegram channel.

Earlier this year, Russia and Iran signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. Unlike a similar treaty signed between Russia and North Korea last year, the Russia-Iran agreement did not include a provision on collective security.
WritterNG Do you see what I mean when I said Iran is on it own ? No one is coming to help them, because no one is obligated to help them.

They had the chance to get security guarantees from Russia, but they didn't.
France just included Poland to its nuclear umbrella or is about to.
I think the Ayatollahs would be death of Iran. The best thing now is to retaliate and call it even, the deal can still be savaged if you can't get nuclear weapons.

The Noble Quran " Die not except in the state of being a Muslim "
That rules out dying stupidly.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WritterNg: 1:31pm On Jun 13, 2025
⚡American fuel tankers are refueling Israeli jets over Syria sky freely without interruption.

This is why they wanted regime change in Syria.


Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 1:31pm On Jun 13, 2025
usmanpogo:
WritterNG Do you see what I mean when I said Iran is on it own ? No one is coming to help them, because no one is obligated to help them.

They had the chance to get security guarantees from Russia, but they didn't.
France just included Poland to its nuclear umbrella or is about to.
I think the Ayatollahs would be death of Iran. The best thing now is to retaliate and call it even, the deal can still be savaged if you can't get nuclear weapons.

The Noble Quran " Die not except in the state of being a Muslim "
That rules out dying stupidly.
Any Ayatollah that signs a deal to not acquire nukes after yesterday should be terminated by hardliners.

That's my position.

-Lord
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