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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Alamkiir: 11:10am On Mar 18
WriterrNg:


I would never.

I hate to see human suffering. I hate the fact that a single power bloc (West) are dictating to the rest of the world. They're now the ones deciding what's right and what's wrong.

Just imagine, Iran was attacked and bombed to hell but guess who these spawns of satan are blaming?

Imagine Macron calling the Iranian president to warn him to cease all attacks on the US/Israeli bases. Just imagine. No sympathy for the dead Iranian children or politicians.

These people are animals.
That's why no amount of tragedy that happen to the West will make me pity them. They only care about themselves, they don't care even if black people is wiped out of this earth
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Alamkiir: 11:14am On Mar 18
[quote author=WriterrNg post=138806729]⚡Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the Strait of Hormuz:

From our perspective, this is a waterway located next to Iran. Naturally, we will not allow our enemies to use this waterway.

We need to design new arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz and the way ships pass through it in the future after the war.

I believe that after the war, the first step should be drafting a new protocol for the Strait of Hormuz.


good, sometimes you need crisis to bring about a change in the world
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Kingsnairaland(m): 11:24am On Mar 18
WriterrNg:


Yes.

Global coverage.
Some thing they could have done many years ago instead of having only military version of it
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by nedu666: 11:25am 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
It is classic stupidity. They have no business being in office complex, manning checkpoints, wearing official uniform and using any mobile design. There is a documentary I watched on drug dealers on Chicago. They at a point wondered how fbi always knew their next step. They thought their were snitches in their circle. After popping a few suspect snitches, it did not stop. So they concluded that fbi and dea were listening to their phone calls. They ditched their phones and started using paper to communicate. Two drug dealers will meet and be communicating on paper. You write your question I write my response. After we burn d paper
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Procashtips(m): 11:29am On Mar 18
shoodboi2:
They're already preparing to start another one in Cuba. The goal was to attack Venezuela in January, Iran in February, and Cuba in March.

They dragged their feet in Iran and repeatedly postponed their attack before deciding to go in towards the tail end of February. They expected the operation to be brief and be over within three days, but have now stalled because Iran proved to be a better fighter than they expected.

Once they're done in Iran, they will turn to Cuba. I'm sure a few other countries are lined up for an attack after Cuba.
Is the rest of the world not under their leach so handicapped to do something about it?

What exactly is China and Russia doing to stop this rubbish?
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 11:32am On Mar 18
Kastonkastroll:
But can putting your loved ones in harms way be called bravery? The way their supreme leader was taken out and some of their very senior officials isn't bravery to me.

For God's sake you are at war with those zionists devils and the morale of your soldiers will definitely help you in confronting your enemies.

But when your leaders are taken out so easily it might deplete the morale of your soldiers and other officials.

Like someone said surviving is winning and not all this bravery that gets your finest officers killed so easily.

If the enemies don't get to kill your senior officials they'd be frustrated and eventually make mistakes.

IRGC senior commands should stay in bunkers and stop making themselves easy targets for the zionists.

But anyway what do I know 🤔
that's true for nearly everyone
but not persians

the true reason iran is still standing right now is that every minute since the start of the war
the average persian has been out on the streets doing something to thwart the enemy
whether being part of a rally or patrolling

otherwise the insurgents and terrorists would have starting burning down the country and causing unrest
that hasn't happened
but it isn't because they haven't tried
on at least three occasions in tehran alone, these elements have tried to emerge and they were brutally put down
like almost no prisoners, virtually everyone was exterminated
you wouldn't see this in the news

but that level of exposure to thwart the internal enemies is making them take heavy casualties
so there is comradery between all levels of society that everyone is sharing and paying the cost of the war




the irgc generals firing the missiles and drones out in the countryside are ensconced in the missile cities
they're about as safe as is practically possible

they're running the war
they have clear orders to keep firing and even pick their targets

but tehran right now is a kill zone and anyone who didn't get out before the war has a low chance of survival

the thing is you don't just need bunkers in a city like tehran
nasrallah was in a bunker under an apartment complex and they dropped enough busters to kill everyone in the apartment complex and him
safest locations are bunkers under a mountain

and that's the catch-22
how do you manage political affairs in central/northern tehran when you need to be under a mountain outside central tehran to be safe




this is why 90%+ of their assassinations are in tehran

the irgc and the army however made changes after the 12d war
during the 12d war, the honchos were in tehran with the politicos
the politicos generally wanted the generals close to keep an eye on them and it led to a lot of avoidable deaths
so afterwards they dispersed them outside tehran

-Lord
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Uprightness100(m): 11:39am On Mar 18
Defense Minister:
Significant surprises are expected today across all fronts, which will escalate the war to a higher level.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Uprightness100(m): 11:40am On Mar 18
BREAKING

ISRAEL Defense Minister confirms:

The HEAD of Iranian intelligence has been ELIMINATED.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 11:47am On Mar 18
the tehran assassinations continue

i expect them to announce the martyrdom of the minister of intelligence tonight

the politicos weren't targeted during the 12d war
so na their time to collect

the generals would be like, welcome to the club

-Lord
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Uprightness100(m): 11:56am On Mar 18
ONCE AGAIN
Defense Minister Katz confirms:

ISRAEL ELIMINATED the Iranian intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, last night

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Procashtips(m): 12:05pm On Mar 18
The Iranians are built different

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 12:16pm On Mar 18
officially official

china makes overture to taiwan demanding peaceful reunification amidst the middle east war

high command deliberate blockading taiwan from receiving new gas supplies

-Lord
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 12:19pm On Mar 18
the iranian political leadership will have to come up with something to countervail the expanded political assassinations

i know they have the four levels deep replacement strategy

but they would need something akin to the mosaic defense strategy implemented by the armed forces




in total war, new challenges arise

and one must adapt to stay in it

it'll be interesting to see how they deal with this

-Lord
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 12:24pm On Mar 18
officially official

the us lift sanctions on a limited basis for iran oil tankers
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/business/iran-war-boats-russian-oil.html

-Lord
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 12:25pm On Mar 18
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by sainttwist1(m): 12:29pm On Mar 18
Procashtips:
The Iranians are built different
lamba

🤣🤣
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 12:29pm On Mar 18
⚡Iran’s Foreign minister says the decision for development of Nuclear weapons is now in the hands of the new Supreme Leader

“The fatwa on Nuclear Weapons depends on the person issuing it

But we must wait for the new Supreme Leader's opinion to be announced on this matter”.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 12:30pm On Mar 18
⚡NATO has deployed Patriot PAC-3 air defense systems to Incirlik Air Base in Adana, Türkiye, alongside existing Spanish PAC-2 units.

The PAC-3s are specifically for ballistic missile defense.

A separate Patriot battery was previously deployed to Malatya.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 12:33pm On Mar 18
⚡Trump aims to shift power from China by forging better ties with Russia via Ukraine deal.

A Trump admin official says finding a “way to align closer with Russia” could create “a different power balance with China that could be very, very beneficial.”

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 12:35pm On Mar 18
LordAdam16:
the iranian political leadership will have to come up with something to countervail the expanded political assassinations

i know they have the four levels deep replacement strategy

but they would need something akin to the mosaic defense strategy implemented by the armed forces




in total war, new challenges arise

and one must adapt to stay in it

it'll be interesting to see how they deal with this

-Lord


The reason this assassination has continued is because what else can Iran do other than launch their 478th ballistic missile?

Iran MUST acquire Nukes or they'll cease to exist.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Tsarbomba(m): 12:35pm On Mar 18
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Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Kastonkastroll(m): 12:37pm On Mar 18
LordAdam16:
that's true for nearly everyone
but not persians

the true reason iran is still standing right now is that every minute since the start of the war
the average persian has been out on the streets doing something to thwart the enemy
whether being part of a rally or patrolling

otherwise the insurgents and terrorists would have starting burning down the country and causing unrest
that hasn't happened
but it isn't because they haven't tried
on at least three occasions in tehran alone, these elements have tried to emerge and they were brutally put down
like almost no prisoners, virtually everyone was exterminated
you wouldn't see this in the news

but that level of exposure to thwart the internal enemies is making them take heavy casualties
so there is comradery between all levels of society that everyone is sharing and paying the cost of the war




the irgc generals firing the missiles and drones out in the countryside are ensconced in the missile cities
they're about as safe as is practically possible

they're running the war
they have clear orders to keep firing and even pick their targets

but tehran right now is a kill zone and anyone who didn't get out before the war has a low chance of survival

the thing is you don't just need bunkers in a city like tehran
nasrallah was in a bunker under an apartment complex and they dropped enough busters to kill everyone in the apartment complex and him
safest locations are bunkers under a mountain

and that's the catch-22
how do you manage political affairs in central/northern tehran when you need to be under a mountain outside central tehran to be safe




this is why 90%+ of their assassinations are in tehran

the irgc and the army however made changes after the 12d war
during the 12d war, the honchos were in tehran with the politicos
the politicos generally wanted the generals close to keep an eye on them and it led to a lot of avoidable deaths
so afterwards they dispersed them outside tehran

-Lord
Yeah I get it now! Well is not like the Iranians are doing bad. At the end America can't break that type of spirit. As long as they don't go nukes I dont see them getting anything out of Iran.

No regime change
No de-militarization
No complete collapse of Iran
No control of the strait


As usual, they will kill innocent folks, destroy certain infrastructures in the country. And that 🤡 will declare victory before packing themselves outta Iran. And they will still comeback in the nearest future!
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Tsarbomba(m): 12:41pm On Mar 18
bryght4u:
This place is becoming frustrating.
And I think it's intentional.

WriteerNG just made a post describing his personal experience while growing up in a home deeply rooted in religion.
Next thing the bot has removed the post!
Is the mission of the bot to control the narrative here?
We can't criticize Israel;
We can say no wrong about America;
We can't touch religion even when it's obvious how one has been negatively affected by it while growing up.
But we can call Iran a terrorist state;
We can call the Ayatollah a fool;
We can tag all Iranians as haters and killers of Israel;
We can term Hamas barbaric;
We can call the Houthis as the devil himself.

Russia can be tagged the aggressor in Ukraine and the bot will look the other way but there's no way you'd tag USRAEL as the aggressors in Iran's instance and escape the bot's sledgehammer!
We see what you do!
Unfortunately, you can't frustrate us out of here so your own imperialistic narrative reigns supreme.
We dey here!
You'd be wise to find a way to live with us!
The West has brought nothing but sheer wickedness and evil to all three continents of Asia, Africa and the Americas.
The three continents are responsible for more than three quarters of the world's population.
They have left sorrows, tears and blood in their wake everywhere they've been.
Yet, an oppressed man as a victim of their wickedness, is supporting their agenda wholeheartedly and even helping to echo it on the cyberspace!
This is more than Stockholm syndrome!
This is evidently a consequence of a man who hasn't sat down with himself to answer the question, who am Ihuh
Whenever you wake up to the honest, objective and unbiased answers your deepest being would provide to that soul-searching question, you'd also join us here and call them out too. Until then, we're here waiting for the day you'd wake up so we can all hail you, "good morning!"
The bot fit remove this one too oooo
words on marble.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 12:47pm On Mar 18
WriterrNg:


The reason this assassination has continued is because what else can Iran do other than launch their 478th ballistic missile?

Iran MUST acquire Nukes or they'll cease to exist.
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
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Seun(mod): 12:54pm On Mar 18
WriterrNg:
⚡The Trump administration believes ending the Ukraine War by improving relations with Russia could weaken China’s global influence.

The idea is to pull Russia closer to the U.S. through incentives like economic ties, shifting the balance of power away from China
He's a Russian asset. They probably have something on him. He has already lifted some sanctions on them, and now this.
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by LordAdam16: 12:55pm On Mar 18
WriterrNg:
⚡Trump aims to shift power from China by forging better ties with Russia via Ukraine deal.

A Trump admin official says finding a “way to align closer with Russia” could create “a different power balance with China that could be very, very beneficial.”
lamba

all this one na story for the gods

they're throwing a bone to the eternal optimists in the kremlin like peskov

if putin falls for this crap, medvedev, patrushev, and the generals need to purge the entire kremlin




world war don start
anyone found slacking should be sent to the great beyond

like how iran terminated general qaani and admiral shamkhani
they kept surviving attacks
and the persians were like, no one is that lucky
even if you're lucky, join your comrades who weren't lucky in the afterlife

-Lord
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 12:58pm On Mar 18
⚡Trump:

I wonder what would happen if we “finished off” what’s left of the Iranian Terror State, and let the Countries that use it, we don’t, be responsible for the so called “Straight?”

That would get some of our non-responsive “Allies” in gear, and fast!!!
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by emmaodet: 1:02pm On Mar 18
LordAdam16:
the tehran assassinations continue

i expect them to announce the martyrdom of the minister of intelligence tonight

the politicos weren't targeted during the 12d war
so na their time to collect

the generals would be like, welcome to the club

-Lord
And you think Isreal top politicians are not been eliminated?
We all know they are very very good in hiding numbers but blowing trumpet in their own wins.
They will tell you only 200 US personnel's are wounded while 2 died.
Isreal will tell you missiles hitting only open fields with little injury.
Only if you know how many of their top politicians are dead.
If they kill any Iranian top brass, they will come with the news of how they tracked him and eliminated him, then Netayahoo will come to press how they have been planning this for months blah blah blah but when they hit them, they hide it
Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WriterrNg: 1:02pm On Mar 18
⚡MK reports that the Russian ruble, which last year appeared remarkably stable compared with other currencies, has been weakening against the US dollar in recent days.

On March 5 the dollar traded at 77.8 rubles, but by yesterday it had almost hit 83 rubles on the over-the-counter market.

Notably, the drop has occurred despite a sharp rise in oil prices. According to analysts cited by the newspaper, the de facto devaluation has deliberately been set in motion by Moscow's Finance Ministry, suggesting the move is largely policy-driven rather than market-driven.

Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by emmaodet: 1:07pm On Mar 18
WriterrNg:


The reason this assassination has continued is because what else can Iran do other than launch their 478th ballistic missile?

Iran MUST acquire Nukes or they'll cease to exist.
My question is what is Iran's goal? Because shooting missiles upon missiles don't collapse a country unless there is a goal.
Russia has been bombing Ukraine for good 3/4 years yet Ukraine is still standing.
The US/Isreal goal is clear - a regime change or balkanizing Iran.
So no matter how many missiles Iran shoots, if that goal is achieved, they will be satisfied.
In 5 years, cities can be rebuilt and enemy threat erased.
What is the goal of Iran?
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