36 minutes ago, CRAZY CHRIS said:

No casualties but the US is monitoring this closely and Trump's in the situation room with his top advisers. Most US servicemen were in underground bunkers. If one US servicemen dies you can bet Trump will annhilate Iran.

Iran had to do something but this looks largely symbolic. Pretty forecasted. Only 10 missiles fired. All intercepted. Everybody already evacuated. Israel are desperate for regime change and Iran are desperate to get this over with without losing face.

Yeah Iran are 99% posturing and rhetoric

Edited Monday at 18:451 day by Liam Sota

2 hours ago, CRAZY CHRIS said:

NO. This needed doing. Well done America. Iran cannot be allowed to develop nukes. I bet you Vance would have done the same so careful what you wish for.

Why can Israel and America have them??

3 hours ago, CRAZY CHRIS said:

No casualties but the US is monitoring this closely and Trump's in the situation room with his top advisers. Most US servicemen were in underground bunkers. If one US servicemen dies you can bet Trump will annhilate Iran.

What could possibly go wrong with that?

The Iranian response was classic saving face for a domestic audience. They have locked down the Internet and telecoms and control the tv. They can domestically project what they want to save face at home while not picking a fight with the US. Feels like a negotiated off ramp they could take to not be seen as weak and embolden internal opposition, letting out some frustration, and also showing the US that they are willing to strike out at their military installations if the us decides to press further.

Seems to have been well received by the moulding kumquat.

4 hours ago, Iz 🌟 said:

Indeed! Major transit hub between east and west (used it myself before). If the whole ME devolves into a confused mess of war I really don't know what the transport industry will do about that.

Strongmen seizing power will doom us all. Netanyahu, Trump, Khamenei, they're all awful despotic leaders whose lusts for power have killed many and will kill yet more before this is all over.

Honestly, much of the travel industry would be overjoyed if the airspace around Qatar and the UAE was suddenly problematic. Emirates, Etihad and Qatar have never made a single cent in profit between them but they’ve absolutely wrecked a lot of the legacy carriers. The tourist money would just migrate to Egypt or Saudi, and the hubs would relocate to either Istanbul or the old kangaroo model of Europe + Asia (eg start airport to Heathrow then Hong Kong or Bangkok or Singapore then onto your destination)

If those three money laundering exercises masquerading as airlines could no longer fly effectively Qantas, Lufthansa, AF-KLM, Turkish, Malaysian, Cathy and Singapore would throw a party (while Trebling their fares overnight).

tr*mp apparently claimed a ceasefire has been brokered only to be refuted by iran oops

14 hours ago, CRAZY CHRIS said:

NO. This needed doing. Well done America. Iran cannot be allowed to develop nukes. I bet you Vance would have done the same so careful what you wish for.

But yet America, the country who dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, the effects of which are still occurring to this very day, can have them? Make it make sense. 🤓

He could just pick up the phone to Netanyahu if it wasn’t performative

i dont know what the f*** tr*mp is doing

1 hour ago, Liam Sota said:

He could just pick up the phone to Netanyahu if it wasn’t performative

What the effects of Israel not doing as their told - financial with Iran it’s bombing their cities……

On 04/06/2025 at 11:14, Liam Sota said:

then you’ll see the true death toll from the last two years which is probably nearer half a million than the reported 55k

This professor estimates 400 thousand

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/31546

7 hours ago, uhsting said:

i dont know what the f*** tr*mp is doing

I doubt he knows, so I don't see why you should.

So the New York Times and CNN are reporting that US intelligence reports the bunker busting bombs didn’t destroy Iran’s nuclear facility at all. Just sealed off the entrances. They’re estimating it may have delayed their nuclear program by a few months but the underground facility is largely in tact and was unscathed.

Reuters

Early US assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not dest...

An early intelligence assessment indicated that the U.S. military strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of Tehran's nuclear program and like...

So looking like mission somewhat unsuccessful

Just as well they didn’t go with the Bush era Mission Accomplished then 🤣