Iran is reeling from Israel's unprecedented attack - and it is only the start

[GJGCA]

Source: BBC

Israel's "Operation Rising Lion", as it calls its attack on Iran, is unprecedented. It is vastly more extensive and ambitious than anything that has come before, including the two missile and drone exchanges it had with Iran last year. For Iran, this is the biggest assault on its territory since the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988
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Iran is reeling and this may be only the first wave. There will be many more potential targets on Israel's hitlist, although some may be beyond its reach, buried deep underground in reinforced bases beneath solid rock.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg72ny4xeyo

[live love laugh]

1. This is exactly what happened to the Ukraine. Trump's fingerprints are all over it.

[NoRethugFriends]

30. Pay attention. It's not The Ukraine

And this is in no way comfortable to you Ukraine situation. Ukraine pose no threat, I ran posed big threat.

[J_William_Ryan]

2. And the fascist right couldn't be more pleased - in Israel and the US.

This was the intent of Trump withdrawing from the JCPOA in 2018, to facilitate an attack on Iran ‘justified’ by Iran’s ‘nuclear threat.’

[Bayard]

3. What a stupid name

Netanyahu is like trump, thinking he can do whatever he wants and no one is going to stop him. Like I said earlier in another thread--nobody knows for sure if Iran may already have nukes or not.

[NoRethugFriends]

31. Iran does not have nukes

Israeli intelligence is excellent. That's how they pulled this off.

[Bayard]

33. I'm betting they can afford to buy one

[PSPS]

5. It satisfied bibi's Frankenstein RW coalition to stave off a threatened no-confidence vote

Anything to stay in power since it's the only thing keeping him out of prison.

[Butterflylady]

6. Trump is going to pull us into this war.....

He's been looking forward to it since day 1.....he wants to see blood no matter who it is.

Fetterman will be the first to volunteer.

[Nigrum Cattus]

7. This will put many Jews around the world in danger

Also, it is to reduce their nuclear program. Problem
is, it will only solidify their resolve to have nukes to
prevent this from happening in the future. This a war
between Jews & Muslims and nobody has the balls to
admit it.

[FBaggins]

26. Unlike now you mean?

You’re just now noticing a “war between Jews and Muslims”?

[The Mouth]

8. This is what should have happened the minute the hostages were taken

Never forget. To hell with Iran. Ill support *ANYTHING* Israel or the US does to them.

[Eko]

12. Will you support Iran getting nuked?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

16. What an odd question.

Why would Iran get nuked? And from who?
Israel doesn't have to nuke Iran, and neither does the US or any nuke armed country, conventional means alone are more than enough to neutralize Iran.

[Eko]

17. Why is that an odd question?

The person I asked it of said exactly "Ill support *ANYTHING* Israel or the US does to them." I fail to see how it is and odd question in any way.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

18. Maybe that's what was meant, maybe it wasn't,

but just for the record, I would most definitely not support a nuclear strike on Iran, there's no need for it and Israel knows there's no need for it.

[Eko]

19. Me neither,

Between our B1's, B2's and 52's there is no need to. I just thought that was an extreme stance and asked for clarification.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

20. Hopefully said person will return and clarify,

nuking Iran would be a colossal disaster and a horrendous war crime for any nation.

[Eko]

21. Prob just a case of someone saying something without really thinking about it.

Happens to all of us, but I still had to ask.

[FBaggins]

27. Or just the baseline assumption...

… that there’s no chance of the West using nuclear weapons first in a conflict.

[ananda]

25. While that is empirically true. we are in the vice of a demented toddler...

who thinks of nukes as a fun play toy
that will make him king of the world.

He tried to use them in his first term, stopped
only by the actions of General Milley.

Now we have no sane, competent military leaders

[C Moon]

9. And just in time for trump's little parade.

[WestMichRad]

10. Netanyahoo seems to think Israel is insulated from damaging counterattacks.

Perhaps embolden by how successful they’ve been to date in fending off drone and missile attacks.

Their luck won’t last forever. Expect attacks against US interests as well. Iran and its allies will keep striving for ways to inflict retribution.

[Lancero]

34. Part of the reason it took so long for Israel to go after Iran is because they wanted to mitigate those counterattacks.

Its why Israel held back after Irans ballistic missile and drone barrages in 2024 - They knew they needed to focus their attention on Irans irregular forces, their terrorist proxies.

[republianmushroom]

11. This one could get real ugly.

[tavernier]

15. How so?

Just because we have a spoiled five year old with Carte Blanche dying to try out all the bang bang toys he’s been given? Sounds to me like it’ll be a pretty quick ending. No point in even buckling in.

[republianmushroom]

22. Iran could start playing with their nuclear toys.

[DavidDvorkin]

23. What nuclear toys?

[NoRethugFriends]

32. The nuclear toys they don't have?

[republianmushroom]

35. Yup, those.

[LexVegas]

13. Fuck Iran. nt

[womanofthehills]

24. Iran is retaliating big time!

3 or 4 groups of ballistic missiles attached Israel today with missile defense systems not working at 100%. Interesting - but from what I’ve read on social media today, it’s the rare person supporting Israel. Many Republicans have had it with Trump today - Trump referring to himself as the peace candidate and then being for all the wars.

[FBaggins]

29. Sorta the point of the whole exercise

Israel can handle this level of “big time”

A nuclear Iran changes that calculus

[Orrex]

28. What would be the response if someone said "fuck Israel" instead?

I suspect that I can guess at the response.