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Iran just drew the line: European countries will be considered "legitimate targets" if they join the war.Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravanchi said it clearly. No ambiguity. No bluff.
The US and Israel have been bombing. Europe has been watching. Now Tehran warns: get in, get hit.
This is escalation. This is consequence. This is the empire learning that wars don't stay contained.
The Middle East is a powder keg. Europe just got added to the blast radius.
Share this. The world needs to know the stakes.
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Iran is geographical fortress
The Massive Zagros Mountains block the western approaches to Iraq and Turkey with steep ridges and few passes, the Alborz range shields Tehran from Caspian approaches
Then theres the Vast, lethal central deserts Dasht e Kavir and Dasht e Lut
Its also bordered by several countries less than "friendly" with the US and Israel.
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The Massive Zagros Mountains block the western approaches to Iraq and Turkey with steep ridges and few passes, the Alborz range shields Tehran from Caspian approaches
Then theres the Vast, lethal central deserts Dasht e Kavir and Dasht e Lut
Its also bordered by several countries less than "friendly" with the US and Israel.
Mike
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Retired U.S. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson says Americans are being lied to about the war and claims Israel is being heavily hit by Iranian missiles.
He says the situation is so severe that Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly spends about 90% of his time on a plane because he is the number one target.
“They’re not allowed to film this sort of thing.”
He says the situation is so severe that Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly spends about 90% of his time on a plane because he is the number one target.
“They’re not allowed to film this sort of thing.”
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It occurs to me that we're seeing a pattern here.
The Iranians are probably baiting our air and missile defense radars in the Middle East into illuminating and giving up their exact positions with ballistic missiles and then killing them with drones. Their cruise drones are by all indications quite precise and effective enough at sliding through fighter sweeps and the very limited SHORAD coverage that exists, likely because the Iranians got a dress rehearsal last year and the Russians have shared industrial amounts of combat data from Ukraine with them. We've lost a terrifying proportion of the total number of THAAD radars in existence just in the last week, not to mention some ultra-heavy fixed radar installations and an unknown number of Patriot radars.
We're already seeing the results of this. Missile warning times in Israel have already decreased to a matter of seconds. Missile warnings in the Gulf States are sporadic to nonexistent. Replacement systems are being frantically flown into the Middle East from elsewhere. And the Iranians are getting essentially the same number of missiles through and continuing to strike important targets despite significantly fewer launches - suggesting they're metering their launch campaign by effects on target to sustain a long war.
This also, by the way, suggests that we got head-faked by Iranian strike doctrine. We've been laser-focused on countering the flashy high end of their strike system - the ballistic missile force, while the Iranians didn't use their drones very effectively in previous rounds. During the Twelve Day War the trickle of Shaheds the Iranians flew off was trivially interdicted by fighter sweeps, which may have lulled US and Israeli war planners into a false sense of security about the true effectiveness of these weapons. This may have been precisely the impression the Iranians wanted us to have of what we know, from extensive combat use in Ukraine, is a pretty formidable weapon.
The Iranians may actually have taken a pretty serious lesson from Ukraine (that flashy weapons draw fire) and shifted to considering their drone force - easily produced in gigantic quantities, quiet to launch, easy to store, frustratingly difficult to intercept, and lethal and precise enough to disable key nodes - to be their primary striking arm.
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The Iranians are probably baiting our air and missile defense radars in the Middle East into illuminating and giving up their exact positions with ballistic missiles and then killing them with drones. Their cruise drones are by all indications quite precise and effective enough at sliding through fighter sweeps and the very limited SHORAD coverage that exists, likely because the Iranians got a dress rehearsal last year and the Russians have shared industrial amounts of combat data from Ukraine with them. We've lost a terrifying proportion of the total number of THAAD radars in existence just in the last week, not to mention some ultra-heavy fixed radar installations and an unknown number of Patriot radars.
We're already seeing the results of this. Missile warning times in Israel have already decreased to a matter of seconds. Missile warnings in the Gulf States are sporadic to nonexistent. Replacement systems are being frantically flown into the Middle East from elsewhere. And the Iranians are getting essentially the same number of missiles through and continuing to strike important targets despite significantly fewer launches - suggesting they're metering their launch campaign by effects on target to sustain a long war.
This also, by the way, suggests that we got head-faked by Iranian strike doctrine. We've been laser-focused on countering the flashy high end of their strike system - the ballistic missile force, while the Iranians didn't use their drones very effectively in previous rounds. During the Twelve Day War the trickle of Shaheds the Iranians flew off was trivially interdicted by fighter sweeps, which may have lulled US and Israeli war planners into a false sense of security about the true effectiveness of these weapons. This may have been precisely the impression the Iranians wanted us to have of what we know, from extensive combat use in Ukraine, is a pretty formidable weapon.
The Iranians may actually have taken a pretty serious lesson from Ukraine (that flashy weapons draw fire) and shifted to considering their drone force - easily produced in gigantic quantities, quiet to launch, easy to store, frustratingly difficult to intercept, and lethal and precise enough to disable key nodes - to be their primary striking arm.
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JUST IN: Iran publicly apologizes to neighboring countries for Iranian strikes during the ongoing war with the Epstein coalition (
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Iranian President:
“I personally apologise to the neighbouring countries that were targeted by attacks from Iran.”
Pezeshkian pledged no further attacks on neighbors unless strikes originate from their soil, describing them as “brothers” and emphasizing Iran’s desire for regional peace and stability.
This apology follows widespread regional anger over Iranian retaliatory barrages.
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)Iranian President:
“I personally apologise to the neighbouring countries that were targeted by attacks from Iran.”
Pezeshkian pledged no further attacks on neighbors unless strikes originate from their soil, describing them as “brothers” and emphasizing Iran’s desire for regional peace and stability.
This apology follows widespread regional anger over Iranian retaliatory barrages.
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USA: We are considering sending ground troops.
Iran: We will be waiting.
USA: Surrender unconditionally.
Iran: Not to the Epstein gang.
USA: Iran wants to talk but it is too late now.
Iran: Here is the middle finger.
USA: After that we will help choose a new leader and Make Iran Great Again.
Iran: You can’t even choose Mayor of New York
USA: The big wave of attacks is yet to come.
Iran: So is the response.
Iran is also winning in rhetoric.
Mike
Iran: We will be waiting.
USA: Surrender unconditionally.
Iran: Not to the Epstein gang.
USA: Iran wants to talk but it is too late now.
Iran: Here is the middle finger.
USA: After that we will help choose a new leader and Make Iran Great Again.
Iran: You can’t even choose Mayor of New York
USA: The big wave of attacks is yet to come.
Iran: So is the response.
Iran is also winning in rhetoric.
Mike
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