US Perspective on the Iran - Israel / US War

[AZ_HighCountry]

Iranian terror attacks from ground based drones and missiles and speedboats made it too risky for shipping and insurance companies. The USN still managed to escort nearly half the barrels per day that were passing through the Strait prewar which kept prices subdued. Then Iran got blockaded for two months and the US became the world’s largest oil exporter. Irans Strait gambit was a huge failure.

ADM Cooper already stated that 70% figure was inaccurate. That 70% figure includes Irans cruise missile stock btw. Irans ballistic missile stocks were reduced by half and missile production facilities largely destroyed in 5 weeks of combat.

All military objectives were met

Last warning regarding repeating "all military objectives were met".

You sound like a broken record.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Humm as I said if you believe in propaganda from CENTCOM then you are fine .

However most of the oil that was flowing and was being sold was Iranian and not other countries …

America desperately needed a deal to stop crude from reaching $130/ barrel. Read below …

And also about those empty reserve tanks in the USA ….Let’s not forget that


Fact check again : from CNNView attachment 201749View attachment 201750View attachment 201751

US oil executives have been warning of the same for the past 3 perhaps 4 weeks.

 

[EugeneP]

One welcome change in the agreement/MOU is a complete non-reference to internal affairs of Iran - no boilerplate 'democracy', 'freedom' stuff. I don't know if it is new U.S. foreign policy or Trump administration policy, but it is a good thing that we stopped haranguing other countries on 'democracy' and 'freedom'. I think we learned lessons from Iraq/Afghanistan/Libya that these 'values' can't be evangelized in far off lands with very different cultures.

 

[SolarWarden]

One welcome change in the agreement/MOU is a complete non-reference to internal affairs of Iran - no boilerplate 'democracy', 'freedom' stuff. I don't know if it is new U.S. foreign policy or Trump administration policy, but it is a good thing that we stopped haranguing other countries on 'democracy' and 'freedom'. I think we learned lessons from Iraq/Afghanistan/Libya that these 'values' can't be evangelized in far off lands with very different cultures.

Agreed! Just go in destroy pull out and ask want more? No more rebuilding either.

 

[RescueRanger]

Last warning regarding repeating "all military objectives were met".

You sound like a broken record.

Bless you.

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[lightning f57]

Please see a shirnk immediately. You are not in the right state of mind.

He can't handle reality, let him cope, hard core fanatics always struggle.

To be fair without ground troops in the equation (and even then its not guaranteed), relying on an air campaign vs a country the size of Iran with a very inhospitable terrain and an international choke point a stone throw away, was always a fools errand.

My concern is trump wont give up his after the oil, he will try something else.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Sounds more conspiracy theory to me.

The real conspiracy is Iran not going nuclear when the US declared it as part of an Axis of Evil but instead it concentrated on expanding its Tentacles of Terror in the region.

Iran has been bombed left, right and centre like Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, and their brainwashed fanatics are claiming Iran has won because it has survived US bombing onslaught... It's like beating a dead horse.

Brainwashed Afghans are proud of the label of "Graveyard of Empires" being associated with them despite nations from afar have invaded, conquered and destroyed them, while they themselves have not been able to invade, conquer any of their invaders.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Sounds like JCPOA v2 - (Humiliation Version) to me.

Exactly my thoughts.

Same JCPOA but making sure Iran doesn't see any immediate or mid-term benefits from the JCPOA with it's infrastructure destroyed.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

A very poor result for almost $100 billion spent by the US and hundreds of billions in economic damages suffered by US allies and the economy.

Nope. The opposite in my opinion. Iran did the best it could which it had been preparing for 30-years, and it's now out of options.

Even Iraq managed to invade Kuwait in 1990 with the Kuwaiti leadership fleeing to Saudi Arabia.

The biggest setback for Iran during this war was Yemen not joining like Iran's puppet Hezbollah did.

 

[mythbuster]

Nope. The opposite in my opinion. Iran did the best it could which it had been preparing for 30-years, and it's now out of options.

Even Iraq managed to invade Kuwait in 1990 with the Kuwaiti leadership fleeing to Saudi Arabia.

The biggest setback for Iran during this war was Yemen not joining like Iran's puppet Hezbollah did.

Hezbollah will be disarmed one way or the other , I am wondering what way it will be ...btw , America is pulling out of the middle east , he is asking Pakistan Saudi Arabia , Turkey and Egypt to take over the security of the region...I am glad Iran is shown her place in the peking order.

 

[F-22Raptor]

Please see a shirnk immediately. You are not in the right state of mind.

That’s the assessment of the Joint Chiefs and ADM Cooper who heads Centcom

Personal insults are against forum rules BTW.

 

[F-22Raptor]

Last warning regarding repeating "all military objectives were met".

You sound like a broken record.

Broken record that’s 100% accurate.

 

[F-22Raptor]

He can't handle reality, let him cope, hard core fanatics always struggle.

To be fair without ground troops in the equation (and even then its not guaranteed), relying on an air campaign vs a country the size of Iran with a very inhospitable terrain and an international choke point a stone throw away, was always a fools errand.

My concern is trump wont give up his after the oil, he will try something else.

Reality:

- Iran has been relegated to a failed state. It’s economy in ruins. Its military industrial base cratered. Its entire navy, outside speed boats, sunk. Half its leaders dead, and the other half hiding in bunkers like rats to the point where it takes days just to communicate simple messages.
- Irans nuclear industrial base destroyed, the HEU buried
- Irans Hormuz gambit a total failure. Nearly half of prewar shipping now being escorted out by the US military. Brent crude at $83 this morning, Iran totally blockaded, and total American energy hegemony as a result
- US economy booming, gas prices dropping towards $3, stocks flying, strong employment etc


The US is graded on the anti curve relative to Iran. The US cratered Irans economy, military, and industrial base in 5 weeks, with almost no cost to itself. The US has total and absolute hegemony.

 

[VCheng]

Reality:

- Iran has been relegated to a failed state. It’s economy in ruins. Its military industrial base cratered. Its entire navy, outside speed boats, sunk. Half its leaders dead, and the other half hiding in bunkers like rats to the point where it takes days just to communicate simple messages.
- Irans nuclear industrial base destroyed, the HEU buried
- Irans Hormuz gambit a total failure.

Those are only material losses.

What is still left unchanged are the same 90 million highly educated and motivated people who see no reason to soften their hard line stance.

This is clearly not the end of anything in its present form, geopolitically speaking.