US Perspective on the Iran - Israel / US War

Here is a thought.

Rather than it being the USA planning to attack, are all the cancelled plans of Trump & Co down to potentially Iran taking the initiative and doing something new?? (we can speculate but must be significant enough to warrant the noise we have seen? )
Any scenario is possible.
 
OT but ukraine striking russian energy supplies/infrastructure is not going to go well with Putin, and will increase the likeliness of Putin going mad and launching his big toys at entire europe which itself can trigger shit in europe ...
I doubt it very much. Europe is far more technologically advanced than Russia, and it also has nukes.

Russia is "bogged down" in Ukraine and if history repeats itself, it's not going to end well for the Russians once the war ends.

During this war so far, they've already lost Syria and now they're looking at losing Iran too.
 
IR may eventually be defeated, after all, it is a sanctioned country

only question is, as an outsider to this conflict, have I understood the consequences of the IR victory or defeat!


in the image below, BM, somehow manage to strike the dish plate radar!

which is strange for a BM, bec, it did not blow the full aeroplane!

this plane is a symbol of battlefield dominance, if thats gone, every military in world needs to worry!


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What a silly comparison.

The US struck more than 13,000 targets during the 39-day war, and you're suggesting that the loss or damage of one aircraft somehow rendered the entire US fighter fleet useless?

By that logic, every military in history becomes “useless” the moment it loses a single aircraft.

One aircraft being lost or damaged is an attrition statistic. It isn't the destruction of an entire fleet.
 
We offered the Americans 500 billion dollars (in negotiations) just to end the war. And they refused Hassan Qashqawi, spokesperson for the National Security Committee: We told the Americans that we are your servants too, and please take this 500 billion dollars.


What Qashqavi actually said

Recent reports quoting Qashqavi, spokesman for the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, say that during three rounds of Geneva negotiations before the 2025 12-day war, Iran presented American companies with economic cooperation/investment opportunities worth approximately $500 billion.

The proposed areas reportedly included:
  • oil and gas
  • mining
  • transportation
  • environmental projects
  • other economic sectors
His explanation was that Iranian negotiators believed Trump's business-oriented outlook might be influenced by the prospect of American companies making substantial profits in Iran.
 
How are the markets doing today after the weekend? Iran struck 2 tankers in hormuz also in the omani side of waterway.
Diesel climbed more?
Here the price of reg. gas has been steady so far since last week.
 
How are the markets doing today after the weekend? Iran struck 2 tankers in hormuz also in the omani side of waterway.
Diesel climbed more?
Here the price of reg. gas has been steady so far since last week.
In my area, regular gasoline is running from $4.23-4.97. Costco, not surprisingly, is $4.49.

For those who run #2 diesel, the price ranges from $6.24-6.89. Costco is at $6.35.

Am glad I am not in the market for a new pickup truck. My favorite Ford dealer has a great sale going on F-250s and 350s. All run on diesel.
 
Not Iran, China yes
Why would the US start a war with its third-largest trading partner, or, for that matter, why would China start one with its largest individual-country trading partner?

Both countries have enormous economic interests at stake.
 
In my area, regular gasoline is running from $4.23-4.97. Costco, not surprisingly, is $4.49.

For those who run #2 diesel, the price ranges from $6.24-6.89. Costco is at $6.35.

Am glad I am not in the market for a new pickup truck. My favorite Ford deal has a great sale going on F-250s and 350s. All run on diesel.
Was looking for Ford F150's when i was researching for Campers, still am interested to have it work eventually for road trips, but F150's are expensive.
 
In my area, regular gasoline is running from $4.23-4.97. Costco, not surprisingly, is $4.49.

For those who run #2 diesel, the price ranges from $6.24-6.89. Costco is at $6.35.

Am glad I am not in the market for a new pickup truck. My favorite Ford deal has a great sale going on F-250s and 350s. All run on diesel.

damn those gas guzzlers can empty the wallet quick. Even here i'm always surprised people are still driving them as if nothing happened, given the diesel is already at $2.70 per litre.
Still seeing the big guzzlers around plenty.

i'm equally perplexed how US is so affected while Canada hasn't been yet. Usually if it affects things south, its quickly felt here in the north

But e-bikes and e-scooters are making a big wide boom......lots of ppl getting them
 
Why would the US start a war with its third-largest trading partner, or, for that matter, why would China start one with its largest individual-country trading partner?

Both countries have enormous economic interests at stake.
Yes, they do. The last thing the world wants is a conflict between the US and China.

People who understand the dynamics of the global supply chain understand this.

I deal with people who have said, with straight faces, the US needs to boycott Chinese products.

My response? "Good luck. Let me know how that works out for you."
 
damn those gas guzzlers can empty the wallet quick. Even here i'm always surprised people are still driving them as if nothing happened, given the diesel is already at $2.70 per litre.
Still seeing the big guzzlers around plenty.

i'm equally perplexed how US is so affected while Canada hasn't been yet. Usually if it affects things south, its quickly felt here in the north

But e-bikes and e-scooters are making a big wide boom......lots of ppl getting them
This could be a whole discussion in and of itself in a separate thread. I'm not even sure the US Economy thread would be appropriate given there are many economic-related topics that get posted there.

The bottom line, as it sits right now, a lot of very conservative people are not happy at the moment. They could care less if pundits are reporting the President had no choice but to initiate the current conflict. What they see, right now, is affecting their daily lives. And, winter is coming.
 

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