Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

[Watandar]

If what you say is true, Shiism would have ended after the battle of Karbala. The great Satan killing Iran’s spiritual leader. Wouldn’t that prove Khomeinis view of the west to be true?

Your guess is as good as mine, but I dare to say there is a good chance it would empower the ultra conservatives who thinks Khamenei is too soft. A perfect environment for a coup though.

Mr Khomeini proved wrong on many things but his 1980s description of the US as the "Great Satan" and Israel as the "Little Satan" , with regards to how hostile and destructive these countries are towards the people of Middle East, has been proven correct many times over.

Well maybe Mr Khomeini was even somewhat incorrect in this as to who really is the "Great Satan" but you get the jist lol.

 

[StrategicBear]

I think Khamenei might order a preemptive strike on US Naval forces. This is his decision after Jamkaran mosque. Since war doesn't seem likely to be avoided due to Trump and Israeli belligerence, Iran might well "use it before they lose it" when they now have the perfect number of ASBMs and drones to saturate a carrier group with. Any move on US forces is fair game since Trump has killed Soleimani and ordered Midnight Hammer before, so now Iran has casus belli to respond first.
Watch the next 24-48 hours.

 

[Oldenwisdom...قول بزرگ]

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face” Tyson...

Bully only knows one thing... let him run to moma! Remember all the good advice he skipped...

Only good coming out of this would be a demolition of zion and their demilitarization... Nuremberg style trials for miliekowsky, et al!

 

[Persian Gulf]

I disagree with you, my friend.

1st = You made a mistake by repeating one of the oldest Zionist fake news stories, which is "only 20% of the people support the government," that's on the level of "40 beheaded babies."

I refer to the latest presidential election participation figures and votes for Jalili

2st = Kameney is an elderly man of almost 90 years old, who is physically disabled and has to take a series of medications and medical care. Kameney has less power in Iran than Putin in Russia, Erdogan in Turkey, or Maduro in Venezuela. He is a symbol and will normally be replaced by another symbol in the future (since, regardless of assassination attempts, he is already almost senile). Iran has more than 15 million theologians , and there are many others living abroad; remember that Ayatollah Khomeini came from France(1979) to Iran, this could also happen if necessary.

there are no similar symbols with Khamenei's profile

sure Khamenei didn't have much profile in 1989 but Iran didn't face a legitimacy crisis then like it does now

The US plan would be to kill or kidnap him and create another "victory narrative" in the media, but in practice (in the long term) it could have the opposite effect :

1- Iran's atomic bomb would be free to happen (if it hasn't already happened and only needs the official announcement).

2. It opens the door to the assassination of Netanyahu and other Zionist leaders.

3. It radicalizes Iran and Muslims in general (even Sunnis), leading to a race for revenge and arms race because Western media portray it as a "defeat of Islam".

none of these are likely

abducting Khamenei is much harder since Tehran is far from the coast and Khamenei is less likely to be betrayed by those around him, even Israel could not track him

 

[Oldenwisdom...قول بزرگ]

it plunges IRI into chaos because there is no ready replacement

and rule by a leadership council will struggle to replace a leader which has the strong support of c. 20% of the population

In fact, they want that as an opening salvo... one that assumes that if the decapitation is successful the underlings will and/or can be cowed...
They'd not be motivated, nor have a sense of direction or feel for objectives... therefore could be persuaded for less.

 

[Persian Gulf]

the most important thing for Iran is that no matter how powerful the US' initial strike is, no matter who is killed or kidnapped, is to not give in quickly. fight back hard and sustain it. Trump will eventually lose interest and look for an off ramp.

 

[Persian Gulf]

If it looks like trump is going in for the kill why would Iran higher ups have to loser honestly nothing trump starts bombing Iran all over the country including areas where civilians are located to military and political sites honestly only plays into Irans favor those who were leaning against Iran or wished for change their attitude kind of changes when you have have thousands of your loved ones dying not for the Iranian people but Israel so yeah if this comes to blows Iran will have to go all out because whatever trump may say isn’t to be believed if this starts it won’t end until Persian gulf is a graveyard of ships or bases all over the middle are decimated and the world’s economies come tumbling with massive strikes on neighboring countries oil and gas and yeah let’s throw Israel in the mix hit dimona

may I suggest that you use more full stops and line breaks to make your posts easier to read.

 

[hasn2009]

may I suggest that you use more full stops and line breaks to make your posts easier to read.

Yeah, long paragraph in one sentence and zero punctuations, went over my head

 

[TruthSeeker]

I am a conservative American who is very much anti-Iran because its actions and rhetoric have destabilized the Middle East for 45 years, thereby necessitating far too much American involvement, costing us American lives and trillions of dollars of "treasure". However, I do believe that if Trump starts a war with Iran, he will lose millions of conservative Americans like me. We do not want to be the World's policeman, nor do we want to enable Israel to dominate and bully it's neighbors. If Trump attacks Iran, he will definitely lose the House of Representatives and there will be no JD Vance or other Republican successor in 2028. He might get away with a pin prick attack, but not something that precipitates a major conflict and destruction across many Middle Eastern nations. Because of Trump's huge bombast and bullying this past year, rather than concentrating on domestic problems, he is already on very thin ice with voters like me. An attack on Iran in the present circumstances is totally unjustified. If he does it, he will become a lame duck President. Unfortunately, a very dangerous one. VCheng is correct. We all need to survive the next 2-3 years and he will be gone. Pray for that.

 

[TruthSeeker]

My post above presupposes that Iran makes a US attack on itself very costly for the region. If Iran just "accepts" a US attack and doesn't badly hurt Israel and ME states that host American attack aircraft, then Trump will "get away" with it and will just keep on bullying.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

 

[Watandar]

I am a conservative American who is very much anti-Iran because its actions and rhetoric have destabilized the Middle East for 45 years, thereby necessitating far too much American involvement, costing us American lives and trillions of dollars of "treasure". However, I do believe that if Trump starts a war with Iran, he will lose millions of conservative Americans like me. We do not want to be the World's policeman, nor do we want to enable Israel to dominate and bully it's neighbors. If Trump attacks Iran, he will definitely lose the House of Representatives and there will be no JD Vance or other Republican successor in 2028. He might get away with a pin prick attack, but not something that precipitates a major conflict and destruction across many Middle Eastern nations. Because of Trump's huge bombast and bullying this past year, rather than concentrating on domestic problems, he is already on very thin ice with voters like me. An attack on Iran in the present circumstances is totally unjustified. If he does it, he will become a lame duck President. Unfortunately, a very dangerous one. VCheng is correct. We all need to survive the next 2-3 years and he will be gone. Pray for that.

The biggest destablizer in the Mideast is America, who took over the role from the previous champions Britain and France after WW2. Nobody comes close.

You have received permission to drop the "no more wars" mask also.

Poll: Trump voters support military intervention in more countries

65 percent of Trump voters say the U.S. should take military action in at least one country, according to a new POLITICO poll.

www.politico.com

 

[kastor ville]

I am a conservative American who is very much anti-Iran because its actions and rhetoric have destabilized the Middle East for 45 years, thereby necessitating far too much American involvement, costing us American lives and trillions of dollars of "treasure". However, I do believe that if Trump starts a war with Iran, he will lose millions of conservative Americans like me. We do not want to be the World's policeman, nor do we want to enable Israel to dominate and bully it's neighbors. If Trump attacks Iran, he will definitely lose the House of Representatives and there will be no JD Vance or other Republican successor in 2028. He might get away with a pin prick attack, but not something that precipitates a major conflict and destruction across many Middle Eastern nations. Because of Trump's huge bombast and bullying this past year, rather than concentrating on domestic problems, he is already on very thin ice with voters like me. An attack on Iran in the present circumstances is totally unjustified. If he does it, he will become a lame duck President. Unfortunately, a very dangerous one. VCheng is correct. We all need to survive the next 2-3 years and he will be gone. Pray for that.

Welcome...we both have bad leadership at the highest level...all that money wasted on the nuclear program in Iran, all that money wasted on 2 useless wars for israel by the US.
We have more in common than we think.

PS: to echo the other poster...yes, iran veered off the deep end in the beginning of the revolution...but the ME was destabilized long before Iran's upheaval. You just have to read further...also, try and find impartial sources to really find the truth

 

[Bharatah]

IRi has support, no doubt but nobody knows to what extent.

For the West, Khamenei would be an amazing trophy to kidnap and a satisfying kill if possible. Trump has claimed back in July he stopped the Israelis from assassinating him, but that was because Trump wanted a "deal". The deal being presented is a surrender instrument and most likely will be rejected, hence even Trump has no use for him now.

Yes, which suits the West and GCC just fine. They need bad guys to sell weapons.

They have already taken this risk and have the strictest security. It's why they go around assassinating everyone else.

Sunnis did nothing over a genocide in Gaza , why would they bother with Khamenei ? The Sunnis could care less, just look at that revolting "board of peace". Long term if Iran and Shias are further radicalized , that fits nicely with the "New Middle East" that Abraham's Accords and Abraham's Shield are building towards. That New Middle East envisions Shia as the bad guys anyway against the civilized, progressive Muslims and their Western/Israeli allies.

To me it all adds up and these other scenarios are a disinformation.

I agree with a lot what you said but i desagree about "Sunnis", let me explain my point of view because i'm muslim and a sunni :

1. Don't confuse Wahhabism with Sunni Islam.
2. Don't confuse countries created by zionist treaties and that have many Sunnis within them as "Sunni nations." In fact, in the Sunni religion/Islam in general, the notion of "country" as the West implants it today doesn't even exist.
3. There hasn't been a Sunni military front since the fall of the Sultan (1908). Young Turks and Atatürk were already secular, controlled by Zionism/the West, and even banned the veil, Islam in general, and even tariqas.
4. That's why these countries did nothing for the Palestinians, as they are puppet governments of the West/Israel (with the small exception of some politics within Qatar; the rest is all dominated).
5. Present-day Turkey is controlled by NATO, with American and European bases and even a US atomic bomb inside the country; they are hostages.
6- Because the current West is controlled by the Zionist Jewish lobby, every Muslim is portrayed as a terrorist here, in the media, etc. The notion of "progressive Muslim" only exists in the minds of those being manipulated; in the media, every Muslim is a terrorist, and those who obey the US are depicted as uncivilized and weak like native Indians in old americas.

NOTE: I'll try to explain it another way. Brazil is a country currently dominated by the US/Israel. Now imagine that a country like Brazil (which has only 1% Muslim population) converted en masse to Islam and ended up with 70-80% Sunni Muslims. Would it become an "Islamic nation"?... No, in reality, it would be a place dominated by the US and Israel with a lot of Sunni Muslims inside. That's exactly what Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, etc. are...

 

[Shags101]

may I suggest that you use more full stops and line breaks to make your posts easier to read.

I don’t disagree at all my wife says the same thing about my texts