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

[Meengla]

The revolution guard is a militia arny. They are only good to crack down domestic protesters, keeping the country under the fist. The guard is indeed the backbone of religious movement but military wise, what equipment what training they have?
What can they do against Israel and US army, the 2 most powerful armies on the planet?

Bitter truth.
Next to Iran was Pakistan and Turkey: Both Muslim nations with very good militaries. I know sanctions of nearly a quarter century were the main cause of Iran's economic and military problems but still for decades Iran was able to sell oil and make tons of money and Iranians should have known that merely sending waves of soldiers/fighters to die like in the Iran-Iraq war of the 80s was not going to cut it.
There was no way a Superpower like America going to tolerate its regional master Israel to be threatened by anyone and so what we are seeing is the logical outcome, even if this has taken almost half a century. As soon as Iran's 'first line of defense', which were the militias next to Israel, were greatly diminished by early 2025, this war was going to happen and it has happened.
PS. But a certain Brazilian Baghdad Bob--BBB-- here kept saying for weeks that Iran is stronger than ever and that the militias diminished were not important. Such a wise guy!!

 

[Viet]

This underground tunnel was designed with reinforced structure which can withstand multiple nuclear blasts.

The US currently cannot neutralize it.

If not possible by aerial bombing the Israeli will most likely try to infiltrate the tunnels and blow it up from inside.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

If not possible by aerial bombing the Israeli will most likely try to infiltrate the tunnels and blow it up from inside.

They only need to worry about the infiltration of the CIA/Mossad spies, but the US/Israeli missiles/bombs currently pose no threat to them.

 

[MS Sandhu]

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ

 

[Falcon29]

US military must have detected something extensive being prepared

But it's more about Trump losing control. He thought this could be a weekend affair and wants out fast.

 

[Kyussis]

WSJ claiming US conducted 900 airstrikes in first 12 hours. That is quite a lot.

Explains intensity of Iranian response

A lot of those must ne Combat air patrols considering the long distance they need to fly to and from attacking Iran from Jordan and an aircraft carrier parked outside Iranian anti ship missile range.

 

[EugeneP]

Question. What country, surrounded by enemies, targeted by the most powerful forces in the world, spends three decades, tens of billions of dollars on nuclear research and doesn’t produce a nuclear weapon?

Answer: Iran

How did "surrounded by enemies" happen? I know the history of enmity between Iran and U.S., how did everyone else become Iran's enemy?

 

[Falcon29]

US military must have detected something extensive being prepared

But it's more about Trump losing control. He thought this could be a weekend affair and wants out fast.

Trump jumping in to say don't hit Israel hard because Israel is now running low on interceptors lol

Please don't listen to clown orange man

 

[mangekyo]

Allah and Islam protects muslims when you put in the effort from through you(not from you huge difference) making you see understand and solve problems at hand. Giving power to do so. Problems are not solved magically themselves from through air when you become a pious muslim.

Iran did not put effort? Palestinians didn’t put effort? The Lebanese?

 

[Tehrani021]

It would be disastrous for Larijani, whose daughter lives in the US, to seize power. The IRGC should immediately arrest this traitor.
It's now clear Larijani is a collaborator. Why hasn't this man suffered a single scratch?
Why was he unharmed despite being present at the scene of Khamenei's assassination attempt?
The only explanation is that this man is in cahoots with Israel and signaled the attack after fleeing himself.

Everyone thought he was dead when the news came out, yet here he is alive. The mole network is beginning to be unveiled. There were always rumours that him and his family were Jews and zionist.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Everyone thought he was dead when the news came out, yet here he is alive. The mole network is beginning to be unveiled. There were always rumours that him and his family were Jews and zionist.

Maybe Iran could accept China's AI software being deployed for anti-espionage?

 

[Immortals]

Iran will not be allowed to rebuild anything anymore if this happens or will get slapped down again, but more decisively.

Missiles are not the answer. Yes they are great at causing chaos and wasting interceptors, but how many soldiers did Iran kill? How many ships did it sink? What about straight of Hormuz?

Missiles are great and have their place, but realistically relying on them to destroy your enemy is not realistic.

Also you forget it is the dawn of AI. Within 10 years, AI will likely reach super intelligence. Which means Americans/Chinese models will be able to tell you how to build a jet engine, hypersonic scram jet, robotics, etc. Knowledge will be everywhere and accessible by all instead of hoarded by top nations.

So like I said, don’t just assume Iran can never come back. Eventually the U.S. empire will decay under its own weight and not be able to support such a massive military foot print forever. Could happen in 10 years or 100 years. But all Empires have their end. I think the U.S. isn’t that far away on that scale.

 

[PakAl]

The Israelis and Americans have a clear objective which is the complete destruction and removal of Iranian military leadership.

What objective does Iran have from this point forward? Iran was dragged into the war unwillingly, but it must now survive. It is clear as daylight that Iranian military rulers won't survive a conventional campaign. Firing missiles infinitely won't have the desired effect. The only proper chance for survival in my humble opinion is going nuclear.

Israel made clear statements that they want regime change in Iran, but somehow people still believe maybe Israel will back off if Iran signs deal. The regime is now finished. Trump also made it clear a nuclear iran will not be acceptable, Usa Israel attacked because they know Iran does not have the bomb and they destroyed the facilities. The only option left is for the IRGC to surrender, allow the Shah or someone else to overtake, they will dismantle the islamist government and IRGC, Iran will be like Iraq. If they continue to resist then it may lead to civil war, rebellions and much more killings. I also thought iran had the bomb but looks like it was all western propaganda like WMD one.

 

[Tehrani021]

Missiles are not the answer. Yes they are great at causing chaos and wasting interceptors, but how many soldiers did Iran kill? How many ships did it sink? What about straight of Hormuz?

Missiles are great and have their place, but realistically relying on them to destroy your enemy is not realistic.

Also you forget it is the dawn of AI. Within 10 years, AI will likely reach super intelligence. Which means Americans/Chinese models will be able to tell you how to build a jet engine, hypersonic scram jet, robotics, etc. Knowledge will be everywhere and accessible by all instead of hoarded by top nations.

So like I said, don’t just assume Iran can never come back. Eventually the U.S. empire will decay under its own weight and not be able to support such a massive military foot print forever. Could happen in 10 years or 100 years. But all Empires have their end. I think the U.S. isn’t that far away on that scale.

But with a surrender to Trump, it's hard to see what incentive Iran will have to get militarily stronger. It's sole enemy will be its master.

 

[tower9]

How did "surrounded by enemies" happen? I know the history of enmity between Iran and U.S., how did everyone else become Iran's enemy?

Because the Islamic Republic is extremely ideological and sought to export it's revolution when it's neighbors were either conservative Sunni monarchies or Arab nationalists.