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

[ShapurII]

So, the Emirates that absorbed nearly half of our strikes excluding Israel can restore its oil production within 3 months. What does this tell us about the efficacy of our missiles and target selection?

 

[BHAN85]

I see what you mean.

This will only lead to world moving away from the Strait of Hormuz route and adapt alternatives.

09/07/2026: France sees Syria as alternative oil route amid Hormuz tensions, foreign minister says: Anadolu Ajansi

12/06/2026: Libya benefits from rising oil prices, exports 43 million barrels in one month: Libya Update

It's much easier for Western countries (Europe and the Americas) but challenging for Asia.

But gulf oil fields are near to Iran, Iran can always disrupt the production with cheap drones.

Transport method can be changed, but oil fields location can't be changed.

 

[Oldenwisdom...قول بزرگ]

Trump's deliberations as he considers whether to escalate US military action against Iran.

Imagine being the aggressor and calling death of others because "they felt like it"... and then suing sympathy by preempting the motion in front of the world as being a target. When the world's largest ever funeral procession is taking place as a direct consequence of his actions.

I mean, he killed school girls in the onset and still cannot own up to it... killed the family of the leader as an extension, IN HIS HOME!
Where his grand daughter died along with him...
A cold blooded remorseless murderer... who publicly posted about ending the oldest continuous civilization on earth... while having none himself.

I have said it before... they take the good graces of the rest of the world by granted as part of calculated act of aggression... knowing that it wouldn't be reciprocated in kind. Such is the heinous mentality... that the world already knows and expects the worst from US and zion. And they'll in turn up the ante by promoting and parroting new propaganda...

These two made the world a dangerous place by their own actions... and want to press it further... does his base even take him seriously... rally the base? Fanfare? Preparing the grounds for what? People are sick and tired of this narcissist seeking attention... posing himself as messiah... post another AI of resurrection and it will suffice.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

 

[Persian Gulf]

 

[Professor Jiang]

"I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell".

 

[Pakistani Dragon]

But gulf oil fields are near to Iran, Iran can always disrupt the production with cheap drones.

Transport method can be changed, but oil fields location can't be changed.

Gulf countries can rebuild them, use alternative routes and eventually even develop powerful anti-drone and anti-missile systems.

On the other hand, Iran's ability to threaten the Gulf countries will be eroded over time if the US does not give Iran any breathing space. That's what it boils down to

Let's look at Iraq as an example after Gulf War 1.

Iraq had set the refineries on fire which took months to extinguish. It had invaded Kuwait and fired missiles on Saudi Arabia. Iraq had caused immense damage to the world economy and the region.

Militarily, Iraq was still considered very powerful. What did the US and the UK do?

They imposed a decade long no-fly zone over Iraq. They took pot shots at Iraq every now and then. Over time these post shots had totally degraded Iraq militarily and economically. It's entire structure had eroded away from the inside. Yet, for a full decade Iraq still looked very strong with a massive military.

Come 2003, Iraq proved to be just a husk militarily.

Date​	No. of Targets​	Source​
26/06/2026​	Not stated​	US CENTCOM​
27/06/2026​	10​	US CENTCOM​
07/07/2026​	80​	US CENTCOM​
08/07/2026​	90​	US CENTCOM​

Everyone keeps saying Iran will be okay if it just absorbs the attacks and holds on long enough. I have my doubts if Iran is unable to prevent even a single US airstrike on its territory.

 

[ShapurII]

Gulf countries can rebuild them, use alternative routes and eventually even develop powerful anti-drone and anti-missile systems.

Persian Gulf Arab states cannot develop a slingshot, let alone an anti-missile system. lol
They can purchase anti-drone and anti-missile systems, but the US has to develop new systems and build more systems for them first.

 

[Pakistani Dragon]

Persian Gulf Arab states cannot develop a slingshot, let alone an anti-missile system. lol
They can purchase anti-drone and anti-missile systems, but the US has to develop new systems and build more systems for them first.

Build, purchase, whatever. As long as they have enough in stockpiles to outlast Iranian attacks.

 

[ShapurII]

Build, purchase, whatever. As long as they have enough in stockpiles to outlast Iranian attacks.

Yeah, and it seems that they are going to outlast Iranian attacks.

And the IRGC doesn't really look serious about destroying their oil facilities. All we have seen so far, except for the LNG production facility in Qatar, has been minor damage to the energy infrastructure of Arab states. Nothing that cannot be repaired in a few weeks/months.

 

[Master Chief]

So, the Emirates that absorbed nearly half of our strikes excluding Israel can restore its oil production within 3 months. What does this tell us about the efficacy of our missiles and target selection?

The issue is target selection.

Iran has always been trying to avoid excessive conflagration.

With the accuracy demonstrated hitherto, Iran can easily knock out 1 refinery per day if it tries.

I cannot understand why Iran chose not to.

 

[Master Chief]

Gulf countries can rebuild them,

That takes many YEARS.

 

[ShapurII]

The issue is target selection.

Iran has always been trying to avoid excessive conflagration.

With the accuracy demonstrated hitherto, Iran can easily knock out 1 refinery per day if it tries.

I cannot understand why Iran chose not to.

Because the US and Israel are both nuclear states with international support and will not think twice to use their nukes if push comes to shove. And if people here think that's never going to happen, people also said that the US would never kill Soleimani, Israel would never kill Raeesi or attack Iran on its own, the US would never kill Khamenei and the US would never attack Iran. And all of those things happened and nothing happened from the Iranian side.

Israel has hundreds of nuclear warheads, some of which are strategic nukes over 10 megatons designed to target and wipe out European capitals in their Samson doctrine.

The US has over 6,000 nukes. And I do not need to tell you what the US strategic nuclear stockpile has been designed for because I'm sure everyone knows that the US had to prepare to fight the world's largest country, the Soviet Union, for decades.

As I had said before, a non-nuclear Iran will always be handicapped and at a disadvantage in every aspect of a potential war. And thanks to the late Khamenei, before his death he made sure that going nuclear was no longer an option.

Besides that, we have serious shortcomings when it comes to real-time intelligence. The regime dismantled our space program in the JCPOA, another big mistake. Everything the Islamic regime in Iran has done has always been for propaganda, without any real tangible benefits for the Iranian nation. They kept shooting toasters into space for years, calling it a space program, just like our nuclear program that was absolutely useless both for civilian and military purposes.

 

[omegalamba7xl9]

A NEW VERSION OF OP BEEPER AND PAGER UNDERWAY....

 

[925boy]

Agreed , he is just making it easier for them to blame Iran when they eventually succeed in killing him

OR he is intentionally falsely blaming Iran to get sympathy from Americans for his unpopular war against Iran. Since he's too hated amongst Americans it likely won't work. he might be the first bsd and hated president the govt won't be able to protect forever.

 

[Homajon]

Javid Shah with the fitting drawing on the wall