Iranian Foreign & Resistance Front Strategy & Operations

[Persian Gulf]

Remember, this is the same Trump that threatened to bomb 52 historical sites in Iran if Iran responded back militarily in 2020

well the counterpoint is that he made that threat to scare Iran into minimising their retaliation

and Hajizadeh confirmed the response was the weakest option they considered

so in that sense it worked

 

[Tijani]

well the counterpoint is that he made that threat to scare Iran into minimising their retaliation

and Hajizadeh confirmed the response was the weakest option they considered

so in that sense it worked

Now that conjecture on your part. You're assuming to know what Trump had in mind. The reasonable deduction available here is from what he actually said and his actual reaction.
You're connecting two actions where there's no causality. Hajizadeh"s eventual confirmation, of Iran's choice of action, has no bearing on the matter because you have, once again, no idea why they chose that course of action. You're just speculating.
Trumps words were if Iran took ANY action then he would in turn retaliate severely against Iran. He did not. This what we know. Why he did not is only speculation.

Trump defends ‘war crime’ threat to target cultural sites in Iran

The Pentagon sought to distance itself from the president’s comments, saying the US will ‘follow the laws of armed conflict’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Persian Gulf]

Now that conjecture on your part. You're assuming to know what Trump had in mind. The reasonable deduction available here is from what he actually said and his actual reaction.
You're connecting two actions where there's no causality. Hajizadeh"s eventual confirmation, of Iran's choice of action, has no bearing on the matter because you have, once again, no idea why they chose that course of action. You're just speculating.
Trumps words were if Iran took ANY action then he would in turn retaliate severely against Iran. He did not. This what we know. Why he did not is only speculation.

Trump defends ‘war crime’ threat to target cultural sites in Iran

The Pentagon sought to distance itself from the president’s comments, saying the US will ‘follow the laws of armed conflict’

www.theguardian.com

yes I am speculating based on available evidence of what happened and Trump's negotiating style

 

[Kyussis]

well the counterpoint is that he made that threat to scare Iran into minimising their retaliation

and Hajizadeh confirmed the response was the weakest option they considered

so in that sense it worked

yes I am speculating based on available evidence of what happened and Trump's negotiating style

Doesn't matter what you think. What matters is that Iran Called Chump's bluff and Chump did NOTHING!!!

 

[Persian Gulf]

Doesn't matter what you think. What matters is that Iran Called Chump's bluff and Chump did NOTHING!!!

every nation engages in bluster and threats to deter enemies

think about how many IRGC generals have threatened to unleash hell on Israel if they make even a 'tiny mistake' but then Israel bombed Iran and killed 5 Iranians and in your words the IRGC / IRI did NOTHING !!!!!

 

[Tijani]

yes I am speculating based on available evidence of what happened and Trump's negotiating style

Nothing wrong with speculation but conflating a set of speculative arguments to form a certain conclusion is rationally erroneous. Whence speculating one should be careful enough to state that one is speculating. Otherwise one is engaging in nothing but conjecture.

 

[Tijani]

Doesn't matter what you think. What matters is that Iran Called Chump's bluff and Chump did NOTHING!!!

Fact!

 

[925boy]

Radars are a non-factor in 2025. See my previous post. MOIS/VAVAK is nowhere near as competent as Mossad or CIA.

which recent war involving a sizeable enemy force did Mossad or CIA "competence"help Israel and US win? Intelligence agencies dont win wars, stop your propaganda.

 

[925boy]

B-2s are complete overkill for Houthis. Trump is not that wasteful. These are for nuclear sites in Iran or posturing to Iran for a "deal".

any US airstrike on Iran with no complementary ground force incursion is an AUTOMATIC LOSS ON ARRIVAL for US.

But then again, it seems US moves from one war loss to another to try to get its 1st won since we were all born- lost Iraq, so started Afghanistan...then lost it....to start Ukraine war...then lost it...to start Yemen war...then losing it...to start Iran war....to lose it also, to start a China war- that seems to be the logic for US military. dont @ me with bs propaganda if you cant offer a better logic here.

 

[925boy]

we are talking about a country that used MOAB on Afghanistan. Yemen has missiles stored deep underground and the US needs to use large bunker busters to reach them

plus we have the leaked messages from the US showing this is precisely to establish deterrence, not to go to war with Iran

I generally agree with your summary here.

US cannot fly B-2s over Iran without a prolonged SEAD/DEAD campaign of many months first

I generally agree with your summary here also, but with B-2s at Diego Garcia now, combined with Trump recently telling Iran that if it doesn't negotiate that US will bomb it, makes me think these B-2s could be used on Iran. After all, B-2s are stealth bombers that apparently can operate/bomb in high air defense environments. If US loses any B-2s over Iran it will be a disaster for US and its mission in Iran.

 

[925boy]

For all intents and purposes, the Islamic Republic has lost all legitimacy.

in your eyes.....

They are unconcerned with the safety and lives of Iranian people.

in your opinion....

If they were they would have nuked up two years ago,

so that Iran can become irreversibly isolated and lose all allies (or pseudo or quasi allies) like North Korea?

definitely before the Hamas attack, and they would have been bargaining hard for conventional weapons and tech from others,

how many countries did that with North Korea after it "nuked up"?? grow up! lol.

they would have been planning for the day after proxies, etc.

They just don't care, nor are they intelligent enough to think on their feet. We deserve better than this.

...in your opinion....again.

 

[925boy]

"An apparent Fatah influence is detectable in some of today's protests, with the chant "Ya Shia" being added.

This chant, accusing Hamas of being Iranian stooges, was popular in 2007 amongst Fatah partisans during the Fatah-Hamas conflict that saw the latter take over Gaza"

recent anti-Hamas protests in Gaza resort to sectarianism and call Hamas an Iranian stooge

I dunno why it is that 9 out of 10 times, when Middle Eat Sunnis need to fight and attack Israel, they will instead turn to fight Iran and the Shia. sad and pathetic.

 

[mulj]

American crusaders seem to be serious about attacking Iran, although i do not see how they can hope to achieve any success without crashing several world economies or whole world economy infact because any meaningful attack on Iran can not be done without commiting large chunk of air assets by them in rather long time span.
I do not see any logic in that i am pretty sure they can not pull this kind of attack which would anticipate iranian response, so maybe it is another bluff to bring Iran to the table but that is also stupid as Iran did not leave table at first place. Really strange situation.

 

[Sarhang]

lol Trump won't attack.

Operation TP2 showed IR can do serious damage but it chose to de-escalate. If Iran is really attacked TP3 would be devastating.

 

[Snake]

But then again, it seems US moves from one war loss to another to try to get its 1st won since we were all born- lost Iraq, so started Afghanistan...then lost it....to start Ukraine war...then lost it...to start Yemen war...then losing it...to start Iran war....to lose it also, to start a China war- that seems to be the logic for US military. dont @ me with bs propaganda if you cant offer a better logic here.

Relax bud you're right but this is just about money. US makes billions of $ as long as there is war - win or lose it doesn't matter. All the wars you listed this is true.