New updates this morning from Gen Caine:
- more than 13,000 targets struck, including 4,000 dynamic targets
- 80% of Irans air defense systems destroyed, more than 1,500 struck
- more than 450 ballistic missile storage facilities struck
- 800 attack drone storage facilities struck
- more than 2,000 command and control nodes struck
- more than 90% of Iranian large vessels sunk
- 50% of IRGC small attack boats destroyed
- 95% of Iranian naval mine targets destroyed in over 700 strikes
- 90% of Irans weapons factories destroyed
- every factory producing Shahed drones destroyed
- more than 80% of Irans missile production facilities destroyed, including solid rocket motor production
- more than 20 naval production facilities destroyed
- nearly 80% of Irans nuclear industrial base destroyed
Iran has been massively hit. Economically, militarily and in terms of infrastructure. I don't think that any sane person can deny this.
However this whole conflict has been poorly planned IMO. Apparently the closest allies of the US did not even receive notice that this war/conflict would begin.
US/Israel now needs to either decisively remove the Iranian regime or size the enriched uranium. Otherwise risk a nuclear armed Iran and afterwards a nuclear armed KSA, Egypt, Turkiye etc.
Unless the plan is to turn the Iranian regime into a US partner again.
Trump's threats and backtracking is also ridiculous, really. Pathetic in fact.
The. smaller GCC states would also need to rethink their military ties with the US and the purpose of US military bases in the future.
The same US military bases, in many ways, being a protection against KSA annexation and a relic of Saddam's invasion of Kuwait almost 40 years ago.
UAE regime (Abu Dhabi regime) is beyond redemption in this regard and a close Zionist ally. Iran did a favor when targeting them but sadly nothing of worth has been destroyed and what has been hit can be rebuilt. None of their leadership is gone or any large scale local casualties. I think that 3 or 4 local Emiratis have perished.
Israel as usual is the main troublemaker in the region closely followed by the Iranian regime. Those two clown regimes are competing for the first place in the region. Most are sick and tired of both of them in the region.
Long-term the US would do wise to reign Israel in and force upon them a two-state solution - which would solve most of the conflicts in the Arab world and Middle East either directly or indirectly.
Because the Palestinians, that now outnumber the Israeli Jews, are not going to go anywhere. Not even the genocide in Gaza could change this reality.
If I am MbS I would be angry with how the US has handled this in many ways. Not to mention his own passivity.
So....iran never threatened Arabs...never ran defamation campaigns against their monarchs. Never tried to start a sectarian based insurgency in any Arab countries.
Never overthrow an elected government (Yemen) just because they were Sunni and pro Arab ?
You can't claim innocence for Iranians either .
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Mate , you are hurting the delicate sentiments of blindly pro iran boys over here.
They will soon pull out the Wahabi , Zionist, Ale Yahood guns against you
In fact yiu will be denied Jannah if you say anything against Holy iran, no matter how many proofs or arguments you give .
Its another thing that there wee more bare thighs , cleavage and booze in iran pre 1979 than Europe.
But since 1979 an entire sect had been kidnapped by iran and praising iran is almost part of religion for them.
Sorry, as the Zionist Wahhabi Nasibi that I am, I will not criticize the holy infallible Iranian regime and the Iranian
Supreme leader. We must give our full support and trust in the Iranian regime superpower as they are soon going to defeat not only Israel but the US as well. We just need another 47 years. Have patience, brother. We must also pray that the superpower that is the Iranian regime will conquer the entire Arab world and install their loyal supreme allies. Soon Makkah and Madinah will be full of Husainiyyat and huge shrines and tombs of dead people that we will have to worship 24/7 while obsessing about 1400 year old tribal disputes for power that have nothing to do with Islam or Islamic religious doctrine etc. Those wicked Zionist Wahhabi Nasibis will be crushed soon! Just wait and see!