US Perspective on the Iran - Israel / US War

Coronet live over the UK now. This is part of the second surge of aircraft that moved to EUCOM AOR ahead of being positioned for deployment in CENTCOM AOR
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F35s also departed Italy now over Tel Aviv supported by USAF refullers Callsign GOLD:
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Again these aircraft were part of the surge announced by US president last week:
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Very heavy USAF activity between US bases in Europe and the Middle East.
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@RescueRanger all sent to Israel / Jordan?

Israel bro, Israel for refullers for the fighters with some refullers still based in Romania. Interestingly the F35s are still flying out of Italy.

First time seen today F35s flying out of UK.
 
U.S. has greater ability to project power than Israel, sure, but greater ability to project power 10,000km away in a much larger country vs Israel projecting power on its short borders with Lebanon? I don’t think that’s a sound assessment. Certainly not in terms of ability to protect those troops. Nothing from the experience of the U.S. occupation of Iraq or Afghanistan supports your contention that they can protect their troops better than Israel can protect its own troops in small areas of South Lebanon.

Iran’s defence strategy was always asymmetric. Nothing new there. It doesn’t mean the conventional military is degraded, that is the conventional military approach.

And generals don’t make decisions based on public opinion, but the politicians who give the general their orders definitely do.
For much of the last 20 years, many people—including myself—were under the impression that Iran was a formidable military power and that a country like the United States would be reluctant to attack it directly.

However, in recent years Iran has experienced military strikes on its territory by Pakistan, Israel, and the United States. In my view, that has challenged the long-held perception that Iranian territory was effectively immune from direct military action.

If that trend were to continue, some argue it could encourage broader international efforts to increase military and economic pressure on the IRGC, although the future course of events remains uncertain.

From my perspective, if the discussion shifts from preventing a foreign military presence to merely resisting one after it has already been established, then the strategic debate has fundamentally changed. To me, that would suggest that deterrence had already failed, regardless of what follows.
 

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