US Perspective on the Iran - Israel / US War

[AZ_HighCountry]

So CENTCOM lied when it said that all mines have been cleared?

Hard to determine. I doubt any of the shipping companies would say anything out of concerns of customers not wanting to use them.

Who knows at this point? Between the misinformation and AI-generated posts on X, I'm being very skeptical.

 

[Shags101]

Hard to determine. I doubt any of the shipping companies would say anything out of concerns of customers not wanting to use them.

Who knows at this point? Between the misinformation and AI-generated posts on X, I'm being very skeptical.

I’m telling you skynet is just about here ready to takeover….but what that hanger hit showed you Iran must have hit something fairly important for trump to lose his usual “cool” I don’t think this current round is over I guess trump will say Iran will have .5 percent of their missiles left next round and people will say Irans missile capabilities are now 3 generations behind

 

[The SC]

Trump: We will respond to the Iranian attack that targeted American forces in Jordan

 

[The SC]

To the casual observer, it appears the United States is pursuing a gradual and consistent approach:

First: Striking nuclear facilities and capabilities.

Second: Targeting and assassinating first, second, and even third-tier leaders to weaken decision-making and leadership centers.

Third: Imposing sanctions and economic pressure to weaken the state from within.

Ultimately, we might reach the most difficult option: direct intervention or a ground invasion.

The Americans are generally not hasty in their approach to results and have a long-term perspective on managing conflicts. Therefore, things may seem calm at first, but if we consider these steps together, we might see a strategy unfolding gradually and cautiously to achieve the ultimate goal.

 

[F-22Raptor]

So CENTCOM lied when it said that all mines have been cleared?

- No ship has hit mines

- Satellite image shows a scorch mark in front of the hangar. Could easily be from debris

 

[Pakistani Dragon]

The brutal truth is that Iran is in the worst strategic position it’s ever been in. The future of Iran .. as a unified regional power , is basically being dismantled piece by piece by the United States. There’s no scenario where Trump “loses” anything to Iran. Iran has no real allies, no meaningful partners, and no state willing to actually bleed for them. China won’t. Russia won’t. The Arab world won’t. Europe won’t. The global system doesn’t care what happens to Iran beyond keeping oil lanes open.

And honestly, a lot of the sympathy Iran had evaporated the moment they started threatening ships in the Strait of Hormuz. People who were previously neutral or even supportive suddenly saw Iran acting like a bully, threatening civilian crews just doing their jobs. That was a massive strategic mistake. Instead of looking like a victim of pressure, they looked like an aggressor lashing out.

Iran needed to stay calm, disciplined, and predictable. Instead, they escalated with threats they couldn’t back up. Now the international mood has shifted: most countries would quietly prefer Iran to crumble rather than keep destabilising the region. That’s the reality , harsh, unfiltered, and exactly why the idea of Trump “losing” to Iran doesn’t match the geopolitical facts.

There are only 64 more days until Donald Trump can stop worrying about elections and do whatever he wants with Iran.

Until then, we'll just have to endure 64 days of nonsensical comments from him, apparently as a tactic to buy time.

 

[Pakistani Dragon]

Wow extremely weird 100 suspected mines were removed so not even saying all 100 were mines and the straits are very huge and I can only assume Iran has more than 100 mines in its inventory and would have been laying many during this quiet time and many before during the height of the war……so this is starting to sound like trump is trying make a small achievement that they’re not even percent sure is the correct amount of mines that were deactivated honestly I like the one sane comment from this twitter feed ...

How many ships have been damaged or destroyed by the mines so far this year?

 

[Shags101]

How many ships have been damaged or destroyed by the mines so far this year?

I’m pretty sure they’re mostly on Irans route to be fair and most of these ships that have been passing through the straits are traveling through omans route so the argument doesn’t really hold up if you leave out gaps of information out of your post but a lot people do that……….

 

[Pakistani Dragon]

Iran will never be broken up. As far as Trump goes well, it could literally take decades to recover from the damage he's done

Not just broken up, but completely wiped off the map several times throughout their history.



Iran's modern territorial footprint is only around 223 years old, dating roughly from 1803, when the Qajars finally consolidated control over Mashhad and Khorasan.

That's younger than the United States.

 

[Khorasan Black Flags]

Not just broken up, but completely wiped off the map several times throughout their history.



Iran's modern territorial footprint is only around 223 years old, dating roughly from 1803, when the Qajars finally consolidated control over Mashhad and Khorasan.

That's younger than the United States.

What about Medes, Achameneids, Parthians, Safavids, Afsharids, etc...

IRAN is home to several massive empires

 

[Pakistani Dragon]

NOTE: This new "victory narrative" operation by the media highlights and confirms what we already suspected: the US was militarily defeated. NOW, they are creating this action to, along with some internal spies, try for a new color revolution in the future, but they won't succeed.

When can we expect Iranian sailing through the Suez Canal again and what about Khamenei Jr? When can we expect him to come out of hiding.

10/02/2012: Iran warships enter Mediterranean via Suez Canal: BBC News