ItTakesAThief

What was the purpose of Israel knocking out power in Tehran tonight temporarily. What did they get in or out? Was it a test run?

Most of those bases were evacuated before the strikes because they knew they would get hit. They are in range of short range missiles and those missiles and drones can travel from Iran to those bases in seconds

In war both sides fight and both sides lose people and equipment. The goal is to try to destroy more of the other sides than they destroy of yours. When you land planes in Bahrain, Saudi, and Kuwait you know they are in range and there is a high risk to equipment or personnel, but you hope for the best because you need assets there to do the most possible damage to the enemy in the shortest time and to best respond to the risks the enemy presents.


There is an inherent cost to war unfortunately.

Hopefully they took out Ghalibaf as he was talking from both sides of his mouth and buying time.

UAE cancelling residency of Iranian Islamist while the US invites them on over.

When will westerners learn.

They are trying to fix problems Dems and other presidents have longed ignored for fear of criticism.

If so we can always just flatten it with carpet bombing.

I am sure the island is under 24 surveillance.

If the US controls the strait they also control Kharg oil exports because the uS navy can dictate what ships come and go from the Gulf. So you really don’t have to control Kharg so maybe you don’t risk damage to the infrastructure there by invading.

May not want troops around a lot of stuff that goes boom like oil and gas.

I think they are looking to shutdown Epic Fury and try to hand this off to a broader coalition with a different name to continue the fight under a different name with US involvement and backing. Call it Operation open Seas. I’m wondering if that is why they keep teasing that Epic Fury is winding down while at the same time building up forces for what appears to be a different mission set than an air campaign.

Kinda like Desert Storm and then Desert Shield.

Right. They already said they wouldn’t go for a nuke but they refuse to give up uranium enrichment that leaves them one step short of a nuke.

Russia and China do now want the US to take control of Iran's Oil distribution.

They also may want to be careful of US influence on the Caspian Sea.

Just makes it clear they must be destroyed at all costs.

Putting out guys who aren’t defensively sharp hoping for offense is costing us this year.

And that is two errors on Rucker that cost runs late on routine plays.