https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-strikes-defence-minister-tehran-middle-east-live
Reports stating that Israel have launched an attack against Iran
the fact that iran is run by hardline islamic fundamentalist ayatollahs also plays a part
So you're telling us Tel Aviv is "getting smashed" and has "no protection".
Hundreds of ballistic missiles were launched at Israel, minimal damage caused and zero military impact.
Iran's military leadership and air defense network have been obilterated, nuclear facilities damaged, Israeli air force operating with near impunity over Iran 2km from their own borders.
Stop with the delusion.
Some English lord owned the land you're living on now. Perhaps he should rock up and claim it back. Kill a few of your family while he's at it, just cos he can.
Who have they fostered relationships with? Not even an attempt. Open aggression from the beginning. Is there anyone in the region they havent bombed or attacked? A country packed with yanks and European Jews who have zero lineage in the region yet feel entitled due to the fairy stories they subscribe to.
Iran is being bombed because they are financially backing Hamas, Hezbollah, and Mick Wallace's best buds, the Houthis. They are being used as proxies against Israel by the Mullah's in Iran.
Also, no one (Israel, Egypt, the Saudis, or the West) wants to see a Nuclear Iran.
Yes. If it really is as that poster suggests Israel would not have launched the attacks in the first place. This is why the likes of Israel and Turkey will never go to war. Israel would ultimately win with US support but Turkey is capable of inflicting real damage on Israel unlike the feeble and ineffectual Iranian attacks. Still it won't stop the likes of Sean W spouting his nonsense that Iran is an existential threat to Israel.
It's a stated goal of Netanyahu's or to give the bast*rd his real name Benjamin Mileikowsky.
The 'existential threat to our very existence' thing has been trotted out by the Zionists for many decades to justify multiple outrages, war crimes, genocide, you name it. In the context of Gaza and Hamas, we can see how utterly fraudulent it is - a poorly armed militia of 25,000 men without a single tank, ship or plane to their name but apparently they are going to 'destroy Israel' and cause it to cease to exist.
Tel A no protection was hit with Iranian missiles and Israeli civilians killed- U don't seem to care about that loss as long as Israel can hit harder-?-
It's a weakness U have-
Who wants to see a nuclear Israel in that area-?-
No sane person would support that Iranian regime- like no sane person would support Israeli bombers killing civilians to get a target-
What are you even talking about at this stage?
Sorry to have to address this again, but regardless of criticism of Israeli actions, Hamas don't need to be minimized. They have fired thousands of rockets into Israel for decades and still persist as a force despite a full ground war since Oct 2023 by the Israeli military. Their goal is the destruction of Israel, and they wouldn't hesitate to use any weapon (including biological, nuclear) against Israel.
(Likewise, to repeat, people minimized the Taliban as a "handful of cave dwellers with AK47's" - but the most powerful military in the world couldn't defeat them with 20 years and trillions)
In the meantime, Israel has literally destroyed Gaza, displaced 2 million people and is now starving them (all in the name of 'self defence').
Why have Hamas fired rockets into Israel for decades? Palestinians are oppressed on their own land.
Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at a city with a population of 500 thousand and killed a few civilians.
You think that's an example of a city with "no protection"?
Iran is an example of what happens when you have "no protection". Your air defenses and military infrastructure gets decimated, your military leadership gets gutted.
People who let their dislike of Israel infuse a bizarre new alternate reality into their mind really add nothing to any discussion.
Multiple Iranian leaders have explicitly stated they want the destruction of Israel. Iran has been firing missiles at and attacking Israel, a nuclear armed neighbour, indirectly for decades. Iran has stated their nuclear programme is peaceful, but there have been signs that it isn't, so I can understand why Israelis (from a small densely packed country) don't want to take that risk or future risk (including a possibly more fundamentalist regime in Iran)
It makes sense from an Israeli perspective to setback, stall or wipe out the Iranian nuclear programme if it's showing any signs of weaponisation.
I've defended Iran many times in the past, was a big supporter of the 2015 peace deal (and Rouhani) but the current regime are unpleasant and it's unsurprising to see Israel finally reacting.
(I predicted that Israel would turn it's attention to Iran, which could possibly lead to war, but indeed it's happening sooner than I thought it would)
I think Israel used. drones to destroy Iran's air defences before they sent in 200 planes to bomb dozens of targets They have planned this attack for years. They seem to know where all Iran's top commanders live and where all the nuclear facilitys are located . The problem is the iron dome is maybe 98 per cent effective It only takes a few missiles to get thru to cause civilian casualties in apartments or random buildings . Iran has 1000s of missiles and drones It has the capacity to make1000s of drones or buy them from Russia . I don't think Iran could stand up to Israel in a full scale war but they could cause alot of damage .
Very straight forward statement
Indeed, if Iran want to do damage casualty wise, they probably can, but it would involve expending a large amount of long range munitions all at once, to saturate and overwhelm Israeli defense. So far they haven't done that, which would imply they are keeping that card for a bigger escalation.
As chaotic as it seems, everything is still quite measured at the moment.
was brilliant watching Tel Aviv get some of its own medicine last night.
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Medicine about as effective as slapping a plaster on an axe wound.
They are unlikely to have the capacity to launch a barrage intense enough to completely overwhelm air defenses to the point of causing major damage, and their stockpiles are limited.
Israel has probably also destroyed a lot of launch sites in recent days too and strikes are continuing today.
I don't think Iran has many cards at this point. Israeli air force is operating basically unchallenged and unlike Iran they can hit targets with precision missiles at will.
Ya, always great watching innocents die. 👍
You like seeing people being killed?
You sick freak.
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And the statement is?
Oh, on the other thread you are soo much against violence etc.
And then you come up with this here, laughable.
Based on the sheer number of missiles they have - it's technically possible, but yeah the fall-out would be severe and would probably be a one off. It would also have required good coordination with their proxies (Hamas, Hezbollah, etc) but those are largely out of the picture. Yeah I agree, I don't think Iran have many cards. The surprising thing is that Israel appear to have many more cards than people thought.
At the moment a lot of the launches and rhetoric seem to be symbolic and for optics rather than real damage. Hopefully it stays that way and dies down.
You clearly do not read the thread so the posts to read are 385, 386, 389 and 391
They did it in the 1980s to Saddam, when he was an American Proxy against Khomeini, when they bombed the French-designed reactor at Osirak.
Israel is always going to do this if one of their less-than-stable neighbours tries to get the bomb.
That appears to be an acceptable view from a lot of people
