Israel Launches strike against Irans Nuclear Programme

This x1000

This is a REASON as to why Israel has an issue with Iran, and it goes back much further than the last week or two.

Many simply do not want to hear it or are completely ignorant of the history here.

If you have a bunch of religious fanatics proclaiming that they want to wipe you and everyone you know off the face of the earth for a 40 years, they fund a terrorist organisation to target you and try to kill you, and then they want to build a nuclear bomb… you honestly think you would be OK with that?

If a bunch of religious fanatics were trying to destroy Ireland and were on the way to building a nuclear device to just do that, you dont think you would be a tad bit worried?

Lads, like come on. What world do you live in?

There is serious unrest and disquiet about the actions of Israel in Gaza among the general Israeli population.

But the actions in Israel is broadly supported by over 85% of the people, both left and right, because they value their country and they see Iran with a bomb as an existential threat to them.

You talking about Israel. Iran should not get the nuke, but Israel should have its illegal nukes removed.

Honestly lads wtf?

Can you explain why Iran has enrichment levels at approx 60% and what they are going to use it for?

Ah ok

So when they say "Death to the West" or "Kill all the jews".. They don't really mean it, am I right?

Laughable.

Em, you are getting hysterical.

Tel Aviv is not 'trashed' and if hundreds of US military are killed due to Iranian missiles, how do you think Iran or Tehran will look like?

I know for some, this missile attack this morning at this hospital has given you a morale boost that Israel is getting a bloody nose, but suffice to say, they are in this for the long haul and its Tehran and its military, security and political echelons on the end of an almighty kicking.

TLDR: There will be only one winner in this conflict, the only question remains on the state of the win, and it wont be Iran.

There is a lot of wishful thinking here, and I mean ALOT.

But let's take your point about Iran having a lot of S/A missiles.

Why then are IAF war planes flying over Tehran at will?
Why have Iranian missile responses decreased steadily day after day?

It seems from actual sources (not Twitter self-proclaimed 'journalists') that the western part of Iran, along with Tehran, Israel has almost complete air superiority.

Is this a 'lie' or a strategy by Iran?

I would like a world with no nuclear weapons, but I also live in the real world, and dont see it happening.

Israel has them, and they wont give them up. That is life.

When did Katz say that? Pretty auful thing to say no doubt but given the vast majority of Gaza's population are still alive, it doesn't look like he actually followed through

I've no dog in this fight however look how that worked out for Ukraine.

Are you saying Iran is winning this conflict?

Like how Russia was going to take over Ukraine in a week!

It's the regions only democratic country, I understand

Israel has air superiority 2000km away, has trashed Iran's air defense, killed a big portion of their leadership, is degrading their missile capabilities, Western Iran and Tehran is basically open season and Iran cannot do anything about it.

The best Iran can do is land relatively indiscriminate missiles in urban areas with minimal damage in the overall scheme of things, no different to Russian BMs fired at Ukraine over 3 full years with negligible strategic or military value.

I think Israel is pretty much fine with the state of the war right now. If anything they probably expected far more casualties.

Israel does not need US intervention. It wants it to destroy the regime and it's nuclear aspirations 100%, but it doesn't need it to continue dominating Iran as it's currently doing.

It amazes me that a building being damaged or partially destroyed with minimal casualties by a missile strike is treated like some watershed tide-turning moment but the literal destruction of Iran's entire air defense network, loss of air superiority, precision killing of leadership, is glossed over.

The simple truth is that Israel is beating the brakes off Iran. It's not an opinion, but a fact and it's a fact that doesn't care whether you support Iran, Israel, neither, it's just a fact.

Iran landing the odd missile does absolutely nothing whatsoever to change that.

It's a lie, from Israel.

I spent some time in Iran, and am in contact with a couple of people there.

In the first couple of hours of the Israeli attack, the Iranian air-defences struggled, due to the hacking of the systems by Israel. However, this was soon resolved and from that point onwards, there have been zero Israeli aircraft over Iran. I'm not on X, and I prefer to source my information from reasonably credible sources ( as far as one can in situations of war).

From what I've been told, from Tehran, the Iranians consider the conflict with Israel as a sideshow. In their eyes, most of the efforts over the last two decades have been put into protecting their assets from US attack, particularly along the Persian Gulf.

You must remember, this is not another Iraq or Afghanistan. Both Israel and the US will be facing quite a capable enemy.

While many in Israel expected a rise up against the regime, due to the attacks, the opposite has occurred. Iranians are now rallying around the flag.

Looking at the amount of KC-135's that were moved from the States late on Sunday night, together with the Carrier Groups repositioning in reach of Iran, I think the US knows full well that a fight with Iran is going to be unlike anything they have been involved with to date.

The economic disaster that this will cause, if the US attacks, will be disastrous for the World for obvious reasons.

The "Trust me, Bro, we'll win" attitude of many in the WH isn't going to cut it this time.