US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

79% of Republicans support the war, but this falls to 49% among 18-19 year old Republicans in poll.

A couple of things leap to mind regarding the aircraft destroyed in Isfahan.
1. Why were they anywhere near Isfahan at all given where the WSO rescue op was underway is hundreds of KM from there.
With access from Kuwait and Iraq, a misdirection maybe but setting up a FOB hundreds of kilometers inside Iran, similarly 100s of Km from the rescue target is odd.

2. The photos doing the rounds of the C130s and MH-6 the US claimed to have destroyed aren't great but one thing that jumps out at me, is the prop damage visible.
I'll caveat this with an important point, I don't know enough about carbon fibre props to know how they deform in fire.
But.
Props bent backwards are generally an indication that they were turning upon impact in a dynamic collision.

The FOB being near Isfahan is really, really strange. There's a possibility that they were feinting there to draw out IRCG and other forces to allow a force recon in advance of the HEU raid?
But, as I said when I 1st posited the possibility?
I still think that's a lunatic option.

I know, it's really quite incredible isn't it?

Deeply deeply unsuited for any kind of leadership role.....

Deeply Deeply unsuited to be considered much of a human being even…he's kind of like a collage of some of the worst traits of humanity allied to the survival skills of a cockroach...

Definitely qualifies/fits criteria for oxygen thief

Same, I thought it was a parody.

Middle East crisis live: Trump uses expletive-ridden social media post to threaten Iran’s infrastructure

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/05/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-israel-us-war-trump-strait-hormuz-missing-pilot-downed?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69d252ff8f080da25b48b6e3#block-69d252ff8f080da25b48b6e3

Trump and his powerful friends traffic and do unspeakable things to children. Nothing is a parody. Trump needs to be exterminated. This Israel-lead power play in the Hormuz Strait is going to totally destabilize the region and threatens the global economy as well. Nothing surprises me with Trump and there is nothing legitimate about anything the US does anymore, it is a rogue state and I pray to God that there will be some justice coming their way.

US sources claiming they destroyed the aircraft to stop them falling into Iranian hands.

Problem with that analysis is that the scepticism was pointed to planes being able to land and take off again with the nuclear material… emphasis on the taking off part

how presidential? By the way anyone seen that rescued pilot yet? Great 'winning' opportunity for pressy pedophile if he or she was actually rescued.

iran again not bowing down to US demands to open straits (one can only assume the US always wants commitment to handover uranium as well)

Iran's parliament speaker says 'our whole region is going to burn' due to Trump's actions

Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Parliament of Iran, responded to Trump’s threats in a social media post.

“Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu’s commands,” he wrote.

but what does ‘surrender’ mean for Iran in the current context? Opening the straits, which presumably they would be doing anyway in the not too distant future? They could just say they are doing it in the interests of their own people and those of the other gulf countries, not as a consequence of American pressure…

TACO pushing the deadline back again "Tuesday, 8.00PM. Eastern Time!”