US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

Which are all susceptible to attacks. There is already an existing one from the UAE to Oman and it took a single Iranian missile to shut it fully down.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/15/uae-oil-pipeline-strait-of-hormuz-by-2027

It is starting.

If, in a future war, Iran attacks the pipelines, it will be committing suicide because its facilities will be wiped out. No matter how this war is painted in the short term, the long-term effects of Iran pulling the level of closing Hormuz will backfire on them completely. The next time this flares up, it will be bypassed and Iran won't be able to exercise the same leverage.

Yawn

As Kissinger famously said “It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.”

JD Vance says Iran may get $300 billion which will be paid by the Gulf states. Quite an expensive mistake having those bases on your land, probably they will have to pay to replace the equipment and damage for what is left of them as well.

Can you imagine getting involved in a war, causing loads of death and destruction and then just walk off and pass the bill onto the countries that you dragged into it. Very expensive to get involved in America's adventures.

Yes. The war has been a monumental disaster. 60 billion to replace a Khamenei with a Khamenei. Genius! The art of the deal by Donald J Trump.

I never said they were supporting terrorists in Lebanon. As already mentioned they have done it in Syria and Gaza.

Hamas came to prominence in the 80s thanks to Bib's arch foe , Yitzshak Shazmir. Yet the irony is Bibi for the same ideological reasons also decided to prop up Hamas. He also bragged about supporting an Isis aligned militia in Gaza in recent months.

So are you now saying its ok for states to support terrorism or does it depend on which state is doing it? I ask because you previously condemned Iran for doing so, but that seems hypocritical since you now say everyone does it. Perhaps a consistent position would be to condemn every state that see fits to aid terrorists.

@engineerws; I’ll try to answer your questions as best I can.

My concerns are Congress won’t cut Netanyahu off. Their (politicians including Democrats!!) campaigns are funded by the Jews (i.e., just about everyone from AIPAC, special interest groups, wealthy individuals…). These Jews have worked to get leverage for years - they have influence. You would have heard 'the US is in service of a foreign power'. Congress will threaten to bring down the economy - the stock market - their investments - everyone will turn on Trump - exerting their influence - money.… Of course, old money will be able to weather the storm - gold and diamonds, property, arms, military might - people own armies.

TO-DATE with the war in Iran (the war Trump was talked into by Netanyahu), we have the status quo with no regime change . They haven’t destroyed Iran’s military capabilities - according to US classified intelligence estimates and briefings, Iran has retained 70% of its pre-war missile stockpile and 70% mobile launchers (making it hard for US to locate and destroy)… ⬇️

“U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/politics/iran-missiles-us-intelligence.html

“Most alarming to some senior officials is evidence that Iran has restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the STRAIT OF HORTMUZ, which could threaten American warships and oil tankers transiting the narrow waterway.
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“Iran still fields about 70 percent of its mobile launchers across the country and has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile, according to the assessments. That stockpile encompasses both ballistic missiles, which can target other nations in the region, and a smaller supply of cruise missiles, which can be used against shorter-range targets on land or at sea.

“Military intelligence agencies have also reported, based on information from multiple collection streams including satellite imagery and other surveillance technologies, that Iran has regained access to roughly 90 percent of its underground missile storage and launch facilities nationwide, which are now assessed to be “partially or fully operational,” the people with knowledge of the assessments said.

AND, as you know, Iran’s nuclear operations are largely intact. Their centrifuges remain unbroken and their stockpiles of uranium are still viable - they can make nuclear material. ⬇️

BBC article about Pentagon intelligence assessment of the attack on 3 nuclear facilities in Iran:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglxwp5x03o

“But sources familiar with the Pentagon's intelligence assessment say Iran's centrifuges are largely "intact" and the impact was limited to above-ground structures.

“Entrances to two nuclear facilities were sealed off, and some infrastructure was destroyed or damaged, but much of the facilities, which are deep underground, escaped the brunt of the blasts, the assessment reportedly found.

At G7 being held in France right now (15-17 June), Trump can talk up his “victory“. But every attendee there will know Trump and Netanyahu’s joint Operation Epic Fury was an epic failure.

The Pentagon’s silence is deafening around the 152 fatalities at the girls’ primary school in Minab, southern Iran, on 28 February. 26 teachers were also killed by the confirmed US Tomahawk cruise missiles. They haven’t given a final determination for the mass killings. I ‘m assuming Pete Hegseth was given a draft copy of the findings.

according to Vance the MoU is a very general document - sounds like more of a deal to talk about doing a deal - still loads to be figured out and yet agreed - this doesnt exactly inspire confidence that this war is in fact anyway over as yet..

“The MoU … is about a page and half so it ‌is a very general document,” Vance ​said on CNN on Monday night, as he did the rounds of US networks to talk up the deal. “On a number of ​issues, ​we are ​going to ​have ‌to figure ​this ​stuff out during the technical negotiation phase.”

How does Iran respond if this keeps up? Do they attack Israel directly themselves? If the exchanges of fire are confined to Lebanon Trump will probably just shrug his shoulders, "Bibi's gonna Bibi, whatcha gonna do?"