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The U.S. Strike on Iran Began With a Ruse
Wall Street Journal MSN News ^ | 6/22/2025 | Shelby Holliday, Lara Seligman

Posted on 06/22/2025 5:38:49 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Saturday morning, flight trackers picked up a host of stealthy U.S. B-2 bombers that took off from their Air Force base in Missouri and headed west over the Pacific. It was a ruse.

Hours later, a group of B-2s attacked Iran’s most important nuclear sites from the east, defense officials said, hitting well-defended facilities where giant U.S. bunker busters were thought to have the greatest chance of success. President Trump said U.S. submarines firing cruise missiles joined in the attack, striking other key nuclear facilities.

The move allowed the U.S. to get its bombers over Iran faster and with a lower risk of detection. The timing also helped hide the mission’s aim. In the past few days, President Trump has said he would take up to two weeks to decide whether to attack to give diplomacy a chance to work. There had been no order given to ready a B-2 strike, officials said Saturday morning.

The net effect of the maneuvers and communications was the impression that Iran had more time before the bombs came.

“Decoy indeed,” one of the defense officials said of the westward feint that masked the bombers that carried out the attack. “‘Hiding’’’ them and preserving the element of surprise was critical.”

Trump gave the final order to go ahead Saturday afternoon East Coast time at his private club in New Jersey.

“The goal was to create a situation when everyone wasn’t expecting it,” a senior administration official said of the timing of the president’s order.

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To: cgbg

The key was NOT telling any Democrat about it until it was done. Had he told even one, that one would have spread the word to the rest of the enemies domestic and at least one would have “leaked” it to the so-called press and they would have gotten word to the enemies foreign probably all in less than 1/2 an hour.


21 posted on 06/22/2025 6:16:07 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Enterprise

Very good and clever!!!! I’m not going to thank you as that song will be swirling around my brain all day now..I have to find others to crowd it out....


22 posted on 06/22/2025 6:27:19 AM PDT by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: marcusmaximus

What else made the strike a success Trump spoke to the Republicans in congress but NO democrcrats he knew they would queer the deal.


23 posted on 06/22/2025 6:27:54 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: cgbg

VERY TRUE


24 posted on 06/22/2025 6:44:38 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: marcusmaximus

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25 posted on 06/22/2025 6:47:12 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: marcusmaximus

Was it really a feint or message to China that it might NOT be a time to jack around with Taiwan.


26 posted on 06/22/2025 6:52:01 AM PDT by Robe
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To: ChronicMA

“do they do ruses with how many pizzas are being ordered near military locations as well?”

Pizza Part in the E-Ring tonight!!


27 posted on 06/22/2025 6:52:35 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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To: Nextrush
But I also could see a Palestinian state in southern Jordan do the Saudis, Qataris,

Trump asked Jordan long ago; Jordon said no. I haven't heard anything about the other locations you mentioned.

As far as I'm concerned, the Palestinians can have a state of their own, but they can't have Israel.

28 posted on 06/22/2025 7:00:47 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: marcusmaximus
“We were in the middle of negotiations,”

Can anyone point to any negotiations where Iran didn't ultimately break the agreement? Negotiations to the Iranians is simply a delay tactic which dangles the carrot of peace in front of those who are gullible enough to try and reach the carrot.

29 posted on 06/22/2025 7:00:59 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Knee jerk reaction


30 posted on 06/22/2025 7:18:21 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: ChronicMA
do they do ruses with how many pizzas are being ordered near military locations as well?

It’s certainly possible, this was part of it. 😜

31 posted on 06/22/2025 7:29:29 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF ISR pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: marcusmaximus
“The goal was to create a situation when everyone wasn’t expecting it,” a senior administration official said of the timing of the president’s order.

*****

You mean like we did before we invaded Normandy??

32 posted on 06/22/2025 7:33:48 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Vaduz

Brett Baer signed off Fox Friday evening expecting a busy weekend... with a wry smile. I sense he knew.

Or he simply fell for the ruse.

He mentioned this morning that cyber planes preceded the actual B2s...Iranians were firing at planes that did not exist. Clever.


33 posted on 06/22/2025 7:40:22 AM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead". (We'll go ahead))
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To: marcusmaximus

“ Thank God President Trump fired Charles Q. Brown Jr. and replaced him with General Dan Caine as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”
Amen.


34 posted on 06/22/2025 7:44:43 AM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: chiller

He simply fell for the ruse.

He wouldn’t pass up headline news to make first hand report of something that big.


35 posted on 06/22/2025 7:44:45 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: ChronicMA

I was just sent a Pentagon Pizza Report Twitter picture showing the high activity at Papa John’s and Freddy’s Beach Bar, for 7:11 PM last night, from a friend who is not a Republican.

Bizarre to see this and the message from two minutes ago.


36 posted on 06/22/2025 7:58:15 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

don’t you mean
“SLURS one word”?


37 posted on 06/22/2025 8:01:37 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: cgbg

“That was a tough challenge.”

mostly just not pre-alerting any democrats in Congress ... presumably most of the internal traitors had already been identified and fired or had the fear of God put into them ...


38 posted on 06/22/2025 8:03:36 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: KingLudd

“more than half of the members of congress would have immediately spilled the beans.”

yeah, the democrat half, none of whom were pre-alerted ... and only a couple of trustworthy Republicans were read-in ...


39 posted on 06/22/2025 8:04:52 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Donbue

NO LEAKS IS ALMOST BETTER THAN THE ACTUAL BOMBING


40 posted on 06/22/2025 8:14:13 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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