Despite repeated assurances that the new leadership is more malleable, there's been no evidence of their acquiescence, much less surrender.
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I guess Iran needs to get their asses pummeled into the stone ages after all.
Not like they have much of a choice at this point. Once they can no longer keep their own people suppressed, they're going to be killed anyways, so they have chosen to fight to the death.
I say, oblige them immediately. Put their economy out of action for a couple of decades and let them get cleaned up from the inside out.
I thought we had utterly destroyed their munitions factories and weapons stockpiles. Where are they getting these UAVs and missiles to launch?
Does anyone even know who “the new leadership” is?
Just thought I’d share an antidote to your little fear porn post:
US sinks 6 Iranian small boats as violence flares amid ceasefire
U.S. Forces sank six Iranian small boats near the Strait of Hormuz amid President Donald Trump’s “Project Freedom” on Monday.
U.S. Central Command announced the engagement in a press call with reporters, saying Iran’s military capability has been “dramatically degraded.”
CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said on the call that Iran historically has deployed “between 20 and 40 small boats” when harassing vessels in the strait.
“Today, we saw just six, and eliminated them quickly,” Cooper said.
“We have an enormous amount of capability and firepower concentrated in and around the Strait, including 864 Apache and MH 60 Seahawk helicopters used just this morning to eliminate six Iranian small boats threatening commercial shipping,” he added.
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/trump-iran-war-hormuz-strait-may-4
These Muslim “armies” are undisciplined. They operate like the Imperial Japanese Army did in WW2. Junior officers disobey orders and attack anyway when ordered to stand down. Even if Tehran orders cease fire, local hotheads will attack anyhow. Allah told them to.
Weird. UEA says its withdrawing from OPEC
Then Iran attacks it.
Almost like someone told Iran to attack the UAE....