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Notable Historian and FReeper Larry Schweikart X Thread on the Iran Attack
X (Twitter) ^ | June 22, 2025 | Larry Schweikart @LarrySchwe94560

Posted on 06/22/2025 6:12:58 PM PDT by FreedomPoster

1) As I like to do, I wanted to wait til some of the Iranian Fordow dust settled. It will be weeks before anyone knows for sure how much damage was done to the Iranian nuke program, but suffice it to say that when combined with the earlier Israeli attacks . . . heap big damage.

2) The extent of this damage was seen in the Iranians' response, which was "WE'RE GOING TO SUE!" Yeah, that's a real deterrent there!

3) A word on the attack itself. It was carried out with precision not seen since Schwartzkopf's "Hail Mary" in in 1991.

4) The intricate coordination of so many aircraft, cruise missiles, all working with the Israelis, and ALL done in secret---boo hoo little Jennifer Griffen---that it will be studied for years just as the Israeli raid at Entebbe or their attack on the Osirik Iraqi nuke plant.

5) Again, while VERY EARLY, it speaks not only to the Punisher Pete Hegseth's team and capabilities, but Susie Wiles' grip on loose lips in the White House.

6) Most important, this attack occurred after several in the administration spoke up and stated their case against.

7) As best we can discern, both J.D. Vance and Tulsi Gabbard opposed---yet were 100% on board after the attack started, exactly as it should be.

8) My take is that this will be more like Grenada than Iraq. I would wager a burger that Trump will NOT put boots on the ground.

(Excerpt) Read more at x.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Iran; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blowhard; esfahan; fordow; iran; iranfafo; isfahan; jennifergriffen; larryschweikart; ls; mullahloversonfr; natanz; petehegseth; randpaulsucks; susiewiles; waronterror
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More at the link.

Good take from FReeper LS.

1 posted on 06/22/2025 6:12:58 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
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To: LS

Ping. Hope you don’t mind. I did excerpt.


2 posted on 06/22/2025 6:13:34 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Grenada? “The invading force consisted of the 1st and 2nd battalions of the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, the 82nd Airborne Division, and elements of the former Rapid Deployment Force, U.S. Marines, U.S. Army Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and a small group Air Force TACPs from the 21st TASS Shaw AFB ancillary forces, totaling 7,600 troops”


3 posted on 06/22/2025 6:17:21 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: FreedomPoster
Iranians' response, which was "WE'RE GOING TO SUE!"

Yeah, yeah. As if some self-aggrandizing lower court judge is actually going to rule against the President of The United States ......oh......wait.......ay caramba! This is genius!

4 posted on 06/22/2025 6:18:23 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: FreedomPoster

Thanks for posting. It’s always good to hear from LS/Larry.


5 posted on 06/22/2025 6:20:28 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: FreedomPoster

One can’t help but notice...no democrats ...no leaks!!!


6 posted on 06/22/2025 6:21:34 PM PDT by tet68 ("We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us." Henry V.)
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To: FreedomPoster

>>”As best we can discern, both J.D. Vance and Tulsi Gabbard opposed-—yet were 100% on board after the attack started, exactly as it should be.”

Then again, that its self could have been disinfo designed to give Iran the false impression that the administration was bogged down by indecision and infighting.


7 posted on 06/22/2025 6:22:25 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreak_Ridge

don’t forget clint.....................


8 posted on 06/22/2025 6:22:29 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: FreedomPoster

The flawless execution of this complex operation sends a message to the world, beyond just Iran. China, Russia, Ukraine, and any other number of other players have just been shown, if they had any doubts, that Trump is willing to go kinetic if he needs to. This will only make negotiations on other topics easier for him.


9 posted on 06/22/2025 6:27:10 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: FreedomPoster; LS

..HEAR HEAR PROFESSOR

May not get invited back to War Room LOL


10 posted on 06/22/2025 6:29:24 PM PDT by WalterSkinner (In Memory of My Father, WWII Vet 2007 , and Mom, the Best Mother Ever 2019)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
>>>Grenada?

If IIRC, our landing troops on the beaches were met by the press as they came ashore?

11 posted on 06/22/2025 6:38:21 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: mbrfl

Exactly right, plus it is also a domestic warning to the illegal invaders, unlawful protest mongers and other domestic POS groups that they may be next.


12 posted on 06/22/2025 6:43:06 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: FreedomPoster; LS

I think #5 was the most important part.


13 posted on 06/22/2025 6:56:26 PM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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To: Deaf Smith

You may be thinking of Somalia under Clinton?


14 posted on 06/22/2025 7:00:44 PM PDT by howlinhound (Tagline in the shop for repairs.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks for calling out ignorance of history. There are too many blusterers who don’t know their basic facts, like the ones you highlighted.


15 posted on 06/22/2025 7:03:44 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: FreedomPoster

Wouldn’t comparing this with Operation Babylon in 1981 when Israel also stealthy bombed Iraqi nuclear facility be more accurate?


16 posted on 06/22/2025 7:09:23 PM PDT by paudio (MATH: 45<47)
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To: howlinhound

Looked it up and it was Somalia in ‘92.


17 posted on 06/22/2025 7:10:54 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Deaf Smith

No. We jumped from C-130s into Grenada, first, then the Marines came in on ships.

The press met our troops on the beaches of Somalia in the 1990s.


18 posted on 06/22/2025 7:18:04 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: FreedomPoster

History is a chronology of nations whacking on each other.

Eventually the US will be rubble like Rome. For this moment at least we have the bombs.


19 posted on 06/22/2025 7:20:48 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: dynachrome

I’ve bet money less than 5 Dems were briefed beforehand. And maybe none.


20 posted on 06/22/2025 7:39:00 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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