Posted on 02/28/2026 1:56:18 PM PST by Mariner
With President Donald Trump calling for regime change in Iran, the country’s leadership now faces an existential threat and is likely to respond to U.S.-Israeli airstrikes accordingly, experts said.
So far, the Islamic Republic appears to be launching fewer missiles and drones in retaliation compared to its barrage in June 2025, when the U.S. joined Israel’s 12-day war on Iran to target nuclear facilities.
But retired Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO supreme allied commander, told CNN on Saturday that Iran has two options. One is to continue launching missiles at the current tempo and hunker down.
“Option two: if they truly believe they’re at the end of the string, they could go big and that would mean closing the Strait of Hormuz, conducting terrorist attacks against American diplomats, businessmen and citizens in the region and elsewhere,” he added. “They could unleash what’s left of their proxies, notably the Houthis who could try to shut down shipping again through the Suez Canal. So they have a lot of cards still to play.”
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I'm pretty sure Iran is giving it all they've got right now...and it's weak. And will get weaker every day.
They also have to split focus between attacking forces and their own people.
I concur. They are out of arrows. No one wants to die in a lost cause. Their armies will surrender in a week or two, if not days.
The pooch is screwed.
“”””So far, the Islamic Republic appears to be launching fewer missiles and drones in retaliation compared to its barrage in June 2025”””
Maybe because their storehouse is almost empty.
And this report comes from Fortune which once was a respected publication.
But it's the Dead Man's Hand. (A two-pair hand of black aces and black eights (A♣A♠8♣8♠)).
Wild Bill Hickock's hand when he was killed.
They have no leader. He’s dead Jim.
So let me get this straight. It now takes an expert to dope out that another under existential threat is going to go big? Well, OK SMH.
The problem is leadership should have considered the US as an existential threat before today.
The biggest risk, I think, is them turning their guns on their own people as punishment before they are extinguished.
If it makes a spark, blow it up, site included.
Or they could just say “F it” and live to fight another day. If Obama and Biden hadn’t sent them their money, we would have a HUGE bargaining chip.
With what? Outside a few days, they won't have a navy or radar to do diddly.
I haven’t seen much news about Iran’s Navy or Air Force. Wonder about those elements.
How about we finish them off and hunt down the stragglers?
Because that’s the play now.
Notice how these “formers” think? If we really take on the evil ones they will do something bad. As Yoda said, that is why you fail.
I believe they also have chemicals and biologic agents.
It’s 50-50 whether they’ll use them.
Those alive now might want to keep living...or, they want to take down as much as they can before eradication.
We’ll know in the next 48 hrs.
America can be confusing. One administration sends you $60 Billion dollars for making nuclear weapons, and the next one drops $6 Billion on your head for making nuclear weapons.
does this idiot understand what kind of fire power is in that region now?? The USS Abraham Lincoln battle group is sitting right there at the Straights of Hormuz. I wanna see Iran try and close those Straights...theyd be vap[orized in 10 minutes. This guy is a democrat and just wants to see Trump fail...hes on msnbc all the time.
“Because that’s the play now.”
Aye.
because theres nothing left...what little they had was just sitting there. Trust me, those ships have been destroyed.
Like every dumb f*** bully, the Islamofascistnazi could not stop attacking and yelling.
Thanks to G-d, we have a President who will confront the bully, instead of trying to appease with pallets of cash.
Meanwhile, the Chicoms and Russia will lose yet another source of oil. Iran and Venezuela were selling oil to China and Russia.
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