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Israel's strike on Iran was 8 months in the making
Axios ^ | 6/13/25 | Barak Ravid, Dave Lawler

Posted on 06/13/2025 7:16:21 AM PDT by hardspunned

Israel's stunning and sprawling operation overnight targeting Iran's nuclear facilities, missile sites, scientists and generals followed eight months of intensive clandestine preparations.

Why it matters: The operation launched a new war in the Middle East that could draw in the U.S., demolished any hopes of a nuclear deal, and dealt arguably the biggest single blow to the Iranian regime since the 1979 revolution. And it is only just beginning. Driving the news: Israel is attempting to "eliminate" Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities in an operation expected to last at least several days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced. Other Israeli officials said it could take weeks.

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TOPICS: Iran; Israel; War; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: axios; barakravid; davelawler; iran; iranfafo; israel; multiplenicks; putinthewarpig; russiansuicide; russiantrollfarm; vladtheimploder; waronterror
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Trump has certainly made the laughingstock of me. I’ve been on this forum for months spreading the good word that Trump, the peacemaker, was negotiating peace with Russia and an answer for the ME. I, like the Russians and Iranians, was flat stupid enough to believe Trump’s lies. You can bet your bottom dollar no one internationally will believe Trump again. I certainly won’t.

This treachery by the U.S. peace negotiators turns my stomach. Trump used the ‘41 Jap method.

“Two Israeli officials claimed to Axios that Trump and his aides were only pretending to oppose an Israeli attack in public — and didn't express opposition in private. "We had a clear U.S. green light," one claimed. The goal, they say, was to convince Iran that no attack was imminent and make sure Iranians on Israel's target list wouldn't move to new locations. Netanyahu's aides even briefed Israeli reporters that Trump had tried to put the brakes on an Israeli strike in a call on Monday, when in reality the call dealt with coordination ahead of the attack, Israeli officials now say.“

1 posted on 06/13/2025 7:16:21 AM PDT by hardspunned
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You do a fine job of making yourself a laughingstock.


2 posted on 06/13/2025 7:17:30 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 62, Hadith 88: Mohammed consummated the marriage when she was 9 and he was 54)
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3 posted on 06/13/2025 7:23:08 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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If this is true (link below) and Israel’s war with Iran is back and forth and continues, if Trump keeps being dusttacted and backs off on deportations as he said (video on X) lettiing “migrants” keep the hotel and leisure jobs that reports have said Americans were run out of, lets in lots of Chinese students (280-50]k) aa he said he now has no problem with, etc, the 2026 elections are lost.

“The great negotiator only engaged in deception as he prepared an attack on Iran”

https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/1933512634852127139


4 posted on 06/13/2025 7:24:58 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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There is a time for talk, and there is a time to fight. Pick a side. I have.


5 posted on 06/13/2025 7:25:04 AM PDT by Blennos ( Byaasearepeat itnbelow. SAMARIA )
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To: hardspunned

hard-spun in American English
(ˈhɑːrdˈspʌn) adjective.
(of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.


6 posted on 06/13/2025 7:26:09 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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As others on FR have noted, you are the laughingstock. Do you receive some compensation for your NeverTrump/Hate Israel BS? Or is your life truly this pathetic?


7 posted on 06/13/2025 7:30:11 AM PDT by ohioman
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President Trump and President Netanyahu both, repeatedly, told Iran in no uncertain terms their nuclear facilities would be eliminated peacefully or else.

No one can claim President Trump didn’t warn Iran and give them many second chances.

Whether or not Iran was right to want to attack the Great Satan is another matter. I believe they were wrong to want to destroy the United States.


8 posted on 06/13/2025 7:30:15 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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Israel's strike on Iran was 8 months in the making

Laughable.

This has been in the works since at least early 2023.

9 posted on 06/13/2025 7:30:45 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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“demolished any hopes of a nuclear deal”

This was planned before Trump was elected. Trump (obviously we don’t know for sure, but it looks like he held Israel back) gave the Iranians 60 days to start negotiations.

The Iran did not negotiate.

The United States might be a powerful country but that doesn’t mean our abilities are unlimited...sometimes countries go to war and there’s not a lot we can do about it.


10 posted on 06/13/2025 7:31:39 AM PDT by packagingguy
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11 posted on 06/13/2025 7:37:14 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Your post was amusing.

You admit you were duped on one issue and then expect us to believe you are not duped anymore.

Lol.


12 posted on 06/13/2025 7:39:38 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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There was no point in wasting resources taking out the head of Iranian intelligence.

The Iranians will take care of that.

Lol.


13 posted on 06/13/2025 7:41:24 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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This has been in the works since at least early 2023.

Agree, planning has been years, not months.

14 posted on 06/13/2025 7:43:25 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Trump would have made the deal if the Iranians decided to. But they are intransigent Islamic radical goons, who have been pushing a dirty, decades-long campaign of terrorism and destabilization. We also have thousands of U.S. service members who are maimed for life (or were KIA) because of Iranian IEDs. A peace deal was attempted. Trump is a transformative leader who gets shit resolved, one way or another. Iran was too dumb and radical to make the deal.

As to Russia, Trump has been pushing for a deal, and both sides are currently balking at the terms and really, the very idea of making a deal at all, so maybe we just step back and let those former Soviet states kill each other.
15 posted on 06/13/2025 7:45:07 AM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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LOL! Wha happen?


16 posted on 06/13/2025 7:46:16 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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What would you have done? Dictate to Israel that they couldn’t attack Iran? Trump tried negotiating with Iran. They weren’t interested, and it would appear that any involvement they did have was to buy time while getting ready to assemble their first nukes.

We didn’t want Cuba to have nukes. So why should Israel be OK with Iran having nukes?

Trump didn’t lie, in the least. He’s been trying to fulfill all of his promises, but he also lives in the real world - one in which nations like Iran are run by crazy people who think God wants them to kill Israelis and Americans.

Do you defend Iran? If so, on what basis? Are you blind to the fact that one of the goals of their crazy mullahs is to destroy America?


17 posted on 06/13/2025 7:46:21 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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I believe the Iran strikes are warranted, apparently Tucker does not, I guess we part ways on this one.


18 posted on 06/13/2025 7:48:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Iran should have been defanged a long, long time ago.


19 posted on 06/13/2025 7:52:47 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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20 posted on 06/13/2025 7:53:26 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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