Posted on 06/23/2025 5:38:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The U.S. attack on Iran is another ripple effect from Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The more time that goes by, the more significant 10/7 looms. It is one of those hinge points in history — like 11/9 (the day the Berlin Wall fell in 1989) or the 9/11 terrorist attack in the United States — after which nothing will ever be the same again.
In launching its barbaric assault on Israel, the Iranian-backed Hamas wanted to draw its regional partners into a broader war that, it hoped, would lead to the destruction of the Jewish state. But instead of destroying Israel, Hamas set in motion a train of events that resulted in the destruction of Iranian power across the region. In the more than 600 days since, much of Gaza has been razed and more than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed (according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry). Hamas, though it still exists, is a shadow of its former self. Yahya Sinwar, the architect of 10/7, is dead, along with his brother, and most of Hamas’s commanders.
The Iranian-backed Hezbollah, while it did not join in the initial assault on Israel, followed up by rocketing northern Israel for many months. Last fall, Israel struck back with an offensive against Hezbollah that began with the “exploding pagers” operation. Now, its longtime leader, Hasan Nasrallah, is also dead, along with most of its senior commanders. Its military infrastructure has been decimated and its ability to exert power in Lebanon considerably diminished. Hezbollah missiles no longer pose a significant threat to Israel. With Hezbollah essentially defeated, another Iranian client, Bashar al-Assad, was toppled by rebels in Syria late last year. Now, Syria is ruled by a Sunni government with no love lost for the Shiite...
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The biggest losers are Russia and China. Israel and the U.S. has shown to the world how useless their military equipment is.
Excellent!!!
That stupid corrupt bitch should never have been allowed to run for president. He's not even an American!
He is not qualified to run for the Presidency, but a lot of shitty people ignored this requirement to put that worthless bum into office.
Max Boob.
Guess I’ll move along.
Nice comment. Well done.
That bombing wasn’t by the government.
I think of that several times a day and smile. The destruction of Israel was supposed to be Obama’s legacy.
Now, that legacy is buried under a mountain.
There was zero chance any Democrat administration would do anything to stop them, so it doesn’t seem like that big of a gamble odds-wise.
We need to start charging Israel bigly for allowing them to use the US Military as an instrument of their foreign policy.
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Yeah. The way that works is we give them the money and they give it back to compensate us for the expenses, minus 10%.
Convince me I am wrong.
If Iran had gotten ‘the bomb’ we would be living in fear of their insane Mullahs -just like Israel and other countries in that region. Trump stopped Iran for ALL of us - not just Israel.
“Everything that the Kenyan communist stood for has been largely undone...”
Obamacare still stands and has almost destroyed the U.S. healthcare system. Healthcare prices have skyrocketed since the “Affordable Care Act” was passed. Independent doctors have retired or sold out to big hospital chains which are practicing assembly line medicine. Big pharma and big insurance are gouging the consumer.
It was white guilt over past slavery.
Serves him right for putting his dirty feet on the Oval Office furniture.
Hypothetically, how do we know they didn’t detect them? Maybe they did, but they decided to keep it secret rather than, say, warn Iran. Even if they did detect them, they might lie and say they didn’t and were surprised.
We would have detected whatever they detected us with.
We would have detected the change in their radiation pattern as they narrowed their coverage in on our aircraft.
I'm not saying they didn't do as you suggest (although it's far-fetched). I'm saying if they did do it, we know they did it.
And they spent the cash!
That’s right.
the crew of a stealth bomber (like the B-2 Spirit) can know if they’ve been detected—but not always directly or in real time. Here’s how it works:
✅ How They Might Know:
1. Radar Warning Receivers (RWR):
• The aircraft is equipped with systems that detect radar signals aimed at them.
• If a radar system locks onto or tracks the bomber, the crew will see alerts in the cockpit.
2. Electronic Support Measures (ESM):
• These detect and analyze electromagnetic emissions from enemy radars.
• If certain types of radar are detected (like fire control radar), it may indicate they’ve been seen.
3. Mission Intelligence Feeds:
• The aircraft may receive real-time intelligence from satellites, AWACS, or other assets.
• If external sources detect enemy radar locking on, the bomber crew may be alerted.
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