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Posted on 05/08/2026 5:06:18 PM PDT by Red Badger
A spokesman for Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) condemned the United States on Friday for conducting what U.S. Central Command referred to as “self-defense strikes” to protect American assets in the region, claiming that it had responded and caused “significant damage.”
Central Command (CENTCOM), the wing of the American armed forces responsible for operations in the Middle East, revealed on Thursday that it had “intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes,” destroying the Iranian assets used in the attack. CENTCOM described a flurry of “missiles, drones, and small boats approaching American naval assets and attacking, but failing to cause any damage.” The American attacks reportedly targeted Iranian ports as well as the projectiles targeting their ships.
President Donald Trump had announced a ceasefire in Operation Epic Fury, a Pentagon mission launched in February to degrade Iran’s ability to conduct and finance terrorism around the world. Joint American and Israeli operations have eliminated dozens of senior Iranian officials since February, including “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, leaving the regime severely disjointed. President Trump has expressed frustration in the past month that negotiating with the Iranian regime is difficult because “nobody knows who’s in charge.” Negotiations are reportedly ongoing despite these challenges, however, and reports indicate that Tehran and Washington are going back and forth with proposals to finalize an end to the war.
Discussing U.S. strikes on Iranian assets on Thursday, President Trump rejected the idea that they violated the ceasefire or represented a resumption of hostilities.
“It’s just a love tap,” the president told ABC News, emphasizing that the “ceasefire is going, it’s in effect.”
The president had announced on his website, Truth Social, that American destroyers had navigated out of the Strait of Hormuz, but came under attack by Iran.
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The IRGC is in the position of needing most of Iran to be destroyed before they can be forcibly removed. I don’t see that happening, and neither do they. They have time on their side, and they really don’t care what happens to the people of Iran.
Iran is using the exact same strategy as Japan in 1944 & 1945. Trying to force us to invade which they know we will never do. Too many fairies in the US and they know that.
Yes. They lie and will never give up.
It’s hard to see how a peace agreement will work.
But Trump has been surprisingly successful.
Love tap, baby
Love tap, baby
Love tap, that’s where it’s at
Trump needs to issue a Fatwa declaring Shia Islam to be haram.
Captain...it’s time to finish the job.
My assumption: they are testing how far they can go.
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As to the folks that died? Cannon fodder. No big deal.
A regime like this takes young boys and has them walk through mine fields, using them for live human mine clearing, with their more valuable assets following them.
The golden plastic key to paradise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_key_to_paradise
You’re dealing with folks that are on an entirely different frequency.
Just smash them all into pink mist and be done with it.
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A certain Freeper will complain about filling his truck up as the fallout renders the east coast uninhabitable for a generation.
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Their only chance is to goad the US into attacking. Otherwise they will lose ALL support in a matter of days. Trump’s blockade is the most effective weapon he has.
In those days the B-52s sang. And all along, including today since April 15, 1952 there have been B52s flying.
History note: John Lennon replied that the B52s were his personal favorite rock group and he was inspired to write his album Double Fantasy by their work.
Excellent news!
The foolishness of the IRGC is just what Trump wants as a reason to untie his hands (militarily)...
Fab thread!
It’s brought out many Freeper doomers w terminal TDS
The headline reads like something from Babylon Bee.
“The IRGC is in the position of needing most of Iran to be destroyed before they can be forcibly removed. I don’t see that happening, and neither do they. They have time on their side, and they really don’t care what happens to the people of Iran.“
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Exactly.
That’s why it’s regrettable that the US administration gloated and fanfaronated in the first ten days of the war… screaming “victory” like the George Bush’s famous “Mission accomplished” disaster.
Iran still has 70% of its missiles ready to fly.
It’s still has its 440 Kg of enriched uranium.
It’s still has a fully operational “Mosquito fleet”
And now it’s seems it can keep Hormuz closed endlessly…
And the “Project Freedom Hormuz” ended within 48 hours - because Iranians
started shooting all over the place…
This war is cannot be fixed within a “couple of weeks”.
It’s a very serious situation now.
Using all of America’s ammunition reserves won’t change a thing.
Only a regime change in Iran is what should be aimed for, but that would require half a million troops. It won’t happen.
Americas contra-blockade is good though.
Maybe in 6 months it would force Iran to give up.
Or maybe Irans ally China will convince them to give in.
We shall see.
When Trump is done the IRGC will have a new name-— an Endangered species.
Every site close to the Strait of Hormuz should be annihilated.
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