Iran attacks US base in Iraq (1 Viewer)

[Penguin]

Is this confirmed? I 

It was reported but I don't think it's been 100% confirmed.

Also heard a 3rd site may have been targeted

 

[NREC34]

Holy this got stupid in a ten-cent heartbeat. Everyone right about usual suspects and all.

Yes. It did. 

With your statement. 

 

[TheIronSheik]

12 missiles, sadly I could’ve seen a deescalation. A second wave? No way there isn’t a large amount of Tomahawk missiles headed towards Tehran soon. 
 

Also, if anyone needs any Tomahawk missiles, I know a guy. 

 

[eoMMan]

I think it's time to be worried about all options, frankly, including the detonation for the third time in the world's history of nuclear and other WMD. 

White male drivers? Are we that dangerous?

:roarin:

 

[Otis]

Thanks, GB. We're at war. That's all I wanted people to know and to act accordingly both on board and in life. 

I still can’t figure out what point your trying to make. If you’re trying to say the blue sky is blue, ok?

 

[Otis]

I’m surprised there aren’t like defensive Patriot missiles or something to knock down these kinds of things?

 

[rockaction]

I still can’t figure out what point your trying to make. If you’re trying to say the blue sky is blue, ok?

It seems like some people are saying we're not at war, or that we started a war, etc.

That seems like an important point to distinguish.

 

[Otis]

It seems like some people are saying we're not at war, or that we started a war, etc.

That seems like an important point to distinguish.

Just leave it be. That’s how these threads get ruined. 

 

[E Street Brat]

If it's one or twowaves and hits infrastructure. This most likely goes no further. If there are causalities on the ground, I would guess we target the launch sites.

 

[Osaurus]

I have a Europe trip in the summer and I even worry about that.

You’re not alone

 

[E Street Brat]

I’m surprised there aren’t like defensive Patriot missiles or something to knock down these kinds of things?

Maybe there are. No damage reports yet.

 

[TheIronSheik]

If it's one or twowaves and hits infrastructure. This most likely goes no further. If there are causalities on the ground, I would guess we target the launch sites.

We already know they didn’t target infrastructure. They went after a military base with the intent to cause harm. I just don’t think you can let that go without repercussions. 

 

[jvdesigns2002]

Thoughts and prayers to anybody and everybody involved from the US, Iran or Iraq.   There’s enough stupidity and bravado from the governments of both countries for the blame game.   At this point—all we can do is hope and pray for de-escalation and that casualties are held to the absolutely minimum.  

 

[rockaction]

Just leave it be. That’s how these threads get ruined. 

So then what we have is emasculated discussion at the price of discretion? To establish the who and the where is very important, IMO. But I see no need to ruin my night arguing with Yahoo's devolved brand of it. Seems simple: One nation supports state-sponsored terrorism. Another state fights it. The first state attacks a nation-state's military base during a current war. Seems obvious we're

1. At war
   
2. In a deep, deep foreign policy crisis.
   

And now I'll step out.

 

[Otis]

Maybe the Iranian government felt like it HAD to do this given all the outrage?

heck, could they have called the WH in advance and warned this was coming?

it otherwise just seems so incredibly stupid. 

 

[EYLive]

If Iran is openly at war with the U.S. do they really think they can win? They don't want to be known as push-overs in letting a military leader get killed without retaliation. But beyond this base attack, are they really prepared to fight to the death?

 

[eoMMan]

So then what we have is emasculated discussion at the price of discretion? To establish the who and the where is very important, IMO. But I see no need to ruin my night arguing with Yahoo's devolved brand of it. Seems simple: One nation supports state-sponsored terrorism. Another state fights it. The first state attacks a nation-state's military base during a current war. Seems obvious we're

1. At war
   
2. In a deep, deep foreign policy crisis.
   

And now I'll step out.

Please stop with this back and forth.

 

[ex-ghost]

First report are Iraqi casualties.

 

[El Floppo]

Maybe the Iranian government felt like it HAD to do this given all the outrage?

heck, could they have called the WH in advance and warned this was coming?

it otherwise just seems so incredibly stupid. 

Didn't they say this was coming...explicitly?

 

[rockaction]

Please stop with this back and forth.

Yeah, it's me. Of course it is. 

 

[belljr]

Yeah we started it. Sorry if you disagree 

 

[TheIronSheik]

I love how Iran is like, “Do not retaliate against us.” 

Look. Ayatollah. Bubbie. I’m not sure you’re in a position to make demands. It’s over, Anakin. We have the high ground. 

 

[TheIronSheik]

Yeah we started it. Sorry if you disagree 

I bet the family of the dead contractor in the embassy disagree with you. 

 

[jvdesigns2002]

Maybe the Iranian government felt like it HAD to do this given all the outrage?

heck, could they have called the WH in advance and warned this was coming?

it otherwise just seems so incredibly stupid. 

There is not a country on the planet that would sit there and not react to one one their top government. officials getting assassinated in a third party country without clearance from that third party country.  I’m certainly not defending Iran here—but there is an old saying that says “don’t play with the Lion’s tail if you are not wiling to get hurt”.   I’m certainly not defending Iran—but the blame goes both ways.   At this point—we just have to hope that both sides start thinking with their brains and de-escalate things.  

 

[rockaction]

Yeah we started it. Sorry if you disagree 

We started and actively aided and funded state suspects of terrorists in the Middle East? 

Who am I even talking to? 

 

[fantasycurse42]

I’m surprised there aren’t like defensive Patriot missiles or something to knock down these kinds of things?

I get the sense (completely speculating) that we have a bunch of ####holes in the desert that are like makeshift bases for coalition forces. Iranians knew this and fired at some of them. 

 

[E Street Brat]

We already know they didn’t target infrastructure. They went after a military base with the intent to cause harm. I just don’t think you can let that go without repercussions. 

There are runways and such on military bases.

 

[ex-ghost]

Iraq is warning that if there is retaliation from the two waves that 3rd wave will destroy Dubai and Haifa. Jesus.

 

[El Floppo]

We started and actively aided and funded state suspects of terrorists in the Middle East? 

Who am I even talking to? 

Yes. Sometimes.

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

Hope ABC leaves Jeopardy on instead of putting Trump on my screen...

 

[TheIronSheik]

There are runways and such on military bases.

These missiles are not that smart. They are not laser guided or precise. If you fire it at a base, you know there’s a very good chance you are killing people. 

These aren’t smart bombs dropped from a bomber. 

 

[TheIronSheik]

Iraq is warning that if there is retaliation from the two waves that 3rd wave will destroy Dubai and Haifa. Jesus.

This goes to show they are nothing but terrorists. What country says “If you retaliate against us, we’ll attack countries not involved in this conflict.”

 

[belljr]

The Iranian parliament approved bill on Tuesday that designates United States military forces as terrorists, days after American airstrikes killed top Iranian military leader General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. The bill is similar to the action the U.S. took last year when the Trump administration designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization.

Members of parliament passed the bill declaring the U.S. military and the Pentagon terrorist entities, according to Iranian state media. Under the bill, the Iranian government will also provide $220 million to the IRGC to "reinforce its defense power in vengeance for General Soleimani's assassination," the news agency reported, as tensions between the U.S. and Iran rise.

So IRAN is now using our reason for the "assassination"

 

[top dog]

I’m surprised there aren’t like defensive Patriot missiles or something to knock down these kinds of things?

I asked my son in law about that.  He served in Afghanistan and he said we don't have them deployed all over the place.  They probably didn't have them in place anticipating an attack from Iran.  

 

[EYLive]

There are no reports of casualties. Lets hope it stays that way.
If Iran shows a flashy attack on a US base on state TV for their people to save face - is that a fair trade from the U.S. perspective?

 

[TheIronSheik]

I asked my son in law about that.  He served in Afghanistan and he said we don't have them deployed all over the place.  They probably didn't have them in place anticipating an attack from Iran.  

Plus they aren’t cheap. Up until now, Iran has been lobbing mortars into Iraq. Missiles are a huge escalation. 

 

[Ilov80s]

This goes to show they are nothing but terrorists. What country says “If you retaliate against us, we’ll attack countries not involved in this conflict.”

I think we have have launched fighter jets from those countries. Earlier Iran was warning if other countries allow US military to attack from their countries then they will become targets. At this point the whole ME is a giant board open for attacks. It’s a mess.

 

[Ilov80s]

There are no reports of casualties. Lets hope it stays that way.
If Iran shows a flashy attack on a US base on state TV for their people to save face - is that a fair trade from the U.S. perspective?

For me, yes. It’s preferable to back and forth retaliation and escalation. 

 

[TheIronSheik]

I think we have have launched fighter jets from those countries. Earlier Iran was warning if other countries allow US military to attack from their countries then they will become targets. At this point the whole ME is a giant board open for attacks. It’s a mess.

All because of Iran. 

 

[belljr]

This goes to show they are nothing but terrorists. What country says “If you retaliate against us, we’ll attack countries not involved in this conflict.”

You mean attacking IRAQ for wmd after alqueda attacked us?

Ftr I was all in on invading IRAQ

 

[The General]

This goes to show they are nothing but terrorists. What country says “If you retaliate against us, we’ll attack countries not involved in this conflict.”

The kind that can’t win a normal battle with us.

 

[Ilov80s]

All because of Iran. 

I think it’s way more complicated than that. Everyone has blood on their hands. 

 

[Chemical X]

So, our commander in chief is a game show host?  

 

[Ilov80s]

You mean attacking IRAQ for wmd after alqueda attacked us?

Ftr I was all in on invading IRAQ

Same which makes me really really skeptical of everything we do now 

 

[E Street Brat]

There are no reports of casualties. Lets hope it stays that way.
If Iran shows a flashy attack on a US base on state TV for their people to save face - is that a fair trade from the U.S. perspective?

I would say absolutely 

 

[The General]

There are no reports of casualties. Lets hope it stays that way.
If Iran shows a flashy attack on a US base on state TV for their people to save face - is that a fair trade from the U.S. perspective?

Best case scenario by far. Let them act tough, let Trump tweet his usual stuff but let this be it in terms of hardware flying.

Any way that can happen? 

 

[Gawain]

Gold touches 1600.
Futures down about 1%.

 

[Phil Elliott]

I’m surprised there aren’t like defensive Patriot missiles or something to knock down these kinds of things?

I am in CZ this week and watching the news all night. It was just reported (Not sure which network as I am limited to CNBC, BBC World, Bloomberg and SKY News for English channels) that Patriot missiles were not deployed at the targeted bases. No reason mentioned. Civil airlines starting to divert flights around Iran now.

 

[Phil Elliott]

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[need2know]

So let's go kick that ###