US-Iran War Has Begun! Iran launches dozens of ballistic missiles!

[mongers]

There you go. 


Now all we have to do is getting rid of / survive this impending war. 

[Admiral Yi]

Change it to "The 14th US War is Coming."

[Valmy]

It is so weird how disconnected and apathetic I feel about all of this. I am so alienated from the current President that I react emotionally like this is some foreign country doing this shit instead of mine.

Well here is hoping all of our service people get through this alright.

[Valmy]

Balloon's going up.

It's been an honor posting with y'all. Heading to my fallout shelter now and no internet 100 feet underground.

Do your duty!

[mongers]

There are local unconfirmed reports that a third US base, Taji just north of Baghdad has been targeted.

[crazy canuck]

Stupid overt move by Iran

It is a messed up world when we are depending on the Iranians to be the sane ones. 

[jimmy olsen]

Fuckin' yikes!

https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1214716625674522624

In its Telegram channel The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that in the event that Iranian soil is bombed, Iran will target the cities of Dubai, UAE and Haifa, Israel in the third wave of operations.

[Admiral Yi]

Those are some odd choices.

I can imagine some screaming matches going on between the White House and Pentagon about bombing 52 cultural sites.

[Valmy]

If the President did that he would succeed in making much of the world sympathetic to Iran and make us appear like barbarians.

That takes some work.

[crazy canuck]

If the President did that he would succeed in making much of the world sympathetic to Iran and make us appear like barbarians.

That takes some work.

You guys are pretty far along that road already under this President.

[mongers]

Watching Al Jazeera, their correspondent outside the White House said unconfirmed reports say aircraft have left Diego Garcia.   

Given no civilian lives there or anywhere near, til a bomber overflies the Iranian coast, that report is just wild rumours or a significantly leak from someone in the know.  If true, isn't that likely to mean it's B2 bombers or a ''package' that's similarly powerful?

[merithyn]

I can imagine some screaming matches going on between the White House and Pentagon about bombing 52 cultural sites.

Isn't that a war crime?

[mongers]

It must be serious, as the BBC now has a live news page set up here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-51029181

Not saying who useful this will be.

[KRonn]

Pres Trump needs now to begin to de-escalate this. Yes, the Iranian General was a nasty dude, responsible for killing US and allied troops and running campaigns around the region. That said, I feel Trump was hasty in going after that guy as it would only cause escalations that can't be controlled. What's the end game if there's a major escalation? Now what is needed is some backing off and some intermediaries to try and cool things a bit. There's no way that I nor most Americans want to have a larger confrontation with Iran, and obviously a major war is out of the question. Pres Trump doesn't want it as he's been trying to get out of these entanglements. I fear that the war mongers in DC have been pushing for this, people like John Bolton and others. I've always wondered if they thought things out as to what the end game would be, even for a limited confrontation?

[Grey Fox]

Targeting Israel is dumb, they will retaliate with Nukes.