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Posts posted by Duane Moore
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So much for the ceasefire
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Just now, 956 Worldwide said:
We are very far from the status quo. Iran’s air defenses are in tatters, its combat air capabilities destroyed, its offensive ballistic missile capacity greatly diminished, its command and control network almost offline, a sizeable chunk of senior leadership dead, and it has been revealed that its main adversary completely compromised its most sensitive security apparatus. Its nuclear program is seriously damaged although still unclear to the extent. Its completely discredited in front of what proxies it has remaining.
It will take years to reconstitute in any real way and its patron of Russia can’t deliver materiel in any right now. In the interim Israel is free to mow the grass if mullahs get froggy. Maybe most importantly, Iran showed the world what will happen if the Great Satan attacks its core, crown jewel: it will impotently fire missiles and warn us in advance then cry uncle.
Iran took a big fat L and is basically done for a while as an aspiring revisionist power. You can think this turn or U.S. actions were not good now or in the long run but you can’t have the fantasy that nothing happened or the status quo is the same as it was. Its not quite Iraq post-Gulf War I in terms of impotence but its not too far off.
Good post. You may enjoy this deep dive on how recent events have impacted the influence of Russia and China in the region:
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7 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:
From the reports out of Tehran, Israel is getting every lick they can in up to the last minute.
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12 minutes ago, burnt beanz said:
This guy says the centrifuges are all destroyed. They believe all the uranium is buried. Is that something?
I posted that one earlier, Amit Segal has great sources in the Israeli government so let’s hope he’s right. Very positive if true.
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Just now, Message Board User said:
A timely reminder that Tucker Carlson is batshit crazy:
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Well this should be interesting. . .
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2 minutes ago, Chopper said:
yep, didn't site a single source, didn't answer either question.
Since it seems like you haven’t heard of Soleimani before, I’d recommend this long profile on him by Dexter Filkins in the Atlantic from 2013. He was an undeniably bad dude.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander
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1 minute ago, chainsaw said:
thanks Grok
If you’ve been paying attention, that’s all basic stuff
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16 minutes ago, Chopper said:
Hey catch me up on what the Soleimani strike did for the US. While no US soldiers died in the Iran response, 7 or 8 had their brains scrambled. For what purpose? What person of any note whatsoever thought it was a good idea?
Soleimani was the mastermind behind Iranian attacks on American soldiers in Iraq, especially in the production and distribution of EFP’s that killed and maimed thousands of Americans. His assassination crippled IRGC efforts across the region and likely saved many lives, including those of Americans, from Iranian-backed terrorism. It also disrupted the operations of Iranian proxy networks who depended on Soleimani’s experience and strategy, preventing complex, high impact attacks. The strike was made after recent provocations by Iran on American interests (2019 attack on US base in Iraq, and on American Embassy in Baghdad) and re-established deterrence against Iran from further actions.
TL;DR Soleimani was their best General, responsible for thousands of American casualties, and his death weakened Iran’s ability to project power on the interests of America and its allies.
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On 6/22/2025 at 7:58 AM, Captainant said:
I mean, it sure does not seem like the end of it. The houthi attacks ramped up after their general was taken off the board. I'd bet were going to see a significant increase in terrorist threats, and particularly targeting US soft infra like power grids and public infrastructure. Good thing the US head of counter terrorism is 22 and worked at HEB this time last year, he's got those bad guys bagged.
Edit: had to include his no-kidding-actually-real administration photo
Holy shit, Chris Murphy is stealing your material!
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Merz weighing in:
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22 minutes ago, South Austin said:
Greed is good.
Greed works
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27 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
If that's the extent of any counter-strike or terror activity, absolutely.
Where that ultimately leaves us is . . . . wondering what, if anything, was actually accomplished by all of this. Did the US strikes really take out/significantly harm Iran's enrichment capabilities for a long term? Did they take out already enriched uranium? Seems like we won't really know for quite some time.
BDA’s are still being done, but from what I’m seeing Israeli intelligence seems to think the vast majority of the enriched uranium is not destroyed but entombed at Fordow and Isfahan. That’s why they bombed the access points to Fordow this morning, to prevent Iranians getting in to remove it. This interview with Amit Segal is very encouraging. He’s saying they think the nuclear program is effectively ended and the air strikes are focused on eliminating as much of the ballistic missile capability as possible:
Situation is still fluid, but if this pans out, seems like a net benefit for us in this exchange.
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China making it clear to Iran the Straits of Hormuz need to stay open
https://x.com/globaltimesnews/status/1937055449028935791?s=46
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Iran really making friends in the region:
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49 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:
This is a crazy move by Iran if true, not that crazy from Iran is unexpected. Punish the Chinese for attacks from Israel and the US. With out more info my best guess is China thinks this will get them to get in the fight against the US? Lotsa room for blowback in that line of thinking if true.
Who it pisses off:
ME OG
US
Israel
China
Of course, the Iranian Parliament has about as much authority as the average high school student council, so maybe it won’t mean much. (I filled my tank up anyway)
31 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
But you also realize that between this, Ukraine, and North Korea, we’ve also made the ironclad case for the proposition of “if you don’t have a nuke, you nest get one pronto,” right? There’s a comprehensive approach that would reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation. We’ve fucked up that approach for 20+ years.Very possible. The flipside is that Iran spent half a trillion getting a nuclear program to the threshold only to (hopefully, we’ll see) come away with bupkus for their efforts. A lot of countries may not be willing to take that risk.
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Fill up those tanks!
Again, have to believe Iran’s patron China isn’t going to be happy about this.
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Hoping this turns out to be correct. Israeli intel on Iran has been pretty solid so far:
https://x.com/amitsegal/status/1936775408277471601?s=46
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