A "Must Watch" video on 'Americas Imminent War with Iran'...with Veteran experts on all that's going
on, and what is entailed from a Logistics, and Maintainability POV. Seeing the severe stress that is being put on our long term Navy and Air Force Readiness by this exercise, and knowing that DJT is VP's "tool" for undermining the USA, makes me question the real "Mission Purpose" Any 'Regime Change' would require boots on the ground, and that's definitely not in the cards at this point, so this is beginning to look like a means to sow chaos in our Military that could persist for quite awhile...to the advantage of our adversaries.
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Update: Iran outlines some concessions
Much weaker than the JCPOA. But it’s a start.
Link: https://x.com/marionawfal/status/2025755044759400656?s=46&t=kVeQeQf8ed0KokuRgfOE0g
'Chair of Joint Chiefs foresees acute risks in an attack on Iran'...
...excerpt from a WaPo article...not unlike the comments noted in the Navy/Air Force/Shipping podcast I posted.
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As the Trump administration weighs an attack on Iran, the Pentagon’s top general has cautioned President Donald Trump and other officials that shortfalls in critical munitions and a lack of support from allies will add significant risk to the operation and to U.S. personnel, according to people familiar with internal discussions.
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed his concerns at a White House meeting last week with Trump and his top aides, these people said, cautioning that any major operation against Iran will face challenges because the U.S. munitions stockpile has been significantly depleted by Washington’s ongoing defense of Israel and support for Ukraine. Caine’s remarks at the White House meeting have not been previously reported.
Separately, in Pentagon meetings this month, Caine also has raised concerns about the scale of any Iran campaign, its inherent complexity and the possibility of U.S. casualties, one person said. The general has said that any operation would be made all the more difficult by a lack of allied support, this person said, speaking like others on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
In a statement, Caine’s office said that in his role as the president’s top military adviser, the chairman “provides a range of military options, as well as secondary considerations and associated impacts and risks, to the civilian leaders who make America’s security decisions.” Caine, the statement adds, “provides these options confidentially.”
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I just can’t believe he’ll order an attack
Maybe a small one at some point, to try to put pressure on Tehran.
But neither side wants war. There has to be a way that both sides can declare victory and de-escalate.
Otherwise…this could get really ugly. All reports indicate that the Iranian leadership is determined to make this round hurt for the US, to prevent this kind of thing from happening every 8 or 9 months.
They have options that they have not chosen to pursue. Yet.
And China apparently upgraded Iran’s military tech since last episode.
Not sure why Trump is content on picking this fight.
Great... let's see if it works any better than Putin's trashy arsenal.
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Israel was able to send a tanker to refuel a fighter jet over Iran in the recent operation.
Because the Iranians were holding back their good stuff?
Hmmmmkay.
They weren’t holding back military tech
But they could have, say, started assassination campaigns, rained missiles down on Saudi oil fields, targeted the UAE, or hit any of the region’s other soft targets. Instead they chose restraint.
They may well choose differently next time.
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