• Catma@lemmy.world
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    Its 1990 and Republicans are starting a war in the Middle East

    Its 2001 and Republicans are starting a war in the Middle East

    Its 2003 and Republicans are starting a war in the Middle East

    Its 2025 and Republicans are starting a war in the Middle East

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    The US airstrikes on Iran, a timeline of tonight, all times are in Tehran time-zone:

    • Pre 1am: Israeli drones activated air defenses in several Iranian regions.
    • 1:14am: Fighter jets were heard over Shiraz.
    • 1:22am: Several aircraft were heard over central Iran.
    • 2:04am: Two jets [bombers] and an explosion were heard near Qom. Qom’s countryside is the site of Fordow.
    • 2:13am: An explosion was heard near Kashan, another city near Fordow.
    • 2:38am: An explosion was heard at Fordow, but it was assumed a drone was intercepted. Which has now proven wrong.
    • 2:41am: A loud explosion was heard at Isfahan’s Atomic Energy Facility.
    • 2:46am: An explosion was heard at Natanz Nuclear Facility.
    • 2:55am: GPS jamming was observed across Iran.

    Reminder this only happened because Trump tore up the original deal and Iran was pissed. He had no negotiating position to make a new one because why would Iran agree when you didn’t follow the old one. The cope about it not being approved by congress doesn’t make it illegal. Since when does maga care about that ? Trump has defied judges several times now.

    Second wasn’t a big thing Maga roared about was that Trump was anti war ?

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    So my guess is that the Republicans who signed on to the “bipartisan” bill preventing Trump from taking action against Iran are suddenly going to have a whole lot of nothing to say…

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    Are we fucking cooked? Is this going to start a series of retaliatory strikes that brings about the use of nukes? This shit fucking sucks.

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      Earlier today and yesterday, people in this community were saying that Iran doesn’t have nukes, isn’t making nukes, can’t make nukes, and that republicans are just making it up.

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      Yes.

      He’s deliberately placed the Nimitz, an obsolete and comparatively low-tech vessel, in reach of Iranian attack submarines. That will be the new Gulf of Tonkin. There will be a draft, and the use of tactical nuclear weapons is inevitable.

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        Bro a single Nimitz has more ciws than most navies and you know a literal air force, they’re old they are by no means obsolete countries would literally kill to take one whole.

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          US carrier groups have proven vulnerable to diesel-electric subs every time they come up to the nordics for an exercise. You can’t hit a sub with CIWS, only torpedoes and that’s if you know where they are.

          Nordic navies have scored consistent simulated hits against US carrier groups from subs.

          Their main defence against this is to stay the fuck away and use jets from afar. Which, if what is said above is true, they are not doing.

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            Let’s hear again how many diesel subs iran has and how many destroyers we have? How many in a battle group? Oh for that matter how many subs are in a battle group?

            Nords have and have had an incredibly powerful navy for most of their history, Iran not so much.

            They can’t strike willy nilly, you’d be baffled at how close Russians do fly bys.

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      so funny thing

      Israel asked Bush to strike Iran’s nuclear program. Bush refused

      They asked him again to strike Syria’s program

      He refused again.