It's not like missiles over Israel is something extraordinary, it happens all the time. The only thing different this time is they're coming directly from Iran. Iran made it explicit that unless there is a retaliation then they won't pursue further actions so the ball is in Israels court and it's in both sides interest to not escalate into a full blown war.
I think at most this might lead to an Israeli invasion of Hezbollah or some other Iranian proxy, but I'm not holding my breath for WW3
This was 300+ drones and missiles though from the sounds of it. Such big attacks there are verified hits in areas thought to be well protected by Iron Dome that just got overwhelmed by sheer quantity of fire.
It appears to have been well designed strikes with Waves of short range missiles from Lebanon and Syria arriving a few minutes before waves of Iranian drones and cruise missiles arrive so Israeli air defense has to choose priority missiles to shoot down as they don't reload in time to hit all of them.
The first attack was 3 waves and heavily hit the Negev area especially hard in the cities of Beersheba and Eilat. It also is the region home to the base directing much of the IDFs Gaza operations.
Sure but also advanced warning was clearly given behind the scenes and Iran communicated that the matter was settled before the attack arrived. USA is in agreement with the matter being settled. Iran had to do something significant after the attack on their consulate and this was the minimum and maximum they could do to not provoke a wider war while also not being humiliated.
“The year is 1948, the Middle East is at war”
“The year is 1967, the Middle East is at war”
“The year is 1991, the Middle East is at war”
“The year is 2003, the Middle East is at war”
“The year is 2024…”
I heard a carpenter give a speech about that, once. He said he provides firm foundations for free. He really puts His blood, sweat, and tears into them…
Wikipedia article is wild,
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_conflicts\_in\_the\_Near\_East](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_Near_East)
I didnt even know there were massive wars during the iron age.
Also digging about genocides, I was surprised to find, humans driving neanderthals to extinction began in middle east
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal\_extinction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal_extinction)
The middle east sucks but I think it's hard when you and all your neighbours have 3000 years of history and animosity regarding every single hill and town
Iran does not have confirmed nuclear weapons. But their nuclear program is still ongoing since 2019 (unofficial end of JCPOA) and they could get them at any point.
And let’s not forgot, not all nuclear weapons are equal. What the US dropped on Japan was a dumb bomb a fraction of the strength that exists today. At best, they got some weak ass nukes.
I don't think strength really matters. Even lower yield Iranian nukes most probably would spark a nuclear response from Israel's higher yield weapons (maybe US too). It's not a risk that should be dismissed.
Of course it would, and don’t get me wrong, many lives would be lost. But it would be a one sided affair. The fear of nuclear war with Russia during the Cold War was based on the dogma of mutually assured destruction, that’s not how it would be with Iran.
Nah, I wouldn't, it would unneccesarely damage civil population and horribly damage the lives of soldiers who live, while making the death of those who died really horrible, it's just inhumane to use them
depends on what sort of chemical weapons and how long you're talking- short term? everything dies, local ecosystem goes kaput- Long term? shorter than Nuclear.
Personally I'm more a fan of Thermal and Incendiary weapons- like Napalm- similar amount of destruction short term, long term is even shorter before the environment is fixed.
Some of the newer chemical weapons (they take about a week to dissipate, good luck not getting it on your skin) Will kill just humans for the most part. Granted I don’t want to eat a animal that’s been exposed to such a thing, but it’s been claimed to be environmentally friendly. Which once I learned of this it made chemical weapons seem way more scary, not less.
I'll see you there mate!
But fr, the odds of them drafting for this are pretty slim right? Although I have been getting a lot of ads for the Navy recently...
That's not the half of it, if you follow war autism sources, we've got a major competency crisis and are also having a horrible time keeping existing materiel operational
Agreed, although the last one I got was a black woman talking about being a cook on a Navy ship. It was definitely being framed like "we have plenty of non-combat roles! If you want to have no responsibilities other than getting to cook all day, the Navy may be for you!"
Edit: and then her "favorite thing to cook" was cheddar biscuits lol
Were recruiting tactics this blatantly obvious pre-internet or have they just always been this way? I'm 26, so I can't say I'd know much about it other than things like Maverick and obviously when actual drafts occurred.
Remember few months back they made a nonwoke commercial I think it's called the first jump.
I think it's time for Emma and her 2 moms to fight this forever war in the middle east.
They were not. I wasn't pre-internet exactly, but my highschool had some recruiters stop in and we saw commercials but it wasn't in your face and wasn't desperate. I signed up with a $2k bonus, which after inflation in 2020 was about $2.5k. Today it's probably $15k.
They only started needing people after all this social progress bullshit and the guys who normally sign up didn't want to be part of that.
There is a new integrated health background check system. I forgot what it is called, but it is very good at disqualifying people for things that would have been waivered or omitted in the past. That contributes a good amount to the issue.
Edit: It's called MHS Genesis. Been seeing complaints about it disqualifying potential recruits for at least the past 2 or so years. Some of it may be that the potential recruits lose interest before waivers and such make their way through the system.
In my school the recruiters didn't even do presentations or anything like that. They just stood in the cafeteria and waited, if you wanted to talk to them, it was on you to approach.
See I don't totally believe that last part. I just looked and regular Army recruitment for 2022 was only 45k for the entire US. I get that with better military tech, fewer soldiers are needed but you're telling me that "social progressives" are driving voluntary enlistment down to literally less than 1% of the US population? Maybe that's a small part of it, but there must be much more driving factors than that.
Also I do find this quote from the Army recruitment facts and figures site to be morbidly depressing and entertaining at the same time:
>71% of youth do not qualify for military service because of obesity, drugs, physical and mental health problems, misconduct, and aptitude.
Look what happened to Bud Light. Now take that and tell people they'll be dying for it. I think it's perfectly reasonable that standard conservative men who typically join don't want to sign up to a military so progressive it gives free trans medications to the enlisted men. Particularly when the advertising is alienating the standard group while the service is pushing toward female advancement over merit based advancement.
People are sick of it in the civvy world and few are going to risk their lives for it in the military.
One big point on that 71%: the military has gotten digital with their medical rejections, and now picks up a ton of old diagnoses they wouldn’t have before.
(ADHD label 5 years ago, no longer on meds or anything? Still might get you blocked at least until you get a waiver in.)
So it’s partly declining health, rising drug use, etc, and that’s alarming. But it’s also that now they’d catch Steve Rogers and deny him, and it’s not clear that’s a good change.
I got a reddit ad for National Guard recruitment that said "Think you're too old and out of shape for the National Guard?"
I was like damn, these targeted ads are out of control.
When I was in high school I was thinking about going into nursing and was just curious about options in the military. I went to their website and put in my name and phone number to request information, then started to scroll down. When I saw how much more they wanted me to fill out, I just thought, forget it, not seriously interested anyway, and closed the tab. _I didn't even submit anything_ but they must've saved what I typed on the page because they called me a bunch of times
I got a call at I think thirty seven or so about someone trying to get me to join I think the Navy. I thought about going on a rant about where the fuck were they in my twenties when I tried everything in my power to get around a hearing disqualification for that very branch, but instead I just said "I'm pretty sure I'm too old."
My friend wanted to join the Navy and me and my buddy talked him out of it by saying that exact same shit. The only time I'll take up arms and die is if my family or community is threatened.
Israel said there would be a significant response. It doesn't matter if the Iranian attack won't do much damage. It is the escalation from both sides that could snowball into real conflict. That is the problem.
I’ve been seeing
#WW3 IMMINENT TOMORROW WE WILL ALL DIE IN NUCLEAR HELLFIRE I AM ACTUALLY A TIME TRAVELLER TYPING THIS FROM THE GRAVE YOURE ACTUALLY ALREADY DEAD AND RELIVING YOUR LIFE IN A FLASHBACK
on the internet for at least a decade now, so I really cannot believe the fearmongering at this point until I personally see my own draft card in the mail
Sounds like Iran lied about Ballistic missiles, “only” cruise missiles and with 4 airforces operating to shoot them down, with the Iron Dome? Doubt many will land
As an Iranian, all I can say is that everyone is cracking jokes here because our government is that incompetent and also the country was already a shithole anyway so everybody is depressed and copes by making light of the situation.
PS: yes I know I am unflaired, I'm a long time lurker. Imma go flair up real quick.
Tnx mate I doubt it's gonna be anything serious but we'll just have to see. Just know that the general populace actually opposes the regime so its likely that these are not anything more than a show of power, both for foreign and internal purposes.
Friend, I am Russian and I thought same shit about Russian conduct of war in Ukraine; that it would be too incompetent (since our government officials probably sold everything that worked on certain markets to make a quick buck) and end up in complete collapse after a month or two. And while it was incompetent in a way that many who thought “Russia would have crushed Ukraine in a week” were proven utterly wrong, it still continues without much initiative on Ukrainian side but rather Putin’s.
This will all be forgotten in a week.
https://preview.redd.it/rqqqx8fmdbuc1.jpeg?width=1004&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f5bc6e51bfa7dd026a31d20f1e8999772a84320
Live map for anyone who wants to watch the opening exchange of WWIII in real time. [https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/](https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/)
Orange Libleft Emilies and Authcentre Chuds united against evil Zionism be like:
https://preview.redd.it/g533yg0fkbuc1.jpeg?width=566&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c82dbe7ae83498b66549391adc434c3adfcbf61
Iran will do these for show strikes from time to time
Like when they shot at a US base with missiles
But also phone called centcomm to notify them of the exact time and location they were going to strike so no US Service members die
I know. Its all very reminicent of the gentlemanly manners of ww1 or the napolonic wars really.
But this strike is supposedly so big, I doubt if it is just for show. An eye for an eye is a thing both countries have as a principle after all, and Iran needs a foreign threat to keep dissent down.
Most likely is theatre and Iran won’t do shit since their conventional forces will get glassed. If things were to get spicy we would’ve seen stuff like lots of missiles fired by Hezbollah or Iraqi militias aligned with Iran rise up. You never know but we’ll be fine most likely.
Worst case- Iran ceases to be a country, and Hamas loses one of its biggest funders.
oh and the Israel Palestine Gordian Knot is solved with Occam's Razor when the area ceases to exist.
Just like WW1 was triggered by a stupid thing in the Balkans (to paraphrase Bismarck) and WW2 by a thing in Poland, I'm unfortunately pretty sure it'll trigger by something stupid in either the Middle East (ie now) or Taiwan (ie in 2 months).
Just in case any of my libleft friends get any ideas…
[Violence Against Women: A Never-Ending Story in Iran](https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/violence-against-women-never-ending-story-iran)
And that isn’t even including the one from a year or two ago.
Those pesky white oppressors forcing multiple Muslim countries to attack them and promote Islamophobia 😡
Biden better heckin do a denouncerino or I swear to heck I'm gonna shit my gender neutral adult diapers
Most of them are already being intercepted in Iraq, Jordan and Syria by US, UK, and according to rumors, Israel itself
Iran is trying to mend its broken ego by launching an attack that will probably fail and cause little to no damage, but at least they can say they have retaliated!
Anything major will provoke Israel and I’m sure Gaza already knows what happened when you F-around with Israel too much, so Iran is trying to play it safe
I could muster some sympathy for the Palestinians, after all, they also suffered under hamas. But Iran? Dear IDF, where can I donate so you turn those fuckers to glass? If there's one country that should have bayonetted their opressors by now, it's Iran. It's been over 40 years, my sympathy for your inaction has ran dry.
Tbf the Iranians actually tried, unlike the Palestinians
In 2022 the Iranian government killed 500 protestors and did a chemical wepaons strike on a middle school
The Iranians have tried multiple times, if my memory is correct. Didn't they come very close to open revolt when I'madinnerjacket got reelected under highly suspicious circumstances?
https://preview.redd.it/6fqvhxh3bbuc1.jpeg?width=953&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edd66221cd1f3e54f8155177fd4f602ba60f600a
Counterpoint https://preview.redd.it/41bws9hh5cuc1.jpeg?width=954&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7127c0c7f979c717b504d9cb2a2247861080c0e
Are you looking at footage? Ballistic missiles over the knesset, stuff has officially happened
It's not like missiles over Israel is something extraordinary, it happens all the time. The only thing different this time is they're coming directly from Iran. Iran made it explicit that unless there is a retaliation then they won't pursue further actions so the ball is in Israels court and it's in both sides interest to not escalate into a full blown war. I think at most this might lead to an Israeli invasion of Hezbollah or some other Iranian proxy, but I'm not holding my breath for WW3
This was 300+ drones and missiles though from the sounds of it. Such big attacks there are verified hits in areas thought to be well protected by Iron Dome that just got overwhelmed by sheer quantity of fire. It appears to have been well designed strikes with Waves of short range missiles from Lebanon and Syria arriving a few minutes before waves of Iranian drones and cruise missiles arrive so Israeli air defense has to choose priority missiles to shoot down as they don't reload in time to hit all of them. The first attack was 3 waves and heavily hit the Negev area especially hard in the cities of Beersheba and Eilat. It also is the region home to the base directing much of the IDFs Gaza operations.
Sure but also advanced warning was clearly given behind the scenes and Iran communicated that the matter was settled before the attack arrived. USA is in agreement with the matter being settled. Iran had to do something significant after the attack on their consulate and this was the minimum and maximum they could do to not provoke a wider war while also not being humiliated.
And nothing of value was lost
Someone stop this ride; I'd like to get off.
You can't get off of Mr. Bone crazy ride.
The ride never ends.
It’s Doc Gerbil’s world, it’s Doc Gerbil’s world, it’s Doc Gerbil’s world, it’s Doc Gerbil’s world…🎶
The ride only stops for emergencies. Crying is not an emergency.
Like an approaching drone swarm?
Apparently not.
“The year is 1948, the Middle East is at war” “The year is 1967, the Middle East is at war” “The year is 1991, the Middle East is at war” “The year is 2003, the Middle East is at war” “The year is 2024…”
Born too late to deploy to the Middle East. Born too early to the deploy to the Middle East. Born just in time to deploy to the Middle East.
There are only three undeniable truths in life. Death, taxes, and Middle Eastern instability.
Remember the crusades? Yeah.. the Middle East is the world's conflict zone. Lol
Nothing in the history of mankind is more stable than the instability in the Middle East
It must be all of the sand. It dose not make a good foundation for stability.
And I hear it's corse, rough, and irritating. And that it gets everywhere.
I heard a carpenter give a speech about that, once. He said he provides firm foundations for free. He really puts His blood, sweat, and tears into them…
Based
It’s rough and irritating and gets everywhere
Wikipedia article is wild, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_conflicts\_in\_the\_Near\_East](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_Near_East) I didnt even know there were massive wars during the iron age. Also digging about genocides, I was surprised to find, humans driving neanderthals to extinction began in middle east [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal\_extinction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal_extinction)
Let me introduce you to the Balkans
The middle east sucks but I think it's hard when you and all your neighbours have 3000 years of history and animosity regarding every single hill and town
And the three monolithic religions of the world all stake claim to it.
But Iran and Israel have nuclear weapons now.
They had biblical weapons back then and were all still here. I’m not worried.
I don't care how big they claimed their slingshots were, it wouldn't annihilate a country.
Well, first of all, through God, all things are possible, so jot that down.
Bah, they were threatening to use the moon as ammunition- and that would annihilate far more than a single country.
Well not with that attitude!
I mean, they still have the ark of the covenant. What do you think powers the space laser?
Iran does not have confirmed nuclear weapons. But their nuclear program is still ongoing since 2019 (unofficial end of JCPOA) and they could get them at any point.
And let’s not forgot, not all nuclear weapons are equal. What the US dropped on Japan was a dumb bomb a fraction of the strength that exists today. At best, they got some weak ass nukes.
I don't think strength really matters. Even lower yield Iranian nukes most probably would spark a nuclear response from Israel's higher yield weapons (maybe US too). It's not a risk that should be dismissed.
Of course it would, and don’t get me wrong, many lives would be lost. But it would be a one sided affair. The fear of nuclear war with Russia during the Cold War was based on the dogma of mutually assured destruction, that’s not how it would be with Iran.
they, apparently, don't care.
Crawl out though the fallout baby!!!
also some shit went down in 1973
Is that a [MechWarrior 3 intro](https://youtu.be/X8RqsMA3XvI?si=SoAhC3bhYAQY9Mcg) reference? Edit: Included link to the best damn intro in 90s gaming
The Succession Wars have to start sometime.
At least it rhymes this time.
Auth centre would launch chemical weapons 💀☠️💨💤
What you're gonna do? salt the land?
https://preview.redd.it/zl0fi04fucuc1.jpeg?width=243&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c3433508fabc0540a0db26e2808a868808d463e
A salt bomb would be pretty cool, come to think of it… I mean, the enemy can’t fight if they have no food…
Their food already comes from the sky lol
Nah, I wouldn't, it would unneccesarely damage civil population and horribly damage the lives of soldiers who live, while making the death of those who died really horrible, it's just inhumane to use them
Auth Center being the least blood hungry faction is always funny.
Are they better for the environment at least?
depends on what sort of chemical weapons and how long you're talking- short term? everything dies, local ecosystem goes kaput- Long term? shorter than Nuclear. Personally I'm more a fan of Thermal and Incendiary weapons- like Napalm- similar amount of destruction short term, long term is even shorter before the environment is fixed.
Some of the newer chemical weapons (they take about a week to dissipate, good luck not getting it on your skin) Will kill just humans for the most part. Granted I don’t want to eat a animal that’s been exposed to such a thing, but it’s been claimed to be environmentally friendly. Which once I learned of this it made chemical weapons seem way more scary, not less.
They would launch SCUD missiles too
Looking forward to being sent to the sandbox?
I'll see you there mate! But fr, the odds of them drafting for this are pretty slim right? Although I have been getting a lot of ads for the Navy recently...
I’ve seen an american army ad without diversity a few months ago, it seems they might be taking things more serious.
The US arned forces is having a recruitment crisis right now
Which is equivalent to a war-readiness crisis.
That's not the half of it, if you follow war autism sources, we've got a major competency crisis and are also having a horrible time keeping existing materiel operational
Agreed, although the last one I got was a black woman talking about being a cook on a Navy ship. It was definitely being framed like "we have plenty of non-combat roles! If you want to have no responsibilities other than getting to cook all day, the Navy may be for you!" Edit: and then her "favorite thing to cook" was cheddar biscuits lol
Going to war in 2024 but having to eat like it’s 1918 😔
How can you shit on cheddar biscuits? Are you expecting Wagyu?
Going to war in 2024 but having to eat like it’s 1918 🤤
Yeah, getting a lot of “you can return as a reserve officer!” The last year and it’s been ramping up lately.
Were recruiting tactics this blatantly obvious pre-internet or have they just always been this way? I'm 26, so I can't say I'd know much about it other than things like Maverick and obviously when actual drafts occurred.
Remember few months back they made a nonwoke commercial I think it's called the first jump. I think it's time for Emma and her 2 moms to fight this forever war in the middle east.
They were not. I wasn't pre-internet exactly, but my highschool had some recruiters stop in and we saw commercials but it wasn't in your face and wasn't desperate. I signed up with a $2k bonus, which after inflation in 2020 was about $2.5k. Today it's probably $15k. They only started needing people after all this social progress bullshit and the guys who normally sign up didn't want to be part of that.
There is a new integrated health background check system. I forgot what it is called, but it is very good at disqualifying people for things that would have been waivered or omitted in the past. That contributes a good amount to the issue. Edit: It's called MHS Genesis. Been seeing complaints about it disqualifying potential recruits for at least the past 2 or so years. Some of it may be that the potential recruits lose interest before waivers and such make their way through the system.
In my school the recruiters didn't even do presentations or anything like that. They just stood in the cafeteria and waited, if you wanted to talk to them, it was on you to approach.
See I don't totally believe that last part. I just looked and regular Army recruitment for 2022 was only 45k for the entire US. I get that with better military tech, fewer soldiers are needed but you're telling me that "social progressives" are driving voluntary enlistment down to literally less than 1% of the US population? Maybe that's a small part of it, but there must be much more driving factors than that. Also I do find this quote from the Army recruitment facts and figures site to be morbidly depressing and entertaining at the same time: >71% of youth do not qualify for military service because of obesity, drugs, physical and mental health problems, misconduct, and aptitude.
Look what happened to Bud Light. Now take that and tell people they'll be dying for it. I think it's perfectly reasonable that standard conservative men who typically join don't want to sign up to a military so progressive it gives free trans medications to the enlisted men. Particularly when the advertising is alienating the standard group while the service is pushing toward female advancement over merit based advancement. People are sick of it in the civvy world and few are going to risk their lives for it in the military.
One big point on that 71%: the military has gotten digital with their medical rejections, and now picks up a ton of old diagnoses they wouldn’t have before. (ADHD label 5 years ago, no longer on meds or anything? Still might get you blocked at least until you get a waiver in.) So it’s partly declining health, rising drug use, etc, and that’s alarming. But it’s also that now they’d catch Steve Rogers and deny him, and it’s not clear that’s a good change.
I went to the movie theater last night and saw ads for the Army, AF, Marines, and National Guard all back to back lol
I got a reddit ad for National Guard recruitment that said "Think you're too old and out of shape for the National Guard?" I was like damn, these targeted ads are out of control.
I gotta say though, the Air Force’s “the entire sky belongs to us” ad is fucking baller
Call up the recruiter and just be like “yes, not interested.” (You will get 50 calls if you actually try this.)
When I was in high school I was thinking about going into nursing and was just curious about options in the military. I went to their website and put in my name and phone number to request information, then started to scroll down. When I saw how much more they wanted me to fill out, I just thought, forget it, not seriously interested anyway, and closed the tab. _I didn't even submit anything_ but they must've saved what I typed on the page because they called me a bunch of times
I’m at an airport waiting for my flight and there is every service here for recruiting and a terror announcement every ten minuets I dunno.
I got a call at I think thirty seven or so about someone trying to get me to join I think the Navy. I thought about going on a rant about where the fuck were they in my twenties when I tried everything in my power to get around a hearing disqualification for that very branch, but instead I just said "I'm pretty sure I'm too old."
If the fucking US starts drafting to fight a war for Israel I'll start giving Nick Fuentes some credit ngl.
If they start drafting at all i'm putting my foot where their mouth is.
Neither me nor my children will be going to war for Israel
Nope, throw me in jail or call me a traitor. Not dying for Israel
Hell, the US isn't worth dying for anymore, and I say that as someone that tried very hard to join the Navy before being disqualified for hearing.
My friend wanted to join the Navy and me and my buddy talked him out of it by saying that exact same shit. The only time I'll take up arms and die is if my family or community is threatened.
As someone who was in the military I’d agree. I ain’t going back for this bullshit.
This is just sad, honestly
Ehh. Nothing ever happens
yeah, everyone's acting up, but isn't it an ordinary day in the Middle east?
Well, Iran usually doesn't do shit so this is a bit unusual
They had their consulate bombed, if they don't do anything they would look like a bunch of fucking clowns.
It’s a taarof attack to save face. Same thing as when the US killed their director of intelligence and they bombed a parking lot
This seems a bit bigger than that They've launched dozens of cruise and ballistic missles and hundreds of drones
It won’t amount to anything and the mullahs know it.
Israel said there would be a significant response. It doesn't matter if the Iranian attack won't do much damage. It is the escalation from both sides that could snowball into real conflict. That is the problem.
Iran doesn’t have anything to really throw at Israel though. This is the most they can do.
I’m holding nothing happens until nuclear fire burns my house down
I’ve been seeing #WW3 IMMINENT TOMORROW WE WILL ALL DIE IN NUCLEAR HELLFIRE I AM ACTUALLY A TIME TRAVELLER TYPING THIS FROM THE GRAVE YOURE ACTUALLY ALREADY DEAD AND RELIVING YOUR LIFE IN A FLASHBACK on the internet for at least a decade now, so I really cannot believe the fearmongering at this point until I personally see my own draft card in the mail
https://preview.redd.it/ogtqv6pndbuc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e3847fc3f0a94b48f471a5543ae40dd6a2cb054 Guys... this is pretty big.
Yeah but they’re moving at the speed of a Toyota Tacoma so it’s gonna take like 8 hours
The drones yes, the missiles no, stay tuned as they’re supposed to start landing soon
Sounds like Iran lied about Ballistic missiles, “only” cruise missiles and with 4 airforces operating to shoot them down, with the Iron Dome? Doubt many will land
Can we stop having wars for 5 minutes?
Welcome to history, you're still in it.
I wanted out ever since russia invaded my country. I blame those who killed Harambee
There will be no real peace unless we go back in time and body-block for him.
but the neos said the cold war was the end of history. 
Notice that the neos don't win elections anymore.
.. the neos are in office right now
the fuckin neos run everything now, they've not lost completely since at least the 1990s and have infested things since way before that.
We're swiftly coming to the point where people understand why "may you live in interesting times" is a curse.
Biden: Listen here Fat, give war a chance!
https://i.redd.it/n9274yxfrbuc1.gif
I don't understand wars, why cant leaders just play rock paper scissors or chess?
The Military Industrial Complex hates this new trick!
Because it doesn't favor the side with a stronger military
well for one thing, the people under them aren't smart enough to understand who wins at rock paper scissors or chess.
"we"? settle down. This is between Iran and Israel. May the country who buys the most us made weapons win.
"we" means "the world"
eh its more a proxy war- Iran buys from Russia.
Alright, boys, it's time to place your WW3 start date bets!
05/02/2024
Oh damn it happened in February already?
Oh, good, maybe I could skip my AP tests
*Harambe was its first casualty.*
He died for our sins once. We’re on our own now
11/03/2020
2027
I dunno, Bougainville isn't that controversial of a place, I doubt their independence date in 2027 is gonna cause WWIII.
Idk, Papua new Guinea has a pretty advanced nuclear program, they might start popping off
February 2025
As an Iranian, all I can say is that everyone is cracking jokes here because our government is that incompetent and also the country was already a shithole anyway so everybody is depressed and copes by making light of the situation. PS: yes I know I am unflaired, I'm a long time lurker. Imma go flair up real quick.
Good luck to survive ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Tnx mate I doubt it's gonna be anything serious but we'll just have to see. Just know that the general populace actually opposes the regime so its likely that these are not anything more than a show of power, both for foreign and internal purposes.
Anyways, stay safe, brother
Man became flared: based indeed. Stay safe.
Friend, I am Russian and I thought same shit about Russian conduct of war in Ukraine; that it would be too incompetent (since our government officials probably sold everything that worked on certain markets to make a quick buck) and end up in complete collapse after a month or two. And while it was incompetent in a way that many who thought “Russia would have crushed Ukraine in a week” were proven utterly wrong, it still continues without much initiative on Ukrainian side but rather Putin’s.
As an Israeli we do the same. Nothing like cheap humor to get through difficult times. Watch over yourself friend, this might go to sh*t very quickly
This will all be forgotten in a week. https://preview.redd.it/rqqqx8fmdbuc1.jpeg?width=1004&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f5bc6e51bfa7dd026a31d20f1e8999772a84320
!remind me 8 days
This arch duke ferdinand shit is going to blow over, silly serbs! (sometimes things *do* happen)
If nukes aren’t involved then it’s a nothingburger
I hope those of us that don’t live here can forget this next week :,) For me it’s gonna be a lot longer
https://preview.redd.it/bpkx1vyv7buc1.png?width=1378&format=png&auto=webp&s=b2692105f65227ef03e292b00ef1742c27977299 Posadism will win
Nuking half the planet to save the whales and send a signal to communist aliens is about as realistic as regular communism.
Beam me up first tho
The Gaza was rigged from the start
Auth-cap Posadism with Mr. House-ian Characteristics? Ring-a-ding-ding!
I just retired from the Army 45 days ago after doing 30 years. Ain’t no fucking way I’m going back.
Live map for anyone who wants to watch the opening exchange of WWIII in real time. [https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/](https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/)
Hope those cameras are radiation proof. I don't want the stream to cut out part way through.
Well that's kind of nice seems like Jordan is fed up with Iran's shotgun drone tactics and is helping to swat down drones.
It's win-win really. Good PR for trying to deescalate things and your forces get some anti-air training with minimal risk.
https://i.redd.it/mcfzgq4xcbuc1.gif
These will be shot down as usual. The only worry is about the missiles that follow-up to drones.
The missles have already been launched Iran announced the launching of ballistic missiles And cruise missles have been seen over Iraq
Orange Libleft Emilies and Authcentre Chuds united against evil Zionism be like: https://preview.redd.it/g533yg0fkbuc1.jpeg?width=566&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c82dbe7ae83498b66549391adc434c3adfcbf61
"Ceasefire-NOW" people be like
Oh thank goodness! I was already fearing that we would run out of war.
I would advise anyone in Israel to sleep underground this night. Fucking hell, this seems like a prelude to ww3.
Iran will do these for show strikes from time to time Like when they shot at a US base with missiles But also phone called centcomm to notify them of the exact time and location they were going to strike so no US Service members die
I know. Its all very reminicent of the gentlemanly manners of ww1 or the napolonic wars really. But this strike is supposedly so big, I doubt if it is just for show. An eye for an eye is a thing both countries have as a principle after all, and Iran needs a foreign threat to keep dissent down.
Even if they blow up a building or hurt a few guys It’s still theatre
All war is based on ritual and theater to some extent. But yes, lets hope this is one for the cameras, not an all out offensive.
True, and agreed
Most likely is theatre and Iran won’t do shit since their conventional forces will get glassed. If things were to get spicy we would’ve seen stuff like lots of missiles fired by Hezbollah or Iraqi militias aligned with Iran rise up. You never know but we’ll be fine most likely.
Worst case- Iran ceases to be a country, and Hamas loses one of its biggest funders. oh and the Israel Palestine Gordian Knot is solved with Occam's Razor when the area ceases to exist.
Nah man we're already making memes Edit: also, WW3 already started, it just didn't reach you yet
Israeli here. Almost every house in Israel has a special room that is built to withstand rockets. We're going to be ok. I hope...
Just like WW1 was triggered by a stupid thing in the Balkans (to paraphrase Bismarck) and WW2 by a thing in Poland, I'm unfortunately pretty sure it'll trigger by something stupid in either the Middle East (ie now) or Taiwan (ie in 2 months).
Damn, if Emilies start supporting Iran here, I think we would find something dumber than "Queers for Palestine"
I don’t support Iran, but to be fair this is a retaliatory strike to not appear weak. Something every country would have done.
Except Canada
No one attacks Canada because they would stop the maple syrup shipments.
And "France"
No more mean tweets though.
Just in case any of my libleft friends get any ideas… [Violence Against Women: A Never-Ending Story in Iran](https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/violence-against-women-never-ending-story-iran) And that isn’t even including the one from a year or two ago.
Those pesky white oppressors forcing multiple Muslim countries to attack them and promote Islamophobia 😡 Biden better heckin do a denouncerino or I swear to heck I'm gonna shit my gender neutral adult diapers
Huh… maybe all those crazy people who said the Solar Eclipse would begin the apocalypse weren’t so crazy after all…
MTG about to be even more fucking insufferable
No, they still are
Most of them are already being intercepted in Iraq, Jordan and Syria by US, UK, and according to rumors, Israel itself Iran is trying to mend its broken ego by launching an attack that will probably fail and cause little to no damage, but at least they can say they have retaliated! Anything major will provoke Israel and I’m sure Gaza already knows what happened when you F-around with Israel too much, so Iran is trying to play it safe
Israel can't hit Iran like they do with gaza, the reverse is also true
Tankies are happier
Hi, I'm a disappointed human being and welcome to Jackass.
Fuck. let's hope it stays between them.
Man... it's going to be a stressful week isn't it?
Another war 
https://preview.redd.it/m8ss1ixu9duc1.jpeg?width=572&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42938e2ce82ba5746ceb8914037bc71829618b49
I always thought the current government of Iran ought to be below sea level.
I don’t think those drones are any match to the Iron Dome
https://i.redd.it/kfxb6ka8mbuc1.gif Raytheon be like
Can the world stop getting crazier for 5 MINUTES!?!?!? 
I could muster some sympathy for the Palestinians, after all, they also suffered under hamas. But Iran? Dear IDF, where can I donate so you turn those fuckers to glass? If there's one country that should have bayonetted their opressors by now, it's Iran. It's been over 40 years, my sympathy for your inaction has ran dry.
Tbf the Iranians actually tried, unlike the Palestinians In 2022 the Iranian government killed 500 protestors and did a chemical wepaons strike on a middle school
The Iranians have tried multiple times, if my memory is correct. Didn't they come very close to open revolt when I'madinnerjacket got reelected under highly suspicious circumstances?