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JWeinCom 4 hours ago
sundin13 said:
SvennoJ said:

That's why you should watch that video, Alistair Crooke explains Iran's strategy in detail, as well as what's happening behind the war drum propaganda.

It's the US military bases in the ME and its radar capabilities that are getting run over while Iran is still using old missiles to rapidly deplete interceptors and are already getting freedom of the skies over Arab countries as the US is scrambling to get all the remaining interceptors to Israel.

Arab countries are now seeing that US protection means nothing and are already starting to pivot investments away from the US.

Yes, you are missing the big picture. This is going to be a long war, Iran is not backing down. Iran is larger than France, Germany, Spain, and the UK combined and has its rocket capabilities decentralized over 57 districts.

Taking out the top leadership is exactly what Iran prepared for and is only biting the US in the butt now as there's no one left to negotiate with. Next to unleashing another jihad in Iraq and other countries for turning the Ayatollah into a martyr. Which he likely planned as he was just sitting in his home office, defying all advice to go into shelter.

The effect is more extreme hardliners will take over from Khamenei and the more moderate top leadership that kept preaching restraint in all the previous attacks from Israel and the US, assassinations and bombing wise.

Interesting, maybe I'll watch the video. Do you think we'll see more significant US/Israeli losses in the coming weeks, or do you think Iran's aims are more about regional control?

Iran's regime is betting that they are willing to endure more loss than the U.S. will. So, their goal is to make the war as costly as possible. If the U.S. is more desparate to end this than Iran, they will be able to negotiate more favorable terms. 



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SvennoJ 4 hours ago
JWeinCom said:

Iran's regime is betting that they are willing to endure more loss than the U.S. will. So, their goal is to make the war as costly as possible. If the U.S. is more desparate to end this than Iran, they will be able to negotiate more favorable terms. 

Israel would first have to stop assassinating anyone in a position to negotiate. Yet that's their entire plan, keep the US trapped in the destruction of Iran. Anyone replacing them would only be more reluctant to negotiate.

The war will be very costly even if it ends today. The ripple effects will have grave consequences to the world economy. 

Trump To Demand 100 BILLION Extra To Pay For Iran War


That's an extra $600 per tax payer in the USA, please chip in to kill more children.



'Illegal War’ Launched by an ‘Authoritarian President’: Fmr Obama Official Slams the Iran War


In this wide-ranging interview of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ former Obama official Ben Rhodes joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss Israel’s role in shaping the United States’ war with Iran.

Ben Rhodes served as deputy national security adviser in Barack Obama’s White House for eight years. He was working with President Obama as Benjamin Netanyahu continued to pressure the US, time and time again, to attack Iran.

In the discussion, Rhodes tells Mehdi that Israel’s ultimate objective is to turn Iran into a “failed state.” He criticizes Democratic Party leadership for failing to respond to the conflict, arguing that those who did not oppose the war must be primaried.

The two also examine the Obama administration’s decision to pursue regime change in Libya in 2011 without congressional approval. “I acknowledge the mistakes made,” Rhodes tells Mehdi, reflecting on the intervention.

 

Intel: Regime Change In Iran NO LONGER POSSIBLE


"NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to three ​sources familiar with the matter.

A "multitude" of intelligence reports provide "consistent analysis that the regime is not in danger" of collapse and "retains control of the Iranian public," ‌said one of the sources, all of whom were granted anonymity to discuss U.S. intelligence findings."