This is how it works, right? The world will now tell Iran to de-escalate and choose peace, not respond. Or are only the Jews told all that stuff? Israel has launched strategic strikes at Iran and proven itself far more effective at damage than Iran, which launched over 300 missiles and drones at Israel and saw 99% destroyed before impact.
US foreign policy that fails to understand and factor-in Christian and Islamic eschatology is doomed at worst and ineffective at best. A baseline of absolute military superiority (which requires technological superiority) is essential for security...and peace.
It is hard for the US to be a "world Leader" when we have no serious leadership. Biden is driven by his base. He wants votes and is willing to chastise Israel on the world stage in an attempt to appease the anti semites in his base. The Democratic party is now pushed by a Progressive base which is completely pro Hamas. The Republicans are not much better. There are Republicans in the House which are embarrassing at best, MTG, and forcing moderates to have a second look at Dementia Joe Biden for some form of stability. These Republicans would rather have their time in front of a camera for fund raising while damaging the Republican party. I am having a hard time pointing out a real , strong, national leader in the US today.
I wish I could say we know what the Israeli's did last night over Iran. We don't. But I suspect the F35 played a key role. We don't know what weapon system was delivered by the F35. We don't know how many. We don't know the flight path.
What we do know is that the targets were in Central Iran, which is "far" from Israel. Call it about 1000 miles. Or 200 miles round trip. How long did the F35 loiter to acquire its target? What is the combat radius of the F35.? Did the F35 refuel during the mission? The 1000 mile distance is over Jordan and Iraq. Can the F35 flyover these countries without being seen? There are a lot of questions one must ask and answer to plan this mission.
I think one also needs to understand what the F35 can do. Other than being stealthy and flying a long way, it is also a sensor platform. This Year the US enters high volume production of the PrSM (Precision strike missile). The PrSM is the next generation of the HIMARS which is the next generation of the MLRS (a 1980s weapon system). An F35 can fly over the enemy, identify a target, relay location to the PrSM and launch. This takes just a few minutes from the F35 identifing the target to the PrsM hitting the target. On a dynamic battlefield, mobility is restricted. You cannot "stop" and refuel or change the oil for a period of minutes.
I assume the Israelis hit a fixed target in Iran (missile production facility) that is difficult to reconstitute and stops Iran from producing more missiles. Do you target production facilities or production personnel? Both? What do the lawyers tell you is a legal target?
AI powered drones introduces many more questions, which makes an opponent's life far more uncomfortable.
I think we can tell our southern rural men and women to stay home and build many more weapons to arm the forces of liberty. We don't need to send our sons and daughters to fight Iran or Russia or China. We just need the determination to arm ourselves and our allies to confront the forces of liberty.
By the way, Iran should never sell another barrel of Oil or Cubic foot of gas. Now if the government is overthrown and Iran regains its liberty from the clutches of religious lunacy, then maybe they can sell some oil. This is the simplest and cheapest form of deterrence.
I didn’t care for Gen. Colin Powell’s politics but his military views were great.
Go to war only when you have to.
Throw in the kitchen sink and make it a short war. (No generational wars)
Have an end plan before you start.
In 1914 everyone thought that the war would be over quickly. It wasn’t. The next big battle would decide the outcome. It didn’t.
I seem to be the only one who mentions that the Iranians await the coming of their Messiah, the 12th Iman. He can only return if the world is covered with blood. They are trying their best to make it happen.
Not everyone who wants to de-escalate these conflicts or who has questions about US involvement is isolationist or anti-Semitic. Inserting such accusations shuts down important discussions. "Anti-Semitic" has become the new "racist" or "homophobic" or "TDS" that gets thrown into a conversation to end it. Ending debate isolates people and radicalizes them, instead of giving them the opportunity to change their minds. I'm worried where this country is headed when we can't talk civilly and reasonably about the most important of issues.
It has always struck me as weird how Israel is just expected to tolerate everyone else in the region firing rockets and missiles in their direction like it's the weather. The fear that Israeli retaliation against Iran could provoke a larger regional war ignores that a larger regional war is already happening. The West, primarily under Biden and Obama, have been operating under the assumption that if we treat Iran with diplomacy, a nuclear deal, and send them gobs of cash that somehow moderates will take over and Iran will become an ally. In order to maintain the delusion, we ignore/let them off the hook for the funding of terror proxies throughout the region and continue to send them money despite their support for Hamas leading up to the 10/7 attack. 10/7 is a wake-up call for the Israelis because their national survival is at stake and they can't afford to suffer such delusions as the rest of the West. The Israelis can see down the road at not just the precedent set by Iran being allowed to fire missiles and drones at their territory, but how the region will change if/when Iran gets a nuclear weapon. Our leadership needs to get with the program, stop catering to the pro-Hamas Leftist psychopaths on college campus. We need to support Israel and do what needs to be done with Iran in order to prevent WWIII.
I’m listening to Blinken’s speech right now. He’s said nearly nothing about Israel’s strike. He discussed our aid in Gaza at length, and then devoted his speech to nation building in Ukraine. Sounds like Anthony and Erick are brothers in arms, literally. Absolute insanity. If it is so critical that we protect Ukraine from Russia, why not just bomb the Kremlin? Ridiculous you say? Really? I’m just applying your own logic in your excuses for sending treasure to Ukraine. Or how about this? Ukraine has lost 500k people? Russias gonna win this now or later. You want to extend the war so they can lose far more? I don’t understand that logic. Here’s another idea - Ukraine can surrender. How would that be any of our business either way?
Concise and to the point, that is one of the reasons I enjoy your website and analysis. I believe that our country is growing weak. Our enemies are gathering their forces around us. At the same time, internally, our morals, public trust, and pride in our country are destroyed by the hate America First crowd. If the U.S. fails, the world will go dark and may never recover.
So now we should send our confiscated wages to Ukraine so that we can prove to the world that our military technology is superior?! Yet another ridiculous argument made to apologize for your Republican Left hero speaker Johnson breaking a promise he made one week ago on Fox and Friends. I have a better idea. If our goal is to demonstrate our military superiority to the world, let’s do it in our defense is Israel, not Ukraine ….
I wholeheartedly agree. The only thing I would like to see is spending our money wisely. Stop just throwing cash at everything. Help Ukraine’s military with military stuff and strategy. What is our money buying? Is there an ammunition store somewhere over there? Just asking.
Erick, I thought NATO was formed to defend Europe against Russia. Surely they should care more about this than us. We are more in debt than any other country and technically broke.
Only Democrats have forgotten that their agenda is an axis of evil.
It only works that way when those espousing the 'restraint' idea are part of (or sympathize with) the oppressed class.
US foreign policy that fails to understand and factor-in Christian and Islamic eschatology is doomed at worst and ineffective at best. A baseline of absolute military superiority (which requires technological superiority) is essential for security...and peace.
It is hard for the US to be a "world Leader" when we have no serious leadership. Biden is driven by his base. He wants votes and is willing to chastise Israel on the world stage in an attempt to appease the anti semites in his base. The Democratic party is now pushed by a Progressive base which is completely pro Hamas. The Republicans are not much better. There are Republicans in the House which are embarrassing at best, MTG, and forcing moderates to have a second look at Dementia Joe Biden for some form of stability. These Republicans would rather have their time in front of a camera for fund raising while damaging the Republican party. I am having a hard time pointing out a real , strong, national leader in the US today.
Right on and "Amen!"
I wish I could say we know what the Israeli's did last night over Iran. We don't. But I suspect the F35 played a key role. We don't know what weapon system was delivered by the F35. We don't know how many. We don't know the flight path.
What we do know is that the targets were in Central Iran, which is "far" from Israel. Call it about 1000 miles. Or 200 miles round trip. How long did the F35 loiter to acquire its target? What is the combat radius of the F35.? Did the F35 refuel during the mission? The 1000 mile distance is over Jordan and Iraq. Can the F35 flyover these countries without being seen? There are a lot of questions one must ask and answer to plan this mission.
I think one also needs to understand what the F35 can do. Other than being stealthy and flying a long way, it is also a sensor platform. This Year the US enters high volume production of the PrSM (Precision strike missile). The PrSM is the next generation of the HIMARS which is the next generation of the MLRS (a 1980s weapon system). An F35 can fly over the enemy, identify a target, relay location to the PrSM and launch. This takes just a few minutes from the F35 identifing the target to the PrsM hitting the target. On a dynamic battlefield, mobility is restricted. You cannot "stop" and refuel or change the oil for a period of minutes.
I assume the Israelis hit a fixed target in Iran (missile production facility) that is difficult to reconstitute and stops Iran from producing more missiles. Do you target production facilities or production personnel? Both? What do the lawyers tell you is a legal target?
AI powered drones introduces many more questions, which makes an opponent's life far more uncomfortable.
I think we can tell our southern rural men and women to stay home and build many more weapons to arm the forces of liberty. We don't need to send our sons and daughters to fight Iran or Russia or China. We just need the determination to arm ourselves and our allies to confront the forces of liberty.
By the way, Iran should never sell another barrel of Oil or Cubic foot of gas. Now if the government is overthrown and Iran regains its liberty from the clutches of religious lunacy, then maybe they can sell some oil. This is the simplest and cheapest form of deterrence.
A HUGE Amen to your last paragraph. For our Grandchildren's sake as well as ours.
I didn’t care for Gen. Colin Powell’s politics but his military views were great.
Go to war only when you have to.
Throw in the kitchen sink and make it a short war. (No generational wars)
Have an end plan before you start.
In 1914 everyone thought that the war would be over quickly. It wasn’t. The next big battle would decide the outcome. It didn’t.
I seem to be the only one who mentions that the Iranians await the coming of their Messiah, the 12th Iman. He can only return if the world is covered with blood. They are trying their best to make it happen.
Not everyone who wants to de-escalate these conflicts or who has questions about US involvement is isolationist or anti-Semitic. Inserting such accusations shuts down important discussions. "Anti-Semitic" has become the new "racist" or "homophobic" or "TDS" that gets thrown into a conversation to end it. Ending debate isolates people and radicalizes them, instead of giving them the opportunity to change their minds. I'm worried where this country is headed when we can't talk civilly and reasonably about the most important of issues.
It has always struck me as weird how Israel is just expected to tolerate everyone else in the region firing rockets and missiles in their direction like it's the weather. The fear that Israeli retaliation against Iran could provoke a larger regional war ignores that a larger regional war is already happening. The West, primarily under Biden and Obama, have been operating under the assumption that if we treat Iran with diplomacy, a nuclear deal, and send them gobs of cash that somehow moderates will take over and Iran will become an ally. In order to maintain the delusion, we ignore/let them off the hook for the funding of terror proxies throughout the region and continue to send them money despite their support for Hamas leading up to the 10/7 attack. 10/7 is a wake-up call for the Israelis because their national survival is at stake and they can't afford to suffer such delusions as the rest of the West. The Israelis can see down the road at not just the precedent set by Iran being allowed to fire missiles and drones at their territory, but how the region will change if/when Iran gets a nuclear weapon. Our leadership needs to get with the program, stop catering to the pro-Hamas Leftist psychopaths on college campus. We need to support Israel and do what needs to be done with Iran in order to prevent WWIII.
I’m listening to Blinken’s speech right now. He’s said nearly nothing about Israel’s strike. He discussed our aid in Gaza at length, and then devoted his speech to nation building in Ukraine. Sounds like Anthony and Erick are brothers in arms, literally. Absolute insanity. If it is so critical that we protect Ukraine from Russia, why not just bomb the Kremlin? Ridiculous you say? Really? I’m just applying your own logic in your excuses for sending treasure to Ukraine. Or how about this? Ukraine has lost 500k people? Russias gonna win this now or later. You want to extend the war so they can lose far more? I don’t understand that logic. Here’s another idea - Ukraine can surrender. How would that be any of our business either way?
Lead or be led.
Concise and to the point, that is one of the reasons I enjoy your website and analysis. I believe that our country is growing weak. Our enemies are gathering their forces around us. At the same time, internally, our morals, public trust, and pride in our country are destroyed by the hate America First crowd. If the U.S. fails, the world will go dark and may never recover.
Peace to all
So now we should send our confiscated wages to Ukraine so that we can prove to the world that our military technology is superior?! Yet another ridiculous argument made to apologize for your Republican Left hero speaker Johnson breaking a promise he made one week ago on Fox and Friends. I have a better idea. If our goal is to demonstrate our military superiority to the world, let’s do it in our defense is Israel, not Ukraine ….
I wholeheartedly agree. The only thing I would like to see is spending our money wisely. Stop just throwing cash at everything. Help Ukraine’s military with military stuff and strategy. What is our money buying? Is there an ammunition store somewhere over there? Just asking.
Erick, I thought NATO was formed to defend Europe against Russia. Surely they should care more about this than us. We are more in debt than any other country and technically broke.