Iran launches dozens of drones toward Israel

They don't need us to do what I suspect they will do.
“Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

 

Yes, and few hours later Iran launched a massive missile attack on US bases injuring over 100 US service members. Trump did nothing about it.

As for now US has sent US Bataan with it's 2 500 Marines to the area on top of the other Navy ships which are already in the area. Hopefully they won't be needed.

 

Lt. Bonespur likes military parades but not military service or military action.

 

Because Israel’s attack that killed their general was a reaction to Iran’s involvement in Oct 7th attacks. They have a right to attack the man who helped plan the attack and they did. Irans retaliation was unwarranted given their involvement. Meaning it was an escalation that should have been met with severe escalation. I would be okay with wiping them off the map for their continuous attacks to western allies and western interests. Iran deserves no soft spot in American ideals.

And it didn’t work or they would have launched an unprecedented attack towards Israel

 

Well, he considers them suckers and losers, and he said he would never have allowed his sons to serve in the military.

 

I think the U.S. is being tested. Will we support our allies? Would we even defend ourselves? If Iran comes to the conclusion that the answer is no to both questions, we're in trouble to put it mildly. China is watching also.

Meanwhile, we have a president who can't bother (or isn't functional enough) to speak about this to the American people. What he does plan is to meet with the leaders of other countries and ask them if we should support our allies and defend ourselves. Biden needs to resign. Today.

 

Still, when push comes to shove this Admin has a history of simply stopping support efforts and walking out of the situation.

 

Military service speaks well for a man but it isn't a requirement to hold high office, including President.

 

Well, they deployed the Marines to the area, so US declining to partake in a revenge attack on Iran does not equate "walking away". US will help defend Israel, but not go on offensive on Iran. This missile attack was a revenge attack already for the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy.

Yes, that is true, but its unheard of to hear the Commander in Chief call the military "suckers and losers".

 

Looks like that was a good call. For now...

 

CNN sums it up

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/14/middleeast/iran-israel-attack-drones-analysis-intl/index.html

 

Let's hope Israel's response is as tokenistic as Iran's.

 

He's goofy enough to say such a thing but I suspect there may be some context missing such as the rest of the conversation.

 

I read Israel took out Hezbollah's arsenal. Very cool.

 

There was a young girl injured and I think I read this morning that she had died.

 

We all know Israel should take out the regime, but that won't happen. Hopefully, Iran will make the mistake that finally does them in.

 

Post one recording Hamas made of killing children.

 

1. Iran attacked military targets.
2. Israel bombed an embassy.
3. Israel continues to bomb babies and children.
4. Posters insanely, ruthlessly, and evilly continue to support Israel's murder of children and babies with their posts online.
5. Iran followed International Law with regard to their attack.
6. Israel flagrantly defies and breaks international law claiming the Hague has no power over them.
7. Most of thew 1200 were armed or killed by the Israelis.

 

And that's the sad thing. Both major parties are lead by Satanic, evil babykillers.

 

They did $1.35 billion dollars in damage.

Israel's interception of Iranian missiles costs $1.35 billion (msn.com)

 

That would be too hard of a target. Israel will murder some children instead, as they always do.

 

According to this article, it looks like Biden not only knew this attack was coming, but, like with Ukraine, he wouldn't mind a 'minor incursion.'

Iran informed Turkey in advance of its operation against Israel - Turkish source

Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters on Sunday, adding that Washington had conveyed to Tehran via Ankara that any action it took had to be "within certain limits."

Turkey, which has denounced Israel for its campaign on Gaza, said earlier on Sunday that it did not want a further escalation of tensions in the region.

The Turkish source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had spoken to both his US and Iranian counterparts in the past week to discuss the planned Iranian operation, adding Ankara had been made aware of possible developments.

Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Fidan to make clear that escalation in the Middle East was not in anyone's interest.

"Iran informed us in advance of what would happen. Possible developments also came up during the meeting with Blinken, and they (the US) conveyed to Iran through us that this reaction must be within certain limits," the source said.

"In response, Iran said the reaction would be a response to Israel's attack on its embassy in Damascus and that it would not go beyond this."

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-796998

 

Your observations are supported by information I found here: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240414/s...o-pierce-israeli-air-defenses-1117930117.html . Especially interesting in the story is the part that stated (my emphasis in red): "Iran has not fired its hypersonic missiles. In fact, most of the drones and missiles that were fired were older drones and missiles. They were very inexpensive and were used as decoys. So Iran spent a couple of million dollars to force the Israelis to spend $1.3 billion in anti-missile missiles, which was itself a big achievement by the Iranians." Obviously, there is considerable disagreement about exactly what weapons were deployed, but I think the ultimate question for all concerned will be what the actual effectiveness of hypersonic missiles versus Iron Dome defenses will be.

I know many people dislike and distrust Sputnik as a news source, but the information seems rooted in the truth.

 

The combination of issues, including propaganda from different sides, military censorship, and the fog of war, makes early observations (including mine) akin to reading tea-leaves and trying to engage in (hopefully educated) guesses. Eventually, the facts emerge more clearly.

 

As per international law, which you cited, an embassy and/or consulate is no longer an embassy and/or consulate when military planners use it as a military base to plan military operations.