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wnylib

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25. With Israel as a partner, the long range goal in Iran
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 08:41 PM
9 hrs ago

is almost certainly to dismantle all of Iran's nuclear capability. The Trump regime is not being transparent about this for a few reasons. One is security to protect operations. Another is to keep Iran from knowing exactly what US forces are doing and when.

I am not justifying the war or siding with Trump. I am only observing and drawing conclusions from what we see and what we know about the parties involved.

Israel has always felt threatened by Iran's nuclear developments. Iran has aided Israel's terrorist enemies. Iran had an active part in aiding Hamas against Israel. Israel wants Iran's regime destroyed along with Iran's nuclear developments.

Nobody in the world wants to see Iran develop a nuclear weapon, except Iran's leaders.

Trump has personal business interests in the Middle East. He cannot begin to make plans for his resort in Gaza until hostile terrorist elements are neutralized. So he joins Israel in a united attack on Iran. Trump might never see his resort since he is declining so much, but Jared will run the show anyway, so Trump is paving the way for Jared to proceed with what Trump believes will be his personal lasting legacy in the region.

Sending Marines is the first step in ground operations with the intent to dismantle Iran's nuclear facilities. That is the long range goal. That means that, although Hegseth sounds like an idiot spouting word salads because he IS an idiot, somebody with the ability to make plans and see them carried out is working behind the scenes. Hegseth is just too stupid to understand the big picture or just incapable of putting it into coherent words. That no doubt suits Trump and Netanyahu who want to proceed without informing their own people or the world what they are doing.

There is a plan. They just are not revealing it openly. My guess for who develops the plans and sees that they are carried out is someone in the Israeli defense department who coordinates with US military leaders.

If Israel and the US succeed in completely dismantling Iran's nuclear capabilities and its theocratic dictatorship, they will be viewed as world saviors despite how despicable Netanyahu and Trump are in other aspects of their lives. There is also reason for concern regarding HOW they proceed. Given who they are, I expect to see some war atrocities committed during the process of the war.




























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They'll be sitting ducks on that island. RandySF 11 hrs ago #1
Exactly it seemed like that would be an insane move oldmanlynn 6 hrs ago #51
Nonsense. It does not pass the sniff test. drray23 11 hrs ago #2
Trump announced it Johnny2X2X 9 hrs ago #31
LOL Prairie Gates 11 hrs ago #3
We'll see. orangecrush 11 hrs ago #7
I think you guys answered your own questions. ABC123Easy 11 hrs ago #4
Kharg is far from Hormuz. JCMach1 11 hrs ago #6
Yes Celerity 5 hrs ago #54
I think orangecrush 11 hrs ago #9
That would makes sense except sarisataka 11 hrs ago #10
Turns out you are not that far off orangecrush 10 hrs ago #12
Yes, that graphic is very scary MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #49
JFC!!! electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #5
My reaction exactly orangecrush 11 hrs ago #8
Ridiculous conjecture sarisataka 10 hrs ago #11
Check out post 12 orangecrush 10 hrs ago #13
Kharg Island is at the northern end of the Persian Gulf. sarisataka 10 hrs ago #15
He's not saying Marines are going to Kharg orangecrush 10 hrs ago #19
". It wouldn't be the first time Marines were put in position to be sacrifices" orangecrush 9 hrs ago #24
My mind went to Guadalcanal but this works too Arazi 7 hrs ago #43
... orangecrush 7 hrs ago #44
The bigger the font used in a YouTube video ad the higher probablility of bullshit. WarGamer 10 hrs ago #14
Cappy is far from bullshit. orangecrush 10 hrs ago #16
I don't trust ANY analysis with political spin. WarGamer 10 hrs ago #18
Thanks for the link orangecrush 10 hrs ago #20
EXCELLENT source! orangecrush 10 hrs ago #22
you're welcome! WarGamer 9 hrs ago #32
Outstanding reference orangecrush 9 hrs ago #33
But on Call of Duty, that's not a problem. haele 10 hrs ago #17
This sure as fuck ain't COD orangecrush 10 hrs ago #21
This is not a game. Dan 9 hrs ago #23
That seems to be the consensus orangecrush 9 hrs ago #26
With Israel as a partner, the long range goal in Iran wnylib 9 hrs ago #25
Boots on the ground in a place where they have been planning on this... Hugin 9 hrs ago #27
A USMC MEU is a very formidable force. However, the Iranians are likely dug in as well as the Imperial Japanese were artemisia1 9 hrs ago #28
The commentator did say orangecrush 9 hrs ago #29
Yes. I should clarify that I meant a full division in addition to 5,000 MEU members. Even that won't do it, imho. artemisia1 8 hrs ago #35
Thanks orangecrush 8 hrs ago #38
Kharg rso 9 hrs ago #30
They already attacked it. LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #34
... orangecrush 8 hrs ago #37
I think he announced that he was gonna do it after it already happened. LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #40
Very likely orangecrush 8 hrs ago #41
I'm not an expert by any stretch but blue-wave 8 hrs ago #36
95% of Iranian oil flies though the island because orangecrush 8 hrs ago #39
OK, but if the strait is blue-wave 8 hrs ago #42
The Iranians from what I'm seeing orangecrush 7 hrs ago #45
And this... orangecrush 7 hrs ago #46
And the MAGAts go wild! UTUSN 7 hrs ago #47
I don't think Kharg is the target for the US... WarGamer 6 hrs ago #48
That looks ridiculous MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #50
Huge screw-up. GP6971 6 hrs ago #52
I fear for them. It's going to be raining drones. yourout 6 hrs ago #53
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