Israel

[Anastasis 23,469]

1 hour ago, Walser said:

Hey whaddaya guys up to?

Same ole same ole. Sitting by watching my taxpayer dollars dismember brown kids. 

[MagicSoccerSpray 1,732]

8 hours ago, Walser said:

Hey whaddaya guys up to?

 

This thread, and board, are a fucking cesspool.

[Captainant 27,668]

4 hours ago, MagicSoccerSpray said:

 

This thread, and board, are a fucking cesspool.

[Laughs in Rex]

[Jive Turkey 12,598]

“The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran," a senior White House official tells @mj_lee and @ArletteSaenz.

[Aqua Buddha 14,596]

Iran Hezbollah needs to take the L here.

[Todd Gack 432]

6 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

“The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran," a senior White House official tells @mj_lee and @ArletteSaenz.

October surprise on the first goddamn day of October.

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

We are about to go to war with Iran. Buckle up.

[SimonBolivar 10,958]

1 minute ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

We are about to go to war with Iran. Buckle up.

Nah, Iran has to do something to save some sort of face so they telegraph this shit so it doesn't get to that point.

[chainsaw 9,868]

2 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Nah, Iran has to do something to save some sort of face so they telegraph this shit so it doesn't get to that point.

It's not unprecedented. Iran isn't dumb enough to start a war it can't win.

[Brisketexan 105,139]

20 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Nah, Iran has to do something to save some sort of face so they telegraph this shit so it doesn't get to that point.

 

17 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

It's not unprecedented. Iran isn't dumb enough to start a war it can't win.

These.

[Rex Kramer 1,338]

16 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

It's not unprecedented. Iran isn't dumb enough to start a war it can't win.

It happened just a few months ago. Heavily telegraphed. I don’t understand how the Muslim world can view this as saving face. The whole world knows it’s performative. 

[Brisketexan 105,139]

9 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

It happened just a few months ago. Heavily telegraphed. I don’t understand how the Muslim world can view this as saving face. The whole world knows it’s performative. 

It's not terribly effective at "saving face," because yeah...it's transparent as hell.

But when it's all you've got, it's all you've got.  Iran is far from the first mouse that roars like hell in world history.

[Beantown Express 2.0 6,559]

Watching Tel Aviv live on MSNBC and it looks like missles are hitting the city but maybe they are blowing up in the air from the iron dome and other anti missile defense systems.  Pretty crazy watching it live. 

[Jive Turkey 12,598]

Yep. Pretty crazy watching this and Champions League at the same time.

 

[Brisketexan 105,139]

5 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Watching Tel Aviv live on MSNBC and it looks like missles are hitting the city but maybe they are blowing up in the air from the iron dome and other anti missile defense systems.  Pretty crazy watching it live. 

The AJ story says the IDF reported 102 missiles launched by Iran.  That is a significantly smaller salvo than the last time they fired missiles.  The reports of simultaneous gun attacks in Tel Aviv and Jaffa are going to be interesting to follow.  But if that is, collectively, Iran's "response"....then it's well within bounds of what was expected.

[SimonBolivar 10,958]

Quote

 

Oct. 1, 2024, 1:01 p.m. ETJust now

Euan Ward

Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon

What sounds like celebratory gunfire can be heard breaking out across Beirut.

 

I don't remember what thread it was but for the person asking why Iran did this and how the ME world still fell for it. 

[SimonBolivar 10,958]

Oct. 1, 2024, 1:04 p.m. ETJust now

Farnaz Fassihi

United Nations bureau chief

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement that Iran had launched ballistic missiles on Israel in response to the recent Israeli assassinations of several Hezbollah leaders, including the group's secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah. It said it would launch more attacks if Iran was attacked.

[Aqua Buddha 14,596]

16 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

The AJ story says the IDF reported 102 missiles launched by Iran.  That is a significantly smaller salvo than the last time they fired missiles.  The reports of simultaneous gun attacks in Tel Aviv and Jaffa are going to be interesting to follow.  But if that is, collectively, Iran's "response"....then it's well within bounds of what was expected.

They need to take the L on this.  They won't but they should.

[achooloco 1,072]

9 hours ago, MagicSoccerSpray said:

 

This thread, and board, are a fucking cesspool.

Sounds like something scummy traitors would say.

As pertaining to the thread, this just ramping up? Or only posturing?

[Brian Fantana 6,687]

He's a big ass pussy, best to ignore him

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

So who is selling weapons to Iran?  

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,870]

2 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

So who is selling weapons to Iran?  

probs not Russia (anymore). my guess is China and NK. maybe they make their own? which is why they're so easy to shoot down?

[Hagbard Celine 10,864]

bbc unblocked in NA at the moment:

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cg4qx62kkxxt#player

150 missiles

0 injuries

[TexArcher 37,774]

Looks like this was a bunch of sound and fury, without a lot of actual damage? 

But it did look like some of those missiles were getting through.

And CNN reported 7 dead in what appeared to be a terrorist gun attack at a train station right before the missiles started.

What's Israel's response...?

 

Edited October 1 by TexArcher

[Hagbard Celine 10,864]

4 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

probs not Russia (anymore). my guess is China and NK. maybe they make their own? which is why they're so easy to shoot down?

they make their own

 

[Hagbard Celine 10,864]

Just now, TexArcher said:

But it did look like some of those missiles were getting through.

iron dome plots the flightpath and ignores missiles that will impact in non-built-up-areas

every iron dome interceptor costs $40-50k

[Brisketexan 105,139]

1 minute ago, TexArcher said:

Looks like this was a bunch of sound and fury, without a lot of actual damage? 

But it did look like some of those missiles were getting through.

And CNN reported 7 dead in what appeared to be a terrorist gun attack at a train station right before the missiles started.

What's Israel's response...?

 

The smart response?  Keep playing the game YOU have chosen, not the game your impotent enemy wants to play.

Israel has been making masterful chess moves v. Iran in recent months.  Keep playing that game, don't be distracted AT ALL by theatrics and performative bullshit.  Iran just made noise.  Ignore it and keep on trucking, pursuing your plans using your intel as you have been.

I strongly suspect that will be how Israel plays it.  Israel isn't looking to put on a show.  They aren't looking to "escalate."  They also aren't looking to "de-escalate."  They have goals they want to accomplish re Iran and Hezbollah.  They are accomplishing them, and they are likely to keep doing so for some time.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,870]

1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

iron dome plots the flightpath and ignores missiles that will impact in non-built-up-areas

every iron dome interceptor costs $40-50k

that's nothing when ole Daddy Warbucks is funding you

[Hagbard Celine 10,864]

cnn: idf: 180 missiles

[Hagbard Celine 10,864]

sullivan briefing: 200+ missiles, situation fluid, significant escalation, there will be consequences, will agree with israel on what and how

 

[Rex Kramer 1,338]

50 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

The smart response?  Keep playing the game YOU have chosen, not the game your impotent enemy wants to play.

Israel has been making masterful chess moves v. Iran in recent months.  Keep playing that game, don't be distracted AT ALL by theatrics and performative bullshit.  Iran just made noise.  Ignore it and keep on trucking, pursuing your plans using your intel as you have been.

I strongly suspect that will be how Israel plays it.  Israel isn't looking to put on a show.  They aren't looking to "escalate."  They also aren't looking to "de-escalate."  They have goals they want to accomplish re Iran and Hezbollah.  They are accomplishing them, and they are likely to keep doing so for some time.

I agree with you. However, if Israel escalates, as they have with Hamas and Hezbollah and the Houthis, you’ll claim they’ve been drawn offsides. 

[Hagbard Celine 10,864]

the strength of the iranian air force does not matter

executing the comm device supply chain attack prevents it's future repetition at scale

the 10000 clerics brisket mentioned are the high clergy of the Shia branch of Islam

the IRGC numbers 125000 with an annual budget of us$ 7 billion

nothing short of nuking iran and ending Shia will effect regime change

in summary, they are terrible and we should win convincingly

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

Netanyahu is the most hated man in the world right now outside of Jewish/Israeli support

How many US tax dollars will be spent? Stay tuned!

[Brisketexan 105,139]

31 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

I agree with you. However, if Israel escalates, as they have with Hamas and Hezbollah and the Houthis, you’ll claim they’ve been drawn offsides. 

If Israel "escalates" using similar methods and targets as they did with Hezbollah, I won't claim they've been drawn offsides at all.  That's what I would expect, and it would be a sound strategic moves.

If Israel "escalates" and uses force against Iran the way it has against Hamas in Gaza (leveling block after block after block, killing tens of thousands of Iranian civilians).....yeah, I will absolutely say they were drawn offsides, it would be dumb, counterproductive, a shitty use of resources (air power), etc.  Fortunately, I don't think that approach is likely to be in play.  When it comes to Iran and Hezbollah, Israel has been playing some masterful chess.

[TeeDubya 3,362]

(Sorry for the video, can’t embed this x account)

….and “Fuck you in particular.”
 

Edited October 1 by TeeDubya

[chainsaw 9,868]

4 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

they are terrible and we should win convincingly

[Tuco 5,076]

6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

The smart response?  Keep playing the game YOU have chosen, not the game your impotent enemy wants to play.

Israel has been making masterful chess moves v. Iran in recent months.  Keep playing that game, don't be distracted AT ALL by theatrics and performative bullshit.  Iran just made noise.  Ignore it and keep on trucking, pursuing your plans using your intel as you have been.

I strongly suspect that will be how Israel plays it.  Israel isn't looking to put on a show.  They aren't looking to "escalate."  They also aren't looking to "de-escalate."  They have goals they want to accomplish re Iran and Hezbollah.  They are accomplishing them, and they are likely to keep doing so for some time.

The chess metaphor is silly considering how unevenly matched the opponents are.  Israel could make dozens of mistakes and still "win."

[Brisketexan 105,139]

The chess metaphor is silly considering how unevenly matched the opponents are.  Israel could make dozens of mistakes and still "win."

Fair, but there are still ways Israel can lose, in terms of standing in the world, as well as in cost/losses. To continue the metaphor, losing too many pieces as you get the win would not be the best outcome.

[Brisketexan 105,139]

DP

[Tuco 5,076]

12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Fair, but there are still ways Israel can lose, in terms of standing in the world, as well as in cost/losses. To continue the metaphor, losing too many pieces as you get the win would not be the best outcome.

I see it closer to college football: Alabama beating Peru State doesn't really demonstrate the coach's acumen, but winning ugly would still hurt his image. 

[Brian Fantana 6,687]

2 hours ago, chainsaw said:

Went to HS/played football with this dickhead, couldn't stand him then, can't stand him now.

[Captainant 27,668]

On 10/1/2024 at 2:43 AM, MagicSoccerSpray said:

 

This thread, and board, are a fucking cesspool.

You're the asshat laughing at some truly shitty racist talk. You bring your own cesspool everywhere you go 

[TeeDubya 3,362]

Found another post with the falling missile....
 

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,870]

that's just supremely unlucky.

[deech 2,275]

So the only fatality in the missile attack was a Palestinian.  Likely the guy in the video.   

[Brian Fantana 6,687]

4 hours ago, Captainant said:

You're the asshat laughing at some truly shitty racist talk. You bring your own cesspool everywhere you go 

@MagicSoccerSpray does your pussy hurt extra hard today, bitch?

Look at who else laugh reacted, by the way, @Rex Kramer insists he's not a racist little shitweasel but his words and actions seem to suggest otherwise.

[Captainant 27,668]

7 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

@MagicSoccerSpray does your pussy hurt extra hard today, bitch?

Look at who else laugh reacted, by the way, @Rex Kramer insists he's not a racist little shitweasel but his words and actions seem to suggest otherwise.

Wild that people are asking what rule was broken in that thread. What the absolute fuck. 

That sort of personal attack against someone's family because of their religion is WAY the fuck over the line

Edited October 2 by Captainant

[Brian Fantana 6,687]

4 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Wild that people are asking what rule was broken in that thread. What the absolute fuck. 

That sort of personal attack against someone's family because of their religion is WAY the fuck over the line

It's hilarious because as soon as I talked about the extended family I have over there (via marriage) in the DT thread, all the dumbest people on the board immediately assumed I meant MY marriage, even though I am not married and my girlfriend is the whitest, blondest woman alive. It's a really easy way to sort out the mouthbreathers, though.

[RomaVicta 29,907]

On 10/1/2024 at 10:22 AM, chainsaw said:

It's not unprecedented. Iran isn't dumb enough to start a war it can't win.

We're the champions of that!

[Satchel 6,938]

When Trump finally loses, it won’t be because Bibi didn’t do everything satanically possible to help him win.