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Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by wolvoleo » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC

magic_hamster wrote: post #203

ignoramous wrote: post #157

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> Time will tell what USIS and EU will do to combat this. Diplomacy was working fine, per high-ranking diplomats: https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/03/18/americas-...

Anyone thinking they can talk their way into controlling Iran, a fundamentalist fanatic country with a very loud and visible doctrine literally calling to destroy the west, is delusional. The western "avoid conflict at all cost" approach is extremely detrimental.

I don't think they had any reason to destroy us until trump decided to kick the hornet's nest. In fact they were quite reasonable and agreed to inspections of their nuclear programme which is also something Trump broke before, and now with his petty war.

I mean they hate Israel way more than us and they never attacked them either (until this war obviously). And regime change was already happening there slowly. They would have become more moderate, the public opinion inside Iran was more and more against them especially since what they did to the protesters.

This war was unnecessary and only cemented the regime's hold on their people by giving them an external enemy.

Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by vasac » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC

ttul wrote: post #190

mmmm2 wrote: post #172

To me this is like the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo during WWII. The tactical result isn't important, the range of the strike is, and that it happened at all. Japan thought it was immune from air attack on the home islands in 1942, and the raid shocked them. Iran is showing the world (especially Europe), that it's more vulnerable than it thinks. Europe has more skin in the game than just the price of oil and nitrogen. Als…

Strategically, it seems like a dumb move. Right now, Congress is unlikely to approve Trump’s request for $200B to fund the war effort. But if Americans can be convinced that Iran could somehow hit American cities, they would call their members of Congress in a heartbeat and that money would presumably flow without interruption. Why time the medium range missiles now? It seems like yet another own-goal for this desper…

Americans can be convinced of anything without too much effort so that isn’t really a factor here.

Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by JasonADrury » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC

magic_hamster wrote: post #203

ignoramous wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Time will tell what USIS and EU will do to combat this. Diplomacy was working fine, per high-ranking diplomats: https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/03/18/americas-...

Anyone thinking they can talk their way into controlling Iran, a fundamentalist fanatic country with a very loud and visible doctrine literally calling to destroy the west, is delusional. The western "avoid conflict at all cost" approach is extremely detrimental.

> Iran, a fundamentalist fanatic country

United States, a fundamentalist fanatic country: https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3mhgag...

Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by PixyMisa » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #225

big-and-small wrote: post #214

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Except it would be very weird goal to achieve because it's only give more reasons to bomb whole country into oblivion and justify deployment of ground troops.

There is probably a hardline faction within Iran that still thinks it gains from further bombing and forced isolation.

Yep. The IRGC runs the country at this point, and they do not have anyone else's best interests in mind.

Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by lostlogin » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC

drnick1 wrote: post #160

mda wrote: post #117

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flatten with what?

Like what is happening now, completely decimating their army, navy, and air force. If that isn't enough, destroy their only source of revenue (oil fields), or go even further and destroy their electrical grid and send the country back to the stone age. Finally, if the regime does not surrender after all this, a nuke could still be used.

> destroy their only source of revenue (oil fields)

That’s the worlds source or revenue.

Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:19 PM UTC

GordonS wrote: post #184

gizajob wrote: post #72

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Maybe we should look at why Iranians chant this? And those "proxies" are not "against" America or Israel - they exist solely as resistance groups that counter Israeli aggression, ethic cleansing, land theft etc. You know, like Israel is doing right now in their stated aim of annexing South Lebanon, after displacing over a million people from their homes. Without Israeli aggression and land theft, these resistance gro…

> those "proxies" are not "against" America or Israel - they exist solely as resistance groups that counter Israeli aggression, ethic cleansing, land theft etc.

They explicitly call for the destruction of Israel.

Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by PixyMisa » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:19 PM UTC

ignoramous wrote: post #157

dragonelite wrote: post #151

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It's a message toward the west don't think you're safe further away. Iran is pushing the west out of west Asia. Time will tell what USIS and EU will do to combat this.

> Time will tell what USIS and EU will do to combat this. Diplomacy was working fine, per high-ranking diplomats: https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/03/18/americas-...

Mandy Rice-Davies Applies.

Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by big-and-small » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:20 PM UTC

hshdhdhj4444 wrote: post #227

big-and-small wrote: post #214

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Except it would be very weird goal to achieve because it's only give more reasons to bomb whole country into oblivion and justify deployment of ground troops.

Not really. Because no one in Europe wants to bomb Iran into oblivion, if for no other reason but the fact that the Europeans (and Turkey) would face another massive refugee crisis. The only people wanting to continue this war are the U.S. and Israel (and maybe Saudi Arabia?) and even Trump is clearly looking for an off ramp. This is most likely a way for Iran to tell Europe to do what they can to end this otherwise…

Europe to do what to stop the war? EU cant even stop war on their own borders. And we seen what Trump buddies think about EU in their leaked Signal chat.

Also it's not like EU and UK actually have any military capacity to bomb Iran even if they wanted because again everything they do have is going to Ukraine already.

Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by throwawayheui57 » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:21 PM UTC

cardanome wrote: post #188

rcMgD2BwE72F wrote: post #127

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>Mossad agents have been instructed to fire at protestors to increase the death toll. Source?

> Hundreds of people died when security forces sought to crush the demonstrations, along with dozens of members of the police and Basij militia. Iranian intelligence operatives internally concluded that some of the violence was being encouraged and facilitated by Israeli operatives, according to the sources. “Foreign actors linked to Israeli intelligence services had, over time, established contact—through various so…

In a war where Israel and US are literally bombing the hell out of Iran, fewer people have been killed than those two days of massacre.

All according to the numbers confirmed by Iranian government.

God, the moral depravity of defending the IRGC and islamic regime is mind boggling. You can still be against Mossad and what they do in Iran while holding the islamic regime accountable for its own atrocities.

Re: Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

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Post by anramon » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:21 PM UTC

thomassmith65 wrote: post #195

cardanome wrote: post #119

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Well some civilians have been injured when Iran attacked the hotels where US agents were stationed. Mostly due to them being foreign workers and well we all know how Dubai and the Saudis treat foreign workers. They were not allowed evacuate in time. Of course it will be hard to completely avoid civilian casualties in the long run, I fear but yeah Iran has been pretty measured. Iran's fight is with the US imperialists…

The mullahs and IRGC are not famous for their compassion or kind-heartedness. They are infamous for fulminating against liberals, plotting to kill enemies, torturing and hanging dissidents from cranes, persecuting minorities and women, funding terror cells, and fleecing their citizens to enrich themselves. Many of the comments here suffer from a misguided refusal to be impressed by the regime's reputation, as though…

>from a misguided refusal to be impressed by the regime's reputation

You have to thank the actions of the genocidal State of Israel that anything below it is somewhat acceptable. Reaping what they sow themselves.