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

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Post by GordonS » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:44 PM UTC

nozzlegear wrote: post #66

spaghetdefects wrote: post #19

Iran repeatedly stated that they will not attack any country's assets if they do not assist the US/Israel. Most European countries have refused to take part, the UK decided to help so this seems like a very easy situation to have avoided.

From TFA: > It is understood the attempted air strike occurred before the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to hit Iranian sites targeting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Except that Starmer was lying - there have been photos of bombs being loaded onto US bombers going around for at least several days now.

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

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Post by geraneum » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC

GordonS wrote: post #170

arbuge wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They did however murder thousands of protesters in their own streets in January, and who knows how much more dissidents over the years. This one was just this week: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-execution-teen-wrestler-ja... So there's that.

You're being disingenuous - the "protestor" was caught on camera literally hacking a policeman to pieces. He murdered a policeman, and will now be executed.

Can you back this with linking the said videos and maybe some info on legal proceedings of the fair trial in which this person was convicted? I’m curious.

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

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Post by energy123 » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC

einszwei wrote: post #109

cardanome wrote: post #22

Accusing Iran of "lashing out" and being "reckless" by attacking US bases while the US and Israel literally murder school children, bomb hospitals and assassinate state leaders is rich. It didn't have to be this way but they decided this to turn into a fight of survival for Iran and destroy any option for a peaceful resolution. Now they are going to pay the price.

Your comment made me realise that while Iran has attacked a dozen countries, they have yet to attack a school or a hospital. Not condoning anyone but shows the priority of both sides.

They attacked a hospital during the 12 day war. They attacked a school today but it was evacuated due to the early warning system. They attack civilian targets indiscriminately using cluster warheads, in violation of international law.

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

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Post by GordonS » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC

gizajob wrote: post #72

cardanome wrote: post #15

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Iran is fighting for survival, Israel and the US are fighting by choice. They attacked Iran not the other way round. US bases, even if also used by UK which aides US it their war, are legitimate targets. US imperialism is the greatest threat to the world.

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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 groups wouldn't exist.

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

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Post by geraneum » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC

rcMgD2BwE72F wrote: post #127

cardanome wrote: post #95

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Thousands, not tens of thousands. Which is bad enough so it seems silly to lie about this but whoever can make up the biggest number seems to favored by the Western narrative. And let us not act like the decades of sanction were not designed to do exactly this. Sanctions mean you create as much hardships as possible for the people in hope they topple their government. They nearly never work but here we are. > Contrar…

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

The state TV. It’s impossible they lie.

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

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Post by energy123 » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #84

10xDev wrote: post #65

Can we just leave countries alone, like we do with North Korea?

The reason people leave North Korea alone is because they have nuclear weapon(s)

The reason people left North Korea alone while they were building nuclear weapons is because they weren't arming 5 terrorist proxies and they didn't have a doomsday countdown clock in their capital city.

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

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Post by ignoramous » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #180

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-...

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Yes, war is bad. Unless you're from the Complex. No big insight here, Mr. Rayiner.

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

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Post by cardanome » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC

rcMgD2BwE72F wrote: post #127

cardanome wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thousands, not tens of thousands. Which is bad enough so it seems silly to lie about this but whoever can make up the biggest number seems to favored by the Western narrative. And let us not act like the decades of sanction were not designed to do exactly this. Sanctions mean you create as much hardships as possible for the people in hope they topple their government. They nearly never work but here we are. > Contrar…

>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 social media platforms and under diverse cover identities—with a significant number of Iranian citizens, particularly young people,” the Iranian intelligence official alleged. These Israeli handlers, he said, “encouraged and incentivized the performance of specific tasks through a combination of financial and non-financial rewards, as well as the provision of material support, including small arms and other equipment.”

> “Foreign actors are arming the protesters in Iran with live firearms, which is the reason for the hundreds of regime personnel killed,” wrote Tamir Morag, the diplomatic correspondent for Israel’s Channel 14, during the uprising. “Everyone is free to guess who is behind it.” Morag and his network are well known for their close ties to Netanyahu.

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-ministry-of-intelligence...

You also find the some information in a Israeli Newspaper:

> On December 29, what is dubbed the Mossad X/Twitter account in Farsi encouraged Iranians to protest against the Iranian regime, telling them that it is literally physically with them at the demonstrations.

> “Go out together into the streets. The time has come,” the Mossad wrote. “We are with you,” it added. “Not only from a distance and verbally. We are with you in the field.” [...]

> Foreign actors had armed Iranians to help them fight against the regime’s forces being used to crack down on and oppress protesters, Channel 14’s Tamir Morag reported Tuesday. Iran’s foreign minister retweeted the report for his own agenda.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-883524

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

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Post by CamperBob2 » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC

swat535 wrote: post #112

anvuong wrote: post #23

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The IRGC is fighting for survival, most Iranian want them gone, and Iran will be better as a whole if the IRGC is all dead. Don't try to conflate the government with the country, they don't always align.

This is simply not true. I'm Iranian and I wish it were but IRGC has more support than you think. There is at least 30-40% of the population who support it and within those, more than half will gladly die for the regime. My home country has more than 90M people and 40% of that equates for millions of supporters. From the outside, you are only hearing the diaspora talking points, which don't realistically represent Ir…

There is at least 30-40% of the population who support it and within those, more than half will gladly die for the regime.

Sobering, and (speaking as an American) all too familiar here at home.

Cults suck.

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

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Post by ttul » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC

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 desperate and poorly coordinated regime.