Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

Post by cmilton » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 8:56 PM UTC

abdelhousni wrote: post #351

gizajob wrote: post #69

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I can’t be an apologist for what’s going on but the Iranians seemed capable of killing tens of thousands of their own citizens in order to quash an uprising against the regime only weeks before the current events.

There are only two countries capable of killing civilians by the ten thousands and the world knows them. In fact they're currently bombing Iran and the region, one of them is currently perpetrating a genocide with approval of the day called civilized world. No cameras or international press covering the massacre of Gaza.

Post by surgical_fire » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC

leereeves wrote: post #359

surgical_fire wrote: post #354

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What I can tell you is that no matter how much I hate the government of my country, I would hate a lot more the foreign country that is destroying civilian infrastructure and murdering my people. Let's not pretend that the US and Israel regimes have the best interest of the Iranian people in mind. They want murder.

I really can't say how this is being received in or out of Iran, but I remember after the initial strikes there was widespread footage of Iranian exiles celebrating, even on anti-Trump media. Edit: and even people celebrating in Iran itself, which seems incredibly brave. "videos posted on social media showed joy and defiance elsewhere, with people cheering as a statue was toppled in the city of Dehloran in Ilam provi…

Post by chasd00 » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 9:03 PM UTC

mytailorisrich wrote: post #12

mikeyouse wrote: post #5

Unfortunately this is more interesting than a failed Diego Garcia attack — the late Ayatollah had a self-imposed range limit on the strikes or tests they would carry out. By using IRBMs in this fashion, it’s clear the new regime no longer feels bound by that restriction.. Which is notable since it’s about the same distance from Southern Iran to Diego Garcia (3,800km) as it is from Northern Iran to London.

Iran has always said a lot of things (mostly BS). This is worthless without evidence and I don't think anyone had evidence that their missiles were restricted to 2,000km. Certainly, I don't think anyone took their word for it. In fact this attack proves that there was no such limitation (although it is unclear to me if the missiles fired could actually jave reached Diego Garcia). Now this may be a demonstration and v…

Post by lm28469 » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC

mikeyouse wrote: post #5

Unfortunately this is more interesting than a failed Diego Garcia attack — the late Ayatollah had a self-imposed range limit on the strikes or tests they would carry out. By using IRBMs in this fashion, it’s clear the new regime no longer feels bound by that restriction.. Which is notable since it’s about the same distance from Southern Iran to Diego Garcia (3,800km) as it is from Northern Iran to London.

Post by subscribed » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC

gambutin wrote: post #49

applfanboysbgon wrote: post #26

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You didn't have to take their word for it. It was self-evident from the fact they never did anything like this before, and now they are. Notably, the previous guy issued a religious decree against the development of nuclear weapons. Despite American's favorite propaganda tool for manufacturing consent, "but the WMDs", we have no reason to believe that was ever actually being violated. But you'd better believe it will…

Ayatollah Khomeini admitted that he had lied about plans to make Iran democratic. This practice is known as taqqiya. It’s ok to lie if you’re deceiving the enemy.