Iran War. . . USA Up 2-0 in the First Period
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How the fuck did MTG and Tucker Carlson become voices of reason?
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The United States committed troops to this conflict because the prime minister of Israel, not Israel as a nation, but the guy who runs it, Benjamin Netanyahu...
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I’ve actually seen several videos of his and his body doesn’t move and he’s always got the same exact perfectly white shirt. I assumed he was AI.
Anyway, doesn’t sound like this is de-escalating.
U.S. says war ‘just getting started’ as Iran vows ‘complete destruction.’ Follow for live updates. — CTV News
Israel and the U.S. continued to hammer Tehran and cities across Iran on Wednesday as the war entered its fifth day.
US Canada Britain and a chunk of NATO couldn't beat the Taliban. Iran is 45X the size of Gaza with 91.5 Million highly educated people with a pile of Arabs jumping on board. This isn't going to end anytime soon.I’ve actually seen several videos of his and his body doesn’t move and he’s always got the same exact perfectly white shirt. I assumed he was AI.
Anyway, doesn’t sound like this is de-escalating.
U.S. says war ‘just getting started’ as Iran vows ‘complete destruction.’ Follow for live updates. — CTV News
Israel and the U.S. continued to hammer Tehran and cities across Iran on Wednesday as the war entered its fifth day.apple.news
Didn’t expect us to end anytime soon, but it didn’t seem like Iran was winning friends and influencing people, as far as what the neighbours are saying anyway.
As far as your media sources are saying.
You still think Israel won the 12 Day War.
The British, Americans and other NATO allies are a lot more technologically advanced than Iran.
Are they? Iran rendered a $2 Trillion air defense system the west relies on useless leaving system operators to "use judgement and not rely on what they see on screen".
Yes. The British, Americans, French and others are a lot more technologically advanced than Iran. I'm not an expert but I think we all know that's the case.
Britain, America and France are also nuclear powers, so if the need ever arises each country could completely destroy any other non-nuclear country. They have the capabilities to do so.
As for the British - and I'm trying not to be biased - but you don't fuck with them especially. The Americans may be a lot larger and more powerful but I do think the British are often more difficult to beat in wars than even the Americans. The British not only have a warrior spirit but they have a high intelligence and cunning in wars that the Americans especially lack. The Americans are the brawn and the British are the brains. The people you DON'T want to fight in a war are the British. The chances are they'll beat you.
No defence against Iran? There is no way Iran will beat either the United States or Great Britain or France - three of the five great powers (the other two being China and Russia) - in a full scale war. Iran would be destroyed.
As for Russia, her status as one of the five great powers is waning as she struggles in a war against a much smaller country.
Was the MTG clip AI? Has that feel, & whether or not it was, still, nice background! The random hand flutter from the bottom of the screen is a nice touch. Not discounting what was said, but I don’t think that was really her in all honesty
Yeah, how many Iranians back the current regime & how many identify as Persians? Anyway, the current regime doesn’t have to win in order to win, it just has to exist come April Fools Day in order to claim a victory…& I would venture a guest at about 10% of the population supporting the current regime, & about 90% identifying as Persians. Similar ratio to Germany in the late 30s and early 40s, etc…
Anyway, on the ground in Iran, it’s gonna come down to who has access to weaponry and who doesn’t. The 10% who do are probably gonna be the ones that stay in control.
The write up from Tucker Carlson in post 62 reads like Carlson sounds as of late. That seems legit.
I don’t think they lost it, or won it. I see that is more of another battle in an extended war, and it did contribute to weakening the Iranian regime and many of it’s proxies in the ongoing ongoing over the last couple of years since this pimple popped October 7, 2023.
Iran (the current regime) has the home ground advantage, and Iran isn’t just a desert, all kinds of weird geography, including mountains and valleys to be used like mujahideen used against Russia in Afghanistan. This won’t be quick or easy, and this can’t be done just from boats & planes.
How many times have any nuclear weapons been used against any other country ever since America on Japan in the last 70yrs? Having the ability to do so and actually doing so are not the same thing.
A 96%-98% effective defensive is not no defence.
The current Iranian regime doesn’t have to beat anybody, it just has to survive for the next six weeks or so, and in that it can claim a victory over everybody.
Eventually America, & France, & Britain will have to leave in order to rearm and repair and cycle out it’s military, etc…the Iranian regime (or what will be left of it) doesn’t have to leave to do this. China & Russia just have to smuggle in supplies without having to get directly involved.
U.S. Senate Republicans backed President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, voting to block a bipartisan resolution aiming to stop the air war and require that any hostilities against Iran be authorized by Congress.
The Senate voted 53 to 47 not to advance the resolution, largely along party lines, with all but one Republican voting against the procedural motion and all but one Democrat supporting it.
The latest effort by Democrats and a few Republicans to rein in President Donald Trump's repeated foreign troop deployments, the war powers resolution was described by sponsors as a bid to take back Congress' responsibility to declare war, as spelled out in the U.S. Constitution.
Opponents rejected this, insisting that Trump's action was legal and within his right as commander in chief to “protect the United States” by ordering limited strikes. They accused supporters of the resolution of endangering U.S. forces.
"This is not a forever war, indeed not even close to it. This is going to end very quickly," (???) Republican Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a speech against the resolution.
The measure had not been expected to succeed. Trump's fellow Republicans hold slim majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives, and have blocked previous resolutions seeking to curb his war powers.
Backers of the resolution said they would not give up, and even some Republicans who voted to block it said they would press for public testimony from Trump aides about the administration's Iran strategy, especially if the conflict lasts for weeks, as Trump has predicted.
Debate about Trump's buildup of military assets in the Middle East, and American and Israeli strikes on Iran has centered on whether Trump is pulling the country into another "forever war" like the long conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Today senators face a choice, stand with the American people who are tired of war in the Middle East, or side with Donald Trump, who bumbled America into another war most Americans fiercely oppose," said Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, a co-sponsor of the resolution.
With control of Congress potentially shifting to Democrats in November's midterm elections, a prolonged Iran war could concern voters.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday showed that only one in four Americans approved of U.S. strikes on Iran and about half believe Trump is too willing to use military force. The House is expected to vote on a similar Iran war powers resolution on Thursday."Imagine a scenario where Congress would vote to tell the commander-in-chief that he was no longer allowed to complete this mission. That would be a very dangerous thing," Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana told reporters after a classified briefing on the Iran conflict from top administration officials.
Even if a resolution were to pass both the Senate and House, it would not go into effect unless it could garner two-thirds majorities in both chambers to survive an expected Trump veto…much like how I foresee Trump governing for the 1000-ish days between the midterm elections in November and the next US federal election.
US Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes, blocks bid to limit his war powers — Reuters
U.S. Senate Republicans backed President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, voting to block a bipartisan resolution aiming to stop the air war and require that any hostilities against Iran be authorized by Congress.
Prime Minister Mark Carney would not rule out military involvement in the spiralling Middle East war, stressing the possible need to defend Canadians and allies as the deadly conflict threatens to widen.
Carney also appeared Thursday to harden his stance when he declined to call for an immediate ceasefire, saying the stated war aims of the United States and Israel — to eliminate Iran’s capacity to build nuclear weapons and sponsor terrorism — had not been achieved.
“While we want to see a broader de-escalation of these hostilities,” including with the participation of other countries impacted by the violence, Carney said, “we recognize and stress that that cannot be achieved unless we’re in a position where Iran’s ability to acquire a nuclear weapon … and to export terrorism is ended.”
Carney’s position tracked closely with that of Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who welcomed the Canadian leader to a joint session of parliament on Thursday. Carney addressed the House of Representatives, delivering a remix of his famous Davos speech tailored to his Australian audience.
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After travelling to Australia from India this week, Carney told reporters that he took that position with “regret,” but maintained that Canada must support the strikes despite his view that they “likely” violated international law.
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Carney also appeared Thursday to harden his stance when he declined to call for an immediate ceasefire, saying the stated war aims of the United States and Israel — to eliminate Iran’s capacity to build nuclear weapons and sponsor terrorism — had not been achieved.
“While we want to see a broader de-escalation of these hostilities,” including with the participation of other countries impacted by the violence, Carney said, “we recognize and stress that that cannot be achieved unless we’re in a position where Iran’s ability to acquire a nuclear weapon … and to export terrorism is ended.”
Carney’s position tracked closely with that of Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who welcomed the Canadian leader to a joint session of parliament on Thursday. Carney addressed the House of Representatives, delivering a remix of his famous Davos speech tailored to his Australian audience.
Mark Carney refuses to 'categorically' rule out military involvement in Middle East conflict — Toronto Star
Speaking in the Australian capital, Carney appeared to harden Canada’s stance on the war, saying it’s too soon to call for an immediate ceasefire.
Canada being closely watched as Iran war escalates, Middle East journalist says — CTV News
An Egyptian-Canadian journalist says panic is spreading across the Middle East as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran escalates, with civilians in countries long considered safe now caught in the fallout.
Is new Ayatollah a nepo baby who went to UK for impotency treatment?
Ali Khamenei's second-oldest son Mojtaba Khamenei has reportedly been elected the next Supreme Leader by Iran‘s Assembly of Experts
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Mar 04, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Mojtaba Khamenei
MEET THE NEW AYATOLLAH, SAME AS THE OLD AYATOLLAH: Mojtaba Khamenei
Just days after Iranian despot Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was obliterated, the rogue nation’s mad mullahs have reportedly named a successor.
He is nepo baby Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, who is now reportedly filling the old man’s shoes.
The old Ayatollah’s pulverized corpse was found in the rubble of his secret compound on Sunday following a blistering attack on the theocratic regime by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday. Mojtaba is the sinister Ali’s second-oldest son.
The attacks on the terror sponsoring nation reportedly took 40 of the regime’s fanatical leadership off the board.
Iran‘s “Assembly of Experts” have now reportedly elected Mojtaba as the next Supreme Leader, according to Iran International. And he has some fairly evil shoes to fill in the wake of his 86-year-old father’s death.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the runoff presidential election in Tehran, July 5, 2024.
SEEYA: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the runoff presidential election in Tehran, July 5, 2024. Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP / FILES /Getty Images
According to The New York Times, some of the kooky clerics were worried about actually naming Mojtaba the new pooh bah because they feared that would make him a target for elimination. Indeed.
The Times of Israel reported that the 88 members of the Assembly were slated to meet in the holy city of Qiom. Unfortunately, the Israeli air force turned the proposed meeting spot into a parking lot.
The change in leaders comes as the regime’s most fanatical followers, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, are pressuring the regime to strike back against the U.S. and Israel.
Revolutionary Guards love him
Mojtaba is believed to be a hardliner and he received the Guards’ endorsement.
According to reports, Mojtaba is tight with the Guards and served as a “mini-Supreme leader” within his father’s vile apparatus. He has long been eyed as the likely heir.
Mojtaba reportedly served during the bloody Iran -Iraq War in the late 1980s and has been one of the most bloodthirsty in crushing descent.
An EA-18G Growler launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
This handout image from the U.S. Navy shows an EA-18G Growler launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 23, 2026. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman /U.S. Navy via AP
Iran watchers say he married late in life to Zahra Haddad-Adel in 2004 and their first child was born in 2007.
But the new Ayatollah may have worried if he was killed, then the 72 virgins and honeycakes may have been off the menu.
The Daily Mail, citing a U.S. intelligence document, reported that Mojtaba was frequently treated for impotency at an array of U.K. hospitals.
Pressure to produce heir
The document said the despot in waiting was under pressure to produce an heir.
His final visit lasted two months and eventually produced an heir, named Ali, after the child’s grandfather.
“Mojtaba was expected by his family to produce children quickly, but needed a fourth visit to the U.K. for medical treatment,” the intelligence paper stated. “After a stay of two months, his wife became pregnant. Back in Iran, a healthy boy was born, named Ali for his paternal grandfather.”
At the time, he was considered a possible successor to his elderly father.
Iranians walk past a billboard
Iranians walk past a billboard showing Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with anti-U.S. rhetoric in Tehran on January 27, 2026. Photo by ATTA KENARE /AFP
“He was widely viewed within the regime as a capable and forceful leader and manager who may someday succeed to at least a share of national leadership. His father may also see him in that light,” the report said.
The only fly in the ointment was that he was seen as weak when it came to the religious game.
Ayatollah game is weak
“(He) is not expected ever to achieve by his own scholarship the status of ‘mujtahid,’ far less that of ayatollah,” the report said. “Mojtaba reportedly is quite aware of his own limitations and does not appear to harbor an expectation of becoming sole Supreme Leader in his own right.”
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was against hereditary leadership and had secretly named three potential successors before he died, none of whom was his son, the New York Times reported.
Those he did name were Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, the head of the judiciary, his chief of staff Ali Asghar Hejazi, and Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of Iran’s first Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Ali Khamenei's second-oldest son Mojtaba Khamenei has reportedly been elected the next Supreme Leader by Iran‘s Assembly of Experts
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Mar 04, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Mojtaba Khamenei
MEET THE NEW AYATOLLAH, SAME AS THE OLD AYATOLLAH: Mojtaba Khamenei
Just days after Iranian despot Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was obliterated, the rogue nation’s mad mullahs have reportedly named a successor.
He is nepo baby Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, who is now reportedly filling the old man’s shoes.
The old Ayatollah’s pulverized corpse was found in the rubble of his secret compound on Sunday following a blistering attack on the theocratic regime by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday. Mojtaba is the sinister Ali’s second-oldest son.
The attacks on the terror sponsoring nation reportedly took 40 of the regime’s fanatical leadership off the board.
Iran‘s “Assembly of Experts” have now reportedly elected Mojtaba as the next Supreme Leader, according to Iran International. And he has some fairly evil shoes to fill in the wake of his 86-year-old father’s death.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the runoff presidential election in Tehran, July 5, 2024.
SEEYA: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the runoff presidential election in Tehran, July 5, 2024. Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP / FILES /Getty Images
According to The New York Times, some of the kooky clerics were worried about actually naming Mojtaba the new pooh bah because they feared that would make him a target for elimination. Indeed.
The Times of Israel reported that the 88 members of the Assembly were slated to meet in the holy city of Qiom. Unfortunately, the Israeli air force turned the proposed meeting spot into a parking lot.
The change in leaders comes as the regime’s most fanatical followers, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, are pressuring the regime to strike back against the U.S. and Israel.
Revolutionary Guards love him
Mojtaba is believed to be a hardliner and he received the Guards’ endorsement.
According to reports, Mojtaba is tight with the Guards and served as a “mini-Supreme leader” within his father’s vile apparatus. He has long been eyed as the likely heir.
Mojtaba reportedly served during the bloody Iran -Iraq War in the late 1980s and has been one of the most bloodthirsty in crushing descent.
An EA-18G Growler launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
This handout image from the U.S. Navy shows an EA-18G Growler launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 23, 2026. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman /U.S. Navy via AP
Iran watchers say he married late in life to Zahra Haddad-Adel in 2004 and their first child was born in 2007.
But the new Ayatollah may have worried if he was killed, then the 72 virgins and honeycakes may have been off the menu.
The Daily Mail, citing a U.S. intelligence document, reported that Mojtaba was frequently treated for impotency at an array of U.K. hospitals.
Pressure to produce heir
The document said the despot in waiting was under pressure to produce an heir.
His final visit lasted two months and eventually produced an heir, named Ali, after the child’s grandfather.
“Mojtaba was expected by his family to produce children quickly, but needed a fourth visit to the U.K. for medical treatment,” the intelligence paper stated. “After a stay of two months, his wife became pregnant. Back in Iran, a healthy boy was born, named Ali for his paternal grandfather.”
At the time, he was considered a possible successor to his elderly father.
Iranians walk past a billboard
Iranians walk past a billboard showing Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with anti-U.S. rhetoric in Tehran on January 27, 2026. Photo by ATTA KENARE /AFP
“He was widely viewed within the regime as a capable and forceful leader and manager who may someday succeed to at least a share of national leadership. His father may also see him in that light,” the report said.
The only fly in the ointment was that he was seen as weak when it came to the religious game.
Ayatollah game is weak
“(He) is not expected ever to achieve by his own scholarship the status of ‘mujtahid,’ far less that of ayatollah,” the report said. “Mojtaba reportedly is quite aware of his own limitations and does not appear to harbor an expectation of becoming sole Supreme Leader in his own right.”
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was against hereditary leadership and had secretly named three potential successors before he died, none of whom was his son, the New York Times reported.
Those he did name were Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, the head of the judiciary, his chief of staff Ali Asghar Hejazi, and Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of Iran’s first Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Is new Ayatollah a nepo baby who went to UK for impotency treatment?
Just days after Iranian despot Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was obliterated, the nation's mullahs have reportedly named a successor. Read more.
…and…The head of the Canadian Armed Forces says Canada may be called on to help defend Persian Gulf states from Iran's strikes as the U.S.-led offensive expands into a wider regional war.
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The comments come after Prime Minister Mark Carney left the door open to participating in the escalating situation in the Middle East if Canada's allies need help.
Gen. Jennie Carignan, chief of the defence staff, made it clear that Canada is not participating in Operation Epic Fury, the joint Israeli-U.S. attack on Iran that began six days ago, but stressed the situation is "quite dire and dangerous for the Gulf states."
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Since Israel and the U.S. began Operation Epic Fury against the Iranian regime on Saturday, several Gulf states including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have been hit by Iranian missile and drone strikes.
Carignan said the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), which is the body of international law which sets out rules of behaviour in an armed conflict and is designed to minimize victims of any conflict that are not participants in armed conflict, now applies.
“Therefore any states being attacked can take defensive measures to self defence,” she said. “So therefore any operation would have to be within…that zone of self defence.”
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Carney says U.S. strikes on Iran appear to be 'inconsistent with international law' — National Post
However, Carney also said that Canada sees ‘the nuclear threat and the export of terrorism of Iran over decades as one of the gravest threats to international peace and security’
Gen. Jennie Carignan, chief of the defence staff, made it clear that Canada is not participating in Operation Epic Fury, the joint Israeli-U.S. attack on Iran that began six days ago, but stressed the situation is "quite dire and dangerous for the Gulf states."
Canada’s military chief says allies to talk defending Gulf states from Iran - National | Globalnews.ca
Carignan said a meeting is set for early Friday morning to discuss such a proposal among allied militaries and that a recommendation would be presented to the government.
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Canada’s defence chief says allies may help Gulf states bombed by Iran
Mark Carney originally expressed support for the U.S. strikes on Iran last weekend — then said later he did so with regret because the bombing seems inconsistent with international law.
Carignan said the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), which is the body of international law which sets out rules of behaviour in an armed conflict and is designed to minimize victims of any conflict that are not participants in armed conflict, now applies.
“Therefore any states being attacked can take defensive measures to self defence,” she said. “So therefore any operation would have to be within…that zone of self defence.”
Canada's top general weighing military options to support Gulf states in Iran conflict — National Post
Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan said that any Canadian role would have to be adjusted to the threats on the ground
Is Bibi happy?…and…The head of the Canadian Armed Forces says Canada may be called on to help defend Persian Gulf states from Iran's strikes as the U.S.-led offensive expands into a wider regional war.
The comments come after Prime Minister Mark Carney left the door open to participating in the escalating situation in the Middle East if Canada's allies need help.Carney says U.S. strikes on Iran appear to be 'inconsistent with international law' — National Post
However, Carney also said that Canada sees ‘the nuclear threat and the export of terrorism of Iran over decades as one of the gravest threats to international peace and security’
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Gen. Jennie Carignan, chief of the defence staff, made it clear that Canada is not participating in Operation Epic Fury, the joint Israeli-U.S. attack on Iran that began six days ago, but stressed the situation is "quite dire and dangerous for the Gulf states."
Canada’s military chief says allies to talk defending Gulf states from Iran - National | Globalnews.ca
Carignan said a meeting is set for early Friday morning to discuss such a proposal among allied militaries and that a recommendation would be presented to the government.Since Israel and the U.S. began Operation Epic Fury against the Iranian regime on Saturday, several Gulf states including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have been hit by Iranian missile and drone strikes.Canada’s defence chief says allies may help Gulf states bombed by Iran
Mark Carney originally expressed support for the U.S. strikes on Iran last weekend — then said later he did so with regret because the bombing seems inconsistent with international law.
Carignan said the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), which is the body of international law which sets out rules of behaviour in an armed conflict and is designed to minimize victims of any conflict that are not participants in armed conflict, now applies.
“Therefore any states being attacked can take defensive measures to self defence,” she said. “So therefore any operation would have to be within…that zone of self defence.”
Canada's top general weighing military options to support Gulf states in Iran conflict — National Post
Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan said that any Canadian role would have to be adjusted to the threats on the ground