US Attacks Iran 2026

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Szdfan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 11:29 pm Where are you getting information that the US hasn’t launched attacks against Iran?
The bulk of the attacks came from Israel.

Nonetheless, do you think taking out a ballistic-missile factory is a bad thing?
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Valerie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:01 am
Szdfan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 11:49 pm
Valerie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 11:35 pm

None of these intelligence that are being interviewed are implying this OJ. They are giving the 47 year history here of a wicked regime of an oppressed people and pointing out how many of our own have been killed. The information being shared these past couple days is astounding ,
Chanting Death to America and Death to Israel conveys a leadership in Iran with plans.
This sounds similar to the justifications for invading Iraq. After Trump’s repeated claims that the US wasn’t going to start any more foreign wars, it’s interesting that we’re going back to the Neo-Cons.
Anyone with a heart is happy for the Iranians right now- it’s been a long 47 years for them and to see them so elated is more than heartwarming. Listening to many interviewed these past couple of days thought they’d never see this in their lifetime.

It’s scary though. What next? Prophetically speaking we get closer every day. It is so important they get the right leadership now. They’ve been through horrid decades like none of us can relate to.
What’s next is the million dollar question. Iran is a deeply divided country and there will be chaos filling in that power vacuum. History shows that it’s easy to remove a tyrant from power. What’s hard is whatever comes next and I’m concerned that neither Trump nor the Israelis have thought through what’s next.
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Szdfan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:22 am What’s next is the million dollar question. Iran is a deeply divided country and there will be chaos filling in that power vacuum. History shows that it’s easy to remove a tyrant from power. What’s hard is whatever comes next and I’m concerned that neither Trump nor the Israelis have thought through what’s next.
Why is it the responsibility of either?
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Szdfan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:15 am
Valerie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 11:56 pm
Szdfan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 11:50 pm
Not just rich. Dylan won a Nobel Prize for Literature for his song lyrics.
I’m sure it wasn’t for “Lay Lady Lay”
Admittedly I liked him before I became a Christian when I was 15- he was talented and at some point he had turned to Jesus but I heard he fell away.
I like “Lay Lady Lay.” I like to pair it with Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through the Night” and Johnny Cash’s version of “If I Were A Carpenter.”

I believe Dylan was awarded the Prize for his body of lyrics. Per the Committee, they gave him the award for “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” I think that’s arguable. I tell my students that song lyrics are poetry as a way to get them interested. They hate poetry (because they don’t understand it) but love music. Song lyrics and poetry share many of the same principles.

Now Dylan’s singing? That’s an entirely different issue, but they didn’t give him a Nobel Prize for that. Joan Baez singing Dylan songs is much more pleasant than Dylan singing Dylan songs.
I actually liked his voice. But temps right, the influence back then among these rockers was not good- parents should have been more careful- I mean these were all mixed in the drug & sexual revolution-
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Szdfan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:22 am
Valerie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:01 am
Szdfan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 11:49 pm
This sounds similar to the justifications for invading Iraq. After Trump’s repeated claims that the US wasn’t going to start any more foreign wars, it’s interesting that we’re going back to the Neo-Cons.
Anyone with a heart is happy for the Iranians right now- it’s been a long 47 years for them and to see them so elated is more than heartwarming. Listening to many interviewed these past couple of days thought they’d never see this in their lifetime.

It’s scary though. What next? Prophetically speaking we get closer every day. It is so important they get the right leadership now. They’ve been through horrid decades like none of us can relate to.
What’s next is the million dollar question. Iran is a deeply divided country and there will be chaos filling in that power vacuum. History shows that it’s easy to remove a tyrant from power. What’s hard is whatever comes next and I’m concerned that neither Trump nor the Israelis have thought through what’s next.
It wasn’t just one tyrant though, there were 40 so far in the evil regime - what I heard tonight are there are talks of what next.
Again prophetically speaking I cannot see any lasting peace-
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JohnH wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:21 am
Szdfan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 11:29 pm Where are you getting information that the US hasn’t launched attacks against Iran?
The bulk of the attacks came from Israel.

Nonetheless, do you think taking out a ballistic-missile factory is a bad thing?
Regardless of whether Israel has made the bulk of the attacks, the US is in fact launching strikes into Iran and therefore does share responsibility for the chaos there. Whether or not I think a target is morally acceptable or not has no bearing on that responsibility.
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JohnH wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:23 am
Szdfan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:22 am What’s next is the million dollar question. Iran is a deeply divided country and there will be chaos filling in that power vacuum. History shows that it’s easy to remove a tyrant from power. What’s hard is whatever comes next and I’m concerned that neither Trump nor the Israelis have thought through what’s next.
Why is it the responsibility of either?
Because when you help create a power vacuum through force, you bear some responsibility for what follows.
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JohnH wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:23 am Why is it the responsibility of either?
Everything changes everything.
There are many pieces and (powerful) players involved.
i’m interested in the GCC involvement. Why wouldn’t they “take it from here?”

Also, China. Maybe better doors will open?
i’ve noticed reports of possible medical breakthroughs in China that, if true, could alter geopolitical matters.
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JohnH wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:23 am
Szdfan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:22 am What’s next is the million dollar question. Iran is a deeply divided country and there will be chaos filling in that power vacuum. History shows that it’s easy to remove a tyrant from power. What’s hard is whatever comes next and I’m concerned that neither Trump nor the Israelis have thought through what’s next.
Why is it the responsibility of either?
They chant “Death to America, Death to Israel” even just recently- there’s a lot to gain by removing this regime at the same time we must be mindful another Islamic regime would feel the same way even if not evil to their own country.

I went to Neto’s church years ago (I didn’t know at the time it was his church) he had 2 women from Iran there as speakers one night who wrote the book “Captive in Iran”.
I think without hearing testimonies of people we are out of touch with what life is like there- and we sure don’t want that here (we know the goal of radical Islam)
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temporal1 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:17 am
Bootstrap wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 4:02 pm
ohio jones wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 1:52 pm And now Reza Pahlavi, the Shah's son, is making the case (in term$ that are $ure to be attractive to Trump) that he should be the next leader. Anything the US does without broad support from the Iranian people (and perhaps even with that support) is going to plant the seeds of future conflict.
I have not fact checked this, but a German podcast I listened to claimed that Reza Pahlavi has never renounced any of his father's actions. If true, that's a bad sign.
i know nothing of the son.
however, heirs can be surprising. probably unlikely to stir pots while his father lived, there can be hope for a new day.
the world is watching.
His father died 46 years ago. Any surprises and potstirring that might happen are long overdue.
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