The naval forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday conducted large-scale exercises in the Strait of Hormuz at a moment Tehran believes Israel will launch a preemptive strike aimed at drawing Trump into ordering US military action in the region before he leaves office in January.
According to state-run English language PressTV, “The event saw sailors, enlisted with the popular volunteer Basij force, taking to the waters aboard more than 1,000 light and semi-heavy-lift vessels.”
Photos showed an impressive number of small but fast military boats that are typically used by the IRGC Navy (which is separate from the much larger national navy of the Islamic Republic) to harass and encircle larger ships, whether tankers or foreign warships.
IRGC Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri, who oversaw the maneuvers, called it a display of strength and a showcasing of Iran’s “maritime power” which provides security in the Arabian and Oman Seas.
Crucially the ‘show of force’ comes amid widespread reports that Trump is mulling some of kind of preemptive action against either Iran or its regional allies, such as the powerful Shia militias in Iraq.
Earlier this month The New York Times reported that Trump’s advisers talked him down from ordering a strike, which they argued would certainly spiral into a larger war.
Included in the “strike options” were most likely plans to hit the Natanz enrichment facility, according to the report, which suffered sabotage and damage last summer in a likely Israeli covert operation but which is being repaired and rebuilt.
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Israel may well end up as the downfall of the present United States.
Iran has much more patient strategists than most would desire. But that’s how you win. 😉
War isn’t about defense at all. It’s about offense and who can sustain it longer. Israel is bluffing its ability to sustain an offense by creating noise and meaningless and valueless “wins” for its dumb audience in its corporate media worldwide and meanwhile has yet to even marginally budge Iran’s steadfast alliance with Syria and its fortified and entrenching positions there.
Israel can’t take 4 cruise missiles in Dimona. It would turn it into Chernobyl and make it unlivable for decades to come. Israel’s entire “offensive bluff”, including the Samson Option, is the lowest IQ ploy on the planet.
Look at how they react to BDS, look at how they react to small or medium sized forest fires, look at how they react to a social media page standing up for Palestinians, look at how they react to Obama creating a temporary FAA ban on Ben Gurion airport for just one day, or look at how they react when they’re met with COVID or defensive projectiles from Palestinians against their Nazism.
They act desperately and as if they have no confidence or security. It’s because they are admitting the reality to you. Their strength is merely illusion. The bluffs they create are media illusions. The “allies” they have are extorted Epstein victims or bought talentless crooks like Giuliani or the FDD rats (or MEK/Pahlavi Saudi trash).
When push comes to shove, Iran can decimate Israel in 20 minutes or less using only conventional weapons. Israel only has so many desalinization plants, international airport(s) (one really), and other points of vital infrastructure. You can drive from one end of occupied Palestine (“Israel”) to the other in 20 minutes. Iran is 90x the size of Israel.
All this said, they also just gave Iran more leverage to bargain concessions for restitution out of JCPOA wrongdoing from Biden et. al. These won’t be hard to come by. The US electorate isn’t blinded by the Israeli nonsense as much as they were 10 years ago. They just yell over the masses with their corporate media, and no one watches that anymore.
If you have this much strong feeling toward WAR, why don’t you go to southern Lebanon and have endless war with Israel. ?
Why do you keep trying to get my country and my people involve in your hate and in your war ?
Why are you sitting behind your computer keyboard and want my people to do your dirty job. ?
We are the most loving, caring, peaceful people on the face of earth. We do NOT hate any nation including state of Israel. We do NOT hate any religion including Christianity and Judaism. They misinformed you buddy. You were being brain washed by watching and listing to western media.
Your war with Israel has nothing to do with Iran and Iranians.
LONG LIVE LOVE, PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN 2 GREAT NATION OF IRAN AND ISRAEL.
Monarchist scum bags should have nothing to say about Iran or Iranian people.
Monarchist scum bags are the reason we ended up with mullahs.
Monarchist scum bags are the worst fascists on the face of Earth.
Reza shah (aka Adolf Reza Khan) was a Nazi collaborator (and an opium addict) who was kicked out of Iran by his British master because of Adolf Reza Khan collaboration with Nazis.
The only thing monarchist scums deserve is to be tried in a court of human rights for all the crimes against humanity they’ve committed under the rule of Shash-An-Shash