🧵: Large number of deeply ominous indications Israel and the US are planning to strike Iran (including a prominent Israeli journalist openly stating Mossad et al are working overtime to inflate casualty numbers to justify intervention). But there is some cause for optimism...
First, worth recalling what a disaster the 12 Day War was. Intended to trigger regime change, decapitate the IRGC, destroy Iran's nuclear sites, and cripple its military. Israel and the US failed on every score, while uniting Iranians like never before.
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Moreover, Israel took an absolute pounding from Iran, while burning through expensive and difficult to replace interceptors. Zionist lobby group JINSA calculates it will take up to eight years to replenish what was used. In a 12-day-long war.
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In September 2024, JINSA published a report warning US military bases in West Asia were absolute sitting ducks that Iran could take out in their entirety in minutes in a future war, with hypersonic/ballistic missiles neither Israel nor the US can repel:
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After an initial speedballer high from abducting Maduro, which surely emboldened Trump re Iran, reality has set in - namely, the Bolivarian revolution is going nowhere, and US oil majors don't want 'in'. Decline & Fall has the receipts:
Netanyahu is off leash and a complete lunatic, and Trump is so beholden to Israel military action cannot be ruled out. But it would be a catastrophe with all manner of unwanted consequences that could finish off the Empire for good. Again, Decline & Fall:
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