Breaking News US and Israel War Against Iran

The Lonious Monk said:
I keep seeing people talk about how our military isn't all it's cracked up to be, and this war is showing that.

Yes and no. I think people miss nuance when it comes to stuff like this. It's true our military isn't as good as it has been hyped up to be for decades. That's true about everything in America to be honest. That said, our military is very powerful. We're not losing this war because Iran is more powerful than us or because our tech doesn't work. We're losing this war because the people in charge are idiots. They didn't plan, have no clear goals, and underestimated the enemy. We've seen more powerful forces take losses to seemingly inferior opponents a lot over history, and it's usually because of missteps by the bigger force. The same is true here.
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This rings true when you compare resumes between President Trump’s pick of Pete Hegseth and President Biden’s pick of Lloyd Austin
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Hours before a U.S. naval blockade of ships from Iranian ports took effect on Monday, two Iranian-linked ships exited the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, according to Kpler, a global ship-tracking firm.

The crossings highlighted that although the number of vessels passing through the strait has fallen sharply, ships linked to Iran have continued to navigate the waterway at rates close to those before the first U.S. and Israeli strikes in late February, according to Kpler. Transits in the four weeks to Sunday averaged 2.2 million barrels of oil per day, compared with an average of two million per day in the four weeks to Feb. 29.
 
During the peace negotiations in Islamabad over the weekend, the United States asked Iran for a 20-year suspension of uranium enrichment. The Iranians, in a formal response sent on Monday, said they would agree to up to five years, according to two senior Iranian officials and one U.S. official. Trump has rejected that offer, the U.S. official said.

The official said the U.S. has also asked Iran to remove highly enriched uranium from the country, and the Iranians have insisted the fuel stays inside Iran. But they have offered to dilute it significantly, so that it could not be used to produce a nuclear weapon. (The risk is that the Iranians would still have possession of the fuel and in the future might be able to re-enrich it to bomb grade.)

There are also discussions of holding another round of in-person negotiations, but officials say no plans have been finalized.
 
farkie said:
During the peace negotiations in Islamabad over the weekend, the United States asked Iran for a 20-year suspension of uranium enrichment. The Iranians, in a formal response sent on Monday, said they would agree to up to five years, according to two senior Iranian officials and one U.S. official. Trump has rejected that offer, the U.S. official said.

The official said the U.S. has also asked Iran to remove highly enriched uranium from the country, and the Iranians have insisted the fuel stays inside Iran. But they have offered to dilute it significantly, so that it could not be used to produce a nuclear weapon. (The risk is that the Iranians would still have possession of the fuel and in the future might be able to re-enrich it to bomb grade.)

There are also discussions of holding another round of in-person negotiations, but officials say no plans have been finalized.
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Israel HAS nukes
 
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