Live Conflict Israel-US vs Iran War (2026)

[Spitfire9]

I was just listening to an ex-US ambassador talking about the Iran war. He commented that Trump finds himself in the unpalatable position of needing to choose between

(1) Halting the offensive without having 'got the job done'
(2) Sending in the troops

If he goes for (2) and that does not alter the regime's policy regarding open navigation of the Gulf, what is achieved?
If he goes for option (1) there is no guarantee that the regime will alter its policy to allow free navigation of the Gulf.

As the ex-US ambassador said, Trump should never have attacked Iran. I agree. I wonder if the world would be in a similar economic mess if Israel alone had attacked Iran.

 

[Huelague]

I agree. I wonder if the world would be in a similar economic mess if Israel alone had attacked Iran.

A single strike on Israel can free the world. Can free all mankind. Even it is the most unpopular reaction.

 

[GoatsMilk]

I was just listening to an ex-US ambassador talking about the Iran war. He commented that Trump finds himself in the unpalatable position of needing to choose between

(1) Halting the offensive without having 'got the job done'
(2) Sending in the troops

If he goes for (2) and that does not alter the regime's policy regarding open navigation of the Gulf, what is achieved?
If he goes for option (1) there is no guarantee that the regime will alter its policy to allow free navigation of the Gulf.

As the ex-US ambassador said, Trump should never have attacked Iran. I agree. I wonder if the world would be in a similar economic mess if Israel alone had attacked Iran.

isreal/zionism doesnt give a shit about the costs america will incur. For isreal using american might to destroy iran is good business for them. The whole Epstein PDF affair looks basically like blackmail over trump and his cohorts.

 

[Tabmachine]

Great article on Iran's "passive defense" strategy (requires translation from Turkish to English)

https://www.iramcenter.org/iranin-pasif-savunmasi-doktrini-ne-olcude-basarili-oldu-2783

While passive defense is a smart investment for a mid-sized power facing a technologically superior opponent, the 2026 war has revealed three facts:

First, passive defense is a mechanism that complements active air defense rather than a substitute. When the protective umbrella collapses, all the capacity underneath is exposed. Iran's S-300 batteries had already been eroded in previous Israeli attacks, while the Native Baver-373 system had never been tested in high-intensity combat conditions. Both systems were inadequate against the combination of F-22, F-35 and EA-18G.

Second, the basic paradox of underground storage is that the protected elements have to be brought to the surface at some stage before they can be used. This moment, combined with constant UAV surveillance and precision strike capability, produces a deadly bottleneck. The strategy of entry denial and area denial has also systematically turned this bottleneck into a destructive vulnerability.

Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, the most strategically decisive passive defense success is also the least costly element: distributing enriched uranium to different points before the bombardment begins. If these claims are true, this element will be one of the strongest trump cards Iran has outside the Strait of Hormuz when the negotiation table is reached.

As a result, the Iranian Passive Defense Agency can be considered one of the most ambitious conventional survival programs that a medium-sized power can develop in the face of technological superiority. Twenty years of underground construction have created facilities that can withstand even the most powerful conventional weapons. However, passive defence is unable to protect the Islamic Republic in its entirety from the consequences of the destructive military offensive.

 

[500]

Well. We have found Israeli currency on terminated PKK commanders. Incl. Israeli SIM cards.
Coincidence? I think not.

LOL, are you serious?

This is not sensational thus Erdogan cannot use it. It's small crumbs, but we know where it leads.

Because Erdogan is not idiot. Everyone would laugh at him if he used this kind of "evidence"

Γιατί η πολεμική μηχανή των ΗΠΑ δεν θα ισοπεδώσει τους Ιρανούς και δεν θα «ανοίξει» το Στενό του Ορμούζ

Η εποχή της αεροπορικής ισχύος που κυριαρχείται από αεροπλανοφόρα ξεθωριάζει, καθώς φθηνά, μη επανδρωμένα αντιπλοϊκά όπλα αναδιαμορφώνουν τον ναυτικό πόλεμο, ανεξάρτητα από το αν οι Αμερικανοί σχεδιαστές είναι έτοιμοι γι' αυτό ή όχι

www.pentapostagma.gr

The era of carrier-dominated air power is fading as cheap, unmanned anti-ship weapons reshape naval warfare, whether American planners are ready for it or not.

US Jets from the air carriers dropped over 10,000 bombs on Iran without a single loss. They could easily destroy all Iranian ports, oil refineries, power plants bringing Iran to stone age literally.

What did Iranian unmanned ships achieve? - NOTHING.

Umanned anti ship are poor man's anti ship missiles, that's it. And without Starlink they can't do much at all.

 

[chibiyabi]

LOL, are you serious?


Because Erdogan is not idiot. Everyone would laugh at him if he used this kind of "evidence"


US Jets from the air carriers dropped over 10,000 bombs on Iran without a single loss. They could easily destroy all Iranian ports, oil refineries, power plants bringing Iran to stone age literally.

What did Iranian unmanned ships achieve? - NOTHING.

Umanned anti ship are poor man's anti ship missiles, that's it. And without Starlink they can't do much at all.

just like Israel did in south lebanon, without booths on the ground, everything are nothing. Israel and US could bomb iran like US did in Afganistan, or what both of them want to do, without teritorial occupation, everything are nothing, theer will be a way for iran to broke everything israel and US did to Iran. Question is, how long Trump can resist impeachment?

 

[500]

just like Israel did in south lebanon, without booths on the ground, everything are nothing. Israel and US could bomb iran like US did in Afganistan, or what both of them want to do, without teritorial occupation, everything are nothing, theer will be a way for iran to broke everything israel and US did to Iran. Question is, how long Trump can resist impeachment?

Air superiority is critical in every war. Iran could not defeat Iraq in 8 years, suffering hundreds of thousands casualties.

US defeated Iraq in couple weeks suffering couple hundred casualties.

 

[chibiyabi]

Air superiority is critical in every war. Iran could not defeat Iraq in 8 years, suffering hundreds of thousands casualties.

US defeated Iraq in couple weeks suffering couple hundred casualties.

iraq different case, another case is Afganistan, you can tell which one similar to iran, Iraq or Afganistan.

 

[Azeri441]

iraq different case, another case is Afganistan, you can tell which one similar to iran, Iraq or Afganistan.

if US turns Iran into Afghanistan, then US won, just because they survived don't mean they win

the whole purpose of this war is to destroy Iran's offensive and industrial capability, once Iran turns its internet back on, then we will truly see the scale of the damage

 

[Slayer]

LOL, are you serious?

Look - ridicule all you want. Write whatever you want.
Fact is Mossad is heavily involved with the PKK and it offsprings because the state of Israel sees Turkiye as an enemy. It is NAIVE to think otherwise.

Unfortunately, Erdogan IS dumb. He let every scumbag with a fat wallet buy Turkish citizenship which flooded the nation with foreign operatives.

 

[NEKO]

NOTHING.

Strait of hormuz is closed.
And its nothing???

 

[Passenger]

Oil price is uncontrollable now, there will be impact of global market soon.

 

[contricusc]

Oil price is uncontrollable now, there will be impact of global market soon.

And who wins and who loses from high oil prices?

Winners: Russia, USA, Canada
Losers: Europe, China, Japan, South Korea

The US created a mess, and as always, it is others who pay the price.

 

[FiReFTW]

And who wins and who loses from high oil prices?

Winners: Russia, USA, Canada
Losers: Europe, China, Japan, South Korea

The US created a mess, and as always, it is others who pay the price.

lol how does the USA win, their gas prices are through the roof too.

 

[Pokemonte13]

lol how does the USA win, their gas prices are through the roof too.

There is a difference between domestic politics and geo politics and currently is still vague who is winning.

 

[FiReFTW]

At least Europe at last showed they have a backbone and didn't cave in like a bounch of sissies, neglecting the use of the airspace for US aircraft, now the orange guy is completely pissed and angry and throwing insults all around, serves him right.

 

[Huelague]

Chechens wants to join the war on Iranian side.

 

[Spitfire9]

lol how does the USA win, their gas prices are through the roof too.

Going to be nice, big orders for US munitions to restock the US arsenal, a boost to the economy

 

[MaciekRS]

Chechens wants to join the war on Iranian side.

Yeah, let them go to Iran.
Kadyrov the fat to the rescue

 

[TR_123456]

Chechens wants to join the war on Iranian side.

For what,there is no-one to fight?