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Bin the Navy: Trump Announces Iran's Navy Now Sleeps With the Fishes;
US Bombs the "Assembly of Experts" As It Attempts to Choose a New Ayatollah
I mean, come on. Even if you're a pro-Iran antisemite like Tucker Carlson or Megyn Kelly, you have to admit it's pretty funny to bomb the "Assembly of Experts" as they debate who should be the next Ayatollah to be killed within days.
As Iran's ruling clerics moved to fill the power vacuum left by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, Israeli warplanes struck at the heart of the regime's leadership -- targeting a gathering reportedly convened to choose his successor. Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that the Israeli Air Force hit a site in the city of Qom where members of Iran's powerful Assembly of Experts had assembled. The 88-member clerical body is constitutionally responsible for appointing the country's supreme leader, and according to Fox News, the strike came as votes were being counted to name Khamenei's replacement. Iran's semi-official Mehr News Agency claimed the structure struck overnight was an outdated building no longer used by the assembly. Images circulating online from Qom show a heavily damaged structure reduced to rubble. Khamenei's death Saturday triggered immediate constitutional procedures requiring the Assembly of Experts to act "in the shortest time possible" to select a new leader. Iran's ISNA news agency reported that the body had indicated the process "won't take long." Still, Reuters noted that officials may delay announcing a successor amid fears that any newly elevated figure would quickly become a target for U.S. or Israeli forces.
The building housing Iran’s Assembly of Experts in Qom has been entirely destroyed by several strikes from Israeli Air Force, with a senior Israeli official stating that the target was a meeting of the Iranian Supreme Council where government and religious leaders were gathering… pic.twitter.com/j0yqsHfxRa
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 3, 2026
Iran's naval footprint in the Gulf of Oman has been wiped out, according to United States Central Command, which announced Monday that every Iranian warship positioned in the waterway at the start of Operation Epic Fury has now been destroyed. On the third day of the campaign, the command posted a blunt update: "Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO." The message was unmistakable. Tehran's long-running harassment of commercial vessels in the region, CENTCOM said, is over. "Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global economic prosperity for more than 80 years. U.S. forces will continue to defend it."I don't know if that means their entire fleet. Do they have a separate Strait of Hormuz fleet?
Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO. The Iranian regime has harassed and attacked international shipping in the Gulf of Oman for decades. Those days are over. Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global… pic.twitter.com/nzdkMVMqZC
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
The IRGC’s drone carrier Shahid Bagheri has been officially destroyed and sunk, per CENTCOM.
— Tousi TV (@TousiTVOfficial) March 3, 2026
This comes as regime officials claim the Strait of Hormuz is “more closed than ever” - despite heavy naval losses.
If confirmed, the loss of the Bagheri significantly degrades Iran’s… pic.twitter.com/rtLVTvKYnc
Tousi TV
@TousiTVOfficial BREAKING: Qatar has launched a war against IRGC in Iran Qatari fighter jets are carrying out strikes across Iran.
Tousi TV
@TousiTVOfficial 🇮🇷 BREAKING: Islamic Republic of Iran's new Defence Minister Majid Ibn Reza has been assassinated only two days into his job
Tousi TV
@TousiTVOfficial 🚨 🇮🇷 CONFIRMED: Parliament in Iran has been destroyed in the recent round of airstrikes
In Sanandaj, the IRGC intelligence headquarters and local police command facilities have reportedly been destroyed.
— Tousi TV (@TousiTVOfficial) March 3, 2026
Before-and-after footage shows extensive damage.
In the aftermath, one local resident standing near the rubble of his own neighborhood was heard saying: “Thank… pic.twitter.com/NdPwDLFYQh
BREAKING : Reportedly Iran has expressed displeasure over the utter failure of the Chinese air defense system in the ongoing war. 3 HQ-9B air defence systems supplied by China to Iran were destroyed by the U.S. & Israel in Iran during the initial hour of the strikes. pic.twitter.com/6RFrcXPhRt
— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) March 3, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 03, 2026 03:45 PM (zjgNU)
I wish I'd have posted that first.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 03, 2026 03:45 PM (zjgNU)
Doesn't the FNM normally tell us any use of 88 means the people involved are NAZIs?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at March 03, 2026 03:46 PM (USyCi)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
That makes it even more delicious. China has to be scared now, knowing THEY don't have any defense, either.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 03, 2026 03:47 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Octochicken at March 03, 2026 03:47 PM (oCS0o)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 03, 2026 03:47 PM (gKWVE)
Killing them is a war crime, BTW, since they were all "civilians".
This was explained to me on X.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 03, 2026 03:47 PM (n1OCj)
In which case, Iran would effectively have installed a monarchy even before the United States gets around to reviving Iran's true monarchy.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at March 03, 2026 03:47 PM (iWnTv)
Posted by: can of spam at March 03, 2026 03:47 PM (14gFN)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 03, 2026 03:48 PM (u73oe)
Iran bought their air defense system from Temu.
Posted by: 29Victor at March 03, 2026 03:48 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 03, 2026 03:48 PM (CwhoI)
Let them know if they gather, they're going to get blown up and let the people have time to organize themselves.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 03, 2026 03:48 PM (zjgNU)
On the third day of the campaign, the command posted a blunt update: "Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO."
Imagine being one of the poor mooks on those ships. You know what's coming, but what can you do about it?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 03:48 PM (Riz8t)
Which side do you really want to be on, ace?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 03:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 03, 2026 03:48 PM (abIsI)
We nominate Tucker Carlson as our new Supreme Leader!
Posted by: The Council of Ex-Perts! at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)
If W had toppled Iraq, flown into Baghdad, and then given a speech that said, "I have conquered with my mighty sky forces because your previous leader displeased me. I shall come again if your next displeases me."
And then he'd left the nation, bringing all of our military assets with him.
It might have been a somewhat popular foreign entanglement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (u73oe)
If Iran bought thru Amazon, they might be able to return them.
Posted by: LASue at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 03, 2026 03:50 PM (ESVrU)
Unless the proceedings were being broadcast, how the fuck would we know what was happening as it was being bombed? For all we know they still in the middle of the ritual goat fucking.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 03:50 PM (ExV1e)
Fog of war.
Posted by: WisRich at March 03, 2026 03:50 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 03, 2026 03:50 PM (8Xy/A)
If Iran bought thru Amazon, they might be able to return them.
Posted by: LASue at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (lCppi)
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Chinese equipment failed in Venezuela, too.
I wonder if nations are attempting refund conversations with Chinese military equipment firms.
I wonder how much the Chinese are laughing at them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 03:50 PM (GBKbO)
If this is China's latest and greatest, if it's the best they can do, then there's a group of experts in Beijing right now who are wishing they were with that group that got bombed.
Posted by: 29Victor at March 03, 2026 03:50 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)
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If any survived, I'd start questioning their supposed "expertise."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 03, 2026 03:51 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: JoshO at March 03, 2026 03:51 PM (xL2KH)
I believe that he is communing with his 72 virgins.
Posted by: The Council of Ex-Perts! at March 03, 2026 03:51 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: far cry at March 03, 2026 03:51 PM (YYwEh)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (zZu0s)
Fog of war.
Posted by: WisRich at March 03, 2026 03:50 PM (G0vdT)
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If I'm Israel, I'm claiming kills on all 88 of them until otherwise proven. Worst case, they pop their heads up to disprove the claim in time to be whack-a-moled.
Posted by: can of spam at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (14gFN)
Posted by: The Council of Ex-Perts! at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (n1OCj)
********************
Way ahead of you.
Posted by: Babylon Bee at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (iWnTv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 03:50 PM (ExV1e)
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I'd bet the goats were implanted with radio transmitters by Mossad...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (ESVrU)
Hmmmm... by Israel, us, or an Iranian?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (ExV1e)
Well, personally, I'm quite pleased.
#PerspectiveMatters.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurkder in marginal standing at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (UJMvS)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (luMQJ)
Chinese manufacturing is garbage. Anyone who ever bought Chinese made shit knows this. Why would their missile systems be any different?
Now as for murderation if Iranian leadership, might be a good idea to leave one guy left. I mean someone has to be able to officially surrender. Maybe there's someone mostly harmless we can leave alone. The Minister Of Camel Rides At Birthday Parties or something.
*Turns out that that minister is a brutal serial rapist*
Posted by: Robert at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (rA+1J)
Posted by: mr tmz at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (M/YmO)
Better off buying Air Defense Systems on Ebay ....
Posted by: Jackson K. at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (okun6)
Yes, well done. There's probably a good and longer comic routine somebody could do with this situation.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 03, 2026 03:53 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 03:53 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: The Council of Ex-Perts! at March 03, 2026 03:53 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 03, 2026 03:54 PM (CwhoI)
I'm sure it'll be fine and they have a master plan.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 03, 2026 03:54 PM (zZu0s)
And then he'd left the nation, bringing all of our military assets with him.
It might have been a somewhat popular foreign entanglement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That's sort of what we were promised.
Early estimates they were giving us like $100 billion to go to war in Iraq.
Ended up multi trillions.
Lots of graft opportunities.
It was always stupid this mantra of "you broke it you bought it"
Posted by: Leupold at March 03, 2026 03:54 PM (eIzlH)
Boom boom! OUT GO THE LIGHTS!!
Posted by: Tonypete at March 03, 2026 03:54 PM (cYBz/)
Tell them we didn't have time to round up the Left's illegal alien murderers that were released back on to the streets without informing ICE and send them over to Iran for Advanced Cultural Enrichment.
Foreigners killing civilians in the US: Good!
Foreigners (Israelis and Americans) killing civilians in Iran: WAR CRIME!!1!
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 03:54 PM (BvPIe)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (wBaIH)
or in the drink.
Posted by: LASue at March 03, 2026 03:54 PM (lCppi)
Serious analysts and commentators didn't actually believe it, did they?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 03:55 PM (GBKbO)
The arguments against that at the time were:
1) Some other bad person might come to power
2) There could be a civil war
3) Iran could take over
Only really #3 should have been a concern. A civil war would be good - various factions of your enemies fighting each other means they can't bother you.
And our job in Iraq wasn't to give them good political leadership, just to make sure the new leader fears attacking the US so for #1...don't care.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 03:55 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 03, 2026 03:55 PM (CWTWj)
"Ah, I can't. Sorry man, my goats got out and I've got to catch them. Third wife is sick. Just too much going on. Try Mohammed."
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"Hey Mohammed, Achmed can't do it, so you're up next as Supreme Leader!"
static
"Hello? This Mohammed. Sorry for noise. Reception not good crossing the border. Maybe come back in a few years."
Posted by: There are some who call me ... Tim at March 03, 2026 03:55 PM (UMEOI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 03, 2026 03:54 PM (zZu0s)
Millions and millions of horny and completely disposable young men what need to get laid.
Posted by: Robert at March 03, 2026 03:55 PM (rA+1J)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 03:56 PM (6IkdQ)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 03, 2026 03:56 PM (M/YmO)
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 03:56 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (6IkdQ)
Early estimates they were giving us like $100 billion to go to war in Iraq.
Ended up multi trillions.
Lots of graft opportunities.
It was always stupid this mantra of "you broke it you bought it"
Posted by: Leupold at March 03, 2026 03:54 PM (eIzlH)
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W is going to look at Trump walking back out of Iran after a few weeks of bombing, having secured a servile successor government in Persia that has only real interest in trading with America, and he's gonna be pissed.
Because it won't be a State Department created Parliament doing it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (GBKbO)
"Made in China" = crap
welcome to buying anything these days pal
Posted by: brak at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (qBdHI)
I then tried to be a humanitarian (he's never fooled) and said I guess it is not that funny but it reminds me of a Wylie Coyote cartoon at this point.
He said he laughed as well. So we are an evenly matched evil couple.
I think it is fabulous! They must be so paranoid at this point! If I was a mullah I'd be beating feets outta there to my summer home in a cave.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (WONhk)
I believe that he is communing with his 72 virgins.
Posted by: The Council of Ex-Perts! at March 03, 2026 03:51 PM (n1OCj)
He hasn't been reported dead yet. The older son, who coincidentally was expected to be named Supreme Pizza, was killed along with daddy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 03:56 PM (1Udfd)
LOL... Beat me to it....
Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (6IkdQ)
Can't the Navy hold Morale Boosting Raffles onboard their gunships where the winners can take pot shots with deck guns at the remaining Iranian fleet ?
Award prizes and Lucite block commemoratives.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (BvPIe)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (AlhUl)
I remember this coming up during the Iraq war with the left arguing we couldn't directly kill enemy political leaders - only military or paramilitary units. And then only if they were somehow directly a threat to American forces. Which is an absurd theory of war.
But Shrub accepted it...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)
They must have 5th Avenue working on their promotions.
Shades of the Iraqi Elite Republican Guards.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: pookysgirl enjoys cleverness at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (Wt5PA)
Wanted: New Supreme Leader. Good Pay, Free Goats Ass, Endless Goat Meat, Chinese Health Care Plan, Free Towels for your Head and Free Death to America T-Shirt.
Salary is 100,000,000,000 Rials per week (US Pig Dog Dollars = $1.50/hr
Posted by: Jackson K. at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (X7dyz)
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Gotta believe their navy is bigger than 11 ships. Good accomplishment, but 'Gulf of Oman fleet' is a little too qualified... Otherwise they'd say 'the Iranian Navy has all been sunk'... Pretty sure the bulk of their fleet is in the Persian Gulf, not Gulf of Oman... And I'm pretty sure Iran has lots of small vessels. I think those are mostly in the Persian Gulf where they harass the Strait of Hormuz / less open water to cover...
Posted by: bearski at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (Bhsk7)
Which side do you really want to be on, ace?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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You know you could make a career out of reviewing the AI movies being posted.
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 03:59 PM (Fi81e)
"DENGRUUU Defense for Air System and Purposes for Make Air Safe"
1 star! Would not recommend!! Did not even do its most basic function!!!
And Amazon wouldn't refund because it was blown to pieces! I am very dissapoint!
Posted by: Iran Amazon Review at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Chinese Amazon Site at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (X7dyz)
The arguments against that at the time were:
1) Some other bad person might come to power
2) There could be a civil war
3) Iran could take over
Only really #3 should have been a concern. A civil war would be good - various factions of your enemies fighting each other means they can't bother you.
And our job in Iraq wasn't to give them good political leadership, just to make sure the new leader fears attacking the US so for #1...don't care.
Posted by: 18-1
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Problem was much of the Neocon nonsense that the war was about "spreading democracy" and it being some humanitarian mission. That Iraq was going to be this "city on a hill" and change the Middle East.
Looking back, it really was all stupid. Even if Saddam had chemical weapons, etc.
Way more justification to go to war in Iran than Iraq imo. Iran's terrorism had a much bigger reach
Posted by: Leupold at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (eIzlH)
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 03:56 PM (6IkdQ)
He's been pretty good. He's thrown blankets over previous claims which haven't been confirmed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (ExV1e)
Maybe Trump can bomb our experts next. Given how wrong they have been on just about everything and how much it's cost this country they deserve it.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (qpQFJ)
Posted by: The Council of Ex-Perts! at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (NpAcC)
Thankfully those worst case scenerios did not happen. I hope the Iranian people can now have a successful revolution and put in decent leaders instead of the deatch cult clerics maintaining power.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (Sokdp)
Good. Should make the logistics of France's surrender ceremony easier.
Posted by: WisRich at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (G0vdT)
It's for sheep, sorry.
Posted by: Chinese Merchants at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: bearski
No, we pretty much knew all their capital ships and those are gone. With no air cover, surface ships are simply targets. They do have the irregular speed boat swarms but unclear how those work in an active war environment with very permissive rules of engagement to shoot them from far way.
I think, possibly, you might see the Iranians try to drift mines into the Persian Gulf next from land.
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: The Dark Lord at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (DBAaD)
Maybe they have 1/3 of their vessels in dry dock?
But, anything they had floating is gone.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (1Udfd)
- Trump starts trash talking you
- Trump makes threats.
- China delivers air defenses
- Trump offers a deal
- Trump sets a deadline
- Trump says he thinks there is no way to reach a deal
= bombs drop
. ("but wait, the deadline has not passed!")
. China air defenses don't work
. state funeral
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 03, 2026 04:01 PM (sgZHy)
No Rarranty, express or implied!
Posted by: Temu at March 03, 2026 04:01 PM (D0HYP)
Wanted: New Supreme Leader. Good Pay, Free Goats Ass, Endless Goat Meat, Chinese Health Care Plan, Free Towels for your Head and Free Death to America T-Shirt.
Salary is 100,000,000,000 Rials per week (US Pig Dog Dollars = $1.50/hr
Posted by: Jackson K. at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (X7dyz)
Since you bring that dude up I heard his dog, which he enjoyed electrocuting, died recently.
Mysterious circumstances, I imagine.
Posted by: Robert at March 03, 2026 04:01 PM (rA+1J)
Serious analysts and commentators didn't actually believe it, did they?
I think it's a mistake to dismiss them. They're smart, hard working, and educated, and there are an awful lot of them. They've made incredible progress in the last 20-30 years, just not as much as they claimed.
We're laughing at them now because Trump is president, but if it were Kamala, I'd be scared s***less.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:01 PM (Riz8t)
Ukraine doesn't have anything near our best systems in place.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:01 PM (1Udfd)
Still, wen Trump drive down the costs of my keto cheetos?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 03, 2026 04:01 PM (REq0p)
Achmed: (picking up the phone) Tire World.
Mahmoud: This is Mahmoud, the new head of H.R. of the Islamic Republic. We been watchin' your progress down there at Bandar Abbas with a lotta interest and well...
(a dramatic pause)
How would you like to be Ayatollah?
Achmed: I don't know...
Mahmoud: (incredulous) What do ya mean you don't know? This is a chance to lead the country in the name of Allah!
Achmed: Lemme think it over, will ya, Mahmoud. I got a guy on the other line about some whitewalls. I'll talk to ya later.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 03, 2026 04:02 PM (CwhoI)
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:02 PM (qpQFJ)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 03, 2026 04:02 PM (CWTWj)
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Ring around the Chinese Air Defense Systems.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 03, 2026 04:02 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:02 PM (UQESC)
They are always available to the highest bidder, but they will switch sides on a dime if the incentives change. Sometimes 2 or 3 times in the same war.
As soon as it's clear who's going to win, they Qatari's immediately proclaim how much they always hated their old partners and how much they truly Love and Respect their new partners, the winners. That's who the Qatari's are.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 04:02 PM (/QdgR)
He got some play among the former progs for his neo-peacenik stance and he's just locked into it.
To me, that's the reason he wants us to abandon Israel, because that way we can't be sucked into their military issues. And I think this is all a sign that "he was right" and he's taking whatever "confirmation" he can take from it.
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)
Thankfully those worst case scenerios did not happen. I hope the Iranian people can now have a successful revolution and put in decent leaders instead of the deatch cult clerics maintaining power.
Posted by: PaleRider
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Our counter subs and surface forces are scary good at detecting subs including diesel electrics. Too many 'experts' are discussing matters where we probably have real ones with experience in such things right here at AOS.
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 03:56 PM
He's usually pretty good.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 03, 2026 04:03 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 03, 2026 04:03 PM (u73oe)
We're laughing at them now because Trump is president, but if it were Kamala, I'd be scared s***less.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:01 PM (Riz8t)
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Their military hardware is shit and they're 20 years in the middle of a demographic collapse that is going to have wide-ranging effects within the country that will make it unable to actually project power beyond its borders for literally generations.
And I suspect most of this was known in the 90s.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: SMOD
Meesa no likey dis big bomba!
Posted by: Mullah Jar Jar at March 03, 2026 04:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 03, 2026 04:03 PM (1o8D5)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 03, 2026 04:03 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: wth at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (UjdFS)
There were stories that plane tickets out of Iran were going for almost a half million dollars to Chinese trying to flee. They've been involved in the suppression of the last month, and are not popular, to put it mildly.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Riz8t)
https://tinyurl.com/3mc9t3j2
"Israel Air Force is destroying every IRGC and Basij base, even the tiniest ones"
go to link for the rest of the message
Posted by: Gref at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (5rh/l)
The allies said no. Assassinating other political leaders is bad and a war crime.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:02 PM (qpQFJ)
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China hasn't had a war in a grampa's lifetime.
In my book, this is reason #1 they are a "paper dragon".
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: I was 103rd in line a week ago at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (TN0g+)
I’m shocked that people believe a country who never developed anything on their own, and stole it from everybody’s IP, and who make your dental picks and cheap Walmart crap, can build a good missile defense system.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (jlI90)
Especially since no one in the US prior to Trump even knew what "Good Political Leadership"™ looked like.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (KhyP1)
There are 193 countries in the world.
I reckon at least 150 of them would assassinate Trump if they thought they could get away with it, and Iran is certainly among them.
Trump *can* pull it off, so he does.
Why are we supposed afford the world a gratuity they'd never extend to us? I would be fine with it if we announced we'd killed Keir Starmer this morning.
Foreign leaders get no sympathy from me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 03, 2026 04:05 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 03, 2026 04:05 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 03, 2026 04:06 PM (CWTWj)
Now, I want Pizza and Jerky.
Thanks a lot, Nurse.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:06 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Bulg at March 03, 2026 04:06 PM (77rzZ)
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Ring around the Chinese Air Defense Systems.
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Ancient Chinese secret!
Posted by: That one Chinese lady at March 03, 2026 04:06 PM (TN0g+)
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They couldn't keep their Qom.
Posted by: Axeman
Next up is their Assembly of Semi Experts. After that, is their Assembly of Rando Bums off the Street willing to work for goats.
We can't win, they have defense in depth there.
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:06 PM (E4rtv)
In my book, this is reason #1 they are a "paper dragon".
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)
Yeah but thanks to traitorous vermin in the US, they’ve stolen a lot of our knowledge.
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:06 PM (qpQFJ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 03, 2026 03:57 PM (Kt19C)
Anybody who got their face pushed in by Mike Tyson?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 03, 2026 04:06 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (X7dyz)
Its morally superior to grind up tens of millions of people in a bloody war and destroy the means of production of multiple nations than it is to kill one asshole.
Sort of like why George Soros still lives.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (KhyP1)
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:00 PM (E4rtv)
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Let's see how well that works out for them. No doubt we have eyes in the sky over that region 24/7.
A fish can't fart in that region without the US/Israel detecting it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (ESVrU)
It does my heart good to see that stupid Baghieri gone, their supposed drone carrier. They took an old cargo ship and put a plywood flattop on it and said "look we have a carrier too!" No defenses, no escorts. No surprise that all it was one F-18 and one missile and bye bye, Baghieri.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (/QdgR)
There are 193 countries in the world.
I reckon at least 150 of them would assassinate Trump if they thought they could get away with it, and Iran is certainly among them.
Trump *can* pull it off, so he does.
Why are we supposed afford the world a gratuity they'd never extend to us? I would be fine with it if we announced we'd killed Keir Starmer this morning.
Foreign leaders get no sympathy from me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 03, 2026 04:05 PM (BI5O2)
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Appeals to international law are really just small countries telling big countries what they are allowed to do.
Without an overarching actual governmental structure, though (which I'd never want on that scale), it's just manipulation.
International law is a joke and trash and should be laughed at when it shows its face in public. What matters in international geopolitics is power.
And America has a lot of power that it allowed small countries to bully it into not using for decades.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (GBKbO)
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (qpQFJ)
As a point to consider, when Chinese influence peddling in DC started to come to light in the late 90s, early 00s it wasn't considered seriously, in part because China was just a weak regional power.
So I do have to agree that they have made significant strides. But the problem is the endemic corruption in their culture. This is common in third world countries and this they have not addressed. This means while they have dramatically improved their industrial capabilities, one shouldn't trust a damn think a Chinese business claims their products can do.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)
If W had toppled Iraq, flown into Baghdad, and then given a speech that said, "I have conquered with my mighty sky forces because your previous leader displeased me. I shall come again if your next displeases me."
And then he'd left the nation, bringing all of our military assets with him.
It might have been a somewhat popular foreign entanglement.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 03:49 PM (GBKbO)
it is what we did in both the Halls of Montezuma AND the Shores of Tripoli.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (8avO+)
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The UK is an Islamic nation. I'd rather be aligned with the Russians than the UK.
Posted by: Crusader at March 03, 2026 04:08 PM (TN0g+)
🇮🇷 BREAKING: Islamic Republic of Iran's new Defence Minister Majid Ibn Reza has been assassinated only two days into his job.
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*SIGH* Cancel the business cards.
Posted by: STV at March 03, 2026 04:08 PM (XMeSM)
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (X7dyz)
That's not funny. -- Abdul's Goat Emporium
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
The celebrations in Britain would dwarf what the Persians have been doing this weekend.
Posted by: Auspex at March 03, 2026 04:08 PM (Y8DZL)
Is that true? Do fish fart?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)
Thanks a lot, Nurse.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:06 PM (1Udfd)
I think all the jerky's under FDA recall right now...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 03, 2026 04:08 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
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Although China's fertility rate dropped below replacement way back in 1991, past population growth and a stabilization of the fertility rate meant that their number of births was fairly stable for about two decades through 2017. It wasn't until 2018 that births began cratering, due to a combination of further fertility decline and the previous fertility decline catching up to them. This means that China has some years left to be quite dangerous, though the demographic clock is ticking.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at March 03, 2026 04:08 PM (crJ1Z)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 03, 2026 04:09 PM (gVUi7)
WE ADMIT NOTHING!
Posted by: Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson at March 03, 2026 04:09 PM (JCZqz)
What sort of transgression did the IDF soldier engage in that merited that punishment?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:09 PM (nAS9C)
Good. Should make the logistics of France's surrender ceremony easier.
Posted by: WisRich
The table, the chairs, and the signed document are already on board.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at March 03, 2026 04:09 PM (yFLFB)
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It's a drawback to set the game at those stakes.
But somebody is always going to try? Isn't that what they claimed about the golf course shooter?
Nah, he's not a Democrat, but he's Iran-involved or something. And: Of course, Iran would be plotting to take Trump out.
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)
And America has a lot of power that it allowed small countries to bully it into not using for decades.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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"Do not speak to me of rules. This is war! This is not a game of cricket!"
Posted by: Colonel Saito at March 03, 2026 04:10 PM (sgZHy)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Riz8t)
They were half a million Iranian dollars, which is about 25 bucks, American.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 04:10 PM (/QdgR)
Is that true? Do fish fart?
No, because they would be detected and killed.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:10 PM (nAS9C)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)
They have some businesses, mostly the giants, that have realized that consistency is better business than fraud, with leaders who learned in the West. Mid-sized and small-sized businesses still do that but less than in the past.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 03, 2026 04:10 PM (okun6)
You gotta keep that stuff cold.
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:11 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 03, 2026 04:11 PM (YLiRj)
If I woke up and it was announced that we'd offed Starmer, Macron, Putin, Zelensky, and Xi overnight I would be fine with it. Except for the boner lasting over 4 hours part, apparently that's bad if you aren't The Paolo.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 03, 2026 04:11 PM (2ocoG)
Is that true? Do fish fart?
No, because they would be detected and killed.
What about SBDs?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (qpQFJ)
No air to air combat. No Missile Defense System.
Just a giant country filled with target sites.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (1Udfd)
@TousiTVOfficial
🇮🇷 BREAKING: Islamic Republic of Iran�s new Defence Minister Majid Ibn Reza has been assassinated only two days into his job
Is Reza a common name in Iran
Posted by: Eromero at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 03, 2026 03:56 PM
He's usually pretty good.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 03, 2026 04:03 PM (kgE5c)
He's been great for years about the UK government's internal workings. Given his ancestry I can believe he has contacts in Iran as well.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Not that I feel strongly about it or anything at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (TbWk/)
That said, I'm more worried about the UK Islamic Republic and their already have nukes.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Ryan Frank at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (fgmuN)
so take that premise and shove it up your shiney hiney
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (REq0p)
On the third day of the campaign, the command posted a blunt update: "Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO."
Imagine being one of the poor mooks on those ships. You know what's coming, but what can you do about it?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 03:48 PM (Riz8t)
Advancement might look somewhat better now.
Posted by: Eromero at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (LHPAg)
I thought he wasn't getting involved.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (jtM2q)
You know where they keep the bulk Jerky at my local butcher?
In the freezer.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (1Udfd)
Let's not leave the United Nations and World Court off the list of regimes that are falling.
Posted by: Auspex at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (qpQFJ)
They have half of one with the UK. Not sure what happens if they go to war with each other, perhaps trade sides every month.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (8avO+)
One company I worked at wanted to enter the Chinese market, but Chinese law said you had to partner with a local Chinese company.
So we did...and the Chinese company stole our IP and started directly competing with us and drove us to mostly abandon the Chinese market.
A few years later a new VP decided, Hey we really need to improve our presence in the Chinese market and...partnered with a new Chinese company. You'll never guess what happened next!
And I'll note as far as I could tell neither VP that pushed for going into China faced any consequences for what they did...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 04:14 PM (sKqQm)
🇮🇷 BREAKING: Islamic Republic of Iran's new Defence Minister Majid Ibn Reza has been assassinated only two days into his job.
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The Vindman brothers are available.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:14 PM (RrMSR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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"Do not speak to me of rules. This is war! This is not a game of cricket!"
Posted by: Colonel Saito at March 03, 2026 04:10 PM (sgZHy)
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International "law" works the same way as nation, state, and local law. It ONLY works when there is a mechanism for ENFORCEMENT. As all the Soros DA's demonstrated in the reverse...
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at March 03, 2026 04:14 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: Not that I feel strongly about it or anything at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (TbWk/)
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If anybody would get something done, it would be Trump.
It's just what he does.
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 03, 2026 04:14 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 03, 2026 04:15 PM (kQWle)
Donald, don't listen to this guy, I really really can't run the EU, Russia and China. I'm begging you Donald.
Posted by: Marco Rubio at March 03, 2026 04:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Eromero at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (LHPAg)
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Not as common as it will be.
Posted by: Reza Pahlavi at March 03, 2026 04:15 PM (crJ1Z)
Naked Gun 2 1/2. The Opening Scene was the first thing that hit me when this kicked off.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:15 PM (1Udfd)
So we did...and the Chinese company stole our IP and started directly competing with us and drove us to mostly abandon the Chinese market.
A few years later a new VP decided, Hey we really need to improve our presence in the Chinese market and...partnered with a new Chinese company. You'll never guess what happened next!
—
Seasons 4 and 5 of Silicon Valley.
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:15 PM (qpQFJ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (jtM2q)
Iran announces that New Supreme Leader will be Carl the Janitor, as he was the last one left in the building and was unhurt since he likes to sleep in a heavy steel dumpster. In a brief interview, Carl said he would like to focus on cleaning things up.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 04:15 PM (/QdgR)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 03, 2026 04:16 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: LASue
Did Iran have a Kohl's?
Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 03, 2026 04:16 PM (kO+Bl)
My company decided to open a development office in China. With access to ALL of our source code. You'll never guess what happened next!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:16 PM (ExV1e)
One company I worked at wanted to enter the Chinese market, but Chinese law said you had to partner with a local Chinese company.
So we did...and the Chinese company stole our IP and started directly competing with us and drove us to mostly abandon the Chinese market.
A few years later a new VP decided, Hey we really need to improve our presence in the Chinese market and...partnered with a new Chinese company. You'll never guess what happened next!
And I'll note as far as I could tell neither VP that pushed for going into China faced any consequences for what they did...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 04:14 PM (sKqQm)
Like the man said, don't trust China, China is asshoe! And as I and a few others say, execs are largely retarded.
Posted by: Fuck up, move up! at March 03, 2026 04:16 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Oldcat at March
It's like when you have all time qb in backyard football
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 03, 2026 04:16 PM (MGB5H)
🇮🇷 BREAKING: Islamic Republic of Iran's new Defence Minister Majid Ibn Reza has been assassinated only two days into his job.
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The Vindman brothers are available.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:14 PM (RrMSR)
I have a few nominations too.
Posted by: LASue at March 03, 2026 04:16 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:12 PM (8avO+)
His father lives in Tehran.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 03, 2026 04:16 PM (kvcnI)
Posted by: Octochicken at March 03, 2026 04:17 PM (oCS0o)
It's just what he does.
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:14 PM (Fi81e)
Trump is a smart guy and he cares about the US but the big reason why Trump gets shit done is that he doesn't want to be in office forever.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:17 PM (ExV1e)
One was evidently in drydock at Bandar Abbas, so we might assume that it got taken out. That leaves the other 3.
Diesel boats are very quiet when underwater and operating on battery power, so much so that in multiple exercises with our allies who possess this kind of sub they have been able to slip through a carrier's escort screen and get close enough to take pictures through a periscope.
That's torpedo range.
I'll rest more comfortably when we account for the Iranian diesel boats. Until then, we have to hope that the SSNs that are escorting our CVBGs will be able to sniff out any of them that might be lurking about in the Gulf of Oman.
Posted by: Taylor at March 03, 2026 04:17 PM (3tDro)
My company decided to open a development office in China. With access to ALL of our source code. You'll never guess what happened next!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:16 PM (ExV1e)
Like I said: retarded.
Posted by: Man I would immunity from consequence too! at March 03, 2026 04:17 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:18 PM (qpQFJ)
I thought he wasn't getting involved.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 03, 2026 04:13 PM (WONhk)
They're going to sail circles around Cypress and hang out in the eastern Mediterranean, where they can pretend they're doing something. That may sound like a joke, but seriously, that's their plan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 04:18 PM (/QdgR)
Posted by: Gary at March 03, 2026 04:18 PM (j3Fsw)
"A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer."
It's not a quote from that war criminal, Hegshit, though it's not beyond something that ghoul would say, I would bet.
Am I in a leftist bubble? I dont know ANYONE happy about us in Iran. I guess im glad ive surrounded myself with good people, but most identify as liberal or just a democrat. Maybe democrat socialist.
Looking at Iran and saying its women are going to be liberated by Trump invading, is like seeing the boarding school in the movie Matilda and saying its students are going to be liberated by Epstein breaking in.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 03, 2026 04:18 PM (JCZqz)
Anything for a buck. Start with government leftists. Hanging is too good for them. I vote for boiled in oil.
Posted by: Case at March 03, 2026 04:19 PM (gQFwH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 04:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 03, 2026 04:19 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Do they? I thought they only had OUR nukes, under our control?
Posted by: MkY at March 03, 2026 04:19 PM (q6tQZ)
So we did...and the Chinese company stole our IP and started directly competing with us and drove us to mostly abandon the Chinese market.
A few years later a new VP decided, Hey we really need to improve our presence in the Chinese market and...partnered with a new Chinese company. You'll never guess what happened next!
—
Seasons 4 and 5 of Silicon Valley.
Posted by: Heroq at March 03, 2026 04:15 PM (qpQFJ)
If you can't trust communists who hate you poisonously, who can you trust? God how I hated those fools dipping into China in the 90s. Sadly the ones proposing it had their golden parachutes set up when the bill came.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:19 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:16 PM (ExV1e)
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I think I will.
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 03, 2026 04:19 PM (gKWVE)
Couple of bass boats with two guys doing their best Bo & Luke Duke impressions with bows and sticks of dynamite taped to arrows.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 03, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Stack em high and deep.
Posted by: Banzai! at March 03, 2026 04:20 PM (/IU3q)
CHIANG? Didn't he run the dry cleaner on the corner?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 03, 2026 04:20 PM (abIsI)
Purim celebrations can get out of hand.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:20 PM (1Udfd)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 03, 2026 04:20 PM (YlWIZ)
You would think that someone who is supposed to be a specialist in DEFENSE would be capable of not getting dead two days into the gig.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:20 PM (nAS9C)
This is like when the RAF Mosquitos bombed Berlin as Goering was going to give a speech. Or Operation Jericho when the walls came down.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:20 PM (2GVsD)
More at 11!
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 03, 2026 04:21 PM (WYStd)
They sound Mahdi.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:21 PM (1Udfd)
Um...yeah, I'm calling bullshit on this. Putting it in the "suckers and losers" and "Trump lurched for the steering wheel" bin.
Posted by: So many credulous fools out there at March 03, 2026 04:21 PM (TbWk/)
In the navy, Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy, Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy, Come on now, people, make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
In the navy, Can't you see we need a hand?
In the navy, Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy, Come on and join your fellow men
In the navy, in the navy
(I danced to that song a lot in Dance Dance Revolution! One of my favorites, along with Darude's Sandstorm.)
Posted by: LizLem at March 03, 2026 04:22 PM (Eng1Z)
Purim celebrations can get out of hand.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:20 PM (1Udfd)
Haman nice shot.
Posted by: Ga Filter Fish at March 03, 2026 04:22 PM (TbWk/)
":New polling out of CNN found that 77% of Republicans approve of the weekend’s military action. When asked if Trump has a clear plan for handling the Iran situation, that number rose to 83%. And when it comes to those who identify as “MAGA Republicans,” the number who said they strongly support the President’s decision jumped by a whopping 30%..."
Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 04:22 PM (GD0B3)
CHIANG? Didn't he run the dry cleaner on the corner?
Brother of Cthulhu, neighbor of the Kraken.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:22 PM (nAS9C)
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:20 PM (1Udfd)
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Drunk Chabad are fun Chabad. Until they go Chabad.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)
That's torpedo range.
I'll rest more comfortably when we account for the Iranian diesel boats. Until then, we have to hope that the SSNs that are escorting our CVBGs will be able to sniff out any of them that might be lurking about in the Gulf of Oman.
The Persian Gulf is shallow, so I'm not sure the subs could hide there.
The Persian Gulf (also known as the Arabian Gulf) is a relatively shallow body of water.
The most commonly cited and widely accepted figure for its average depth is 50 meters (approximately 164 feet). This value appears consistently in reliable sources like Wikipedia, World Atlas, Nations Online, and various educational/geographical references.
For context, the maximum depth is generally given as about 90 meters (around 295–300 feet), though some sources note slightly higher values (up to ~100–110 meters) near the entrance at the Strait of Hormuz.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:22 PM (Riz8t)
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Armageddon is a plain in Israel/Lebanon area. This has been known since before the Bible was written.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:22 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 03, 2026 04:23 PM (HYqoK)
The US Navy and Marines are at this moment engaged in Exercise Iron Fist 26 with their Japanese counterparts. Already scheduled, but it sends a message that we are still watching the Chinese at this time.
Posted by: Martin Tell at March 03, 2026 04:23 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: Gary
........
Threatening beheadings works better in person.
Posted by: wth at March 03, 2026 04:23 PM (UjdFS)
Jesus will come again to separate the sheep from the goats... and send the goats to abuse-survivor therapy
Posted by: gKWVE at March 03, 2026 04:23 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 04:23 PM (GD0B3)
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Somebody like Mark Kelly, perhaps?
I call bullshit all over that.
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:23 PM (Fi81e)
There's code that has my name attached to the documentation header block that can be found in Chinese-built clinical databases because my company was stupid enough to open a Chinese division.
They didn't even f*cking remove my name from the code they stole! I'm still pissed about that.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 03, 2026 04:24 PM (WYStd)
Serves me right for buying a Tissot watch.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 03, 2026 04:24 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:22 PM (8avO+)
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The Plain of Megiddo
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:24 PM (Fi81e)
":New polling out of CNN found that 77% of Republicans approve of the weekend’s military action. When asked if Trump has a clear plan for handling the Iran situation, that number rose to 83%. And when it comes to those who identify as “MAGA Republicans,” the number who said they strongly support the President’s decision jumped by a whopping 30%..."
Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 04:22 PM (GD0B3)
113% is pretty good.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:24 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:24 PM (ExV1e)
This would be good for a David Zucker parody type movie.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 03, 2026 04:24 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:25 PM (Fi81e)
The Klingon General? Damn, shit's getting real over there.
Posted by: Cry havoc! In the original Klingon of course at March 03, 2026 04:25 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:20 PM (1Udfd)
Ramadan is so lit this year.
Posted by: LizLem at March 03, 2026 04:25 PM (Eng1Z)
Mark Kelly holds a commission so not him.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:24 PM (ExV1e)
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That's why I said an equivalent.
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:25 PM (Fi81e)
I thought Gen. Jack Ripper was dead, shot in the head?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:25 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 04:25 PM (/QdgR)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 03, 2026 04:26 PM (gVUi7)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 03, 2026 04:26 PM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Wally at March 03, 2026 04:26 PM (pduCL)
If they really want to help, they can probably help out the legitimate Lebanese government, which is going to have its hands full trying (maybe for real this time) to disarm Hezbollah and reassert their sovereignty. And of course France has history there.
Posted by: Henry O. at March 03, 2026 04:26 PM (X5Mi4)
They sound Mahdi.
Posted by: garrett at March 03, 2026 04:21 PM (1Udfd)
they didn't mention a well.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:26 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Max Power at March 03, 2026 04:26 PM (q177U)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 04:26 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: wth at March 03, 2026 04:27 PM (UjdFS)
So yeah BS
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:27 PM (2GVsD)
I should make a reddit account just to go into The Handmaids Tale subs and demand we all unite to make Trump stop destroying Muslim Gilead.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:27 PM (nAS9C)
If this is China's latest and greatest, if it's the best they can do, then there's a group of experts in Beijing right now who are wishing they were with that group that got bombed.
Posted by: 29Victor at March 03, 2026 03:50 PM (0MjtC)
The HQ-9 is older tech. The Chinese have newer SAM systems.
I suppose the question is: is the lack of effectiveness of the HQ-9 due to poor crew training, OR bad Chinese engineering? My guess is that it's a combination of both.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 03, 2026 04:27 PM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Gary
........
Threatening beheadings works better in person.
Posted by: wth at March 03, 2026 04:23 PM (UjdFS)
Beheading is preferable to a Teams meeting.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:28 PM (8avO+)
Killing them is a war crime, BTW, since they were all "civilians".
Aside from them being at the head of the military chain of command, they were protected by military guards, who were likely in uniform. Hence, the guards themselves were legitimate military targets. So we engaged in a bit of overkill, producing civilian collateral damage, big whoop.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 03, 2026 04:28 PM (HXiQ2)
If we try propping up a Constitutional monarchy in Iran, we're never getting out.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 03, 2026 04:28 PM (BI5O2)
That would have been considered shallow and dangerous for US subs in WW2, let alone enemy subs today trying to slip past our incredible escort sensors. Gato-class subs (our middle of the road workhorse in WW2) could dive down to around 300 feet.
Posted by: Military Moron at March 03, 2026 04:28 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:24 PM (8avO+)
there is a breakdown to which this refers - "MAGA Republicans are 30 points more likely than non-MAGA Republicans to say they strongly approve of the decision to take military action, 34 points likelier to say it will reduce the threat Iran poses to the US and nearly 50 points more likely to say they have a great deal of trust in Trump to make the right decisions about US use of force in Iran."
Posted by: runner at March 03, 2026 04:28 PM (GD0B3)
... Panda Xi promised a war in 2026 but it now looks like that won't happened this year, so all the stuff that was stockpiled for Taiwan is headed to Iran.
Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (RHGPo)
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I'm sure this is just as accurate as all the fakes stories about troops running over dogs, or mocking scarred veterans that popped up in Iraq.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Max Power at March 03, 2026 04:26 PM (q177U)
You know what CIWS is right?
They're the minions that we put on the corners of ships that are basically auto-yeeting machines.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 03, 2026 04:25 PM (/QdgR)
What subjects/subreddits?? Any good covert transmissions you can share?
Posted by: LizLem at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (Eng1Z)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 03, 2026 04:26 PM (1o8D5)
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There is so much dried fruit coursing its way through my GI system right now.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (RIvkX)
https://tinyurl.com/4nkjsxkk
Pardon me while I UNLEASH my CHIANG.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 03, 2026 04:30 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 03, 2026 04:30 PM (u73oe)
Flagrant Geneva Convention violation... but then, they have been flouting the Convention for over 40 years....
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2026 04:30 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:30 PM (2GVsD)
I went to this site --
https://x.com/PsyopAnime
At the top, pinned, there is an anime of future super powerful leader or something. (I only watched about 30 sec.)
Below it is a clip from the Trump announcement a couple days ago, translated and animated.
I dare you to tell me how they are different. Trumps language sounds like some super hero from an anime.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 03, 2026 04:31 PM (sgZHy)
I could see Mark Kelly in a turban.
Posted by: wth at March 03, 2026 04:27 PM (UjdFS)
I'd PREFER Mark Kelly in a turban, that way I wouldn't have to see that glans-shaped head.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 03, 2026 04:31 PM (HXiQ2)
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (RHGPo)
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The PLA is frozen in place over fears of rebellion. No leave for the New Year, commanders required to remain with their units. Maximum alert levels for a month.
And now an oil shock is coming. CCP is screwed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:31 PM (ZOv7s)
.. next up ... The War On Poverty .. running for over 50 years
Posted by: SMOD at March 03, 2026 04:32 PM (RHGPo)
I remember this coming up during the Iraq war with the left arguing we couldn't directly kill enemy political leaders - only military or paramilitary units. And then only if they were somehow directly a threat to American forces. Which is an absurd theory of war.
But Shrub accepted it...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)
Yeah I wouldn't have bothered with the Pentagon Lawyers until they had done a 6 month tour on the front lines.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:32 PM (8avO+)
In my book, this is reason #1 they are a "paper dragon".
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)
Yeah but thanks to traitorous vermin in the US, they’ve stolen a lot of our knowledge.
Posted by: Heroq
I think, along with AH Lloyd, that Xi cannot afford a competent military because it presents a clear and present danger to him. Saddam ditto--his handpicked Republican Guard was faithful personally to him but his general army sucked. Iran seems to be demonstrating the same weakness because political loyalty to a shitty group of politicians or one shitty despot means that you cannot have personal competence at your job as military chief. It presents a clear and present danger to those types to overturn them.
So these governments divide and conquer, rely on cronyism and faithfullness rather than competence, and ruthlessly get rid of those smart enough and competent enough to pose a threat to the country's leadership.
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:32 PM (E4rtv)
The Klingon General? Damn, shit's getting real over there.
Posted by: Cry havoc!
Qapla!!!!
Posted by: Film Actor's Guild at March 03, 2026 04:32 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Oldcat
My Navy buddies and I drove through it when we visited Israel. Actually, a pretty beautiful place.
Posted by: Bulg at March 03, 2026 04:32 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Denny Crane - BF2 Is Number One! at March 03, 2026 04:32 PM (xWkGt)
Posted by: wth at March 03, 2026 04:27 PM (UjdFS)
With a long tail on it. And another face on the back of his head.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:32 PM (ExV1e)
Flagrant Geneva Convention violation... but then, they have been flouting the Convention for over 40 years....
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2026 04:30 PM (mP0Kj)
Pretty sure that technically, Israel did the bombing of the Panel of Experts.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 03, 2026 04:33 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: Recycling at March 03, 2026 04:33 PM (ErTRr)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
It would be funny when he gets pissed, and turns purple.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 04:33 PM (Wc+7N)
Yet the best General Motors cars are the Chinese manufactured GM cars.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:34 PM (nAS9C)
Posted by: wth[/i
That idiot CCP tool should never be allowed near a battlefield again. His shiny dome would interfere with any laser sighting that might be happening in the area.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 03, 2026 04:34 PM (abIsI)
I think, possibly, you might see the Iranians try to drift mines into the Persian Gulf next from land.
Posted by: whig at March 03,
Death cultists damaged the USS Cole pretty bad. I know it was immobile at the time but still.
Posted by: Eromero at March 03, 2026 04:34 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Leupold at March 03, 2026 03:54 PM (eIzlH)
It should be:
"We're leaving. Don't make us come back and break the rest!"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 03, 2026 04:34 PM (n9ltV)
I remember this coming up during the Iraq war with the left arguing we couldn't directly kill enemy political leaders - only military or paramilitary units. And then only if they were somehow directly a threat to American forces. Which is an absurd theory of war.
But Shrub accepted it...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)
Yeah I wouldn't have bothered with the Pentagon Lawyers until they had done a 6 month tour on the front lines.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:32 PM (8avO+)
The Geneva Convention was written by Politicians, to protect... oh... Politicians.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2026 04:34 PM (mP0Kj)
I should make a reddit account just to go into The Handmaids Tale subs and demand we all unite to make Trump stop destroying Muslim Gilead.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm
Oh, good! Will have to scan! I mostly go there to "Saint" to read Meghan Markle snark.
They are mad at something daily. I love it!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 03, 2026 04:35 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Bots and Middle Easterners plus our traitorous leftists. Doesn't leave much room for sane thought.
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:35 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Always have been at March 03, 2026 04:36 PM (ErTRr)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2026 04:30 PM (mP0Kj)
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It's been a few years since my LOAC refresher, but the Geneva Conventions related to treatment of prisoners, uniforms and stuff. I don't recall leaders being given "protected" status like hospitals. The enemy government is a legitimate target because it is the center node of command and control.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: DOGGFISH at March 03, 2026 04:36 PM (yYs4P)
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 03, 2026 04:36 PM (WYStd)
https://tinyurl.com/4nkjsxkk
.......
Her neighbors can see right in that window.
Lucky stiffs.
Posted by: wth at March 03, 2026 04:36 PM (UjdFS)
Flagrant Geneva Convention violation... but then, they have been flouting the Convention for over 40 years....
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2026 04:30 PM (mP0Kj)
Pretty sure that technically, Israel did the bombing of the Panel of Experts.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 03, 2026 04:33 PM (WYStd)
Yeah, but the part of the world that already hates us, will blame us anyway... which does not move the needle on my give a shit meter.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2026 04:36 PM (mP0Kj)
Same shape as ace's ugly nut.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 03, 2026 04:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (Riz8t)
I remember when "Made in Japan" was a condemnation, but I also remember that their products were miles ahead in quality compared to the absolute shit China has foisted on us over the last 20 years.
Posted by: Denny Crane - BF2 Is Number One! at March 03, 2026 04:36 PM (xWkGt)
Posted by: Iran Assembly Of Experts at March 03, 2026 04:37 PM (CY/QA)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 03, 2026 04:30 PM (u73oe)
They can develop stuff internally, their smartphones for instance are higher powered because it's part of their gaming culture(which is way less PC centric). Main problem is their particular culture of theft/fraud that makes it hard to do business out of clan networks.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 03, 2026 04:37 PM (okun6)
Tehran placing schools and mosques near military sites is not a war crime?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:37 PM (2GVsD)
The Geneva Convention has nothing to do with winning wars, its all about enriching the banksters and corrupt politicians with endless wars.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:37 PM (nAS9C)
Posted by: mr tmz at March 03, 2026 03:52 PM (rJ48h)
Imagine if that caught on in the West.
Posted by: RickZ at March 03, 2026 04:37 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Eromero
From reading about that tragedy, ROE and peacetime had a lot to do with allowing those assholes close to the ship. I don't think the same permissive environment exists today and those boats like those of the drug cartels will simply vanish far away from being able to harm something.
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)
I'm sure the Democrats consider that an "illegal order."
Your move, Mark. Whatcha gonna do about it, faggot?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 03, 2026 04:38 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Archimedes
Japan and China do not share a culture. Mainland Chinese believe that if someone has been cheated out of something, they deserved it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 03, 2026 04:38 PM (diia5)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
It's exhausting just reading it every day...I can't imagine LIVING on 120% existential outrage for years on end. No wonder 60% of liberal women have mental illnesses or are on drugs.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 03, 2026 04:38 PM (JCZqz)
Never buy Air Defense equipment from Harbor Freight.
Posted by: DOGGFISH at March 03, 2026 04:38 PM (yYs4P)
Posted by: Harbor Freight at March 03, 2026 04:39 PM (ErTRr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:39 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Denny Crane - But Suits was a Good Show. at March 03, 2026 04:39 PM (xWkGt)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 03, 2026 04:39 PM (DgMqy)
Yes I hate the Chinese. I'm not ashamed to say it. Every time I see that code block I mentioned earlier try to hit our API endpoint with credentials that they don't even bother to try and change - it just pissed me off, and reaffirms that they don't know what the f*ck they're trying to do.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 03, 2026 04:39 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: goatexchange at March 03, 2026 04:40 PM (hyS0X)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at March 03, 2026 04:40 PM (crJ1Z)
Oh and I forgot to add to this: the men's hockey team and the tourette's guy at the BAFTAS are still living rent free in the woke left's heads. They cannot give white men any grace.
It is hilariously hypocritical to watch Black millionaires punch down on a guy with a disability who society has utterly shunned, to the point they mad a movie about him.
And woke women act like the Hughes brothers were extremely privileged. I believe their parents could only afford to help one of the brothers get to a pro level? Jack had to claw for it without the monetary support Quinn had.
Posted by: LizLem at March 03, 2026 04:40 PM (Eng1Z)
Posted by: Eromero at March 03, 2026 04:34 PM (LHPAg)
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Any boats that aren't clearly determined to be friendly will be blasted into oblivion, and if we see them massing in port, we'll dust them there. The "boat swarm" thing was part of a gradual buildup/sudden kickoff to hostilities, assuming Iran had prepared and was ready to roll.
I doubt there is anyone with the command authority or comms to mass a boat swarm at this point.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:40 PM (ZOv7s)
They shipped junk because that was their market, mostly due to labor costs I won't go into. Old japanese tools and things are very high quality in domestic market.
Chinese are fast learners, and can probably make quality, but they are a very very very low trust society. If they can sell you crap, they will. They will cheat on materials, certification, IP, etc. They do because that is their culture after decades of communism and probably before as coolies.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (sgZHy)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (Riz8t)
Very true, now we think of things made in Japan as quality. My grandmother used to call made in Japan stuff junk.
Another thing that is not understood by most is that when you get stuff made in China from an American company it is the American company designing the shit to be junk, the supplier is just making it to spec, junk spec. That or the company has terrible quality problems. It is their responsibilty to manage that.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (NtVYv)
The problem with burning down mosques is all the ammo cooking off.
Posted by: Auspex at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: JackStraw
Sir! I protest, sir! I demand an apology, or satisfaction on the morrow, upon the Field of Mars.
Posted by: Ace's Ugly Nut at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Confuzzed at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (ErTRr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Islamic Republic's Assembly of Experts at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2026 04:42 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm sure the Democrats consider that an "illegal order."
Your move, Mark. Whatcha gonna do about it, faggot?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 03, 2026 04:38 PM (BI5O2)
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As others have noted, the Israelis did the deed. So Cucker can blame the Jooos.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:42 PM (ZOv7s)
I don't know the date that China had planned for the eventual invasion.
However, after learning their radar and missile systems are sh*t, I suspect that invasion date has been moved back indefinitely.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 03, 2026 04:42 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: ace's attractive nut at March 03, 2026 04:42 PM (ErTRr)
Posted by: Confuzzed at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (ErTRr)
Bin = trash (trash bin)
Posted by: RickZ at March 03, 2026 04:42 PM (gKDq2)
Too bad. I thought they already got him.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (CY/QA)
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We sit on the UN Human Rights's Council!
Posted by: Islamic Republic of Iran at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (GD0B3)
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Navies are dangerous ... to other ships.
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Archimedes
Trajectory is downwards Archimedes. And that is an old problem with wares from China even back when the Emperor sat on the throne. The merchants and producers would put out excellent product at first to get buyers and then repeatedly cheapen the product until it quit selling. Then rinse and repeat with a new line. Those factories that have dual Western and Chinesium lines like for tools have Western QA teams for the Western goods, and very little if no QA for those Chinesium lines.
So quality variance on the Chinesium no name brands is simply rolling the dice. You might get good, you might get crap, but by the time you complain to Amazon, that vendor has folded and renamed itself something else.
And lastly, the recent years have not be kind to Chinese mfg profits and they have been cheapening every single product due to collapsing profit rates. Japan's quality trajectory was up, China's is at best stable for a few but the rest of the products downward.
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (E4rtv)
It is hilariously hypocritical to watch Black millionaires punch down on a guy with a disability who society has utterly shunned, to the point they mad a movie about him.
And woke women act like the Hughes brothers were extremely privileged. I believe their parents could only afford to help one of the brothers get to a pro level? Jack had to claw for it without the monetary support Quinn had.
Posted by: LizLem at March 03, 2026 04:40 PM (Eng1Z)
The sherrif is near ! Haha, my wife called Bronco Bama the sherrif
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (2GVsD)
They were signed in 1949.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (2GVsD)
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Japan did a major heel turn in the 1920s. Went from scrupulously honoring treaties to burning them down.
Also went from supporting China to feasting on it. Chiang Kai-shek was taught military science by the Japanese in Japan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bin at March 03, 2026 04:44 PM (ErTRr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:44 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 03, 2026 04:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:45 PM
Tom Nichols hardest hit! Has anyone done a wellness check?
Posted by: SciVo at March 03, 2026 04:44 PM (Sy6m/)
Too bad. I thought they already got him.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (CY/QA)
Give us a minute !
Posted by: The Mossad at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM (CY/QA)
Too bad. I thought they already got him.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (CY/QA)
I thought that it is his 2nd oldest son who was chosen.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM (ExV1e)
A friend of mine works for a South Korean tech company. They have an American division BECAUSE of this problem. the American team innovates and invents new products, the Korean team executes them and brings them to life.
Posted by: LizLem at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM (Eng1Z)
Posted by: Shore bombardment at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM (ErTRr)
Posted by: Swodog at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM (1olGb)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 03, 2026 04:42 PM (HlyYF)
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That and the fact that in order to invade, they will have to concentrate forces under a single commander who can then just take over the country instead.
Oh, and a crippling fuel shortage won't help, either.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Denny Crane
Yes...her calves are the worst!
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Posted by: Lena Dunham and Hillary! at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM (JCZqz)
It is foolish to impute High Trust mores on a traditionally Low Trust culture.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:46 PM (U4c/V)
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (E4rtv)
another problem China has yet to face is the internal demand of the huge population that currently does NOT share in the improvement in lifestyle in the big showcase cities in the country. That will absorb a lot of the total output for a while.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:46 PM (8avO+)
The Iranians had plenty of time to fully arm them and send them off to hidden locations.
These represent the greatest threat to ships in the Gulf.
Posted by: pawn at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM (+rKuc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (2GVsD)
Were they signatories of whatever the precursor was?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM (n9ltV)
I thought it was funny that China will have to buy their oil on the same market as California.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM (U4c/V)
Posted by: Brie Larson's butt at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM (ErTRr)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Tucker doesn't need permission or reality to blame the Jews.
Posted by: Reality at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 03, 2026 04:29 PM (RIvkX)
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Tu B'Shvat leftovers?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (1o8D5)
Posted by: KanyeWest at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (5LiC7)
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*shifty eyes*
- Mitch McConnell, Senator since 1985
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 03, 2026 04:42 PM (HlyYF)
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That and the fact that in order to invade, they will have to concentrate forces under a single commander who can then just take over the country instead.
Oh, and a crippling fuel shortage won't help, either.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Naval invasions are no joke even when the #1 and #2 industrial and naval nations were doing them in WWII. It would be a huge roll of the dice for the usually conservative leaders of the CCP.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (2GVsD)
It triggered the ear worm in my head of the Village People song, which is why I posted the lyrics to it. If I have to suffer so do you!
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=nmGuy0jievs
Posted by: LizLem at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (Eng1Z)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (ZHEwX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:45 PM
Yep.
That Trump guy sure is a strategic moron ... according to Leftist armchair generals everywhere.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM (E4rtv)
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When China was an honor-based society, it may outstanding works of art and craftsmanship. Communism got the worst of all worlds - oppressed slave labor run by greedy factory bosses and no one has any scruples.
The Chinese Hanyang and Kar98 pattern rifles are of excellent manufacture, and fully parts compatible with German ones. So the Chinese can make good things. See also: Taiwan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:49 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 03, 2026 04:49 PM (E/NuN)
Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)
The Iranians had plenty of time to fully arm them and send them off to hidden locations.
These represent the greatest threat to ships in the Gulf.
Posted by: pawn at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM (+rKuc)
Trump was speaking about the Navy *outside* the Persian Gulf.
Thanks for playing!!
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:50 PM (8avO+)
Why would the Iranian navy have goats ambling about the deck?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:50 PM (pawvM)
Posted by: Swodog
Our acoustic sensors are pretty sensitive...it's gotta be tough to keep the goats on board quiet.
Posted by: Military Moron at March 03, 2026 04:50 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:43 PM
* side eye *
Posted by: 7th Fleet JOODs Association at March 03, 2026 04:50 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)
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Dieppe was a disaster, and the Allies learned a lot from it. Torch went better, but at Sicily he still had IFF problems with aircraft that needed to be worked out. D-Day could work only because of years of practice.
China's last experience with naval combat was 130 years ago. And they got smoked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 03, 2026 04:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Department store Santas at March 03, 2026 04:51 PM (ErTRr)
Posted by: pawn at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM (+rKuc)
LOL!!!! Well done!
Posted by: Denny Crane - But Suits was a Good Show. at March 03, 2026 04:51 PM (xWkGt)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (ZHEwX)
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All of these reports of Mojtada Khamenei becoming leader have the same source, Iranian International, but if correct they are also asserting that the IRGC demanded Mojatada be selected, even though he isn't senior enough to be in the running if he weren't his father's son.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at March 03, 2026 04:52 PM (crJ1Z)
https://tinyurl.com/msz97wy4
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 03, 2026 04:48 PM (ZHEwX)
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Meet the new boss, same as the BOOM !
Posted by: The Mossad at March 03, 2026 04:52 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Confuzzed at March 03, 2026 04:41 PM (ErTRr)
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Wasn't that a hit by the Village People?
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: pawn at March 03, 2026 04:52 PM (+rKuc)
Posted by: Max Power at March 03, 2026 04:52 PM (q177U)
I thought it was funny that China will have to buy their oil on the same market as California.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM
According to Communist doctrine, it is only fair that all of the communists have to shop at the same store!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 03, 2026 04:53 PM (HlyYF)
Hopefully for those within your blast radius none of it is dried apricots.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 03, 2026 04:53 PM (pawvM)
Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2026 04:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2026 04:53 PM (Ia/+0)
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We're still way ahead of AoS commenters.
Posted by: Babylon Bee at March 03, 2026 04:54 PM (crJ1Z)
Posted by: pawn at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM (+rKuc)
Hidden from the US Navy that is currently operating with 100% air superiority?
That is a very tough thing to do...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 03, 2026 04:54 PM (n9ltV)
This isn't about me, is it?
Posted by: Brie Larson's butt at March 03, 2026 04:47 PM (ErTRr)
No, so shut up!
Posted by: Flat Sexless Plywood at March 03, 2026 04:55 PM (xWkGt)
The Japanese had regulations about prisoners of war dating from when they first fought against white men, in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. ... Prisoners of war of the emperor, the Japanese regulations said, were to be treated with a spirit of goodwill, never subjected to cruelty or humiliation, et cetera. And that is how the Russians were treated.
In 1907 the Japanese took part in an international conference at The Hague, where they agreed to the terms of a white man's convention about the treatment of POWs.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:56 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Skip at March 03, 2026 04:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Military Moron
Naaaaaaaaah.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 03, 2026 04:57 PM (Wc+7N)
Posted by: ace's attractive nut at March 03, 2026 04:42 PM (ErTRr)
Why the wrinkly face?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 03, 2026 04:58 PM (wVcYX)
Were not out of the woods yet on the water.
Posted by: pawn at March 03, 2026 05:00 PM (+rKuc)
The Chinese Hanyang and Kar98 pattern rifles are of excellent manufacture, and fully parts compatible with German ones. So the Chinese can make good things. See also: Taiwan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Not the point here. And FWIW, about 90 percent of Taiwanese populations are not native Chinese as such but more mutts and not surprisingly due to long Japanese occupation and influence are a hybrid culture. Only about 10 percent origin from those that fled the Chicoms and a lot of domestic politics there turns on that fact. Kai-Shek and his one China bullshit was not a favorite of the indigenous Taiwanese and that is still reflected in their political parties.
But, I am referring to a well known accounts of china and porcelain goods when traders brought them from to the West. Quality would start up fine and then deteriorate. Happened on goods like spices, tea, etc. as well which is why the Brits, in part, started plantations in India for tea.
Posted by: whig at March 03, 2026 05:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 03, 2026 04:25 PM (2GVsD)
Cut himself shaving.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 03, 2026 05:01 PM (/HDaX)
i do wonder what makes israel so special it drives so many formally "normal" grifters to batshit crazy territory.
Posted by: juicer at March 03, 2026 05:03 PM (oRhlc)
Posted by: MikeN at March 03, 2026 05:05 PM (xdkTY)
Posted by: Denny Crane
Worse than Hillary? The original Cankles?!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 03, 2026 05:12 PM (afk5c)
Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 03, 2026 05:14 PM (afk5c)
We're laughing at them now because Trump is president, but if it were Kamala, I'd be scared s***less.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 03, 2026 04:01 PM (Riz8t)
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Their military hardware is shit and they're 20 years in the middle of a demographic collapse that is going to have wide-ranging effects within the country that will make it unable to actually project power beyond its borders for literally generations.
And I suspect most of this was known in the 90s.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 03, 2026 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
They also have a crippling cultural handicap that makes it effectively impossible to develop a reliable materials industry, since they will swiftly cash out any goodwill and trust they may have built up, trading away all of tomorrow's custom to cheat for an extra buck today.
Posted by: SciVo at March 03, 2026 05:15 PM (Sy6m/)
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I have to wonder if other people will change their tune if he doesn't....
Posted by: Axeman at March 03, 2026 05:37 PM (Fi81e)
"Nightmare at 1600 PA Avenue"....
Starring Kami " Cackle" Harris and Timmy "Iron Maiden" Walz and also Co starring Iran with 5 Nukes..
Watch Tel Avi go up in smoke and NYC hit by a "Mostly Peaceful" Nuke from Iran
Forget about Global Warming and Hello to Nuclear Winter....
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at March 03, 2026 05:47 PM (esdTW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 03, 2026 06:17 PM (XeU6L)
I'd guess that means that any threat the Iranian Navy might have posed to the US carrier group in the Arabian Sea has been extinguished. Maybe the carrier group can move somewhat closer to Iran now (which probably makes the carrier group even more powerful).
It doesn't seem to say anything about what this means as far as traffic through the Strait, except that a ship doesn't have to worry AFTER getting through the straight towards the ocean. Perhaps that area will be the next to be "cleaned up".
So it sounds like solid progress - an important milestone in the Naval part of this operation that came pretty quickly.
Posted by: MrExcitement at March 03, 2026 07:10 PM (ovdkm)
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