War with Iran - DEFCON 3

[Northwestcoug]

At least weapons of mass destruction had some plausibility of an imminent threat. Now we're reduced to having no choice but to follow Israel's lead, powerless to convince them to stop their own preemptive strikes:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill later told reporters Tehran planned to attack the U.S. following opening strikes by Israel on Iran, requiring the U.S. to protect American forces in the region from an “imminent threat.

Backed up by Karoline Leavitt later:

The United States understood that Israel was going to strike Iran, and when they did, Iran would attack the United States

https://apple.news/ADLPrLIIkRLOKOsvPFTbLDg

The country was already in a bad place that the president (whoever they are) can preemptively attack a nation without congressional authorization. Now we have a war being justified on the weakest of reasons with a president not even pretending to care if congress would authorize it or not.

[Bo Diddley]

I blame everyone one of you who made fun of Trump mocking with TACO. It's like you double dog dared him! What choice did he have?

[Jeff Lebowski]

At least weapons of mass destruction had some plausibility of an imminent threat. Now we're reduced to having no choice but to follow Israel's lead, powerless to convince them to stop their own preemptive strikes:



Backed up by Karoline Leavitt later:

https://apple.news/ADLPrLIIkRLOKOsvPFTbLDg

The country was already in a bad place that the president (whoever they are) can preemptively attack a nation without congressional authorization. Now we have a war being justified on the weakest of reasons with a president not even pretending to care if congress would authorize it or not.

Yeah that is unbelievable.

[Maximus]

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[Moliere]

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[Northwestcoug]

Trust in Jared Leto.

[Maximus]

too dumb to check

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[Omaha 680]

When does the thread title get changed to DEFCON 1? When Congress provides authorization?

[falafel]

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love the steering wheel.

[Bo Diddley]

Let's hope he doesn't spill the diet coke and fry the controls.

[fusnik]

So far the war planning seems to be going pretty darn well. For the most part it seems to be masterful execution of multi-domain warfare. I think General Caine is impressive. It's just the "post-war" part we always seem to forget about.

Something inherently unsettling about your applause while smoke is still rising and the human toll is just beginning. It’s impressive if you measure success simply in systems performance, insane if you factor in humanity.

It’s truly sad to see how whacky your moral compass has become since your lionization of Palantir, the All In Bros and your sneaky Trump turn. Hope the post war part we always forget about doesn’t scoop up your kids of their friends.

To the rest of you who have stood by and justified this madness for the last 10 years, ESAD. Those of us with enlisted brothers and sisters and children coming of age soon will continue to have sleepless nights hoping this doesn’t turn into Iraq 2.0.

But hey at least you can say retard now!

[Shaka]

To the rest of you who have stood by and justified this madness for the last 10 years, ESAD. Those of us with enlisted brothers and sisters and children coming of age soon will continue to have sleepless nights hoping this doesn’t turn into Iraq 2.0.

But hey at least you can say retard now!

I'm headed off to the local eatery that specializes in feces. While there, I will plan my demise as I contemplate your virtue-signaling post. I will probably contact my special forces nephew and offer to send him some of my Ambien (which I will not need because of my ESAD) so he can sleep at night. Most likely, he will tell me to quit being a retard, eat at better restaurants, and live a full and happy life.

[Maximus]

Something inherently unsettling about your applause while smoke is still rising and the human toll is just beginning. It’s impressive if you measure success simply in systems performance, insane if you factor in humanity.

It’s truly sad to see how whacky your moral compass has become since your lionization of Palantir, the All In Bros and your sneaky Trump turn. Hope the post war part we always forget about doesn’t scoop up your kids of their friends.

To the rest of you who have stood by and justified this madness for the last 10 years, ESAD. Those of us with enlisted brothers and sisters and children coming of age soon will continue to have sleepless nights hoping this doesn’t turn into Iraq 2.0.

But hey at least you can say retard now!

how likely do you think troop involvement is aside from the airstrikes

[dabrockster]

Something inherently unsettling about your applause while smoke is still rising and the human toll is just beginning. It’s impressive if you measure success simply in systems performance, insane if you factor in humanity.

It’s truly sad to see how whacky your moral compass has become since your lionization of Palantir, the All In Bros and your sneaky Trump turn. Hope the post war part we always forget about doesn’t scoop up your kids of their friends.

To the rest of you who have stood by and justified this madness for the last 10 years, ESAD. Those of us with enlisted brothers and sisters and children coming of age soon will continue to have sleepless nights hoping this doesn’t turn into Iraq 2.0.

But hey at least you can say retard now!

Wondering how you can throw such indignation and remain so silent while the Iran regime was literally shooting innocent citizens in the streets..

[falafel]

I'm headed off to the local eatery that specializes in feces. While there, I will plan my demise as I contemplate your virtue-signaling post. I will probably contact my special forces nephew and offer to send him some of my Ambien (which I will not need because of my ESAD) so he can sleep at night. Most likely, he will tell me to quit being a retard, eat at better restaurants, and live a full and happy life.