U.S. forces struck Iran's three main nuclear sites, President Donald Trump said late on Saturday, and he warned Tehran it would face more devastating attacks if it does not agree to peace.
After days of deliberation and long before his self-imposed two-week deadline, Trump's decision to join Israel's military campaign against its major rival Iran is a major escalation of the conflict and risks opening a new era of instability in the Middle East.
"The strikes were a spectacular military success," Trump said in a televised address. "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."
In a speech that lasted just over three minutes, Trump said Iran's future held "either peace or tragedy," and there were many other targets that could be hit by the U.S. military.
"If peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill."
The U.S. reached out to Iran diplomatically on Saturday to say the strikes are all the U.S. plans and it does not aim for regime change, CBS News reported.
Trump said U.S. forces struck Iran's three principal nuclear sites: Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow. He told Fox News' Sean Hannity show that six bunker-buster bombs were dropped on Fordow, while 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired against other nuclear sites.
U.S. B-2 bombers were involved in the strikes, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow," Trump posted on Truth Social. "Fordow is gone."
Reuters had reported earlier on Saturday the movement of the B-2 bombers, which can be equipped to carry massive bombs that experts say would be needed to strike Fordow, which is buried beneath a mountain south of Tehran. Given its fortification, it will likely be days, if not longer, before the impact of the strikes is known.
An Iranian official, cited by Tasnim news agency, confirmed part of the Fordow site was attacked by "enemy airstrikes."
However, Mohammad Manan Raisi, a lawmaker for Qom, near Fordow, told the semi-official Fars news agency the facility had not been seriously damaged.
Iranian media quoted Iran's nuclear body as saying there were no signs of contamination after the attacks, and no danger to residents living nearby.
Hassan Abedini, deputy political head of Iran's state broadcaster, said Iran had evacuated the three sites some time ago.
"The enriched uranium reserves had been transferred from the nuclear centers and there are no materials left there that, if targeted, would cause radiation and be harmful to our compatriots," he told the channel.
DIPLOMACY UNSUCCESSFUL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Trump on his "bold decision".
"History will record that President Trump acted to deny the world's most dangerous regime, the world's most dangerous weapons," Netanyahu said.
The strikes came as Israel and Iran have been engaged in more than a week of aerial combat that has resulted in deaths and injuries in both countries.
Israel launched the attacks on Iran saying it wanted to remove any chance of Tehran developing nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
Diplomatic efforts by Western nations to stop the hostilities have so far failed. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Saturday's strikes a "dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security."
Both sides' attacks on energy infrastructure, including by Israel on Iran's South Pars gas field and the risk of a complete shutdown of the OPEC member's oil production, as well as Iran targeting shipping in the Straits of Hormuz, have fueled fears of a spike in oil prices and impacts on economies worldwide.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was due to hold a news conference at the Pentagon early on Sunday.
In recent days, Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans have argued that Trump must receive permission from the U.S. Congress before committing the U.S. military to any combat against Iran.
Republican Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker of Mississippi applauded the operation but cautioned that the U.S. now faced "very serious choices ahead."
One Republican lawmaker, Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, simply said, "This is not constitutional." Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it was "absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment."
Many in Trump's MAGA movement oppose U.S. entanglement in foreign military operations. Trump ally Steve Bannon said on his War Room podcast that the president's address was probably not what a lot of MAGA supporters wanted to hear, and he called on Trump to offer a "deeper explanation" for why U.S. involvement was necessary.
Trump-aligned commentator Charlie Kirk posted on X: "America stands with President Trump."
Israel launched attacks on June 13, saying Iran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Israel is widely assumed to possess nuclear weapons, which it neither confirms nor denies.
At least 430 people have been killed and 3,500 injured in Iran since Israel began its attacks, Iranian state-run Nour News said, citing the health ministry.
In Israel, 24 civilians have been killed and 1,272 people injured, according to local authorities.
© Thomson Reuters 2025.
202 Comments
David Brent
Nice!
Just need to take out the leaders of the regime now, all the way to the top.
Bob Fosse
Warmonger.
kaimycahl
MOP IRAN!! For the people
lincolnman
Well, there it is...ANOTHER REPUB President and ANOTHER REPUB Middle East war...they just can't help themselves...
Remember when Trump and our MAGA-friends here were trashing all the NEOCONs in their party for being warmongers and wanting endless Middle East wars?
Now - "Send in the B2s"....
Of course, there's a large part of MAGA-world that thinks this is a betrayal of his "no new wars" pledge - which it clearly is... Expect Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, and MTG to go nuclear...
So grab some popcorn and watch the "fake MAGA" and "real MAGA" fight it out...it's going to be real messy...and so enjoyable...
sakurasuki
Please remember campaign promise, is it American first or AIPAC first?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-decision-to-strike-iran-may-draw-more-criticism-from-maga-anti-interventionists
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/politics/video/tucker-carlson-ted-cruz-iran-vrtc
isabelle
Totally wrong. The US has learned nothing from past misadventures like Iraq.
Trump has an almost unrivaled ability to ignore those giving him good advice, whilst being swayed by literally some of the worst people in the world like Netanyahu and Putin.
The "no war" president... starts another war.
Fountain
“It’s America first from now on. We’re no longer getting involved in other countries’ businesses. That’s what I voted for.”
I have read our MAGA friends on this website all post versions of the above.
It will be absolutely fascinating to see how they spin this……
kwatt
It looks like the US joined the Israel's war.
GuruMick
"On behalf of our Jewish masters...." Trump could have said.
How long before Iran just starts up again ?
This time with real malicious intent.
bass4funk
Good. Sad it had to come to this though.
lincolnman
You'll get some version of "I support President Trump bombing Iran" BUT "I'm not for bombing Iran"...and they'll swear that's not a self-contradiction...
Then when you ask them to explain how this isn't a violation of his no new wars pledge and to "avoid endless Middle East wars"....you'll be told to "scroll up - I already answered that".....
HopeSpringsEternal
Let's hope the leadership in Iran comes to its senses ASAP and gives up their nuclear weapons program and joins the league of peaceful civilized nations.
Iran definitely does not want to go the way of North Korea, so it's high time to modernize and prosper, just like neighboring Gulf States are so busy doing right now!
Xamo
This has been 46 years in the making.
bass4funk
No war
https://x.com/repdancrenshaw/status/1936579800593822151?s=46&t=YGWP_lcRZjddiWlx4QxURQ
Yes, the U.S. as well.
If you want to believe that, fine.
Bret T
Huh. I thought for sure there'd be all kinds of support for this on JT. Man did I read the room wrong (8-).
Iran has been chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" for decades. They continue to sign and violate agreements about pursuing nuclear weapons.
There are consequences under this President. America is no longer everybody's lovable, ATM machine that we've been in the past.
HopeSpringsEternal
ENTIRE World FAR better off, including the great people of Iran, without their selfish stupid hateful leadership busy foolishly pursuing nuclear weapons.
Iran's nuclear weapons program was greatest existential threat to the entire world and its existence risked setting off a nuclear arm's race across dozens of countries.
Time for Iran to follow the Arab Gulf States lead, pursue peace and prosperity, diversify their economy and greatly improve the quality of life for its citizens!
Fountain
“The other way around actually”
Nice try.
Actually, it isn’t.
It doesn’t even make any sense.
bass4funk
I’m MAGA to the core and there is no way you can allow this twisted regime to have nukes, Trump just did the world a huge favor. The mullahs were given every single opportunity to avoid this, but they didn’t, that’s on them.
HopeSpringsEternal
US public support "for eliminating the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program, using whatever means necessary" was at least 80% in all polling conducted this week!
DJ Trump = Consequential Historical Leadership!
bass4funk
But it is though, the Dems don’t have a pot to urinate in, none.
And that’s why we are in this mess, check back to 2015 where it all started
didou
Israel bombed Iran before the Us-Iran negotiations, then now the US bomb before the EU-Iran negotiations.
Why those countries do not leave a chance to negotiations.
Israel has not even sign the The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. How can it condemn others, It can not give any lesson
GuruMick
Hope...marrying your family members probably has 80% support in some US states.
Doesnt make it right.
Why is this the USA,s fight....try not to use the word "existential " in any reply.
USA the only nation to use atomic bombs in warfare....probably pretty comfy with the idea
Bret T
Iran is the world's leading sponsor and facilitator of terrorism. That should be enough reason right there for people to support this action to prevent them from having enriched uranium to supply to radical groups.
HopeSpringsEternal
China's the big loser in reality, as the CCP has hundreds of $billions in defense related contracts with Iran, decades under contract in exchange for oil and gas
Trump's sweeping the Middle East, Gulf States last month with massive defense and AI deals, locking out China and now this Iranian military operation.
Trump's clearly not forgotten about the origins of Covid!
itsonlyrocknroll
U.S. bombs Iran: President Trump to address nation after attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he0wwfAl_ak&t=2785s
Scroll through to 45.03
I thought President Trump would decide whether to effectively join this Israeli Iranian conflict within a three four-day timescale, it is no surprise Israel would apply pressure.
I suggest Iran will view this as a act of war.
Maybe it was naive to believe a diplomatic solution would ever become a reality.
With such a US military force sent to the region, committed, assembled, this strike could be preamble for US/Israel to wage a conflict to depose Iran regime.
Fountain
So, it’s something that had to be done. Therefore, you’d also be in full support of this military action if a Democrat president had sanctioned it, Bass4funk.
I don’t believe that for a second.
GuruMick
Hey MAGA ....will the Iranians "rise up now " against their brutal oppressors ?
Or just see more interference and warfare directed at them.?
My guess, life goes on for a people with a 2,500 year history as a nation.
wallace
Iran will strike Israel and the US military bases and ships. They could close the Straits of Hormuz. A major development in the conflict. All US planes and pilots returned to their bases.
bass4funk
I would in this manner
You don’t need to. I’m not asking you to believe me. lol
Harry_Gatto
Did those aircraft get fired on or even targeted by AA guns or missiles or did those great warriors just fly their aircraft on a preprogrammed course and drop some bombs at a preprogrammed height and location and then just turn around and fly back, or to some other safe haven? Great warriors indeed.
wallace
Netanyahu will be the main winner and secure his place in an election.
Mr Kipling
Not the leader. In order.... US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan so Iran maybe No.5?
GuruMick
Well....probably gives those brave IDF something to celebrate.
No boots on Iranian soil, no fighting a real army, back to killing kids and women at food stations in Gaza
HopeSpringsEternal
What is "right" is not trusting the Iranian regime, based on their 46year radical violent terrorist history with the awesome responsibility of nuclear weapons.
This has nothing to do with 99.99% of Iranians, always the case of a couple bad rotten apples, making life terrible, or at least not so pleasant, for so many others.
DJ Trump exercised prudent risk mgmt., as no reason to gamble on Iran suddenly becoming a good actor.
bass4funk
Go for it, won’t be that easy since their military capabilities have been drastically diminished
Yes
geronimo2006
Trump is gambling that Iran can't hit back and his own MAGA supporters will fall in line. I would say probably yes to both. But how will Russia and China respond after the dust settles? They will not want to see the regime fall like in Syria and will likely become involved to prevent that. Hopefully a diplomatic solution is still possible.
HopeSpringsEternal
Reckless speculation above, as Iran could and should seek a peace offramp ASAP, because they can achieve as much or even more than UAE, KSA, Quatar, etc.
Why not give peace and prosperity a shot?!
wallace
The president revealed to Fox News' Sean Hannity that the U.S. military used six massive 30,000-pound 'bunker buster' bombs on Iran's Fordow nuclear site.
The other two nuclear sites were targeted with 30 Tomahawk missiles launched from submarines 400 miles away.
Nibek32
Israel and Russia own trump.
Fighto!
This could end very, very badly for America. Both for the personnel on their bases in the area, and within their own borders. I doubt Iran will simply lay down their arms.
Will America now bomb the nuclear facilities in Nirth Korea? They have a similar despotic regime making threats for years toward Japan and SK, and exporting nuclear weapons tech.
HopeSpringsEternal
The B-2s returned, but the US retains awesome firepower in the Middle East, a third carrier group will arrive shortly, etc. Iran should take this chance to negotiate a peaceful settlement to this military operation
JJE
What happened to that UN Charter that people waxed lyrical about in 2022?
Let's pretend Article 51 doesn't exist.
Also maintain the fiction attacking declared (NPT) nuclear facilities isn't a flagrant breach of international law.
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
It appears Trump decided to bend the knee to Clown World in the end. Every empire seems to end this way, with imperial overstretch. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Pax Americana is going the way of its predecessors.
This is yet another betrayal of the American people by yet another president who clearly does not have its national interests in mind. Even if it initially looks as if things are going well for this course of action, well, Iraq and Afghanistan looked pretty good too… at first.
Vanillasludge
MAGA will do whatever Trump says to do. That’s part of being in a cult. Whether this action was right or wrong, I don’t know, but it decisively goes against Trumps election promises.
America has a bad history of judgment in these cases. Let’s hope this is an exception.
browny1
Tulsi Gabbard - Trump's hand picked National Intelligence Director -
In her March testimony to lawmakers, Gabbard said the intelligence community “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003.”
“I don’t care what she said,” Trump told reporters.
Coming up to date - Friday 20th -Trump :
A reporter asked, “What intelligence do you have that Iran is building a nuclear weapon? Your intelligence community said they have no evidence.”
The president responded, “Then my intelligence community is wrong. Who in the intelligence community said that?”
“Your DNI [director of national intelligence], Tulsi Gabbard,” the reporter replied.
“She’s wrong,” Trump said.
Power is all about Power and the Powerful are always right - right?
Nibek32
So much war and death under trump. He is a cancer for the world.
OssanAmerica
Totally against this action and it risks the US getting pulled back into another never ending mideast war. I think it shows poor decision making on the part of Trump, who has displayed being a lapdog to Netanyahu for years.
On he other had, if we can get he support of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan and Egypt, maybe we can get by without another full war.
The only good thing to come out of this for the United States is that it has created a rift among MAGA. Yes all you red capped folks, he lied. Again.
HopeSpringsEternal
Tulsi Gabbard is in TOTAL alignment with Pres. Trump, and she posted on X so just yesterday.
Only a question of could the weaponized nuclear materials be miniaturized for a nuclear warhead, and if so, the time needed. Iran has the weapons materials
Gabbard and others believe that Iran needed some time to design a nuclear warhead for their more than capable missile delivery systems, including hypersonic
wallace
It will take weeks to work out the extent of the damage caused.
Yrral
Hope,nobody fear Trump,this was coward act,the US has the same power,but lost 50 thousands mens
HopeSpringsEternal
If Iran does not decide to formally abandon its nuclear weapons program, this joint military operation will continue for an unknown period of time, that much is certain
JJE
Tehran has dispersed critical materials, equipment and assets long ago, creating redundancy, having anticipated this event long ago.
The concept of eliminating a nuclear program with a bombing campaign is just not grounded in reality. Even more absurd for 'regime change', which was all the hype last week.
Nifty
Trump envisions a world where there is no response to attacks from the USA. This was unnecessary, and while it will save Israel some time, it puts our troops in danger for no strong reason.
Nibek32
Every action trump makes benefits Israel and Russia. You really have to wonder whose payroll he’s on at this point.
lincolnman
How about this for Flip-Flopper of the Year award...
"In January 2024, at a New Hampshire rally, he referred to former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who was U.N. ambassador during Trump’s first term, as a “warmonger”.
"During a Jan. 6, 2024, rally before the Iowa caucuses, Trump told supporters that returning him to the White House would allow the country to “turn the page forever on those foolish, stupid days of never-ending wars. They never ended.”
2019 SOTU: “Our brave troops have now been fighting in the Middle East for almost 19 years. In Afghanistan and Iraq, nearly 7,000 American heroes have given their lives. More than 52,000 Americans have been badly wounded. We have spent more than $7 trillion in the Middle East, “Great nations do not fight endless wars.”
“We should have never been in Iraq,” Trump said in February 2016. “They lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none and they knew that there were none.”
And how about this one....
"President Donald Trump slammed his former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday, bashing his former top aide. Trump suggested that if Bolton, a conservative hawk, were still in the White House, the U.S. "would be in World War Six by now."
Bolton must now get golf invites with Lindsey, where on the 9th tee all three can plan the next country to attack...
Trump plays his supporters for suckers once again...
wallace
HopeSpringsEternal
Iran will strike Israel and the US military bases and ships. They could close the Straits of Hormuz. A major development in the conflict. All US planes and pilots returned to their bases.
Peace is not currently on the table. Israel will continue with its bombing. Peace or not is not a decision you or I will be making. U.S. military leaders in the Middle East have put their troops on full alert.
itsonlyrocknroll
Iran, negotiate an honourable cessation of hostilities, agree to a ceasefire, also bring an end to the horrific destruction in Gaza.
Release all the hostages.
Iran could negotiate the total withdrawal of Hamas from Gaza, under the vigilance, independent handpicked UN peace keepers, on the commitment treaty, that a two-state solution be put to a UN resolution and implemented.
The alternatives are, well let not go there/their.
Excuse my grammer.
wallace
Trump will evacuate all Americans from Israel.
bass4funk
Let them try
Iran had its chance.
HopeSpringsEternal
Peace is always on the table, especially when you're being bombed into the stone age.
Especially, when your many Gulf-State Arab neighbors offer clear proof that a far better and more prosperous path is readily available vs. endless useless fighting
u_s__reamer
Pure Orange Trash Talk. "Death to Amerika" might now become more than just a slogan of the Iranian regime. Trump's Israeli donors are certainly getting the bangs for their shekels, but when you get the most incompetence money can buy, you'd better take cover when the consequences come home to roost.
wallace
Trump stated that if Iran does not surrender, many more sites will be struck by US bombers and missiles.
masugomi
Name a president in the last 30 years who has not attacked another country.
Bob Fosse
Cheering for more war?
They struck a nuclear facility. Where did you read their military capabilities have been drastically diminished? I suppose you have a 20 word X tweet about it.
Do you think Iran will come begging to surrender now or have you studied history even a little?
ClippetyClop
Trump has got a thirst for this now. Causing suffering gives him such a wicked buzz.
He'll be looking for opportunities to do more of it.
Putin will be exempt, naturally.
Bob Fosse
I can name one who promised not to.
wallace
Israel has closed its airspace, stopping the evacuation of the Americans. They will have to travel by bus to Jordan or by ship to Cyprus.
rainyday
“Will end inflation on day 1”: Makes inflation worse.
”Will end Ukraine war on day 1”: Tries nothing, runs out of ideas, gets bored, gives up.
”Will keep us out of Middle East wars”: Gratuitously drags his own country into yet another new war in Middle East.
bass4funk
No, I hate war.
Let’s see…I can listen to you or trust the intelligence and the people that do this for a living.
They don’t have to, but if I were them I would think deeply about their dwindling options
KnightsOfCydonia
tbf the Iranian regime has been begging for it for quite some time now.
They are also an important part of the russia,china alliance as well, so weakening their capabilities is a positive step overall.
They are a threat to peace that needs to go and maybe this will lead to an insurrection against this theocratic regime of terror.
bass4funk
Hardly
John
This is a religious war. It is not about Iran, nuclear weapon or Iran's regime. It is purely due to Iran's religion.
Bob Fosse
Trust me? I didn’t claim anything. If you think you have an answer let’s hear it. Go ahead.
The people who do this for a living said Iran don’t have a nuclear program and 47 ignored them.
Hiro
MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator). The most powerful bombs the US has that isn't nuclear.
6 are dropped at 1 place. Must be one hell of sight. I hope they manage to captured the explosion. This need to viewed.
But man, as expected of the US military. When they do it, they don't mess around. When they hit, they hit freaking hard. There goes Iran nuclear ambition. Finally after half a century, this ambition is coming to a close.
Wick's pencil
Iran did not have a nuclear weapons program.
Jimizo
Yes. Particularly the ‘at first’ bit.
Trump couldn’t care less about the long term though. He’s only got 3 and a half years - if he lasts that long.
He ran on being different to the types who attack other countries.
Did you miss that?
Are you arguing he’s just like the others?
jeffy
Well there it is. America proves once again to serve the interest of Israel rather than its people. While many had hoped that America would take a more balanced stance vis-a-vis Israel to better prioritize the interests of the American people, Trump’s actions cast even more doubt on whether this will ever be the case. Oh would that Israel be “a people dwelling alone, and not reckoning itself among the nations!” (Number 23:9) May the day hasten when the people of Israel are contained within an isolated state like North Korea, its people completely separated from corrupting the nations with its supremacist views!
John
North Korea has Nuclear weapons and actively developing it.
Yrral
Wallace,you think Jews are gonna ,be safe , traveling through a Muslim country
Jimizo
Maybe a cold shower could be in order here.
Memories of Iraq when the US media, left and right, were getting a bit too stimulated.
wallace
Yrral
Israelis have already been evacuated via Jordan.
itsonlyrocknroll
President Trump has picked a side.
Trump is political decisions are clearly influenced by an Israeli government ruthless caring out a narrative political agenda.
President Trump is also being guided by admirals/ generals, that view Iran as an ultimate threat danger to the American people future safety wellbeing.
Iran has a window of opportunity to leverage Donald Trump insatiable self-worth/belief.
Donald Trump ever insistence requirement to be a recognised as global icon of political deal making, a sage, a rabbi even.
Turn back,
okinawarides
Iran must end the war and agree to peace? It is Israel and the US that attacked them. Gotta love how black is white and white is black. No credibility left.
HopeSpringsEternal
Poll after Poll this week showed that US Citizens by at least 80% supported "the elimination of the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program by ANY Means"
Israel has a longer hostile history with Iran and closer in proximity, but Iran's Govt. has been at war with US Govt. ever since hostage crisis in 1970s, killing many Marines in Lebanon, IED's in Iraq, terrorist attacks across world etc.
DJ Trump decided long ago to 'reset' relations with Iran
mikeylikesit
I’m sure that some will try. I see no reason to. Trump ran on an America First platform. In some cases, “America First” Mary involve war. However, in the case of Iran, Trump has not made a persuasive case that attacking Iran is in American interests. Iran needn’t pose any threat to America and probably wouldn’t were America just to leave Iran be.
Israel, however, cannot say the same. They started this war, which they have no means to fight or win. Israel and Iran share no border, so there can be no massive ground war. It can only be a bombing and missile campaign. Israel’s vaunted Iron Dome failed day one. Having failed to achieve its goals, Israel then expects America to bail it out. Trump stupidly took the bait.
Trump could have had an impressive legacy on immigration, the economy, and, in his first term, peace in places like the Middle East. Whatever version of Trump this is, his legacies will be overshadowed by the foreign debacles that follow from this Iran attack.
wallace
Trump has supported Netanyahu in his Iranian conflict, just as he has with the Gaza war, where tens of thousands of civilians have been killed. Recently, lining up for the little food aid, Israelis are throwing at them.
KnightsOfCydonia
important part is they already have it and have shown a willingness to use it, so a much more dangerous situation.
u_s__reamer
From this photo the ICC is now able to identify 4 more major war-criminals, repeat offenders in violating international law to perpetrate crimes against humanity.
Underworld
HopeSpringsEternal
According to US intelligence, Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon.
This war never would have started under Biden.
bass4funk
According to you?
JJE
Oh, yes it would. Biden was just as sickening when it came to complicity with Netanyahu.
Underworld
bass4funk
Iran did not have a nuclear weapons program.
According to US National intelligence.
KnightsOfCydonia
I'm curious how this "discussion" would pan out if Biden had done this. My bet would be the right wingers would be screaming murder and the left would be justifying it's necessity.
So color blind here.
Guy_Gin_and_Tonic
You’d think impeachment would be inevitable, wouldn’t you? Not until after the midterms - if there are midterms.
HopeSpringsEternal
There is NO WAR with Iran, rather a strategic military operation to eliminate their nuclear weapons program, as the Iranian leadership refused to give up enrichment.
This is not a war and Iran is isolated, the Arab Gulf States are firmly in Trump's corner, peace and prosperity and would have never given Biden the time of day.
US even offered a civilian nuclear enrichment facility that Iran could share ownership of with other Gulf States. As most countries with civilian nuclear power, do not even enrich within their country, for example Canada.
Iranian leadership sought nuclear weapons, above all else. Hopefully, they can 'pivot' in a peaceful direction, as a result of their nuclear facilities being destroyed
Iran must choose wisely, as the peaceful prosperous path of the Gulf States right next door, sure beats being bombed into the stone age by the US and Israel.
bass4funk
I never said I did. You’re the one with apparent knowledge of what the Iranians have or don’t have.
I heard differently
jeffy
HopeSpringsEternal Today 12:29 pm JST
Polls… the same polls that said Clinton would win by a landslide? Polls…
How about polling to see how many people want to see a denuclearized Israel to bring greater stability to the region? How about polling to see the number of people who desire dual-citizenship holders from having political influence and holding political office? Etc.
HopeSpringsEternal Today 12:29 pm JST
Actually Iran has been against America since the 1950’s when the CIA lead a coup to overthrow the democratically elected leader of Iran in favor of the dictator who had ruled there previously. See, when America intervenes in the affairs of foreign nations, it receives blowback such as your cited example of the hostage crisis. This is precisely why Americans had hoped that with Trump America would return to its non-interventionalist roots as is befitting the America First position. But Trump has proved once again that it will intervene in the interest of Israel as it always does. And this is to the detriment of America.
JJE
They are signed up members of the NPT (unlike Israel) which gives them the sovereign and legal right to undertake domestic enrichment activities including HEU.
bass4funk
Israeli intelligence says differently
Raw Beer
And according to the IAEA and US intelligence and...
I wonder what Trump is getting in return for this.
jeffy
bass4funk Today 12:46 pm JST
Israeli intelligence says whatever it needs to to get America on the warpath for its own interests. You know, like those WMD in Iraq the last time. Cry wolf, and let slip the dogs of war!
HopeSpringsEternal
No proof US is pursuing any Iranian regime change, even if it could. This military operation was solely focused on eliminating their nuclear weapons program.
Let's see what happens, the next few days will be pivotal. One can be clear eyed and about grave risks of weapons proliferation and remain non-interventionist
Cynical_Skeptic
What's up with the look of total bewilderment on each of the faces of those four goobers in that photo?
HopeSpringsEternal
By the way, polling was also done by the Trafalgar Group had +80% support for Trump taking out the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program by any means necessary and Trafalgar's been a top-rated polling firm for years now, hardly comparable to 'Big Media' biased sampling polls
bass4funk
Ok, so prove they didn’t have nukes. I get what you’re saying, but to me, when you don’t allow weapons inspectors full and unlimited access to every nuclear site, that’s a red flag right there.
Raw Beer
Why not? This has nothing to do with Judaism. In fact, Iran has a large thriving Jewish population (really, I'm not making it up). I don't think they have much to worry about, except for an israeli or US missile hitting them...
deanzaZZR
4 war criminals, nicely framed
Underworld
bass4funk
According to US National intelligence.
No they don't.
Netanyahu has being saying that Iran are weeks away from a nuclear warhead for 10 years.
This is Trump's Weapons of Mass Destruction.
lincolnman
If there's one constant in Trump-world, is that every leader plays him for a fool...
Putin plays him for a fool, or more like a puppet, everyday...
KJU had him eating out of his hand with "love letters"...
He was calling Xi "a great leader" during COVID...
Now Bibi has him fighting Israel war's for him...
Trump is easier to manipulate than a two-year old...and almost as smart as one...
carpslidy
I'm honestly interested, how does bombing Iran fit with Trump's America first policy?
Even if Iran had a nuclear bomb, they weren't a clear and present threat to American .
To me personally it seems Trump has rushed into a confrontation at much cost that has put the US at much greater risk.
jeffy
HopeSpringsEternal Today 12:50 pm JST
Intervention is not only about regime change. The question is this: Given the fact that Israel has nuclear capability, does another nation state in the region have the right to develop its own capability to gain parity? If we are being fair, the answer would be yes, and that is no doubt how the Iranian government sees it. Now we both agree that we would like to not see a nuclear Iran. Therefore the more peaceful solution is to denuclearize Israel so that parity can be achieved without attacking Iran. This would show Iran that Israel does not pose a threat to it. But Israel will not give up its advantage which came at a great cost to America, ask Kennedy.
Underworld
bass4funk
Israeli intelligence says whatever it needs to to get America on the warpath for its own interests. You know, like those WMD in Iraq the last time. Cry wolf, and let slip the dogs of war!
Prove that Iran did have nukes.
Maybe Trump shouldn't have ripped up the "Iran deal".
But Iran did allow IAEA to perform inspections of its facilities.
funkymofo
Like Israel, you mean?
bass4funk
I disagree
Well, you can think that if you want, I think differently
Bob Fosse
No no no.
You claimed their ‘military capabilities have been drastically diminished’
I asked you how you know this. Apparently now you don’t.
JboneInTheZone
I don’t like trump but this is good. Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon
itsonlyrocknroll
Benjamin Netanyahu better take heed, President Trump commitment loyalty is an elastic band, now you see it, now you don’t, to melt away like ice cream.
President Trump will be demanding regional geo political indemnification.
bass4funk
I don’t need to prove anything
Maybe Obama shouldn’t have made it in as Rand consulted congress
Not full access.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164291
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3v6w2qr12o
https://apnews.com/article/iran-nuclear-un-inspectors-b82c92ea64f79c1e67dc2bd870cc7829
bass4funk
Yes!
Yes
US and Israeli intelligence
lincolnman
Anyone else notice a "huuuuge" MAGA hypocrisy here?
Russia invades Ukraine and they rage about the US providing military aid - and becoming involved in "foreign wars"... And just the thought of introducing any involvement like bombing? They go unglued and scream "America First!"....
Israel attacks Iran and they start doing summersaults of joy...they want to give Bibi every weapon we have....and the US joining this war? "Yes!" they scream...
Interesting they don't support the leader that's fighting for the freedom of his country and his people but do support the other leader who is an accused war criminal trying to stay out of jail...
Interesting....but not surprising...
jeffy
bass4funk Today 12:57 pm JST
Hopefully you understand that logically, one cannot prove a negative. To me, because I am only looking at the equality of the situation, it is irrelevant to me whether there were or were not nuclear weapons being developed. My point is that Israel having nuclear weapons is the driver for others to pursue nuclear weapons themselves to achieve parity. You can’t have MAD if one side is sane without nuclear weapons. And while you are on about Iran nuclear weapons, how does Israel fare in permission for inspections?
Bob Fosse
Got a link? I can’t find anything to support your claim.
DudeDeuce
Unfortunately for you and the upvotes you hunt for daily, the drone king wasn't a Republican.
jeffy
bass4funk Today 12:57 pm JST
From the National:
So we again here Israel demands exceptional treatment.
GuruMick
OK....but for Israel WHO NOW is the "existential threat "?
Israelis should create a board game ..."Existential Threat " with a map of the world, countries numbered, and a throw of two dice .
Bet before throwing the dice.
Vanuatu gets 100 points if named .
Israel has lots of enemies, everywhere, not existential threats.
Why ? Because it is horrible little hole of a country.
?
Blacklabel
Thankfully I won’t even need to read all those comments to already know what every usual poster has said.
same position from me, I preferred he didn’t, but he felt he needed to. So our military executed flawlessly and I fully support our actions and our President.
funkymofo
We don’t need to read what you write either- mindlessly support the trump doing Netanyahu’s bidding. No surprise there.
itsonlyrocknroll
It of little consequence if the mission was accomplished or not.
The very act, the agenda, narrative of these so called pre-emptive/preventative strikes, one could debate violates international law, is to send out an unequivocal global ruthless declaration, a powerful statement of intent.
It is questionable whether any evidence Iran was able to develop nuclear weapons capability or any ballistic missile technology with the means to threaten the US mainland.
The suspicion of intent is proven though.
President Trump has a point to prove, I am number one.
jeffy
Blacklabel Today 01:20 pm JST
To this it is said,
Proverbs 18:13lincolnman
I can remember back in the 1970s movie producer Irwin Allen was called the "Master of Disaster....after 180 days of Trump 2.0, I think we have someone more deserving of that title...
America's economy? Cratering under needless tariffs and inflation - that were also a reneging of previous agreements - one Trump negotiated himself...
America's higher education? Under attack by fascists that want to eradicate free speech and thought...
America's Agriculture? Being torn apart as ICE carts off farm workers...
America's Health? Being led by a vaccine skeptic with a worm inside his head...
Violence? Everywhere...as anti-abortion MAGA domestic terrorists gun down lawmakers...
New Middle East wars? Hey, he's a Repub President, what did you expect...even though he promised "no more wars"...
The Master of Disaster...indeed...
Peter14
Sad day for world peace. From now on Iran will work hard and fast to develop a nuclear deterrent to keep the dogs at bay.
Iran will go deeper underground, and if they are smart they will have many small sites above ground but looking like water treatment plants or even under McDonald's restaurants.
This is not over, just early days.
Every country has the same inherent rights as every other nation. If 8 nations have nukes then all are allowed to. No nations people are better than everyone else's, or gifted with more rights than any other nation.
I do not think any nation should have nukes, they are only good for two things. Defending the planet from asteroid strikes and for killing people. Get rid of them from all nations and reserve a few for asteroid defense controlled by the UN and based in space or on the moon where they cant be reached by terrorists.
bass4funk
I feel differently, to me it definitely matters
They can, now whether they can reach that goal is something entirely different
Not sure, did Israel say they want to use their nukes to flatten another country?
Oh, please….
Blacklabel
The same posters criticizing Trump for a supposed 2 weeks delay in action are now criticizing him for now taking action.
”it wasn’t 2 weeks yet!!!” lol
obliterated!
Great job by our military executing their mission under the strong leadership of our SecDef.
Cephus
It's absurd to deny that the 47th President has been a target by the Iran regime for a longtime. And if they can target a sitting President, then If they acquire Nuclear weapons no one else is safe. And peace through strength exactly means obliviating your enemies first before they get you. Hopefully, this action will bring Iran back to the table and peaceful resolution will be reached.
Some dude
The US back to engaging in its very raison d'être.
fxgai
By who?
I have never heard that before.
Rather I assumed they did not have them yet otherwise they would have already sent one Israel's way.
Cephus
"Anyone else notice a "huuuuge" MAGA hypocrisy here?
Russia invades Ukraine and they rage about the US providing military aid - and becoming involved in "foreign wars"... And just the thought of introducing any involvement like bombing? They go unglued and scream "America First!"....
Israel attacks Iran and they start doing summersaults of joy...they want to give Bibi every weapon we have....and the US joining this war? "Yes!" they scream..."
Russia and Ukraine aren't Babylon, and time for Babylon to pay for it's sins has arrived.
Bob Fosse
People who can’t fathom that 2 things can both be wrong really are the root of much of what is wrong in the world today.
Blacklabel
Any excuse from Israel to escalate this any further has now been eliminated.
eliminating any need for any Americans to die for this world issue.
so now it’s peace time.
itsonlyrocknroll
Staring at the photo, part of me is contemplating whether vice president JD Vance could be working the Mr President with his foot.
Forgive my British sense of humour.
JD Vance ever present stench of "Fagin", scheming to pickpocket the presidency
Garlic eater
WOW! I never thought the USA would actually do it. Hope there are not any repercussions.
bass4funk
Ok, so you prefer the rest of the world to take advantage of us, as usual the left doesn’t care because it’s not their money
Hate and antisemitic speech is not free speech, nor does it apply to illegals
And yet Democrats allowed China to buy up farmland in the U.S. and “illegals” don’t have the right to be in the country
Every American can decide what they want to put in their veins
And who’s doing it? The usual liberal crazies and antifa, anti-American groups.
No wars, bombed nuke sites only
We needed a disrupter
Cephus
"Any excuse from Israel to escalate this any further has now been eliminated.
eliminating any need for any Americans to die for this world issue.
so now it’s peace time."
Very true! The Iranians had all the time to come back to the table willingly,but chose otherwise.
bass4funk
By whom?
That’s not what I heard
lincolnman
Well, I have to give one thing to our MAGA-fans here - they've given science proof that one can live without a spine...
How many posts over the past eight years have we had to suffer where they all cried "No more foreign wars!"...."America First!"...."Down with the NEOCONs!"....
Remember all the ridicule and hate they dumped on John McCain when he said "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran"?
That was yesterday's MAGA party - and I mean quite literally yesterday....
Today? FLIP! Now they're all FOR wars - bomb the crap out of Iran - "McCain and Bolton were right!"....
MAGA showing us that like all Repubs, they are for endless wars....and are endless hypocrites...
jeffy
bass4funk Today 01:32 pm JST
Right. Because you are not about equality between nations, but support exceptionalism for Israel to hold hegemony over the region.
And others cannot reach that goal because America, acting on behalf of Israel, stops them from achieving it. Unfortunately, when it came to stopping Israel from achieving the goal, Israel went so far as to put down an American president. No wonder why Trump must slavishly follow the dictates of Netanyahu.
Is the threat not implied by the possession? The message is clear from Israel: “We seek hegemony and will put down nations that stand in our way. We do not care about your national sovereignty or your right to self determination! We will intervene in your affairs at will!” No wonder others are set on edge. Because Israel is a state founded on religious fanaticism as I have stated previously and enabled by those in Western nations enamored by the Jewish people.
pOcketMonster
Well done. Better sorry than sorrow, a nuclear bomb in the hands of fanatic brainwashed people = the end of this world.
Bob Fosse
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of speech for all people within the United States, regardless of their immigration status.
It’s a bit late for you to become a free speech expert. We’ve had years of your posts proving otherwise.
bass4funk
I am
I do
Well, we all have our own opinions
Rogue ones, yes
If you’re hellbent on destroying Israel or the U.S., yes
I see
bass4funk
Not for Students, there is a limit
Yeah, I don’t need to hear anything from you about free speech especially 4 years ago when you were against it.
Bob Fosse
In the constitution, no there isn’t.
I’ve never been against it. Prove I have. I have spent years lecturing you on it though.
Tamarama
This is staggering. Simply staggering.
I cannot believe the US would do this. It's bad enough that Israel are at it, but the US as well.
Unhinged.
lincolnman
Why is it Repub Presidents are so easily manipulated and played by "WMD"?
Bush II and his cabal of NEOCONs went into overdrive when someone said; "Psst, Saddam has WMD"....they even manufactured some false intel to try to prove it...
And what did we get? An endless Iraq war...
Now we get Trump II doing the same thing - even after pledging for five years "no new wars". That was a crock - Gabbard tells him that Iran doesn't have a nuke yet and isn't close but he does a Dick Cheney and says "don't believe it....I'll make my own intel"...
So is this what all our MAGA America-Firsters voted for? Another Middle East war with America footing not only the bill but troops too?
Admit it - just like your heroes Bannon and Carlson have - Trump played you...
TaiwanIsNotChina
Would have been a lot more impressive if it happened before Iran moved all of the highly enriched uranium to other sites.
Cephus
"Would have been a lot more impressive if it happened before Iran moved all of the highly enriched uranium to other sites."
Sure all those donkeys loaded with highly enriched uranium did you count them properly?
Cephus
"Now we get Trump II doing the same thing - even after pledging for five years "no new wars". That was a crock - Gabbard tells him that Iran doesn't have a nuke yet and isn't close but he does a Dick Cheney and says "don't believe it....I'll make my own intel"..."
You can surely tell a story, do you have all the inside scoop?
Jimizo
More than any US president in living memory, Trump relies on advisors because basically he doesn’t know anything and is too old, senile and lazy to change that.
Who was in his ear?
jeffy
bass4funk Today 02:11 pm JST
If you are for Israeli exceptionalism and supremacy, then ipso facto you are not about equality between nations.
And yours are the one supported only by a belief in exceptionalism and supremacy for Israel over the affairs of other nations.
Here “rogue” is defined as “any state that does not acknowledge the exceptionalism and supremacy of Israel.”
In the case of Iran, the hate against America is based on American intervention in Iran to topple the democratically elected leadership for a dictator in 1953. This directly lead to the 1979 Islamic Revolution and to the fanatical government you so hate. But if America had not done this, Iran today would be a normative nation state following Western democratic principles. So I can well understand Iranian hatred for America. I for one would not be happy with any nation that subverted the American government and the will of the people. But that is just me applying standards equally. So going forward, I would rather see America pursue a different course in Iran. But alas, America must act in the interest of Israel for the forever war.
I hope you do. Because that religiously based claim “Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates” (Genesis 15:18) to the descendants of Abraham is inclusive of the descendants of Ishmael and Isaac, and not only to the descendants of Judah. And what do we read, from the religious books of Israel? “[The sons of Ishmael] dwelt from Havilah, by Shur, which is opposite Egypt, all the way to Asshur” (Genesis 25:18). So stop asserting land claims based on two millennia old religious texts while ignoring what is written concerning other people from those same texts. It may be best not to make claims based on these texts at all.
voiceofokinawa
What’s the difference between this attack, using stealth aircraft and bunker busters and Imperial Japan Army's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor? Does the U.S. have any justification to debase IJA’s sneak attack so vociferously?
wtfjapan
Good. Sad it had to come to this though.
serioulsy maga wouldnt case if Trump nuked another country at this point,
weve got an absolute lunatic with the launch codes
wallace
Netanyahu and Trump will milk this cow for months and years to come. This has been Netanyahu's plan for 30 years. He also wants a regime change, but does Trump?
wallace
Iran claims to have moved the 60% enriched uranium. What does that even mean?
masugomi
Your tone suggests you mean to say Trump. On election night and during his 2024 campaign, Trump repeatedly said he would “not start wars” but rather “stop wars” and avoid “endless wars.”
source: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-iran-war
kohakuebisu
Iran is of zero actual danger to the US. This is unhinged.
It seems pointless calling for "peace" because it is obvious Israel does not want it. Countries wanting peace do not attack others one after the other. They do not starve people, attack hospitals, shoot children in the head with snipers, .... Appeasement of such crimes is probably why we are where we are today. Calling it an "illegal" occupation did a fat lot of good in stopping it. They might as well have waved a toy sword.
A country of nine million, mostly immigrants, 15% of them ex-Soviet Union, calling the shots over the world's largest economy, mostly based on a religious book. The large economy doing this even though many of its citizens have no healthcare and still rely on food stamps despite working multiple jobs. Absolutely unhinged.
HopeSpringsEternal
World definitely a safer place now, but much leadership, work, and vigilance remain necessary in order to ensure Iran does not threaten the world with nuclear weapons.
Hopefully, Iranian Leadership will truly listen to majority of their citizens, who want NOTHING to do with NUKES
Fountain
“so now it’s peace time.”
Dream on, Blacklabel.
Bob Fosse
From his inaugural address:
“We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into”
“Perhaps most importantly”. Is that clear enough?
HopeSpringsEternal
It's not a war, rather it's a strategic military operation with the sole purpose of eliminating the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program = greatest existential threat facing the world today, for ALL PEOPLE, no matter their Religion
JboneInTheZone
Iran funds groups who have regularly posed a threat to U.S. military assets. A large portion of U.S. service member deaths in Iraq were a result of Iranian training, funding, and planning. Iran also funds proxy groups that pose a threat to U.S. allies and assets in the region (Saudi Arabia and the Houthis for example). Now, if they were to have a nuclear weapon there would be no way to scare them into submission out of fear of nuclear reprisal
BigP
Good! The world is a safer place.
itsonlyrocknroll
Wallace. If the government of Iran desired to conceal anything from prying eyes, I doubt it would be found
Iran - Land Area (sq. Km)
2025 Data 2026 Forecast 1961-2022 Historical
Land area (sq. km) in Iran was reported at 1622500 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Iran - Land area (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025 Trading Economics
wallace
Unlike North Korea, Iran did not have any nuclear weapons that would need 90% uranium enrichment. North Korea has 5-6. It also part of the China-Iran alliance against Ukraine.
itsonlyrocknroll
To quote, the essential facts why President Trump interests are cynically focused on supporting Israeli interests, North Korea has nothing to offer.
Iran possesses vast reserves of fossil fuels, ranking among the world's top holders of both oil and natural gas.
Specifically, Iran holds the world's third-largest proven oil reserves and the second-largest natural gas reserves. This abundance of fossil fuels makes Iran a significant player in the global energy market.
Key points about Iran's fossil fuel resources:
Oil:
Iran accounts for 24% of the Middle East's oil reserves and 12% of the global total.
Natural Gas:
Iran's natural gas reserves are estimated at 34 trillion cubic meters, second only to Russia.
Production:
Despite its reserves, Iran's oil production is limited due to factors like underinvestment and international sanctions. However, Iran is the world's third-largest producer of natural gas.
Geographic Distribution:
Iran's major gas fields, including the massive South Pars field (shared with Qatar), are concentrated in the south, particularly along the Persian Gulf.
Get the picture, a regime change would present almost unlimited opportunity, to influence control global fossil fuel prices.
bass4funk
Wrong again.
Yes, and I also said that we can’t allow Iran to have nukes and we should help our closest ally in the region that’s Israel. Check the archives. Been very consistent on that.
Yes, let Europe deal with that issue
No war, but I’m praising it, yes, sir.
Underworld
HopeSpringsEternal
Just like Russia in Ukraine?
How so, if they weren't making nuclear warheads?
Bob Fosse
For the last few days.
Election time you were ‘America First no new wars’.
jeffy
bass4funk Today 03:33 pm JST
Actually, it is an Israel-Iran war, America has just jumped in on behalf of Israel. But I say let Israel deal with that issue, unaided by American weaponry and support.
DudeDeuce
Bob Fosse, YOU complained about inaction. WHY are you complaining now?
XCAndtheband
Right. So because we only bombed Iran on behalf of our “closest ally” Israel, that’s not getting involved in foreign wars?
Yes, it’s a war. Hahahaha! Israel and Iran are at war. Which, I might add. Israel started. And okay, since you’re praising it and defending it, how is that not going against your supposed “I’m against getting involved in foreign wars” principle?
TaiwanIsNotChina
How about helping countries that actually have a defense treaty with the US and don't want russia on their border?
Hello Kitty 321
Well, at least Americans can no longer complain about Putin now they have embarked on another illegal war of their own, supposedly to destroy imaginary weapons again, just like Iraq. War-mongering scum.
itsonlyrocknroll
President Trump Gaza vision is to re-develop the territory into the "Riviera of the Middle East".
The forced displacement of approximately 2 million Palestinians.
After 7th October Prime Minster of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu prime goal is to end any existential threat from Islamic extremist neighbours.
Any possible Iranian regime is beyond expectation when presented with the means to achieve such a scenario.
A prolonged conflict could provoke revolution.
I suggest the advise President Trump is listening to has a vested interest beyond Israeli hostage release or the countires welfare.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Still Putin's War of Aggression for territory. War-mongering scum indeed.
bass4funk
As long as we are not pulled in a full on scale war where we send hundreds of troops, no it’s not.
I disagree
No, Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map, not the other way around.
I already explained that.
GuruMick
Looking forward to US bully sanctions on Iran being eased.
I mean, Its no longer a nuclear threat is it ?
More likely, invasion by US and others and steal all the resources.
Bob Fosse
I didn’t complain about inaction. I complained about always ‘2 weeks’ bs and playing golf too much.
Quote me otherwise, go ahead and try.
HopeSpringsEternal
Nobody thinking about Ukraine and their failed territorial proxy war, stemming from a civil war starting in 2014.
World correctly focused, as is Trump and US military on existential threat of Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program that the US military just targeted via a special operation.
Big question is just exactly how Iran reacts in the hours to follow. As everyone on pins and needles, so let's hope they choose a peace offramp that Trump keeps offering.
ulysses
Very valid sir, how about a thousand troops???
bass4funk
Time will tell
Time will tell
Oh boy, here we go again….
grund
As much as this situation scares me, the word would definitely be a better place after a regime change in Iran. I doubt it will be that easy though.
sunfunbun
Trump is a full on idiot.
Blindside someone, then say, ‘whoa, peace brother.’
Stupid and cowardly words, but what else to expect from dum dum.
jeffy
bass4funk Today 03:33 pm JST
What benefit has America received from this alliance that has not also furthered the interest of Israel? What benefit has Israel received from this alliance that has not also furthered the interest of America? I think you will find things pretty lopsided. To be America First, the dual-citizenship holders and the Israeli lobby needs to be ousted from influencing American foreign affairs. Only then can relations with Israel be done in an acceptable manner.
itsonlyrocknroll Today 04:01 pm JST
And the kicker is that two members of the Israeli Knesset who are members of the Israeli right, Danny Danon and Ram Ben Barak, called upon Europe to take in refugees from Gaza. How about not displacing the people of Gaza in the first place if you are so concerned about their welfare? Many of those on the right in the West are all for Israel wreaking shop in the Middle East, but complain about the mass influx of refugees into Western countries from the countries affected. I too do not want to see Western countries flooded by masses of people, but would rather they live in their own countries in peace. But Israel with the right displaces them, and with the left uses NGOs to support their mass migration into the West. It is a win-win for Israel!
HopeSpringsEternal
Elimination of the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program is FAR and away more valuable to the ENTIRE world than all combined natural resources in Iran.
As the World has plenty of resources, the lights not going off, unless the nuclear proliferation genie escapes
ohara
45 years chanting “Death to America!” , and sponsoring terrorism and violence against the US and the west generally, while successive administrations took it like scared cowards.
Not anymore. Watch out Ayatollah, you may very well be next.
Silvafan
Trump wants a war, just like he wants a Nobel Peace prize, just like he wants to be on Mount Rushmore, just like he wants to campaign against Pres. Barrack Obama and Pres. Abe Lincoln. These whims are the bucket list of a degenerate racist old man on his way out.
Trump is also like "lifer in prison," for one he is a convicted felon; and two, he believes there is nothing else that can be done to him, so he will just do whatever he wants and see of can get away with it.
The idiot is now selling smartphones made in China. LOL!
ClippetyClop
What happens if Iran retaliates? And keeps retaliating?
MAGA getting into war mode again. Was always inevitable.
ohara
It should have happened decades ago. Finally the US has a real leader.
wallace
Trump and Netanyahu are in cahoots with Iran, the West Bank, and Gaza. What Netanyahu wants, Trump delivers.
If they want a nuclear-free Middle East, how about Israel giving up its nukes?
Seriously, it will never happen.
HopeSpringsEternal
It's not a war, no boots on the ground, this was purely a strategic military operation to assist Isreal in eliminating a growing global nuclear proliferation risk stemming from the failed the leadership in Iran.
XCAndtheband
Your goalpost moving won’t change reality, that the US is involved in a foreign war, which is something you said you’re against.
Okay, that’s great for you, but you’re not the authority on that.
Israel’s actions would beg to differ.