Somebody has started bombing Iran

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if it wasnt us then it was our best allie

 

[Bigfoot]

Good, bombs away!

Fuck the "Death to America" fanatical regime.

 

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BREAKING: The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia has ordered all employees and their families to leave the country, a diplomatic source tells AFP.
4:30 PM · Oct 21, 2026

 

[Plater1]

if it wasnt us then it was our best allie

Got a link?

 

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No not yet, its early reporting right now

 

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U.S. TROOPS AND DIPLOMATS ARE EVACUATING MIDDLE EAST POSTS, WITH SOME U.S. TROOPS IN QATAR AND KUWAIT HAVING BEEN MOVED AND U.S. TROOPS IN JORDAN AMONG THOSE MOVED - NBC NEWS CITES TWO U.S. OFFICIALS
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BREAKING: US military assets are being moved rapidly into place in preparation for an expected green light from Trump to resume attacks on Iran, per a US official to Drop Site."CENTCOM is putting all the pieces into place to renew major combat operations," the official said.CENTCOM chief Adm. Bradley Cooper is among the US officials pushing for renewing the bombing campaign, the official adds.Iran's internal intelligence assessment indicates a high likelihood that large-scale bombing begins before Tuesday's Israeli elections, a senior Iranian official tells Drop Site.


UNCONFIRMED: Initial reports indicate that U.S. military aircraft are being evacuated from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

IMO it's a bad idea.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

We're going to get left holding the bag for bibi again.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

More "credible" "legacy" sources now reporting something is up, it's not just on alternative media and social media any longer.

U.S. troops and diplomats evacuating Middle East posts, sources say

The drawdowns are in response to ongoing threats in the region, sources say, and they are taking place as President Donald Trump weighs new military action in Iran.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Tisto]

Gee....who has the air power and the intel to hit key targets inside Iran ? What countries would benefit from such an attack ? WHAT A PUZZLE !!!


On a totally unrelated subject, weird how Saudi Arabia and Isreal have been getting cozy together lately, isn't it ?

 

[Saltwater60]

IMO it's a bad idea.

This is for sure and certain. Is Trump an idiot? Does he want to lose the midterms? Is this all part of the plan? We’re screwed.

 

[Robin]

Oh no, Oh no!!!! The sky is falling!!!!!
Robin

 

[fresch]

Tune in for another episode of ,as the world turns.
Did anyone check the time line on when Iran needed to agree to terms ?
But, yes bad timing on the dolts who can not see what is happening to the west by islame. This is a religion war, even for nonbelievers.

 

[Plater1]

I guess this is the October surprise??

Brent Tops $112 As Tanker Attacks And Saudi Strikes Fuel Escalation Fears<!-- --> | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

[CNYJohn]

Maybe someone will finally have the balls to finish off the Iranian regime once and for all
50 years of playing fukoff with these aholes is enough.
Carter fukked it up
Reagen should have done more
Clinton was a waste
Bush Boys both did nothing
Black boy was a joke with his pandering
Trump 1 and 2 so far playing patty cake
Biden
Well biden was just black boys puppet and did nothing

What do we have
A regime in there deeper than a tick on a hound

 

[fresch]

Ottoman Empire

 

[holdover]

• U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz has told the Financial Times the war with Iran could last another year, but Waltz said he hopes the Iranians "come to the table" before that.
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• The price of Brent crude oil briefly crossed $117 a barrel Friday, its highest level during the war, after Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed to have disabled seven tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump accused Iran Thursday of lying about attacks on ships to drive up oil prices before the U.S. midterm elections.
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• State-owned energy giant Saudi Aramco said Thursday that the amount of oil flowing through its East-West pipeline, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, had more than tripled from 2 million to 7 million barrels per day, as uncertainty hangs over exports across the Middle East.

Claire's Observations: Another year ?!? Holy Hieronymus Bosch, has Waltz or anyone in his office crunched the numbers on this?!? Here's where Throck, my AI, tells me we are to date, and it's ugly:​

"There is an important distinction between the Pentagon's direct war bill and the much larger economic cost being borne by Americans.​

As of October 23, 2026, the best-supported picture I can find is:​

Direct U.S. military cost​

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that, by August 1, the war had cost the Department of Defense about $38 billion. That includes expended munitions, equipment lost in combat, additional flying hours, operations, and fuel. CBO estimated the war was then adding another $2–3 billion per month."​

• My bottom line: If you're asking "How much has the war actually cost the United States so far?", I would not use a figure like $38 billion as though that were the complete cost. A reasonable present-day figure for the federal government's identifiable direct military expense is around $47 billion, while the broader economic cost to Americans is substantially higher and is still accumulating. "​

• If the war continues for another full year at roughly its present intensity, the cost becomes quite substantial—and the military bill is actually the smaller part of the story.​

• The best starting point is the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of $2–3 billion in additional U.S. military spending per month. The Pentagon separately reported $43.6 billion already spent through September 3, 2026."​

  One has to wonder, with US taxpayers tapped out between exorbitant prices for everything, inflation, and current taxes, just where Ambassador Waltz believes this money is coming from. ​

Because looking at the finances of working people who pay their taxes, this money just does not, and will not exist, period, end of discussion. ​

There is not enough "hopium/changium magical thinking" on this planet, which can possibly change that reality.​

So... if the planned USrael bombing campaign doesn't change the situation with Iran, what next?!? ​

And please remember; the military and political leadership of Iran isn't "top down" ; it is rhizoid in its structure, meaning that it is widely diffused, and not centralized, which makes both elements very difficult to destroy.​

 

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By
Frank Andrews,
Khaled Wassef
Updated on: October 24, 2026 / 5:55 AM EDT / CBS News

What to know about the Iran war today:​

• Iran warned on Saturday that U.S. ships would never be allowed in the Persian Gulf "under any circumstances," as tensions between Tehran and Washington continue mounting. Both sides have signalled a possible return to strikes, with U.S. ambassador to Turkey warning Iran could be struck as soon as this weekend.
• Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Friday that Iran has "substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel" abroad, with plots to kill Americans reaching "advanced stages" in the Middle East and other countries.
• U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz has told the Financial Times the war with Iran could last another year, but Waltz said he hopes the Iranians "come to the table" before that.

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Iran warns U.S. ships would never be allowed in the Gulf​

Iran said on Saturday that U.S. ships would never be allowed to enter the Gulf "under any circumstances" and President Trump will "take that dream to his grave".
The remarks came amid mounting US and Israeli threats of renewed attacks on Iran, as U.S. ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack warned that Washington could "absolutely" strike Iran as soon as this weekend.
"We will not allow U.S. military ships in the Persian Gulf under any circumstances and at any time," said Iran's armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi, according to Iranian state television.
"The US president must dream of seeing the armed forces enter the Persian Gulf. He will take that dream to his grave."
CBS/AFP

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Iran has "increased efforts to target U.S. personnel," intel chief warns​

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Friday that Iran has "substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel" abroad, with plots to kill Americans reaching "advanced stages" in the Middle East and other countries.
The warning, contained in an unclassified memo that was sent to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and obtained by CBS News, comes as the State Department adjusts staffing at diplomatic posts across the Middle East, and the U.S. military pares back its footprint in the region, amid concerns about direct threats from Iran and threats from the Iranian-backed Houthi movement in Yemen.
"The lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against U.S. citizens have reached advanced stages in both the Middle East and certain other countries," Clayton wrote.
The memo, which was issued as the Trump administration weighs resuming military strikes against Iran, does not identify specific targets or countries where the alleged plots are underway, or indicate whether attacks may be imminent.
Clayton said the U.S. intelligence community is working to downgrade sensitive intelligence — received through various channels — so it can be shared more broadly with State Department personnel. CIA Director John Ratcliffe was copied on the memo.
Read more here.
By Olivia Gazis

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U.S. to reduce staffing at 4 embassies in Middle East​

The U.S. State Department says it will reduce staffing at four U.S. embassies in the Middle East, not including Saudi Arabia, where nonessential diplomats and family members were ordered to leave earlier this week.
The staffing changes — driven by concerns that Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants may escalate rocket, missile and drone attacks around the region — will affect the embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, but do not entail an order to leave, the department said.
The embassies involved are all under what is known as "restricted operations" status that has already reduced the size of their personnel footprints. The embassies will remain open.
On Wednesday, a U.S. official and a senior U.S. military official told CBS News that the U.S. military had been quietly reducing its footprint at posts in the Middle East due to ongoing regional threats from the Houthis and direct threats from Iran.
CBS/AP

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2:55 PM / October 23, 2026

Iranian president to meet with Putin next week in Moscow​

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to Moscow next week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, according to a report by Reuters.
It hasn't been long since Pezeshkian spoke to Putin in person, but this will be the first meeting between the two in Russia during the ongoing war.
The two leaders met with each other on the sidelines of the Caspian Environmental Summit in Turkmenistan on Oct. 8. The two also met at a summit in Kyrgyzstan in September.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Tehran earlier this week as the two sides continue to strengthen relations. Araghchi said Russia and Iran were closer than ever, despite President Trump saying Russia was doing little to help Iran a day prior.
By Mark Osborne

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2:31 PM / October 23, 2026

U.N. sounds alarm on besieged Yemen city of Taiz​

Time is running out to get aid into Taiz, besieged by pro-Iran Houthi fighters who are preventing supplies from reaching Yemen's third-largest city, the United Nations said Friday.
Houthi fighters have encircled Taiz since early October, blocking the road that links it to Aden, interim capital of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government.
"Safe, sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access is urgently needed so that essential supplies and life-saving assistance can reach people in need," said the U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA.
"It's 20 days and counting since Taiz has been cut off," said OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke.
"We are seeing increasingly that the fighting makes it impossible for us to get in and impossible for people to get out," he told a press conference in Geneva.
Laerke said the dwindling water supply was a growing concern, as most residents depended on water brought in by trucks.
"With the roads closed and the diesel to run the trucks very scarce, water production in the city has fallen by about half," he said.
By AFP

Iran's foreign minister calls Israel's relationship with the U.S. "parasitic"​

Iran's foreign minister has called Israel's relationship with the United States "parasitic," citing alleged American taxpayer funding for missile defense in Israel.
"The U.S. has over the past three years spent $11 BILLION in taxpayer money on missile defense for Israel," Abbas Araghchi wrote Friday in a post on X, citing calculations by independent policy analyst Stephen Semler, who said he arrived at the number using Pentagon budget documents, media reports, and open-source intelligence.
CBS News has not been able to independently verify the figures.
Semler is the founder of the Security Policy Reform Institute, a think tank that, according to its website, is "driven by empiricism and guided by progressive values" to promote "the meaningful reform of U.S. foreign policy to break the cycle of endless war and serve the most pressing economic, social, and political needs of working-class Americans."
Araghchi also said the U.S. had "fired more interceptors defending Israel than Israel has," a claim supported by a Washington Post story from May that cited U.S. Defense Department data and U.S. officials.
"That is not a symbiotic relationship," Araghchi said. "It is a parasitic one."

Live Updates: Iran warns that U.S. military not allowed in Gulf "under any circumstance"

The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. says the war with Iran could last another year, but he hopes Tehran will "come to the table" sooner.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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This won't end as long and our goal remains "bringing them to the table".

That should *never* be the goal of a military action.

The goal of military action should always be to remove the enemies ability to do something.

I.e.

"You no longer control that territory".
"You no can longer strike those targets".

Etc.

No negotiations required, no opportunities for a double cross. Their shit is either broken or it's not. You never need them to "hold up their side of the bargain".

For this Iran situation, complete destruction of their ability to control Iran should be the goal, and there should be no negotiation, just strikes until that happens.

 

[FP1201]

I'm just a bit fuzzy on the history going back to the 1980's, but recall Bush_1 having a NWO goal of crossing (taking) the Middle East all the way to conquering Iran...seems to me the plan is coming to fruition.

 

[holdover]

You must be a bit fuzzy, because I dont recall that at all, post a link.

that being said, had he chose to do so right after 911, I think he would have had no problem with the public backing him up on that . He woefully underestimated the peoples rage , He missed the opportunity, and again when Iran was sending in spec op into Iraq to assist them . Bush had the mandate if he wanted it . nobody would have questioned it. I was screaming myself that they should start in isreal anddont stop till they hit India.

But You might be referring to weslys clark conversation in the pentagon where they planning to take out 7 countries

 

[holdover]

I'm just a bit fuzzy on the history going back to the 1980's, but recall Bush_1 having a NWO goal of crossing (taking) the Middle East all the way to conquering Iran...seems to me the plan is coming to fruition.

Oh in that sense yes. its just taking longer than they planned

 

[SonOfSun]

So, six months?

 

[FP1201]

You must be a bit fuzzy, because I dont recall that at all, post a link.

that being said, had he chose to do so right after 911, I think he would have had no problem with the public backing him up on that . He woefully underestimated the peoples rage , He missed the opportunity, and again when Iran was sending in spec op into Iraq to assist them . Bush had the mandate if he wanted it . nobody would have questioned it. I was screaming myself that they should start in isreal anddont stop till they hit India.

But You might be referring to weslys clark conversation in the pentagon where they planning to take out 7 countries

Perhaps, and most of what populates searches reflects on W's foray into Iraq...remember HW was CIA before becoming POTUS and had a lot of skullduggery in Southwest Asia.
I didn't fins exactly what I was looking for, and 35~40 years has not exactly been kind to Bush Sr.

George Bush's memoirs reveal how he considered attacks on Iran and Syria

Exclusive: Decision Points, to be released in the US tomorrow, also details Bush's response to September 11 and hurricane Katrina – and tells of his close friendship with Tony Blair

www.theguardian.com

The Iraq War | George W. Bush Library

The Iraq War was an armed conflict between a United States-led coalition force against the regime of Saddam Hussein from 2003 to 2011. The war was part of a broader campaign against terrorist activity known as the Global War on Terror.

www.georgewbushlibrary.gov

 

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Rumors flying, Unconfirmed

 

[holdover]

If true, Im wondering if bibi figures he cant win election and may be charged with crimes of some sort that he didnt just say fuck it , Im fucked anyway, and gave order to nuke Iran.

I dont see why the guy would refuse unless it was something really serious ,

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

This won't end as long and our goal remains "bringing them to the table".

That should *never* be the goal of a military action.

The goal of military action should always be to remove the enemies ability to do something.

Agree.

And that's where I have a lot of frustration. These policies and decisions are not well thought out. They are extremely short sighted in terms of US news cycles or election cycles. It's like we have zero idea what we're doing and chasing our tail. Its laughably bad. I made fun of Russia for getting into Ukraine without a clear strategy and we have done the same thing to Iran and keep going back and forth.

If we're committing US Forces in a regional war, I am not ok with it unless there is a clear objective and it's clearly communicated on the need.

This waffling back and forth is crap.

Not everything is a deal. Not everything can be negotiated. People forget the most basic rule of war, and that is the enemy gets a vote too.

Don't commit to something unless you're damn sure you're prepared to see it through to its conclusion.


Sorry I'm done ranting now.

 

[Defilade]

Probably Israel. This lunatic will bomb here to and blame Iran.

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