Captain Crazy blows up the leadership from Iran and that Iranians need to take control of the leadership.. what if they can't? What if the current administration is holds up in a few places to stop an overthrow of the current government?

I did, Trump and Bam said otherwise. Perhaps you should have paid attention, chief

I agree. No one should ever allow that kind of distance to be enriched. How sloppy Originally Posted by HDGristle

Look who entered the fray! Gristle himself!!!! Oooh boy!!!! Trumps taking out Iran methodically. Trust the plan Gristle. Instead of bullshit.

What fray? I posted in this thread plenty already

What fray? I posted in this thread plenty already Originally Posted by HDGristle

You took a hiatus Gristle. But you’re wrong nonetheless!!!!

As predicted the Iranians aren’t backing down to Trump’s threats. They threaten to attack energy and water infrastructure amongst their gulf neighbors.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle...es-2026-03-22/
Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf energy and water after Trump ultimatum

TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it would strike the energy and water systems of its Gulf neighbours in retaliation if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through with a threat delivered a day ​earlier to hit Iran's electricity grid in 48 hours, escalating the three-week-old war.

The prospect of tit-for-tat strikes on civilian infrastructure could further rattle global markets when they reopen on Monday morning, and threaten the livelihoods of millions of civilians in the region who rely almost exclusively in some cases on desalination plants for water.

“If Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure is ​attacked by the enemy, all energy infrastructure, as well as information technology...and water desalination facilities, belonging to the US and the regime in the region will be targeted pursuant to previous warnings,” Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaqari said, according to ​state media.

But while attacks on electricity could hurt Iran, they would be potentially catastrophic for its Gulf neighbours, which consume around five times as much power per capita. Electricity makes their gleaming ⁠desert cities habitable, in part by powering the desalination plants that produce 100% of the water consumed in Bahrain and Qatar. Such plants use seawater to meet more than 80% of drinking water needs in the United Arab Emirates, and 50% of the water supply ​in Saudi Arabia.

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf doubled down, writing on X that critical infrastructure and energy facilities in the Middle East could be "irreversibly destroyed" should Iranian power plants be attacked.

Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards said they would also mean the shipping lane where a fifth ​of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally transits along Iran's southern coast would remain shut.

"The Strait of Hormuz will be completely closed and will not be opened until our destroyed power plants are rebuilt," the Guards said in a statement.

More than 2,000 people have been killed during the war the U.S. and Israel launched on February 28, which has upended markets, spiked fuel costs, fuelled global inflation fears and convulsed the postwar Western alliance.

… Click the link to read the full article.

The centrifuges were obliterated. The enriched uranium was removed before Midnight Hammer. Pay attention. Originally Posted by lustylad

Maybe you should tell your Dear Leader that?

trump thinks Iran's military and nuclear capabilities have been "totally obliterated"

Reiters article Originally Posted by txdot-guy

They don’t have the capability to do any of that. Ebrahim Zolfaqari = Baghdad Bob

They don’t have the capability to do any of that. Ebrahim Zolfaqari = Baghdad Bob Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

Maybe they do and maybe they don’t. How much do you want to bet that they have agents and militia throughout the region. Ready and willing to commit terrorist acts against civilians and the military.

It wouldn’t take much and they certainly have the history and experience to pull it off.

Maybe they do and maybe they don’t. How much do you want to bet that they have agents and militia throughout the region. Ready and willing to commit terrorist acts against civilians and the military.

It wouldn’t take much and they certainly have the history and experience to pull it off. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

... As President Trump has stated - the 48 hour clock IS TICKING!
Time for Iran to put up or shut up!

##### Salty

... As president trump has stated - the 48 hour clock IS TICKING!
Time for Iran to put up or shut up!

##### Salty Originally Posted by Salty Again

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...ait-of-hormuz/

And just like that, trump TACO'd his way out of the ultimatum. I guess he'll be starting a new 48 hour clock for them in... two weeks?

Three meetings took place in the last 72 hours that no camera recorded.

The first: a room beneath the Pentagon. No phones. No aides. Only 7 men and a decision that will reshape the Middle East before Friday.

The second: a private jet. Tail number blocked. Departed Zurich at 3:17 AM. Landed at Joint Base Andrews. The passenger has not been seen in public since 2019. You were told he was dead.

The third: Camp David. Not the official visit the press was briefed on. The OTHER meeting. The one with no guest list. The one where the new financial architecture was signed into law before the ink on the ceasefire was dry.

Trump did not pause the strikes because of diplomacy. HE PAUSED THEM BECAUSE THE MISSION WAS ALREADY COMPLETE.

The 5-day window is not for negotiations. It is for extraction. 14 high-value targets are being moved from 6 countries to a single location. A location the public will learn about soon enough.

The war you saw on television is ending. The war you were never shown is entering its final phase.

THE DEALS ARE SIGNED. THE GOLD HAS MOVED. THE NAMES ARE SEALED.

All that remains is the announcement.

And it will not come from the media.

Three meetings took place in the last 72 hours that no camera recorded.

The first: a room beneath the Pentagon. No phones. No aides. Only 7 men and a decision that will reshape the Middle East before Friday.

The second: a private jet. Tail number blocked. Departed Zurich at 3:17 AM. Landed at Joint Base Andrews. The passenger has not been seen in public since 2019. You were told he was dead.

The third: Camp David. Not the official visit the press was briefed on. The OTHER meeting. The one with no guest list. The one where the new financial architecture was signed into law before the ink on the ceasefire was dry.

trump did not pause the strikes because of diplomacy. HE PAUSED THEM BECAUSE THE MISSION WAS ALREADY COMPLETE.

The 5-day window is not for negotiations. It is for extraction. 14 high-value targets are being moved from 6 countries to a single location. A location the public will learn about soon enough.

The war you saw on television is ending. The war you were never shown is entering its final phase.

THE DEALS ARE SIGNED. THE GOLD HAS MOVED. THE NAMES ARE SEALED.

All that remains is the announcement.

And it will not come from the media. Originally Posted by bambino

Lol.

Complete nonsense.

donnie boy fan fiction.



Nobody in trump's clown car administration is even half this sophisticated. Nevermind the fact that if these meetings were secret, the author of this fan fiction would have no knowledge of them.

It's either 100% fabricated nonsense, or there's a whistleblower leaking this info. Either way, none of it is the flex the OP wants it to be.

TACO Monday?

And links, bambino? You are outlining quite the elaborate deal. You say it’s done.

What is Hegseth telling you that he isn’t telling anybody else?

SNICK

Now, let's all observe Robert Reich accurately predicting the future:

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-surrender

Why He’ll Surrender Soon
But he’ll call it a great victory

He's about to wind down and exit because he doesn’t give a damn about anything except maintaining his wealth and power — and the war is now costing him both.

It’s hurting his financial backers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar — whose wealth has been seriously diminished by the war and whose vulnerability has been exposed.

It’s pissing off trump’s wealthy political backers at home — who are getting pummeled as the U.S. stock market sinks under the weight of the war.

It’s infuriating American voters, as gasoline sells for nearly $4 a gallon — causing Republicans to become ever more anxious about a political backlash in the midterm elections. Most were elected on trump’s coattails in the 2024 election, in which trump promised to reduce prices and avoid foreign entanglements — rather than do the exact opposite.

Robert Reich. LMAO. His opinion holds less weight than a tampon string.

How much do you want to bet that they have agents and militia throughout the region. Ready and willing to commit terrorist acts against civilians and the military.

It wouldn’t take much and they certainly have the history and experience to pull it off. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

What's your point? Are you still cheerleading for the mullahs? Do you like to sit back and allow terrorist thugs to intimidate you? Then when someone finally strikes back, instead of saying "it's about time!" you would rather fret about the possibility they will (once again) resort to atrocious & cowardly acts of terrorism? Are you setting yourself up to apologize for Iran... so you can blame whatever happens on Trump?

Maybe you should go over there and help train them, if you're so enamored of their tactics.