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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    I agree, infrastructure not related to the war shouldn't be bombed. India did use diplomacy and house Iranian navy that was in an exercise in return for getting its ships docked. Other countries absolutely should reach out now, while Iran can still be selective with who it hits. Iranians know...
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    From what I heard, the drone seems to have come from the sea. That is a weird direction for it to come from and pass undetected if its launched by Iran. Not that its impossible, but a falseflag attack isn't ruled out. Iran hasn't claimed the attack for what its worth, while they do claim most...
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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    Many countries hold foreign bases. Some of these attacks weren't even from the bases but from the desert and were geolocated near civilian areas. The point is simple: One can argue that Gulf countries are part of the aggression as they allowed their land and airspace to be used to strike Iran...
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    https://www.reuters.com/world/india/iran-allow-india-flagged-tankers-pass-through-strait-hormuz-indian-source-says-2026-03-12/ An interesting development, which could signal that the Hormuz blockade isn't a total one. Though I do wonder for how long Iran can keep it like that. If they start...
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    Just to correct you on this: CENTCOM released videos of HIMARS launching missiles at Iran from the desert, and those have a maximum range of 300 km. Videos by locals showed that they were launched from Bahrain and Kuwait. An American pilot in an F35 also forgot to turn off his transponder over...
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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    The problem with this escalation that happened in Hormuz is no side can back down now. If the USA backs down, Iran would know it can dominate the world's richest oil region. This is something neither Israel, USA or the Gulf states would accept. If Iran backs down now, they'd give up one of...
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    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/anthropic-artificial-intelligence-pentagon This was due to Israel attempting to land troops through the territory it controls in Syria. Probably some of the fighting and missiles spilled over to territory Sharaa holds. Not that relevant imo.
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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    I thought they were still using Anthropic's Claude AI ? We're already in the age where AI is used to make war plans or decide targets it seems.
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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    Seems like the 82nd Airborne division of the US army is being prepared for a ground operation within Iran, on Kharg island or against nuclear facilities. The slippery slope of escalation continues.
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    Seems like pragmatism won. He is close to the IRGC and probably vengeful after so many of his family died. That was the case with his father as well, so its not surprising. He'll be referred to as an Ayatollah from now on. Very ironic when the shia reject the first three caliphs who were more...
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    In other news, the US is moving another aircraft carrier to the region as the Gerald Ford is crossing the Suez to go join offensive operations. With the French carrier, this makes a total of 4 carriers conducting operations against Iran. Plenty of radars in the area seem to have been destroyed...
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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    News came out today that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence on US military movements, and China is probably gonna start supplying Iran in exchange for LNG crossing the strait of Hormuz to China. If they didn't support Iran at day 1, it seems like they realized this will be a longer war...
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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    They shot nothing down last June in the war, so clearly something changed since then. Russia and China would be geopolitically retarded not to supply Iran though, leaving Iran alone would mean they lost yet another "Global South" country lol. Cuba might fall pretty soon too. One day they...
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    CBS reported that Arab states are running low on interceptors, and Iran's missile launches did decrease since the first day. It seems like the attrition war is in full swing barely a week into the war. Edit: sirens went off three times in the last 15 minutes or so. Maybe Iran isn't as down as...
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    https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2029528101605011925 I've seen this report from both sides, but CENTCOM denies the downing of a jet over Iran. Just a bit before now, multiple Iraqi sources say a fighter jet was downed in Iraq and locals as well as local police forces are looking for the pilot...
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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    They're trying to buy more interceptors because their own storages are being absorbed. The doctrine requires firing at least 2 missiles to intercept a single object (drone or missile). This is a known problem since every exchange between Iran and Israel, and now Gulf states will have to face the...
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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    No appreciation for Constantinople? Smh Yes, but I mentioned Al-Hakim since -afaik- he is the most revered in your theology. You mean Yazid right? Since both Muawiya's mothers were muslim women. He is mentioned quite often I think, as he is part of the Muallaqat poets. Though I feel we don't...
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    Controversial General Political Discussion

    I thought you were Roman though? Go claim Italy.
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    How so ? Qais is one of the most famous poets, maybe surpassed by a countable few like Mutanabi. Ma'ari was never popular since he is an atheist and antinatalist. I do feel bad for him since he was blind, but I would never agree with his ideas. Or most of his people.
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