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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 6989 Gender:	Re: Iran: Where's the outrage? Reply #60 - Feb 20^th, 2026 at 11:16am The Times: Britain blocks Trump's use of Royal Air Force bases for strikes on Iran.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 6989 Gender:	Re: Iran: Where's the outrage? Reply #61 - Feb 20^th, 2026 at 11:50am Meantime Hormuz Strait marine traffic
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 117320 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Iran: Where's the outrage? Reply #62 - Feb 20^th, 2026 at 9:19pm Trump will unleash ‘biggest show of force in a generation’ on Iran \| Hamish de-Bretton Gordon
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Reply #63 - Feb 20^th, 2026 at 10:29pm

https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-considering-limited-strikes-to-force-iran-to...

Trump considering limited strikes to force Iran to make nuclear deal – report

WSJ: Attacks could expand, possibly to effect regime change,
if Tehran keeps refusing to give up enrichment;

Iran tells UN that all Mideast assets of ‘hostile force’ are fair game if US attacks

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 117320 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Iran: will there be a big war? Reply #64 - Feb 21^st, 2026 at 2:09pm Feb 21, 2026 Today on Legitimate Targets, Jackson Hinkle speaks with Iranian academic Dr. Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm about how Iran has become TOO POWERFUL to provoke — and why the enormous costs make this war an UNTENABLE option
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 52522 At my desk.	Re: Iran: Where's the outrage? Reply #65 - Feb 21^st, 2026 at 2:28pm Both Israel and the USA were bombing Iran at will last year. It's a long way from too powerful to provoke. But letting them develop nukes would be a very bad idea.
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Reply #66 - Feb 21^st, 2026 at 2:32pm

freediver wrote on Feb 21^st, 2026 at 2:28pm:

Both Israel and the USA were bombing Iran at will last year. It's a long way from too powerful to provoke.
But letting them develop nukes would be a very bad idea.

Yes if they already don't have them? - who knows for sure?

Iran did supply proxy army forces with money and weapons in:
Iraq, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Israel and the Houthis in Yemen.
They are not innocent – they up to their necks in war.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 52522 At my desk.	Re: Iran: Where's the outrage? Reply #67 - Feb 21^st, 2026 at 3:07pm It's not innocence so much that is the issue, but sanity. So far, the world has avoided nuclear war through mutually assured destruction. That is not going to work with a crazy Islamic regime where the leaders do not fear dying.
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Reply #68 - Feb 21^st, 2026 at 3:16pm

freediver wrote on Feb 21^st, 2026 at 3:07pm:

It's not innocence so much that is the issue, but sanity. So far, the world has avoided nuclear war through mutually assured destruction. That is not going to work with a crazy Islamic regime where the leaders do not fear dying.

If they die fighting the infidel they get:

72 virgins,
a palace with 3 swimming pools,
a truckload of whisky,
and a box of Cuban cigars.

To them it's a good deal.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 117320 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Iran: Where's the outrage? Reply #69 - Yesterday at 6:29am Trump Risks His Presidency if He Chooses War w/Iran /Lt Col Daniel Davis
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Reply #70 - Yesterday at 12:15pm

A total of over 300 strike aircraft
Plus the full complement of Israeli Air Force aircraft and several dozen British fighters already deployed to the region.

The Pentagon has been building up its presence in Europe and the Middle East for the past week, with over 100 aircraft arriving this week alone due to ongoing tensions with Iran.

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Reply #71 - Yesterday at 12:21pm

Currently in Europe/US European Command:
36 – F-35
24 – F-15
28 – F-16
12 – F-22
18 – KC-46
57+ – KC-135

On the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78):
48+ – F/A-18
6+ – E/A-18
4+ – E-2
2 – P-8

Currently in the Middle East/US Central Command:
36 – F-15
36 – F-16
30 – F-35
12 – A-10
6 – E/A-18G
6 – E-3
5 – E-11
7 – KC-46
20 – KC-135
1 – U-2

On the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72):
12 – F-35
36 – F/A-18
6+ – E/A-18G
4+ – E-2
4+ – P-8

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