At least from my limited perspective, the biggest surprise coming from Operation Epic Fury so far is the counterstrike reaction from Iran toward the rest of the region. I have reached out to several people about this, and everyone has a different response.
Within a few hours of the operation against Iran beginning, the Iranian regime began firing counterstrikes against the entire Arab region. Instead of their traditional approach toward striking back at limited U.S. military bases in/around Iraq and/or Israel, Iran began firing missiles and drones into the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain.
Brief recap map of the first 24 hours of attack sites, contrast with a map of known U.S. military bases.
This seemingly wanton striking out against the entire middle east region was not something CTH expected to see.
Additionally, the Iranian targets were not just limited to U.S. military bases, the missiles and drones were launching toward all kinds of random infrastructure throughout the Arab world. Most of these missiles and drones have been intercepted; however, no one has yet established a reasonable thesis as to why Iran chose this approach.
In a recent interview with Jake Tapper, President Trump also said the White House and Pentagon were surprised at the civilian targets selected by Iran for retaliatory strikes. The White House, State Dept and U.S. military did not expect to see Iran retaliate against regional allied partners, and the reaction has been for the Arab countries to be even more supportive of the attacks against Iran.
All of the Arab countries that seemingly would have sat on the sidelines and given tacit support, are now openly providing support and even expressing a willingness to get involved with their own military to assist. This is a first.
That said, the action by Iran doesn’t change the approach the U.S. is taking, but it does beg the question: why are they doing it?
Again, these are not U.S. military installations being targeted; Iran isn’t just shooting missiles and drones at U.S. bases, they are targeting nonmilitary infrastructure and even civilian targets (hotels, apartment buildings, commercial real estate).
The expenditure of the Iranian counterstrike armament, the targets they are selecting, doesn’t gain Iran any material benefit. So, why do it?
Any thoughts?
President Donald Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper in a nine-minute phone interview Monday morning that the US military is “knocking the crap” out of Iran – but the “big wave” is yet to come.https://t.co/0rhIowcppw pic.twitter.com/sWLrvDLmVi
— CNN (@CNN) March 2, 2026
Jake Tapper notes President Trump has said “a big wave is yet to come,” meaning the U.S is prepared to launch another phase against Iran that will hit even harder than the current targeting of military assets and infrastructure.
I’m left to wonder if the regional targeting by Iran is strategic, or if their top tiers of military command structure were so devastated the local command centers were essentially left to use their own targeting decisions, and that led to a random set of launches at just about everything they could program as a target set.
However, a “big wave yet to come” might make sense, if you think about Iran’s seemingly wanton striking at every regional nation as probing to destroy radar capacity and air defenses.
If Iran is holding back strategic hypersonic missiles for later strikes after probing or degradation strikes, then yes as soon as those hypersonic launch locations surface there would need to be a massive blitz of overwhelming force to preempt the launches.
Essentially, what a person might call “a big wave yet to come.”
Iran continues to maliciously launch ballistic missiles, indiscriminately targeting military and civilian locations throughout the region. U.S. forces remain on the hunt to eliminate this threat. As the President has said, our resolve has never been stronger. pic.twitter.com/SDdvaL38yp
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
BREAKING: The UAE is projected to exhaust its interceptor missile stock within one week at the current rate of fire, and Qatar within four days; both are urgently seeking additional military support from the United States – Bloomberg
— Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) March 2, 2026
Occam’s Razor would suggest that the Mullahs regarded the rest of the ME Islamic Community as Fake Friends/Allies, and knowing they were going down for the full count this time, decided to take as many of their “Frenemies” with them.
Different religious sect. Basically, Iran is disliked a little less than Israel by those Arab nations. They were fine sitting by and watching until Iran lobbed missiles at them.
Correct; they don’t like each other which was my point. That may be why they decided to lob the missiles at them, at their end.
I believe the random attacks suggest strongly that top tier of military leaders have been takin out and now folks controlling arms are striking out randomly and without good military reasoning at any and all percieved enemies. I see it as a good sign over all and hopefully the people of Iran embrace this opportunity to form a free gov.
This is the most reasonable thesis I have heard as well and hope to be true. Top tier decision makers taken out and now lower tier regime continuity actors lashing out last desperate contingency plans.
Top tier gone is gone but random launches. Not likely. You go with what you know… orders. Those last orders included predetermined targets. Notice Iraq has NOT been targeted.
Not so sure about the orders theory. After 35 yrs in power I believe top man felt invincible and made no contingency plans minus himself!! Just my gut on this.
You have to also remember that the Iranian govt is a terror organization.
MY 2 cents I think this is close. I saw a report from a survivor of the inital attacks that stated (my words)LLF (Lower Level Functionaries) had general instructions in place and were to follow them if leadership was removed. If correct, then the question is why would the general instructions been written this way?
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Why on earth would anybody be surprised at this is beyond me.
1. We just killed most of their leaders, which means that command and control is likely sporadic leaving regional commanders to select targets.
2. Those same regional commanders doubtless know that the US coordinated this with other Arab countries, and of course they already know we planned and executed this war in collaboration with the Israelis. You can almost hear the Iranians screaming “Betrayal!” as they launch their bombs.
3. Referencing #1, how is it surprising given that the United States and Israel have never teamed up to conduct a full scale war on Iran before, including the decapitation of the ruling regime? Unprecedented wars have unprecedented responses. What idiot in Washington actually told the leadership not to expect the targeting of civilians, and has this person been fired yet?
4. It makes total sense for them to target civilian populations. That Gentlemanly Rules of War thing only applies to Western nations, and only when said Western nations are winning and in a position to retroactively justify the targeting of civilian populations (as we did during and after WW2). Even in the West, our military people are taught about Total War, and that most of the Gentlemanly Rules of War go out the window when faced with civilizational/national destruction.
Plus, the Iranians probably assumed that air and missile defenses would focus on military force protection which is how their systems are set up. That was clearly not the case given the intercept successes, but the Iranian’s have a 50+ year history of conducting terror attacks on civilian populations. It is 100% unsurprising that they would do so now.
There is a reason why I call these people in Washington “The Wizards of Smart”, and it is not a complement.
You have to be a complete ****ing idiot to believe that the Iranian regime, confronted with Total War and the destruction of their current way of life, would be clutching their pearls about civilian targets. They don’t have the luxury of that level of pretending. And if targeting civilians forces the rest of the Arab countries to stop pretending, what difference does it make?
We live in such a ridiculous bubble in this country and in the West in general. If Russia or China launched a nuclear salvo at the USA and decapitated most of the leadership, we would launch a response that would exterminate their population centers. Anybody who tells you different is a pretender. We would reduce the population of China to a few million scattered souls wandering a sea of nuclear glass.
I can’t believe it hasn’t been all planned out. Planning is what the military does best. Execution of plans is where true leadership is needed.
lol, I once again refer everyone to the classic South Park episode with the Underpants Gnomes.
Our government does not do “second order” and “third order” thinking. To the extent they do, the result is always “and then we achieve glorious victory”.
This is why they were perpetually surprised that things didn’t pan out in places like Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.
Bullseye. How could anyone be surprised of Iran’s attacks at other ME countries when they host air and naval bases from which airstrikes are carried out against Iran?
There would have been no way for us to stop the targeting of civilian areas by Iran. Let’s get real here.
The point is that there is apparently “surprise” in Washington that Iran would do this. And I have accurately called these people idiots.
The “surprise” might be what they want you to believe.
Reaction to Board of Peace and Abraham Accords
(Member countries include the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Argentina, Armenia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Indonesia, and others}
Iran regime views its neighbors as traitors to Islam, remember they closed the Strait of Hormuz and did joint exercises with the Russians after President Trump’s 10 day warning.
Also it’s possible that whoever in Iran decided to target surrounding ME nations may have thought that by so doing, the civilian populations of those nations would rise in protest to the entire conflict and blame the US for having started it and their own leaders for signing onto the Board of Peace and Abraham Accords
“You see the attacks now?! Airports. Hotels. Embassies. Facilities NOTHING to do with war — and that’s a WEAKENED Iran! Imagine 1-1.5 years from now! An UNACCEPTABLE risk.”
Based on some of the posted quotes, that the Arab countries are burning through their defensive ordnance, it sounds like a valid operational scenario which also provides strategic benefit to Iran. It seems like an extension of previous attacks on Israel in the “12 day war” that seem to have had a similar intent.
Many commenters see this as an “existential” attack on Iran (though I think that term tends to be over-used). But if that view is correct it would make sense for Iran to widen the war. Have not read anything about the IRGN and what they might be up to. I was thinking offensive mining might be in the cards but maybe not.
I also have to agree with commenters here who aren’t buying into the Graham/Hannity “Iran is weeks away from nuclear weapons” line that I’ve heard for years.
For the Iranians, this is like VE Day!!!
Rubio just said that if the ruling Shia clerics stay in power, so be it.
The thing Americans don’t understand is that the Iranians have elections. Their Shia clerics (unelected) function a bit like the Supreme Court, here, making decisions on what will or won’t be allowed based on Islamic law. But otherwise, they leave the elected officials and bureaucrats to keep the trains running and the trash collected.
The presence of “protests” in Iran in no way says that those protesters represent a majority of Iranians, any more than the shitlib protesters in Minneapolis represent the rest of America on deportations.
The most likely outcome of this regime change war is that the same basic people are put back in charge, just with new names.
We will be bombing Iran for the next 20-30 years.
It was done in an attempt to drive a wedge between the surrounding nztions and the US.
Terrorism at it’s worst.
This may be fitting a piece of the end times scenario per Dan 8:4:
“I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.”
Persia has always been identified as the ram.
On the other hand, currently publicly available information is showing Iran is not looking so strong right now so this may not be it.
Or Jeremiah 49 (Elam = Persia = Iran)
34This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. 35This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might. 36I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.…”
I don’t know. We’ll see.
All roads lead to china!!
And special capabilities we can’t discuss.
Well now Delta and TF160th might be doing some infiltration work to locate all these targets
The US government is not about to admit that we have “boots on the ground” in Iran…
Looks like it and more. Special Operations Command has established a new unit equipped with the LUCAS loitering munition–which is a reverse-engineered Iranian Shahed kamikaze drone, only better than the original. Recent reports state that the LUCAS drone is being used against Iranian positions. Let that sink in: Iran is now getting hit with a better version of its own drone.
Where is the Discombobulator?
Is Iran targeting non-military sites? Or, are their missiles and drones being aimed at military targets and just missing?
And, did Iran actually fire, or did Israel, through some skullduggery, take over their systems and fire for them?
If Israel could do that then why not just shut them down? Or blow them up and destroy their capabilities outright. Oh but we must not lose our whipping boy!
Bingo. You see right to the heart of the comment.
I’m not anti-Israel, but I know Mossad has their ways.
That would be terrible, yet all’s fair in war.
An ally that takes over the targeting system of the enemy, and programs it to attack the citizens of another ally… just to drum up war support? Dastardly. And very hard to hide. And would most certainly backfire on the original nation. So odds are very low.
I would suggest Iran is in the headless chicken phase. Not quite dead yet, not resting. They have a very limited window to do damage, before their people rise up, or they are invaded.
For all intent and purpose the US has already won. But they don’t know that. We only win if we can keep our troops off the ground. We know that, the US citizen has zero tolerance for war weariness. The fog of war is thick right now, and there’s a lot of oil in refineries already. The US public doesn’t know what to make of this weekend’s war, other than we just decapitated their entire leadership in one strike.
Trump Term 2 is all FAFO as the kids say. And it’s very refreshing.
Sort of reminds me of early 2020 when they seemingly “mistakenly” shot down Ukraine International airlines flight 752. The world seemed ready to deal with Iran once and for all but then covid happened and it was swept under the rug. They blamed some nitwit for it claiming they mistook it for a US cruise missile. Seems incompetence, if that’s what it is, is their default.
My best guess is the command and control systems of Iran were degraded by the earliest strikes on Iran’s military installations. These missiles were actually aimed at American bases in the Persian Gulf region but we’re going haywire because guidance systems control was downgraded by earlier strikes.
Just a guess because I know nothing about missile guidance systems.
Anyway this so-called coming increased bombing is probably these Gulf State neighbors joining with Israel and U.S. in a unified attack as soon as it can be planned.
It seems like they want their middle eastern neighbors to support Iran or suffer the price of supporting US & Israel
I think the simple answer is that the command structure has been so compromised that there is no strategic plan. The shock and awe of the decapitation of the mullah leadership has left those who remain in a panic. They are cornered and lashing out in desperation without thought to the consequences.
Mr. President, keep pushing them to exhaust all of their weapons and stockpiles. Fight to their last one is deployed. Because these crazed religious zealots will patiently wait it out as long as it takes. Just when you think it’s over it won’t be. They will be hugging them in the desert somewhere waiting it out. Infuriate them and crush them to the bitter end.
Sadly, it may be random targets today but I think Khomeini was such a narcissistic psychopath, He planned to enjoy watching his remaining legacy after death. Perhaps he can see in between the flames.
He was determined to continue killing and destroying humanity. If he couldn’t get his way in life, he planned for it in death.
What kind of moron thinks GOD Almighty’s agape love for us involves sex in HEAVEN ???
An imbecile who thinks GOD makes extra zombie females just for his sexual enjoyment after death.
Someone possessed by the Prince of Persia.
Ah ha! You are Biblically literate!
World War II wasn’t over until it was over. In this case, complete and total destruction of the enemy, Iran’s ruling religious fanatics, ending in unconditional surrender. Nothing else can be acceptable or lasting when dealing with irrational, unpredictable heathens.
Might the targeting of other countries be due to a power struggle within the Iranian armed forces. According Dr Robert Malone The Republican Guards exist to defend the regime while the reguar army defend the country as a whole. He says there is intense rivalry between the two groups. Could this have been orchestrated by the Iranian army with the goal of inviting other middle eastern countries to help oust the regime? Are there elements within the Iranian army trying to position themselves on the side of regime change by doing this?
This discussion appears towards the end of the article:
https://www.malone.news/p/operation-epic-fury?publication_id=583200&post_id=189470748&isFreemail=true&r=12bu7y&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
My thoughts.
The IRGC is lashing out.
The last act of any person or entity that does not get its way.
For all the hoopla, hand wringing and peal clutching in the media.
There is like zero Arabian Nations with skin in the game that delude themselves of the character of the Iranian Theocracy.
These Nation States have known since 1979, what the Theocracy was about.
It all in the Paris Tapes of the Khomeini.
For the longest while these Arabian Nation States at the highest level had to play along to get long.
What has changed is the outcome of President Trump coming along saying “Drive them out, the Abraham Accords and now the stiffing of their back bones in the President saying we got your back.
Stand up lets put and end to this end crap.
MbS has a vision of the future and the throwback’s in Qom will kill, murder, terrorize and hold hostage any and all to undermine this vision because it is contrary to the Khomeini legacy.
The long and the short is I believe every single Arabian Nation knows the stakes very clear eyed.
Many people do not know this but our relationship with Arabian Nations are currently the oldest and longest in the annuals history.
As in 1789!
Now is TDS coming into focus. Why TDS exists. It is all about unsettled business of WWII.
Nothing will please me more than to see the Iranian People join this future.
And the simplest and easiest way to cut through TDS is for liberated Iranian voices to shame the grassroots of TDS.
And doing so eviscerate the power brokers of TDS into oblivion.
So yah.
I am not surprised that IRGC is lashing out.
IRGC cry uncle.
Japan and Germany did.
Was America a monster in victory?
Plain and simple, CentCom is just warming up.
The IRGC will definitely know when the 24/7 operational tempo kicks into high gear.
This Administration is not playing around.
CentCom is just tickling around the edges.
Have you considered the religious population in those countries. This is a list from Martin Armstrong
Countries with a Shia Majority
Iran: 90–95% of Muslims are Shia.
Iraq: 60–65% of Muslims are Shia.
Bahrain: 60–70% of Muslims are Shia.
Azerbaijan: 65–75% of Muslims are Shia.
Countries with Significant Shia Minorities (10% – 40%)
Lebanon: 27% – 35% of the total population (approx. 30–40% of the Muslim population).
Kuwait: 20–25% of the citizen population.
Qatar: Approx. 10% of the citizen population.
Syria: 13–15% of the total population (Alawites and Twelvers).
Yemen: 35–40% of Muslims are Shia (specifically Zaydi).
Countries with Small Shia Minorities (Under 5%)
United Arab Emirates (UAE): Approx. 5–10% of the citizen population.
Saudi Arabia: Approx. 5–10% of the citizen population.
Oman: Approx. 5–10% of the citizen population (includes both Shia and other sects).
Jordan: Approx. 1–2% of the population (mostly recent refugees or immigrants).
Turkey: Approx. 1–3% of the population.
Egypt, Palestine, Israel: Less than 1%
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/iran/will-this-unfold-as-widespread-middle-east-war/
Excellent information. Given the large Shia Population of Iran and the small Shia population of Turkey, its even more fascinating that not a single missile was sent into Turkey.
Why?
My answer would be pure speculation because we’ve never had religious wars , lololololol.
Notice all the bad blood from the past, in all these countries are beginning to surface?
Turkey is a NATO country. I’m sure even the Russians have told them not to target Turkey.
Maybe because Turkey is part of NATO?
You are quoting AI?
lol. I’m confused, AI? I’m not sure what you mean. I don’t even no how to use Chat. G…? lol
My exact thought. No need to go beyond simple, old-time Shia – Sunni rivalry & animosity.
One sided with the Great Satan and the Little Satan, the other is pissed-off!
Sundance: you said: “…. no one has yet established a reasonable thesis as to why Iran chose this approach.”
I read a Comnent to article last Saturday early, when the claim of Khameni’ds death was being made, by a former military planner. Grade, name and service not given.
He said the Iranians had contingency plans for when the Ayatollah was taken out. Besides continuity in every nat’l high duty position, they also had targeting instructions that were automatic. Those kicked in when Khameni was killed and were self executing, meaning no need for confirmation from nat’l level command.
My guess is that Khameni/IRGC decided before this dust-up that if he was killed it would be with approval ot those surrounding non-Sh’ia nations and they should be attacked along with Western military sites.
I do not know how the Omanis fit in the list. Perhaps they cooperated with Saudi’s in limiting Yemeni military actions. I do not know much about Omani relations, history, etc, to discuss their being targeted. Perhaps one of your readers has insights.
My suppositions, YMMD….
Could it be Iran is attacking these countries for cooperating with the USA over the years? They’re doing what they can do to pay them back before they’re totally defeated?
Once a terrorist, always a terrorist.
The most likely explanation is that contingency plans were already in place at each unit operational level in case the top Iranian leadership was either killed by a major attack or otherwise disconnected from the military chain of command.
The military commanders at the unit level likely had a set of pre-planned targeting instructions based on how the attack against Iran developed. If the top Iranian leadership was dead or otherwise unable to issue orders, then a pre-planned set of targets would be attacked in retaliation.
It is possible that all Iranian military units have a set of pre-planned targeting and response actions which they are expected to perform even if no direct instructions come from the chain of command above them.
If police units and revolutionary guard units also have sets of pre-planned actions they are expected to perform in case their higher command structure is gone, those actions could include killing any and all Iranian patriot insurgents who might attempt to take down the existing Islamic regime.
I find this to be the most likely answer as well.
The decapitation strike so gutted the command structure that the only thing their military COULD do (other than just flat-out surrender) was follow their standing orders… so they did.
Now, why “shoot everyone” was the standing order? I think it comes down to their planning not accounting for a complete decapitation by anything other than having succeeded in their goal of starting the end of days with a nuclear strike.
Something happening to the Ayatollah? Sure. Losing some generals? Okay. Losing the entire upper echelon (including the Ayatollah’s replacement dying less than a day later and the guy who was supposed to be next after that was already dead)? They expected that could only happen when return nuclear fire reigned down and heralded their Mahdi’s rise from his well… and at that point you’re just hoping to maximize the death with wanton fire into anything their missiles could reach.
Right now I don’t think there IS a unified IRGC response because too many people are missing or dead to even figure out who can negotiate a surrender. There aren’t even any US boots on the ground to surrender to.
The craziest alternative theory I’ve heard is that the decision to fire into all the neighboring countries was actually a sabotage play by those in the Iranian Army who hated the IRGC… when the crap hit the rotary device, they had standing orders for their missile batteries to launch at every nation they could in the hopes they’d join in to ensure the job of utterly destroying the IRGC got done.
Anybody that just got thru murdering 30,000 of their own citizens is just waiting for hammer to drop on them. And when it does everybody becomes the boogie man to them. And when their totally overwhelmed by this mentally (and you can take it to the bank that they are), they will shoot at anything.
They are killing their own citizens as you speak. Their souls are already spoken for, and the hell hounds are coming
My take concurs with some others…that the lobbing of missiles are intended to create fear first, then to bleed off defensive measures (exhaust supplies of interceptor missiles), which puts huge added pressure on US to resupply BOTH their Arab nation supporters AND our own stockpiles defending bases, assets.
The concerns relative to overall American missile supplies are real. If Iran still has capabilities to plot a counter attack, this is a possible strategy. But it seems very strange. The U.S. military is attacking Iran’s ballistic missile storage facilities and known infrastructure. No doubt some of the most valuable are hidden away, but hopefully a large swath of these are being destroyed before they can be used.
Interestingly, have heard almost nothing about new attacks of their nuclear production facilities. The emphasis on reduction of strike capacity is smart. Take out air and sea support. Hopefully intel is providing very specific location and inventory data,
https://x.com/Xpliciid/status/2028267684605939779?s=20 re: china’s digital “silk road initiative” – China is providing targets to Iran per this twitter account.
All roads lead to China.
Didn’t we just live thru this in Mexico? When you have them by the tail their only option is to lash out at innocent civilians in order to punish YOU! Again, Bukele explained this was a real concern when he gathered up the bad guys in ES. Civilian targets are easy and hitting them will put pressure on the good guys to pull back. So Action must be swift, deep and relentless to avert this.
Maybe Persians just like killing Arabs?
I think your decapitation theory holds water.
Add to lack of oversight, the Arab vs Persian and Sunni va Shia hostility.
Finally, there must be resentment against all the countries that have dealings with America.
Sort if a burn it all down around you, if we’re going to go down we’re taking you with us.
But all that is possible only because nobody is there to provide good leadership.
Perhaps thy are simply trying to get rid of their stock and then they can go home?
“I’m left to wonder if the regional targeting by Iran is strategic, or if their top tiers of military command structure were so devastated the local command centers were essentially left to use their own targeting decisions, and that led to a random set of launches at just about everything they could program as a target set.”
SD, this appears to have been the case. I watched a statement yesterday from the Foreign Minister (Araghchi – I think his name was?), saying, essentially, no one knew what was going on.
More like a temper tantrum with the idea to take as many, and hurt as many as possible. Leave no weapons unused. Personally, it wouldn’t be a surprise if they don’t turn their weapons against their own country.
My thoughts are… If you consider Iran as an extension of the deep state, one of the best deterrents the deep state has against a war they DON’T want is to overly expose the civilian cost. Queue up Sarah McLachlan. Its exactly what they did in Palestine with Israel.
So if you know you are up against an adversary you cannot beat head on, then you play the political game. You turn up the human cost of the war and feed the propagandists in hopes social pressure will stop your attackers. Even if these other ME countries contribute, that just turns up the human costs. In fact, those other countries may not be as precise (likely) as the US and Israel are.
I don’t know if I am right, but this certainly crossed my mind when I saw it. The problem is, this game will not work with DJT.
In my opinion, these IslamoNazis are whacked out zealots to the max. To quote a Batman movie, they just want to watch the world burn.
They don’t think like we do so it’s hard to wrap our minds around their motivations.
Fortunately, we don’t have to fully understand them. We just have to accept how insanely dangerous they are, and then utterly destroy them.
Use it or lose and make sure you use on targets least likely to counter it. The bigger the headline in Western media the better.
Without reading all 127 comments thus far, I surmise the following…..
If Iran retaliates against all that have even a tenuous relationship with America, then – in the future – those countries will staunchly oppose US actions in the region for fear of subsequent retaliation.
As with Russia, America, and many other countries, this plan of action was likely laid out long before US/Israeli actions and was simply followed once actions took place. Nothing sporadic about it.
Attack Iran and everyone pays the price……
Iran is not hitting Turkey. Erdowan is already trying to reconstitute the Califate albeit Sunni. I think it is intentional.
Those sites were registered as targets by the Iranians. The Iranians support all the terrorists in the region.
I suspect an order was given to launch- and the systems went thru and assigned the targets out of the master target list.
They’re not making military sense, because they’re not military targets.
The giant idiocy is hitting the UAE which is the banking center of the Middle East. Why would you bomb your bank?
At some point were they chosen to influence the property owner? The property of a competitor to a terror proxy? A competitor to the IRGC’s off the books money making operations?
It’s simple. As explained in an article on Breitbart:
Iran attacked its neighbors hoping to whip them into an “Anti-American Frenzy” fueled by blaming America for provoking Iran into action.
It SOUNDS stupid, and it IS, but that’s because the mullahs ARE stupid
Why? It could be as simple as basic Islam, kill all infidels.
Maybe it’s not the Iranian military operating these systems kinda like Ukraine is not allowed to operate systems from suppliers.
You attribute too much intelligence to the Iranian regime. There is certainly a larger strike on Iran coming but i believe it was already baked into the cake
The Iranian regime is literally fighting for its life and is committed to a desperate move, which is to disrupt regional energy flows to global markets with immediate maximum effect.
As of today, Iran has succeeded in halting the flow of seaborne oil and gas shipments. The longer this halt goes on, the greater the negative impact on the global economy. That Iran’s anemic economy will also suffer is of little concern to the IRGC at the moment.
The regime is undoubtedly hoping it will gain decisive leverage to end the war on favorable terms before the cumulative effect of U.S. and Israeli strikes otherwise shatters Iran’s military and defense industrial base.
As for direct strikes against Gulf Arab allies, wrecking U.S. bases and intimidating the Saudis and the Emiratis from joining in the fight are the main goals.
All of the combatants in this fight are in a race against time. The Iranian regime is hoping the clock favors them most of all.
Most likely reason they are attacking everybody around them is to increase pressure from in-region countries on the US to de-escalate and seek diplomacy.
Jake looking a little old and confused there, no?
Shick n awe III.
If atoll #? keeps it up he will just be continuing to kill his own people. satanic.
For them to attack all their neighbors is a big Famous Final FU, an admission that they know their rotten jig is up.
Hallelujah!
Probably a lot of reasons. #1 HATE, #2 Abraham Accords, #3 Chaos.
The towel dress wearing mullah’s hate everyone, period. The Abraham Accords is the exact opposite of what the molelah’s want, they wanted all Muslim countries to wipeout Israel and then the United States.
Then there is chaos of losing top commanders, no direct orders as to what should be shot at first. But likely if no orders come down fire at the country that is directly across the Persian Gulf from where the missiles are located and hope it hits something besides dirt. The molelah’s know they would never win a war against the US, so create chaos give them time to escape with their Obummer/Old Joe money.
I would say Hate is the many reason.
By us NOT attacking oil infrastructure… yet I think the message is we want the next new guys there to have a chance at success.
Maybe that changes but this is not Saddam blowing up oil fields to reek maximum devastation upon the citizens of the country.
Iran’s navy, that a different situation.