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
Kinda old here and I’ve missed a lot of bets in my time. But the notion of the IRGC going bats**t crazy with wanton retaliation against their neighbors is something I did see coming. This is “I’m not surrendering, and everybody else is going to get harmed who doesn’t help us.” The plan for such a debacle they already had; a contingency reaction in the event of a decapitation strike.
I tend to agree with your assessment. It does indeed look like a grand mal temper tantrum of being refused ‘help’ to retain their terroristic control in the region. Like our stompy-foot, obnoxious American leftists. Just destroy everything and then say “See what you made me do.”
I will go a step further and point out that the regime composed of hard-line Shia extremists are very ‘traditional’ in their Sharia Law observances. They may well be so far gone with inbreeding and the frenzy of fanaticism that they are no longer mentally/intellectually/emotionally capable of behaving rationally. They are truly a death cult.
I wonder if the Lord is blinding them to the folly of their choice to attack targets in other Islamic nations and thereby creating more resolve in their opposition?
“Lord is blinding them”
2 Thessalonians 2 v 11/12
11And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_thessalonians/2.htm
Temper tantrums maybe but there might also be some targeting assistance from either or both China and Russia. It would seem that the US is not the only nation with military satellites. Why wouldn’t either China or Russia want to see the sides more clearly drawn and the depletion of defensive weapons supplied by the US? I wouldn’t guess there’s an endless supply of western defensive weapons currently available
Especially not after sending so many to Ukraine.
I don’t have any way to verify some of what I’ve read but I’ve seen claims that as of this morning Iran had only spent about 1,500 out of their combined 80k+ drone and missile inventory. The coalition fending off attacks on the other hand is said to only have 2,500 or so interceptors. Could chalk the targets up to disorganization or internal chaos and on the other hand this could be an indication of a far more dangerous and difficult road ahead.
I think it is the more dangerous option. Not all of the “civilian” targets are “civilian”. Some of the high rise hotels you see being hit actually hold US military officers and other personnel – so they are not random, but selected to force a response.
Probing the defenses, seeing what gets activated and where and how fast the response happens is very valuable. Throwing cheap old drones and missiles for this task not only gets the intel, but to shoot down these incoming attacks, takes two Patriots per incoming bogie. We only make about 800 Patriots per year, so 400 incoming bogies in a couple of weeks would wipe out an entire year of production.
Therefore, it would seem they are preparing for a war of attrition. Both sides have limited reserves of missiles and drones – whomever can manage their inventory better will win.
BRH, I believe every thing i read on twitter also.
The data comes from CSIS and your comment is telling. You might want to go watch the Rubio video in the thread above this and try to listen closel to the production figures he cites. Analysts were warning last October that we had used 25% of our THAAD interceptor stockpile in a single operation.
Neither one of you know even 5% of what’s happening. But keep thinking you do.
You can get exact armament figures from former President Barack H. Obama
I’m sure that missile stockpiles were a primary target for our pilots!
I agree, chaos, unpredictability and dangerous. As to weapons inventory maybe some launch and munitions capability damaged in place…bill
I’m trying to find a post I read in the last 2 days that was from an Iranian leader where he says the individual leaders don’t have specific instructions just general orders.
Searching on X – 19 results
Searching the web – 20 results
Searching users on X
The post you’re likely thinking of (or a close match to what you read) appears to be from March 1-2, 2026, referencing statements attributed to Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (often referred to in context as an Iranian leader/official).
Several X posts from the last couple of days paraphrase or quote him saying something very similar to your description: that military units/commanders are operating independently or in isolation, acting based on general instructions/orders given in advance, without specific/real-time directives from central leadership.
Key examples:
This seems tied to ongoing conflict/geopolitical discussions around Iran’s military responses (e.g., uncoordinated actions, lost communications, or delegation to local IRGC/militia units).
No direct post from Supreme Leader Khamenei (@khamenei_ir
) or the current President matches exactly in the recent timeframe, but the FM’s reported statement fits your recollection closely. It may have originated from an interview or official remark that got shared widely on X in the last 48 hours.
If this doesn’t ring a bell or you recall more details (like the exact phrasing, username, or context), share them and I can dig further!
Sundance, you pose an interesting question as to why Iran is doing this. I have only my conspiracy minded outlook to go by, but in asking the question as to ‘Who benefits’ by Iran’s actions, it appears that the majority of the benefit accrues to the United States in that Iran is alienating potential allies or at best neutral states. We already know that the CIA was successful in hacking Iranian TV with President Trump’s message, how big of a stretch would it be to ask if those capabilities extended to missile targeting?
You already believe that you are capable of successfully intercepting a high percentage of these missiles, so the risk is minimized and distributed across a wide area. To be sure, the technical challenges would extraordinarily difficult, but are they beyond the realm of the possible?
No! They are not beyond the realm of possibility and I, too, suspect this is exactly what’s going on.
A few of these countries are part of the Abraham accords,, the others seem to be interested.. seems to me this might be a reason,,,
I do not think that Iran has hypersonic missiles. I basically thought that Iran targeting their neighbors was totally illogical. That being said, one of the more cogent theories I have heard about why Iran has targeted civilian areas in surrounding Arab countries was that they were hoping that these neighbors would blame the US and Israel for this current conflict, and thus either attempt to convince the US to stop, or retaliate against Israel in some way. Whatever their rationale was, it didn’t work. The Arab countries have always silently hated Iran in their midst. Israel is basically doing their dirty work for them, and hopefully they will now accept Israel as an ally. Or at least just accept them.
“had” sophisticated weapons.
the war continues ..and the wins keep coming.
thank you Soldier, sailors, airmen and marines and you often forgotten Coasties.
You are doing exceptionally great work and the book will record your names as some of the best of the best.
God Bless America
“Israel is basically doing their dirty work for them, and hopefully they will now accept Israel as an ally. Or at least just accept them.”
Little hope on that front.
Israel did their dirty work in 1981 by taking out Saddams Nascent Nuclear Weapons program (courtesy of the french).
Didnt make them any friends, not in the ME, nor here in USA.
Have been wondering about this like everyone else here. Didn’t seem to make any sense at first, but it would make sense to someone in the Iranian regime.
Here is what I think. That the regime hitting out at almost every surrounding Arab country shows first of all that they have a very low opinion of the leadership and people of those countries, and because of their low opinion they were expecting them to quickly fold up and start screaming at the U.S. for a halt to hostilities. They believed those countries would somehow influence a lessening of the U.S. action and give the regime some time, which has always worked with past U.S. administrations. But the Arab countries they are hitting are not folding and instead the regime’s onslaught is angering them and stiffening their spines, resulting in increaing support for the U.S., not in them wanting us to stop.
Perhaps a huge miscalculation on the part of the regime, but I think it reflects their own arrogance and sense of superiority over their Sunni Arab neighbors. But that is backfiring. While their neighbor’s supplies of defensive weapons is being put to the test, the regime’s own supply of offensive weapons is being reduced as well. What the regime has right now is all they are going to have, since the U.S. air campaign is taking out production facilities as well as already produced stockpiles and launch platforms. It does not matter how big their stockpiles are if their launchers are being destroyed and if they cannot resupply over distance to where the launchers are or were.
I think the Iranian regime will be unable to sustain their offensive strikes and their losses will start to cause what is left of their senior leadership to start looking for the exits. Leave them some operational passenger aircraft here and there, but carefully listen and keep watch on those planes to see if it looks like the remaining leaders are about to flee.
That is what I am thinking. I might be completely wrong, but I don’t think this is going to last longer than President Trump is estimating it will. Just keep up the pressure, Mr. President.
Don’t underestimate the resolve of Congress to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
It’s exactly what Republicans do best!
I also think its punishment for those countries aligning with the West and the US and punishment for not following their strict form of radical Islam
Fear and desperation?
But whoever can fathom the reason in rabid, barbaric madmen.
None of us can.
It’s a place I do not want to go .
Are you running for Congess?
“White House releases a partial list of the crimes committed against Americans by the Iranian regime”….
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“This seemingly wanton striking out against the entire middle east region…”
Spoiled children who believe they are more important than the everyone else strike out when they don’t get their way.
They strike out and don’t care who sees them or who hears them as they have their temper tantrums, they just want their way.
Put that attitude in an old skin-sack puppet who believes he is his perverse god’s voice here on earth and voila, he’ll throw all his big toys anywhere he wants to, whenever he wants to, without caring about the consequences.
And he’ll teach all his blind followers to do the same.
Heck, what do they care? They believe they will be in glory when they die.
They will be horrifically mistaken.
Likely a combination of reasons suggested in the article and in comments.
The US and Israel overachieved in hitting everything that was C4I down to mid-level command and government levels. That leaves dispersed and command isolated strike assets on their own to execute pre-planned terror attacks in an effort to drive a wedge between US and other Abraham Accords allies.
The unspoken part of the US attack is that key Iranian “Internet” and “communications systems” have been shut down via means other than Military.
The US and Israel have wrecked allot of the military NOT related to Missile Launches … hence President Trump’s PUBLIC message to the “rebels who ever they are” … it is up to the Iranians to regain control of their nation. (Unspoken … we killed their leaders, cut communications and wrecked the guys with the guns, just like you asked.)
Consider …. During Desert Storm One in 1991 … the Iraqis tried to divide the coalition by attacking Egypt and Syria with SCUDS. Plus, they hit Israel hoping to draw a response the Arab Members of the Coalition would not like. Those attacks back fired.
For the time being the schism between Islamic religious sects in the region is NOT necessarily the main paradigm …. it is now political and economic as existing governments try to stabilize their societies.
Plus … The “clerical government and IRG” of Iran may now being paying for all their wanton violence of the past via the IRG Special Forces and Proxies, which was counter to nations trying to stabilize. Pay back can be mother, when it happens.
The air defense munitions issue will be an issue vs drones and the non-hyper sonic weapons … this is not an issue for hyper-sonic weapons as they only way to stop those is kill them before they launch. The US is going to have to creative as they help restock munitions … stripping US Stocks in the US and NATO, upping Production and BUYING munitions back from EU NATO members and Japan.
“Trump’s attack on Iran takes a big economic bite out of one of America’s chief rivals: China.”….
A new oil world for Chy-na.
Here is another “surprise” that few outside of the global financial circles might have understood and foretold…
Good point.
Last week the threats by Iran to disrupt all REGIONAL shipping traffic caused Marine Insurance Companies to either greatly increase rates or literally cut coverage related to war.
REGIONAL = Arabian Sea, Red Sea (Suez Canal) and Gulf of Aden as well as the Persian Gulf that are within range of their missiles..
Shipping Companies were in a panic and discussing re-routes, rates and shipping time.
This would have been another legitimate reason to strike NOW … the Barbary Pirates scenario of 1801-1816. Interesting similarities as the “European Powers” at that time even paid the tributes.
Insurance Guy here (current business).
1) Acts of War are almost always in excluded coverage.
2) Lloyds is nothing but a syndicate. Think of it as the NYSE of placing risk.
3) The sellers of the risk are often other insurance companies, but can be the insureds themselves.
4) The buyers of the risk are from around the world, not just LONDON!!!
This is scare mongering/Q/conspiracy stuff posted in that tweet. Sure, rates will go up, just like they do after a Hurricane. And folks will need to reroute to avoid entering waters where, by an act of war, they would be uninsured.
Move along
Don’t know what part(s) of the “insurance business” you work with, bucknutguy,’
Neither my automobile policy nor my homeowner’s insurance nor my medical insurance premiums have been affected by this conflict. I don’t think they are in the “global insurance markets” that are the subject of the tweet,
Also, your take on it doesn’t seem to align with thedoc00’s comment just above yours. Must be different parts of the “insurance business.”
Friend: your and my homeowners and auto and health insurance are not run through Lloyds. Your carrier keeps that risk themselves. I share your frustration at the cost of these policies especially healthcare which is completely unattached from the cost to deliver.
That said, property markets are getting softer. Am hopeful that translates down to you and me. Would be helpful to deport 40 million illegals who are generally uninsured and cause a disproportionate number of accidents and property crime.
Not to mention the illegals have overwhelmed the rental housing & apartment markets and driven rent costs through the roof.
Any mention of Lloyds of London always reminds me of their knowingly and quickly paying out – cutting Britain’s catastrophic losses – after the sinking of the Titanic-formerly-known-as-Olympic…
see what you think about that
{ https://www.bitchute.com/video/aveciurfA2pO }
“… an industry noted at the time for fraud…”
Oh yes. That one was not too obvious, was it…. ! That sinking also permanently eliminated three strong and influential voices against President Wilson creating the Federal Reserve Bank….
Almost too coincidently timed to be coincidental…
Yes… which was not mentioned in that documentary but IS the most compelling evidence – albeit ‘circumstantial’ – that the plan-&-cover-up did, in fact, occur.
Thanks GB for mentioning that 🙂
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Comforting to know we have oil domestically and just a click or two south….
Best inside baseball analysis I have read in a long while.
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Maybe it is as simple as they do not want Trump to succeed at bringing peace to the Middle East.
No exactly sure who “they” are though. Could have been an FU if leadership taken out or maybe those who profit off the Middle East strife saw a way to keep it going.
In a way, it’s aimilar to the reaction for El Mencho. Completely self destructive to the tourist industry which all the cartels profit from.
Rubio on Iran strikes: US not targeting civilians (11:16 mins)
After losing 3 carriers at Midway, the fourth sortied something like 16 aircraft to take out our carriers. It was a fools errand that cost the Japanese their fourth carrier. The Japanese needed to think they had done all they could even if it means losing more. Like a gambler that loses heavily and whose only hope is that long-shot.
These rockets aren’t to be taken seriously (unless you are underneath one), the real threat would be from a “dirty” devise pointed at a carrier task force’s windward side.
Put me down as this is the last gasp of a dying regime.
Extinction burst(s).
I read somewhere that the iranian attacks seemed to be on countries that the U.S. had bases in.
Middle East countries that the U.S. has bases in are:
Bahrain
Qatar
Kuwait
the United Arab Emirates
Iraq
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
“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.”
Would not surprise me if it was learned those strikes were actually directed/controlled/sabotaged by Israel. What better way to turn Iran’s neighbors against Iran? But we’ll never know for sure…
Not that much of a surprise that a wounded and very fundamentalist’s Shiite Islamic regime would strike out at anyone within striking distance, especially at Sunni countries.
I BELIEVE ITS CALLED THE SAMSON STRATEGY! IRAN was not going to give in to the great Satan , THE USA, so they knew that would eventually get hammered. Since they feel they are being ganged up on by their Arab neighbors, USA MILITARY bases located in these countries, their only recourse is to strike out against anyone in range. I would like this to killing all your hostages in a situation where your demise is certain. They have nothing to lose so they will make it costly for everyone else. It is what I would do in this situation.
The ideology dictates that their lives are secondary to the ideology. If I have no future then neither will you. The Ayatollah had already said he had directed his minions how to deal after he was taken out. Like America and missile launchers are directed to take action. This is mutually assured destruction. The Mullahs believe in a one way street.
Well, it could be that they are bats@#t crazy… or there are some personnel who don’t like the mullahs and want their neighbors to help stomp them out…. or maybe there’s been some reprogramming of flight paths without the IRGC knowing they were reprogrammed. Whatever the reason, the result is the same.
Iran’s only course is to create negative world opinion against the attack on them and force America and Israel into a ground war. By spreading death and destruction throughout the Middle East and holding on to power they hope to create sufficient backlash among religious zealots in the streets and intimidation among the elites of the Gulf States to melt away support for regime change.
we took out the SUPREME LEADER/ head of the snake! We took out their command structure and many generals. Trump has been has using all types of spycraft to see many things (very advanced snooping … seeing real live camera’s from space and high altitude stuff). This has been in the works for months. Also insect drones the size of a pinky, or much smaller, … with special covering to make them hard to see.
If our Commander and Chief was killed, America would be seeing RED and maybe have a paranoia tendency too. Iran doesn’t know who their friends are anymore.
And in real time, USA command centers are monitoring everything in the area. You hit me, I try to hit you. Trump sees it the same way. Iran will hit back, but if the USA sees their plans and monitors everything with very advanced tech, IRAN is in big trouble. Just like Trump is testing IRAN’s counter-strikes, so is IRAN doing the same. Trump’s second wave will be more powerful, … spread out to Iran’s army.
I wonder when the “new wonder weapons will be used”,probably in the second wave. Something like a device that terminates whole armies with very advanced weapons, and it will be at night, so China and Russia can’t see those weapons. But see the after-effect in the morning.
Matt Braken thinks the goal for Israel is to make Iran another middle east failed state like Syria, in order to create a “greater Israel” in the entire region.
https://rumble.com/v76fd9y-they-want-a-broken-iran-clip-matt-bracken.html?e9s=src_v1_cbl%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a
IMO it’s the, ‘If we’re going down, you’re going down with us’, mentality against any country who supported ‘the great saten’.
A great reason why this war was necessary. If they had nukes, they would use them just to bring the world down with them.
Least we forget Iranians are not Arabs they are Persians They are not Semites. They are also Shite not Sunni. They don’t speak Arabic they speak Farsi. They don’t relate to North Africa but more to Asia The Shite Sunni conflict has been on going for a 1000 years. This could be their Apocalypse response. We are lucky they don’t have Nukes.
We ARE lucky they don’t have nukes and we are also lucky we have a President who doesn’t diddle and wait around. Can anyone imagine how much worse it would have been if President Trump had not taken action when he did. These people worship a death cult. They care nothing for innocent lives. Their mission in life was to destroy us.
I don’t believe the random strikes are some grand strategic plan. I believe they are the last gasps of a dying and desperate regime. Pray ceaselessly that this does not lead to worse things.
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US has been so strategic with their escalation in the middle east.
• They targeted the leadership structure of Iran by eliminating the Supreme Leader and over 40 military heads.
• US proceeded to incapacitate Iran in the sea by sinking all their 11 war ships in the gulf of Oman.
• Then US targeted all ballistic missile bases in Tehran and destroyed them.
• Destroyed over 50% of Iran’s missile launchers.
If we’re being honest, we are not giving Donald Trump enough credit. – @HarmlessHQ
I think they’re trying to bleed out all of the stockpiles of missiles and other defensive weaponry, so that they can have a clear field
Cabbage Head Joe thought they tied President Trumps hands by depleting the SOR. Trump one step ahead he created a new SOR it’s called Venezuela
Why haven’t we knocked out their missile sites by now? Neutralize their ability to wage war. Bomb them day and night.
I saw somewhere that the Israelis and us airforce are stating that Iranians airspace is controlled by us.
Anyone else confirm this?
If this is the case I think this changes the dynamics of this now instead of having to launch missiles at these guys.
No reason for an oil panic because…
There’s a major pipeline designed to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, but it actually stays within the UAE rather than crossing into Oman.
The project you’re thinking of is the Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (ADCOP), also known as the Habshan-Fujairah pipeline. It has been operational for over a decade (since 2012) and was built specifically for the reason you mentioned: to allow oil to be loaded onto tankers in the Gulf of Oman, safely outside the Persian Gulf and away from Iranian naval reach.
Key Details of the Pipeline Route: It runs 360 km (roughly 220 miles) from the Habshan oil fields in Abu Dhabi to the port of Fujairah.
Geography: While Fujairah is right next to the Omani border (specifically the Musandam Peninsula), the pipeline itself is entirely a UAE project.
Capacity: It can carry about 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), with a maximum surge capacity of around 1.8 million bpd.
Strategic Impact: This covers roughly half of the UAE’s total oil exports, meaning they can still get a significant amount of oil to global markets even if the Strait of Hormuz were closed.
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For 1000’s of years until about the Korean war, warring nations attacked everything including civilian populations.
When one side could no longer protect its citizens, typically negotiations would begin.
Maybe Iran is looking at this action from an historical perspective and thinks hitting cities will end this sooner?
I speculate the missiles have pre programmed targets and the ground crews either didn’t know which was which or just started launching like crazy
There are a number of reasons why they indiscriminately fired missiles and drones: (1) As you already mentioned, local forces made random decisions that dead leaders would have strategicly made. (2) More important to the radicals was to cause enough chaos to cause their Islamic Messiah to come (as per their prophetic belief). (3) Their belief to kill off Muslims and other unbelievers that don’t believe like them. (4) The attitude that’s similar to the leftists in the west: If we can’t have our way, let’s burn down the house (the rest of civilization).
Could the big wave refer to a popular uprising in Iran supported by vast numbers of air-deployable drones, and precision strikes. If the regime can’t kill or suppress the protestors, because their enforcers are quite literally being hunted down by 3D printed quad-copters or AI directed drone swarms, then it falls from the inside, with the boots on the ground then being Iranian.
My thought: (and I apologize if some have already offered this line of thinking)….
The Iranian leadership was eliminated in tne first hour. Command and control was severely disrupted. Nobody to give or modify orders.
So local commanders of missile and drone assets are just sending them to their own idea of “targets of opportunity” as quickly as they can before THEY are obliterated.
The Iranian’s drone attacks are forcing the Gulf States to rapidly exhaust their air defence missiles. When they require more missiles to defend their turf, will they be told to go to the end of the line because the US military, the Israelis, and the Ukrainians are in front of them. Then what? Will they be forced to save their cities and luxurious lifestyles by bending a knee before the Iranians? Something to think about because there are already reports in the media that the gulf states are on the brink of running out of air defence missiles?
Also the shutdown of the strait of Hormuz for an extended period of time has the potential to bring down the world economy. The Iranian attacks on the Gulf States could be regarded as another bring in the wall of a Hormuz closure strategy.
Look into what happened the last time Iran mined the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran/Iraq war. It didn’t end well for them and it only took one afternoon. Nobody will ever bend a knee to Iran .
reality can be a ditch Gary:
Qatar and UAE scramble for air defenses, warn Patriots may be depleted within days
Bloomberg also reported that, according to an internal assessment obtained by the news agency, Qatar’s stockpile of Patriot interceptors could be depleted within four days at the current rate of use.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjlytv7f11x#google_vignette
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Gulf states could pressure Washington to cut short operations against Iran, amid reports that Qatar and the UAE are running out of interceptor missiles used to fend off the barrage of attacks from Iran. FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
https://www.france24.com/en/reports-suggest-gulf-states-running-out-of-interceptor-missiles
Saudi Official Accuses US Of Abandoning Allies, Redirecting ‘Its Air Defense To Protect Israel’
Saudi official says the US redirected its air defense to protect Israel while leaving the Gulf states at the mercy of Iranian strikes.https://www.news18.com/world/saudi-official-accuses-us-of-abandoning-allies-redirecting-its-air-defense-to-protect-israel-ws-l-9938620.html
Zelensky offers drone defense experts to the Middle East against Iranian Shahed UAVs if middle eastern leaders secure a temporary truce from Putin in the Russia – Ukraine war.
https://nitter.poast.org/Osint613/status/2028548167025746383#m
ha ha. Grifting again
OohRah!!!! Good for Zelensky. America needs all the help it can get.
If they’re waiting to use hypersonic missiles wouldn’t Israel or the CIA know where these launch sites are?
Are these missiles hidden from everyone and everything so nobody knows where they are?
According to some people I’ve read this strike wasn’t just random by the US and Israel, assets had recorded almost everything and everyone to find where they keep their “rockets” and stockpiles?
I don’t know what to think unfortunately.
I pray that Trump is successful in this.
God please get us through this.
Iran deals in hyperbolic not hypersonic.
All Muslims are not the same. Shia, Iran and a few other countries, and the Sunni, most of the Arab world, are not friends.
Maybe the Iranian’s feel betrayed, maybe they were hoping for support because of the Muslim connection, or Burn it all down mentality.
A reference to the percentage of Shia and Sunni in the Arab world.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/interactives-extras/maps/red-lines-and-deadlines-map-sunni-and-shia-the-worlds-of-islam/2539/
Is “Epic Fury” a reflection of the “fierce anger” described in this scripture? I saw “Ilam” on a map in the southern part of Iran on a Fox News war update yesterday. Here’s Jeremiah’s take on a future event in regards to “Ilam.” I find it concerning, the description brings to mind territory that may not be inhabitable for some time after this event. My heart goes out to the innocent Iranians that live in that area, I’m just going to trust that our loving Father has a good plan for each and every one of them:
Jeremiah 49:
A Message About Elam
34 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah:
35 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“See, I will break the bow of Elam,
the mainstay of their might.
36 I will bring against Elam the four winds
from the four quarters of heaven;
I will scatter them to the four winds,
and there will not be a nation
where Elam’s exiles do not go.
37 I will shatter Elam before their foes,
before those who want to kill them;
I will bring disaster on them,
even my fierce anger,”
declares the Lord.
“I will pursue them with the sword
until I have made an end of them.
38 I will set my throne in Elam
and destroy her king and officials,”
declares the Lord.
39 “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
And in keeping with tonight’s date, happy Purim (story in the book of Esther set in Iran). And happy blood moon.
I saw “Ilam” on a map in the southern part of Iran on a Fox News war update yesterday. Here’s Jeremiah’s take on a future event in regards to “Ilam.” I find it concerning, the description brings to mind territory that may not be inhabitable for some time after this event. My heart goes out to the innocent Iranians that live in that area, I’m just going to trust that our loving Father has a good plan for each and every one of them:
Jeremiah 49:
A Message About Elam
34 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah:
35 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“See, I will break the bow of Elam,
the mainstay of their might.
36 I will bring against Elam the four winds
from the four quarters of heaven;
I will scatter them to the four winds,
and there will not be a nation
where Elam’s exiles do not go.
37 I will shatter Elam before their foes,
before those who want to kill them;
I will bring disaster on them,
even my fierce anger,”
declares the Lord.
“I will pursue them with the sword
until I have made an end of them.
38 I will set my throne in Elam
and destroy her king and officials,”
declares the Lord.
39 “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
And in keeping with tonight’s date, happy Purim (story in the book of Esther set in Iran). And happy blood moon.
Im going to assume all those Arab countries purchase their defensive capabilities from the US.
Talk about wealth redistribute.
Would you prefer they buy from China?
Possible motivation of the Iranians that was mentioned in an earlier comment: true believers that are trying to create chaos to summon their “12th imam” otherwise known to Christians and Jews as the antichrist/man of sin.
Similar to the globalists trying to accelerate the establishment of one world government/currency etc, that will happen at God’s appointed time, not theirs.
Here’s yet another Iran Hormuz oil bypass…
The Pipelines to Yanbu (The “East-West” Pipeline).
This is Saudi Arabia’s primary safety valve. It consists of a massive twin-pipeline system (often called Petroline) that runs 1,200 km across the desert from the Eastern Province to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.
Current Capacity (2026): The system has a “nameplate” capacity of 5 to 7 million barrels per day (bpd).
Strategic Role: Since Yanbu is on the Red Sea, tankers can load there and sail straight to Europe or through the Suez Canal without ever entering the Persian Gulf.
2026 Update: As of February 2026, Saudi Aramco has begun using Yanbu to export its first-ever “unconventional” cargoes (condensate) from the massive Jafurah field. This marks a shift from Yanbu being just a “backup” to it being a primary hub for new, high-value energy products. 🫡
Iran has effectively isolated themselves, dealing their own doom. The world will be a much safer place when this is over, God willing.
I don’t know why it’s a surprise. It’s exactly what they said they would do. I thinks it’s a bit disingenuous stating that they’re attacking the Middle East, they’re doing what anyone would do and striking military targets that belong to their enemy.
could it be IC framing Iran? just a thought
understand Iran. it is a sophisticated geopolitical state. it’s influence is NOT radical Islam, although that is not to be minimized, because that actionable threat is very real. Iran has big oil. Additionally Iran produces cheap and effective war weapons. thanks russia.
what Iran is doing here is GOADING islamist radicalized jihadist throughout the region to energize (kinetic), by using these missile attacks to create a state of fear and uncertainty. This produces gaps in defenses. it is counter intuitive to the initiated arm chair observer, but jihad is compelled to act in times of chaos and uncertainty. Because it compounds existing problems. it is that simple.
Iran KNOWS that its missile strikes are by and large inconsequential and they will only claim a few lives. but that is not what they are after. remember the military top down is and was indoctrinated by the supreme leader to act irrationally to the west…to be unforseen. This is their art of war. To point weapons and destroy civilians. It’s a death cult, I will remind. They think of the ordinary human being as fuel for a larger fire. the end…the Quran insists on it. the supreme leaders preached about this and neaseum. The military leaders top down to the missile officer is carrying out a specific but random venue of attacks to draw jihad. the final act, perhaps.
And I say, GOOD…let the world witness that which is evil and impure built on a manufactured lie that a man who pretended to be a prophet, who bragged about raping a young boy, against his will, is not a legitimate religion. it is precisely the opposite. there is no good ending for islam, it even describes the end as a death of all human beings, to live to more on earth. think about that.
This is exactly opposite of what the gospel of Jesus Christ teaches. We are to be a righteous moral people whom GOD designed IN HIS OWN IMAGE.. there are no passages where Jesus Christ committed a sin, raped a young boy and bragged about it.
THIS IS THE ROOT REASON WHY ISLAM HATES ITSELF…and thus produces a filthy that God will never permit.
it is my belief that God calls upon the righteous to take action against this kind of evil. not just to reject it with “faith” and “word” but actual action. it is a moral duty.
and I can think of no better entity that the US MIlitary to reconcile the books on this matter.
I pray that every single forward deployed operational unit and team bend a knee, ask for forgiveness first and then to bring the hammer down on this wicked regime, called caliphate. If we do not stop it, our children will be subject to that threat. I am many things, but I will never allow a islamist state threaten the life of my child.
God Bless America
and didn’t they boast of being able to reach the USA
The Reason that the “Persians” attacked the “Arabs” is Because they have been Doing it for 5,000 Years.
We are just the Latest “Pawn” in their Game of Thrones.
We need to LET THEM HAVE AT EACH OTHER, Until they Degrade themselves back to AT LEAST the Ottoman Empire Times.
For 600 Years, These “Countries” did NOT EXIST…
They were AND STILL Are: Tribal Clans with Distinct Cultures, Religions, Gene Pools,
Cut the Head of Their 1919 “Colonial” Dictators, Kings, Mullahs and they Regress to Smaller, HARMLESS TO USA; Regional “Tribes”
For Example; Kurds, Medes, Shiite, Sunni, Zoroastrian, etc.. Etc… Etc…
We have Managed to Send{Whether by Luck or Skill} Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Now Iran… 600 years Back into the Past.
Now, Finish the Job, on the Nukes, Missiles, and Funding of Proxies, Create a Civil War in Iran… Let them Fight it Out.
Whoever wins will NOT be a Threat to USA.
Then we can Bring our Troops OUT of the Middle East, as they can Fight Over the Sand, as they Have for 5,000 Years.
The death throes of a dying dictatorship?
You have to strike out at someone or something. You have all these munitions. When you’re taking incoming you have to return fire as best you can. Since the head and leadership have been decapitated the individual units are reacting as would be expected.
It is kind of the story of the 3 bulls on the hill overlooking the herd of cows. Rumor has it there is a new bull coming to the ranch. The old big bull says I’m not sharing any of the half of the heard I own. The middle aged bull says me either for the 3/4 of the herd he had. The young bull says he can’t have either of my cows
Moments later a semi with a huge trailer pulls up a the biggest, meanest, Brahma bull comes out snorting and kicking dirt. The old bull recoils and says I think Ills share most of my cows. The middle bull says me too, I think he can have most of mine, too. The little bull goes snorting and stomping and making a scene. The other two bulls say what are you doing here will kill you?
The little bull says, I just want to make sure he knows I’m a bull…….
My speculation, for what it’s worth.
These people, the mullahs of Iran, are religious zealots. Utter fanatics. EVERYTHING they do is about their twisted “religion” of pieces.
With that in mind, why then attack their neighbors?
In their “religion,” there are all these weird signs that the 12th imam is coming. The mullahs have been hoping for and trying to usher in his appearance. They try to “fulfill the signs.”
I poked around, but I have to say, their beliefs are so weird that I can’t understand them. But I have to wonder if attacking the Sunni muslims is somehow a play to fulfill some Twelver prophecy.