Thousands of US Army paratroopers arrive in Middle East as buildup intensifies

Ironically, Civ 6 Cyrus is a lunatic who likes it if you declare a surprise war. Might as well go with Nader Shah.

A likely story.

Sort of, countries will often move troops to their neighbors as a threat that was never going to happen.  Russia did it to Finland not to long ago, it's clear that Russia can't suport another attack but it means Finland had to match forces and it became a talking point.

Not always. Mexican american war, US VS Germany , rusia empire VS ottomans , France VS prussia, 7 years war, spanish succesion war and a lot more were formally declared before the first battle

Well, usually it's done in utmost secrecy 🤷 Or it's called "training"... Not like, broadcasted on the news

You are spot on. I would like to believe trump is gonna TACO as he often does, but I also remember that he is a reckless idiot and you can't assume he wouldn't do something crazy and extreme. So he might escalate the war with Iran... (I'm still hoping for TACO though. 🌮🙏)

This war is going to be an absolute meat grinder. I'm so sad for every service member being sent over there. They're kids and have no idea what is about to happen. We can't take Kharg Island or the straight without taking the coast, we can't take the coast without taking the mountains, if we succeed in taking the mountains it will be at the cost of thousands of US lives. There is a reason it's called the Fortress of Iran. Even if the US could magically teleport to Kharg Island, they would be able to take the island but they sure as shit couldn't hold it. They would be relentlessly bombarded by artillery. Which is why the US would need to take the coast. But if they take the coast then they'll be bombarded by drones, artillery, etc from the mountains. So then the US would have to take the mountains which has choke points galore, not to mention the logistical nightmare of transporting fuel food etc. They would literally be fighting an uphill battle. But for shit and gigs let's say they are able to take the mountains, what is left is urban warfare. We are not talking mud huts like Afghanistan but fortified buildings filled with pissed off Iranians because we killed their families. There is no winning this war and I honestly do not understand the posturing by having troop buildup. Oh I forgot to mention, all the while this is going on the straight will not be operational so oil prices will continue to surge and countries will start running out of gas. This shit is the most dumb, bull-headed, stupid f****** idea in the history of mankind. Trump has literally put the US in a position where no matter what it does, the US is absolutely screwed.

It’s because they’re in on it… they want both their adversaries and the public to stay confused, so no one can respond effectively. U.S. media has been operating like a state propaganda machine for years.

This. Remember when Trump first commented in some news conference that he was thinking about doing something with Cuba (paraphrasing). It sounded like a random thought off topic, then Rubio said you should listen to him when he says he’s going to do something. The audience laughed, the public was like whatever, but he’s always telling everyone his plans like he’s sharing a secret and people don’t take him seriously. Hard not to as he sounds whacked a lot of the time, but he’s also got an act he’s playing up.

The signal was when Pete Hegseth gathered all of the most senior military staff from all branches for a meeting in a single location. Then he berated some of them for being out of shape and other things. All the top military brass knew this was not normal. They also knew that is was a meant to be a message of what was soon coming down the pipeline. They/we are constantly developing weapons in order to gain a superiority over our foes. It hasn't stopped. AI and robotics are the next new weapons to aid in war and combat. They used hacked video surveillance to observe Iran's leadership before executing them. They used similar warfare against the Venezuelan president. Each and everyone of you think that you are anonymous, which you are for now. You are anonymous until 5 to 10 years later you decide to run for office but you've been using Google or Apple's services for over 30 years now. All without ever paying for it? Well. Except you are paying for it. The best free app online is Google. The second best free app is Google Maps. And then Google Mail. We had a affordable mail service with 1 day delivery called the post office. But now that is everyday more and more becoming privatized. Private Google Mail. But is it safe? Only until they deem that you are a threat. And then they will use that information or someone close to you uses that service. And that is when the black hawks come for you in the middle of the night. Then you end up looking like Maduro blindfolded holding a water bottle in his pajamas in the middle of the night.

I remember watching an interview with someone in Ukraine live when the first sirens went off. Saying something like, "I filled up fuel and some supplies but it would be foolish to attack. I don't think it's happening."

“My fellow Americans, and many people are saying this, many smart people, the smartest, probably, that tonight is not about the secret. Okay? Let’s get that straight right away. There is no secret. There has never been a secret. And if there were a secret, which there isn’t, it would be so secret that even I, in a certain legal sense, would not know it. That’s how secret we’re talking.” “But the media, disgusting people, truly filthy people, they keep asking, ‘Sir, is it true there’s a classified national project under way?’ And I say, no. Absolutely not. There is no classified national project called Project Hamberder Dawn. I’ve never even heard the name. I may have invented the name, yes, but that does not make it real. People invent names all the time. Tolkien did it. Very overrated, by the way. Too many little guys.” “And I’m certainly not going to tell you where this nonexistent thing is located. That would be crazy. I’m not going to stand here and say it’s beneath the Mattress Firm outside Dayton, Ohio, because that would compromise national security, and I’m the last person who would ever do that. First of all, that Mattress Firm is a perfectly normal store. Very few customers, weird hours, seventeen employees, and yet somehow a freight elevator the size of Nebraska. Totally ordinary.” “And the people down there, if there were people down there, which there aren’t, they’re doing a tremendous job. Incredible patriots. Very pale. Nobody has seen sunlight in months, maybe because they’re scientists, maybe because they’re moles, I don’t know. I’m not here to judge. But I will say this, and I probably shouldn’t, one of them came to me, tears in his eyes, wearing what I can only describe as a government poncho, and he said, ‘Sir, the raccoon has accepted the nuclear launch codes.’” “Now did I say raccoon? I shouldn’t have said raccoon. Because that suggests an animal component, and people get weird about that. They say, ‘Oh, are you militarizing wildlife again?’ First of all, the raccoon is not weaponized. The raccoon is an advisor. A senior advisor. And frankly one of the better ones. Very alert. Tiny little sunglasses. Carries a badge. Knows the tunnels better than anybody. Name of General Snack Division, but that’s not important.” “We are also hearing false stories, just lies, that there is a giant weather cannon shaped like Mount Rushmore hidden under Lake Michigan. Totally false. First of all, it’s not giant. It’s medium giant. Second, it’s not shaped like Mount Rushmore, it’s shaped like me, which many engineers said was more aerodynamic. Beautiful profile. Strong chin. Strongest chin in classified weather.” “And no, before anyone asks, it cannot create tornadoes on command. That’s ridiculous. It can only create them in a targeted pilot program over select counties, and only after authorization from the biscuit council. Which is a real council, by the way, and a very respected one. You laugh, but when the biscuit council says the corn moisture is off, you listen.” “People are saying, ‘What about the moon?’ Here we go again with the moon. Folks, nothing is happening to the moon. Nobody is moving the moon. Nobody is polishing the moon. Nobody is replacing the moon with a backup moon made in Nevada in case of emergency. That is a sick rumor started by losers and probably the Belgians. There is no backup moon. There is a contingency moon, but that’s very different. Totally different paperwork.” “And if there were a contingency moon, which again there isn’t, it would not be stored in sections at Hangar 6 near the old Sbarro on federal land, and it certainly would not be assembled by a team called Lunar Restoration Task Force Bravo, many of whom, frankly, are too emotional for moon work.” “I’ve also seen the rumors about the pigeons. Another hoax. They say all pigeons in Washington are now federal employees. False. Totally false. Some are contractors. Some are interns. A few are in management. But they are not employees in the traditional sense because that would entitle them to benefits, and let me tell you, you’ve never seen fraud until you’ve seen a pigeon on dental. It’s a disaster.” “And I’m not going to mention the signal, because there is no signal. The one coming from the abandoned Ruby Tuesday in Arlington at exactly 2:17 every morning, making dogs stand up in bed and salute. Completely normal. Could be anything. Could be plumbing. Could be jazz. Could be the deep state. Nobody knows. We’ll probably never know, even though we know exactly what it is and Steve in basement communications has already named it The Patriotic Hum.” “I’ve heard some people say, ‘Sir, every time you deny something, you reveal the whole thing.’ Wrong. That’s not what’s happening. This is what we call strategic accidental transparency, which I invented. Sun Tzu never even thought of it. Great general, fine guy, but low energy. I say the secret out loud, with confidence, and the enemy says, ‘No one would be stupid enough to do that.’ And that’s where we get them. Right there. That’s the beauty. It’s chess. Many people say I’m the best at chess. Never lost. I don’t play, but I’ve never lost.” “So let me be perfectly clear. No one knows about Project Hamberder Dawn. No one knows about the Dayton Mattress Firm elevator, the advisory raccoon, the weather statue, the biscuit council, the contingency moon, the Arlington pigeon labor structure, or the Patriotic Hum. Nobody knows that tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. Eastern we begin Phase Two, which I’m also not supposed to mention, involving six amphibious escalators, a ceremonial bucket of ranch, and the largest indoor kite ever assembled by the Department of Energy.” “And if some terrible person leaks that the activation phrase is ‘Liberty bibberty, launch the ferret’, let me just say right now, that phrase has been changed. It is no longer the phrase. The new phrase is different. Entirely different. In fact, I won’t even tell you the new one, which is ‘Meryl, prepare the cheeses’. Very secure. Impossible to guess.” “So sleep well tonight, America. Your government is doing what it has always done best, keeping totally obvious things completely secret, badly explaining them, and then pretending none of it happened. We are stronger than ever. We are stranger than ever. And, quite frankly, the moon has never looked better.” “Thank you. God bless you. And God bless our backup moon.”

Trump is truly the best commander in chief of all times. Ended the Ukraine war in a day, won the Iranian a dozen times already.

I NEVER forgot that mess.

Don't forget ending one of the 3 regional powers in the Middle East...

I like how you didn’t mention Israel in the least bit. Not sus behavior at all.

Kinda like all three.

4. Operation "occupy Lebanon" distraction

The same strait that was open BEFORE the war started? To recap: Let’s start a war for no reason at all. Then, the ultimate goal is to have everything as it was before the war started. It’s beyond insane.

Wasn't the strait open before?

What could be the goal after that? Revenge the thousands of troops that have fallen?

Yeah this is the real answer, the current admin fired every adult in the room that would have stopped them as well

jesus... that was exactly! what i was thinking.

food and the thing that ships food to you. No biggie. /s

More like dying slowly in pain, definitely going to be a news flash in America but they might support the war then… sorry “operation”

There will be strong media blackouts with severe penalties against anyone who tries to violate them. As is, you can barely find footage of Iran's retaliatory drone strikes. The US government has admitted at least 13 US soldiers have died to these drone strikes already. Yet, you can't find a single video of any of these strikes. Any video that makes it through the media blackout will be attacked as fake news, AI-generated.

The challenge is not *taking* Kharg island, but *holding* it for any length of time without taking heavy casualties. They'll rain missiles and drones down on an occupied Kharg, and any attempt to mount an invasion from there will also be met with constant barrages. Plus Kharg doesn't do shit if we can't safely traverse the Strait, and that's the main problem. Iran has staked its entire existence and safety in the modern era, not to mention its wealth, on the unilateral and secure control of the Strait of Hormuz. And with the advent of relatively c**** electronics technology they can do so better than ever asymetrically. Our military is not built to easily counter these tactics, it is built for attacking anywhere in the world quickly, but it is also primarily built on small specops missions, reconnaissance, and striking conventional targets. Iran's strategic military assets are largely protected inside their mountains. This is the dumbest possible thing to do militarily, except maybe launch an attack on China.

This is why I’m hard pressed to actually believe Kharg is the target. From a lay persons view it doesnt make sense to attack it . Its to far away from the straight to make a difference, you have to sail through the straight to get to it, and you can almost expect to be bombed (fpv, rockets, and/or artillery) trying to hold it. The narrative has to be a giant diversion for something else.

I imagine Iran will flatten the island, alongside the marines who were unlucky enough to be tasked with the mission.

Yeah good luck holding it if you manage to take it lol

There's also the angle that Trump has stated he is not concerned about the human costs, but we know he's looking to get more people and nations on board with his war. False flags are complicated and risky. Simply sending your soldiers into a killzone to die is *easy*. Trump wants more dead soldiers to wave around so he can escalate and get more support at home.

Its not if the Iranians blow up the Island if so ;)

Taking Kharg will not be easy. Probably hundreds if not more will be killed.

Or even worse Iran could not turn of the tap and then marines are trying to defend a dull rocky outcrop....... that's also on fire with no ability to bring in the heavy equipment necessary to put out big oil fires

saying "I bet the marines could take that no sweat" before sending them to get mulched is a proud American tradition

Casualties have already started, the American people are still sleepwalking and going to work everyday.

Lol! Sex with children is okay. Storming congress (with police casualties) is okay. Putting mercenaries on the street as unsanctioned police is okay. US soldiers dying is okay. But a casualty on Khark island is going to be the final line?? Stop being so naive.

They’re busy with lebanon now that america has all the attention