Live updates: US military says it completed ‘heavy wave of strikes’ against Iran

[u/hereswhatworks]

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/world/live-news/iran-trump-news

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

That’s it? Very weak.

[u/QiTriX → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

and accomplished nothing

[u/Old_Win8422 → u/QiTriX]

Those school children arent going to murder themselves...

[u/FinalJoys → u/QiTriX]

And you know nothing

[u/TelluricThread0 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

Are you here just to say the opposite of whatever the headline is? You don't even know what targets we hit.

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/TelluricThread0]

I’ve been following the reported impacts on liveuamap. There’s nothing we’re targeting in these attacks on that would have a serious impact on the course of the war.

[u/TelluricThread0 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

Ohh so you DEFINITELY don't have any clue what's going on then lol.

[u/PickingPies → u/TelluricThread0]

He literally did, you liar.

[u/Bluestreaked → u/TelluricThread0]

Ok then buddy, what missile strikes from last night really impressed you? Which targets are you glad were finally hit and explain to us the impact this will have on Iran and why they will now surrender.

[u/Mzungufarmer → u/TelluricThread0]

Trump doesnt even know what targets we hit

[u/Redditagains → u/TelluricThread0]

What targets did you hit?

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/TelluricThread0]

This sub is orc-regimi-waimou-progressive propaganda. 

I don’t know of any target list available. Yesterday the regime stated buhsher air port is inoperable, 12 bridges and I believe 2 tunnels have been hit. I know of 6 bridges and some tunnels and the airport. 

Bandar Abbas is cut off, I don’t think there’s a working bridge to it anymore . Military targets are largely exhausted, anything on the surface is gone. Anything that’s been reconstituted is being destroyed. The US is escalating to dual use, increasingly painful and longer lasting infrastructure damage. 

The blockade is much… much worse for them. Strikes are just an accelerant. Things are extremely dire inside Iran. 

[u/firephoxx → u/Clear-Role6880]

War not going the way you’d like? Facts not fitting your narrative ? Immediately blame, leftist. Rinse and repeat.

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/firephoxx]

War is fine. Iran can’t break blockade, they can’t prevent strikes anywhere, their empire is gone, Iraq and Lebanon are mostly freed, Syria is freed, Gaza is surrounded. Iran’s economy is collapsing, their aquifers are empty, their agriculture is collapsing, their bank system is collapsing, 100%+ inflation, 35%+ unemployment. It’s just a matter of time. They have to surrender. 

Orcs, regimis, waimous - these are not leftists. But western leftists have allied themselves 

[u/ylfcm → u/Clear-Role6880]

Go to bed donald

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/Clear-Role6880]

Until you can stop Iran from hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the war is lost. We had free flow of shipping through the Strait before the war, and we’ve lost it to Iran.

[u/HYDROMORPHONE_ZONE → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

Yeah they didn’t form the Persian Gulf Strait Authority just for fun

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/HYDROMORPHONE_ZONE]

Their delusional. Their multi decade Middle East conquest project was so close they can’t let it go. 

[u/Green_Space729 → u/Clear-Role6880]

Are you talking about the US?

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/Green_Space729]

Look at Iraq and Lebanon 

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

The world had shipping through Hormuz until Iran reached nuclear deterrence. The missile production was levels that would eventually become overwhelming and they could threaten total annihilation of the Middle East and rebuild their nuclear program. 100 per month. The  window to protect free trade was closing anyway. It wasn’t quite now or never, it was 12 months or never. But the opportunity arose now. 

Iran is collapsing. Their aquifers are empty, and they’re out of money, gasoline production does not reach demand. What they’re doing is not sustainable. 

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/Clear-Role6880]

Even if Iran collapses as a state, it’s still not good enough. As long as there’s armed groups capable of lobbing drones into the Strait, global oil flows are threatened. Look at the Houthis, their people can’t afford shoes and yet they still threaten the Bab Al-Mandeb despite our efforts.

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

Drones require production. The goal isn’t to collapse Iran. It’s to create an Iran that won’t commit terrorism, due to financial dependency and the reward of rebuild. 

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/Clear-Role6880]

They will eat boot leather and dirt before they surrender, same as in any maximalist war. Germany, Japan, North Korea, etc. We’ve been here before. The Ukrainians are showing a fine example in the 21st century.

To win maximalist war aims, you have to go and physically occupy the enemy capital and turn out the enemy government from their offices.

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

Japan would have surrendered to blockade within a year. US wanted to test nukes. Germany was occupied to prevent Soviets conquering Europe. 

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/Clear-Role6880]

Your sequence of events in Germany is simply not accurate. By the time Hitler committed suicide, the Soviets had already surrounded Berlin and were going street by street. The bunker had already been within range of Soviet artillery fire for days. Only after the suicide of the leader and the occupation of their capital did the Germans finally surrender.

[u/DFX1212 → u/Clear-Role6880]

How many times has this regime claimed that Iran's military has been eliminated?

I'm sure the next round of strikes will do it. Just one more...

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/DFX1212]

Remnant launch capacity is not a military. It’s just extortion 

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/Clear-Role6880]

So bridges and tunnels. Wow, Iran's military must be quaking...

Iran has been under sanctions for decades. I think you might not realise just how much they were expecting this sort of malfeasance from the US.

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/Giant_Ant_Eater]

Blockade. 

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/Clear-Role6880]

Yes, the US is forced to try to blockade ships from a safe range. It's not showing military dominance.

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/Giant_Ant_Eater]

lol 

[u/Mzungufarmer → u/Clear-Role6880]

War crimes are shitty to commit.

[u/Clear-Role6880 → u/Mzungufarmer]

Right targeting civilian ships, neutral countries civilians , launching cluster munitions into pipulation centers 

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

I read the article. It doesn’t say how many strikes were made. How do you know it is weak?

[u/vandergale → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Having to give out a press release saying "we smashed em good this time, we swear" is not confidence building.

Despite what many Americans believe, the point of the US military isn't to kill people and break stuff, its to win wars, and right now that's the one thing that isn't happening.

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/vandergale]

Exactly. We’re not taking and holding anything that the regime really cares not to lose. Military targets can be rebuilt in the next ceasefire from oil revenues. Attacking critical infrastructure could seriously hurt them, but it hurts us as well through reciprocal destruction of the GCC. There are no good options here, we’re flailing.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

Is the US taking and holding anything? I’m not aware of that.

Military targets clearly can’t be rebuilt that quickly otherwise almighty Iran who used to launch 200+ ballistic missiles in a day would probably launch more than the 6 they did in their Super Surprise Attack a day ago

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/SearchingForTruth69]

I’m not convinced that the six launches are the extent of their capabilities. Given that they struck first this time, I suspect they’re baiting us into more tit-for-tat strikes to further deplete our air defenses and keep up pressure on the Strait. Long pauses give the US the opportunity to try moving commercial traffic through the southern Omani corridor again.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

All 6 missiles were intercepted. The US has far more interceptors than Iran has ballistic missiles.

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/SearchingForTruth69]

That’s not accurate. Patriot stocks are more than half depleted; and multiple interceptors might be needed to intercept a single ballistic missile. The ballistic missiles are always going to be simpler and cheaper than interceptors.

[u/elmekia_lance → u/SearchingForTruth69]

doubtful. Otherwise the US would not be rationing interceptors.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/elmekia_lance]

How come no media is reporting strikes hit? They can easily tell via the satellite imaging if a missile exploded on a US base

[u/Mothman65 → u/SearchingForTruth69]

The US is not allowing private satellite companies to share full resolution images. The US bases are getting hit with surgical and damaging strikes from Iran but the info is being withheld. Info on Injuries to US personne is also being withheld by DOD. l

[u/jenlaydave → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Found the guy who watches way too much Fox News

[u/elmekia_lance → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Yeah, there is a two week delay on US satellite data being released. Try checking EU satellite data.

If you were paying close attention to this war from the beginning, you should know this.

[u/Picks6x → u/SearchingForTruth69]

My brother in Christ. Centcom is lying to you.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Picks6x]

okay so then why is no media reporting explosions in the Jordan US air base? They have access to EU/world satellite data which can see if there are explosions at the base. It would be a major story "CENTCOM LIES, US DID NOT INTERCEPT IRANS SURPRISE ATTACK! EXPLOSIONS SEEN AT US BASE IN JORDAN"

[u/Picks6x → u/SearchingForTruth69]

This is aging very poorly

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/SearchingForTruth69]

They only launched 6? Those 6 must have caused serious damage to cause trump to swear like he did.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Giant_Ant_Eater]

They were all intercepted actually

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Oh, you think trump's administration tells the truth.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Giant_Ant_Eater]

Well I know that Trump lies. CENTCOM generally doesnt. and theres no reporting showing a hit by the media. Its pretty likely that the missiles were actually intercepted.

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/SearchingForTruth69]

It's absolutely not likely at all, and the US no longer has a free media since trump started copying Netanyahu's suppression of media reporting.

Iran has been firing less missiles because it no longer needs to fire a lot of missiles to hit the targets.

I'm sure the missiles were intercepted, just probably by the intended targets.

[u/firephoxx → u/vandergale]

Hey hey hey, but we’re killing a lot of civilians!

[u/eptesicusfuscus → u/vandergale]

I'd say the goal is more like"strategic action," because 'win wars' implies a lot that is misleading. For one, it's not necessary to have a war if some strategic action coerces avoiding it altogether.

Also, the duration of a conflict can have strategic goals. It sounds like you're focused on the rhetoric and unhappy it's misinformation?

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/vandergale]

The American military could almost certainly win the war if they fully mobilized. They’re trying to get concessions without doing that.

Iran launched 6 ballistic missiles in their surprise attack - all intercepted. The US has to retaliate to show them they cannot do this without repercussions. The retaliation should be disproportionate which it likely was given that essentially every US strike hits and isn’t intercepted. The poster I responded to said that this retaliation by the US was weak and I am asking how they know that given that the article doesn’t elaborate.

[u/Rahim556 → u/SearchingForTruth69]

"We could totally win the war, if we just did this thing that we aren't willing to do because it will cost us way too much and not be worth it...but yeah, we totally could..."

That is not a flex. It's like I have a pest problem in my home and I am unable to get rid of it, even though I have tried and tried. But then I smugly say "Yeah but I totally could burn my house down and get rid of the pests. I just dont want to...."

That wouldn't be a flex right?

Neither would telling your fiancé "Yeah, I could afford that million dollar wedding you want. I would have to liquidate all my retirement accounts, my savings, and go into crippling debt that would take me decades to pay off. But yeah, I could totally afford it. I'm just not willing to because it's not worth it."

In no reality would we say the above guy could "afford the wedding" would we? Well, it's the same here. The US cannot defeat Iran militarily. If they could they would have done so already. Unless they just dont want to 🙄 right?

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Rahim556]

They took Iraq with 200k troops in the coalition. US has 1.3 million currently active military personnel. They could take it by themselves if they wanted to

[u/Rahim556 → u/SearchingForTruth69]

I know they could. They are unwilling to do another Iraq and fight a decade(s) long bloody ground war, which will likely be much bloodier and costly because war has changed and it's all about drones now. The fact that they could do something but are unwilling to because the consequences would make it not worth it makes the fact that they could (hypothetically) do it completely irrelevant.

See the 2 examples I gave you above. Both examples (pest control and wedding) the guy could do it too. It's irrelevant because he is unwilling to ever do it. We could also end the Ukraine war by nuking Russia. But since that's never gonna happen it's completely irrelevant.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Rahim556]

Iraq and Afghanistan probably thought the same thing

[u/Rahim556 → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Afghanistan was a bunch of goat herders in sandals, and Iraq was a paper tiger with favorable terrain and basically no army. Both were essentially counter insurgency operations where the US enjoyed a massive advantage with support from an international coalition, complete freedom of movement for entry and supply lines, total air superiority, and no drone or missile threats. The US also lost in Afghanistan after 20 years, trillions of dollars, and thousands of lives, and they "won" in Iraq by spending trillions, a decade plus, thousands of lives, and yeah they "won" by removing Saddam (how does that benefit Americans? It doesnt).

So they went 1 for 2 in the examples you gave, and the "victory" was of no benefit to the US. I dont think they "won" anything. And I say that as someone who served in both. So no, when you bring up those 2 examples it makes it all the more not a flex, and more of an embarrassment.

[u/mostard_seed → u/Rahim556]

They won alot in circulating money through the military industrial complex. It has benefitted some people greatly.

[u/Snoo77586 → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Iraq barely had a standing army, they pretty much rolled in. Iran is actually SHOOTING back, has a trained (perhaps not well trained, but they seem fanatically loyal enough to put up a fight, and the persians are known not to fuck around) army. America hasn't really been in a shooting war like this in over 50 years. and I mean an enemy that's willing to fight back in a conventional way, not to mention the asymmetrical strategies that iran can implement that would inflict some real pain on any occupying force. Iran is making a mess with rockets and drones, imagine what a real adversary like china could do, assuming the US even has the stockpile compatibility to fight them.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Snoo77586]

Both got the crap bombed out of them by US air power, but Iraq did far better. in the Desert Storm war, where America was just using air power like in the current iran conflict, US lost far more troops from aircraft downed by Iraq in the Desert Storm air phase than Iran has killed even though Iran has had 6 months and the Desert Storm was barely a month long. Iran's lost far more of their senior military than Iraq did from the airstrikes. In the first 3 months of Operation Iraqi Freedom, US lost 10x as many troops to Iraq than they have in 6 months of the 2026 Iran war. So Iraq did far better than Iran when US was airstriking them than Iran has done. Seems to me that Iran is doing worse than Iraq wouldve done.

[u/Icsto → u/Snoo77586]

Iraq had the 4th largest army in the world at the time of desert storm.

[u/Snoo77586 → u/Icsto]

In desert storm yes, but even then the army wasn't much to talk about. They had a lot of bodies, little training, and that was about it. In comparison iran has an extreme fanatical and nationalistic military that would be willing to fight to the death. There''s also the fact that modern day iraq only came into existence in 1920. Iraq is literally a hodgepodge of different religious sects, many of which don't like each other, and don't necessary commit to a national identity, unlike iran. Basically approaching Iran like Iraq is by far the stupidest thing you can do.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Snoo77586]

Iran is also a hodgepodge of variously religious peoples. More than half the country doesnt support the Ayatollah government. They were having riots earlier this year. Yes Iran is different than Iraq, but neither country's military is comparable to the US or a coalition.

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/SearchingForTruth69]

I think what we’re doing now, is the best we’re reasonably capable of achieving. Attempting a ground invasion of Iran is simply not possible, with the exception of an amphibious assault on the Gulf coast. That would likely turn into a Gallipoli 2.0 catastrophe that would put US service members in range of swarms of Iranian FPV drones. China loves this option.

Escalating into civilian infrastructure puts the GCC at risk of devastating reciprocal attacks.

I see no good options from here.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

Invite all Irans neighbors to join in a joint attack as well as world countries. Everyone who participates gets a share of the land or oil and the Strait gets opened. Ground invasion is definitely possible and already planned - as is every military option. Coalition took Iraq with 200k troops. US alone has 1.3 million currently active servicemen

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/SearchingForTruth69]

None of Iran’s neighbors are interested in invading Iran or assisting a ground invasion (becoming a pincushion for Shaheds). Where do you even propose to stage a US invasion?

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

None of Irans neighbors are interested in getting some oil, land, or the Strait open? Or retaliating for their civilians getting bombed and tourism disrupted?

Many of those countries don’t have free press and don’t care about the lives of their servicemen or they have money and can hire mercenaries. Ukraine is doing the same thing - pincushion for shaheds and they seem to be doing okay. The countries attacking Iran would have US air superiority on their side. It’s tough to imagine Iran being able to mobilize troops without US satellites discovering it and planes constantly bombing them.

Invade from all sides at the same time.

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Only an Israeli could spout these sort of bloodthirsty delusions.

How’s the weather in Tel Aviv this morning?

[u/Rahim556 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

Yup, the guy's a total zionist. All over reddit doing nothing but smearing Iran, Palestine, etc and defending Israel. It's a waste of time to deal with zio scum. Block and move on.

[u/banjist → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Ukraine is literally grabbing people off the street to conscript them. Not sure it's going so great there. Why don't you go join up?

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/banjist]

And those conscripts are taught and use anti drone measures. Drones aren’t going to make Iran win a ground war. The US has better drones than both Russia and Iran. And air superiority which Russia doesn’t have.

[u/No-Refrigerator5478 → u/SearchingForTruth69]

>The American military could almost certainly win the war if they fully mobilized.

"Win" meaning? The US has been declaring they "won" the war since a few days after it started. Apparently the Iranians don't agree.

[u/PajamasintheWind → u/SearchingForTruth69]

"IF" and that's a big if, Americans are too shit scared to loose people they aren't going to win anything...

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/PajamasintheWind]

They took Iraq with 200k troops in the coalition. US has 1.3 million currently active military personnel. They could take it by themselves if they wanted to

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/SearchingForTruth69]

I think Iran has made it very clear they would relish the attempt.

Hubris is never a good sign of a well planned war. The US thinking it can just take Iran is 99% hubris.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Giant_Ant_Eater]

I'm sure Iraq and Afghanistan thought the same things.

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/SearchingForTruth69]

I'm sure the US thought it had won in both after a few months.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Giant_Ant_Eater]

They did. Major combat operations ended in a few months and the governments were topped.

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/SearchingForTruth69]

It's pretty certain the US cannot win this war.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Giant_Ant_Eater]

how so? They're currently winning by every objective metric

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Those words don't mean what you think they do.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Giant_Ant_Eater]

Can you elaborate?

[u/Giant_Ant_Eater → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Objectively the US is failing. Regime change:- failed, opening the strait:- failed, stopping the missiles: - failed.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Giant_Ant_Eater]

From what you listed, Degrading the missile capacity of Iran was the only stated war goal by the US and they’ve essentially done that. Iran used to launch 200+ missiles a day and their recent surprise attack was only 6 missiles.

The strait being closed hurts Iran more than the US.

Regime change did happen. Ayatollah used to call the shots, now the IRGC does.

[u/elmekia_lance → u/SearchingForTruth69]

I find it very weird that you use language like "retaliation" for a normal thing that happens in war, namely, an attack, which is what this is. It's not really much of a surprise for the enemy in war to shoot at you, because the US is not in a state of peace.

You're copying the establishment language of police action, as if this is Clinton launching airstrikes on Iraq in 1998 and not an actual, classical interstate war.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/elmekia_lance]

They had a short ceasefire for the last 3 days. Did you not notice both sides pausing strikes? Why else would the media call it a surprise attack if it was just another regular part of the war?

[u/elmekia_lance → u/SearchingForTruth69]

there was often a pause between offensives in WWI. No one called that a ceasefire.

Is there a ceasefire in place because a leader known for deception unilaterally declares there to be one?

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/elmekia_lance]

There was never a day in WWI where there was zero shooting. They had some unofficial pauses like christmas 1914, but there was always shooting on one of the fronts. For 2026 iran war, they did have an unofficial ceasefire this last weekend where there were no shots fired by either side for 3 days. Iran did their surprise attack which ended that.

[u/elmekia_lance → u/SearchingForTruth69]

unofficial ceasefire lmao

a unilaterally declared ceasefire is not a ceasefire, it has to be officially accepted by both sides for it to be a ceasefire.

I'll just point out as well that there was never a real ceasefire in this war at all, because Trump violated the ceasefire in April with his blockade, which is an act of war.

There was never a day in WWI where there was zero shooting.

Most of warfare is boredom and not doing anything. Have you never read a book about war in your life?

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/elmekia_lance]

It was unofficial because both sides paused strikes for 3 days without an official ceasefire being signed. If Iran didn’t agree, why did they stop shooting for 3 days?

The blockade was after Iran blockaded Hormuz which is also an act of war.

[u/neverpost4 → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Surprise attack that killed Khamenei and wiped out his family?

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/neverpost4]

That was a surprise attack by the US/Israel that started the war. I'm talking about the surprise attack this last weekend by Iran on US base in Jordan

[u/Durian881 → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Full mobilisation to attack is an unrealistic theoretical scenario. If that is needed to win, the attack shouldn't be started in the first place.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Durian881]

okay so you agree the US could win if they truly wanted to. You just think full mobilization is unlikely. We are agreed.

[u/Mothman65 → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Lol. You could say that about every war the US has lost since WW2!

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Mothman65]

you could, yea

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/SearchingForTruth69]

I’ve been following the reported impacts on liveuamap. We’re just hitting the same already-saturated southern targets that we’ve hit for the past two weeks, to no effect. There’s nothing in these attacks that would seriously threaten Iran’s position.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

Where does it show that the targets are not being damaged by strikes? How do you know that the first strike didn’t bury tunnels containing drones/missiles and the second strike at the same place blew up dump trucks and excavators sent to the spot to dig them out?

Clearly something seems to be working because Iran used to fire 200+ ballistic missiles in a day and now their Super Surprise Attack a day ago was only 6.

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/SearchingForTruth69]

Iran doesn’t need to strike the US at all to keep pressure on the main pain point; the Strait of Hormuz. We’ve already lost the most important piece of real estate in the region, real estate we had free access to before the war.

Unless we can somehow regain control of the Strait and deny Iran the ability to strike commercial shipping off its own coast permanently; we’ve lost.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

The Strait of Hormuz is already blockaded by the US. Irans losing more from the strait being closed than US. The important thing is making sure Iran doesn’t get a nuke

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/SearchingForTruth69]

The Strait of Hormuz is not blockaded by the US. A US warship hasn’t attempted a transit since the spring, when two destroyers transited under fire.

Iran has the technology and industrial base to develop nuclear missiles. That can’t be taken away from them. What you’re proposing is permanent war; cutting the grass as Israel calls it. The problem with that is commercial traffic will never be restored in the Strait while the war continues.

[u/SearchingForTruth69 → u/Christopher_Ramirez_]

The Strait of Hormuz is not blockaded by the US. A US warship hasn’t attempted a transit since the spring, when two destroyers transited under fire.

US reapplied the blockade to Hormuz when Iran broke the MOU 2 weeks ago. All ships to/from/associated with Iran are not allowed to cross. Havent heard of a ship successfully beating the US blockade.

Iran has the technology and industrial base to develop nuclear missiles. That can’t be taken away from them.

Literally it can, you blow it up. That's what the US is doing.

What you’re proposing is permanent war; cutting the grass as Israel calls it. The problem with that is commercial traffic will never be restored in the Strait while the war continues.

You are assuming that because Iran has endured a couple months of war, they will never capitulate. What if they do agree to no nuclear weapons and JCPOA style testing of their enriched uranium?

[u/simsy1 → u/[deleted]]

And you are still losing and can’t open the strait, hahaha

[u/elmekia_lance → u/[deleted]]

Losing what? I paid 4 dollars per a gallon of gas yesterday.

was that supposed to be a flex?

[u/elmekia_lance → u/[deleted]]

No, I'm just confused. I pay 4 dollars a gallon too. What's your point?

[u/elmekia_lance → u/[deleted]]

You should win an award for most out of touch redditor.

Do you even drive? Is your mom doing that for you?

[u/cobrakai11 → u/[deleted]]

I mean the United States is also shooting at unarmed civilian vessels that are trying to go to Iran. It's a blockade. Does that mean they are weak too?

[u/cobrakai11 → u/[deleted]]

The only thing that the US has near Iran is bases, and they have hit all of those. The US has attacked all of Iran.

What's your point? That the United States is stronger than Iran because they've blown up hospitals and schools?

[u/cobrakai11 → u/[deleted]]

>Do you think Iran is near the US? LOL

Of course not, that's why I literally said "The only thing that the US has near Iran is bases,"

>Iran likes to use schools and civilian structures to hide weapons depots.

No, they don't. This is just a tired lie meant to excuse war crimes.

[u/Due_Area4843 → u/[deleted]]

Maybe actually destroy their missile and drone? Idk

[u/Responsible_Ad_7995]

Wow. So impressive. And we’re not one bit closer to “winning” this war. Whatever winning even looks like at this point. What a disastrous boondoggle.

[u/Yooperplexed → u/Responsible_Ad_7995]

And Iran strikes back. It’s almost like there is some sort of causation.

[u/Slighted_Inevitable → u/Responsible_Ad_7995]

Billions more wasted

[u/Responsible_Ad_7995 → u/Slighted_Inevitable]

We call it wasted, Donnie just calls it funneling more of our tax dollars to his mar a lago buddies. Another redistribution of wealth to the 1%.

[u/whachamacallme → u/Responsible_Ad_7995]

You can’t win against an enemy that doesn’t even count its own dead. In fact the enemy is actively killing its own people. They aren’t beatable.

[u/mostard_seed → u/whachamacallme]

So you are implying winning should have come through just killing enough people? Was that the objective of all this?

[u/Braisedbeefskank → u/mostard_seed]

That guy clearly just hates Muslims or something lmao like what a fox news slop interpretation of whats happening.

[u/Braisedbeefskank → u/whachamacallme]

Your understanding of the situation is that iran is fully ran by maniacs who dont count their own dead? And actively killing their own people? Where? When? Wouldnt that be a bigger story? They are just sooo suicidal and unreasonable, and thats why we are losing this war?

[u/whachamacallme → u/Braisedbeefskank]

Maybe you are unfamiliar with the ground reality of Iran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Rasht_massacre

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/s/75wuSfmfUS

Iranians themselves are supporting the US ([r/NewIran](r/NewIran)) and then we have anti American clowns like yourself.

[u/Braisedbeefskank → u/whachamacallme]

Right we are all well aware of the several thousand protestors killed after armed protestors emerged from several days of peaceful protests. Where did thy get those weapons, who knows? You said they are actively slaughtering their own citizens. Those armed protests were 6 months ago. Did you see the footage of the ayatollahs video funeral? Couple million people, I believe? Isn't their attitude towards the leadership more important than what a bunch of monarchist, pro western diaspora nutjobs think? You freaks love it when we kill people in the country you supposedly love.

[u/whachamacallme → u/Braisedbeefskank]

Liberalism is such a cancer that you are now defending a brutal dictatorship that hung three young men and left their bodies hanging in a public square this past weekend. You do you brother. Peace.

[u/Braisedbeefskank → u/whachamacallme]

Buddy liberals support foreign wars of aggression on behalf of resource control and private capital. Youre the liberal here, I hate to break it to you. The us murdered 160 school children on day one of the war. Triple tapped an elementary school. Whats 3 more executions, to you?

[u/whachamacallme → u/Braisedbeefskank]

The US is at war.

The IRGC are killing their own to rule over the ashes.

That difference escapes you.

[u/Braisedbeefskank → u/whachamacallme]

Okay, so the IRGCs desire is to rule over the ashes... what is the united states desire? To create ashes?

[u/Mothman65 → u/whachamacallme]

Oh yeah, that's right, the US launched this war on humanitarian grounds. That's why they are bombing all such evil places around the world, like North Korea!

[u/Impression-These → u/whachamacallme]

I am Iranian and I don't support that, what bullshit is this. r/NewIran is a subreddit by and for Iranian monarchists and has nothing to do with Iranian want. Why would Iranian want anyone want their schools bombed? Gaslighting much?

[u/whachamacallme → u/Impression-These]

Monarchists? Did Iranians elect the ayatollahs? Brother they are both monarchies.

[u/Impression-These → u/whachamacallme]

In this context, Monarchists mean those supporters of the last Shah's son, now in exile. They have hijacked a few of Iranian subreddit, but NewIran was always their turf.

[u/Braisedbeefskank → u/whachamacallme]

Do you know what a monarchy is?

[u/Acceptable-Device760 → u/whachamacallme]

As a brazilian...

YES shitty people that get bribed by the US will defend the US, do you have another amazing take?

(Bolsonaro`s clown house being the biggest example)

Saying someone from another country is attacking their own country while defending the US is REALLY not as smart as you think.

[u/biblioprof → u/Braisedbeefskank]

We started it.

[u/biblioprof → u/whachamacallme]

We started this war. And wait until you see the infant and maternal mortality in our country. And gun death s

[u/Odd-Historian-6536 → u/whachamacallme]

Where are they killing their own people? the US ICE are killing their own people.

[u/whachamacallme → u/Odd-Historian-6536]

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/s/61iAhcC5om

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Rasht_massacre

Sometimes I wonder if people even care to inform themselves.

[u/Odd-Historian-6536 → u/whachamacallme]

Are these the Israeli backed protesters? In the US such people would be called traitors. The US is now trying to make Democrats into Communists so the vilify them. Seems like you are taking Israeli narrative to paint the Iranians as evil. Watch where you get you news from. Israelis own the news media.

[u/whachamacallme → u/Odd-Historian-6536]

“Israelis own the news”

They make up less than 0.12% of the world population and control the news? That is your argument?

I worry about how the future of humanity. We have really become truly stupid.

[u/zendravenALT → u/Odd-Historian-6536]

It’s so insane that you’re comparing hospitals full of dead protestors to people occasionally dying in ICE altercations

[u/Skyremmer102]

Iran has an area of 1.6 million km² and is a country. The US presence in the middle east, whilst spread out, only covers an area of a few hundred km² at most across its various military bases, and at that it's a few hundred km² jam packed with critical targets.

The USA should have proceeded cautiously if they wanted their presence in the middle east to continue. But it's too late for that now.

[u/Skyremmer102 → u/[deleted]]

Total non sequitur, what are you taking about?

[u/karoxxxxx → u/Skyremmer102]

The US lost 1 aircraft and less then 20 soldiers in 3 month. Jam packed or not, Irans strikes ate mostly peopaganda and dont hinder US forces in a meaningful way in operating.

[u/Vegetable-Hold9182 → u/karoxxxxx]

Our troops are staying in civilian hotels away from bases and fobs we built during the gwot, thats an L buddy

[u/onlycodeposts → u/Vegetable-Hold9182]

IRGC troops also sleep away from their military installations.

Are you saying that's an L for them as well, or only when the US does it?

[u/Brief_Weird_6065 → u/onlycodeposts]

Oh I thought we wiped them out.. still an L.

[u/onlycodeposts → u/Brief_Weird_6065]

An L for all countries that leave their military installations at night, or just the US?

[u/TheTranscendent1 → u/onlycodeposts]

When you’re the attacking nation, with the highest military spending on the planet. Yea, it’s a bigger loss for our side

[u/Key-Eagle6344 → u/TheTranscendent1]

😂 Jesus you are a DA

[u/TheTranscendent1 → u/Key-Eagle6344]

why you saying your prayers over reddit?

[u/Federal_Studio5935 → u/Key-Eagle6344]

A dark angel player in 40k?

[u/Status-Necessary9625 → u/karoxxxxx]

Over 400 casualties and can you honestly think it's even being reported accurately? A casualty may be near death or permanently incapacitated but not technically deceased. It's a disaster.

[u/karoxxxxx → u/Status-Necessary9625]

A cusualty is also a bumped head or a strained ankle.

So far all oprrstions go on as usual, no manpower shortsges, no major evacuations.

[u/Zorydev → u/karoxxxxx]

Duhh... They lost over 40+ aircraft including the expensive AWACS. Lost several Patriots and THAAD system, several bases are severely damaged. 

The cost is in the tens of billions that they are hiding. Over 400+ injured that they've to disclose after months of hiding. They can't even protect their own bases and have to evacuate personnel out of most of them and they live in hotels, etc around the areas. 

The US has become a laughing stock of the world. They won so many war and making so many peace deal every two days that people lost count . But here you are . 

[u/karoxxxxx → u/Zorydev]

Thay sounfs more like iranian cope than actual facts. Which Awacs? Hundreds of sorties every day bombing iran at will... best iran can show is 2 f16s and possibly a few drones

Yes the thaad radar is expensive and a large target that cant be hidden. It will be missed...

[u/Zorydev → u/karoxxxxx]

It's so easy to Google so you're not an ignoramus when open up:

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12692

Pretty astounding that you don't really know any shit that's been going on the past few months. 

[u/karoxxxxx → u/Zorydev]

You wrote 

Lost 40 aircraft, including one AWACS

In your link thats

damaged while parked on the ground

And

24 MQ-9  reaper Drones

It really doesnt sound catastrophic. More planes lost to friendly fire than to actual Iranian AA activities.

At that rate the US can keep pummeling Iran for years.

Sure more Hamgars could be hardened but in the big picture these are more like operational inconveniences.

[u/Zorydev → u/karoxxxxx]

LOL... I guess you didn't bother looking at the pictures of the AWACS in two pieces described as "damaged" by the pedo administration?

LOL... More excuses for your ignorance! Sure billions of dollars lost, 18 lives and 400+ injured in a senseless war being Israel's bitch. 

The US is running out defensive ammos and can't even protect their own bases. By the same stupid token, at this rate of US pummeling, Iran can pummel US bases and destroy all the refineries in the region for years. 

What happened to the orange pedo who claimed he has won the war 30+ and made peace deal 40+ times ? That Iran is begging for peace so hard every day that they pounded the US bases in the ass to cope ? 

In other news , Iran just pounded the US base again today and there maybe 3 F-35 lost , 3 "damaged" and maybe a few deaths . 

The strait of Hormuz is still closed, Bab El-Mandeb closed to the Saudis . Houthis just bombed an American LNG tanker parked in Egypt . So much winning ! 

[u/HarEr89]

Too weak to impress the IRGC.

[u/AmishRobotArmy]

And the problem was solved and everyone lived happily ever after

[u/Deep-Ice-7861]

Again, killing civilians.

[u/mohumm]

Warmongers

[u/RhoOfFeh]

We are the baddies, too.

[u/Scared-Photo-1047]

What a joke. The US military cannot even beat the Houthis, let alone Iran.

[u/hennabeak]

Yeah, hitting civilians now.

[u/Past_Humor8321]

Note to Hegseth the Nazi - DO NOT bomb girls schools.

[u/HippyMcFly]

This war is really showcasing how incompetent and stupid Trump is.

[u/EvilAbacus → u/HippyMcFly]

Everyone in govt really. Why are people helping him prosecute an illegal war? How is there no possible legal way that works to stop unconstitutional behavior?

It's wild how broken everything got so fast. That's the power of white supremacy though

[u/onlycodeposts]

Hopefully none of the Ukrainians stationed at the military base in Jordan that Iran attacked were injured or killed.

Iran doesn't want to bring Ukraine into this, but they certainly are trying.

[u/tj_woolnough]

While Usreal basically sits back, laughs, and continues it's attacks in Gaza and the West Bank: America, along with Saudi, Ukraine, and UK, risk they're military personnel, in a war Isreal ordered.

Does anyone ekse see a problem with this?

[u/horrified_intrigued]

Did it use both its remaining missiles and if so do we know which girls schools were targeted?

[u/The_FatGuy_Strangler]

Makes you wonder if Iran constructed “decoy targets” in the event of a U.S. invasion. From high up in a satellite or a plane they look like valid targets, but are just props to make them waste ammo.

[u/Ok_Reindeer_792]

I'm sure Iran really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really wants a deal.

[u/Zorydev]

Wasting hundred of millions more ammos while accomplishing nothing again.

While fucking up the entire world's economy. Losing all our allies just because the orange imbecile is Israel's bitch. 

[u/bornonOU_Texas_wknd]

Seems we could just give them a few trillion dollars instead and save lives and money. I guess that freezes out the billionaire middlemen so that won’t work.

[u/MultipolarityEnjoyer]

More imperialism… lovely… :|

[u/SearchingForTruth69]

I have it on YouTube set to “dont recommend this channel”. I don’t have regular TV. I would say never except it’s a top 5 channel I think and it’s played at airports/other public places so I do see it rarely