US/Israel Launches Op Epic Fury Against Iran (16 Viewers)

[OzDigger]

And the UK a ship to defend airbase in Cyprus, if they can find enough sailors.
I won't be surprised if 2 tier keir does another u- turn about it flying a white ensign, and will want a lgbt+ rainbow hoisted instead !

Out of interest I checked recruitment rates for the Australian Defence Force, latest stats say they accepted about 7,000 out of 75,000 applications, low numbers by world standards, but highest Australian rate for 15 years. That surprised me in this woke world, but apparently they do a lot of advertising on gaming and social platforms.

 

[tdubel]

To your point; yesterday here gas went up .40 cents a gallon; someone needs to explain this one to me, the war started 10 minutes ago and gas is already going up, I call BS.

Plus I thought "drill baby drill" was in effect, wasn't it Trump who claimed when he left office, we were 100% non dependent on foriegn oil and we were actually selling oil to other countries, so now we are not?

This is like my local supermarket telling me the price of eggs is going up; what about the 500 cartons of eggs on your self and the thousands at your distributor that got there BEFORE the price increase?

Again, I call BS, just another handy excuse to screw people over and yes, once prices go up, they rarely if ever come down.

When COVID blew up and then when thanks to Biden's half baked energy policy the price of gas exploded, all the carriers announced price increases.............well COVID is over and the price of fuel has come down, but the shipping rates have not.

Again; any excuse to gouge people.

Unfortunately and get this, by law, gas companies/distributors can raise their price anytime the wholesale price goes up, regardless of the cost currently in their system. What that means is, as soon as the wholesale goes up for next month's gas deliveries, your local gas station can adjust as they want. Our gas in MD went up 20 cents a day last 2 days.

Tom

 

[Warrior]

Unfortunately and get this, by law, gas companies/distributors can raise their price anytime the wholesale price goes up, regardless of the cost currently in their system. What that means is, as soon as the wholesale goes up for next month's gas deliveries, your local gas station can adjust as they want. Our gas in MD went up 20 cents a day last 2 days.

Tom

What a load of BS.

Good to know if one of my suppliers raises their retail prices, I can sell stock on the shelves here at the new price vs the old price/my old buy in price.

 

[Combat]

Question: should the US attack North Korea? What do you think?

There was an entire conflict in the 1950s. There would be no South Korea except for the sacrifices of the US. The US forces in South Korea - paid for by US taxpayers - keeps South Korea safe and North Korea contained.

 

[mikemiller1955]

To your point; yesterday here gas went up .40 cents a gallon; someone needs to explain this one to me, the war started 10 minutes ago and gas is already going up, I call BS.

Plus I thought "drill baby drill" was in effect, wasn't it Trump who claimed when he left office, we were 100% non dependent on foriegn oil and we were actually selling oil to other countries, so now we are not?

This is like my local supermarket telling me the price of eggs is going up; what about the 500 cartons of eggs on your self and the thousands at your distributor that got there BEFORE the price increase?

Again, I call BS, just another handy excuse to screw people over and yes, once prices go up, they rarely if ever come down.

When COVID blew up and then when thanks to Biden's half baked energy policy the price of gas exploded, all the carriers announced price increases.............well COVID is over and the price of fuel has come down, but the shipping rates have not.

Again; any excuse to gouge people

you are correctamundo!

 

[marco55]

I really hate the Mullah's regime and hope change is coming. But I am pessimistic this alone will change it. Change will have to come from within, I guess. Now I have never been to Iran but I guess there are still millions of brainwashed Iranians who still support the regime. Just like millions supported Hitler or millions support Putin. And for now the regime has the guns and seems to be willing to keep repressing their own people. Hope I am wrong.
On Israel, I am generally sympathetic with them, but in my view it's high time they find other solutions to the Palestinian problem than repression or violence alone, which must of course also come from the other side, radicals on both sides will only aggravate the problem.
There you have it, ready to take some flak...

I guess you have forgotten October 7th and every thing else since 1948.
Mark

 

[tdubel]

What a load of BS.

Good to know if one of my suppliers raises their retail prices, I can sell stock on the shelves here at the new price vs the old price/my old buy in price.

Yeah, I have looked this up many times as it is irritating. Basically, considered commodity risk, so they legally draw the line this way to "prevent" price gouging................huh? As I have said many times, you literally just can't make any of this up when common sense situations turn political.

I think I mentioned this before - in Maryland up until last year, we were able to shop our electric distribution on the market, and I had a contract with Dominion for about 7 years at an average of 7.8 cents/kw. Wes Moreless came into power and the passed Protect Maryland Consumer Act (some dumb name) which now makes it impossible for other suppliers to sell into Maryland. Dominion notified me that my contract ended and they would not renew............so now I am stuck with 1 option - BGE - the price is now 13.9cents/kw and rising. Like I said, you can't make it up, but they are protecting me.

Message for Mike, Jason and other Texans - you may want to complain about certain things happening in your State or the weather, but in all seriousness, be thankful you live there as it is much more expensive and worse policies in a good majority of other States (of course not all, so Floridians, Kentucky, Carolinas and Georgians on here don't yell at me!). Another of my cousins just moved there in the last few years, he was originally Maryland, then Delaware (which is not bad except for Winter). He continually reminds me of his savings and he has sticker shock when he visits me in Maryland. If you all ever want to read about factual comparisons of States, there is an annual report put out by the Tax Foundation, it is non-partisan. IT compares a myriad of data points and you would not believe the costs in the ten most expensive States.

Last year ten worst States (cost wise)
41. Massachusetts
42. Hawaii
43. Vermont
44. Minnesota
45. Washington
46. Maryland
47. Connecticut
48. California
49. New Jersey
50. New York

Comment - I believe New York became the worst in 2025 flip flopping with California from 2024. NJ stayed steady at 2nd worst.
Last year ten Best States

1. Wyoming
2. South Dakota
3. Alaska
4. Florida
5. Montana
6. New Hampshire
7. Texas
8. Tennessee
9. North Dakota
10. Indiana

Now to be fair, 11 thru about 30 are now terrible either. It is really the last 20 that rise dramatically. Also for the board Illinois is 37. Kentucky is 22. North Carolina is 12.

Tom

 

[Warrior]

Yeah, I have looked this up many times as it is irritating. Basically, considered commodity risk, so they legally draw the line this way to "prevent" price gouging................huh? As I have said many times, you literally just can't make any of this up when common sense situations turn political.

I think I mentioned this before - in Maryland up until last year, we were able to shop our electric distribution on the market, and I had a contract with Dominion for about 7 years at an average of 7.8 cents/kw. Wes Moreless came into power and the passed Protect Maryland Consumer Act (some dumb name) which now makes it impossible for other suppliers to sell into Maryland. Dominion notified me that my contract ended and they would not renew............so now I am stuck with 1 option - BGE - the price is now 13.9cents/kw and rising. Like I said, you can't make it up, but they are protecting me.

Message for Mike, Jason and other Texans - you may want to complain about certain things happening in your State or the weather, but in all seriousness, be thankful you live there as it is much more expensive and worse policies in a good majority of other States (of course not all, so Floridians, Kentucky, Carolinas and Georgians on here don't yell at me!). Another of my cousins just moved there in the last few years, he was originally Maryland, then Delaware (which is not bad except for Winter). He continually reminds me of his savings and he has sticker shock when he visits me in Maryland. If you all ever want to read about factual comparisons of States, there is an annual report put out by the Tax Foundation, it is non-partisan. IT compares a myriad of data points and you would not believe the costs in the ten most expensive States.

Last year ten worst States (cost wise)
41. Massachusetts
42. Hawaii
43. Vermont
44. Minnesota
45. Washington
46. Maryland
47. Connecticut
48. California
49. New Jersey
50. New York

Comment - I believe New York became the worst in 2025 flip flopping with California from 2024. NJ stayed steady at 2nd worst.
Last year ten Best States

1. Wyoming
2. South Dakota
3. Alaska
4. Florida
5. Montana
6. New Hampshire
7. Texas
8. Tennessee
9. North Dakota
10. Indiana

Now to be fair, 11 thru about 30 are now terrible either. It is really the last 20 that rise dramatically. Also for the board Illinois is 37. Kentucky is 22. North Carolina is 12.

Tom

Massachusetts utilities are out of control thanks to our far left moonbat libtard governor, her and her green new deal nonsense, if it were up to her, natural gas would not be a thing here and we'd have to have electric heat, BY FAR the most expensive heat. Our gas and electric bills are insane in this state, her moron secretary of energy said in a press conference "We don't need our own gas here, we buy it from outside sources, it's only cold here 'a few' days a year."

The cost we get whacked for on transportation/bringing the gas in is twice the useage fee.

TWICE.

BY FAR one of THE dumbest things any politician has ever said and that's saying something.

This is also a sanctuary state full of illegals, who do you think is footing the bill; MA tax payers, that's who. My excise tax and property tax went through the roof last year, I have a postage stamp of a lot here in a condo development and pay through the nose for property tax, same with excise tax.

They don't call this state "Taxachusetts" for nothing, people are leaving here by the thousands, which is what I plan on doing as soon as my better half is ready to retire, I'm ready to move right now.

 

[Desertkiwi]

I really hate the Mullah's regime and hope change is coming. But I am pessimistic this alone will change it. Change will have to come from within, I guess. Now I have never been to Iran but I guess there are still millions of brainwashed Iranians who still support the regime. Just like millions supported Hitler or millions support Putin. And for now the regime has the guns and seems to be willing to keep repressing their own people. Hope I am wrong.
On Israel, I am generally sympathetic with them, but in my view it's high time they find other solutions to the Palestinian problem than repression or violence alone, which must of course also come from the other side, radicals on both sides will only aggravate the problem.
There you have it, ready to take some flak...

Latest estimates put between 10% to 20% of the Iranian population still support the current Islamic republic, so don't be fooled by lots of nice pretty pictures of mass pro-Iranian demonstrations in Tehran, currently being touted by the main stream media. This percentage has supposedly been as high as 30%, however the vast majority of Iranians hate the regime with a passion and rightly so.

Its a bit hard for the Israeli's to adopt 'other solutions' when surrounding states have wanted to blast them into the afterlife since their inception......add all the anti-Jew rhetoric that is currently infesting the west and you think Israel is the problem?

When will so called western democracies wake up........the Koran teaches intolerance and death to all non-believer's as has done since its birth.

On a lighter note, I see the pro-Palestinian rent-a-crowd have swapped out their crusty Palestinian flags for shiny new Iranian ones......wow didn't see that coming.

 

[joesgis]

That’s funny because I know if a Democrat president were doing this, all the Trumpers on here would be 100% against this.

I'm not saying I'm a "Trumper" (whatever that oversimplified title means), but your statement is unequivocally false and utter nonsense.

 

[damian]

Massachusetts utilities are out of control thanks to our far left moonbat libtard governor, her and her green new deal nonsense, if it were up to her, natural gas would not be a thing here and we'd have to have electric heat, BY FAR the most expensive heat. Our gas and electric bills are insane in this state, her moron secretary of energy said in a press conference "We don't need our own gas here, we buy it from outside sources, it's only cold here 'a few' days a year."

The cost we get whacked for on transportation/bringing the gas in is twice the useage fee.

TWICE.

BY FAR one of THE dumbest things any politician has ever said and that's saying something.

This is also a sanctuary state full of illegals, who do you think is footing the bill; MA tax payers, that's who. My excise tax and property tax went through the roof last year, I have a postage stamp of a lot here in a condo development and pay through the nose for property tax, same with excise tax.

They don't call this state "Taxachusetts" for nothing, people are leaving here by the thousands, which is what I plan on doing as soon as my better half is ready to retire, I'm ready to move right now.

 

[Panzer ace]

It is amazing to see the incredible performance of the F-16 during this conflict.

It is 48 years old.

 

[Terp152]

Hegseth claims the sinking of an Iranian warship by torpedo attack was the first since WWII. Forgetting the British sinking of an Argentinian cruiser by torpedo in 1982.

 

[Buster]

Hegseth claims the sinking of an Iranian warship by torpedo attack was the first since WWII. Forgetting the British sinking of an Argentinian cruiser by torpedo in 1982.

Chris, I believe Hegseth was referring to the first sinking of a ship by torpedo by the U.S. since WWII.

B.

 

[damian]

It is amazing to see the incredible performance of the F-16 during this conflict.

It is 48 years old.

The B 52 is even older I believe

 

[VIRIATO]

Latest estimates put between 10% to 20% of the Iranian population still support the current Islamic republic, so don't be fooled by lots of nice pretty pictures of mass pro-Iranian demonstrations in Tehran, currently being touted by the main stream media. This percentage has supposedly been as high as 30%, however the vast majority of Iranians hate the regime with a passion and rightly so.

Its a bit hard for the Israeli's to adopt 'other solutions' when surrounding states have wanted to blast them into the afterlife since their inception......add all the anti-Jew rhetoric that is currently infesting the west and you think Israel is the problem?

When will so called western democracies wake up........the Koran teaches intolerance and death to all non-believer's as has done since its birth.

On a lighter note, I see the pro-Palestinian rent-a-crowd have swapped out their crusty Palestinian flags for shiny new Iranian ones......wow didn't see that coming.

Hi, Radicals on both sides are the problem I believe, as I mentioned. After all these years, escalation on both sides will take them nowhere, I guess. This reminds me of Northern Ireland, no solution till they got to a peace agreement. There were peace attempts in the past that radicals managed to sabotage. Surely Israel has a right to self defend and few options, but they are also guilty of excesses in the West Bank and in Gaza in my view, which aggravate mutual hatred, not just the Palestinians are guilty. I dislike the crowd you mention by the way... Not so sure about the Koran, it is what the fanatics make of it, as with every religion.
What I do admit is that it is very easy to comment from far away instead of being in the thick of the fight...

 

[VIRIATO]

There was an entire conflict in the 1950s. There would be no South Korea except for the sacrifices of the US. The US forces in South Korea - paid for by US taxpayers - keeps South Korea safe and North Korea contained.

I meant today, because of nukes...

 

[VIRIATO]

I guess you have forgotten October 7th and every thing else since 1948.
Mark

Of course not. That's why I mentioned both sides in my post. I just believe that ultra-colonising the West Bank and completely razing Gaza to the ground won't solve things and is wrong. This watching from my sofa, of course.Regards,Paulo

 

[tdubel]

Of course not. That's why I mentioned both sides in my post. I just believe that ultra-colonising the West Bank and completely razing Gaza to the ground won't solve things and is wrong. This watching from my sofa, of course.Regards,Paulo

I am not saying you are not broaching on good points. However, the part of history that is being glossed over is that no matter what Israel does/did in Gaza and the West Bank is that the rockets never stopped firing from those arears not did the suicide vests stop exploding.

My point is everyone wants to blame the current Israeli leadership, but it is hard to blame them IMO. Every peace offering over the last nearly 80 years has been eventually met with rockets that Israel didn't invite. If I were them, I would be aggressive also. The current press and opposition likes to omit the fact that again, no matter what course Israel took in the past, it was met with Rocket fire. I am not generalizing or trying to excuse the colonialization, just stating a fact that gets lost.

Tom

 

[VIRIATO]

I am not saying you are not broaching on good points. However, the part of history that is being glossed over is that no matter what Israel does/did in Gaza and the West Bank is that the rockets never stopped firing from those arears not did the suicide vests stop exploding.

My point is everyone wants to blame the current Israeli leadership, but it is hard to blame them IMO. Every peace offering over the last nearly 80 years has been eventually met with rockets that Israel didn't invite. If I were them, I would be aggressive also. The current press and opposition likes to omit the fact that again, no matter what course Israel took in the past, it was met with Rocket fire. I am not generalizing or trying to excuse the colonialization, just stating a fact that gets lost.

Tom

I agree. I believe there are still some Palestinians and Arabs generally that are relatively moderate but people like Hamas make it a point of destroying every peace prospect. Just like a radical Israeli killed Itzhak Rabin back in the day.
Paulo