Who Dunnit?

[sinkov]

Can't be the USA, we all know what the Donald is like, he would have been bragging about it on Twitter by now, but he isn't, so it's clear they haven't.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Can't be the USA, we all know what the Donald is like, he would have been bragging about it on Twitter by now, but he isn't, so it's clear they haven't.

PMSL at this one sinkov. I'll be watching his Twitter feed with renewed interest.

[1959_60]

Can't be the USA, we all know what the Donald is like, he would have been bragging about it on Twitter by now, but he isn't, so it's clear they haven't.

Yes, there is that!

[sinkov]

PMSL at this one sinkov. I'll be watching his Twitter feed with renewed interest.

You probably missed it BT, but last week Peter Hitchens was saying that he'd long thought that the Donald has a body double. He said he'd now been convinced by the fact that the Donald, or his BD, claimed not to know Michael Gove, despite the fact that he'd done an hour long interview with him, and had been talking to him the night before while Michael was wearing a kilt. He says the BD doesn't have to worry about contradicting his boss, he just says any old thing that comes into his head, just like his boss does. Sounds feasible to me, it explains a lot.

[Balanbam00]

But more news (but for BT, and Gaza )
We know that water is scarce in the Middle east .....and Gaza! For example I will not see rain until late October.But we know Gaza faces a water crises. ( B T has told us in post 82,''Palestine is off the map.''

''Thanks to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and their unlawful blockade of Gaza, 95 per cent of Gaza’s population presently lives without access to clean water.''

Oh dear, who will help the Palestinians? Hamas, Iran,Israel? Yes, Israel.

The Israeli 'mekorot' water corporation is building a water pipeline for the people of Gaza. Sweet pure water,drinking water. Yes,Israel's humanitarian side,since Hamas will not do anything. (and can not!) A new pipeline towards Gaza is being built, its aim to make life easier for the people there. The cost is several million 'shekels'.It has nothing to do with any deals or conferences ,the pure humanitarian side of Israel.

Yesterday,Israel allowed 15 million dollars, to enter into Gaza,by the State of Qatar.

Gaza protesters have launched hundreds of incendiary kites and balloons into Israel, sparking fires that have destroyed forests, burned crops, and killed livestock. Over 7,000 acres of land have been burned, causing millions of shekels in damages, according to Israeli officials. Some balloons have carried improvised explosive devices. Burning kites from Gaza cause widespread damage to Israeli fields. Flammable kites from Gaza set Israeli fields and forests ablaze......and still it's happening

Yet Israel shows its kindness, unbelievable!!!

[sinkov]

Six oil tankers attacked, a US drone shot down, and the US still does not respond in the face of this blatant Iranian aggression. Thank god the USA has got a leader determined to stay calm, diplomatic, tolerant and keep the peace. But what will the mad mullahs next step be, in their determination to provoke all out war in the region ? I expect we'll find out fairly soon.

[Supersub6]

Six oil tankers attacked, a US drone shot down, and the US still does not respond in the face of this blatant Iranian aggression. Thank god the USA has got a leader determined to stay calm, diplomatic, tolerant and keep the peace. But what will the mad mullahs next step be, in their determination to provoke all out war in the region ? I expect we'll find out fairly soon.

sinkov ---are you sure it is the leader that has stayed "calm, diplomatic, tolerant and keep the peace" ---OR ---is it his BD who is pulling the strings on this one? I wonder!

[sinkov]

The buck stops at the top Sub, POTUS is the man, fortunately he's not trigger happy like some previous incumbents, who would have had us in WW3 by now.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

The buck stops at the top Sub, POTUS is the man, fortunately he's not trigger happy like some previous incumbents, who would have had us in WW3 by now.

He will leave it to his mates to do the dirty work. You mark my words...

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[Balanbam00]

https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/If...to-Iran-593203

If war breaks out between the US and Iran, and their respective allies, how will Iran and its proxies stack up? When we look at how Iran and its allies have waged war in the past, it is clear Iran doesn’t wage massive wars.Iran has a regular army and navy, called Artesh. These armed forces are potentially quite large in a country of 80 million. It has 530,000 men under arms, but according to the Middle East Institute, they are poorly equipped.

Since Iran’s last land war was its 1980-1988 conflict with Iraq, it is “hard to provide an accurate assessment of their real fighting capabilities.” The war with Iraq saw Iran use human wave attacks on a battlefield that sometimes resembled more World War I than a war of maneuver and technology. Even though Saddam Hussein’s army fought the Iranians to a standstill, it was no match for the US military in the 1991 Gulf War and it was easily destroyed.

Iran doesn’t spend much on its army. Around $16 billion in 2017, compared to an Israeli defense budget of up to $19b. Saudi Arabia plows through $76b., and the Americans spend $600b.

This then tells us Iran’s conventional army is no match for the US in a real war. But Iran doesn’t fight large conventional wars. Its strategy is based on its alliance system involving the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its affiliates, allies and proxies, including Houthi rebels in Yemen, Iraqi paramilitaries, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas in Gaza.

The IRGC has a variety of forces, including its own 100,000 soldiers, as well as a Basij militia of another 600,000 or so, according to the Council on Foreign Relations in the US. The IRGC has its own navy, which is larger than Iran’s regular navy, and its own air force. It also has a cyber force. This puts the IRGC at the forefront of Iran’s technical knowhow. It is the IRGC that set up bases in Syria, and managed relationships with allies.

Iran has transferred precision guidance technology to Hezbollah for its rockets. In March, the IRGC stated that all of Israel is within range of the Lebanese terrorist group’s missiles.

Hezbollah’s massive rocket arsenal of more than 150,000 rockets pose a major threat. Question : How did Hezbullah obtain all these thousands of rockets ,if UNIFIL is patroling in Lebanon??These include long-range rockets such as the Zelzal, Fateh 110 and the Fajr, as well as shorter range such as Katyushas. The Fateh 110 has a range of several hundred kilometers.
Hezbollah has an assortment of other weapons; it has deployed anti-ship missiles in the past and has anti-air systems such as the SA-7, which Iran used to fire at a US Reaper drone on June 13

There is no end to Iran’s seemingly endless list of new technology. Submarines with cruise missiles were also unveiled in February. Iran also has a new destroyer, and tested armed drones in March. Iran often copies and improves other country’s weapons, and copied a US Sentinel drone it captured. It may have used North Korean expertise on its rockets. Afterwards, Iran transfers technology to its allies. The Houthis offer a battlefield testing ground for its rockets.

But none of these rockets are a game changer in a real war. Israel, for instance, has built a multi-layered defense system to stop missiles. This includes the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow-3. And Israel and the US have done missile defense drills with the THAAD system for high altitude air defense. Israel also has Patriot batteries, and is more than capable of thwarting a missile threat.

The US Navy, including the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Force in the Gulf of Oman, is also equipped with enough firepower to bring the Iranian navy and air force to heel. This would not be a great competition, if the US wanted to do it.

https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/If...to-Iran-593203