he went and did it.

~ Vlad Putin

Impeach that Ahole NOW!!

Let me know if we bomb the drone manufacturing, then id be surprised.

Oil on the other hand, seems like it will be on the target list

🚨 BREAKING: U.S. STRIKES IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES IN COORDINATION WITH ISRAEL; FORDOW HIT WITH 14-TON GBU-57 BOMBS; TRUMP DECLARES MISSION A SUCCESS AND CALLS FOR PEACE

🕒 June 22, 2025 | 3:00 AM (Israel Time)

💥 In a stunning military operation, the United States, in coordination with Israel, launched a successful strike on three major nuclear sites in Iran — Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. President Trump confirmed the mission Saturday night, stating: "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!"

💣 Multiple 14-ton GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs were deployed on the Fordow underground nuclear facility. The scale and precision of the attack point to a meticulously planned operation designed to neutralize Iran’s nuclear advancement capabilities.

⚠️ According to defense sources, U.S. bases throughout West Asia were placed on full high alert ahead of the operation. Israel was reportedly briefed in advance and fully coordinated with the U.S. to avoid any regional miscommunication or escalation.

✈️ Military analysts suggest that the B-2 bombers spotted en route to Guam may have served as a diversion, while the actual strike likely involved B-52s from Diego Garcia — or potentially additional stealth B-2 units executing the high-impact assault.

🇮🇱 The joint nature of this operation reflects deepened military collaboration between the U.S. and Israel in confronting Iran’s nuclear threat — with significant implications for regional security, deterrence, and diplomacy moving forward.


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If it was all THIS easy, it would have been done a long time ago.

I'm not trying to argue with you. Foreign policy isn't my interest nor my forte', but this just seems way too convenient.

. . . the hope is that this will give the people of Iran the momentum to overthrow the Islamic Republic and re-create a democratic Iran.

As you said, we will see.

Sure sounds like you approve of what Trump just did. Got any sons in the military?

. . . and this will not turn into a ground war. There was one objective: to destroy Iran's nuclear program. Destroying it is a great thing. Really amazingly great.

The rule by Mullahs as to go. That will be up to the people of Iran. I pray it'll happen as it will be a different Middle East.

n/t

These people are theocrats.
The Shah was a dictator.
Before that they were a monarchy.

The hope is for a democratic monarchy, I think. IDK. It can't be worse than it is now.

IT CAN *ALWAYS BE WORSE*

The CIA-backed coup that set up the Shah replaced it

The US installed and propped up the Shah. Pretending there is something intrinsically theocratic about the Iranian people is uninformed. Surely, you've seen the mass protests in the streets of Iran.

They may not be able to retaliate tomorrow, but they have long memories and the US is likely to pay a price at some point.

TIOLI . . .

Dear progressive friends, please stop your puritan virtue signaling on behalf of the Iranian people.
If you care, get educated on our history and culture, instead of repeating uninformed leftist talking points.
Where have you been for the past 47 years?
Where was your outcry when 30,000 Iranians were executed in sham trails in 1979?
Where were you when your tax dollars funded 8 years of war? I spent the first 8 years of my life under the rocket attacks of a war you funded for years.
Where were you when my classmates were thrown from their dorm windows to their death during student protests of 1999?
Where was your outrage when the regime slaughtered 1500 protestors over 3 days in 2019?
Where was your outrage during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement when 550+ people were killed (many children) and many more disappeared, imprisoned, and sentenced to death?
Where were you when they released poisoned gas into girls schools to silence their chants against the regime in 2022?
I never felt more isolated in my suffering than to have witnessed your silence then so spare me your outrage. It’s not authentic nor welcomed.
Why is it that you selectively ignore and minimize the crimes of the Islamist regimes against their own people while raging against Israel?
I’m no fan of Netanyahu, I think he is a war criminal, BUT, make no mistake, the cause of this war and the suffering of my people is the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC and its gross ideology of hatred and martyrdom.
To say that “Iran has the right to develop nuclear weapons” isn’t that different than advocating for the Nazis to have nuclear weapons. To be clear, I believe NO ONE should have nuclear weapons but especially not a murderous regime.
We don’t need your virtue signaling, we need your understanding and education. I see so many Americans with no knowledge of Middle East expressing their opinions here as a fact. It will do you all good to speak to those of us who grew up under this regime.
Equating Iran with Iraq or Syria is profoundly misinformed. Westerners seem to imagine that all of Middle East is the same but nothing could be further away from truth. We are a complex country with a rich history, pride, grit, and resources.
While neither the US, nor Israel is the savior of the Iranian people, there is no denying that this mess is possibly the strongest opportunity we’ve ever had to get rid of this regime.
My heart aches to witness my hometown in rubbles, my people driven from their homes in droves, children killed, homes destroyed… but ask us who we hold accountable and you’ll discover a strong consensus and moral clarity amongst Iranians: we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the murderous Iranian regime and their hateful policies and proxy wars all over Middle East.
Do I know what will happen next? Absolutely not! Do I trust the US and Israel to let us choose our own destiny? You have got to be kidding me! Of course not!
What do I know? THIS > NOTHING will ever change in Iran or the Middle East, until these occupying Islamic extremist lunatics are out of the picture.
The pain and torture they perpetrate upon my people is unfathomable! Anytime a dictator is eliminated, that’s a positive outcome albeit at a great cost.
I’m not happy that this war is happening but I’m hopeful that this can end the tyranny of the Ayatollah and bring an end to the consistent infliction of pain, torture, and executions upon our precious and beautiful country and people.
One day soon, I shall dance in the streets of Tehran with so many of you who have asked me to take you there.

I noticed you didn't provide a link in a post up thread. I thought we had to provide those when copying information onto DU????

Lots of hearsay

If anything, this will rally support for Khohmeini.

Check out the movie "Argo".

Check out the movie "Argo".

This isnt good, any way you sell it.

oh yes

One time he threw a shitfit when I informed him that the Israeli football club he made out to be victims (Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.) has a long history of instigating hooligan violence, even in Israel.

and that all of them are intact in a secret location?

Tunnels can go in all directions, more likely far than near...

If that is true, they really made the orange liar and his drunk sexual assaulter look as stupid as they are.

It would indeed be a good thing. If we only pissed of Iran, we will certainly have retaliation.

. . . is that the three nuclear weapons production sites are no more.

Not a bad thing at all.

A munitions storage facility

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/16/watch-israeli-strike-in-syria-causes-seismic-explosion/

But I'll delete

. . . can be occasionally correct.

You are not one of us.

... And won't it just suck if the mullahs are overthrown and Iran joins the 21st century... I'm personally far from more comfortable with a non nuclear Iran in any case.

Iraq, Syria, Libya.

I'll wait...

Meanwhile, "we'll see" isn't good enough. Trump has been wrong about everything, and you trust him with war? Give me a fucking break.

Please provide a definition or some guidelines for being one of "us".

Plain and simple. Truth hurts. Hakeem Jefferies has made a statement: I stand with the Minority Leader, not the Republican establishment.

I know you have a sad because I made fun of Bill Maher, but now isn't the time to play annoying contrarian.

Nothing I said indicates I 'trust' tRump... unequivocally I do not.

That being said, I don't necessarily disagree with this action. I live in San Diego, we have a fairly large Iranian population. From time to time I shop at a middle-eastern grocer that is owned by Iranians - they have a permanent sign outside the entrance that says "Free Iran". Also some great breads and cheeses that are hard to find elsewhere, especially Halloumi (I've a great recipe for Halloumi tacos, let me know and I'll send it to you). I support their wishes for a number of reasons. Iran CANNOT be allowed to have a nuclear weapon... period, comma, out. So if this works, so be it. There's no clear choice to achieve this.

Until we got involved in 1953. Power vacuums tend to make things worse. If anything, it will unite the Iranian people against us.

I do find it rather disgusting that the Fuck Bill Maher crowd takes it upon themselves to show up on Rhiannon's weekly post informing us of who will be on his show. She is an extremely nice person, I've never seen her express anger at anyone on this site, who contributes a lot to DU by posting dozens of videos on a weekly basis, and also serves on MIRT.

You don't like Bill Maher? Fine, I understand, don't watch. But what is the point of disrupting her OP each week with the typical hit and run? To me its childish.

And not the genocide happening in Gaza or the illegal bombing of Iran. Interesting takes.

anti-vax, bigoted, sexist, rich, white, male, TV celebrities must never be criticized no matter how many RW talking points they parrot or how much they attack woke, so-called 'cancel culture' and democrats.

a snarky comment to me. I never mentioned him, because he has nothing to do with the topic at hand. And I'm so sorry, but I didn't recognize your name as being one of the anti-Mahers. But I did a search and guess what I discovered, you're into sloppy seconds!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220079834

Then again, if you find Bill Maher funny, your threshold for humor is very low.

And if I'm trying my best to make people laugh, then I fail, they hate me. But my intent's the same. It's not like I'm trying to do evil to them.

Oh wait, that's a 'revised' Norm Macdonald quote. We saw him in 2017, one of my all-time faves. We've also seen Jerry Seinfeld and Al Franken, both were great. Plus a few others whose names escape me at present. But most of the live events we go to are plays. Annual memberships to three local theaters, plus from time to time Broadway and London's West End.

In the summer our local Old Globe Theatre always produces several plays by Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are two of my favorite comedies, so perhaps my comedic sense is old world. I also really enjoyed A Behanding in Spokane, we were 2nd row center and Christopher Walken was often just 15' away from our seats. Although it's commonly referred to as a black comedy, so there's that. Sam Rockwell was in it as well.

Could you do me the favor of recommending a few of your favorite comedians? I'd like to check them out, never hurts to raise one's threshold for humor!

Thanks!

Notice how he's never made any post criticizing of the Israeli government, as if everything they do is infallible.

But every US asset in the world, including here in the US, will be considered a legitimate target, thanks to MAGA

We may have just effectively won it.
we'll see.

supposed to greet us as "liberators" and was only supposed to last weeks?

there is no, AFAIK, plan to put combat forces on the ground inside Iran, anyone who tries that will get decimated, rightfully so.

nt

. . . Israel already took out their main nuclear scientists.

And, this will at least set their programs back a decade, hopefully enough time (way more than enough time) for a new democratic Iran to arise. I'm putting on my dancing shoes.

nt

Had a square kilometer of centrifuges destroyed.

the Iranians have been bad actors in the region for far too long.

But we haven't 'won' anything by dropping a few bombs.

We just knowingly ripped the top off the ME, AGAIN.

What we did to Iraq created chaos and mass death the reverberations of which continued until the latest gong hit.

Will Russia and China allow their client state to be dominated and destroyed piecemeal?

The Iranians aren't finished by any stretch of the imagination.

Yes, but it was already.

the military entertainment industrial complex and the contractors fat and happy. As always.

Even GW Bush went thru Congress to go after Sadam...😳

OPEC's surplus capacity exceeds Iran's production - and many members would be more than happy to rake in the extra cash

Presidents have been given authority to use the military for a limited period of time before Congress has to weigh in... but Iraq was dramatically larger than that and lasted for years. Congress had to fund it.

The may not last nearly long enough to require a Congressional vote - though Trump may seek one if polling is favorable.

Under WPA before they have to notify Congress. I imagine he'll do that as part of the 10:00 address that I won't watch.

He only informed the speaker after it happened.

You don’t tell anyone until after it’s done. In this case, I don’t blame him. The House leaks like a sieve.

Of course, so does Hegseth but that’s another story.

THE LIMP DICKED GOP CONGRESS CAN EAT ME.

Jesus, the things trump will resort to, when he sees his approval ratings going down the toilet.

What the fuck do we DO about this shit?

Fly the flag and everything. The neighbor was just texting my daughter saying she's worried about her son being deployed.

It will be someone's son, and hers is no different. That's what they voted voted for.

Not sure it'll change her mind about Trump, but it'll shake her up. A good thing.

Like I said in the post - it's going to be someone's son, and hers should not be any different than anyone else's son or daughter.

That is the extent of the compassion that I can muster. They wanted this shit and they dragged us all along into the suffering. So, therefore, when the real suffering starts, they will NOT be exempt if I have anything to say about it.

This is trump's response to protests and dismal polling here in the U.S. Yay rah US of A! A War President, weapons of mass destruction, yada yada yada.

If we weren't in deep shit before, we're underneath the basement now. He's been drooling over bombing somebody for a long time.

Just as soon as he eliminates Muslims.
Saudi, Qatar, Pakistan meet the devil you've chosen to make deals with. He's gonna want some action tonight, run Melania, run.

Does anyone believe this?

The Houthis have already promised to attack ships
in the Red Sea.

I think we are in a real mess.

...that he couldn't tell Netanyahu to back off because "It's very hard to do that when they're winning."

Too lazy to go back and find the link...I'm sure it's been posted on DU elsewhere...trust me, Trump said that, and in the context I provided.

Sheesh

If it was this easy, it would have been done eons ago. I don't think it could possibly be this easy.

If someone had tried this five years ago, the firestorm would include Hezbolah, Hamas, the Houthis, and likely with Russian support.

But Russia needs more from their client than they can themselves provide... and Iran's clients have largely been defanged. Then Israel's week of pounding was devastating to Iran's conventional military. "This" only became "easy" after all of that.

They turn around and bite YOU!

I think it just got real,, real fast. You know the Iranians will respond.

(and at least GW took his idea to Congress first)

Has Iran already moved the sites knowing how
crazy Bibi and Trump are?k

BBC reports that the sites have already been evacuated.

Iran says nuclear sites had already been evacuated.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckg3rzj8emjt

We have now got our first reaction from Iran.

The deputy political director of Iran’s state broadcaster, Hassan Abedini, has appeared live on state TV just now.

He says Iran evacuated these three nuclear sites a “while ago”.

He also says that even if what Trump says is true, Iran “didn’t suffer a major blow because the materials had already been taken out”.

But I also don’t believe what comes out of an Iranian spokesperson.

Al Jazeera has good rundowns and the best news out there.

Which is only used for nuclear weapons.

Will they just sit by and do nothing after this strike on Iran? I think not. We will see.

Keep in mind that most of the Middle East does not like Iran at all.

They may indeed "sit by and do nothing"... but it's also possible that they will assist with the collapse of the current regime now that a nuclear Iran is off the table, their client terrorist orgs are defanged, and Russia is unable to provide support.

Its disheartening and feels like Deja Vu.

The good old Republican "Look over there!" strategy never fails. They are fucking one-trick ponies. Can't have them in charge WITHOUT being dragged into some stupid-ass war in the Middle East. It comes with the fucking territory.

Every. Fucking. Time.

1,900,000,000 Muslims. Convince me how today's US military attack on Iran is different than the Japan's December 7, 1941 military attack on Pearl Harbor which President Roosevelt said was a day which would live in infamy!

Iran’s leadership knew this was coming and they have moved anything including people that are important to their nuclear program. The only thing Trump has done as activated terrorism cells around the world to cause damage and death to western civilization. Another brilliant Trump move. My guess is we will see what they (Iran) are going to do in two weeks.

FUCK THEM ALL !!!

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE !!!

his favourites to use to threaten the west.

Iran was the primary supplier of the drones Russia was using in Ukraine. Israel's initial attacks devastated that production capacity.

it much around here. Thinking about how intertwined Iran and Russia are can be uncomfortable sometimes for some people.

Anyway, I’m glad that should put a halt to the supply for a bit.

which does help Putin.

Let’s send first TraitorTrump’s very special son
to a ground war in Iran.
I doubt that the Mama’s boy can handle it.
Mati, Mati
Na Pomoč!
Waaaaah
Waaaaah

ronald raygun," we have to punish iran. always punish iran, esp after they disposed our fair hjair boy the shah.

with boxcutters destroying various parts of US cities? Or worse?

This asshole!!!!

Xtian zealots must be getting excited.

As for me…

The executive may only take military action if authorized by congress or if there is an attack or pending attack against the US. Iran did not attack the US, nor threaten to attack. Nothing within the country of Iran, nor within their recent behaviors, indicates a design against the US.

The war powers act doesn't attach, here. At lease GW Bush got AUMF from congress. Trump has nothing.

The US doesn't do pre-emptive military strikes.

Now, Iran has cause to attack the US. Knowing the asshole state of Iran's facilitation of terrorism, we're in for a tough time. When they attack, we won't be able to point to Trump's attack as a provocation. Instead, we'll be accused of coddling terrorists. We don't have a lot to work with, here.

Eisenhower actually helped to stop a war in the region. But since then they have started wars. Shrub caused a lot of human suffering with his wars. And now this.

Ice abuses, immigration, tariffs, the economy, Sec. Kegsbreath, Ice Ice Barbie, the Big plundering bill, arrests of Democrats, the embarrassment of the Felon at the G7,or the assaulter of couches heavy eyeliner, or golden cell phones, or...........