Comments on: On Iran

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:30:17 +0000

@ Mike Plaiss > “Three sources told Reuters today…
Well, I hope this doesn’t compromise whatever is coming.”

Headline at PJM indicates the AntiTrumpDeepState is alive and well.
So, yeah, anything to hurt Trump, even if it gets Americans and other people killed.

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/01/14/federal-dhs-whistleblower-doxxes-identities-of-thousands-of-ice-and-border-patrol-agents-n4948300

By: om

om — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:31:41 +0000

SEAD/DEAD

Suppression Enemy Air Defense/Destruction Enemy Air Defense

By: sdferr

sdferr — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:54:19 +0000

Just to say — I’m expecting SEAD/DEAD missions will kickoff an attempt at total air superiority over Iran by combined US/IAF forces, which in turn the US/IAF expects may trigger Iranian ballistic missile barrages aimed at Israel and at US bases in the region. I don’t think any such Iranian retaliation will accomplish any strategic goal(s) the mullahs can conceive, though of course suffering and death are fairly high probable results. On the contrary, such retaliation will cement in place the Islamic Republic’s utter annihilation by their opposing forces: the Iranian people first and foremost among those, with Israel and the US close behind.

By: Mike Plaiss

Mike Plaiss — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:36:58 +0000

Three sources told Reuters today…

Well, I hope this doesn’t compromise whatever is coming.

By: om

om — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:36:54 +0000

And we’re all gonna die ….

sdferr – looks like the shoe is about to drop

By: sdferr

sdferr — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:27:32 +0000

7INN, “USA withdraws personnel from Al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar“

Three sources told Reuters today (Wednesday) that personnel at the US Al Udeid base in Qatar were ordered to leave it by the end of the day.

Al Udeid is regarded as the central and largest US base in the Middle East, and about 10,000 troops are regularly stationed there. […]

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420890

By: Richard Cook

Richard Cook — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:38:10 +0000

I think pessimism is pretty justified at this point concerning the future of this country. It would be time consuming to draw up a list of changes for the ill, since my youth, concerning the polity of this country. I would draw up a list but it would be too time consuming. And my comments are about politics. Usually nothing else.

By: Mike Plaiss

Mike Plaiss — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:23:21 +0000

Fortunately the DNC has finally come out and said something about all this. Here it is nicely summed up in a WSJ editorial:

https://archive.fo/z3nEj

By: mkent

mkent — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:32:01 +0000

There are now reports that Iranian troops have entered hospitals to finish off protesters who were merely injured in the streets. This after the ayatollah ordered his troops to shoot to kill all protesters on sight. There are also reports of Russia shipping heavy weapons into Iran on IL-76 transport planes in addition to the Starlink jammers shipped in earlier.

In response Trump has ordered a 25% tariff on countries who do business with both Iran and America. That should help. Sigh.

Maybe by morning things will be different.

By: huxley

huxley — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:12:38 +0000

Trump has been beating the odds for a long time. You can buy the trend or short it.

Also it’s not just Trump, it’s the Iranian people. Who are very angry and desperate — for excellent reasons. And the mullahs are weaker then they’ve ever been since 1979.

It’s different this time, but whether it’s different enough remains to be seen. Pessimism is safe, but it’s not necessarily wisdom.