Washington gave the go ahead to Iran

[gatomontes99]

ANKARA (Reuters) -Iran informed Turkey in advance of its planned operation against Israel, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters on Sunday, adding that Washington had conveyed to Tehran via Ankara that any action it took had to be "within certain limits".

So Joe's handlers told Iran that it was OK to attack Israel as long as it wasn't too bad. Is this a joke?

Edited April 16, 2024 by gatomontes99

[robosmith]

6 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

ANKARA (Reuters) -Iran informed Turkey in advance of its planned operation against Israel, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters on Sunday, adding that Washington had conveyed to Tehran via Ankara that any action it took had to be "within certain limits".

So Joe's handlers told Iran that it was OK to attack Israel as long as it wasn't too bad. Is this a joke?

It's unfortunate that you take NOT KNOWING THE FACTS gives you the right to substitute WILD ASS GUESSES as fact.

It DOESN'T.

[Guest]

8 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

So Joe's handlers told Iran that it was OK to attack Israel as long as it wasn't too bad. Is this a joke?

Its obviously not okay, but it is their lawful right to self defense after the attack on their consulate.

They weren't asking permission. They were telling the US they were going to attack, and the US were warning them, that only a certain level of attack would be accepted (beyond this, would likely cause the US to intervene further). I don't see where the US gave any blessing, other than two countries essentially giving one another a respectful heads up, clearly not wanting to escalate tensions in the region, but needing to send a message.

This is an attack on sovereign territory. Israel is also within its right to retaliate, but should this retaliation cause mass casualties, it will further isolate itself, globally. Precisely what Iran wants. A lot easier to seriously damage the country, when the most powerful military in the world won't come in and intervene.

Iran clearly and solely wanted to send a message. No deaths occurred. Had it wanted to inflict damage, it would have used far more firepower as well as the element of surprise by using all its proxies to fully overwhelm Israel's defense systems.

This was a highly coordinated, and calibrated attack.

[gatomontes99]

5 hours ago, robosmith said:

It's unfortunate that you take NOT KNOWING THE FACTS gives you the right to substitute WILD ASS GUESSES as fact.

It DOESN'T.

Let me guess, Reuters is not a credible source?

[Michael Hardner]

I'll bet Israel itself knew exactly what was going to happen.

 

A forwarned attack that was practically 100% defended.  

It was fireworks 🎇 

[Rebound]

5 hours ago, Perspektiv said:

Its obviously not okay, but it is their lawful right to self defense after the attack on their consulate.

They weren't asking permission. They were telling the US they were going to attack, and the US were warning them, that only a certain level of attack would be accepted (beyond this, would likely cause the US to intervene further). I don't see where the US gave any blessing, other than two countries essentially giving one another a respectful heads up, clearly not wanting to escalate tensions in the region, but needing to send a message.

This is an attack on sovereign territory. Israel is also within its right to retaliate, but should this retaliation cause mass casualties, it will further isolate itself, globally. Precisely what Iran wants. A lot easier to seriously damage the country, when the most powerful military in the world won't come in and intervene.

Iran clearly and solely wanted to send a message. No deaths occurred. Had it wanted to inflict damage, it would have used far more firepower as well as the element of surprise by using all its proxies to fully overwhelm Israel's defense systems.

This was a highly coordinated, and calibrated attack.

Iran didn’t want to send a message. The regime, just like the U.S. government, was forced to retaliate or else lose political support.  Sadly, a seven year-old girl is nearly dead and permanently crippled as a result.  
 

But I think this is the end, for now. Israel killed the guy plotting terrorist acts against Israel, Iran got their token retaliation, and that’s that.  We’ll see, but I think it would be very foolish for Israel to retaliate for this.  

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Rebound said:

Sadly, a seven year-old girl is nearly dead and permanently crippled as a result.  

Play war games, and its usually the people who get burnt.

Israel played with fire. 

They will likely retaliate, and open the flood gates for a level of aggression that may potentially overwhelm them.

Nobody knows whether the US will intervene.

[WestCanMan]

14 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

ANKARA (Reuters) -Iran informed Turkey in advance of its planned operation against Israel, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters on Sunday, adding that Washington had conveyed to Tehran via Ankara that any action it took had to be "within certain limits".

To be fair, the Iranians are expert negotiators. 

The Ayatollah got Biden on the phone and said: "Can we bring you an ice cream cone and bomb Israel?" and Joe said "Nexelsrent", which everyone took to mean 'Yes', because he jumped up and down and clapped his hands and pooped a little when he said it. 

[Rebound]

28 minutes ago, Perspektiv said:

Play war games, and its usually the people who get burnt.

Israel played with fire. 

They will likely retaliate, and open the flood gates for a level of aggression that may potentially overwhelm them.

Nobody knows whether the US will intervene.

Iran has a population of 90 million.  Yes, they’re an autocratic dictatorship, but they still need to maintain order inside their nation. They’re already living under sanctions, and a war would be highly destabilizing, especially a war they cannot be certain of winning. Even if they do win, or result in a stalemate, their regime may not survive the civilian backlash they’ll face after bombing campaigns. 
 

Israel has far more to lose in a war with Iran, and they have little to win. 
 

[robosmith]

4 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

Let me guess, Reuters is not a credible source?

 

15 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

So Joe's handlers told Iran that it was OK to attack Israel as long as it wasn't too bad. Is this a joke?

^This is your wild ass guess. AKA NOT what Reuters said.

57 minutes ago, WestCanMan said:

To be fair, the Iranians are expert negotiators. 

The Ayatollah got Biden on the phone and said: "Can we bring you an ice cream cone and bomb Israel?" and Joe said "Nexelsrent", which everyone took to mean 'Yes', because he jumped up and down and clapped his hands and pooped a little when he said it. 

Why do you TROLL like ^this?

[WestCanMan]

9 minutes ago, robosmith said:

Why do you TROLL like ^this?

Why do you whine so much? 

[gatomontes99]

1 hour ago, WestCanMan said:

To be fair, the Iranians are expert negotiators. 

The Ayatollah got Biden on the phone and said: "Can we bring you an ice cream cone and bomb Israel?" and Joe said "Nexelsrent", which everyone took to mean 'Yes', because he jumped up and down and clapped his hands and pooped a little when he said it. 

You, sir, have all the onside information. Outstanding.

[gatomontes99]

51 minutes ago, robosmith said:

 

^This is your wild ass guess. AKA NOT what Reuters said.

That's not a wild ass guess. That is the restatement of what the Turkish official said. He said that Washington (aka the Whitehouse aka the POTUS aka Joe's handlers) told Iran they could strike Israel as long as it was out side the bounds. I didn't guess. I just put it in words you could understand.

[robosmith]

4 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

Why do you whine so much? 

Answer my question first, TROLL.

[robosmith]

3 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

That's not a wild ass guess. That is the restatement of what the Turkish official said. He said that Washington (aka the Whitehouse aka the POTUS aka Joe's handlers) told Iran they could strike Israel as long as it was out side the bounds. I didn't guess. I just put it in words you could understand.

IT's YOUR WILD ASS GUESS interpretation "of what the Turkish official said."

Sorry you don't get to attribute YOUR SPECULATION to Reuters.