๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ - Iranian sources claim that the Arak Nuclear Complex has been struck by Israel and is now burning.
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท - Iranian TV reports that the Revolutionary Guards headquarters in Tehran was attacked, and smoke is still rising from the building.
๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ - Iranian media confirming some leadership losses, notably Bagheri and Salami.
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท - Iran reports IRGC headquarters in Tehran has been hit by Israel - Reuters
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท - The city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran is currently under attack with at least five explosions heard, according to Iranian media. - NYT
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท - Uhhhhh I think that now is your time if you're anti-regime and apart of anything in Iran.
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ธ - The Israeli army has decided to seal off the entire West Bank. Millions of Palestinians are now living under a complete military lockdown.
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท - Israeli official: โWe are just getting started.โ
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท - Still waiting for any serious Iranian retaliation, notably on the Hormuz thing people speculated on for years.
๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐บ - I think that we, the realists, remained for too long in a post-Iraq and post-Afghanistan mindset marked by US foreign policy failures, and we often don't see the many successes the US foreign policy had, and I think we often overestimate the military potentiel of US foreign adversaries.
๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ธ - My guess (or at least, what I'm feeling like at the moment) is that the West has reached a level of technological advance in military affairs that will be imposible for the third world and allies club to join within a few years, thus ensuring years of US dominance over global affairs.
๐บ๐ธ๐ซ๐ท๐จ๐ฆ - Those in the West who are still loyal to liberal democracy, notably in Ottawa and Paris, will have to adjust to this new geopolitical reality. Military projection is back.
I think being a realist is
1) Realizing that nuclear deterrence is still a thing, notably for Russia, China and North Korea.
2) BUT, also saying that Western technological advance is increasing by the day so we could see some change on that front.
1) Realizing that nuclear deterrence is still a thing, notably for Russia, China and North Korea.
2) BUT, also saying that Western technological advance is increasing by the day so we could see some change on that front.
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท - Israeli airstrikes reported on Fordow fuel enrichment plant.
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ - Israel announced the closure of Israeli embassies around the world and the suspension of consular services.
๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will address the nation in a few minutes - Fars News Agency
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๐ฎ๐ฑ โ ๐ฎ๐ท โ๏ธ โ Israeli missile strikes at Iran's Supreme Leader's Residence in Tehran!
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๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฑ - Israel has warned that if Iran targets Israeli population centers in its retaliation, Israel will respond by launching strikes on all of Iranโs oil refineries and natural gas facilities along the Persian Gulf, according to Israeli Channel 12.