Pinning this as it's HUGE.
Live updates here:
https://apnews.com/live/israel-iran-attack
CNN is reporting a 2nd wave of attacks is ongoing right now.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-strikes-news-06-12-25-hnk-intl
Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon calls on Security Council to stand by his country. “This is a moment to make moral decisions. Stand by Israel - or you will be partners in a dangerous silence", He said.
That's a threat not a warning
The moral decision is blindingly obvious and it's not to threaten nuclear war to shield your rabid pit bull of an ally from retaliation, motherfucker.
The “dangerous silence” part rings alarmingly true, but not for the reasons protected.
Yeah this isn't a small strike. They went after the leaders of Iran and their nuclear sites all at once.
Looks like they got the head of the Revolutionary Guard too.
To be clear, FUCK Israel-
but if you're going to do this, this is the way to do it. War is hell, and the objective should be to do whatever is necessary to bring your opponent to the table for surrender or negotiation as quickly as possible and avoid a prolonged engagement. In any other era we wouldn't even be discussing this.
Again, though, for those in the back- fuck Israel.
That type of flawed logic is exactly what led to atomic bombs being used to kill hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians, and is Israel's supposed justification for their barbaric campaign against Palestinians.
Iran was barely doing anything the last few years? the sudden attack seems likes its distraction from all those protests.
Fascism is a death cult.
Also, does anyone actually believe this shit, re: the US lmao. They're using our arms.
I thought the vote happened before the strike?
edit: Yeah, I definitely think it happened before the strike. It wasn't off by 2 votes either.
Targetted military installations, Israel said. But seems they instead hit residential apartment complexes. So, yet another war crime.
Well this is Israel’s big skillset. They are a culture organized around the oppression and murder of innocents.
Great. Israel proves once again that Iran needs a nuke to protect itself. Iran now has all the reason to quickly develop a nuke, which Israel will take as a pretext to demand the US to invade Iran for them.
An Iranian nuke will make Saudi want one, and then Turkiye will also want one.
Israel is doing everything it can to keep the region in perpetual war, justifying its imperialist and genocidal regime as "self defense".
Except for the weapons we sold them, the intel reports we provided, etc, etc.
Funny how the US diverted 20k drones from Ukraine to the Middle East recently, wonder where they will end up…
And funny how the US embassy there was emptied a few days ago, citing "tensions in the region." Almost looks like they knew, doesn't it?
They did know… it has been explicitly stated that they did. They're just saying that they don't take part in it.
OK, I get that Israel has the right to exist but for fucking once can it please just exist for 5 fucking minutes?
Ever heard the saying, "spare the rod, spoil the child"?
This is what happens. Your kid turns into a fuckin bully that punches above his weight because his dad is a cop and no one wants to stand up to him.
And now he's brought a Glock to school.
When your kid start installing his agents in the very foundation of western countries to ensure no one oppose him for when he start murdering innocents and raging wars, please just shoot him in the face and rid the world of him.
Times of Israel is reporting a different story on the level of US involvement
Israel want the US to go to war with Iran, while they get to watch.
This. Everything which starts with "Israel says" is inevitably followed by a lie.
These Zionist criminals are going to kill us all
Not to diminish the other grave consequences of this strike, but because of Trump's tariffs and other erratic behavior, the U.S. economy is teetering on the edge of recession. This strike has already caused oil prices to jump significantly, which will almost certainly speed the onset and deepen the depth of the coming recession.
Bullshit! Who in the hell supplied the satellite intelligence and targeting data. You MAGA fucks better do your "patriotic" duty, sign up for 11 Bravo (Grunt Infanttry) and gear up to invade Iran.
Israel's war with fucking everyone around it, is like the bullshit wars South Africa fought with all its neighbours.
This Apartheid regime, like that Apartheid regime needs to end. It needs to be crushed and reformed.
When Barghouti is the president of the post-Apartheid State of Israel and Palestine, we can start having peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one etc etc etc.
Israel is digging its own grave. Sadly with other people's blood.
"Following the pre-emptive strike by the State of Israel against Iran, a missile and UAV (drone) attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate time frame," Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.
Amazing how Israel was able to figure out when the unprovoked Iranian attack was going to occur that they managed to get their preemptive strike done in the nick of time.
/s
Well, I’m glad I started that garden.
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