Though I'm also going to say that before this week I thought the "OcT 7 wAs A iNsIdE jOb" people were functionally retarded. I'mma confess I'm not 100% on
More like institutional and operational arrogance and complacency. Remember, since 2014 Hamas has been "dealt with". They got smashed in the 2014 war and Iron Dome was working and in place since then as well. Hamas was "negotiating" and allowing a trial guest worker program across the border to the delight of Israeli bleeding heart leftists and Hamas fellators in the USA and EU.
Their attempted cross border raids on 2014 and 2019 were stopped as they were small and .... Incompetent.
So for nearly a decade the IDF on the border didn't really do anything besides take potshots at Hamas retards and dick around on their phones and try to fuck the hottest piece of ass in the units....
Right until the morning of October 7th 2023 when a few thousand VERY motivated Hamas killers successful blinded a few watchtowers, took out the cell phone network and caught the guards by total surprise....
It would be like if CJNG suddenly overran a Border Patrol checkpoint and invaded Laredo today. A total outside context problem. A lot of "TheY JuSt WoulDn't DO ThAT" energy.
Because its not 1550ish miles there, that's 1500 additional miles they have to fly BACK. Everyone thinks "1500 miles is nothing for airstrikes" because they're thinking the US with carriers everywhere and a massive infrastructure of in-air refueling, and alternate bases to land at after. Without that, you are going to be sending your strike group up as mostly drop tanks - and some one is going notice that.
Assuming someone notices something in the air, and that's nearly guaranteed because the jets wouldn't have the endurance to fly nape-of-the-earth and make it back home, that's at least two hours and more like 3-4, that Iran has heads up that something is coming their way. That's an eternity, that is enough time to detect and redeploy fighters.
In addition, once on station, Iran doesn't have to win the Air war to turn back any Israeli incursion they just have to get them to burn fuel. F-4s and F-14s are old, but they are fast and nimble. You could send them up with dummy missiles and the Israeli pilots won't be able to risk fucking around and finding out.
Most radars in Iranian service can't detect an F-35. The issue is fuel range.
Also, an Israeli air attack on Iran would probably use cruise missile and ultra long range glide bombs and drones on a one way flight.
The F-4 and F-14s radar guided missiles would probably be easily defeated by Israeli ecm, rheyr late 1970s vintage.
The best aircraft the Iranians have are mid to late 1989s vintage Mig-29s and Mirage F1s they got from Iraq at the tail end of the Gulf war. Even those are OLD here with old missiles
Israeli AIM-120s outrage anything Iran has besides their refurbished Phoenix and those probably wouldn't be able to achieve a good lock on an Israeli F-15I let alone an F-35.
Iranian jet's RWRs probably wouldn't even detect emissions from Israeli jets....so their jets would start exploding like Iraqi jets did when they encountered the F-14 for the first time.
where's the regional war, biden you decrepit fuck? it looks more like the muzzies are scared shitless.
Biden's admin is filled with a bunch of IRGC/Hamas/Hezzbollah supporting cocksuckers WHO LOVE Jihadis and Shia Jihadis in particular.
Remember, Obama's BIG foreign policy "achievement" was the retarded Iran nuclear deal.... The Democrats HAVE to keep it alive to keep his legacy strong.
Why are these Iranians celebrating his death? I thought the Muslim's hatred of Jews allowed them to coalesce — even Sunni and Shia. Are these non-Muslim Arabs?
A solid 30-60% of Iranians are actually atheists who despise the regime.
The problem is, the hardcore regime supporters have guns and aren't afraid of use them
I guess I’m surprised to see them celebrating so openly. I was led to believe they would be dropped off the nearest roof for this sort of thing.
As long as you're not calling for the overthrow of the regime or being a homosexual the Iranian secret police are a bit calmer now
They're also hiding their faces.
Oh my God we found
@Dawdler 
Kurds in Iran celebrating - "First Haniyeh and Nasrallah, then the Ayatollah."
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Hehe people forget that Iran is barely 52-60% Persian it has HUGE amounts of Kurds, Arabs, Azeris and Baluchis who may or may not HATE the regime and want an independent homeland or to join another country....