Iran Crisis & the 2026 War between Iran and the United States, Gulf States, and Israel - Please focus on news and coverage, not argumentation.

[Unarmed Gunman]

This isn't even remotely true. The vast majority of the debt is citizen entitlement program

No, you ignorant faggot, we have a pretty good idea, because the Treasury issues a spending document every fucking fiscal year with the numbers listed.

This doesn't even make sense.

Wait, I think I just realized something. You guys think the annual defense budget is the only cost of war? No wonder the shit you say sounds so goofy.

The military is just a huge lifetime gubmint gibs program now, and none of those expenses are tracked under defense spending. Although I'm sure it makes you feel good to know that you're keeping Antwuan and his "combat engineer" baby mama taken care of for the next 50 years, that shit is an actual drag on the productive members of society.

Ghettos and trailer parks everywhere thank people like you for your misplaced patriotism though. Gotta keep them checks coming, plus how else are we going to learn middle east geography?

 

[Mr. Racewar1488]

Although I'm sure it makes you feel good to know that you're keeping Antwuan and his "combat engineer" baby mama taken care of for the next 50 years, that shit is an actual drag on the productive members of society.

You have no idea what you're talking about. Just because you do a four year enlistment doesn't mean the government is going to be paying for everything until you die. Please return to /pol/ where you get your talking points and let the people who actually know what they're talking about discuss HAPPENINGS.

 

[Onepumpplumpchump]

The military is just a huge lifetime gubmint gibs program now, and none of those expenses are tracked under defense spending.

What the hell is this talking point. Show sources on why you say this.

 

[Make Anime Illegal]

"Foolish Americans! You only destroyed the Temu military assets!"
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Their current leader is a cardboard decoy.

 

[Lapsus of the bepsus]

What the hell is this talking point. Show sources on why you say this.

isnt it obvious, the american veterans gibs system is the reason why killing terrorists is bad and why iran has already won. here the taxpayer pays for benefits to vets, but in iran the 72 virgin children in heaven are paid for by allah. khamenei has been busy fucking 9 year olds for weeks at this point. thats checkmate. trump needs to off ramp and exit asap, you cant fight this

 

[Mr. Racewar1488]

What the hell is this talking point. Show sources on why you say this.

It's civilians hearing veterans making fun of the dependapotamuses at the commissary and having zero understanding of how VA benefits are handled or how retirement works. Your typical poltard thinks if you do a standard 4 year enlistment you get full benefits for your entire life and is jealous that after working at their wagecuck jobs for years they get nothing while people who put in their 20 get some pretty decent bennies. With the amount of bullshit you have to deal with in any branch of the service I think you deserve some good benefits after doing that for twenty plus years.

 

[mindlessobserver]

And even if you do do 20+years, VA benefits like Healthcare are not necessarily guaranteed. And even if you do get them you may have to pay for some things depending on your percentage. Most of the people getting free rides in the VA Healthcare system are wounded or chronically sick due to their time inbthe service, or are just straight up war widows.

 

[Fred Fuckstone]

Ah yes, veteran affairs benefits, the thing the US is famous for providing for every Dick, Bob, and Harry who passed basic and has definitely never ever been complained about being unreliable or never coming whatsoever, that's where our massive deficit comes from, why didn't we think of that?

 

[he who has thus come/gone]

Bunker art by U.S. troops stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait during the Iran War, with over 210 air raid alerts marked during the timeframe.

This looks like a mirrored shot of the Smiling Friends segment which is based on the "do you realize" dialogue between Chris chan and his father. And if that's the case, then this bunker art links back to this very forum.

 

[mindlessobserver]

This looks like a mirrored shot of the Smiling Friends segment which is based on the "do you realize" dialogue between Chris chan and his father. And if that's the case, then this bunker art links back to this very forum.

I want ALL of those shahed drones OFF MY AIR BASE!

NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!

 

[这次我发誓死不发帖]

Building missiles is one of things I actually want my tax money spent on. I consider each mullah blown up by a tomahawk to be a return on investment.

Income tax should be prorated: any days without the Department of War absolutely dunking on the enemies of the United States should be excluded. Same goes for any days on which a non-citizen holds government office in the United States.

 

[Bummer]

And the counterpoint--again--is that the spending of the Military Industrial Complex doesn't even come close to what the Medical Industrial Complex costs us.

Again, last year's deficit was $1.77 trillion. If you add spending on the DoD and its associated programs ($1.118 trillion), the Department of Energy's nuclear administration ($32.8 billion) and the Department of Veteran's Affairs ($376 billion), the total ($1.526 trillion) is still $244 billion short of hitting even. By contrast, to repeat, the delta between the outlays of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the revenue for Medicare Part A, was $2.089 trillion.

IOW, you can eliminate every single penny of defense-related spending, and our national debt would still be growing. If LBJ's Great (haha) Society bullshit didn't exist, we'd have had a SURPLUS of $319 billion last fiscal year.

Re-posting the same shit he did about audits doesn't change the actual facts about annual government spending on these items. One MIC is, empirically, far more expensive than the other MIC, and is what's actually driving our debt increases.

Again, reading comprehension. I'm not talking about military spending, I'm talking about rhetorical tactics. I'm actuality trying to help you, not argue, the reason only 34% of Americans (a number that is dwindling by the day) support this is because of the dog shit arguments in favor of it. You are in an echo chamber but normal people can smell disingenuous bullshit like purposely misunderstanding your opposition so you can dismiss it or beat on a straw man.

 

[Mr. Racewar1488]

A high-ranking Iranian security source told Press TV that the U.S. naval blockade on Iran's ports will soon be met with "practical and unprecedented military action." The Whirlpools of Death will be activated and sink the fleet of the Great Satan, Inshallah!


Iran has shifted to a collective wartime leadership dominated by the IRGC and the Supreme National Security Council following the death of Ali Khamenei early in the war, according to Reuters.

While Mojtaba Khamenei remains formally at the top, sources say his role is largely symbolic, legitimizing decisions made by military leaders rather than directing policy himself.

On the ground, IRGC Commander-in-Chief Ahmad Vahidi has emerged as a key decision-maker and central figure in negotiations, including during the ceasefire.

Analysts say the main obstacle to a deal is not internal divisions in Tehran but the gap between U.S. proposals and what hardline IRGC figures are willing to accept.

 

[RA-5C Vigilante]

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Bunker art by U.S. troops stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait during the Iran War, with over 210 air raid alerts marked during the timeframe.

"Do you realize- DO YOU REALIZE SOMETHING. If we don't stop Iran, we could lose the Burger King trailer on base and have to move to Saudi Arabia?"
"No staff sergeant."

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

Again, reading comprehension.

normal people can smell disingenuous bullshit like purposely misunderstanding your opposition so you can dismiss it or beat on a straw man.

>doesn't read my full post
>fails to comprehend which quoted text my comments are replying to
>accuses me of intentionally feigning misunderstanding

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

At least I'll have a few months rest before the next happening.

I have the schedule right here.

You are getting no rest. Six days from now.

 

[1999 prick]

rhetorical tactics.

Kindly elaborate on the rhetorical tactics that you are trying to gaslight us.

 

[aphaln]

IDF Quadcopter belonging to the 226th Paratroopers Brigade strikes a Hezbollah fighter on a motorcycle on the western front.

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The IDF published footage of an extremely similar strike carried out by the same Brigade yesterday.

Spoiler: IDF Statement

Yesterday (Tuesday), forces from the 226th Brigade, under the command of the 146th Division, identified — using an armed drone — a Hezbollah terrorist operating near our forces in southern Lebanon in a way that posed a real threat.

Following the identification, the troops struck and eliminated the terrorist using the drone, while he was attempting to flee on a motorcycle.

Overnight, the IDF struck approximately 20 command centers and military structures used by Hezbollah to advance attacks against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians in several areas in southern Lebanon.

The IDF will continue to operate to remove threats to Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.

 

[Mr. Racewar1488]

The government news agency ISNA has reported that the price of the dollar in the open market today has been recorded at 181,100 tomans. This is considered the highest recorded price of the dollar, and Iran's national currency has recorded its lowest value in history. The dollar has grown by 120 percent over ten months and has more than doubled. That's 1.8 million rials to one American Dollar. This is what winning looks like, ZOG slaves!

 

[Schwarzwald]

A high-ranking Iranian security source told Press TV that the U.S. naval blockade on Iran's ports will soon be met with "practical and unprecedented military action."

When I was a child I remember learning about and discussing North Korea with my father. He told me to think of them as a yippy Chihuahua that won't stop ever barking but couldn't actually do anything in the way of harm to anyone else even if they wanted to.

Iran is now on par with North Korea in the way of being a Chihuahua. It's hilarious to me how seriously they were treated on the world stage for so long after how we saw this play out.