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PeaceWave

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:43 PM Jun 18

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LexVegas

(6,878 posts)
1. Talking about Iran getting their asses handed to them makes some people salty. nt
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:45 PM
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MarineCombatEngineer

(15,864 posts)
2. I do believe that Iran seriously miscalculated the damage Israel could do to it,
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:50 PM
Jun 18

militarily and financially, they were wholly unprepared for the weight of the IAF and the ease which the IAF gained air superiority over Iran.

LexVegas

(6,878 posts)
3. If true that would be a shocking intelligence failure. nt
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:51 PM
Jun 18

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,864 posts)
4. It seems to me that Iranian intelligence were more interested internally
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:53 PM
Jun 18

than externally, how they missed this is just mind blowing.

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ananda

(32,652 posts)
5. It really surprised me how easily this is all going down.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:54 PM
Jun 18

At least it reduces the crazy ass need to use nukes.

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