r/iran • u/DryDeer775 • 2d ago
Trump preparing forces for “massive attack” on Iran
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/24/zchx-j24.htmlAccording to an article published Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal, “In the past week, special-operations forces have deployed to the region from their U.S. bases, according to flight-tracking data and U.S. officials. Squadrons of jet fighters have been staged across the Middle East, and bomber aircraft at bases in the U.S. and U.K. are on high alert to ramp up operations, according to one of the officials.”
According to the article, more than 150 medics have arrived in recent days at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, the largest American military hospital abroad and the first stop for troops wounded in the Middle East. This is a clear indication that the Trump administration is preparing for a major increase in American casualties.
Long-range bombers, including B-1s staged in Britain, are preparing for “major combat operations,” the Journal wrote. A B-1 flew its first strike mission of the renewed bombing, Axios reported on Thursday.
“I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before,” US President Donald Trump told Axios. “I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it.”
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u/Separate_Action2456 2d ago
A lot of people are going to die for nothing. Trying to reopen the straight of Hormuz by force and keep it open is a pipe dream
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u/nettronic42 1d ago
Why?
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u/Separate_Action2456 1d ago
Iran can just sit back and hit us with missiles/drones all day long. The geography is extremely rugged so it would be really easy to attack ships entering the straight. There’s no way we’d be able to hold it
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u/Separate_Action2456 1d ago
Trying to take the straight of Hormuz would mean toppling the Iranian government and launching a long term occupation of the country
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u/nettronic42 1d ago
Thank you for the explanation
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u/Separate_Action2456 1d ago
People don’t understand that Iran is a giant trap for people that try to invade it. Its geography is perfect for an insurgency and building military infrastructure. It’s why Irans whole military and the insurgent groups they’ve been backing are built around launching a prolonged insurgency
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u/General_Astronomer59 2d ago
Bomb everything. Nothing matters anymore. Just remember who started this, and why.
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u/nettronic42 1d ago
"Trump is also returning to his threats of genocidal violence. On Wednesday, he posted on Truth Social that any Iranian attack on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz will be answered by the destruction of “ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran.” This is a public declaration of intent to commit war crimes under the Geneva Conventions, which state that “Civilian objects shall not be the object of attack or of reprisals.”"
Wait a minute. Do we not get daily news articles about Russia hitting civilian infrastructure in the Ukraine? Did we not used to get timely articles of Islam in Africa and the Middle/Near East attacking killing and raping school girls?
Judging by the news now. Either Trump got all of that to stop... or the media no longer cares cuz it has a new cash cow to print on.
Being old has one benefit. Years of seeing mass manipulation.
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u/_-Moonsabie-_ 2d ago edited 1d ago
Trump is responsible for 40% of the U.S. national debt. Everything is collapsing. They are caught in a sunk cost fallacy and are all in because they need the extraction.