"4 to 5 weeks"
but also, notionally unlimited spending
why beg for appropriations when you can just draw money directly from the US Treasury?
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/stre...12/id/1249324/U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said "absolutely not" when asked Thursday whether there was any price point at which he would tell President Donald Trump the war with Iran had become unaffordable.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...curity-sourcesWe attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say
We attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say
If regime holds, control of enriched uranium may be ultimate measure of US-Israeli success, insiders say
Israel did not have a realistic plan for regime change when it attacked Iran, multiple Israeli security sources have said, with expectations that airstrikes could lead to a popular uprising having been driven by “wishful thinking” rather than hard intelligence.
Iran has survived nearly two weeks of bombing raids and the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Trump is publicly contemplating ending the increasingly costly war.
If Iran’s new leadership keeps its grip on power, the long-term measure of the success of the conflict may hang on the fate of 440kg of enriched uranium which was buried under a mountain by US strikes last June, former and serving Israeli defence and intelligence sources said. Enough for more than 10 nuclear warheads, Iran could use it to hasten the construction of a weapon if the material remains in the country.
“These 440kg of uranium are one of the clearest litmus tests for how this war ends, whether it is a success,” said one former senior Israeli defence and intelligence official who worked on Iran. “We need to be in a position where either this material is out of Iran, or you have a regime where you are confident that it is safeguarded [inside Iran] in a very meaningful way.”
Hardliners in Iran have long argued a nuclear deterrent is the only guarantee of survival for the Islamic republic. The overwhelming military dominance of US and Israeli forces in this war is likely to bolster that view if the regime survives.
The US is reportedly considering sending troops on a high-risk mission to secure the uranium. Negotiations before the war also included proposals for Iran to surrender the enriched uranium to another country.
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nuke Iran to prevent them from getting nukes?
preventive nuclear first strike...
invasion by the USA to destroy/exfiltrate Iran's obliterated nuclear stockpiles seems improbable
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/13/us-k...g-attacks.htmlU.S. launches rescue efforts after military refueling plane crashes over Iraq
The U.S. military said Thursday that a KC-135 military refueling plane was lost while flying over Iraq in an incident that was “not due to hostile or enemy fire.”
The U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the incident involved two aircraft and occurred in friendly airspace. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely, it added.
“The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts are ongoing, the the U.S. Central Command said, referring to the war against Iran, which led to retaliatory strikes by Tehran across the Middle East.
It was unclear how many U.S. service members were on board the KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a group of militias in the country backed by Iran, claimed responsibility for the downing of the U.S. aircraft in a statement posted on its Telegram channel.
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most targeted by Iran: UAE
In front of a room of mostly hand-picked pro-Trump media, Hegseth says that if they don't sell the war for him, they're bad journalists
Some in the press can't stop. Allow me to make suggestions. People look at the TV and they see banners, 'Mideast War Intensifies.' What should it read instead? How about, 'Iran increasingly desperate.' More fake news from CNN. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better
More proof Blake doesn't read past the headline, if he did he'd realize how idiotic his little quip was as his linked article goes on to describe how the LCS are carrying the most advanced mine countermeasures mission package the Navy has ever fielded.
You're an idiot Blake.
In the first paragraph you idiots
"Three Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships... Canberra, Santa Barbara, and Tulsa… all three already deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet, all three operating in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf right now, today, as you wrote this little rant. Not in San Diego. Not in drydock. In theater. Carrying the most advanced mine countermeasures mission package the Navy has ever fielded."
"in the Presian Gulf and the Arabian Gulf"
if the ships are all in the Arabian Gulf, that could be technically true
dp
Last edited by Winehole23; 03-13-2026 at 10:17 AM.
Santa Barbara and Tulsa both in Persian Gulf. Canberra further south heading towards Persian Gulf.
https://www.cruisingearth.com/ship-t...santa-barbara/
https://www.cruisingearth.com/ship-t...avy/uss-tulsa/
https://www.cruisingearth.com/ship-t.../uss-canberra/
Are you in favor of Trump’s new war in Iran, TSA?
Or are you just here to say where ships might be?
I hope they're well protected
Apparently not doing any minesweeping or combat right now
Are these locations current, TSA? The dates I see are from last year while the locations for other ships are dated minutes ago.
And my tweet mentioned the LCS ships.
Not sure why having fewer minesweepers -- indeed, dedicated minesweepers -- is the best course of action right now.
What do you think, TSA -- fewer minesweepers good now?
Hegseth announcing US war crimes
From the DOD manual for military commissions"We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies.
"Declaring that no quarter will be given" is specifically prohibited by Art 23 of the Annex to the Hague Convention IV, which means it is a war crime under US domestic law by virtue of the War Crimes Act (18 U.S. Code § 2441).https://bsky.app/profile/bcfinucane..../3mgxe6ub6zc2cAnd as a fun related legal fact, the failure of a commander to punish war crimes by his subordinates is also a war crime under the doctrine of command responsibility.
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/ils/vol97/iss1/41/
What are you tankers waiting for? It's open.*
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2032433800072790251
Iran gives approval to the Indian government for two liquefied petroleum tankers to sail through the Strait of Hormuz -
Singapore jet fuel
This war will screw up aviation everyone
In front of a room of mostly hand-picked pro-Trump media, Hegseth says that if they don't sell the war for him, they're bad journalists
Some in the press can't stop. Allow me to make suggestions. People look at the TV and they see banners, 'Mideast War Intensifies.' What should it read instead? How about, 'Iran increasingly desperate.' More fake news from CNN. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better
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