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Israel strikes Iran

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by g8orbill, Jun 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM.

  1. uftaipan

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    Jewish Space Laser? Or does that have, like, a unique Hebrew signature to it that Iran could never fake?
     
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  2. vegasfox

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    Israel spies on the US gov't, our military, our scientists and our industry. Israel's spying is far more aggressive than the spying done by Germany, the UK, France or Japan.

    One memorable incident I remember reading about (to the best of my recollection) concernéd a trip Al Gore took to Israel. Secret Service agents swept Gore's hotel room and left. One agent remained behimd and decided to take a long silent dump on the toilet. An Israeli spy was evidently hiding in an A/C duct near the toilet and he started to adjust the vent angle (or maybe he was removing it). The SS agent noticed and coughed to alert the spy so he would retreat and he (the SS agent) could finish his business.

    Many have alleged that Israel passed highly classified US info acquired from Jonathan Pollard to the Soviets, mainly to help get Jews out of the USSR). Impossible for most of us to know what is true or not. As Arnaud de Borchgrave might say were he still alive, the world of spies and Intel analysts is a "wilderness of mirrors." Keeping that in mind:

    ISRAEL SAID TO HAVE PASSED U.S. INTELLIGENCE TO SOVIETS
    www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/10/21/israel-said-to-have-passed-us-intelligence-to-soviets/a39c073e-6de6-4d9e-bfd1-9d8b40bb1799
     
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  3. CaptUSMCNole

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    I believe the current model has a firing mechanism that is in the shape of a Star of David, so that is out.
     
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  4. CaptUSMCNole

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    You mean allies sometimes spy on each other?!?!? Has anyone told Angela Merckle?
     
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  5. vegasfox

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    One way would be for Israel to fire missiles or launch a drone attack from inside Iran.

    I don't watch TV news but assume it's been widely reported that Israel has been launching drone attacks on Iran from inside Iran.

    Of course if Iran launched an attack on the USS Nimitz it could do so from outside Iran. The Houthis/Yememis are not really the proxies of Iran as is commonly believed. An Iranian attack originating from inside Yemen is not inconceivable (to my limited understanding of the situation), however.
     
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  6. vegasfox

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    Israel has a reputation for being the most aggressive "ally" to spy on the US and we give them billions of dollars in aid each year. So Israel can steal our industrial secrets and then get paid to compete with our defense contractors in the sale of military equipment, for example. That potentially puts US on unemployment
     
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  8. CaptUSMCNole

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    So you think that Israel would be able to capture an Iranian Missile Launcher somewhere in Iran, be able to hide the fact that they have it and hide the launcher, and then fire at the Nimitiz CSG?

    And the Houthi’s are not Iranian proxies? They are just sending drones at Israeli infrastructure because why then?
     
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  9. CaptUSMCNole

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    Let me know when the Israelis develop their own version of a 5th or 6th generation stealth aircraft from all the technologies they stole.
     
  10. vegasfox

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    Good post. One of Obama's most disgraceful remarks was when he bragged to his sids that as president he discovered that he was really good at killing people. Most of the people killed in the drone attacks he was referring to were innocents. I think Biden and Trump weren't as concerned about innocent's lost as they should have been
     
  11. vaxcardinal

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    What does this have to do with the Cruz interview? You posted a snippet of the interview and then said that was proof they spy on us.
     
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  12. vaxcardinal

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    Everyone spies on everyone, what’s the big revelation?
     
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  13. vegasfox

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    As I:be said, the extent and aggressiveness of Israel's spying on the US far exceeds that of our other "allies." Do Japan, Germany, France, the UK and Denmark try to seduce as nd compromise visiting US politicians with women and drugs, like Israel does?

    You seem a little defensive. Feel free to explain if you like.

    I remember reading about Joe Sobtan (National Review's best writer) saying he knew William F. Buckley would fire him when he stayed in a column that Buckley is "jumpy about Jews." Nobody should be above being criticized because they're a specific ethnicity imo.
    Sobran's --- "For Fear of the Jews"
     
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  14. OklahomaGator

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    If their spying was so intensive, you would think they would have the plans for the bunker buster bomb.
     
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  15. vaxcardinal

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    dont need to explain anything. there is no new revelations in your posts. quoting things you read about and snapshots of twitter isn't going to change anything.
     
  16. CaptUSMCNole

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    Why do you keep quoting people that are well known for being antisemitic?
     
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  17. gator95

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    Because he agrees with them obviously. Just laugh at those posters and move on.
     
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  18. GatorBen

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    Who, other than antisemites, would you look to if you wanted to find conspiracy theories about Jews? ;)
     
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  19. CaptUSMCNole

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    I just find it amusing that this poster always has to go with "world renowned expert of Intelligent on X" or "The best grand master strategist" and when you go look these people up, they were once pretty legitimate figures, who are now on the fringes due to their craziness and are working for RT and Sputnik news or just obscure folks that are never were.
     
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  20. ETGator1

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    Correct me if wrong, improvement happened last night in regard to the number of missiles launched at Israel and the number that hit cities. Seems like there were fewer missiles sent, and it was reported that zero hit Tel Aviv.

    In related news, I saw last night that the G7 leaders that remained after Trump left signed a resolution saying Iran cannot be nuclear.

    Again, correct me if this isn't right. Hard to get news here when folks are sniping at each other.
     
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