Israeli Military Was Ordered To Prepare For U.S. Strike On Iran Before Trump Leaves Office – Report

Sofar Iran is gaining…

No.

Yes.

Maybe.

How?

Took over most of Iraq.
Beachead in Syria and Yemen.

These countries are now liabilities for Iran. Not in any of them is the war ended. Yemen’s government forces are not in league with Iran about its revolutionary agenda, because there are many Sunnis among them. Houthis are Iran’s yes-men, but they don’t have a monopoly on power like those in Iraq and Lebanon. Saudi Arabia and the GCC won’t allow a Shiite takeover of Yemen. This war is likely to continue for years.

Iran is patient.
Look at the situation now amd 10 years ago, it obvious that Iran is slowly grinding away CIA/Mossad/MI6 backed Wahabinazis in the region.

I see a complete opposite of what you claim. Patience works when you are not under attack. Iran’s economy has collapsed. Hezbollah is in trouble in Lebanon. America might just pull out of Afghanistan, handing it over the Iran’s arch enemy (the Taliban). There is a resurgence of ISIS in Iraq and Syria (they killed many Shiite militias lately). Iran had its brightest military strategist killed. Iran’s neighbors and enemies just got a lot stronger (the GCC spend hundreds of billions in arms purchases).
Russia takes credit for the degradation of Sunni militias in the region. ISIS had almost overthrown Assad when Russia intervened. It is clear that left to the Shiite militias, they are no match for ISIS.

Iran wasnt present in Syria innlarge numbers before Russia entered.
Iranian economy isnt collapsed thats CIA propaganda in fact its sliwly gaining contrary to maximum pressure.
Obongo also gavebback a $130billion to Iran.
What do you think how could they boost their rocket tech and arsenal and secret underground bases in the region?
Isis is toast.
80% of Syria is under SAA control.
Houthis grinding away saudisis like the Vietcong did with the U.S. in NAM.
Iran is actually supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, no surprise dince tgey fid the same against the Doviets supporting the Mujhahideen.
The Alliance against Iran is weak, its mostly weak proxies trying to deflect and absorb Iranian countermeasures.
But like ee could see the U.S. is pulling out from the region,band Iran is taking its place.

Iran wasn’t present in large numbers in Syria at first, but Hezbollah and other militias were, and that means Iran was.
Syria is critical node in the Shiite axis. Neither Iran nor the other Shiite militias can afford to let it fall. The fact Assad was nearly defeated in 2015 means the rebels and ISIS had given the Shiite militias a beating. If not for the Russian intervention, Assad would have fallen long ago. You can’t dispute that fact.

Obama gave billions to Iran. But with its involvement in may conflicts, domestic problems in the economy and corruption, there is little or nothing left of that money. Proof?: Iran requested a $5 billion loan from the IMF to curtail coronavirus. Another proof?: Iran is giving a few dollars (less than $10) a month to help the poor in Iran. Another proof?: Rouhani acknowledged sanctions have ground the Iranian economy to a halt. I can provide links if you want. But I think you already know.

ISIS is toast? 80% of Syria ruled by Assad? Well, the second claim is true, but Russia takes credit for it not Iran. As for the first claim, we might debate that another time.

Iran supporting the Taliban? Are you serious? I wonder how deep your knowledge is of Shiites. I consider you a Shiite despite appearing to be Christian from your profile picture. Most Shiite commenters don’t reveal their identity. But that’s not my point. I’m just surprised that you don’t know or pretend not to know that Iran will NEVER help any Sunni country or group sincerely. If they do, it’s temporary and with ulterior motives. I suppose you did not read the statement by Iran’s foreign ministry when the U.S and Taliban signed the peace deal.

In a nutshell, Iran helps the Taliban ONLY to keep the war going and prevent an American withdrawal. Know why? Because a U.S withdrawal means a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. In case you don’t know, Iran fought side by side with the U.S during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. Thus, Iran helped overthrow the Taliban. And now you want to tell people that Iran is helping re-instate the Taliban? Well, tell that to Abdullah Abdullah.

Alliance against Iran is weak? You mean the USA, Israel, and GCC combined are weak against Iran? Well, I can’t say anything to that. But remember, one of them killed Iran’s top military strategists not up to a year ago, and Iran didn’t have the guts to retaliate IN KIND.

Why shouldn’t Iran request money, they probably will never pay it back same as the U.S. won’t ever pay it’s debt back.
Iran didn’t support the U.S. in the past 40 years at any given time.
Another CIA propaganda.
You forget that is was backed by the U.S., UK, France, Turkey, Israel, and Saudisis.
SAA was basically alone.
When Russia entered the game so did Iran which turned the tide of war.
They beat no less than 3 super and 3 regional powers.
Quiet the feat if you ask me.
Iran retaliated with around half a dozen missiles strikes against U.S. bases in Iraq, there were casualties but both parties kept it under the radar to avoid a major war.
It was a warning to U.S. leadership which they got…
Now they are pulling out Iran is gaining again.
Iran is playing chess the rest okay checkers.
The harder you push against them the more they gain, it’s just a fact.
Iran was nowhere 20 years ago In the region now they have the initiative and rest can only react.
Russia is laying back grabbing popcorn…
Weapons sales are through the roof.
Have a nice day ?

“Iran didn’t support the U.S. in the past 40 years at any given time”
Interesting claim. You and anyone who believes such crap deserves to read this: http://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2020/01/iran-united-states-and-operation.html

Iran had been involved in the Syrian war from day one. I remember in 2011/2012 during Ahmadinajad’s presidency, Iran planted cameras in certain locations to film Syrian protesters whom the MSM was promoting as being peaceful, when in reality, fielded guns.

I repeat that Russia takes credit for Assad’s survival. If Russia were to pull out of Syria today, Assad will be history within months.

Iran’s retaliation didn’t kill anyone. There were hundreds of American soldiers on the Iraqi military base. It’ll be impossible to keep such information a secret in our today’s connected and anonymous world. Not when hundreds of soldiers witnessed their brothers-in-arms die. If Iran had killed Americans that night, they won’t still be threatening revenge.

Believe it or not, Iran is in a pretty bad shape and faces an existential threat.

Because he strikes the wrong places. And knows full well a fully-fledged response or escalation won’t ever materialize all the way from Tehran using its best assets based on a couple proxy militiamen taken out a thousand miles from home every once in a while, let alone when it’s the SAA itself, in which cases Iran can morally distance itself and claim it’s not its responsibility to directly retaliate in place of an army unwilling or unable to do it itself when struck, ally or not. All in all those are merely symbolic and psychological moves by the outgoing PM first to keep its neighbor’s border combat capability and morale on the floor as long as he can, and political at home to avoid thinking too much about the prospect of ending up in a cage. Good old security card, it never fails to rally a reactionary electorate.

They said the same about Vietnam…

Then there is Israel’s Dimona, a perfect target for Quds-2.

Seriously, you should stop playing Call of Duty. Do you understand what it means to attack ( unprovoked ) a country of 80 million people?

Attack unprovoked people? The same people who have created Shiite militias throughout the Middle East that are killing and oppressing others on sectarian bases? Because you don’t know the damage that Iran’s militias are causing the civilians in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen doesn’t mean every other person doesn’t.

Iran will not attack Israel without a U.S bombing campaign that threatens to topple the Mullahs, even if Trump were to order a strike on Iran’s nuclear sites. They know very well what the Israelis are capable of doing. Israel is the most dangerous nuclear-armed menace in the world because of its likelihood to resort to nuclear weapons in a major war. Jews are mostly heartless, and the Mullahs know it.

I do support a U.S war on the Shiite militias across the Middle East. Iran won’t dare attack any U.S bases or Israel if America launches a sustained campaign to destroy or severely degrade all Shiite militias in the region. Iran would only offer covert support, but will never attack any American or Israeli targets directly. Sometimes I wonder why the U.S hasn’t done this already. The militias have refused flatly to be governed by the governments in their respective countries. These governments are powerless to do anything against the militias even as they kill and oppress citizens who oppose them. In Iraq for example, the PMU can kill anyone it sees fit without any consequences. Why shouldn’t the world support the destruction of these terror forces? These guys are worse than ISIS and should be treated as the terrorists that they are. The demise of ISIS only gave rise to another terror group. A more deadly and organized one for that matter. Have you ever wondered why the Sunnis don’t want America out of Iraq?

Dude, the US is supposed to be your enemy too, not just Iran’s. I don’t understand how the Gulf countries allow some distant imperialist power come and disorganize their neighborhood all in the name of Sunni/Shia divide. Aren’t you both Muslim with only minor differences of one group saying they are the Prophet’s family? What’s your deal man?

Iran is making a Muslim unity almost impossible. The militias they train and arm are targeting Sunnis more than any other group. In Iraq, many have become homeless because the militias prevent them returning to their homes which they fled during the war on ISIS. The UN recently had to intervene in Iraq’s rampant execution of Sunnis it claims are terrorists. Many Sunnis have been killed during the demonstrations and up till now. Anyone who disagrees with the militias will likely be killed in cold blood. The highest Shiite authorities in Iraq recently warned Iraqis to distance themselves from Iran-backed militia groups.

If Iran truly wanted to help these countries (Iraq, Lebanon, etc) it would support their OFFICIAL militaries directly through weapons, training, and even funding. That’s the right way to do it. But Iran prefers to single out only the Shiites, then train and arm them. Now these fanatical Shiites turn on the local Sunni populations instead of their eternal enemy (Israel and America).

For your information, Shiism is not Islam. It’s an anti-Islamic cult. Our believes are 180 degrees apart. Shiites consider all the Sahabas apostates except for about 9 or 10. Abubakar, Umar, Usman, and all others are kafirs or even worse, hypocrites. While the Sunnis consider the actions of these people I mention to be something Muslims should emulate. These three are the highest by moral and spiritual standards after the Prophet (S.A.W). But according to the Shiite doctrine, these are the most evil people.

Also, Shiites don’t work with the Sunnah (true hadith) and they claim the Quran is incomplete. The also accuse the prophet’s wife (Aisha) of adultery and rebellion even after Allah cleared her of the charge. A group of them believe that prophethood was wrongly given to Muhammad (S.A.W) instead of Ali. Others even worship Ali.

There are so many dark beliefs of the Shiites that only one is enough to negate their Islam.

That’s just how different we are from them. If you want to learn more about this subject, I’ll provide a link to a 1000-page book that explains everything in detail about the historic and modern Shiites. Shiism might look like Islam outwardly, but it’s an anti-Islamic cult. The Saudi Monarchy with all its evil is far far far better than any Shiite rule.

What’s more alarming is that the ultimate target of the Shiites is the Hejaz (Mecca, Madina). All this talk about Israel is just a cover. The first and major goal is to capture mecca and mandinah from the Sunnis so they have a greater influence to spread their poisonous believe.

A bloody regional war is better than a Shiite takeover of the Hejaz.

Dont mix up assassinations with an invasion…
Aside from that Iran fud retaliate, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, plus the rocket strikes against U.S. bases in Iraq, there have beeen a lot of casulties CIA News Network forgot ro report about it…

It has just begun.

Oy gevalt…

More like گه.

Ay vey…

Don’t know this one, but you should know.

It has always been like that. No country has gone to a world war to save some “friend”. They do it because their “friend” means to much to their own geopolitical objectives, or because they think they can exploit the confusion to grad more land.

This is why I said that an attack on Iran will not be the same as attacking Iraq, Afghanistan or even Syria. Iran is too big, too strong, too important for the SCO, to let the yankees do what they want.

And keep in mind that attacking Iran means instant retaliation. The gulf States would be set on fire. The shia would rebel everywhere. And the conflict would inevitably expand beyond Iran. In such a scenario, China and Russia cannot stand still and do nothing.

You will not see a single Amarican there. NO WAY.

They will bombarde electricity, water, bridges, railroads whatever.

None americans will be lost for lowlives like Your kind. NONE.

To them Allah probatly is some town in Alabama as well.

An all out war in the Middle East may not start and end there. Iran can slip biological weapons into America and use it against the U.S population. But you can be sure this will guarantee the nuclear annihilation of much of Iran. I don’t think the Mullahs are crazy enough to try such.

Thats right. No nukes.

Iran may not have nuclear weapons now, however Pakistan or N. Korea can deliver some nuclear warheads to Iran to settle the score in the area.

It it ever get out that a nuke dropped on America originated from Pakistan or North Korea, these countries will likely be on the receiving end of big American trouble. The Pakistani nuclear arsenal was funded by Saudi Arabia.

Both these countries will likely help Iran with the technical knowledge and maybe some components to build nukes. That’s the best they can do and secretly. Iran must build its own nukes if it needs protection. No country on Earth will put a nuclear umbrella over Iran because of its disruptive actions that heightens the chances of war. For example, even when Iran is lobbying to become a full member of the CSTO, the organization will not make Iran a full member because that’ll risk dragging them into a war Iran provokes by meddling in the affairs of other nations. No country wants an alliance with a troublesome country like Iran.

Many would argue that Iran is innocent and that it’s a victim of America’s aggression. My question to such people is: How does it feel to be the president of a country and certain groups of armed men aren’t under your command as the commander-in-chief? This group refuses to integrate into the country’s military, refuses to disband, and refuses to take orders from you as the president. If every other group were to have their own militias, would there be a country? Is that not creating conditions or civil war? That’s what Iran has done to Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Yemen. They are building the same in Syria so that whichever government emerges would have to contend with these militias. They are also believed to be controlling a Shiite militia in Pakistan. They’ve attempted to export their revolution to Azerbaijan.

Iran is causing so much trouble for people in the middle east. Many have died as a result. More will die too. All these crimes will one day be paid for by Iran. Should a civil war erupt in Lebanon or Iraq, I put the blame squarely on Iran. Because of the terrorist militias.

The trouble US and Israel is causing in the ME are far greater than what you attribute to Iran. Iran is a counter force against that. Iran can keep working on a nuclear weapon, unless Biden observes the treaty Trump reneged on. Even so, low yield warheads on Trident missiles to make up for air ineptitude of US forces in the area, is not enough to balance Iranian ballistic missiles cruise missile capabilities deployed in ME. Iranian ballistic missile CEP capability would cause high American and Israeli casualties in the ME.

You think Venezuela will sacrifice its people to help Iran get at America? There is a limit to Venezuela’s cooperation with Iran. All the claims I’ve read about Iran moving missiles to Venezuela is bullshit. With the kind of Traitors and infiltration of Venezuela by the CIA, such a move by Iran will not go unnoticed. And the U.S surely would have reacted viciously against Venezuela.

Protests happened because detiorating conditions under economy, directly influenced by sanctions which are also instrument for war. Iranians showed that they can not be overtaken from the inside on both occasions while the West had to use fabricated movie videos as evidence of police brutality in Iran. Meanwhile in the West police brutality is hailed as necessary security measure. They tease and beat up ppl who do not wear masks for example ?
Now, as I already say about situation if war breaks out… It’s jet to be seen how US air force ( which is surely, along navy, most feared force for decades ) would cope with Iranian defenses. It’s one thing to bomb from 10km height but completely different thing is to impose air superiority over Iran. It could prove to be so costly war for USA that it might risk her economy to great extent. Best evidence for this is the fact that Iran is not attacked jet, many US generals agree it would be close to impossible to win that war unless millions of ground troops were ready to invade.

Your comment shows that you don’t know where Iran’s strength is and don’t know why the U.S has not attacked Iran yet. I’ll clarify them to you.

First off, Iran’s air defense system is no match for America’s air power. Why?
1. because Iran’s air defenses are limited in number
2. They won’t be dealing only with planes. there are missisles to defend against. It’s nearly impossible to defend against a missile barrage.
3. Russia’s S-400 is yet to be proved in combat. They have refused to use it in Syria against Assad. And I suspect this is out of fear that Israel may expose a glaring weakness of these defenses. Other Russian air defense systems have been humiliated by Turkish NON-STEALTH drones.
There are too many American planes to defend against. Don’t also forget Israel and the GCC should Iran attack them.
Iran can’t protect its airspace from the combined might of its enemies.

The reason America has not attacked Iran yet is because Iran NEVER gives the U.S a reason to attack. There is something about America that you don’t understand. The American public are highly averse to war casualties. They’d rather their government pursue diplomacy than engage in wars that end up killing and maiming their soldiers.
Your politicians understand this American mindset very well, and they exploit it.

the Mullahs know that Trump cannot start a war without a major provocation from Iran. By a major provocation, I mean openly killing Americans. That’s why the Mullahs refrained from killing any American after Soleimani was killed. They will also not kill openly any American or Israel for the recent assassination.

That’s the reason Iran has not been attacked yet.

I stopped reading after your first point. Iran has demonstrated how s capability in producing AA defenses. You can’t be sure how it would play out and the only American chance is indiscriminate bombing from very high altitude.
You seem so sure that US can impose no fly area over Iran. IF IT COULD USA AND ISRAEL WOULD FABRICATE EVIDENCE TO START WAR AGAINST IRAN IN THE SAME MANNER WITH WHICH IRAQ WAR WAS STARTED. GET REAL MISTER. all your points I wrote in earlier replies here. I explained it too.

I don’t blame you as you seem to only get your news from SouthFront and presstv. If you were reading other military analysis blogs (even pro-Russian blogs like “The Saker Blog”, you’ll know that Iran doesn’t have the capability to stop a determined U.S air assault. I doubt even SouthFront can claim that the US cannot impose air dominance over Iran.

Iran manufactures systems that have not been tested in combat. It’s certainly inferior to what the Russians have, and that’s why Iran is interested in buying the Russian AA systems after sanctions are lifted.

Iran’s strength lies in its missiles and ability to turn any war into a region-wide conflict through its army of militias.

You assume too much. Don’t discredit yourself. As if you are God himself to know what I read and where I get my info. That’s Zionist smear tactic which has nothing to do with healthy discussion.

Of course, everyone who points out Iran’s evil must be a zionist.
The Muslim world largely hate you guys for the constant sectarian wars you fuel on Muslim lands. Why don’t you take the fight to Israel and America? Why take your fight to the Sunnis of Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, etc.?
You are cowards and only prey on the weak.

Not every Iran hater is Zionist, but most of them are at least supportive of Israeli policies.

Regarding Iran, I certainly support Israel’s policies. Because right now, I believe that Iran is the cause of suffering from many people in the region. By deliberately building thousands of militias in different countries based on sectarian lines, Iran has created a fertile ground for civil war. Not only that, it’ll also invite the wrath of America and Israel on those countries. Take Lebanon as an example. The country’s economy has collapsed and despite a disaster that destroyed a major source of international revenue, no foreign aid can come in to help the Lebanese government rebuild the destroyed sea port. All this thanks to Hezbollah.

Iraq is a second example. There is the threat of American attack on Iraqi soil due to the militias.

Yemen too is suffering the same thing. Iran is supporting the Houthis and doesn’t want a negotiated end to the war. For this reason, America continues to support Saudi Arabia even as it murders Yemeni civilians. Tracing the roots of this problem carefully shows a major Iranian contribution.

Many Syrian soldiers have died from Israeli airstrikes attempting to curtail Iran’s infestation of Syria.

The U.S and Israel are ready to totally destroy any country that Iran lays its evil hands on. Iran knows this, but doesn’t even give it a second though before getting other countries in harm’s way to save its neck. That is the main reason why I hate Iran – nothing more nothing less.

Israeli policies? Like Bibi’s ”positive reverberations all over the region if Iraq gets attacked and Saddam overthrown”?

We all know how it ended. Sorry for late reply.

Iran will avoid war of course, it has never attacked anyone and it doesn’t want war. Unlike Zionist puppets in the USA.

Iran has attacked many countries and caused thousands of deaths. Only that it does so using its army of terror militias.
Name one country which has militias in multiple countries. Please just name one.

Whom did Iran attack? Take your Zionist fairy tales where they belong – read them while you are taking shit in toilet. Iran hasn’t attacked anyone for hundreds of years and never since Islamic revolution.

Iran even does worse than attack. It occupies countries. Iran occupies Lebanon through Hezbollah. Iran occupies Iraq through the PMU. Iraq occupies parts of Afghanistan through Liwa Fatemiyoun. Iran occupies Syria through its Militias there. Iran occupies Yemen through the Houthis.

These are all occupations as they are military in nature. The governments of all these countries will need Iran if they ever want to disarm and disband the militias, even after the war. Hezbollah has controlled Lebanon in times of war and peace. So it cannot be said that they’ll disband after the war is over. Should the governments decide to forcibly disband the militias, you can bet your last buck there’ll be a war.

so what do you call such a situation? is that not an invasion? Suppose you were the president of a country and another country creates a parallel army in your country who refuses to disband or come under your command. How would you look at the situation? Will you not consider it an invasion of your country by the creator, owner, and manager of that parallel army? Would this not constitute an attack? Be honest.

Hezbollah liberated Lebanon. Enough said. Western and Israeli raping of the region has made both Hezbollah and has strengthened Iran. Think about it.

Thats a handful already, why add foreigners to the mix ?

If true it seems like a desperate measure. They need those workers cuz thwy are lazy. And that’s worse than the 5th column.

This is a huge blow to Iran.

Agree