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Author: tjscott0   😊 😞
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Subject: How is the Iran Intervention Going?
Date: 03/06/26 7:34 AM
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https://discussion.fool.com/t/how-is-the-iran-inte...
A sample of what is at the above link:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/evacuatio...

One State Department official said too few people were read in on war plans.

U.S. Central Command, meanwhile, is asking the Pentagon to send more military intelligence officers to its headquarters in Tampa, Florida, to support operations against Iran for at least 100 days but likely through September, according to a notification obtained by POLITICO.

It’s the first known call for additional intelligence personnel for the Iran war by the administration, and a sign the Pentagon is already allocating funding for operations that may stretch long beyond President Donald Trump’s initial four-week timeline for the conflict.

The Pentagon is also trying to ship more air defenses to the region, especially smaller, less expensive counter-drone systems that the department has been developing over the last several years, a U.S. official said.


I believe there was a miscalculation on the administration’s part. Iran will not be a quickie resolution like Venezuela. SURPRISE!
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Subject: Re: How is the Iran Intervention Going?
Date: 03/06/26 1:23 PM
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It’s the first known call for additional intelligence personnel for the Iran war by the administration

Oh it’s so much worse than that. Now we’re asking Ukraine how to fight against drones.

Yes, as of March 2026, the United States and various Middle Eastern partners are actively seeking Ukraine's expertise to counter Iranian-designed Shahed drones. Following years of fighting Russian drone attacks, Ukraine has developed highly effective, low-cost "interceptor drones" and tactics that the U.S. and its allies now urgently need.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the US and other nations have reached out to Ukraine for assistance in defending against Iranian drones, noting that "the Middle East is calling us". Ukraine has specialized in defeating Shahed-style drones, which are being used in the Middle East. Ukraine has pioneered inexpensive "drone-killing" equipment costing as little as $1000, which is being recognized as a necessary part of modern cost effective defense.


Think about this. AFTER we started dumping bombs on Iran, a country known for have vast stockpiles of cheap drones imported from Russia and/or home produced from Chinese parts, NOW we say “Gee, maybe we should learn about this drone stuff.”

At this point I would like to say “It can’t get any stupider than this”, but I am resigned to thinking and knowing that it will.
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Author: jerryab   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: How is the Iran Intervention Going?
Date: 03/06/26 1:42 PM
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“It can’t get any stupider than this”

Spankee's stupidity is like deep space--it continues without end.
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Author: Timer321   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: How is the Iran Intervention Going?
Date: 03/06/26 1:51 PM
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The tariffs alone can drive the economy within three years or sooner into a Great Depression.

We are up the creek.
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