Iran Super Thread- Merged

[ytz]

Something that really hasn't caught on more, that I am aware of because of family in the region, is concerns over food. Most of the Gulf countries import significant percentages of food. Like 80-90%. If shipping is consistently threatened, there's concerns they'll be running short soon. There's added complexity here that people are missing. It's not just oil and gas.

Oh and the desal plants.....

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Reports of minimal food, water and ammunition (20 bullets for every 2 IRGC) Also claims that the IRGC is refusing letting military injured into the hospitals as they are now reserved for IRGC wounded only.

 

[CBH99]

Reports of minimal food, water and ammunition (20 bullets for every 2 IRGC) Also claims that the IRGC is refusing letting military injured into the hospitals as they are now reserved for IRGC wounded only.

The IRGC has had the favour of the Iranian regime for years now, and have enjoyed the increase in funding & power over the regular military in recent years.

If thats the case for the IRGC, then the regular military pretty much doesn't exist as a force to even bother with.

Them taking over some hospitals & claiming them for their use only doesn't surprize me. This I find believable.


I suspect this isn't the case though. Iran has plenty of money available to equip it's IRGC - they have helicopters, flying boat things (pretty flippin' cool btw) and apparently even Kilo class submarines. With the constant tensions with it's neighbours, I doubt they cheaped out on their ammo budget...


Maybe having the regular Iranian military & IRGC fight each other was part of the calculus? Or at least a possibility that was considered?

(What that would look like in the bigger picture I haven't the faintest idea)

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I haven't even considered the food security part of this

 

[OldSolduer]

The IRGC has had the favour of the Iranian regime for years now, and have enjoyed the increase in funding & power over the regular military in recent years.

If thats the case for the IRGC, then the regular military pretty much doesn't exist as a force to even bother with.

Them taking over some hospitals & claiming them for their use only doesn't surprize me. This I find believable.


I suspect this isn't the case though. Iran has plenty of money available to equip it's IRGC - they have helicopters, flying boat things (pretty flippin' cool btw) and apparently even Kilo class submarines. With the constant tensions with it's neighbours, I doubt they cheaped out on their ammo budget...


Maybe having the regular Iranian military & IRGC fight each other was part of the calculus? Or at least a possibility that was considered?

(What that would look like in the bigger picture I haven't the faintest idea)

...


I haven't even considered the food security part of this

I fervently hope the IRGC is totally destroyed. They are the SS of Iran.

Fuck them.

 

[CBH99]

I fervently hope the IRGC is totally destroyed. They are the SS of Iran.

Fuck them.

 

[Cloud Cover]

KC 135 went down in Western Iraq.

• mid air collision
• second aircraft landed
• search is underway for crew of tanker
• not attributable to hostile or friendly fire

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032211125882745265

 

[OldSolduer]

I fervently hope the IRGC is totally destroyed. They are the SS of Iran.

Fuck them.

This is the cost of NOT doing business when it could have been done.

This regime has had 47 years to “bed in” and exercise its horrible rule. Each time a line was drawn Iran stepped over it. The West redrew the lines each time.

The chickens have come home to roost.