June 26, 2025
"The American regime entered into a direct war because it felt that if it did not enter, the Zionist regime would be completely destroyed. But it did not gain anything from this war."
Said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, quoted in "Iran’s Khamenei Makes First Public Comments Since Cease-Fire With Israel/Supreme leader strikes defiant tone in a video statement, after not being heard of or seen publicly in days" (NYT).
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He said the US didn’t gain anything because he still believes he is going to be successful in eliminating the Zionist Regime.
Every other country in the Middle East has reconciled and accepted the existence of Israel. The only people who are really upset about what happened to Iran are people who live in a ferry land and/or Have not reconciled with the existence of Israel.
"The only people who are really upset about what happened to Iran are people who live in a ferry land and/or Have not reconciled with the existence of Israel."
which sums up a few of the posters here.
Do I hear a compliment? I can’t tell when it comes from people who seem incapable of giving compliments.
The big lie. Straight out of the Nazi playbook.
The second shoe in the Iran-Iraq war drops.
"zionist" yeah - you've got lots of friends, you evil theocratic a-ho.
Thank You Sir, may I have another ?
they should have had the subtitles from Baghdad Bob,
Baghdad Bob with headdress.
I’m really happy Kak got a real job, finally. He phrased that perfectly for the Ayatollah.
The old boy must have been getting his war news from CNN.
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.
probably, Keyhan one of their leading papers does not grove as effusively,
bagoh20 said...
“Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.”
Punxsutawney Ali.
Yup. Iran had them on the ropes until the Americans got involved. Sure. And it's just a flesh wound.
Good for you, Ayatollah! Word of advice, retire undefeated.
Hopefully this is the end of Shia Islam or at least a chance to reform the sect and be better able to coexist with modernity.
“"The American regime entered into a direct war because it felt that if it did not enter, the Zionist regime would be completely destroyed. But it did not gain anything from this war."
Said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…”
Sounds like he wants some more.
Tis but a scratch.
My understanding is that no one has actually seen Khamenei.
If he is still alive, I wouldn't bet on him getting that condo in Moscow next to Assad. Cease fire or not, the Israelis will find him and kill him. which is probably what has already happened.
in as fine shape as Howard Hughes in 1973
"The only people who are really upset about what happened to Iran are people who live in a ferry land ...".
Well. Gaza. Iran. The West Bank. Lebanon. Syria.
Didn't gain anything? The military gained field test data on whether the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ bunker buster bombs bang bigtime -- before their parts corrode and expire.
Efficacy matters a lot for defense procurement and weapons systems development.
"Hopefully this is the end of Shia Islam ..."
Oh, yeah. Yes indeed. They're packing up their traps and shuffling off to Buffalo, those Shias. We won't be hearing any more out of them.
well their checks will be postdated,
"Iran had them on the ropes until the Americans got involved. Sure. And it's just a flesh wound."
As a matter of fact, that is an accurate description of the situation. The Israelis had done what they were able to do, and were reduced to sitting around in their bomb shelters, shooting down missiles. The ones that got through did a lot of damage, and the open question was whether Iran would run out of missiles before Israel ran out of interceptors. Iran is a big country, and can absorb a lot of abuse. Not so Israel.
The US bombing changed the situation, because the Iranis could not be sure how far the US was willing to go. So they did not follow the logic of attrition through to its conclusion.
But recognize this. Netanyahu started that war, knowing that he would lose if the US didn't step in. I guess Netanyahu knows his American philosemites pretty well. He's got your number to seven decimal places.
Did I mention Turkey? I guess we're supposed to spell it Turkiye now. Some multi-culti BS. But yeah, our NATO ally Turkiye has the largest army in the neighborhood, and the IDF is headed their way in Syria.
The black knight... to paraphrase the NAACP... the black Shiite. Diversitist! Most rabid.
"But recognize this. Netanyahu started that war," oh yeah. for almost 50 years Iran has been killing Americans, Israelis, and other muslims. but then I suppose their cries of Death to America are just words. Tell that to the hundreds of Marines killed in the bomb blast, or the thousands of soldiers killed by Iranian IED and other toys the 'peaceful' Iranians supplied.
Iran trained, funded, and supported the attacks by Hamas on 10/7, in which women and children were raped and murdered, and filmed, while Palestinians cheered.
but sure, its Bibis fault. I suppose leftists hate Jews as much as they hate Trump, so facts are never allowed to get in the way of their BS.
That's to be expected. His country just got attacked by the US Air force, even though we're not at war with Iran, and Iran has not committed any act of war against the USA.
The Iranians would be fools not to press forward with their nuclear program and perhaps try to get fissionable material from Pakistan, Russia, or China. Isreal and the USA want "Regime Change" in Iran, and the other thing that can secure Iran from aggresion is a nuke.
@RCOCEAN II wrote "the other thing that can secure Iran from aggresion is a nuke."
Having 1 nuke makes you a hot target or immediate action.
Having 10 functional nukes in multiple locations is a deterrent.
Having a jillion nukes makes you Russia, and causes NATO members to dance with death over the USSR border with Ukraine.
RCOCEAN II said...
That's to be expected. His country just got attacked by the US Air force, even though we're not at war with Iran, and Iran has not committed any act of war against the USA.
This is so obviously wrong that I consider you a liar for even typing it.
I had battle buddies killed by Iran while deployed in Iraq. Don’t even need to list off the other proxy attacks at that point.
RCOCEAN II said...
The Iranians would be fools not to press forward with their nuclear program and perhaps try to get fissionable material from Pakistan, Russia, or China. Isreal and the USA want "Regime Change" in Iran, and the other thing that can secure Iran from aggresion is a nuke.
Why are Iran and Jordan being treated differently.
Be honest if you can.
@Jimmy - I didn't say that "its Bibis fault". I said that "Netanyahu started this war", meaning what is now being called "the 12-Day War". It appears that the fall of the Syrian government made it possible for Israel to overfly Syria to attack Iran, and Netanyahu promptly took advantage of that opportunity, thus starting the 12-Day War. That led, quite predictably, to the situation in which Israel had bombed everything worth bombing, and the Iranians were firing back. This situation would likely have become catastrophic for Israel if the US had not stepped in. But the US did step in, just as Netanyahu was certain it would.
I realize that you semitophiles are so smitten that you cannot interpret any criticism of Israel or its government as signifying anything other than hatred for your Precious, even though many Israelis are at least as critical of Netanyahu as I am.
Be that as it may, my point was simply that Netanyahu took it for granted that the US would fish his chestnuts out of the fire he threw them into. And rightly so. He started a war in the confident expectation that we could and would be drawn into it.
"Why are Iran and Jordan being treated differently."
You can't answer that one yourself? Because Jordan sucks Israeli dick, and Iran doesn't want to. Duh.
Saving Face is very important in the Oriental world. Mission accomplished 😜
jordan doesn't train terrorists, who attack civilians in say restaurants, discoteques, et al, shocker,
Should go without saying, to be very skeptical taking anything Khamenei says at face value. This is the same regime that said they forced Israel into a ceasefire and that they destroyed Al Udeid Air Base.
It’s fine to be skeptical of Trump, but Iran is not reliable either.
of course Qatar is owed a certain professional courtesy as they compete with the Iranian regime in supporting Hamas
Taliban and other excitable gents,
Shorter Ayatollah: “Yada, yada, yada. I can now peek out of my hidey-hole.”
Said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his best imitation of Cleese's Black Knight.
The Eye a Tola's remarks were 100% for domestic consumption.
One hears whispers that there are power struggles in Iran to fill the vacuum left by suddenly departed leaders. One can assume that none of these guys are altar boys.
Archilles said - "This is so obviously wrong that I consider you a liar for even typing it."
And you're obviously a bad faith Zionist commenter, who is Israel first, and will attack anyone who disagrees with "The Party Line".
letting the Iranian regime have the bomb is in no one's interest,
in the 80s, the Indian government tried to stop the Pakistani program, but those plans fell through,
"letting the Iranian regime have the bomb is in no one's interest".
OK. I agree. What about the Israelis? Whose interest is it in for the Israelis to have nuclear weapons?
OMG, Iran’s Supreme Leader watches CNN and MSNBC.
Change channels Mr. Ayatollah.
yeah olbermann was osama's favorite, you know what happened next
“letting the Iranian regime have the bomb is in no one's interest".
OK. I agree. What about the Israelis? Whose interest is it in for the Israelis to have nuclear weapons?”
It is in every nations interest, if they have the wherewithal to own nuclear weapons. Those nations that don’t have nuclear weapons align themselves with those that do. It’s within US interests that only we have nuclear weapons. We couldn’t stop the nations that have them. But we could stop Iran. And that’s what we did. Why is that difficult to understand. In other words there’s no ultimate right or wrong when it comes to nations. They all act within their perceived own interests.
So when you ask in whose interest is it that Israel or Pakistan have nuclear weapons - the answer is - within their own perceived self interest.
"We couldn’t stop the nations that have them. But we could stop Iran."
Kennedy was trying very hard to stop Israel. Then he got shot. Then LBJ not only allowed the Israelis to build nukes with uranium stolen from the US, he let them attack the USS Liberty, killing 34 American sailors, and ordered a cover-up. Johnson was very good at covering up crimes, he had a lot of practice.
what is this about "Letting Iran have a nuclear bomb"? The only way we can prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons is by attacking them. Bombing them and killing people. And by "we" I mean the USA, since Israel cant get the job done.
So, we're really making war on Iran over nuclear profileration, and just assuming there will be no blowback for the USA because...we want to think so.
Iran with nukes poses no threat to the USA, just like Pakistan's bomb poses no threat. So, its not an exercise "Gosh, do we want Iran to have nukes - Press 1 for Yes. Press 2 for No". Its do we want to be in a constant state of war to prevent Iran from ever having Nukes?
Thats the question. Do you really think that if Iran wants a nuclear weapon that wont be able to get one in 5 years? Do you really think that the USA will ALWAYS find a way to bomb them enough?
your already admitted you want to surrender a city to communists, if you get your cheaper rent, don't pretend you have any further convictions,
RCOCEAN II said...
Archilles said - "This is so obviously wrong that I consider you a liar for even typing it."
And you're obviously a bad faith Zionist commenter, who is Israel first, and will attack anyone who disagrees with "The Party Line".
I have first hand experience being attacked by Iran.
My perspective may be unique for you. I was with people who were killed by Iran while in Iraq. We spent a lot of time getting hit by Iranian weapons guided and distributed by Iranians.
You are pretending this isn't true. That makes you a liar.
RCOCEAN II said...
Iran with nukes poses no threat to the USA, just like Pakistan's bomb poses no threat. So, its not an exercise "Gosh, do we want Iran to have nukes - Press 1 for Yes. Press 2 for No". Its do we want to be in a constant state of war to prevent Iran from ever having Nukes?
This is just a stupid thing to say.
Iran is the primary lever China and Russia use against the United States.
You may or may not know what mercantilism is. I don't care about your ignorance or pretending to be ignorant anymore. You are pretending a lot of things in order to create a world where the United States shouldn't harm any of Israel's enemies. But this is just so stupid it is a lie.
If the United States doesn't stop Iran then China uses Iran and their proxies to shut all other shipping out of the middle east like they tried to do with the Houthis. Biden was working with them on behalf of his globalist masters.
Sometime Americans First means Israel gets what they want.
Deal with it.
Jupiter said...
"letting the Iranian regime have the bomb is in no one's interest".
OK. I agree. What about the Israelis? Whose interest is it in for the Israelis to have nuclear weapons?
Everyone in the ME other than Iran and their proxies benefitted from it.
Every other country in the ME is ready for peace.
I just don't understand why so many people want to see Iran keep destabilizing that region.
Now that you've all had a big laugh, I'll just ask:
Has the President of the United States ever parachuted pallets of freshly printed hundred dollar bills on your doorstep?
Because the Ayatollah has.
Maybe he's not as dumb as you want him to be.
Poor Ayatollah: he's got to be tired from all this winning...
Hey, Baghdad Bob! I was wondering what happened to him.
By the FLC standard, Netanyahu has them all beat.
RCOCEAN II said...
what is this about "Letting Iran have a nuclear bomb"? The only way we can prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons is by attacking them. Bombing them and killing people. And by "we" I mean the USA, since Israel cant get the job done.
Yes, shit for brains, it means we must be ready to wage conventional or nuclear war against Iran to keep them from being able to nuke our cities.
So, we're really making war on Iran over nuclear profileration, and just assuming there will be no blowback for the USA because...we want to think so.
No, shit for brains, we're just not idiots, so we're very clear that there's no "blowback" from doing this that is greater than the "blowback" we'd get from letting them get nuclear weapons.
There is a very real chance that by disrupting Iran's nuclear weapons program, several million lives will have been saved. From that standpoint, Midnight Hammer may well have been the most successful and effective humanitarian act in modern history.
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