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Trump Declares War on Iran

by Oui Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 02:03:44 AM EST

European E-3 failed to make a breakthrough in negotiations @Geneva  on Friday ... Trump's demand for UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER was rejected by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Trump by himself made the choice to bomb nuclear sites in Iran in an unprovoked act of aggression ... not his call to make as the POWERS OF WAR lies with U.S. Congress.

Members U.S. Congress ask the people of both sides of the aisle to pray for US Service members in harm's way a Ross the globe protecting America.

INCHING  LOSER TO A ALL DEVASTATING NEW WORLD WAR

US' deadly B-2 bombers strikes 3 nuclear sites in Iran: US Official | Fordow | Natanz | Esfahan

We bomb a sovereign nation ... because WE CAN ‼️


HISTORIC SHAME GAZA GENOCIDE EXTENDED TO WAR W IRAN

Statement from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

➡️ In the early hours of today, Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan came under attack. These acts of aggression, attributed to the Zionist enemy, follow a series of recent assaults and represent a flagrant violation of international law, particularly the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

➡️ Tragically, these attacks were carried out with the complicity — and in some cases the silence — of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is supposed to safeguard against precisely such violations.

➡️ The United States, through public remarks made by its president, has effectively taken responsibility for the strikes on nuclear sites that are under full IAEA monitoring in accordance with NPT safeguards.

➡️ Iran calls on the international community to reject this descent into lawlessness and to support the Islamic Republic in asserting its legitimate rights under international law.

➡️ The Atomic Energy Organization assures the Iranian people that, despite these hostile conspiracies, the development of the country’s peaceful nuclear program will not be halted. Thousands of patriotic and revolutionary scientists continue this work, honoring the legacy of Iran’s martyred nuclear scientists.

➡️ The Organization has initiated all necessary measures, including legal action, to defend the rights of the Iranian nation.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Jun 22 2025 1:56 utc | 668

The Day of the Lord’s Prayer 🙏🏽 Is the Chosen Day for a Sneak Attack

Off my head the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the 10 May Nazi Germany attack on Holland in 1945. Fascism so similar

Trump’s ‘two weeks’ pause on Iran strikes comes with high stakes

Well that didn’t last long … Netanyahu must have been hurting … saving Netanyahu’s a$$ at all cost … could have offered him exile in the U.S. and American citizenship.

One day ago …

Chinese Media Issues Trump-Iran Tensions Warning— ’Sliding Into the Abyss'

Whether or not the U.S. employs its precision-guided "bunker buster" bombs, the nation's direct involvement in the region "will leave a complicated aftermath that might take it longer than the Iraq War or the Afghanistan War to deal with," reads the editorial by China Daily, an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Have a peaceful cultural summer
by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 08:52:34 AM EST

Iraqi Sunni Arabs mainly inhabit the provinces of Al-Anbar, Salah al-Din, Nineveh, Kirkuk, Diyala, and parts of Baghdad. Iraqi Sunni Arabs are split into multiple tribes.

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 08:53:41 AM EST

Glorifying performance USS Vincennes downing Iranian aircraft killing 290 passengers.

U.S. Navy Capt. Will C. Rogers III was awarded Legion of Merit for his Persian Gulf operations which included the 1988 shooting down of an Iranian civilian airliner killing the 290 innocent people on board

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 08:57:25 AM EST

Did she also whisper her opinion into the ear of DJT ⁉️

EU chief blames Iran for conflict, but says she told Netanyahu diplomacy 'best solution' | TOI |

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 09:19:19 AM EST
Just minor contribution to MofA as nearly all posts constitute fears, conspiracies and little rational analysis in a crisis situation. Also poorly researched messaging from social media sources.

Now up 8th diary with 1000+ posts

Tic-Toc No. 8 On The War On Iran | MofA |

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 02:31:17 PM EST
One of my posts as the B-2 bombing raid and cruise missiles became breaking news ...

  • Netanyahu hanging in the ropes ...
  • Iran quite likely wants to finish war with Israel as highest priority...
  • Xi Jinping yet to make a call ...
  • Opportunity for China to add the last province?
  • Europe E-3 failed to negotiate an UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER last Friday w the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Will the NATO Summit in The Hague be a legitimate target coming days ...
  • Trump's War Cabinet finally stayed "on-message"

Posted by: Oui | Jun 22 2025 3:09 utc | 782

The little dictator tore up the war powers act of U.S. Congress and tore a page out of the U.S. Constitution... wtf who was George Washington anyway ... an old warrior. America has got a new Emperor Donald w military parade e.a. .. a proud white supremacist nation.

Someone tore up the JCPOA in 2018 w complicity of E-3 to reset harsh economic sanctions which is an act of war - see article in UN Charter ratified in 1974.



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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 02:41:10 PM EST
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Iran is not Putin's war ...

Trump needs to watch his back as he just angered 2 billion of the
Islamic faith ... see OIC Summit two days past.

Posted by: Oui | Jun 22 2025 3:19 utc | 794



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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 02:42:30 PM EST
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h/t bloggers @MofA

The US entry into the war with Iran was their official recognition of Israel's defeat.

Posted by: Norwegian | Jun 22 2025 17:14 utc | 381

lol... true and thanks for your posts as well norwegian... i liked the link melalueca shared early in the thread... here it is again with a relevant quote.. it doesn't cover it all for me, but it gets at it, which goes into scottindallas position this is theatre..

link to Armchair Warrior

"My theory for the evening? I think this was a low-risk, low-impact attack entirely conducted using submarine-launched cruise missiles, and the DoD is simply lying about heavy bomber involvement for propaganda purposes. TLAMs are accurate enough to damage bunker entrances and cause the same kind of disruptive damage that a MOP strike could realistically achieve on a site as incredibly hardened as Fordow. Damage to subterranean facilities at other sites, beyond bunker entrances, is unlikely - TLAMs are not "bunker buster" munitions. There may be a number of aboveground buildings damaged or destroyed, although given a lack of fires observed that also seems somewhat unlikely at this point.

What's Trump's play here? I think he's trying to rescue Netanyahu from the consequences of his own idiotic decision to start a war with Iran he manifestly wasn't capable of finishing, and to do so in a manner the Iranians are not necessarily going to be forced to respond to. As an American taxpayer and former DoD employee I very much hope this wasn't the most impressive attack the US military could put together on a week's notice and that this reflects deliberate restraint rather than a lack of capability or willingness to assume risk. Certainly the Iranian reaction to the attack thus far has been more eye-roll than fire and fury, with denials of significant damage or even casualties."

Posted by: james | Jun 22 2025 17:20 utc | 385



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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 05:48:30 PM EST
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B-2 bombers flew 37 hours non-stop, covered over 7000 miles: US outsmarted Iran's Russian air defense missiles to strike its nuclear sites | Economic Times |

In a meticulously planned and unprecedented military operation, the United States on June 21 executed a large-scale airstrike on Iran's nuclear infrastructure, targeting the highly fortified Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan facilities, bypassing Iran's dense air defense network, which includes older generation Russian-made surface-to-air missiles. The US strikes included the first-ever use of 30,000 pound (14,000 kilograms) GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, also known as bunker busters, in combat.

According to The New York Times and multiple defense sources, the US operation combined the stealth capabilities of six B-2A Spirit strategic bombers, each valued at roughly $2 billion, with the precision of submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles. The bombers flew non-stop for 37 hours with multiple aerial refueling to cover the over 7000 miles (approx 11,400 kilometers) from the Missouri airbase to the target areas, marking a new chapter in the U.S. effort to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions.



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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 08:05:01 PM EST
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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 02:47:13 PM EST

US 'primary force' behind Israel's acts of aggression against Iran: Pezeshkian | PressTV |

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 06:40:51 PM EST


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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 06:41:45 PM EST
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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 06:42:33 PM EST
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Democrats say they were left in dark about plans for US strikes on Iran | The Guardian |

Senior Democrats have claimed they were left in the dark about operation Midnight Hammer, the US's highly coordinated strike on Saturday on Iran's nuclear enrichment program.

Neither Mark Warner, a US senator of Virginia, nor Jim Himes, a representative of Connecticut, both top Democrats on the Senate and House intelligence panels, were briefed before the attack, according to reports.

But that came amid claims that Republican counterparts were given advance notice of the operation, which involved 125 aircraft - including seven B-2 bombers carrying 14 bunker busters weighing three tons - and 75 Tomahawk missiles launched from US submarines. Axios reported that the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, had been informed shortly before the attacks began at 6.40pm eastern time.

Himes's committee staff received notification about the strike from the Pentagon only after Donald Trump made the announcement on social media soon before 8pm, according to the outlet.

The president's defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, told a press conference early on Sunday that the strikes "took months and weeks of positioning and preparation so that we could be ready when the president called".

"It took misdirection and the highest of operational security," Hegseth said, in part alluding to the US's deployment of B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam earlier on Saturday.

Western US Allies Urge Iran to De-escalate WTF

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 09:00:33 PM EST

China strongly condemns US attacks on Iran and the bombing of nuclear facilities under the safeguards of the IAEA: Chinese envoy | Global Times |

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by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jun 23rd, 2025 at 01:13:41 AM EST


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by Oui (Oui) on Mon Jun 23rd, 2025 at 04:01:54 AM EST


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