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Feb 18, 2026

A former senior U.S. intelligence official who is an informal advisor to the Trump administration on Middle East policy told Drop Site that, based on his discussions with current officials, he assesses an 80-90% likelihood of U.S. strikes within weeks.

Iran realizes that it is facing an unprecedented threat from the U.S. if a deal that conforms with Trump’s terms is not reached, former Pentagon official Jasmine El-Gamal told Drop Site. “This is not a dress rehearsal,” she said. “This is it. This is not the negotiations of last year or the year before or the year before that. They’re backed into a corner. There’s no off ramp.”

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I heard his new legion of peace settled on a headquarters

legion of Doom headquarters from super friends

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

both the epstein files and gaza shows how cartoonishly evil the ruling class is; so this tracks. lol

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[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago

The ongoing deployment includes the stationing of dozens of aircraft including F‑15 strike fighters, F‑35 stealth fighters, Boeing EA‑18G Growler electronic‑warfare aircraft, and A‑10C ground‑attack aircraft at a military airbase in Jordan—despite the Jordanian government’s recent insistence that its territory would not be used as a base to attack Iran.

Frankly, the Iranian military should have done something about the US vassals first. Idk what, I'm not a general. An attack? Economic pressure? But like seriously, something gotta be done about these collaborating mfs because without them, the US is severely restrained in their fighting strength against Iran.

It's not even a matter of belligerence, since the zionists are already the aggressors.

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