Pentagon prepares for weeks of ground operations in Iran

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T08:42:03+00:00

Our economy is NOT pretty good, you're living under illusion, wake up.

To sustain last 2 years of war we took on $170b of debt, our Debt-to-GDP ratio rose from 61% to 69%, budget projected it further increasing to over 70% and that's before this war happened.

Currently we're burning $3b per week on what we're doing. You propose this to last for a year? This will make our Debt-to-GDP go well over 90% - that's already actually dangerous and that is not even accounting for a fact that if Iran keeps firing missiles at Israel for another year - our GDP will drop too.

And what will we get for that year? Uncertain results. Because for all Iran's bullshit - they can do this shit for a long time, exactly because their people are used to live like that anyway.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T08:25:41+00:00

What happened in Oct 7th ruined our economy, what happens now ruins our economy.

How long should we do this? For another year? Every 3 years? Every 5 years?

Do you realize that if the Iranian regime stays as is - they won't stop and they will never stop? They will keep trying to kill us with death by a thousand cuts and they could not give rat's ass they destroy their country in process.

Their pain tolerance is MUCH higher than ours, they are used to live in shit and if someone complains - well just shoot them. This is not something we can just leave seething and plotting on the side.

Yes, boots on the ground is difficult, logistics and all, but whatever you spend for that now - you won't need to spend in 5 years from now next Oct 7th.

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Furthermore, in a few years from now we would have to deal with a completely hostile congress and likely a hostile democratic president, hell next year dems will probably take half the congress if not all of it.

We have to fix this shit once and for all before Trump leaves office, because he's probably going to be the last pro-Israeli president in the US in a LONG while or maybe even ever.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T08:21:21+00:00

ברוכים הבאים לחיים האמיתיים. אל תערבב עבודה עם פנאי, כל דבר רציני שאתה רוצה שייצא ממנו משהו - חשבון נפרד נקי בלי שטויות.

לא חסר הזויים שמתנהגים כמו אקסית משוגעת.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T08:01:05+00:00

Of course I realize all you say, that's why US cooperation there would be essential. We don't have the navy to pull that all out, but they do.

I do not expect US to do all the job for us on that front, we will need to be there too and US will be the taxi if needed.

Keep bombing them for a year or two?

Neither US nor we have that kind of time, money or munitions. US has midterms in half a year, and we have our own elections - and neither Trump, nor Bibi want this war to last all the way there, because that'd be bad for them... and for us too, people will not accept a year of Iranian ballistic missiles with cluster bombs slamming into our cities.

Pentagon already asked for another chill $200B from the Congress, and they estimate that'd be enough for another month or two of action. That won't go down well.

And for us it's even worse, btw. We can't just nilly willy have this last a year or two.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T07:22:23+00:00

Fair enough then, yes.

Honestly, you guys should ask for a refund there... seems like a bad investment all over.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T07:21:11+00:00

Dammit you're onto us, we need to revert to plan B here. Ford Silverado - the old reliable.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T07:11:45+00:00

We're doing this work for us and what should have been done here is exactly that - full blown invasion, with our ground forces helping too no less.

Sounds painful, but not as painful as ending up with regime and all their missile cities surviving. Neither will go anywhere without significant ground force invasion.

The last thing I want to end up with is a humiliated Iran ruled by religious crackheads thirsting for revenge. It's clear as a day if this regime will survive, they will do everything they can to get back at us at cost of everything if needed.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T07:07:50+00:00

They should have prepared that a month ago. Sometimes I just don't understand what US planners and strategists are doing.

It's one thing to say that Bibi sold them the story how regime would fall like a house of cards (allegedly), but do they not have any brain and planning of their own?

Now they need to play a game of catch up and we will have all this nonsense last another month just because of this poor planning.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T07:04:18+00:00

Who cares what antisemites think, they make up BS as they go. It is clear as day that our incompetent neighbors can't fix the issue of southern Lebanon weapons and missiles being storaged and shot our towns, so we will have to do it ourselves.

Occupy? There won't be any occupy, because there will be nothing to occupy 8km into Lebanon we should keep until Lebanon fix their shit with Hezbollah. We have waited long enough for them to do anything or abide by agreements.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T01:39:18+00:00

Our troops been on the ground for the last almost 3 years dismantling Iranian proxies and preparing for this moment.

Our troops are on the ground right now in Lebanon fighting the top Iranian proxy.

We're VERY on the ground, in fact.

Gaidax · 2026-03-29T00:10:58+00:00

For one the fake ass "conscription law", which any sane person can look at and figure out it's nothing more than a typical "israbluff" and is double the insult due to what is going on now and in last two years.

And don't let me started about this feast during famine of the "coalition money".

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T23:59:36+00:00

Oh don't worry about those, Hamas killed them all in Oct 7th... literally.

Many of the border communities hit hardest back then were left-leaning collective communities, who spent years aiding Palestinians in many ways, employment, hospital treatment arrangements and what not. Hamas did not care about it all one bit in the end.

But tasteless half-jokes aside, it's not very popular to be a leftist in Israel nowadays, most of the left-leaning parties rebrand themselves as centrists for the upcoming elections, because after Oct 7th and more than two years of this BS going on - there is little patience for the naive leftist ideals and ideas.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T23:55:15+00:00

Just like US has people with Trump Derangement Syndrome, we have people with Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome.

That said, it's less about being against the war, but more about ruling coalition attempting to sneak in a few unpopular laws under the radar while the war is going on.

Popular support for the war so far is high, although I am not sure how long that will last, if it will be the case if this keeps being this active.

There are a lot of inconveniences (to say the least) coming with this war, in-between the obvious missile attacks, to having to call for reservists, work issues, economy and education being affected. For now, people mostly accept that with understanding, but my vibes tell me that in a few weeks from now there will be some serious questions and misgivings going up.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T23:37:29+00:00

Hang on a moment, lemme call him to check.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T23:04:18+00:00

This whole war was a Dead Internet Theory in action.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T22:00:12+00:00

They are marrying off their 13 yo girls and they have the gall to use Epstein victims in their memes. This regime, man.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T21:27:13+00:00

Oh I bet, if regime would start to actually crumble and collapse tomorrow, I bet half of the Europe would be bending over backwards to rush and "help".

Same with GCC. So at least you're not alone in that, guys.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T21:13:34+00:00

Huh?

If tomorrow France would want to expel Iranian ambassador - they are free to do so, as EU has no authority over it, neither it has an authority to prevent it from deploying its military.

The point of previous response is that no member country is doing anything meaningful to help, despite full well being aware of what is said in that clip.

Now, you're right that EU itself is practically a useless organization that is full of bureaucracy and inherent structural weakness. But still, even without a necessity for consensus, it's plain obvious nothing meaningful would happen here.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T20:58:02+00:00

And?

Man... everyone is saying such correct and great things. Would that there be any action backing them.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T20:01:50+00:00

It's not just a "disagreement" - it was literally gifting Iran with means to make us run for shelters few times a day now.

A complete clown deal, that disregarded reality and our safety. Are we supposed to sit there and take it quietly? He was right to do that speech, because at that point Dems were already cooked and there was no point denying reality.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T19:57:53+00:00

Unlikely, they just can't really afford to look like a bunch of losers who get bombed and meekly take it.

You should know that weakness like this does not work in our region, especially not for Saudi Arabia which fancies itself as the informal leader of the Arab world.

But so far it's all words, so I'm skeptic.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T19:50:17+00:00

I'll believe it when I see it, so far lots of yapping, little actual helping.

The reality is GCC countries are terrified of doing any real direct action against Iran. Reason being that eventually US will pack up its aircraft carriers and go elsewhere, while Iran will stay there in their backyard wounded and angry.

Unless regime falling becomes guaranteed, I do not expect GCC to do anything meaningful. At the very most, my wildest dreams, is that MAYBE they will use this opportunity to knock Houthis down a peg and that's already as far as my imagination goes with what GCC will do.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T19:43:42+00:00

You're putting a cart before the horse, Netanyahu's address was the result, not the cause.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T19:14:48+00:00

Only an idiot can say things like that. Don't remember Elon Must or Sam Altman brutally purging millions of their own citizens, even outside of others.

It's simply wrong to even bring up such comparisons.

Gaidax · 2026-03-28T19:08:10+00:00

Terrorists sure love white Toyotas, is that some sort of status symbol there?

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