re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

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Mass desertions and collapsing morale inside Iran’s security forces.

Reports say ~350 personnel abandoned a single police base, with some units facing up to 90% absenteeism.

Desertions within the Law Enforcement Command are now seen as a major internal threat.

The regime is scrambling to fill gaps by recalling retirees and even recruiting prisoners with promises of pardons.

Even the Air Force is showing cracks, with morale and readiness reportedly low.

Some pilots are said to be refusing to fly or engage after recent losses, further weakening operational capacity.

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KEEP POUNDING!!!!!

The current Iran needs to be removed from the planet.....and I mean the leadership, not the good people of Iran.

U.S. Navy Minesweepers Assigned To Middle East Have Been Moved To Pacific (Updated)

Two of the three Littoral Combat Ships that had taken over the minesweeping role in the Middle East have just appeared in Malaysia.

The U.S. Navy Independence class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara, which are configured for minesweeping duties, have appeared in port in Malaysia. Both of these ships were last known to be forward-deployed in the Middle East, having arrived in Bahrain in the past year or so to take the place of a group of now-decommissioned Avenger class mine hunters. Now, as Iranian attacks on commercial ships have caused a virtual halt to maritime traffic through the highly strategic Strait of Hormuz, these ships have emerged thousands of miles away. The extent to which Iran has seeded naval mines in the Strait already is unclear, but this remains a huge threat to the future security of the waterway and will have to be taken into account in any future effort to reopen this critical waterway.

A spotter in Malaysia posted pictures of the USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara, which are said to have been taken today at the North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT) in the Port of Penang. Mike Yeo, an Australia-based defense and aviation reporter, was among the first to call attention to the particular significance of the images. TWZ has reached out for more information.

When it comes to why the ships are now in Malaysia, TWZ also reached out to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which directed us to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet. We were then directed by Fifth Fleet back to CENTCOM. CENTCOM is the top U.S. military command for operations in the Middle East. Fifth Fleet is the Navy’s numbered fleet in the Middle East, with its commander dual-hatted as head of Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT). Fifth Fleet and NAVCENT are headquartered in Manama, Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf.

We have reached out to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), as well.

Pictures available through the U.S. military’s Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) show USS Tulsa was in port in Bahrain at least as of February 9. Separate images also show USS Santa Barbara operating in the Persian Gulf on January 30.

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I will say this again. This has exposed the European Union for how weak they really are and how unprepared they are for any war. They have been relying on the U.S. to carry the burden while they pay for their socialist societies.

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NATO gives Europe security assurances via our military, without paying their share. We, the US taxpayer, essentially pay for the defense of Europe, and we receive nothing in return.

We don’t need NATO, but they DESPERATELY need us

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That’s hilarious

It’s clear that the small frigates so popular with European navies are purely ceremonial in nature.

Those ships were built for escort duty. But can you blame the EU for wanting their pay-pigs to handle it?

Germans with this take.