Iranian missiles strike the Nevatin Air Base, home to Israel’s version of the F-35, the F-35I Avir.
Trita Parsi – Foreign Policy Magazine Aug 11, 2025 via dnyuz.com
Israel is likely to launch another war with Iran before December—perhaps even as early as late August.
Iran is expecting and preparing for the attack. It played the long game in the first war, pacing its missile attacks as it anticipated a protracted conflict. In the next round, however, Iran is likely to strike decisively from the outset, aiming to dispel any notion that it can be subdued under Israeli military dominance.
As a result, the coming war will likely be far bloodier than the first. If U.S. President Donald Trump caves to Israeli pressure again and joins the fight, the United States could face a full-blown war with Iran that will make Iraq look easy by comparison.
Israel’s June war was never solely about Iran’s nuclear program. Rather, it was about shifting the balance of power in the Middle East, with Iranian nuclear capabilities being an important but not decisive factor. For more than two decades, Israel has pushed the United States to take military action against Iran to weaken it and restore a favorable regional balance—one that Israel cannot achieve on its own.
In this context, Israel’s strikes had three main objectives beyond weakening Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. It sought to draw the United States into direct military conflict with Iran, to decapitate the Iranian regime, and to turn the country into the next Syria or Lebanon—countries that Israel can bomb with impunity and without any U.S. involvement. Only one of the three goals was realized. What’s more, Trump did not “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear program, nor has it been set back to a point where the issue can be considered resolved.
In other words, with its June attacks, Israel achieved a partial victory at best. Its preferred outcome was for Trump to fully engage, targeting both Iran’s conventional forces and economic infrastructure. But while Trump favors swift, decisive military action, he fears full-scale war. His strategy in attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities was thus designed to limit escalation rather than expand it. In the short term, Trump succeeded—much to Israel’s chagrin—but in the long run, he has allowed Israel to trap him in an escalatory cycle.
His refusal to escalate beyond a limited bombing campaign was a key reason that Israel agreed to a cease-fire. As the war continued, Israel took serious losses: Its air defenses were degraded, and Iran grew more effective at penetrating them with its missiles. While Israel would have likely continued the conflict if the United States had fully committed, the calculus changed once it became clear that Trump’s strikes were one-off. Israel succeeded in drawing Trump and the United States into the war, but it failed to keep them there.
Israel’s other two objectives, however, were clear failures. Despite early intelligence successes—such as killing 30 senior commanders and 19 nuclear scientists—it was only able to temporarily disrupt Iranian command and control. Within 18 hours, Iran had replaced most if not all of these commanders and launched a heavy missile barrage, demonstrating its ability to absorb significant losses and still mount a fierce counterattack.
Israel hoped its initial strikes would incite panic within the Iranian regime and hasten its collapse. According to the Washington Post, Mossad agents, fluent in Persian, called senior Iranian officials on their cellphones, threatening to kill them and their families unless they filmed videos denouncing the regime and publicly defecting. More than 20 such calls were made in the war’s early hours, when Iran’s ruling elite was still in shock and reeling from significant losses. Yet there’s no evidence a single Iranian general capitulated to the threats, and the regime’s cohesion remained intact.
Contrary to Israel’s expectations, the killing of senior commanders from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps did not lead to mass protests or an uprising against the Islamic Republic. Instead, Iranians of all political stripes rallied around the flag, if not the regime itself, as a wave of nationalism surged across the country.
Israel could not capitalize on the Iranian regime’s broader unpopularity. After nearly two years of committing atrocities in Gaza and launching a deceptive attack on Iran amid nuclear negotiations, only a small segment of Iranians—mostly in the diaspora—view Israel positively.
Indeed, instead of mobilizing the population against the regime, Israel managed to give a new lease on life to the Islamic Republic’s narrative. Rather than condemning the regime for investing in a nuclear program, missiles, and a network of allied nonstate actors, many Iranians are now angry that these elements of Iran’s deterrence proved insufficient.
“I used to be one of those who would chant during protests to not send Iranian money to Lebanon or Palestine. But now I understand that the bombs we all face are one and if we don’t have strong defenses across the region, the war comes to us,” an artist in Tehran told Narges Bajoghli, a professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Whether this shift will last is unclear. But in the short term, Israel’s attacks appear to have paradoxically strengthened the Iranian regime—tightening internal cohesion and narrowing the gap between state and society.
Israel also failed to turn Iran into a second Syria and establish sustainable aerial dominance independent of U.S. support. While Israel controlled Iranian airspace during the war, it did not operate with impunity. Iran’s missile response inflicted unsustainable damage.
Without substantial U.S. assistance—including the use of 25 percent of the United States’ THAAD missile interceptors in just 12 days—Israel might have been unable to continue the war.
This makes a new Israeli offensive likely. Both Defense Minister Israel Katz and military chief of staff Eyal Zamir have signaled as much. The June war was just the first phase, according to Zamir, who added that Israel is “now entering a new chapter” of the conflict.
Regardless of whether Iran resumes uranium enrichment, Israel is determined to deny it time to replenish its missile arsenal, restore air defenses, or deploy improved systems. That logic is central to Israel’s “mowing the grass” strategy: strike preventively and repeatedly to prohibit adversaries from developing capabilities that could challenge Israeli military dominance.
This means that, with Iran already rebuilding its military resources, Israel has an incentive to strike sooner rather than later. What’s more, the political calculus around another attack becomes much more complicated once the United States enters its midterm election season. As a result, a strike could very well take place within the coming months.
This, of course, is the outcome that Iranian leaders want to deter. To dispel any illusion that Israel’s “mowing the grass” strategy works, Iran is likely to strike hard and fast at the outset of the next war.
“If aggression is repeated, we will not hesitate to react in a more decisive manner and in a way that will be IMPOSSIBLE to cover up,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X. Iranian leaders believe the cost to Israel must be overwhelming, or else it will gradually erode Iran’s missile capabilities and leave the country defenseless.
While the June war ended inconclusively, the outcome of the next one will hinge on which side learned more and acts faster: Can Israel replenish its interceptors faster than Iran can rebuild its launchers and restock its missile arsenal? Does the Mossad still have a deep presence inside Iran, or were most of its assets spent in pursuit of regime collapse during the first war? Has Iran gained more insight into penetrating Israel’s air defenses than Israel has into closing its gaps? For now, neither side can answer these questions with confidence.
It is precisely because Iran cannot be certain that a more forceful response will neutralize Israel’s strategy that it is likely to reassess its nuclear posture—especially now that other pillars of its deterrence, including the so-called Axis of Resistance and nuclear ambiguity, have proven insufficient.
Trump’s response to a second Israeli war with Iran may prove decisive. He appears unwilling to engage in a prolonged conflict. Politically, his initial strikes triggered a civil war within the MAGA movement. Militarily, the 12-day war exposed critical gaps in the United States’ missile stockpile. Both Trump and former U.S. President Joe Biden drained a substantial portion of U.S. air defense interceptors in a region that neither considers vital to core U.S. interests.
Yet by green-lighting the opening salvo, Trump has walked into Israel’s trap—and it’s unclear whether he can find a way out, especially if he clings to zero enrichment as the baseline for a deal with Iran. Limited engagement is likely no longer an option. Trump will have to either fully join the war or sit it out. And staying out requires more than a one-time refusal—it demands sustained resistance to Israeli pressure, something he has so far shown neither the will nor the strength to pull off.
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Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler has issued a stark warning that Israel poses a direct threat to Türkiye, stating that “Israel is an aggressive country; it plans to attack us, in its expansion programme”
while suggesting the possibility of World War III breaking out at any moment.
Turkey says it will defend itself 100%
TRUMP MAY HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE UK
Several ways Donald Trump might have to change British politics and policy
Many in British politics are ready to take their cue from the US president – as Keir Starmer is recognised as a total failure
The UK’s slide into communism worries the USA, as their only friend in the world
Trump may have to move in to save the UK, Starmers plan to flood the UK with migrants is universally condemned
The NHS has failed schools have failed Police have failed and when criminals are let out of prison, to put in people who speak out
this is a communist dictatorship
something we fought against for decades
06 July 2025
Jill Rutter
remember iran is fighting for the world and particularly the UK
freedom from jewish control is paramount for the uk to survive
starmer is a tool of the jew
and in return they send him some juicy young rent boys
The UK government to stop all allotments
land must have more houses built for expected glut
of third world migrants
https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/uk-government-approves-allotment-sell-offs/
insidious mossad agents in mexico have infested
jimstone (voterig.com or jimstonereloaded.com)
with a bioweapon CORDYCEPS fungus . some
jew AI has previously filtered out this my message .
I cannot contact jim . I would advise him to take
IVERMECTIN against fungus + wurms . antibiotica
will not help . the fungus is spreading through his
whole body (arterias,lungs, eye) . it was special jew
designed to his DNA . so, they even dont shoot him
easily . no they use their scientifics to create a special
weapon against his truth spreading . perverse jewish
spirit ! despite the jewpharma has pressed all doctors
in the world + forbit prescription of ivermectin I think
it should be available there on black market .
“While the June war ended inconclusively…”
I disagree: Iranians showed that the kikes can’t bully them and can fight back and win.
“Politically, his initial strikes triggered a civil war within the MAGA movement.”
I’ll bet it did: The yankees realised that fighting for the kikes is not a good deal. That’s why they backed off. Even in WW2 the yankees never defeated a pier army. Look up what actually happened in the Ardennes offensive of 1944/45.
Germany and Japan were only defeated by massive war crimes. In effect the yankees never defeated them militarily. The soviets did but only because if their soldiers retreated their entire families would be murdered by Stalin and his henchmen. Thus they had millions of casualties against the vastly outnumbered Wehrmacht and SS.
The USA has surrounded iran with military bases
so it will not know which one or ones will be hit
but israel will make the USA join in
israels threats to turkey have angered so many there
they may find turkey will help iran
Today, the Zionist Jewish Western world is celebrating its VJ Day, Victory over Japan. It would be more appropriate to name it Victory for Satanic Zionist Judaism over Christian Civilisation.
A thunderous increase in the spiritual warfare to bring freedom and peace to the Heavens and Earth by the Heavenly Father and the Soul of the present Christian King of Kings, Revelation Chapter 19, is imminent. Satanic Zionist President Trump, the anti-Christ, said he is King of the Earth; we shall see what the next few months of absolute terror bring to him, the Satanic Zionist Jewish World and MAGA.
when will people wise up ?
Lord Victor Rothschild and the jews loaned the money to fight ww 2
for… Rothschild and the jews
Rothschilds apostles were the Cambridge 5, more like 35 with lay participants numbering 85
He put them into the BBC the intel world publishing anywhere they could advance
jewish projects toward world domination
He was also practically running MI 5
He was alongside Churchill the biggest traitor in British history.
The greatest Allied general in w w 2 Gen Patton said at the wars end
” we slaughtered the wrong pig”
He knew our real enemy was not Germany but Russia and the jews
and this why the jew Eisenhower had him killed
Peter Wright in his spycatcher book says a very high level spy
existed in the intell world up until the late 1980s
betraying everythng
Victor Rothschild worked against the UK and brought us into ww 2 to protect our enemies
the soviet jews
He died in 1990
The wartime soldiers song ” beware beware the dirty jew, was about rothschild ”
Paul Fuller
If there is another fight between Israel and Iran, the Iranians will be motivated to do as much damage to Israel because of all the damage Israel has done to Gaza.
I hope Trump and America keeps well out of it.
I don’t know which drones Israel builds itself, probably the larger destructive ones, and possibly the arms companies in Britain targeted by the likes of Palestine Action build the smaller ones, but in Lithuania they’re boasting children as young as eight will be taught to fly drones in a combat situation. If Russia had announced that all we’d have heard is “Child soldiers!”, which is basically what they are.
But I’m not surprised by the double-standard. When Ukraine first used drones to drop crude bombs they were described as innovative or ground-breaking, all rather different from real fighters in the field who make bombs from captured or unexploded ordnance–but they’re called Improvised Explosive Devices, like they’re the dirtiest weapons invented, when they’re made from conventional weapons produced by arms manufacturers creaming massive profits thousands of miles away and too far off to hear the bang. Fighters who make IEDs from conventional artillery have more legitimacy than western bomb makers.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lithuania-training-children-drones-combat-115036220.html
The Jewish tribe is the richest and most effective organization the world. They have specialized in making war on the gentile goyim since biblical times, and in turning every negative reaction into their favor. To them being allegedly “chosen by God” as a people, meant total dominance over the entire world and everyone in it. Salvation for us is to be owned and ruled by them and their entitlement to get a pass regarding any evil method they employ in their guest for dominance and control.
Their own Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, rejected those selfish and worldly aspirations and said that salvation was not the power to treat outsiders like swine, or freedom from foreign dominance, but rather freedom from the devil and to be a part of the kingdom of God coming to earth through him. But they rejected and killed him, simply because the lure of power and riches was too great. They knew how to fuel and turn the evil of others to their own advantage, and how to evade the evil consequences of their own deeds. Their money-power bankster and financial rulers have gobbled up the wealth and power of nations and are now licking the platter clean. They are so confident in their exploits that they brazenly exterminate all in their midst they regard as “unwanted”. They face no organized powerful and wealthy opposition to their plundering.
They have morally fragmented the West through their control of the media, the entertainment industry and our governments, such that in a time of moral confusion and moral relativism they are able to plunder without any real resistance.
So where are the Christian churches in all of this. Where are their condemnations of Israeli-US foreign policies and these unjust wars and land grabs?
WHY DID TONY BLAIR ALLOW MOSSAD TO KILL
DR DAVID KELLY ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By1z6RvOKlU
@ digusted mic
it is an idiotic idea (of brainape) of some believers
that there would be or could be a heaven on earth .
would be against physics . this material world can
exist only in dualistic ways (jinJANG) . eternal
peace on earth is impossible .
Disgusted MIC
First of all, what took you so long to post on this site?
My second point, is this going to be be your only comment or do you plan to comment more?
Do you plan to go into more detail about what you have written?
I dare say it would be the Christian thing to to
On August 13, 2025, Tottenham Hotspur faced Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup final held in Udine, Italy. The match was a thrilling encounter, with Spurs initially taking a commanding 2-0 lead. However, PSG mounted a dramatic comeback, scoring two late goals to level the match at 2-2, forcing the game into a penalty shootout. In the ensuing shootout, PSG triumphed 4-3, securing their victory after a tense battle. Nuno Mendes played a pivotal role in the shootout, helping to kickstart PSG’s celebrations. This match marked a significant moment for both clubs, with PSG, the Champions League winners, showcasing their resilience against the Europa League victors, Tottenham. The final was not only a showcase of skill and determination but also highlighted the growing rivalry between these two European giants. Fans were left on the edge of their seats, witnessing a memorable clash in football history.
Now ignore all that.
What I was fishing for was when this match was played.
During the recent soccer final in Udine, a striking banner was unfurled, capturing the attention of fans and players alike. The banner, which spanned several meters, featured a powerful message that resonated with the spirit of unity and sportsmanship. It was a vibrant display of colors and creativity, showcasing the passion of the supporters..The banner’s message emphasized the importance of coming together, transcending rivalries, and celebrating the beautiful game. Fans from both teams were seen cheering and applauding the gesture, highlighting the camaraderie that soccer can inspire, even in the heat of competition. This moment not only added to the electric atmosphere of the final but also served as a reminder of the positive impact sports can have on communities. As the match unfolded, the banner remained a symbol of hope and togetherness, leaving a lasting impression on everyone present.
Ignore that too
At the recent soccer final in Udine, Italy, UEFA paid tribute to Suleiman Al-Obeid, affectionately known as the “Palestinian Pele,” who was tragically killed. The tribute sparked significant controversy, particularly due to the accompanying display of a banner reading “Stop Killing Children.” This message was intended to highlight the plight of children affected by conflict, but it drew criticism for being perceived as politically charged. The Palestinian Football Association honored Al-Obeid, a beloved figure in Palestinian soccer, whose legacy continues to inspire many. However, the juxtaposition of the tribute and the banner led to backlash, with prominent figures like Mohamed Salah questioning the appropriateness of the gesture. Salah’s remarks emphasized the need for clarity regarding the circumstances of Al-Obeid’s death, reflecting the complex emotions surrounding the event. This incident underscores the intersection of sports and politics, revealing the challenges organizations face when addressing sensitive global issues.
Israel still not mentioned
Suleiman Al-Obeid, affectionately known as the “Palestinian Pele,” was tragically killed by Israeli gunfire while waiting for humanitarian aid in Khan Younis, Gaza. The 41-year-old former soccer star, who represented the Palestinian national team, was struck by shrapnel from an Israeli tank shell during the incident. His death has sparked outrage and mourning among fans and family alike, highlighting the ongoing violence in the region. Doaa, Al-Obeid’s widow, expressed her grief, stating that her husband was ashamed to seek aid, reflecting the dire circumstances faced by many in Gaza. The Palestinian Football Association confirmed the news, emphasizing the loss of a beloved figure in Palestinian sports. Prominent soccer player Mohamed Salah has also voiced his concerns, criticizing UEFA for their lack of acknowledgment regarding Al-Obeid’s death. The incident has drawn international attention, underscoring the intersection of sports and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Thanks to this guy’s channel I have now come to learn of something I did not know. I heard talk of the match but didn’t know much. Didn’t even know the the winners of both European cups played each other. So what I did hear I thought was old news.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erYIeh_uqRw
Dimitri Lascaris a fine, upstanding Canadian Greek
I wonder if CR7 has said anything?
Don’t forget that behind the Iranians are the Chinese.
Israel Alarmed Over Suspected Chinese Support For Iranian Missile Program
Tyler Durden’s Photo
by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Aug 16, 2025 – 05:35 AM
Via The Cradle
Israel is concerned about a surge in military cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and China, according to a report by Yedioth Ahronoth.