Iran

[JasonPratt]

President Biden properly stated: "Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing."

Previously the admin had stated: "We will respond at times and places of our choosing." The time was several hours ago. The targets were, to quote Zola from the Captain America First Avenger film, "EVVVERYYY WHEEEERRRR!" 

SecDef Austin confirms, more strike packages set up and being processed.

[GDS_Starfury]

I do love it when the US military flexes and reminds everyone why they're at least a generation behind.
80+ targets hit within 30 minutes.  LOL

[GDS_Starfury]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1753602875497054248

[JasonPratt]

Imagine the many feelings Putin must be going through! 

[Skoop]

I saw a Zeihan youtube where he claimed a strike on karg island oil terminal would destroy iran's whole economy in 1 hour.  Only reason we don't do it is because China will flip out cause most of it's oil comes from there. 

[nelmsm]

Wow, two reasons to do it.

[JasonPratt]

The moment China goes after Taiwan, that terminal is going away. (Also per Zeihan if I recall correctly.) But even if it doesn't, it doesn't matter, because (along with the British) we control alllllllllll the ocean lanes between China and practically everywhere else including Iran.

China gets the Wonka meme ("nothing sir good day"), so their only hope is for us to be too distracted by other things to feasibly care about Taiwan. Otherwise, making active war on Taiwan is a death sentence for the Chinese government sooner rather than (demographically) later.

As I recall, Zeihan suspects Xi and his cronies might actually go after Taiwan for precisely that reason: so that when they lose, and lose hard, they can blame 'the West' for all of China's internal suffering and hope to pull together some government support that way in the face of collapse.