Iran has launched missiles at Israel

[Merkabah Star]

Just now, LSD-Rumi said:

I am sure,  Israel will get some leniency after this attack.

It’s obvious it’s just for show. 

[Mohammad]

Hey guys

Just saw a ballistic missile crossing in the sky over my house here 

Nothing is gonna happen. Mullas are too coward to do a real attack. This is just a show. If its real,they commited a bad mistake(which is good for iranian people!) And hopefully they will get fucked up. But most likely this is mostly a circus and no real casualties will occur. 

I hope come alive out of this guys. If I die I'm gonna miss Leo 😁

[Mohammad]

@LSD-Rumi

Where are you bro? Seeing missiles here in shiraz

[Mohammad]

1 hour ago, Raze said:

This attack looks designed to be easily intercepted. Iran has said they consider the matter concluded. It looks like this is just bluster to placate the hardliners who wanted a response without causing a war.

This is probably true

[LSD-Rumi]

37 minutes ago, Mohammad said:

Nothing is gonna happen. Mullas are too coward to do a real attack. This is just a show. If its real,they commited a bad mistake(which is good for iranian people!) And hopefully they will get fucked up. But most likely this is mostly a circus and no real casualties will occur.

If Israel retaliated, it would get bad.

[aurum]

5 hours ago, BlueOak said:

We have one more chance not to go further. The next few days is going to decide what happens. If it's a regional war, it'll be no surprise that China moves against Taiwan. I'd be surprised if that didn't happen in the next couple of months.

For America, this all makes a Trump presidency very likely, and for the rest of the world, making it three ongoing regional wars, which is close enough to call it WW3.

We don't know any of those things are likely. Wait for more information to come out and avoid catastrophizing. 

Edited April 14 by aurum

[BlueOak]

There are no sensible decisions in this war. 

Hamas attacks Israel's civilians - Stupid. (Nobody tell me thousands of people were planned and organized without leadership in Qatar or Iran.)
Israel ethnically cleanses northern Gaza - Stupid.
America and the UK back this up by saying 'oh I couldn't not do'  - Stupid
Iran's proxies try to disrupt global shipping, drawing in more countries. - Understandable, but stupid.
Israel attacks Iran's consulate - Stupid.
Iran takes the bait - Stupid

I understand why these things are not stupid from the leadership's perspective. That far-right governments' have to appease their far-right population. I understand why the initial attack by Hamas happened. I understand why Israel created a refugee camp in Gaza and reacted out of survival/fear.

I understand all of it, but still, with even a small measure of distance, every action here leads one way.

[Sucuk Ekmek]

Iran and Israel are bros. Sometimes they just need eachothers actions.

[Merkabah Star]

8 minutes ago, Mormegil said:

The media does not treat this "just for show". They treat this as a serious attack and will support Israel in this undoubtedly.

I just hope they won't justify everything in the name of "self-defence" now.

Who knows. 

I’m not sure the USA want a war with Iran. 

This whole Gaza war has made people pretty aware about what’s going on, so maybe not everyone will believe a media push?? 

[Javfly33]

2 hours ago, Mormegil said:

The media does not treat this "just for show". They treat this as a serious attack and will support Israel in this undoubtedly.

I just hope they won't justify everything in the name of "self-defence" now.

That´s what media does. They create problems out of thin air. 

[TheAlchemist]

99% of the 300 missiles/drones were shot down by Israeli air-defence, and obviously Iran would have known this before the attack. It would actually make sense for Iran to shoot empty shells towards Israel, knowing that they will get shot down.

Iran mass produces one of the world's cheapest and versatile drones, so it's not a big investment to appease parts of the population that demanded a counter-attack. 

Interesting to see how Israel will react. In a way they got their "win" already with their air defence systems being so robust, so there is no humiliation or real shock element here that would rile up support for a strong counter attack in the population. Although with the current government you never know what might happen..

Curious to hear from any Israeli people on the forum, how is this attack being perceived among your friends/families and in the media? Is it perceived as a win because of the air defence being so successful, or is there a sense of anger or desire for retaliation because it sure was quite a large scale attack in many ways?

 

Edited April 14 by TheAlchemist

[Nivsch]

58 minutes ago, TheAlchemist said:

Curious to hear from any Israeli people on the forum, how is this attack being perceived among your friends/families and in the media? Is it perceived as a win because of the air defence being so successful, or is there a sense of anger or desire for retaliation because it sure was quite a large scale attack in many ways?

Neither.

We just had some fear from it and we planned when to go to the shelter in the end of the street and I slept only 3 hours and fuel my day with strong black tea sweetened generousely 😝

Edited April 14 by Nivsch

[MarkKol]

Holy crap, everyone in the middle east just needs to leave at this point

Edited April 14 by MarkKol

[Danioover9000]

@Husseinisdoingfine

15 hours ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

• Iran launches drones at Israel
• All Israeli forces on 'full alert' amid Iran threat  
• Iran seizes Israeli-linked cargo ship with 25 crew on board  
• Watch: Revolutionary Guards board vessel by helicopter  
• 'Iran will bear consequences', Israel responds  
• Seizure of ship is 'blatant violation of international law', says UK defence sec  
• Risk of dragging US and UK into another major conflict 
• Explained: Why is Iran threatening to attack Israel?   

https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-hamas-iran-latest-sky-news-blog-12978800

   Yeah this is escalating a bit now:

 

 

[bariumly]

The whole world and the West stand against Iran and condemn it because of a missile strike without casualties. While the world remained silent and still for 6+ months about a historical massacres, and no one spoke or condemned it. A corrupt and dirty world.

[Raze]

11 hours ago, BlueOak said:

There are no sensible decisions in this war. 

Hamas attacks Israel's civilians - Stupid. (Nobody tell me thousands of people were planned and organized without leadership in Qatar or Iran.)
Israel ethnically cleanses northern Gaza - Stupid.
America and the UK back this up by saying 'oh I couldn't not do'  - Stupid
Iran's proxies try to disrupt global shipping, drawing in more countries. - Understandable, but stupid.
Israel attacks Iran's consulate - Stupid.
Iran takes the bait - Stupid

I understand why these things are not stupid from the leadership's perspective. That far-right governments' have to appease their far-right population. I understand why the initial attack by Hamas happened. I understand why Israel created a refugee camp in Gaza and reacted out of survival/fear.

I understand all of it, but still, with even a small measure of distance, every action here leads one way.

It’s the opposite, all these decisions were sensible, but only from a limited perspective. 

[Twentyfirst]

Israel is out of control and needs to be stopped. Ask questions later 

[Twentyfirst]

7 hours ago, MarkKol said:

Holy crap, everyone in the middle of east just needs to leave at this point

Found the coward

Is that what you will do when chaos comes to your lands? Run away?

[BlueOak]

3 hours ago, Raze said:

It’s the opposite, all these decisions were sensible, but only from a limited perspective. 

That's most of what makes intelligence useful, holding a wider perspective. The further back you are, or the wider your perspective, the more you can see and take into account. This is why allies' or friends' voices are crucial in making the correct choices when you are emotionally too close to a subject.

The people making these decisions on a strategic level will have a mind with a capacity greater than mine. Emotion is an excuse, but it's not a very good one for a professional in these positions.

[MarkKol]

50 minutes ago, Twentyfirst said:

Is that what you will do when chaos comes to your lands? Run away?

That's actually the first thing I'd do, It's much better to live without some crappy concept of pride because I fought against the bad guys, and stay alive. Then be dead because of human pettiness.

The lands, are not worth it. Every war is forgotten about, including all your efforts.

This is the perfect opportunity to move to a 1st world democracy for Israelis, It's clear that you won't be accepted where you are for a long time, there's no winning this war or any future attacks made on Israel. These people literally want you dead, they won't take such drastic measures as starting wars and then completely change their minds in the next 50 years.

I'm not super-educated on the Middle East, or it's politics, or whatever. But this is just obvious.

Edited April 14 by MarkKol