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FarPoint

(14,697 posts) Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:08 AM Sunday

My guess is that Iran will hit soft populated targets of rumpy and BB's allies...

It's a smart move....piss off their money backers...folks like that who feel way to safe....but are not.

Put it all onto rumpy and BB's doorstep....

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My guess is that Iran will hit soft populated targets of rumpy and BB's allies... (Original Post) FarPoint Sunday OP

Like a girls' school? Norrrm Sunday #1

Aren't they already? nitpicked Sunday #2

Looks like they are.... FarPoint Sunday #3

Inflicting maximum economic impact through asymmetric tactics. David__77 Sunday #4

Iranians are big on "An Eye for an Eye." Part of their culture. Look out Donnie. n/t SheilaAnn Sunday #5

Norrrm

(4,690 posts)

1. Like a girls' school?

Reply to FarPoint (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:25 AM

Sunday

Trump also gets credit for that.

Not good PR.

nitpicked

(1,656 posts)

2. Aren't they already?

Reply to FarPoint (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:34 AM

Sunday

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn5ge95q6y7t?page=2

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07:07

Frank Gardner
Security correspondent

Iran’s explosive drones and missiles have been expanding their target set well beyond military sites such as the (largely evacuated) US Fifth Fleet naval base in Bahrain.

Now luxury hotels and shopping malls, high-rise apartment blocks, state-of-the-art airport departure terminals are sporadically getting hit as gaps appear in the Arab Gulf states’ air defences.

These places were never built with the prospect in mind that they would one day come under attack from drones and ballistic missiles.
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