• Iran Continues to Counter-Threat Trump

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 22 02:16:35 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14524581/America-threatened-revenge-attack-furious-Middle-East.html

    America threatened with sinister revenge attack from
    furious Middle Eastern nation

    The Islamic Republic of Iran has threatened the US with
    bloodcurdling revenge after president Donald Trump said
    they would be held responsible for attacks by the Houthis
    in Yemen.

    The Middle Eastern nation's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
    Khamenei said on state television that any country who
    attacked his would 'receive a severe blow.' His warnings
    were then amplified on social media.

    The tyrant's threats come after president Trump on Monday
    explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to
    the group’s main benefactor, Iran, warning Tehran it would
    'suffer the consequences' for further attacks against the
    west by the group.

    . . .

    Ok, by now for sure, Iran is a nuclear power. Probably
    was quite awhile ago. It's 1940s tech folks and Iran
    has both the brains and means - and motive.

    However Iran is short on long-range missiles or
    bombers. They may HAVE nukes, but how to DELIVER
    the things ?

    Well, the world offers options ... hire dope smugglers
    to bring 'em directly into the USA, sneak 'em onto
    other-flagged cargo ships or even FedEx.

    Before it went totally Wokie, Scientific American had
    an informative article about nukes - and how especially
    uranium-based weapons don't really have much of a rad
    'signature' to detect. Authorities were re-assuring us
    after 9-11, but the truth was something different.

    Iran has GOBS of uranium. It may have nukes already
    here, just waiting for a phone call or radio signal
    or a jihadist fanatic eager to push the button.

    Iran likely also has chem/bio warfare agents too.

    So, BE CAREFUL ! It's run by fanatics and may
    very well have more bite than we'd like to think.

    Oh, attacking Iran's enrichment facilities ... this
    would send large radioactive plumes - likely up into
    Russia and maybe even China depending on the wind.
    Not so great ....

    Long back we DID cyber-attack their facilities using
    flaws in the Siemens controllers running their centrifuges.
    Made 'em run wild and break down. Expensive to replace.
    However they're on to that trick now.

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  • From Doctor Fill@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 22 09:51:01 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 3/22/2025 12:16 AM, c186282 wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14524581/America-threatened- revenge-attack-furious-Middle-East.html

    America threatened with sinister revenge attack from
    furious Middle Eastern nation

    The Islamic Republic of Iran has threatened the US with
    bloodcurdling revenge after president Donald Trump said
    they would be held responsible for attacks by the Houthis
    in Yemen.

    The Middle Eastern nation's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
    Khamenei said on state television that any country who
    attacked his would 'receive a severe blow.' His warnings
    were then amplified on social media.

    The tyrant's threats come after president Trump on Monday
    explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to
    the group’s main benefactor, Iran, warning Tehran it would
    'suffer the consequences' for further attacks against the
    west by the group.

    . . .

      Ok, by now for sure, Iran is a nuclear power. Probably
      was quite awhile ago. It's 1940s tech folks and Iran
      has both the brains and means - and motive.

      However Iran is short on long-range missiles or
      bombers. They may HAVE nukes, but how to DELIVER
      the things ?

      Well, the world offers options ... hire dope smugglers
      to bring 'em directly into the USA, sneak 'em onto
      other-flagged cargo ships or even FedEx.

      Before it went totally Wokie, Scientific American had
      an informative article about nukes - and how especially
      uranium-based weapons don't really have much of a rad
      'signature' to detect. Authorities were re-assuring us
      after 9-11, but the truth was something different.

      Iran has GOBS of uranium. It may have nukes already
      here, just waiting for a phone call or radio signal
      or a jihadist fanatic eager to push the button.

      Iran likely also has chem/bio warfare agents too.

      So, BE CAREFUL ! It's run by fanatics and may
      very well have more bite than we'd like to think.

      Oh, attacking Iran's enrichment facilities ... this
      would send large radioactive plumes - likely up into
      Russia and maybe even China depending on the wind.
      Not so great ....

      Long back we DID cyber-attack their facilities using
      flaws in the Siemens controllers running their centrifuges.
      Made 'em run wild and break down. Expensive to replace.
      However they're on to that trick now.

    Very good, timely questions you pose. Israel has assassinated dozens of Iranian scientists in the nuclear field using assassins on motorcycles,
    bombs attached to personal vehicles, exploding cell phones, and possibly
    some plane crashes.

    As to the 1940s technology, I doubt Iran would throw together an Enola
    Gay type bomber and drop a Fat Boy on Tel Aviv using a parachute. The
    Houthi's are doing a good job of jacking up insurance rates for ships
    going through the Red Sea, which redirect lots of shipping around the
    Cape at the bottom of Africa, making Israel's war on Hamas, Syria, and
    other neighbors very costly for Europa -- which is their intention.

    The explosion of the transformer at Heathrow Airport is believed by some
    to be an act of sabotage by Russia, but it could be by some other actors
    on the world stage. Expect to see more disruptions of international air
    travel and ships mysteriously crashing into each other as per the recent
    ship carrying aviation fuel for the U.S. Navy and another ship carrying cyanide, with both burning and sinking and the Western media
    surprisingly blase' about such avents and moving on to some other
    "story" very quickly.

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 22 16:12:26 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    Ethnic gays like you will end up in the shredder.

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  • From Siri Cruise@21:1/5 to Doctor Fill on Sat Mar 22 13:09:07 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    Doctor Fill wrote:

    As to the 1940s technology, I doubt Iran would throw together an
    Enola Gay type bomber and drop a Fat Boy on Tel Aviv using a
    parachute.  The Houthi's are doing a good job of jacking up
    insurance rates for ships going through the Red Sea, which
    redirect lots of shipping around the Cape at the bottom of Africa,
    making Israel's war on Hamas, Syria, and other neighbors very
    costly for Europa -- which is their intention.

    After the French relieved their king of his meddlesome head, the
    remaining Europe--all kingdoms--did not want their peasants to get
    ideas, so they started wars against France.

    When Shiite Iran made itself a republic, the Sunni kingdoms did
    not want their peasants to get ideas, so they started wars against
    Iran.

    Iran responded by creating a ring of allies around the Sunni
    kingdoms. Yemen is the last piece.

    KSA responded by starting a war and genocide. The USA ever the
    Saudi's whore and useful idiot, supplied KSA with tools of war and
    genocide, and we said nothing as KSA slaughterred and starved Yemen.

    Yemen have found a vulnerability of KSA's suppliers and allies. It
    trying to use that to free itself of KSA.

    In the 1950s it is admitted and well known, at least in Iran, that
    the USA was part of the conspiracy that overturned the Iranian
    republic (so that Merrie Olde England could continue robbing
    them), installing the Shah and his beloved Savak.

    Iranians eventually got rid of their Shah again and made
    themselves another republic. The USA, true to form, which had
    shelterred German and Japanese war criminals to demonstrate our
    deep devotion to peace and justice, the USA shelterred an Iranian
    war criminal, the Shah.

    When the Sunni kingdoms bribed Iraq to overthrow the Iranian
    Revolution, the USA was johnny-on-the-spot, and aided Iraq against
    Iran.

    Iranians finally got a wee bit peeved and captured the embassy of
    the so totally innocent USA.

    I cannot possibly see what they were upset over.

    Because of this we must hates Iran forever. We can never rest
    until Savak again brings peace to that hell hole.

    Extra credit work: Young Iranian are become annoyed with their
    government's religious dogma and extremism. They would welcome a
    peaceful evolution to a less severe Iranian Republic. The USA has
    dedicated itself to pissing in their face to strengthen the hand
    of our eternal enemy.

    Oh, and those smugly reassuring themselves Iran is too deep in the
    stone age to drop a nuclear bomb on the USA, Iran has put a
    satellite in orbit. Physics being what physics is, once you are
    able to put a satellite in orbit, you are also able to de-orbit
    the satellite and drop it anywhere on the planet. Say....a white
    house. If Iran has a weapon no heavier than the spy satellite,
    that is that: they can nuke the USA anytime they want.
    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' /|\
    The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 3.2 / \
    of Discordian Mysteries. This post insults Islam. Mohamed

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  • From Doctor Fill@21:1/5 to Siri Cruise on Sat Mar 22 15:52:58 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 3/22/2025 2:09 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
    Doctor Fill wrote:

    As to the 1940s technology, I doubt Iran would throw together an Enola
    Gay type bomber and drop a Fat Boy on Tel Aviv using a parachute.  The
    Houthi's are doing a good job of jacking up insurance rates for ships
    going through the Red Sea, which redirect lots of shipping around the
    Cape at the bottom of Africa, making Israel's war on Hamas, Syria, and
    other neighbors very costly for Europa -- which is their intention.

    After the French relieved their king of his meddlesome head, the
    remaining Europe--all kingdoms--did not want their peasants to get
    ideas, so they started wars against France.

    When Shiite Iran made itself a republic, the Sunni kingdoms did not want their peasants to get ideas, so they started wars against Iran.

    Iran responded by creating a ring of allies around the Sunni kingdoms.
    Yemen is the last piece.

    KSA responded by starting a war and genocide. The USA ever the Saudi's
    whore and useful idiot, supplied KSA with tools of war and genocide, and
    we said nothing as KSA slaughterred and starved Yemen.

    Yemen have found a vulnerability of KSA's suppliers and allies. It
    trying to use that to free itself of KSA.

    In the 1950s it is admitted and well known, at least in Iran, that the
    USA was part of the conspiracy that overturned the Iranian republic (so
    that Merrie Olde England could continue robbing them), installing the
    Shah and his beloved Savak.

    Iranians eventually got rid of their Shah again and made themselves
    another republic. The USA, true to form, which had shelterred German and Japanese war criminals to demonstrate our deep devotion to peace and
    justice, the USA shelterred an Iranian war criminal, the Shah.

    When the Sunni kingdoms bribed Iraq to overthrow the Iranian Revolution,
    the USA was johnny-on-the-spot, and aided Iraq against Iran.

    Iranians finally got a wee bit peeved and captured the embassy of the so totally innocent USA.

    I cannot possibly see what they were upset over.

    Because of this we must hates Iran forever. We can never rest until
    Savak again brings peace to that hell hole.

    Extra credit work: Young Iranian are become annoyed with their
    government's religious dogma and extremism. They would welcome a
    peaceful evolution to a less severe Iranian Republic. The USA has
    dedicated itself to pissing in their face to strengthen the hand of our eternal enemy.

    Oh, and those smugly reassuring themselves Iran is too deep in the stone
    age to drop a nuclear bomb on the USA, Iran has put a satellite in
    orbit. Physics being what physics is, once you are able to put a
    satellite in orbit, you are also able to de-orbit the satellite and drop
    it anywhere on the planet. Say....a white house. If Iran has a weapon no heavier than the spy satellite, that is that: they can nuke the USA
    anytime they want.

    The original poster, poor punctuation and all, was the person remarking
    that nuclear fission bombs were 1940s technology, so my comment was
    meant to be facetious, not as an insult to Iranian nuclear scientists or
    rocket engineers.

    Your history refresher is well taken and shows that you are a more
    informed and educated person than your usual usenet comments would have
    ever suggested.

    It has crossed my mind over the years that if North Korea or Iran were
    to use, say, a 25 kiloton fission bomb or bombs to take out, say NYC,
    the District of Columbia, and perhaps London, Tel Aviv, and Brussels,
    the irony might be that "far right" political parties in the former
    "Free World" might see the acts as a net positive while the neo-cons
    would join the far left types to indulge in expressing "outrage" at
    Little Rocketman and the Ayatollah. It might make for a best seller
    fictional thriller type novel at the very least. Sort of an
    international genre in the spirit of the Turner Diaries. (pardon my poor diction, lol.)

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 23 04:39:22 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:15:53 -0400, c186282 wrote:

    The odd bit ... all the sanctions against Iran starting long ago
    encouraged/forced them to develop a strong 'DIY' industry ... which
    includes military and physics.
    A lot of smart people there, a lot of DIY innovations that are
    entirely off the global-trade radar.

    I've long thought if the US wanted an ally in the area it should be the Persians. Let the various Semitic tribes sort their problems out by
    themselves -- or not.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to Doctor Fill on Sun Mar 23 00:56:38 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    XPost: alt.defense

    On 3/22/25 5:52 PM, Doctor Fill wrote:
    On 3/22/2025 2:09 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
    Doctor Fill wrote:

    As to the 1940s technology, I doubt Iran would throw together an
    Enola Gay type bomber and drop a Fat Boy on Tel Aviv using a
    parachute.  The Houthi's are doing a good job of jacking up insurance
    rates for ships going through the Red Sea, which redirect lots of
    shipping around the Cape at the bottom of Africa, making Israel's war
    on Hamas, Syria, and other neighbors very costly for Europa -- which
    is their intention.

    After the French relieved their king of his meddlesome head, the
    remaining Europe--all kingdoms--did not want their peasants to get
    ideas, so they started wars against France.

    When Shiite Iran made itself a republic, the Sunni kingdoms did not
    want their peasants to get ideas, so they started wars against Iran.

    Iran responded by creating a ring of allies around the Sunni kingdoms.
    Yemen is the last piece.

    KSA responded by starting a war and genocide. The USA ever the Saudi's
    whore and useful idiot, supplied KSA with tools of war and genocide,
    and we said nothing as KSA slaughterred and starved Yemen.

    Yemen have found a vulnerability of KSA's suppliers and allies. It
    trying to use that to free itself of KSA.

    In the 1950s it is admitted and well known, at least in Iran, that the
    USA was part of the conspiracy that overturned the Iranian republic
    (so that Merrie Olde England could continue robbing them), installing
    the Shah and his beloved Savak.

    Iranians eventually got rid of their Shah again and made themselves
    another republic. The USA, true to form, which had shelterred German
    and Japanese war criminals to demonstrate our deep devotion to peace
    and justice, the USA shelterred an Iranian war criminal, the Shah.

    When the Sunni kingdoms bribed Iraq to overthrow the Iranian
    Revolution, the USA was johnny-on-the-spot, and aided Iraq against Iran.

    Iranians finally got a wee bit peeved and captured the embassy of the
    so totally innocent USA.

    I cannot possibly see what they were upset over.

    Because of this we must hates Iran forever. We can never rest until
    Savak again brings peace to that hell hole.

    Extra credit work: Young Iranian are become annoyed with their
    government's religious dogma and extremism. They would welcome a
    peaceful evolution to a less severe Iranian Republic. The USA has
    dedicated itself to pissing in their face to strengthen the hand of
    our eternal enemy.

    Oh, and those smugly reassuring themselves Iran is too deep in the
    stone age to drop a nuclear bomb on the USA, Iran has put a satellite
    in orbit. Physics being what physics is, once you are able to put a
    satellite in orbit, you are also able to de-orbit the satellite and
    drop it anywhere on the planet. Say....a white house. If Iran has a
    weapon no heavier than the spy satellite, that is that: they can nuke
    the USA anytime they want.

    The original poster, poor punctuation and all,

    Tisk ! The punctuation is intentional, to achieve
    a more 'conversational' tone in a text medium :-)

    Also love the odd use of caps, for emphasis.

    I will use the old Chomsky definition of 'communication'
    which boils down to "If you can still 'get it' then it
    is valid language/communications".

    Ah, still remember old Mrs. Pritchard, her whole life
    had contracted to finding any excuse to put red marks
    on student's papers. Near-fascist prescriptive grammar
    was still very popular at the time :-)

    was the person remarking
    that nuclear fission bombs were 1940s technology, so my comment was
    meant to be facetious, not as an insult to Iranian nuclear scientists or rocket engineers.

    I certainly did not denigrate Iranian expertise ...
    rather the opposite. Therein the danger.

    Or has my posting-order list been compromised and
    you are not talking about me at all ?

    Your history refresher is well taken and shows that you are a more
    informed and educated person than your usual usenet comments would have
    ever suggested.

    It has crossed my mind over the years that if North Korea or Iran were
    to use, say, a 25 kiloton fission bomb or bombs to take out, say NYC,
    the District of Columbia, and perhaps London, Tel Aviv, and Brussels,
    the irony might be that "far right" political parties in the former
    "Free World" might see the acts as a net positive while the neo-cons
    would join the far left types to indulge in expressing "outrage" at
    Little Rocketman and the Ayatollah. It might make for a best seller
    fictional thriller type novel at the very least.  Sort of an
    international genre in the spirit of the Turner Diaries. (pardon my poor diction, lol.)

    Nuclear attacks on large western venues would not be
    viewed as a positive by almost anybody. The "spin"
    would be different according to political tilt and
    environment. "Hawks" would seek to justify large scale
    nuclear retaliation, maybe followed by invasions.
    "The West Is The Most Evil Thing EVER" people would
    see the event, and proper response, quite differently.
    Jihad sympathizers MIGHT view it in a positive, almost
    holy, light ... blows against the Great Satan(s).

    As for "Little Rocketman", nobody seems quite sure what
    his place and role may be. I see him as a Chinese proxy,
    engineered to distract and drain resources. He does have
    a small nuclear weapons stock and apparently does now
    have missiles that could strike the US mainland and
    Europe. However NK is not a large enough power, does not
    have the resources, to follow-on any such attacks.
    IMHO, it's purpose is to be loud and scary so we can
    not put as much effort into China.

    Hmmm ... I think Kim is to Xi what Musk is to Trump.
    Musk is almost 'the jester' - he dances around, plays
    the fool, says outrageous things. The US media and
    further left are FIXATED on Musk ... almost forgetting
    that he serves the will of Trump. This is The Plan.

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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to Doctor Fill on Sun Mar 23 00:15:53 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 3/22/25 11:51 AM, Doctor Fill wrote:
    On 3/22/2025 12:16 AM, c186282 wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14524581/America-threatened-
    revenge-attack-furious-Middle-East.html

    America threatened with sinister revenge attack from
    furious Middle Eastern nation

    The Islamic Republic of Iran has threatened the US with
    bloodcurdling revenge after president Donald Trump said
    they would be held responsible for attacks by the Houthis
    in Yemen.

    The Middle Eastern nation's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
    Khamenei said on state television that any country who
    attacked his would 'receive a severe blow.' His warnings
    were then amplified on social media.

    The tyrant's threats come after president Trump on Monday
    explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to
    the group’s main benefactor, Iran, warning Tehran it would
    'suffer the consequences' for further attacks against the
    west by the group.

    . . .

       Ok, by now for sure, Iran is a nuclear power. Probably
       was quite awhile ago. It's 1940s tech folks and Iran
       has both the brains and means - and motive.

       However Iran is short on long-range missiles or
       bombers. They may HAVE nukes, but how to DELIVER
       the things ?

       Well, the world offers options ... hire dope smugglers
       to bring 'em directly into the USA, sneak 'em onto
       other-flagged cargo ships or even FedEx.

       Before it went totally Wokie, Scientific American had
       an informative article about nukes - and how especially
       uranium-based weapons don't really have much of a rad
       'signature' to detect. Authorities were re-assuring us
       after 9-11, but the truth was something different.

       Iran has GOBS of uranium. It may have nukes already
       here, just waiting for a phone call or radio signal
       or a jihadist fanatic eager to push the button.

       Iran likely also has chem/bio warfare agents too.

       So, BE CAREFUL ! It's run by fanatics and may
       very well have more bite than we'd like to think.

       Oh, attacking Iran's enrichment facilities ... this
       would send large radioactive plumes - likely up into
       Russia and maybe even China depending on the wind.
       Not so great ....

       Long back we DID cyber-attack their facilities using
       flaws in the Siemens controllers running their centrifuges.
       Made 'em run wild and break down. Expensive to replace.
       However they're on to that trick now.

    Very good, timely questions you pose.  Israel has assassinated dozens of Iranian scientists in the nuclear field using assassins on motorcycles,
    bombs attached to personal vehicles, exploding cell phones, and possibly
    some plane crashes.


    Israel is rightly worried ... and I think in some cases
    acts as proxy commandos for US interests in the region.

    The odd bit ... all the sanctions against Iran starting
    long ago encouraged/forced them to develop a strong
    'DIY' industry ... which includes military and physics.
    A lot of smart people there, a lot of DIY innovations
    that are entirely off the global-trade radar.

    Secret enrichment facilities have been strongly rumored
    for over a decade ... underground, some under large cities.
    Iran's current uranium products are only about a step away
    from 'weapons grade' as is ... and, as it sees things,
    'persecuted', they'd have a major motive in making that
    final step somewhere out-of-sight. Computer sims now mean
    they don't HAVE to test bombs ... they'll just know the
    designs will work.

    (note 1945 ... the 1st nuke explosion was the prototype
    plutonium bomb. They HAD to test that ... but the uranium
    bomb, even then, they just knew it'd work OK)

    What I don't know is how easy it is these days to make
    a 'fusion-boosted' bomb - increase the yield a few times
    just by adding a capsule of lithium deuteride maybe with
    a squirt of tritium next to the trigger. India tried it
    way back and REPORTED failure ... dunno about today.


    As to the 1940s technology, I doubt Iran would throw together an Enola
    Gay type bomber and drop a Fat Boy on Tel Aviv using a parachute.  The Houthi's are doing a good job of jacking up insurance rates for ships
    going through the Red Sea, which redirect lots of shipping around the
    Cape at the bottom of Africa, making Israel's war on Hamas, Syria, and
    other neighbors very costly for Europa -- which is their intention.

    Iran is engineering an ongoing DRAG on EuroAmerican biz.
    It is a 'cold war' sort of tactic.

    The Houthi don't require a massive army to do that, just
    a handful of precise missiles, which Iran easily provides.
    Iran could also close the Strait of Hormuz easily in
    an instant if it wanted.

    The explosion of the transformer at Heathrow Airport is believed by some
    to be an act of sabotage by Russia, but it could be by some other actors
    on the world stage.  Expect to see more disruptions of international air travel and ships mysteriously crashing into each other as per the recent
    ship carrying aviation fuel for the U.S. Navy and another ship carrying cyanide, with both burning and sinking and the Western media
    surprisingly blase' about such avents and moving on to some other
    "story" very quickly.

    Today's story - PERHAPS just a "story" - is that the Heathrow
    transformer was "just old" and shorted out. Whether the story
    is true, or a stop-panic propaganda cover, is unclear. If the
    latter, the truth will soon slip from the workers involved
    in the repair effort.

    Those huge transformers - used everywhere - ARE very vulnerable.
    They are expensive, sometimes custom made, so it's not like there
    is a huge reserve stock sitting around. I once saw a report that
    most were made in France. Not gonna get rapid deliveries except
    maybe by some 'Pregnant Guppy' style aircraft.

    In any case, Putin has a well-known fetish for destroying
    electrical infrastructure, knowing the scope of impact and
    expense of repairs. NO reason he, maybe via Iran, would not
    have agents do such things in the UK. The UK is not doing
    very well financially or socially any more. This makes the
    impact of infrastructure attacks even worse. Demoralize,
    debilitate.

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  • From Doctor Fill@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 23 08:47:32 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 3/22/2025 10:15 PM, c186282 wrote:
    On 3/22/25 11:51 AM, Doctor Fill wrote:
    On 3/22/2025 12:16 AM, c186282 wrote:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14524581/America-threatened-
    revenge-attack-furious-Middle-East.html

    America threatened with sinister revenge attack from
    furious Middle Eastern nation

    The Islamic Republic of Iran has threatened the US with
    bloodcurdling revenge after president Donald Trump said
    they would be held responsible for attacks by the Houthis
    in Yemen.

    The Middle Eastern nation's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali
    Khamenei said on state television that any country who
    attacked his would 'receive a severe blow.' His warnings
    were then amplified on social media.

    The tyrant's threats come after president Trump on Monday
    explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to
    the group’s main benefactor, Iran, warning Tehran it would
    'suffer the consequences' for further attacks against the
    west by the group.

    . . .

       Ok, by now for sure, Iran is a nuclear power. Probably
       was quite awhile ago. It's 1940s tech folks and Iran
       has both the brains and means - and motive.

       However Iran is short on long-range missiles or
       bombers. They may HAVE nukes, but how to DELIVER
       the things ?

       Well, the world offers options ... hire dope smugglers
       to bring 'em directly into the USA, sneak 'em onto
       other-flagged cargo ships or even FedEx.

       Before it went totally Wokie, Scientific American had
       an informative article about nukes - and how especially
       uranium-based weapons don't really have much of a rad
       'signature' to detect. Authorities were re-assuring us
       after 9-11, but the truth was something different.

       Iran has GOBS of uranium. It may have nukes already
       here, just waiting for a phone call or radio signal
       or a jihadist fanatic eager to push the button.

       Iran likely also has chem/bio warfare agents too.

       So, BE CAREFUL ! It's run by fanatics and may
       very well have more bite than we'd like to think.

       Oh, attacking Iran's enrichment facilities ... this
       would send large radioactive plumes - likely up into
       Russia and maybe even China depending on the wind.
       Not so great ....

       Long back we DID cyber-attack their facilities using
       flaws in the Siemens controllers running their centrifuges.
       Made 'em run wild and break down. Expensive to replace.
       However they're on to that trick now.

    Very good, timely questions you pose.  Israel has assassinated dozens
    of Iranian scientists in the nuclear field using assassins on
    motorcycles, bombs attached to personal vehicles, exploding cell
    phones, and possibly some plane crashes.


      Israel is rightly worried ... and I think in some cases
      acts as proxy commandos for US interests in the region.

      The odd bit ... all the sanctions against Iran starting
      long ago encouraged/forced them to develop a strong
      'DIY' industry ... which includes military and physics.
      A lot of smart people there, a lot of DIY innovations
      that are entirely off the global-trade radar.

      Secret enrichment facilities have been strongly rumored
      for over a decade ... underground, some under large cities.
      Iran's current uranium products are only about a step away
      from 'weapons grade' as is ... and, as it sees things,
      'persecuted', they'd have a major motive in making that
      final step somewhere out-of-sight. Computer sims now mean
      they don't HAVE to test bombs ... they'll just know the
      designs will work.

      (note 1945 ... the 1st nuke explosion was the prototype
      plutonium bomb. They HAD to test that ... but the uranium
      bomb, even then, they just knew it'd work OK)

      What I don't know is how easy it is these days to make
      a 'fusion-boosted' bomb - increase the yield a few times
      just by adding a capsule of lithium deuteride maybe with
      a squirt of tritium next to the trigger. India tried it
      way back and REPORTED failure ... dunno about today.


    As to the 1940s technology, I doubt Iran would throw together an Enola
    Gay type bomber and drop a Fat Boy on Tel Aviv using a parachute.  The
    Houthi's are doing a good job of jacking up insurance rates for ships
    going through the Red Sea, which redirect lots of shipping around the
    Cape at the bottom of Africa, making Israel's war on Hamas, Syria, and
    other neighbors very costly for Europa -- which is their intention.

      Iran is engineering an ongoing DRAG on EuroAmerican biz.
      It is a 'cold war' sort of tactic.

      The Houthi don't require a massive army to do that, just
      a handful of precise missiles, which Iran easily provides.
      Iran could also close the Strait of Hormuz easily in
      an instant if it wanted.

    The explosion of the transformer at Heathrow Airport is believed by
    some to be an act of sabotage by Russia, but it could be by some other
    actors on the world stage.  Expect to see more disruptions of
    international air travel and ships mysteriously crashing into each
    other as per the recent ship carrying aviation fuel for the U.S. Navy
    and another ship carrying cyanide, with both burning and sinking and
    the Western media surprisingly blase' about such avents and moving on
    to some other "story" very quickly.

      Today's story - PERHAPS just a "story" - is that the Heathrow
      transformer was "just old" and shorted out. Whether the story
      is true, or a stop-panic propaganda cover, is unclear. If the
      latter, the truth will soon slip from the workers involved
      in the repair effort.

      Those huge transformers - used everywhere - ARE very vulnerable.
      They are expensive, sometimes custom made, so it's not like there
      is a huge reserve stock sitting around. I once saw a report that
      most were made in France. Not gonna get rapid deliveries except
      maybe by some 'Pregnant Guppy' style aircraft.

      In any case, Putin has a well-known fetish for destroying
      electrical infrastructure, knowing the scope of impact and
      expense of repairs. NO reason he, maybe via Iran, would not
      have agents do such things in the UK. The UK is not doing
      very well financially or socially any more. This makes the
      impact of infrastructure attacks even worse. Demoralize,
      debilitate.

    Thank you for your commentary. All your points seem thoughtful and elucidating.

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  • From Doctor Fill@21:1/5 to As I on Sun Mar 23 09:52:54 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
    XPost: alt.defense

    On 3/22/2025 10:56 PM, c186282 wrote:
    On 3/22/25 5:52 PM, Doctor Fill wrote:
    On 3/22/2025 2:09 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
    Doctor Fill wrote:

    As to the 1940s technology, I doubt Iran would throw together an
    Enola Gay type bomber and drop a Fat Boy on Tel Aviv using a
    parachute.  The Houthi's are doing a good job of jacking up
    insurance rates for ships going through the Red Sea, which redirect
    lots of shipping around the Cape at the bottom of Africa, making
    Israel's war on Hamas, Syria, and other neighbors very costly for
    Europa -- which is their intention.

    After the French relieved their king of his meddlesome head, the
    remaining Europe--all kingdoms--did not want their peasants to get
    ideas, so they started wars against France.

    When Shiite Iran made itself a republic, the Sunni kingdoms did not
    want their peasants to get ideas, so they started wars against Iran.

    Iran responded by creating a ring of allies around the Sunni
    kingdoms. Yemen is the last piece.

    KSA responded by starting a war and genocide. The USA ever the
    Saudi's whore and useful idiot, supplied KSA with tools of war and
    genocide, and we said nothing as KSA slaughterred and starved Yemen.

    Yemen have found a vulnerability of KSA's suppliers and allies. It
    trying to use that to free itself of KSA.

    In the 1950s it is admitted and well known, at least in Iran, that
    the USA was part of the conspiracy that overturned the Iranian
    republic (so that Merrie Olde England could continue robbing them),
    installing the Shah and his beloved Savak.

    Iranians eventually got rid of their Shah again and made themselves
    another republic. The USA, true to form, which had shelterred German
    and Japanese war criminals to demonstrate our deep devotion to peace
    and justice, the USA shelterred an Iranian war criminal, the Shah.

    When the Sunni kingdoms bribed Iraq to overthrow the Iranian
    Revolution, the USA was johnny-on-the-spot, and aided Iraq against Iran. >>>
    Iranians finally got a wee bit peeved and captured the embassy of the
    so totally innocent USA.

    I cannot possibly see what they were upset over.

    Because of this we must hates Iran forever. We can never rest until
    Savak again brings peace to that hell hole.

    Extra credit work: Young Iranian are become annoyed with their
    government's religious dogma and extremism. They would welcome a
    peaceful evolution to a less severe Iranian Republic. The USA has
    dedicated itself to pissing in their face to strengthen the hand of
    our eternal enemy.

    Oh, and those smugly reassuring themselves Iran is too deep in the
    stone age to drop a nuclear bomb on the USA, Iran has put a satellite
    in orbit. Physics being what physics is, once you are able to put a
    satellite in orbit, you are also able to de-orbit the satellite and
    drop it anywhere on the planet. Say....a white house. If Iran has a
    weapon no heavier than the spy satellite, that is that: they can nuke
    the USA anytime they want.

    The original poster, poor punctuation and all,

      Tisk ! The punctuation is intentional, to achieve
      a more 'conversational' tone in a text medium :-)

      Also love the odd use of caps, for emphasis.

      I will use the old Chomsky definition of 'communication'
      which boils down to "If you can still 'get it' then it
      is valid language/communications".

      Ah, still remember old Mrs. Pritchard, her whole life
      had contracted to finding any excuse to put red marks
      on student's papers. Near-fascist prescriptive grammar
      was still very popular at the time  :-)


    I had a teacher like that in 7th grade in Lake Worth, Florida. She
    would delight in knocking down my grade on a test for talking in the
    classroom. The posted grade was not a reflection of how well I did on a
    test, but rather it was a reflection of how much she hated me. She was demented. Maybe it was the Draft and the Vietnam War that sent the
    message to those teachers that punishing low grades could be a death
    sentence to the students that got sent off to war who couldn't get a
    college deferment because of low grades, so the teachers became less
    strict on their grading if they had any conscience or soul.

    Apparently Theodore John Kaczynski had a similar tormentor when he was
    working on his Doctorate degree at UC Berkeley, resulting in his
    dropping out and sending explosive devices to various professors around
    the U.S. It raises questions in my mind of, say, what if teachers at
    Hitler's art college had praised his paintings instead of humiliating
    him and telling him his paintings were trash. History would have gone on
    a vastly different trajectory.

    was the person remarking that nuclear fission bombs were 1940s
    technology, so my comment was meant to be facetious, not as an insult
    to Iranian nuclear scientists or rocket engineers.

      I certainly did not denigrate Iranian expertise ...
      rather the opposite. Therein the danger.

      Or has my posting-order list been compromised and
      you are not talking about me at all ?

    No. You were clear in your comments. As I said, I was being facetious.


    Your history refresher is well taken and shows that you are a more
    informed and educated person than your usual usenet comments would
    have ever suggested.

    It has crossed my mind over the years that if North Korea or Iran were
    to use, say, a 25 kiloton fission bomb or bombs to take out, say NYC,
    the District of Columbia, and perhaps London, Tel Aviv, and Brussels,
    the irony might be that "far right" political parties in the former
    "Free World" might see the acts as a net positive while the neo-cons
    would join the far left types to indulge in expressing "outrage" at
    Little Rocketman and the Ayatollah. It might make for a best seller
    fictional thriller type novel at the very least.  Sort of an
    international genre in the spirit of the Turner Diaries. (pardon my
    poor diction, lol.)

      Nuclear attacks on large western venues would not be
      viewed as a positive by almost anybody. The "spin"
      would be different according to political tilt and
      environment. "Hawks" would seek to justify large scale
      nuclear retaliation, maybe followed by invasions.
      "The West Is The Most Evil Thing EVER" people would
      see the event, and proper response, quite differently.
      Jihad sympathizers MIGHT view it in a positive, almost
      holy, light ... blows against the Great Satan(s).

    A lot of people in Flyover Country, or the people in inland areas of California, Oregon and Washington who would like to secede from the
    Maoists in the coastal cities might clap if New York City, Sacramento or
    DC were turned to glass.


      As for "Little Rocketman", nobody seems quite sure what
      his place and role may be. I see him as a Chinese proxy,
      engineered to distract and drain resources. He does have
      a small nuclear weapons stock and apparently does now
      have missiles that could strike the US mainland and
      Europe. However NK is not a large enough power, does not
      have the resources, to follow-on any such attacks.
      IMHO, it's purpose is to be loud and scary so we can
      not put as much effort into China.

      Hmmm ... I think Kim is to Xi what Musk is to Trump.
      Musk is almost 'the jester' - he dances around, plays
      the fool, says outrageous things. The US media and
      further left are FIXATED on Musk ... almost forgetting
      that he serves the will of Trump. This is The Plan.


    I see Elon Musk as the kind of figure that American boys looked up to in
    the era prior to the 1970s. A man who builds rockets to go to Mars is a
    role model as were the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, and Werner von
    Braun. He helped make cars cool again and moved his job creating
    businesses out of California when Alameda County bureaucrats tried to
    wield Covid regulations like a sledge hammer over his Fremont Tesla
    factory. He has his flaws, but I wish him well. He stands up to bullies,
    and I credit him for that.

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  • From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 26 05:41:55 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 21/3/25 23:16, c186282 wrote:
    Ok, by now for sure, Iran is a nuclear power. Probably
    was quite awhile ago. It's 1940s tech folks and Iran
    has both the brains and means - and motive.


    Once you get a heavy enough satellite in orbit, you can deorbit
    it over anywhere on Earth.

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  • From Doctor Fill@21:1/5 to Siri Cruz on Wed Mar 26 16:23:26 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 3/26/2025 6:41 AM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 21/3/25 23:16, c186282 wrote:
       Ok, by now for sure, Iran is a nuclear power. Probably
       was quite awhile ago. It's 1940s tech folks and Iran
       has both the brains and means - and motive.


    Once you get a heavy enough satellite in orbit, you can deorbit it over anywhere on Earth.


    Yes. Fractional Orbital Bombs (FOB's) were banned in a treaty back in
    the 20th century, but Iran was not a signatory.

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  • From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to Doctor Fill on Wed Mar 26 18:14:11 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.survival, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 26/3/25 15:23, Doctor Fill wrote:
    On 3/26/2025 6:41 AM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 21/3/25 23:16, c186282 wrote:
    Ok, by now for sure, Iran is a nuclear power. Probably
    was quite awhile ago. It's 1940s tech folks and Iran
    has both the brains and means - and motive.


    Once you get a heavy enough satellite in orbit, you can deorbit
    it over anywhere on Earth.


    Yes. Fractional Orbital Bombs (FOB's) were banned in a treaty
    back in the 20th century, but Iran was not a signatory.


    You can prevent Iran from doing so with harsh language.

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