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Monday, March 30, 2026

Ret. Centcom Commander on Iran: "I've simulated this many times in many positions; we're a little further along than we would expect to be at this point in all the simulations I've seen." "This is not back-of-the-envelope calculations. We've been working on this for many years."

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'One month ago...'

'Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie "not of the opinion" that U.S. will necessarily use military assets on Iran'

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The Military in general is a lot better and miles more competent that the Commander in Clown Chief and his Fox News 'War Dept' Leader... which is really our only saving grace at the moment.

TACOing isn't really something they practice, and that's Donnie Doolittle's only real tactic.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-30 08:29 PM | Reply

So to be clear

4 to 6 weeks is the "schedule"

Meaning all wrapped up by a week from this coming Friday

11 days from now

Does it feel like it will be done in 11 days?

#2 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-30 08:31 PM | Reply

Iran campaign ahead of schedule
Posted by rf4b

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#3 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-30 08:32 PM | Reply

"This is not back-of-the-envelope calculations. We've been working on this for many years."

Oh so Iran was right when they said the United States is planning an invasion.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-30 08:35 PM | Reply

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-30 08:44 PM | Reply

To give W some credit, he actually flew to the carrier on an S-3 Viking. Lewzer wouldn't even fit in one of those.

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-30 08:45 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

American taxpayer money funding Israel's excellent healthcare system and IDF attack against the people of Iran

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-30 08:54 PM | Reply

#4

There's people in the pentagon whose only job is to run scenarios invading everybody. I'm sure they've war gamed Iran for decades.

#8 | Posted by rf4b at 2026-03-30 09:12 PM | Reply

I'm sure they've war gamed Iran for decades.
#8 | Posted by rf4b

Right.
But I doubt they gamed much beyond rendering Iran defenseless.
And if they dreamed up some kind of Marshall Plan, there's no way Trump would follow through with that.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-30 09:18 PM | Reply

#9

He could call it the, Marshmallow Plan.... named after himself, of course!

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-30 09:49 PM | Reply

*** Israel Murders Two UNIFIL Peacekeepers in Lebanon ***

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned the IDF would be committing war crimes in Lebanon and they were exactly right: drudge.com

Source: IDF Murderers

US mid-term elections are scheduled for Tuesday 3 Nov 2026, barring any chicanery from Republicans.

But for Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East, it doesn't matter whether a Republican or Democrat sits in the White House.

#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-31 01:58 AM | Reply

"This is not back-of-the-envelope calculations. We've been working on this for many years."

The top heavy US military is good at some things, not so good at others.
Blowing up stuff and terrorizing people falls into the first category.
Actually winning wars belongs in the second.

#12 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-31 04:56 AM | Reply

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-31 05:14 AM | Reply

Boy, did that image bring back some bad memories.

Strong recommendation from me for the revelatory Errol Morris documentary The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.
en.wikipedia.org

#14 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-31 05:21 AM | Reply

Thanks, Doc Sarvis, I saw that documentary years ago when the Iraq War (the second one) was kicking up.

Except for three minor technical gaffes, here is an excellent movie about the lead up to the Iraq War.

I was assigned to the CJCS when this mishegoss took place, so the hairs on my arms stood up as I watched the movie because of the accuracy.

play-lh.googleusercontent.com

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-31 05:38 AM | Reply

Good recommendation, Coriolanus, a film that deserves a wider audience.

#16 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-31 08:10 AM | Reply

Hi Doc Sarvis:

My pleasure.

Sadly Ambassador Joe Wilson died a few years ago.

He was a "mustang," so to speak.

Joe Wilson began his career as an FSS, not an FSO, and eventually made it to Ambassador.

That's sort of like an enlisted soldier eventually making it to general officer in the military.

#17 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-31 08:23 AM | Reply

Had Joe Wilson been listened to, a lot of misery might have been avoided.

#18 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-31 08:36 AM | Reply

The Dubya junta was intent on war and the MSM helped smooth the way.

Many of us in the USIC were against the war because we were SMEs on either counterterrorism or the Middle East.

My colleague "E.M." testified at Congress against invading Iraq based on the fabricated intelligence.

Ahmad Chalabi was one of the Iraqi liars and he waddled around like he had a plug up his butt.

#19 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-31 08:57 AM | Reply

Ahmed Chalabi, like Baghdad Bob, what a blast from the past: "The George Washington of Iraq" for neocons.
I think the Pahlavi pretender is playing that role in the current Iraqi iteration of US FUBAR.

#20 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-31 09:52 AM | Reply

Sorry, I meant Iranian, not Iraqi, iteration.

#21 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-31 09:53 AM | Reply

The true endgame for Israel and America was never about anything that they say in public. The endgame is simply institutional destruction and social chaos. Destruction and chaos. Just like anything done by the Trump regime domestically. Essentially WWIII is playing out as a battle between agents of chaos vs. agents of order.

I guess in a nutshell, the pernicious cults of Zionism and MAGA only care about order as it pertains to themselves. "Order and stability for me but not for thee"

#22 | Posted by Expectingreign at 2026-03-31 10:43 AM | Reply

Lewzer wouldn't even fit in one of those.

Not without some leakage from the sideflaps of the Trump(tm) gold diaper.

#23 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-31 01:41 PM | Reply

Donald Trump Says We've Won' the Iran War (March 12, 2026)
www.yahoo.com

... Speaking to supporters in Hebron, Kentucky, Donald Trump offered an upbeat assessment of military operations as American and Israeli forces entered their 12th day of airstrikes across Iran.

"We won. We won. In the first hour it was over, but we won," Trump told the crowd ...


#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-31 02:10 PM | Reply

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