This is just a guess. When Iran responds I believe they will attack a military target.

[shockey80]

They have a lot of military targets to aim at in the Middle East. We killed their top general, they will try to respond by attacking our military in some way.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. If they're smart - and they are - they'll do something we *don't* expect.

Not a military target, a "soft" target.

[shockey80]

8. I agree with, they'll do something we don't expect.

I don't know if it will be just a soft targets because we crossed a line. Trump killed someone who was very powerful in Iran. According to news reports he was an icon in Iran. I don't think we know yet what his death will bring.

[SidDithers]

2. I'd stay far away from Trump hotels...nt

Sid

[safeinOhio]

5. Plus one.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I do anyhow.

If I had a choice between a Trump hotel and a leaky pup-tent I'd take the tent.

[dware]

9. Been there, done that,

the leaky pup tent, and I would still prefer the leaky pup tent over a Mango Menace hotel

[cwydro]

22. I'd do that anyway.

Couldn’t pay me enough to to step foot in one.

[Turbineguy]

31. I spent an afternoon in one of his hotels.

Long before he became prez. It felt like a shakedown.

[nolabear]

39. I admit I'd love to see them give a false warning to ALL those hotels.

Not actually strike, but state that within an hour an unnamed one would be very foolish to be in.

He has no idea what an easy target he is.

[kentuck]

3. The oil fields of Saudi Arabia.

They know they can do it. They have done it before.

[jpak]

26. Or - Saudi desalinization plants

A major disaster for our Saudi "friends".

[dalton99a]

41. +1

[dware]

4. Attacking a US military target would be very foolish of the Iranians,

and the Iranians are no fools.

[LArider]

7. Disagree

They are cowards.

[dware]

10. Whatever you may think of the Iranians,

they are not cowards, nor are they foolish enough to directly attack a US military target.

[cwydro]

23. No, they actually are not.

[jpak]

27. Nope - they are Persian warriors

never forget that.

[lunatica]

42. Enjoy your stay.

Iran is only one of the longest running civilizations in the world. Successful and strong. The US is a mere few hundred years old. We can brag when we’ve been around for a continuous thousand or two years.

[Aristus]

43. Disagree all you want.

You're still wrong.

[at140]

11. Most likely a cyber attack!

Backup your computer data files!

[haele]

33. Agreed. Most likely infrastructure though.

Just make sure you can get around without power and cell phones for a few days.
They will wait until they assess what the world reaction to the US is. Then they'll do whatever will make our country small and weak.
Trump has taken us down to third world status now, alongside Maduro's Venezuela. Trump's rich fellow travelers might be doing well, but they're still looked down on by the rest of the world - ignorant new money provincials and mobsters who got where they were through scams and schemes.

Haele

[Me.]

12. I Think It Will Be An Eye For An Eye

more biblical

[dewsgirl]

14. Could be, what a foolish, irresponsible move. He and his

family will be looking over their shoulders forever.

[Me.]

32. Yes They Will

and if I were him, I'd stop spouting off about the blood on other people's hands. It's practically pouring off he and Jared.

[spanone]

13. Look how many troops are in proximity to Iran....

Iran is the entire area between Iraq & Afghanistan

[dware]

15. Yeah, this would not end well for Iran if they directly attacked

a US military target, my guess is they'll do something totally unexpected and give themselves plausible deniability.

The Iranians are not fools in any way.

[dewsgirl]

17. It terrifies me to even see Qatar on there, my son's deployment

is on the 16th, I was worried before. I realize it can happen anywhere, but he will be so close.

[lunatica]

45. Chances are very good that no military will be attacked

Iran will most likely retaliate in a different way. They don’t want outright war because they are already depleted and they know they will suffer too much. It’s more effective to hit back in the cyber world, by cutting off oil supplies (they’re the 4th largest producers of oil in the world), or by acts of terrorism on any American interests worldwide, or Embassies. And one thing they can do is hit Trump directly through any and all his hotels, golf courses and resorts worldwide. Very few people will care if that happens, other than any workers who would be killed. Hopefully word will get out and everyone will abandon his properties.

The last thing any country wants is war with the US. The only reason we’ve been at war over there is because Bush and Cheney sent troops. Not because anyone in the Middle East declared war.

Try not to worry about something that is unlikely to happen.

[dewsgirl]

47. Thank you. I keep telling myself he will be fine, it's just

unsettling due to the fact I fought so hard for him not to enlist, because of Trump. I obviously lost, he is happy and thriving in the Air Force, I try to focus on that. I am up here, living with them, so I can help my pregnant DIL with my granddaughter and be here when the baby is born.

[lunatica]

48. Any country would be nuts to go to war with the US

and Trump is rightly perceived as being insane and unpredictable. If you think he scares us imagine how the rest of the world feel right now! Of course I think he has done this deliberately to scare everyone. He’s acting like a crazy man precisely so everyone will fear him.

And a huge plus is your son is in the Air Force. No grunts on the ground there to be used as fodder. It’s probably the safest military branch to be in.

[braddy]

16. Mostly they will keep attacking the same American targets that the terrorist leader general had

gone after all these years and that he was pursuing until a few days ago.

[kentuck]

18. I think many Iranians are scared to death that their children and loved ones...

...will be slaughtered by American bombs.

[mwooldri]

19. Asymmetrical warfare.

The USA has nuclear bombs, stealth aircraft, a big navy, army, and air force. Iran isn't as sophisticated but Al Qaeda has proven that one doesn't need a high degree of sophistication to produce military results of great devastation. All they needed were a few hijacked civilian aircraft. Iran's response will be unexpected, devastating, and decidedly low tech. If Iran were to get sophisticated, they could use a "dirty nuke" - smuggled in to the US and detonated near major military installation. A wall wouldn't stop them from coming in... a night time boat landing perhaps? Iran doesn't have enough material to make a proper nuclear weapon but they probably have enough to make a dirty bomb.

In any case, Iran will be patient and will strike back at a time of their choosing in a manner we will not expect.

[Hortensis]

20. I think they'll do a few things, including bringing it home

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to us here in the U.S. Cyber, of course. We've all been engaged in shadow cyber warfare for some years now. And they can be precise. They wiped out Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas hotel database, or something like that, after he called for nuking Iran. (Good for them.)

Richard Engel thinks Iran will use this above all toward getting the U.S. out of the ME, and that allies in surrounding countries and Shia-populated regions will also launch attacks toward that end.

[Stuart G]

21. Proof that Iran will respond..Most people forgot this:

warning: very ugly but total truth:


https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016245240

[Baked Potato]

24. A big problem will be an attack which will be *blamed* on Iran

They are being provoked to respond in kind. The Iranians know Trump will respond with overwhelming force, so they might hold off. They would make Trump stronger if they attack.

[ancianita]

25. Over 40 US bases surrounding Iran pretty much guarantee that they won't get away with that.

[Baclava]

28. Nah, suicide car bomb attacks somewhere, prob an Embassy, like in Africa

That's the way they operate.

Not the military, they would lose badly in any direct attack.

[at140]

35. Agreed, Iranians are not stupid.

Iran is smarter than to go toe to toe with US military.
Because they have 10,000 other soft targets available.

[Baclava]

40. possible CARBOMB ATTACK IN AFRICA

Reports say a suicide car bomb hit the front gate.



China Daily Africa
@CDAfricaNews

#TerroristAttack Radical Islamist terror group al Shabaab has reportedly stormed Kenya’s “Camp Simba” in Lamu County, situated in Manda Bay. “Severe casualties on both American and Kenyan troops” claimed through yet to be confirmed.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/TerroristAttack?src=hashtag_click

[Brother Buzz]

29. That's exactly what the orange anus wants....

He really, really needs a Pearl Harbor to launch his war.

Iran will play their game; it may take five, or it may take fifty, but they will exact revenge.

[rso]

30. Iran

If they are strategic, they will take action against Donnie’s lightly guarded properties across the World. After all, they know that’s what Donnie really cares about.

[Vinca]

34. He'd probably love that. He'd inflate the values and file insurance claims.

[at140]

36. Funny but sadly so true...nt

[lunatica]

49. Better that than killing Iranian civilians

It would be ironic if Trump properties would be what stops him from starting a war.

Actually that might be exactly what happens. When haven’t his properties dictated his policies? Never. From the moment he stepped down that escalator it was about his properties.

[kiranon]

38. Avoid the State of the Union speech.

Too many important people in one place. And, avoid Mar-a-Lago. And the Republican Convention. And … who knows what else. Trump is peddling fear and it will haunt him and his followers who are not the bravest of souls.

[greyl]

44. Al-Shabab militants carry out raid on US-Kenyan military base

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212840678

[Captain Zero]

46. Possibly, Like an Aircraft Carrier

I'm sure Russia could sell them the land to sea missiles to do it.
Hope not, but I think this is a mass catastrophe waiting to happen, given all that has already happened.