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riversedge

(80,339 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:43 AM 8 hrs ago

The US 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain, hit by an Iranian retaliatory missile. ......




The US 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain, hit by an Iranian retaliatory missile. Most troops had already been evacuated weeks ago, but it is still an active base with permanent personnel.

The US 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain, hit by an Iranian retaliatory missile. Most troops had already been evacuated weeks ago, but it is still an active base with permanent personnel.

Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) 2026-02-28T09:58:57.790Z
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The US 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain, hit by an Iranian retaliatory missile. ...... (Original Post) riversedge 8 hrs ago OP
Please no deaths............ Lovie777 8 hrs ago #1
That horse has left the barn. NT mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago #4
No one Greg_In_SF 3 hrs ago #7
Well, that one wasn't intercepted Prairie Gates 8 hrs ago #2
As trump would say... Oh well. Autumn 8 hrs ago #3
Not even oh well newdeal2 7 hrs ago #5
Trump never thinks of consequences. No nation ever rolled over without fighting back when attacked. ChicagoTeamster 3 hrs ago #6

ChicagoTeamster

(737 posts)
6. Trump never thinks of consequences. No nation ever rolled over without fighting back when attacked.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:05 PM
3 hrs ago

Iran doesn't have the resources that the US and Israel have. Terrorism is a tactic not an ideology. It makes up for not having the naval and air forces of an adversary. What they can't hit with missiles they will hit with suicide bombers. Or drones launched from offshore.

The devices can still be transported to the south Atlantic off the Central American coast for a ship to small ship transfer. The cartels specialize in small subs. Then the device could be delivered off the coast of southern Florida by a suicide bomber in a small sub and detonated or a number of small drones with high explosives and incendiaries could be launched from just offshore.

Or, they can go after his less defended, but very important to Trump, golf businesses and other businesses in the middle east.

Is his Qatari jet finished? They might sabotage that as well.

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