Has there been massive destruction of US military bases by Iran?

[LymphocyteLover]

This is huge if true but might explain why we've heard so little detailed news of what is happening with this war.

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Israeli journalist, Alon Mizrahi:
"We are witnessing history. Iran is, to the surprise of everyone, fucking up US bases so thoroughly and extensively and so decisively that the world isn’t ready to see it."
"In 4 days, Iran has managed to expand its scope of military domination in the region. Iran has destroyed the most precious, most expensive military bases, assets and equipment in the whole world.

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American bases in Bahrain and Kuwait and Qatar and Saudi Arabia are some of the biggest military installations in the entire world. These are assets that took trillions to build over the course of several decades. We’re talking a major chunk of military expenditure for over 30 years, going up in smoke.
We are seeing radars costing hundreds of millions of dollars a piece being destroyed in an instant. We are seeing entire military bases being abandoned and burned, decimated and destroyed

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And I’m telling you from my knowledge, the US has never suffered such devastation in its entire history, except maybe Pearl Harbor but that was one attack.No enemy in a normal war has done to the US military what the Iranians are doing to the US military right now. This defies belief. The military situation is so bad that censorship blocks practically every piece of new information about this war. If you’ve noticed we’re being exposed to less and less every day.

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Thirty-five years ago during the first Iraq war, we were being shown endless footage from Iraq. The smart bombs and the cameras were a novelty back then, but every night we were being shown night footage. Now we are seeing almost no video.
Understand this! This is supposedly the worlds biggest military power having the worlds biggest air capabilities and for 4 days when the US is on the offensive, supposedly and is supposed to be breaking through Iranian defenses we are seeing NO signs

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of American domination over Iranian skies. Where is all the footage of our planes flying over Tehran or any part of Iran for that matter?
American soldiers can not even dream of setting foot in Iran. And to understand how desperate this war is, that on the 4th day you’re already hearing the craziest suggestions and ideas from the Trump administration. They are suggesting to send military escorts for oil carrying vessels coming out of the Persian gulf. What are you even talking about?!

[BannonsLiver]

1. Trump is in a panic.

They thought it would be a smash-and-grab job. It didn't go down that way, now there's no end in sight.

[LymphocyteLover]

9. certainly Dem Senators seemed very worried from the briefing they had a couple days ago

[BannonsLiver]

12. Probably because they fear he's going to deploy ground troops.

I know I do. He’s already gone from no way to if necessary. I find that when he starts floating things they have a way of actually happening down the road.

[LymphocyteLover]

19. that was what they said but I wonder if they were worried about the overall situation just as much

[City Lights]

16. Just like his bro, Pootie thought they would be in and out of Ukraine.

Rapist is completely incompetent. Ditto for the clowns working under him.

I hang my head in shame.

[yardwork]

33. Trump isn't panicked at all. He's a two year old.

Bored of one toy, he's turned to Cuba as his next toy.

WE should be panicking.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Truth is the first casualty of war

you don't know what to believe. Or what foreign sources say.

[Attilatheblond]

3. Arrogant and delusional Trump, Hegseth, and others thought Iran was a pip squeak nation living in dark ages

Guessin Lil Marco, possibly the only one semi-reality based, is beating his head against a wall somewhere.

Shall we start a game of Guess What Bonus Putin is Paying Trump?

[sarisataka]

4. People will believe what they want to believe

considerations such as evidence and truth are secondary.

[GreatGazoo]

5. No. "Truth is the first casualty of war" - Aeyschelus

Anything written with that much hyperbole and emotion is extra suspect. In general we are in the phase of the war where each side says 'We are winning and taking no casualties.' Best to ignore what is said and look at what we know for sure.

Despite 7 days of bombing Iran is still able to launch missiles and drone capable of reaching Israel.

Meanwhile Israel shows no decrease in their ability to fly over Iran and bomb sites there at will with precision.

IMHO it is too early to tell who is winning.

For the play by play I follow Haaretz:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-03-06/ty-article-live/idf-announces-major-strikes-in-tehran-iran-hezbollah-fire-at-israel/0000019c-c130-d7b3-affe-f9f344940000

[LymphocyteLover]

10. Good points

[Greg_In_SF]

6. Let's see some

evidence to back up these claims. Until then....

[Prairie Gates]

7. I think that is vastly overstating it but it also seems clear that damage to US bases is being censored

Gulf states are now arresting people who post videos of missiles landing. Before that repression started, we definitely saw missile strikes at the Bahrain HQ of the Fifth fleet and regional CENTCOM, taking out at least two pretty big radar centers. We know some of the US bases in Iraq have been hit repeatedly, with big explosions, for example, at the Harir air base in Erbil. The Kuwait strike that killed six servicemembers was a direct hit, and the bad press out of that one may be spooking DoD from releasing more information on base strikes and casualties. The amount of table pounding coming out of WH and DoD does not inspire confidence.

As a side note, I'll also say that the US internet is currently awash in trolls whose only point seems to be "We're absolutely destroying them! To say otherwise is delusional! They have no ability to fight back!" I mean, OK, great. So why the insistence? In my experience, people claiming to be that confident about something rarely need to be that insistent.

[LymphocyteLover]

11. Agree

[RockRaven]

8. Every general and admiral who has gone along with this foolishness to save their own hide

should be made to find out that that hide-saving was only temporary.

Unfortunately I have absolutely zero expectation that such a thing will happen in the next admin. Nobody is ever held to account as they ought to be.

[AllyCat]

28. Court martials for every single one of them.

They knew this was insane and went along with it.

[milestogo]

13. If this is the case, wouldn't there be US casualties?

[womanofthehills]

32. Largest US military hospital abroad halts labor, delivery services amid Iran war

The largest U.S. Department of Defense hospital abroad is pausing its labor and delivery services until further notice to focus on the needs of the conflict across the Middle East.
The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, located near Ramstein Air Base in Germany, is temporarily referring some labor and delivery patients to other hospitals within the local community, hospital officials told Military Times on Thursday

Link to tweet

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[maxsolomon]

14. "MOST PRECIOUS"?

"Iran has destroyed the most precious, most expensive military bases, assets and equipment in the whole world."

I guess that's translation from Hebrew but it's a weird descriptor, Alon Mizrahi, an "Ex-Israeli, anti-Zionist Arab Jew".

Maybe this is true, maybe it's not, but I'm skeptical.

[PeaceWave]

22. Really? Skeptical? OP re-posted it so it must be true. Right?

[LudwigPastorius]

15. I'll wait until somebody in addition to just some Substack blogger says so to believe this.

"Israeli journalist" gives him a little more cachet than he probably deserves.

[Skittles]

17. ditto

dubious sources

[Another Jackalope]

25. How about the Bloomberg report?

Not quite as breathless as the blogger, but on the same "wavelength".

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100221078318

[LudwigPastorius]

29. No doubt, that is bad.

But, nothing about "entire bases being abandoned and burned", yet.

[WarGamer]

20. 100% fiction.

[Another Jackalope]

23. Maybe not quite 100%

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100221078318

Chris Murphy reposts a Bloomberg report that the Iranians have destroyed a $300 million American radar crucial to directing missile defense batteries in the Gulf.

So maybe there is a scintilla of truth in the OP. Just sayin'.

[Another Jackalope]

24. Link to the (paywalled) Bloomberg story, headline visible

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/iran-hits-key-us-radar-deepening-gulf-missile-defense-woes

[WarGamer]

27. I'm referring to the Threads posts linked in the OP

[617Blue]

26. This dude has been posting nonsense about his fantasy scenario

Where tge populations of all our client states in the region all rise up together. Ain't happening.

[oasis]

30. Not buying it.

[LymphocyteLover]

31. I do feel like we just aren't getting any detail about what's going on and feel like they are hiding something!

I doubt they are hiding something good.