# United States and Israel are bombing Iran {for current/ongoing events, past/future have specific threads} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump, iran-strikes-2026\ **Created:** [February 28, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071 "2026-02-28T07:56:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/826 "2026-03-14T08:39:39Z")
They won’t even say our name, and they want us to recognize their “legitimate rights”? Fuck 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/827 "2026-03-14T09:37:58Z")
That’s a reason to bomb them? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/828 "2026-03-14T10:12:36Z")
I just want them to recognize our legitimate rights, same as them, as part of our terms for ending the war. Respect is a two-way street. And as someone who has suffered over 100 air raid sirens in the past two weeks, spending over 20 hours in my building’s bomb shelter, I must note that the bombing is decidedly mutual. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/829 "2026-03-14T10:43:31Z")
I get that taking the island could harm Iran, but there’s lots of things that could harm Iran. I don’t see how harming Iran in this way significantly impacts the overall circumstances of the war, which are pretty much entirely about the Strait of Hormuz at this point. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/830 "2026-03-14T13:21:51Z")
A brief Google/Wikipedia search leads me to believe that Kharg Island is supplied by a single, main pipeline. I didn’t take the time to try to locate where the pipeline leaves the mainland but it looks like Bandar Ganaveh (to the northeast) would make sense. Wouldn’t targeting pumping stations there make more sense? At least, as an incremental tactic? The result would be the same but would be easier to repair if/when hostilities end. Also, there is an almost empty island just off the north end of Kharg. What are those round sand berms? Containment for possible leaks? Actually, the whole island appears to have a berm near the water. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/831 "2026-03-14T15:06:48Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > Wouldn’t targeting pumping stations there make more sense? Not if the goal was to keep the oil infrastructure intact. To facilitate looting the oil. So far, it’s been reported that only defensive facilities on the island have been attacked. You know, to prevent them from interfering with aforementioned looting. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/832 "2026-03-14T18:11:32Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > to facilitate looting or maybe, just maybe to facilitate enabling a functioning economy for Iran after the war. If somehow the Ayatollah’s regime actually falls and the decent half of Iranian society takes charge, they are going to need a lot of money to convince the population that regime change was worth it. (Remember, the mass protests against the Ayatollah three months ago were sparked by economic problems and low salaries.) The pipes and pumps on Kharg island provide about15% of Iran’s total GDP, and a huge percentage of its foreign currency. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/833 "2026-03-14T18:43:33Z")
> **[Iran deploys explosive ‘suicide skiffs’ disguised as fishing boats in Strait...](https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-deploys-explosive-suicide-skiffs-disguised-fishing-boats-strait-hormuz.amp)** > > Iranian suicide skiffs threaten global shipping as Supreme Leader vows to keep Strait of Hormuz closed, prompting U.S. Navy escort discussions and surging oil price Iran has multiple inexpensive ways to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed essentially indefinitely. This has been widely understood for decades - I remember briefings while in the Navy before crossing the Strait about how dangerous it could be. This war is being run by idiots and was monumentally stupid to begin with. We’re handing one of our oldest geopolitical enemies a relatively easy way to say they beat the US - all they have to do is keep the pressure on the Strait until Trump gets fed up about rising prices, declares victory, and goes home. Dumb dumb dumb and thousands dead, including Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/834 "2026-03-14T18:46:40Z")
> **Not doing this in this thread. No.** > > That applies to the State of Palestine too? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/835 "2026-03-14T18:50:11Z")
Operationally or politically? Operationally blockading Iran exports would be child’s play for the U.S. Navy. Politically stopping Chinese flagged tankers or other third party nation tankers could be more complicated but blockades are a time honored tactic in war that it is even “legal” so far as war tactics can be legal. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/836 "2026-03-14T19:00:20Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > [Iran deploys explosive boats in critical Hormuz shipping lane waters | Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-deploys-explosive-suicide-skiffs-disguised-fishing-boats-strait-hormuz.amp) I note that in just the time it took me to quote it, they changed “suicide skiff” to “explosive boats”. Someone likely decided that was too heavy-handed propaganda even for them. I suppose missiles are “suicide darts”, then. They’re _called_ drones (or various acronyms), just like all the other drones everyone is using these days. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/837 "2026-03-14T19:02:28Z")
**Moderating:** Absolutely not, this thread is not for Palestine. I know you can locate those threads. I will hide your post. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/838 "2026-03-14T22:33:16Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > This war is being run by idiots and was monumentally stupid to begin with. We’re handing one of our oldest geopolitical enemies a relatively easy way to say they beat the US - all they have to do is keep the pressure on the Strait until Trump gets fed up about rising prices, declares victory, and goes home. Or until his term of office expires. I don’t see this ending within his favorite time frame of “two weeks” by a long shot. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/839 "2026-03-14T23:02:25Z")
Trump has such a famously short attention span that I will predict a few months maximum as his limit. But I’m aware that’s just a guess. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/840 "2026-03-15T00:34:02Z")
[Arab village in Israel hit by Iranian missiles.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dozens-injured-iranian-missile-attack-084426456.html) > [@](#): > > Fifty-eight people were injured overnight in an Iranian missile attack that hit an Arab village in northern Israel, authorities said on Friday. > > One woman suffered moderate injuries from shrapnel, while the others suffered minor injuries from glass splinters, Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom said. > > All of the injured were taken to hospital. Paramedics also treated 15 people at the scene for anxiety, the service said. > > Israeli police reported that a missile struck near a residential building in the village of Zarzir, close to the city of Nazareth. [Trump says “many countries” will be sending their navies to the Strait of Hormuz.](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-says-many-countries-send-161010934.html) > [@](#): > > President Trump on Saturday announced that “many countries” will send war ships to patrol the [Strait of Hormuz](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5783717-iran-threats-strait-hormuz/) amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, suggesting that its military is still capable of fighting back “no matter how badly defeated they are.” > > “Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe,” Trump wrote on [Truth Social](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116227904143399817). “We have already destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military capability, but it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are.” > > He added that “hopefully” China, France, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and other countries “affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated.” > > “In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water,” Trump continued. “One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/841 "2026-03-15T06:23:14Z")
[Trump says he’s not going to talk about a ceasefire.](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-says-iran-ready-negotiate-231205210.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump said Saturday that he’s not ready to make a deal to end the war with Iran despite the country’s willingness to do so “because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” but declined to say what those terms would be. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/842 "2026-03-15T06:31:03Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Trump says “many countries” will be sending their navies to the Strait of Hormuz. I’m not sure Trump is aware of what 100% means. If the enemy can still disrupt shipping then their military isn’t 100% neutralized. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/843 "2026-03-15T06:55:02Z")
From the same link in my last post above: > [@](#): > > Trump said he was “surprised” that Iran decided to attack other Middle Eastern countries in response to the U.S.-Israeli operation, and that U.S. strikes on Kharg Island on Saturday “totally demolished” most of the island but that “we may hit it a few more times just for fun.” Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t killing people just for fun a crime? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/844 "2026-03-15T11:47:20Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I’m not sure Trump is aware of what 100% means. If the enemy can still disrupt shipping then their military isn’t 100% neutralized. Remember, this is the man who is going to reduce drug prices by 1500%. And it’s not the military disrupting the shipping, it’s terrorists or Muslims (but I repeat myself /s). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/845 "2026-03-15T11:49:28Z")
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