# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 95
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1899 "2026-10-01T15:17:06Z")
I wonder if/when the price of crude and brent oil will drop? It’s stil up there. ---
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1900 "2026-10-01T16:09:38Z")
The way we’re getting oil through the strait is still very inefficient/expensive, but shippers now have the ability to get through the strait if people are able to pay those costs. Also there is still a huge risk thatvships will be struck - shippers are charging a premium based on that risk. Not to mention the US (and I think other countries) have kept prices from going even higher by drawing down petroleum reserves. The economyvis going to have to price in that those reserves will eventually be replenished. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1901 "2026-10-01T19:25:15Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I wonder if/when the price of crude and brent oil will drop? It’s stil up there. I was going to respond that the prices for both have been slowly dropping lately, but then when I looked just now, crude was up 3% today and brent 4.5%. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1902 "2026-10-02T05:09:30Z")
[Evidently “wiping out Iran’s ability to wage war” is no such thing.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-moving-thousands-troops-aboard-183827057.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Thursday. The bolstering of the American military presence comes as President Donald Trump [warned anew](https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-hormuz-trump-proposal-2c42d71d8a4be3443147cd65a6ee9193) that new strikes against Iran could be on the horizon. > > The troop movement, which includes a third aircraft carrier, underscores the rapidly evolving dynamic of Trump’s [war against Iran](https://apnews.com/hub/iran) as he ponders his next move, with [midterm elections](https://apnews.com/article/early-voting-midterms-congress-10a3e620ce194144ce1af5e9d4fb6786) in the United States looming large and new signs that the nature of the conflict may be becoming more complex. > > Trump has threatened that a post-midterm election escalation — despite his initial promises to Americans of a campaign that would [last a matter of weeks](https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-six-months-anniversary-israel-3c4d33b09fdbe19928781c678aa025c9) — remains a viable option. Further complicating matters, Trump told reporters Thursday that early indications suggest that Iran is linked to the FlyDubai co-pilot who [stabbed his captain](https://apnews.com/article/pilot-flydubai-attack-india-israel-saudi-arabia-50b58c553c34c3fc5c61f3d7e7866c54) and [tried to crash](https://apnews.com/article/israel-saudi-flight-copilot-flydubai-investigation-83cf555e36d5b58b85f5073215841058) an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1903 "2026-10-08T19:10:22Z")
> **[US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/middleeast/us-iran-war-aircraft-losses-intl-hnk-ml)** > > That’s almost double the 42 aircraft the non-partisan agency counted in a report released six months ago. Sorry about the paywall ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1904 "2026-10-21T06:08:03Z")
[The great negotiator. Yeah, right.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1903) > [@](#): > > CAIRO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Iran told Pakistan’s army chief on Tuesday that there would be no talks with Washington until Tehran’s demands ‌were met, Iranian media reported, underscoring its hardening stance despite mediation ‌efforts by key interlocutor Pakistan. > > President Masoud Pezeshkian discussed mediation efforts and regional developments with Field ​Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran, according to Nournews. > > Pakistan is a key intermediary between the United States and Iran. Earlier mediation efforts helped produce an interim peace agreement in June, but the Islamabad Memorandum quickly unravelled as fighting between Iran and the ‌US resumed weeks after. > > Munir ⁠also met Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who said Washington could not regain Tehran’s trust until it fulfilled seven conditions ⁠Iran set last month for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to an Iranian readout of the meeting. > > The demands include ending a US blockade on its ports, ​the lifting ​of sanctions on its oil exports ​as well as ending hostilities on ‌all regional fronts. Name one positive thing this war has accoplished for the United States. Just one. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1905 "2026-10-21T06:27:58Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Name one positive thing this war has accoplished for the United States. Just one. Encouraged people to ride bikes more? I mean not me 🙂 - I just plopped $80+ into my gas tank. But maybe other people. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1906 "2026-10-21T08:20:47Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Encouraged people to ride bikes more? Bike tyres are made from petrochemicals, so they will increase in price too. In short, we are all doomed. Hey! Golf cart tyres are also made from petrochemicals. At last, a way to broach the subject in a way Trump might understand. I mean, no tyres = no carts = golfers must walk = Trump can’t play golf. It is 4 steps to explain, but the person who does, then succeeds in getting this misadventure in Iraq called off, deserves the Nobel in both Peace and Literature (if a crayon book can be called literature) ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1907 "2026-10-21T11:13:26Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Name one positive thing this war has accoplished for the United States. Just one. The aqueduct? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071.md?page=94)