# United States and Israel are bombing Iran {for current/ongoing events, past/future have specific threads}

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1045 "2026-03-23T16:55:55Z")

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> [@Speculation About Trump's Underlying Reasons for Bombing Iran and Other Targets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-about-trumps-underlying-reasons-for-bombing-iran-and-other-targets/1028209/110):
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> The Washington Post is not in charge of the war. Marines are moving into place for the next phase of the war which is likely the capture of nuclear material.

How, _especially_ since this is sans any sort of cite, is this not speculation? Which I have now explained in mod notes twice in less than 48 hours?

> [@Banquet\_Bear](#):
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> … that was in response to Israel assassinating two Iranian generals when they bombed the Iranian consulate annex building next to the Iranian embassy in Damascus.
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> In both cases: Israel started it.

How is this not speculation about what _caused_ the conflict? And again, something I’ve noted on repeatedly.

Several others in the thread participated, all of whom should have known better. To all posters, I mentioned the “cusp” in the previous **recent** notes. We are tipping over it, so here are some instructions to the thread.

First, @Magiver - your uncited speculation kicked off this last one. As such, I’m considering a warning, but I’m going to give myself a fresh cup of coffee before I decide. @Banquet_Bear and @Alessan, your personal passions about Israel are getting in the way of staying on top of what’s going on _right now_ (the purpose of the thread). If you want to throw blame or blamelessness around for the start of the event, take it to the Causation thread.

To all other posters, if you see someone post something that belongs in the other threads, **flag** it, do not respond to it. Or, respond in the appropriate thread and link back to the post here. Ideally both.

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