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Operation Epic Fury: Day 5

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During an official Department of War (DOW) press conference Thursday afternoon, Cooper said that the number of Iranian ships now sunk under ocean waves thanks to American forces is up to 30, with a particularly large vessel set ablaze just before the press conference began.

“if I just look back over the last 24 hours of the operation compared to where we were at its start, ballistic missile attacks have decreased by 90% since day one,” Cooper said, illuminating how few weapons the Iranian regime still has at its disposal.

He continued, “Drone attacks have decreased by 83% since day one. Having said this, we remain vigilant. Our strikes against the Iranian Navy have intensified. You may have heard the President say, just a little while ago that we have sunk or destroyed 24 ships. That was true at the moment. We’re now up over 30 ships.”

Most impressively of all, and perhaps explaining why Hegseth and Cooper were late starting the press conference, they had just received word of another victory: “And in just the last few hours, we hit an Iranian drone carrier ship, roughly the size of a World War II aircraft carrier, and as we speak, it’s on fire,” Cooper confirmed.

More at Battleswarm blog.

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

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One step forward, Xi steps back.

Canada’s government is sending mixed signals on Iran just days after US-Israel strikes targeted the country’s military leadership. Prime Minister Mark Carney initially supported the mission to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, but Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has called for a diplomatic solution, and Defence Minister David McGuinty has urged for a ceasefire.

Former defence and foreign affairs minister Peter MacKay joins Marc Patrone to break down Canada’s shifting stance and its impact on the country’s relationship with the United States. He cautions that stopping now could let Iran’s leadership regroup and stresses the importance of clear, consistent messaging from Ottawa.

Somebody got a call from Party headquarters.

Keir Starmer’s Britain

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Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and the rapey-beheader community holds the nads of a once-great empire.

SIR Keir Starmer was today accused of putting the Special Relationship in peril as Donald Trump blasted his “not helpful” stance on the Iran war.

Talking exclusively to The Sun, the US President also suggested in an extraordinary broadside that the PM’s actions “could be” because he’s worried about Muslim votes.

Senior MPs said it was clear that Starmer – who initially refused to let Trump use UK bases to strike against the evil Iranian regime – had put our unique relationship with America under strain.

In a withering assessment of Sir Keir’s recent performance, the president also said Britain is “not such a recognisable country” anymore and warned: “Stop people from coming in from foreign lands who hate you.”

Somebody had to say it. Starmer was already finished, but now he’s double-plus good finished.

Operation Epic Fury

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Status report from the Institute for the Study of War. (Good X account to follow)

Iranian Retaliation: The rate and scale of Iranian ballistic missile strikes targeting Israel suggest that US and Israeli efforts to degrade Iran’s retaliatory capabilities are succeeding.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated that Iran’s retaliation in response to the joint US-Israeli air campaign has not inflicted US casualties or caused meaningful damage to US military installations used to conduct offensive operations against Iran.

Multiple Iranian drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Gulf countries wounded civilians on February 28.

Several members of Iran’s Axis of Resistance, including Hezbollah and the Houthis, have condemned the US and Israeli strikes in Iran but have not conducted retaliatory attacks as of ISW-CTP’s 04:00 PM ET data cutoff. These Axis of Resistance members could decide at any time to attack the United States or Israel in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, however.

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The combined US-Israeli force killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and it is unclear who is currently ruling Iran. US President Donald Trump confirmed on February 28 that Khamenei was killed. The Iranian constitution stipulates that the President, the Judiciary Chief, and a member of the Guardian Council will take over the responsibilities of the Supreme Leader until Iran’s Assembly of Experts convenes to select a new leader. Khamenei was reportedly making plans prior to the current conflict for who he wanted to rule Iran in the event of his death, however.

The combined force conducted nearly 900 strikes on Iranian targets in the first 12 hours of its campaign, according to an unspecified US official speaking to Fox News. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that it struck 500 Iranian targets. The regime’s internet shutdown has almost certainly limited the amount of information about US and Israeli strikes coming out of Iran. ISW-CTP’s strike data, therefore, only reflects a portion of the total amount of US and Israeli strikes.

CENTCOM Update: As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury. Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing.

@DrEliDavid – President Trump announced that the US is converting all Iranian ships into submarines

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Operation Epic Fury, Continued

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Thank you for your attention to this matter: “Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS.”

Mark Steyn on the Persian Carpet-Bombing

Peak Israel.

Glenn Reynolds;

President Reagan intimidated the mullahs a bit, but never seriously retaliated for the Beirut barracks bombing that killed over 200 Marines along with over a score of other service personnel. George H.W. Bush invaded Iraq but left the mullahs largely alone. Bill Clinton did nothing of substance. George W. Bush had a chance to bring the Iranians to heel after the conquest of Iraq, but inexplicably failed to press his advantage. Barack Obama was, basically, complicit in their nuclear program, to the point of famously sending them pallets of cash totaling over a billion dollars.

President Trump, on the other hand, killed General Soleimani and told other Iranian leaders that they could be next. And now they are next.

Breaking: war has spread to Wikipedia. (h/t Morroco Mole)

Operation Epic Fury (Bumped)

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New report, via Israel: Khamenei’s body has been found, Netanyahu has viewed the photos.

Fireworks.

Original post below. Evening developments will be posted to a new thread.
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The hour of your freedom is at hand.

Summary of events;

The coordinated attacks, named Operation Epic Fury by the Pentagon and Roaring Lion by Israel, hit Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s residence, parliament, National Security Council headquarters, and radar sites. Trump urged Iran’s military to surrender and civilians to overthrow the government amid unconfirmed reports of top officials killed.
Iran fired back with ballistic missiles at Israel, US assets in Bahrain, and sites in UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan, as Gulf states condemned the aggression and the region braced for escalation.

As always, X is your firehose of both information and propaganda/AI fakes, readers are welcome to drop whatever looks legit in the comments.

Official U.S. Department of War X account.

Teenage boys in Iran react.

@WarMonitor3: Iranian air defence appears completely non existent

Eli David is a good account to follow: USS Abraham Lincoln strike group is now attacking Iran’s navy

Fingers crossed: Reports that rescue teams are digging the rubble in Khamenei’s residence. Update: Senior Israel official “Khamenei ‘almost certainly’ eliminated”

Commander of the IRGC has been eliminated.

The regime’s Chief Justice—who executed thousands of protesters by hanging during the Woman Life Freedom uprisings and recent protests—has been eliminated.

Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86 – They did not bomb Iran. They waited for Iran’s entire leadership to sit down in the same room and then they bombed Iran.
Iran disputes reports: “Everything is fine.”

Or not.

Not, if he was here: Damavand headquarters hit with bunker busters.

Iran’s announcement that Khamenei will give a proof of life address “within minutes” expired hours ago.

State Of The Union

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Meanwhile, at the main event: The NRCC (campaign arm for House Republicans) tells @FoxNews the visual of Democrats remaining seated & silent when President Trump asked Congress to stand for protecting Americans over illegal aliens was “a beautiful gift” & they will cut those images into campaign ads.

Trap set, and sprung.

Metaphor of the evening.

The Latest from México

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This morning, on SiriusXM’s Patriot radio, Mike Slater had on his Breitbart colleague, Brandon Darby, who is a journalist focused on documenting the cartels.

Based on what Darby described in detail, this recent upsurge of violence in México can technically be blamed on Trump, but I don’t mean that in a bad way. The Trump Administration was fed up with the endless, decades long violence and corruption south of the border and decided to do something about it. Yes, there is going to be ongoing violence for a period of time, but what’s the alternative? Let El Mencho and other gangsters control the people of México forever?! According to the likes of many Democrats and Canadians I know, that is the preferable route because actually trying to regain the rule of law is “too extreme”.

When good men & women refuse to stand up to bad actors, society deteriorates. This is what has happened in Canada, in Vancouver, in California, and in San Francisco. To date, the majority of folks in these places have refused to stand up against the destructive forces. If one “dares” disagree with this deterioration, years can be spent trying to fight back, or one can leave and find sanity elsewhere.

In The Mail

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An SDA regular from Ontario corresponds with me regularly. Here’s a little missive he sent from México and gave me permission to share:

We are spending a few weeks in the sun again. By my wife’s count, this our 7th trip to Mexico. Over that thirty-plus years there was always a pronounced Canadian presence at our Mexican vacation spots — and so it is this time as well. But apparently, according to virtually every Canadian we run into, things are very different this year.

We are told that there has been a huge increase in Canadians on the Mayan Riviera this year because, wait for it, “they’re not going to Florida anymore”. This news is invariably delivered with a smug happiness, as “we sure showed him, eh?”

We have heard this dozens of times, and we respond to it with a few quick follow-up questions. “Is this your first time here?” “Oh no, we’ve been coming here for five (or twenty) years”. “So, did you vacation in Florida last year?” “No.” The smarter ones see the contradiction between fact and their narrative and change the subject or, get sour and terminate the conversation. The others try a different tack: asserting that it’s the Quebec traffic that’s waaaay up — at which point I invite them to speculate how much of that might be due to the Quebecois abandonment of Cuba over the past year or so.

A week or so ago, my wife was explaining where our home town was to a poolside Karen who loudly exclaimed – Americans within earshot – that “Any place in Canada is a great place to be.” I told her we had friends in Brampton who would disagree. She has (mercifully) ignored us ever since.

One Step Forward….

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As someone who’s had to deal with Diesel Exhaust Fluid, I find these latest steps very encouraging. It remains to be seen, however, what the actual impact will be, considering that California is unlikely to drop its diesel emission standards. My best guess: your new tractor or truck will still come equipped for DEF, but you’ll be able to easily switch it off. That means you’ll still have to pay for hardware that you’ll never use.

It is important to note that the decision also removes the federal EV mandate for Class 8 trucks, meaning it is no longer federally required, and that diesel equipment will remain part of fleet operations. Therefore, other rules are still moving forward. The 2027 NOx emissions standards remain in place, and manufacturers have already developed engines designed to meet those requirements. State regulations also continue to play a role. For instance, California and other states maintain their own emissions policies.

Nites Ov De Rod

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has closed 7,500 commercial driver training schools in a first year of enforcing federal laws governing trucking to increase road safety.

Recently, he listed significant actions directed toward the trucking industry among other key transportation achievements under “a year of decisive wins under President Donald J. Trump’s America First Agenda.”[…]

FMCSA disclosed Dec. 1 it found widespread noncompliance with entry-level driver training requirements after reviewing 16,000 CDL training providers listed nationwide.

“The trucking industry has operated like the Wild, Wild West for far too long which is why I purged NEARLY HALF of trucking schools from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s list of approved schools because they failed to meet our high standards of safety,” Duffy noted in a Dec. 2 social media post. “We also placed over 7,000 drivers who failed to meet our English proficiency standards out of service because if you can’t speak English, you need to get off American roads! We’re not afraid to take EVERY MEASURE to protect the American people.”

Related, from Gord McGill: The Continuing Worldwide Highway Boogaloo

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