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Aussie105

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1. 'Depleted' Iran?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 09:48 PM

May 1

Says who?

Current activity puts a lie to that thought.

Fits in with the image of Iran as a poor, backwards country with a second rate religion and autocratic rulers though.

Perhaps that image is wrong?

Iran is simply showing neighboring countries that having US bases on their soil is a liability, not an asset.

Some of the bases may be abandoned, permanently.

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