Iran ; explosions across Tehran following Israeli and US strikes, 28 February 2026

[imstilla.grandma]

“I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground — like every president says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground.’ I don’t say it,” Trump said after launching strikes Saturday to decapitate Iran’s military and political leadership. “I say ‘probably don’t need them,’ [or] ‘if they were necessary.'”

Trump told the Daily Mail on Sunday that he estimated the war would last “four weeks or so,” but hinted to The Post Monday that that timeframe could be shortened.

“It’s going to go pretty quickly,” he said. “We’re right on schedule, way ahead of schedule in terms of leadership — 49 killed — and that was, you know, going to take, we figured, at least four weeks, and we did it in one day

Exclusive | Trump won’t rule out sending US troops into Iran ‘if necessary’— tells The Post war is progressing ‘way ahead of schedule’

“I have to do the right thing,” Trump told The Post. “I have to do the right thing. This should have been done a long time ago.”

nypost.com

The Pentagon said on Monday that more U.S. forces were headed to the Middle East, amid reports that President Trump declined to rule out sending ground troops into Iran and promised that still bigger waves of airstrikes against that country were coming, in further signs of an expanding, lasting war.

In his first public event since the strikes in Iran began on Saturday, Mr. Trump predicted the attacks against “this sick and sinister regime” would go on for at least a month. “Right from the beginning we projected four to five weeks, but we have the capability to go far longer than that,” Mr. Trump said at the White House. “We’ll do it.

Live Updates: Trump Promises More Strikes on Iran as U.S. Adds to Forces in Mideast

Iran and allied militias, including Hezbollah, attacked Israel and U.S. targets, and Israel struck in Lebanon. Top U.S. officials talked of new attacks and an extended campaign.

www.nytimes.com

 

[MassGuy]

Messaging has been horrendous on this, but this is literally all they need to say. This is the best shot you will ever have.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028517935858241841

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In announcing the initial strikes, Trump referred to the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. But he also listed various grievances dating back to Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979 and urged Iranians to “take over” their government. Just hours before the "pre-emptive" strikes, the foreign minister of Oman said a "peace deal is within our reach." It comes after Trump was caught on a hot mic making a chilling threat that could spark WW3

https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/200821/iran-war-map-missile-strikes

Rescue workers and military personnel survey the scene of a direct hit a day after an Iranian missile struck in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 1,

View from Middle East as U.S.-Israel war in Iran intensifies

The Lebanese health ministry says Israeli attacks in Beirut and southern Lebanon killed at least 31 people.

www.wbur.org

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Oil prices about to America First

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/01/war-in-iran-could-cause-the-biggest-oil-shock-in-years

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A recent Conference Board survey showed CEOs' confidence in the outlook for the U.S. economy and their particular industries had jumped, but nearly 60% said there was a high risk geopolitical tensions could be a disrupting force. The World Bank in its most recent review of the U.S. economy described the outlook as "buoyant," an assessment that will now have to survive the tumult of an unpredictable conflict in a key oil-producing region, with implications for global shipping, supply chains, and commodity prices.

"A pillar of our 2026 outlook was the observed 'fading of caution' regarding U.S. policy. Early-year ‌data suggested that businesses were moving past the paralysis in hiring and ⁠non-tech capex (capital expenditure) and beginning to deploy their resilient profits and capital," Joseph Lupton, an economist at JPMorgan, wrote in a note over the weekend after the U.S. bombardment of Iran had begun. "This nascent recovery is now at risk. A military war, layered on top of the ongoing U.S, 'war on trade,' could reignite concerns over ⁠global stability

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/iran-conflict-poses-risk-us-163549582.html

 

[CrimeDawg123]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028499604338037004

Trump will have no hesitancy whatsoever to put Americans in harms way. At least when GW did it, you could actually feel his angst. Do you feel it now?

 

[otto]

Messaging has been horrendous on this, but this is literally all they need to say. This is the best shot you will ever have.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028517935858241841

On Saturday, Trump said the conflict would last a few days [will post link when I find it], now he's says 4-5 weeks. That's already a big difference in 2 days, which tells us that it's already a plan that is not coming together as expected.

Ali Hosseini Khamenei was Iran's politician and Shia cleric for decades. More than 150 million people disagree with the US-Israel decision to murder him, and some of his family, in their home. Is the plan to kill them all?

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[HmmMysterious]

Messaging has been horrendous on this, but this is literally all they need to say. This is the best shot you will ever have.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028517935858241841

Or maybe Trump doesn't know what he's doing

 

[MassGuy]

Or maybe Trump doesn't know what he's doing

The military sure as hell does.

 

[HmmMysterious]

The military sure as hell does.

I thought this would take days not weeks. What's next, 1 year?

 

[303gmf]

The military sure as hell does.

Under Hegseth??? Surely you jest

 

[MassGuy]

On Saturday, Trump said the conflict would last a few days, now he's says 4-5 weeks. That's already a big difference in 2 days, which tells us that it's already a plan that is not coming together as expected.

Ali Hosseini Khamenei was Iran's politician and Shia cleric for decades. More than 150 million people disagree with the US-Israel decision to murder him, and some of his family, in their home. Is the plan to kill them all?

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I think this is going way better than expected. Iran's Navy is completely gone, their missile and done stockpiles are being demolished, their leadership and military heads are now dead, and the Iranian response has not been anywhere near as deadly as feared. Missiles launched at Israel have declined day over day, and Iran's plan to turn the Gulf against this operation has backfired in spectacular fashion.

If this stopped in two days, it was because the US wasn't committed to its objectives. I can't fathom the going 4 weeks though, not with Israel doing a lot of heavy lifting itself.

Destroy air defenses, stockpiles, leadership, the security apparatus, and set the conditions for government collapse.

I don't think they'll achieve the latter, but this has already been wildly successful.

 

[MassGuy]

Under Hegseth??? Surely you jest

Do you genuinely believe the military suddenly becomes ineffective depending on who the defense secretary is?

 

[MassGuy]

I thought this would take days not weeks. What's next, 1 year?

That's simply not possible in this situation. If this was a ground event that would be an entirely different story.

 

[justtrish]

I thought this would take days not weeks. What's next, 1 year?

If it takes a year yes. I don't see that happening, but if that is what it takes to ensure the threat is no longer, then that is what it takes. This isn't math, we aren't dealing in exact figures so things do evolve, but I can promise you the military it not surprised. They plan and have contingencies and back up plans before they take any action. They cannot know exactly how an enemy will respond so they do what they can with the info they have. If that is days, great, if it's weeks, then they have planned for it. IMO

 

[Jade]

The military sure as hell does.

The Military is not in charge; Trump is calling the shots, imo.


The Constitution makes the president the head of our armed forces. Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 reads, “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.”


IMO, the Senate is sensitive to criticism and don’t have it in them to contest the President so as a result, imo, the led role in war powers appears to have moved from Congress to the President.


all imo

 

[Summerliz03]

The military sure as hell does.

I believed that, even 3-5 years ago. Now seeing the state of the military, with all of the firings of Generals and appointments of people with very little military experience and who is leading it, I honestly do not think they do anymore. All MOO.

Edit: I’m saying this as someone whose father served in the Air Force for over 20 years and pretty much my entire childhood. I grew up on bases and have full respect for our troops. But I have seen a huge shift in our military leadership in the last 12ish months and not in a positive way.

 

[Magic8Ball]

Or maybe Trump doesn't know what he's doing

Or maybe he knows a lot more than the general public, including those of us here, do.

 

[bestill]

The Military is not in charge; Trump is calling the shots, imo.


The Constitution makes the president the head of our armed forces. Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 reads, “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.”


IMO, the Senate is sensitive to criticism and don’t have it in them to contest the President so as a result, imo, the led role in war powers appears to have moved from Congress to the President.


all imo

President Trump is certainly letting the military experts carry out their carefully laid plans He put them in place because of their expertise and ability. They are there to carry out the mission, which he approved. He's not calling the shots moment by moment, he has his team in place to do that.

 

[MassGuy]

The Military is not in charge; Trump is calling the shots, imo.


The Constitution makes the president the head of our armed forces. Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 reads, “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.”


IMO, the Senate is sensitive to criticism and don’t have it in them to contest the President so as a result, imo, the led role in war powers appears to have moved from Congress to the President.


all imo

I’ve served in the Marines and I assure you, that’s not how it works at all. He is not making the operational decisions you think he is.