{"id":7536,"date":"2025-06-14T01:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=7536"},"modified":"2025-06-15T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T16:35:48","slug":"7536","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/06\/14\/7536\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The toll of the Regime appears to be catching up with it; not able to put up 100 missiles.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/defense\/artc-iran-fires-nearly-100-missiles-at-israel-41-injured-multiple-impacts-reported\">\u201cIranian response: less than 100 missiles were launched at Israel overnight,\u201d<\/a> i24, 6-14-25.\u00a0\u00a0Two waves from Iranian territory, mainly aiming for Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/defense\/artc-idf-destroys-iranian-airbases-and-dozens-of-defense-systems-live-blog\">\u201cTwo casualties, widespread damage from Iranian rockets | LIVE BLOG,\u201d<\/a> i24, 6-14-25.<\/p>\n<p>There is another reason, the disruption of losing commanders and for the Iranian representatives not knowing what the negotiating position should be.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/defense\/artc-x\">\u201cIran: dialogue with U.S. now &#8220;meaningless&#8221; after Israeli strikes,\u201d<\/a> i24, 6-14-25.\u00a0\u00a0BTW, if you wonder why i24, I\u2019m still looking at all news sources, but i24 is one of the very best at this precise moment.\u00a0 Iranian news is certainly unhelpful in knowing what is happening.\u00a0 And this article has a section at the end showing how the Regime\u2019s poor decisions over 40 plus years have come home to roost.\u00a0 \u201cU.S. President Donald Trump weighed in with a sharply worded post on social media. \u201cI gave the Iranians one last chance for a deal. Now everyone is dead, and it will only get worse,\u201d he wrote, warning that further attacks could escalate dramatically unless Tehran agrees to a nuclear deal. Trump criticized Iran\u2019s leadership for failing to secure an agreement: \u201cNo matter how hard they tried, they just couldn\u2019t close the deal. Israel knows how to use its weapons.\u201d Still, he left open the possibility of a deal, cautioning that if one is not reached, \u201cthere will be nothing left of the Iranian empire.\u201d The flare-up comes after months of stalled nuclear talks, with Iran insisting on the right to enrich uranium domestically, while the U.S. has sought alternative frameworks involving international oversight \u2014 proposals repeatedly rejected by Tehran.\u201d\u00a0 The two Supreme Leaders have repeatedly missed their chances to join the modern and normal world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/defense\/artc-iran-threatens-to-target-u-s-bases-in-the-middle-east\">\u201cIran threatens to target U.S. bases in the Middle East,\u201d<\/a> i24, 6-14-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/middle-east\/artc-idf-iranian-eliminated-chain-of-command-qaani\">\u201cOn IDF&#8217;s chart of eliminated Iranian security leaders, Qaani listed as still alive,\u201d<\/a> i24, 6-14-25.\u00a0 Apparently the Quds Force leader is not yet dead.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing that Iran folded so quickly.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/14\/israeli-air-force-freedom-operation-tehran-idf-iran\">\u201cIsraeli air force achieved freedom of operation in Tehran&#8217;s airspace, IDF says,\u201d<\/a> Axios, 6-14-25.<\/p>\n<p>Fordow.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/14\/iran-nuclear-facilities-fordow-israel-strike\">\u201cIsrael&#8217;s mission hinges on destroying Iran&#8217;s hardest nuclear target,\u201d<\/a> Axios, 6-14-25.\u00a0 Israel has attacked the surface but not the deep underground.\u00a0 Yet.\u00a0 I predict special forces to blow it up from within, assisted by air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/14\/israel-iran-war-us-nuclear-program-trump\">\u201cIsrael urges U.S. to join war with Iran to eliminate nuclear program,\u201d<\/a> Axios, 6-14-25.\u00a0\u00a0No, the U.S. will not participate in bombing Fordow.\u00a0 But it will certainly allow Israel to finish the job.\u00a0 And the U.S. will help defend Israel from Iran\u2019s missiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The toll of the Regime appears to be catching up with it; not able to put up 100 missiles.\u00a0 \u201cIranian response: less than 100 missiles were launched at Israel overnight,\u201d i24, 6-14-25.\u00a0\u00a0Two waves from Iranian territory, mainly aiming for Tel Aviv. \u201cTwo casualties, widespread damage from Iranian rockets | LIVE BLOG,\u201d i24, 6-14-25. 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