Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain
Feb 18, 2026
A former senior U.S. intelligence official who is an informal advisor to the Trump administration on Middle East policy told Drop Site that, based on his discussions with current officials, he assesses an 80-90% likelihood of U.S. strikes within weeks.
Iran realizes that it is facing an unprecedented threat from the U.S. if a deal that conforms with Trump’s terms is not reached, former Pentagon official Jasmine El-Gamal told Drop Site. “This is not a dress rehearsal,” she said. “This is it. This is not the negotiations of last year or the year before or the year before that. They’re backed into a corner. There’s no off ramp.”
They ‘goaded them’? They started torturing and killing all opposition the very day they took power. Didn’t need any help for that
Again, this is not me advocating for the regime. However, as an anti-imperiliast, I can hope that the people of Iran make changes to their government on their own, without 2000 lb palestinian child murder bombs from the usa
Do you think they have a chance without outside help?
I think, considering the totality of the circumstances eg: what america will do/does across the globe; they have a greater chance on their own, of being free, than with the “”““help””“” of the usa
I think they’re just going to get slaughtered, running unarmed into a modern military
To be clear: the people of iran will be slaughtered when running into the forces of the iran?
That’s some weird wording but yeah, these unarmed people don’t stand a chance
Do you think the US is helping?
I think the people have a better chance if the regime is busy with another enemy, yes
Sad it has to be the US but I don’t think they have any other chance
This is laughable. You should listen to citations needed, they just did an episode about this idiotic “logic”. No, bombing a country to pieces is not fucking helping the people living there.
What makes you think they’ll ‘bomb Iran to pieces’? Last time they just concentrated on military and enrichment plants. What motivation do you think they have to bomb civilians?
I can remember what happened to Iraq and Afghanistan?
Did they bomb either of those countries to pieces? I must have missed that.
Or do you mean ground invasions? Do you believe Trump is secretly planning an invasion and are you equating that to ‘bomb to pieces’?
Last time they killed hundreds of civilians.
Well sadly, it’s hard to take them out without any civilian casualties.
The way I see it Iran is around 5 million people suppressing the other 85.
Sorry to put it so blunt but even if takes 5 million innocents to free the other 80 (and their future)… it’s worth it.
I think countries should bomb the USA as they have ice concentration camps. And while they do so I hope that the civilian deaths are people like you
You sound like a wonderful human being
Heaven awaits
Just advocating for the same thing you are
Hoping for people to die is a bit of a key difference though
And not picking those that support ICE in your wonderful example tells us even more
Unlike you, I recognize that civilian deaths are inevitable when another country attacks another country with a shit pretext. And not only did I say the pretext to attack the US is it having ice concentration camps, it is more just than your US manufactured pretext to attack Iran). Fuck off dipshit
You should add more swearing, it really adds to how serious you are about hoping to see me die
If you think ICE is worse I believe you don’t have a clue about the situation in Iran though
If you think Iran should be bombed because they are reactionary and commit attrocities then you’re one of those useful idiots that cheer on imperialism. Lick that boot harder. The attrocities the US did inside and outside their border dwarfs anything Iran did (ICE concentration camps is not the worst the US did by a long shot)
Do you think we should give up on the Iranian people because the US committed atrocities?
Also, could you give a more graphical description of how you hope to see me die?