Here we go

 Has it been two weeks? I guess they didn't make the "deal" Trump wanted.

Fuck Congress, yeah?

Iran isn't allowing this second attack to go unanswered.

Plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the U.S. base here Saturday after Iranian forces said they targeted the headquarters of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.

Shortly after the U.S. announced major combat operations in Iran this morning, military personnel and residents were warned about an incoming missile attack. Within minutes, explosions could be heard across the city.

The attacks have continued for hours.

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No U.S. casualties have been reported, a U.S. official said at about 1:45 p.m. Bahrain time on Saturday, roughly two hours after the strikes began.

  Stars and Stripes

Yeah, it's early yet. And do we expect the US to tell us the truth? And is that all we care about?

The full extent of the damage was not immediately clear.

And we'll be accruing damage for years to come. The whole world will.

Air raid sirens and missile warnings went out across the region Saturday after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes against Iran. U.S. embassies in Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Israel advised Americans to shelter in place.

Sure. No advance evacuation. Sacrificial lambs.*

President Donald Trump said in a video posted to social media shortly after strikes began that the mission, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, would raze Iran’s missile industry to the ground and annihilate its navy.

Operation Epic Fury. JFC.

He also acknowledged that the U.S. may experience casualties.

“I do not make this statement lightly: the Iranian regime seeks to kill,” Trump said.

Why on earth would they want to do that???

“The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties. That often happens in war. But we’re doing this, not for now, we’re doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission.”

FFS.

The U.S. has numerous installations across the Middle East that could be targets for Iranian strikes. In addition to Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, home to thousands of American troops and their family members, there also are large bases in Kuwait and other locations where U.S. forces operate in Iraq.

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The Pentagon has also surged military assets into Jordan and Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.

The buildup for the attack on Iran has also involved European locations such as Greece, where the Navy’s installation at Souda Bay has seen increased U.S. military activity.

I guess if you were there and didn't read the tea leaves, you only have yourself to blame.

Iran, China, Venezuela...everybody but Russia.

And, by the way...

Well, not in my lifetime.  I'm old.  But true enough.  

UPDATE 01:19 pm:

Do we have any information on the justification for these attacks?

*UPDATE 07:11 pm:  I was wrong.  The embassy employees were told to get themselves out yesterday.