Cold Response 26. High Precision, Long Range Firepower in the Far North

How the hell did Condoleezza worm herself back into the inner circle of the White House?

 

NOW - Trump, Condoleezza Rice and Susie Wiles shake hands and walk off together after White House event. pic.twitter.com/9WSfZZz2Zu

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 6, 2026

Many of you don't know it because many of you are as far to the right as Ryan The Red is to the left. By that I mean some are so ideological that as long as the "influencers" on the right support it so will many others. Don't do it with Rice. She's a so called Russia expert and a certified globalist/neo-con. I'm glad things are going well in Iran but that old "unintended consequences" thing makes me pause big time. Time will tell how things go but if Rice is back in an advisor role then confidence is not high.

Israeli F-35 downs Iranian fighter jet in historic dogfight

 via Globes

An Israel Air Force Adir fighter jet (F-35I) shot down an Iranian YAK-130 fighter jet above Tehran in the world's first-ever downing of a manned fighter jet by an F-35 fighter jet.

The IDF Spokesperson announced Wednesday morning that there had been an historic event in the skies over Tehran. An Israel Air Force Adir fighter jet (F-35I) shot down an Iranian YAK-130 fighter jet above the Iranian capital. This was the world's first-ever downing of a manned fighter jet by an F-35 fighter jet.

Story here 

War has been declared and the propaganda fight is in full effect.  But crowing about the F-35 getting a kill against a glorified trainer that can BARELY flex into light strike/air defense?

Historic dogfight?

Note to Public Information Officers.  It is better at times to simply put out a news release with the  naked facts.  Spicing them up for the public that doesn't follow military affairs is a real rough road that can get you laughed at.

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11th MEU Marines, Sailors Conduct Well-Deck Operations Aboard USS Comstock...Photos by Sgt. Trent A. Henry

3-504 PIR Paratroopers Conduct Airborne Operation onto Juliet Drop Zone...Photo by Sgt. Joskanny Lua

 

I haven't weighed in on the Epstien files but its obvious that there is something so vile and evil in them that it could threaten the top 1% and probably shake the govt to its knees

 

a little weird pic.twitter.com/SQfqEkZKPO

— PsyopAnime (@PsyopAnime) March 2, 2026

Something is so evil and vile in those files that it could potential shake our govt and society to its core. It will force the "sheeple" into focusing on the elite/top 1% to such an extent that it could qualify as a revolution.

Its the only thing that explains why it appears to frighten so many of the elite/top 1%.

This could literally get them killed.

Iran reportedly has reached out to the US to resume nuclear talks. Real or a pause to reorganize?

 

BREAKING: Iran has reached out to the US through Omani mediators requesting to resume nuclear talks, per WSJ.

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 2, 2026

I get the sense that the Iranian regime is "off balance". Leadership WILL be replaced but it WILL take time. Meanwhile they are leaking like the Titanic and they also appear to have a mole problem. I would hope the want for talks is true but I also know they need breathing space before it all goes sideways.

I believe Trump's instinct is to give peace a chance.  I also believe that Netanyahu and the other globalist (and this is excluding the possibility that this is all about China) have their fangs out and want Iran neutralized.

Wondering how this will be received.

Doom scrolling thru the internet today many are claiming the action in Venezuela, now Iran and believe it or not Mexico is part of a larger action against China....Navy SEALs are on the ground in Mexico

 How the fuck did I miss this.

via MSN 

Nineteen members of U.S. Navy SEAL Team 2 will arrive in Campeche, Mexico, on February 15 to train Mexican special forces until April 16. The mission was approved following reports of cartel-operated drones crossing into U.S. airspace, which led to a temporary airspace closure over El Paso and parts of New Mexico. President Claudia Sheinbaum invited the SEALs to bolster Mexico’s capacity to combat cartel violence, framing the cooperation as part of a broader strategy to prepare military and law enforcement forces without allowing foreign intervention.

Read the entire article but it makes sense.  

Oh and believe this 1000%.  SOCOM don't go anywhere without their OWN support system.  So while the SEAL Team might get the headlines you can bet they have at least 100 or more support personnel and maybe even a QRF ready to back them with attached air support including not only transportation but fire support.

Do your own scrolling but people are putting together a pretty reasonable (to my limited knowledge of the stuff) economic reasons behind the attacks and in particular the timing.

Long story short.

The fucking Petro Dollar again.

Saudi Arabia is being brought back inline according to the theory, Russia is getting crushed, China is being strained because their oil import alliances are falling and the only ones that are gonna get hammered is.....

Europe.

Which Trump appears not to like that much anyway.

I'm no detective but many of you can put the dots together.  Let me know what you think. 

Blast from the past. Troops in Vietnam were EATING C-4???

Another one that made me actually laugh and my money is on a marine did it the first time pic.twitter.com/UhXTWIolD7

— Gryphon (@Gryph911) February 26, 2026

Don't know if this is true or not but I can see it happening. Those dudes were some mad lads...

Strikes against Iran could go on for 4 weeks

Operation Epic Fury: Trump Says Could Last Four Weeks As Chaos Breaking Loose In Mideast https://t.co/sGnOKjpHqn

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 1, 2026

Open Comment Post. 1 Mar 26

 

USS Spruance Supports Operation Epic Fury...Photos by NAVCENT Public Affairs

The Chinese must be licking their lips. Everytime we attempt to pivot to rebuilding our warstocks we have some "ally" requiring ANOTHER huge expenditure of munitions to back their play. I believe that we're currently and into the near foreseeable future of being placed in a horrible position. I seriously doubt that we have the number of missiles, bombs, rockets etc...to be able to successfully CONSIDER defending Taiwan. We don't know the warplans but I don't see how anyone can consider engaging in a gunfight against a professional enemy with less than half a loadout. In short. I don't think we have the bullets to fight China and if we do then we'll see a bunch of ships, planes etc...running dry in the middle of the fight.

CORE26 | U.S. Marines conduct Live-Fire and Maneuver Squad Attacks in Norway...Photos by Cpl. Judith Ann Lazaro

No Marines allowed? 101st freaking Screaming Eagles pick up mission for rapid response contingencies & enhancing security at installations...4 platoons worth.

Just plain wow. Has the Marine Corps enshrined FD2030 to such an extent that they're not even considered for Middle East missions? This isn't even a stretch, only 4 platoons and the 2nd MEF can't fulfill it? WHAT THE FUCK.

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40 senior Iranian leaders killed in the strike earlier?

BREAKING: Over FOURTY senior Iranian leader were kiIIed

“This is one of the largest regime decapitation operations conducted in modern warfare history.” pic.twitter.com/F3Vj14HsjQ

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 28, 2026

Wow. So does this mean that we'll have some Capt in the IRGC running Iran now? Maybe worse some religious zealot that makes what came before look like sunshine? What is the endgame! If you start an action at least have a planned outcome or you're just engaging in motion.

PsyopAnime is going hard on the Iranian war...they're calling out Russia & China

It was always right in front of your faces.@PsyopAnime pic.twitter.com/UX7OIe8VwA

— Spritz (@iamspritz) February 28, 2026

Central Command enters the propaganda space to debunk Iranian claims

 

🚫The Iranian regime claims to have killed 50 U.S. service members. LIE.
✅There have been no reported U.S. casualties.

🚫The IRGC claims that a U.S. Navy ship was struck by missiles. LIE.
✅No U.S. Navy ship has been struck. The Armada is fully operational.

🚫The Iranian… pic.twitter.com/qGsZ45EmzD

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) February 28, 2026

Small gripe session about our actions against Iran.

 Am I the only one that feels like this fight against Iran is a bit half baked and lacks a true sense of purpose except that "we don't like Iran so we gotta hit'em"?

I've noticed something that seems to be accelerating since the war in Afghanistan.

We are reverting hard to the old Vietnam metric of numbers killed to explain to the public HOW we are doing in the war.

You saw that same shit in Afghanistan.  You see it on an almost daily basis in Ukraine.  You saw it in a limited way with the strike against Maduro.  Now you're seeing it in the fight against Iran.

What have I heard about why we have to fight Iran?

1.  They must never have a nuclear weapon.  They've been on the verge of having a nuke for damn near 25 years now.  

2.  Iran is the biggest state sponsor of terrorism.

3.  The Iranian people are yearning to be free.

4.  The Ayatollah is evil and must be killed.

If I give you the benefit of the doubt on all of the above AND ADD that the most serious part of this whole scenario is that they must never have nukes then why would we strike them when the peace talks were reportedly going well?

I can't put my finger on this one and maybe I am going PUSSY but this fight just don't feel "right".

From the dustup in Ukraine when I've seen many exit ramps blocked by so called allies that dung their fangs into the floorboard and wanted the fight to continue despite all the promise that peace talks potentially had all the way up to this one.

These fights just don't feel right.  Even worse.  I think they go against the President's own instincts in this area and its like he's being given advice that goes against his own take on things.

Conspiracy time so don't laugh too hard at me.

I'm really locking into the idea that there are groups of people that lust after warfare and will influence the engagement of nations against nations for the benefit of themselves and not the people.

Sounds stupid I know but I can't find another explanation.  With that I mean if they had a good rationale for these actions they'd be shouting it to the rooftops but instead they give us elementary school explanations of why we send our people to kill or be killed and wait for influencers to sway the public.

Some are saying the Israelis kicked this off with an attempted decapitation strike against the Ayatollah...that makes sense but is troubling...

 

Israel, not the U.S., was the one that attacked Khamenei.

Thirty bombs were dropped on the compound.

Khamenei’s military secretary is dead, and apparently so are family members.

Khamenei is “almost certainly dead.”

— Amit Segal (@AmitSegal) February 28, 2026

If this tweet is true and I have no idea but if true it explains alot.

The IDF went for the quick kill.  Hit or miss matters not.  The gloves were off and since we support the state we had to go too.

THIS IS WHAT I HATE ABOUT ALLIANCE WARFARE!

Our needs are wrapped up in the needs of allies.  In other words if they make a bad play we have no choice but to back them up and AFTER the fight is done then we can work it out, decide to knuckle up (assuming its that bad a play) or talk in detail so we never deal with again and/or just never work with them again.

Can't lie.

I swear to all that's holy that I worried about the Netanyahu seeing a path to a deal going rogue and kicking this thing off but got complacent when I saw reports that the talks were going well that I backed off it.

I was so wrong.

I SUPPORT ISRAEL!!!  FULL STOP!!!

But the Israelis need to put a fucking muzzle on Netanyahu.  That fucker is gonna walk us into some terrible shit if they/we/us don't.