Iran's drones hit America's Achilles heel

Commenters argued about what Iran’s drone attacks reveal. One insisted airbases are only a surface vulnerability and claimed America’s true Achilles’ heel is tall commercial office buildings. Several others criticized the label “drone terrorism,” calling it hypocritical given past U.S. drone strikes; one commenter invoked an allegation that American strikes killed more than 100 schoolchildren and asked how victims’ families should respond. Another framed the attacks as retaliation within a broader conflict rather than a novel form of terrorism.

Opinion split sharply over the historical roots and responsibility for the region’s violence. Some framed hostility as stemming from the rise of the Islamic Republic and an ongoing indirect struggle with Israel involving assassinations, cyberattacks, and proxy warfare. Others traced blame to the 1953 U.S.- and U.K.-backed overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh after he nationalized oil, arguing foreign intervention shaped later outcomes. Another commenter emphasized recent domestic repression, citing claims that tens of thousands of protesters were killed by Iran’s government, using that to underscore the regime’s brutality.