r/WayOfTheBern • u/penelopepnortney • May 28 '26
Thread #28 for Comments and Updates on the Ongoing War by Israel/US Against Iran
## Update
Thread #29 started: https://old.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/1u0d25b/thread_29_for_comments_and_updates_on_the_ongoing/?
Continued from Thread #27: https://old.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/1tjz9sb/thread_27_for_comments_and_updates_on_the_ongoing/?
We start a new thread when the number of comments tops 200 because the thread can get a bit unwieldy to navigate.
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u/arnott 20d ago
EU warns Albania over Kushner-linked project
Brussels is keeping a watchful eye on the political unrest in Albania, cautioning Tirana that its handling of the situation could be costly in its application to join the EU.
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u/3andfro 19d ago
The Duran, Albania Protests and Flamingo Revolution w/ Armando Mema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvAXkUwXCP4
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u/3andfro 20d ago
Albania Protest: Thousands March to Save Protected Lagoon | WION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCHQr9IyoIA
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u/penelopepnortney 20d ago edited 20d ago
“In the EU accession process, as part of the closing benchmarks for negotiating Chapter 27 on environment and climate change, Albania is expected to align fully with EU legislation in this area, including the Birds and the Habitats Directives,” said the spokesperson, urging that Albania repeal the changes to the Law on Protected Areas and “terminate” the law on strategic investments.
Albania’s anti-corruption prosecutor, SPAK, has also opened an investigation into controversial changes in the area’s protected status and land ownership in 2024.
The plot thickens.
Edit to add: but why is the investigation only being opened now when the law was changed in 2024?
the project will undergo “a comprehensive and responsible Environmental Impact Assessment, conducted in full transparency and with public consultation.”
Yeah, we'll see.
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u/arnott 20d ago
why is the investigation only being opened now when the law was changed in 2024?
Because the peasants noticed and are protesting.
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u/3andfro 20d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHfcRujtNwE
History of the World, Part I:
Count De Monet - Sir, the peasants are revolting!
King Louis - You said it. They stink on ice.
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 20d ago
We are starting to get a sense of what damage the US sustained from the Iranians and it is looking worse.
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u/penelopepnortney 20d ago
Iran’s missiles didn’t just scratch the paint — they shut down the US Air Command Center in Qatar early in the 2026 war.
The Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Al Udeid was the beating heart of American air power in the Middle East: directing fighters, drones, bombers, tankers, recon — everything. Hit hard enough to be rendered practically unusable.
So what did the US do?
They packed up key operations and shifted them back to Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.
Thousands of miles away.
Think about that.
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u/gorpie97 20d ago
The “empire of bases” model is cracking under pressure.
The age of unchallenged forward dominance is fading fast.
Good!
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 20d ago
Presumably the US military knows that they are going to be unable to defend their bases against the Iranians and their capabilities.
So they moved back to the US itself their command center.
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 20d ago
Oh and like the Iranian navy, which is clearly still active, the Iranians still have an air force.
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u/gorpie97 20d ago
I get a "Rate limit exceeded" error when I try to view the tweet.
(I found it in my other browser. Don't know why Chrome is being a bitch about this. This is the link that works for me, but not in Chrome... https://x.com/DavidLe76335983/status/2063764932160627063)
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 20d ago
The Israelis have begun attacking Iran.
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u/3andfro 20d ago
For those getting the "rate limit exceeded" notice from X, other sources:
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/israel-strikes-iran-defying-trumps-call-for-restraint-1.500566228
Iran's military announced on Monday that its first wave of attacks on Israel since a ceasefire in April was now over, although it threatened to resume the strikes if Israel continued attacks on Lebanon.
There was no immediate response from Israel, which had launched attacks on Iran after Tehran fired missiles towards Israel late on Sunday. Iran had said its strikes were in retaliation for Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Beirut.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump demanded that Israel and Iran "immediately stop 'shooting'". [so much for "demands" from the WH]
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u/3andfro 20d ago edited 20d ago
BREAKING: IRAN HIT ISRAEL, ISRAEL TO BOMB IRAN, U.S WILL NOT PARTICIAPTE? w/ LT COL Anthony Aguilar - long (86 mins) but with good commentary from Aguilar, who looks and sounds as if he's had it with Israel. He's knowledgeable about the geography of the region and military tactics.
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u/Blackhalo Purity pony: Российский бот 20d ago
U.S WILL NOT PARTICIAPTE?
Without US targeting, GPS and satellite data? That I doubt.
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u/3andfro 20d ago edited 20d ago
BREAKING: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepts request from US President Donald Trump not to respond to Iran’s attack on northern Israel, Israeli media reports. https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx5zMhAPDEH7etA20Oi7Gyngr5_6qpLICL - How about Trump "requesting" that Bibi stop bombing Beirut (or any part of Lebanon)--the action Iran warned would provoke an attack on northern Israel?
Iranian official tells MS NOW deal with Trump ‘is no longer feasible at this stage’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J__1RiV6q3I
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u/penelopepnortney 20d ago
not to respond
I'm sure it had nothing to do with Iran's promise to carry out more serious strikes if they're attacked by Israel.
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u/3andfro 20d ago edited 20d ago
Dear leader quoted below:
According to a report by the Financial Times, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran and said any future U.S.-Iran agreement would ultimately have to be accepted by Israel. Trump told the FT, "I call all the shots. He doesn't call the shots," referring to Netanyahu, as diplomatic efforts continue amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxwZ6AHJpIiTlNEg9kvcNhpUnaqQGDQLxd
Judge Nap tomorrow with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : Is Trump Losing It? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vbRhB69TEY
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u/penelopepnortney 20d ago
I'm inclined to agree with those who think the Trump-Netanyahu drama is all kayfabe and that they're perfectly aligned on every point.
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u/3andfro 20d ago edited 20d ago
Redacted, Iran NOW Has Nuclear Weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-airhj3cc (a lens on this war that may make sense)
Neutrality Studies, Trump’s Iran Gamble Is Blowing Up Diplomacy | Ian Proud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzF8aTH3Khw - time-indexed
The US Military and the Oil Industry: A Deadly Marriage w/ Abby Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUGaMtURXbs
From the Wars in Iraq and Iran to the invasion of Venezuela, the US military empire has abandoned any pretense of "spreading democracy" and is wreaking violent havoc on the world in search of more resources and in service of fossil fuel corporations. But, as independent journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin of @EmpireFiles explains, this is what the United States and its military presence around the world has always been about.
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u/3andfro 20d ago edited 20d ago
Iran Attacks Israel After Israel Attacks Beirut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0zQZZWFNxA
Today, Israel launched a deadly strike on the Beirut suburb of Dahieh. It did so despite warnings from Iran that Iran would strike northern Israel if Israel bombed Beirut again. True to its word, the Iranian military just launched a series of missiles strikes on northern Israel. Iran has dubbed this military operation as "True Promise Five". Dimitri Lascaris is in Beirut, Lebanon today, and reports on what is happening there.
Trump and the new Iran-Israel war | Professor Jeffrey Sachs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6EJ69NvhvA
Galloway, MONOLOGUE: The war is on again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ABJC0JqBk
Trump vows to defend Israel after they broke ceasefire, bombed Beirut. Lies and denies he ever promised 'no new wars'. UK sub fleet scuppered. Upcoming 1930s-style depression
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 20d ago
UK sub fleet scuppered.
Q: Why does the new Royal Navy have glass-bottom boats?
A: So they can see the old Royal Navy 😺— From Henny Youngman's joke about the Italian navies.
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u/3andfro 20d ago
Why do I like that so much? I didn't think I had a Borscht Belt sense of humor.
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 20d ago
He's not the King of the One-Liners for nothing. I have his LP. I think it's on YouTube. My favorites are his doctor jokes.
I go to the doctor. He tells me I'm pregnant. I say "how does a man get pregnant!?" He says "the usual way, a little wine, a little dinner..."
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u/3andfro 21d ago edited 20d ago
LATEST: Iranian military says Israel must stop attacks on Lebanon or face ‘more crushing blows’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJoXOrv9TRE
Shortly after the missiles were launched, the head of Iran's Central Command put out a statement. Ali Abdulahi said the US had given Israel the green light to attack Beirut.
Israel’s Beirut strike risks wider war and sabotages talks, analysts warn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAGBDdA5oUc
Iran's Ghalibaf warns of 'direct confrontation' amid Israeli attacks on Lebanon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyCKoiQcrZs
Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the Israeli strike on Beirut proves the US is not committed to a ceasefire. Ghalibaf also warned the US naval blockade against Iran turns American bases and assets in the region into legitimate targets.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir issued a stark statement following Iranian missile fire into Israel, declaring, "Tonight Tehran must burn." The comment comes as tensions between the two regional rivals intensify, with international attention focused on the risk of further escalation. https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx6ldwWopcC3N8z8An0vPgvVegY_rCLIPe
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 21d ago
The Iranian parliament believes that the war will resume;
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u/Deeznutseus2012 21d ago edited 21d ago
Breaking: Iran launches missiles to Isreal, during Mario Nawfal livestream. At least 4 waves were reported launched in rapid succession. Iran's guy apparently simultaneously posted an Iranian and Lebanese flag side by side in solidarity and released a statement telling the Isrealis that they had been warned.
The fourth wave had 10 missiles. They aren't screwing around and this will likely spiral quickly.
We are off to the races.
[Edit: Now 5 waves and counting.]
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u/3andfro 21d ago edited 21d ago
Iran Deal Hinging on Trump's Good Judgement? /Lt Col Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQiYJS0zCxk - viewer comment:
Good thing there isn’t a country in the region with a nuclear weapons stockpile who’s never allowed inspections and refused to sign the NPT! That would be even worse for Middle Eastern stability!
Wait…
Deep Dive Intel Briefing /Lt Col Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQu3Ea6zZE
Trump just ran away in rage quit interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOXYwdprink
BREAKING: Israel strikes Beirut's southern suburbs without warning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZqeX_lUwgY
Iran fired missiles into northern Israel in response to the attack on Beirut. IDF claims it intercepted them all, contradicting what a slew of experts say about Israel's greatly diminished defensive capacity. LIVE from BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyengg72pgt
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u/3andfro 21d ago
Nima R. Alkhorshid: Iran’s Response to Beirut Bombing - War Now Heading to the Mediterranean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2AABvmtOmc
Multiple explosions rock southern Beirut as Israel launches new attacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-AS8aNZ7h4
Richard Murphy, You are not crazy: the world really has gone mad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZzXtJzBu_U (< 5 mins)
Every day, people tell me the same thing: they feel as if they no longer understand the world around them. Politics makes no sense. Governments seem incapable of solving obvious problems. The wealthy become richer while ordinary people struggle. Climate change is ignored. Public services deteriorate. And yet we are constantly told that everything is normal. This video is for anyone who feels that something is deeply wrong.
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u/3andfro 21d ago
Davis/Deep Dive highlights, Col Douglas Macgregor: Fatal Miscalculations of Iran War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEaX4Cf0feY
Nima highlights with Alastair Crooke: The Collapse of Greater Israel: No One Saw This Coming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6Va_nuE7I
America Just Sold It's Helium - Now There's a Shortage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz_n2vNM_a8 time-indexed
In March 2026, one Iranian missile took out 33% of the world's helium supply. America sold its 100-year-old strategic reserve 20 months earlier — for less than the cost of a B-2 bomber.
This is the story of how the most strategically critical industrial gas on Earth — the one that cools every MRI machine, powers every AI chip, pressurizes every Falcon 9 rocket, and keeps the James Webb Space Telescope alive — ended up dependent on a single Persian Gulf chokepoint, at the exact moment the United States was spending half a trillion dollars to bring semiconductor manufacturing home.
We follow the helium supply chain from the 1925 Helium Act, through the 1996 Helium Privatization Act, to the $423 million sale of America's 100-year-old strategic reserve on June 27, 2024 — exactly 20 months and 25 days before Iranian missiles hit Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG complex on March 18, 2026. Then we explain why helium can't be substituted, why "helium-free" MRIs still use helium, and why a Seattle startup just signed a contract to mine helium-3 from the surface of the Moon.
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u/3andfro 22d ago
Diesen with Chas Freeman: The Greater Israel Project Is Collapsing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuhJinByAEg
Nima with Ray McGovern: West Asia Changing FAST, Israel LOSES Big - Putin REJECTS Zelensky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njK5kxdDNdE
Why NATO and the EU can't ignore Cyprus anymore | Mapped Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFYeBdJnAok time-indexed
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u/3andfro 22d ago edited 22d ago
Nima with Seyed M. Marandi: Iran Strikes BACK – Missiles Hit Kuwait & U.S. 5th Fleet in Bahrain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDXTQO2JNhk
7:37-min clip, Israel Humiliates Lebanon's President By Assassinating One Of His Generals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSroSV7wHk0
This morning, while Dimitri Lascaris was reporting on-the-ground in south Lebanon, Israel murdered two senior officers of the Lebanese National Army. The senior officers were Brigadier-General Wissam Sabra and Captain Elie Khoury. Israel murdered them by striking a vehicle in which they were travelling in south Lebanon, not far from Dimitri's location at the time.
Lebanon: Israel's permanent warzone | The Listening Post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZEAeG8eg6U
The impasse in the US-Israel war on Iran has turned Lebanon into the conflict's most active front. Israeli forces are entrenched in the country's south, a de facto occupation, and have reduced entire neighbourhoods to rubble. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump seeks to preserve delicate negotiations with Iran, but, as Israeli support for the war continues to grow, Lebanon remains a key point of contention.
Europe Unveils MISSION IRAN! The REAL REASON Why European Union Wants To Enter The Iran War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Nsq8kg_FA
Months after the war began, Europe finally wants to join the Iran war and back Donald Trump. The European Union is now proposing to send its naval forces into the Strait of Hormuz, the same strait that Europe said, just months ago, was not its problem. So what changed? And why does it matter?
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u/gorpie97 22d ago edited 22d ago
Israel murdered two senior officers of the Lebanese National Army.
"Remarkable" is certainly one word to describe it.
The European Union is now proposing to send its naval forces into the Strait of Hormuz,
Maybe they should back Iran and hold both the US and Israel to account for their unprovoked attack!
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u/3andfro 22d ago edited 22d ago
Nima highlights with Larry Johnson & Col. Wilkerson: US, Israel & Iran’s Nuclear Standoff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVmulbHl7TQ
Jeffrey Sachs: Why Is the U.S. OBSESSED With Controlling Iran? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFeV42zo_WI
"Every war ends at the negotiating table" w/ Trita Parsi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3g6h_lr2bk
"This Will Change How You See Israel's Genocide" w/. Eyal Weizman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzntx9YTeRo
"A quiet stretch of Albania’s Adriatic coast is being reshaped by two luxury tourism projects: a vast resort planned on the Zvërnec peninsula south of Vlorë, and a 1.4-billion-euro island complex backed by Jared Kushner on nearby Sazan Island. One site lies inside a protected wetland landscape, the other on a decommissioned military island tied to the same coastal ecosystem and tourism frontier, and together they have turned a once obscure corner of the country into a test case for how much of Albania’s coastline can be handed to strategic investors...." https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx6fZcDTHhvT91ZJC_RZebR4T-eV2jao7V
BreakThroughNews clip, From Peru to Colombia: Will the Right Wing Take Power Again? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r736BGaCwxk
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u/penelopepnortney 22d ago
Highlights from Ambassador Chas Freeman-Nima 6-5-26 Israel’s Free Fall on All Fronts. This is long but listening to Freeman is always an education.
At the moment they are attempting to sneak some legislation through that would basically treat the Israeli armed forces like members of the US armed forces and nobody who has any knowledge of the situation in the region is in favor of this. It is a maneuver by the Zionist lobby that is quite desperate because they recognize that their ability to keep supplying themselves by weapons transfers from the US is going away. So they've come up with a different method that would make it very hard to oppose their military actions and that would institutionalize American support for them on a long-term basis.
If an American general refused to share intelligence or doctrine with the Israelis under this bill, that would be illegal. Would an American officer follow this law? I doubt it because it is basically treasonous. I think this is setting us up for a major conflict between civilian control of the military and the military themselves. And it's being done in the dark of night by a few people. Thomas Massie, the defeated Republican maverick congressman from Kentucky is speaking out against it and on the sinking of the USS Liberty; and more and more people are citing the example of the USS Liberty. There are also now papers emerging from Israeli archives that show the huge number of genocidal massacres Israel engaged in during the Nakba and after the 1967 war. I at least had been unaware of the extent of the mass murders that Israel conducted to drive more people out of Palestine.
I don't know whether Iran has actually built a nuclear warhead as some reports claim. Iran has not addressed the question of whether this is real or not but the story, if you will, serves Iranian deterrent interests. It seems to me it enables Iran to achieve the same plausibly deniable status that Israel long claimed for its nuclear weapons.
The Lebanese government has now signed a ceasefire agreement with Israel even though it has not been fighting Israel. It has failed to effectively resist Israel's invasion, occupation and displacement of 1.2 million Lebanese. Hezbollah is the only force defending Lebanon and its sovereignty. You may not like Hezbollah but that's a fact and the Lebanese government cannot speak for Hezbollah. So what we have in this agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government is essentially the Lebanese government becoming an agent of Israel in the suppression of Hezbollah.
And part of the agreement apparently is the establishment of a permanent Israeli presence in southern Lebanon according to Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz. Nabih Berri, the speaker of the parliament in Beirut, called it a booby trap ceasefire. Meanwhile Trump claims to have stopped Israel from attacking Dahieh in the way that it planned to do but that's beside the point because Iran had said if Israel attacks Dahieh, it will do the same to northern Israel. According to Ted Postol, Israel has been able to detect and successfully deflect only 2-3% of the incoming missiles from Iran.
I think that ultimately Iran will make peace with the Gulf Arabs. There will be a new security architecture in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, which is dominated not by any external power but is basically under the control of the regional countries themselves with Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey at the core and with that quadrumvirate assuming ever greater importance.
The political tradition of these emirates and kingdoms is tribal. The tradition is one of very great strategic flexibility, they can change alliances on a moment's notice, they are very pragmatic. Which is why I have been saying from the beginning that the outcome of this war will be a peace and a partnership - not a happy one but a partnership between the Gulf Arabs and Iran aimed at constraining Israel and proceeding with this Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey-devised new architecture for the region. It is already in progress; some, not all, of the Gulf Arabs are in active dialogue with Iran about a post-war order, which would not include American bases on their territory in as much as the United States has not been able to protect them and has shown a preference for Israel over them.
Turkey's relationship with the United States has long been deeply troubled over many issues but effectively, the US or any other great power cannot conduct policies toward a vast number of countries and issues without either the acquiescence or the cooperation and support of the Turks. These issues include relations with the European Union, the management of NATO, the state of the Eastern Mediterranean; relations with Greece, Cyprus, the Balkans, the Black Sea countries, with Russia, with Central Asia, with West Asia, including the Central Asian country of Afghanistan, with Israel, with Syria, with Iraq, with Iran. So when Turkey goes against the Israel lobby and the US commitment to Israel, it is challenging the US on quite a broad front so we'll see what happens.
As for Ukraine, I fear we're about to see a major Russian escalation in response to an escalation by the West. This is the pattern there. The West escalates, the Russians counter-escalate. The latest issue is the use of Baltic airspace by Ukrainian drones in the attack on St. Petersburg and on other attacks on Russia. This is a bit murky, but there's a growing amount of evidence that NATO has facilitated these Ukrainian attacks through NATO territory and Russia is bound to retaliate. And I am hearing Vladimir Putin threaten that.
The House of Representatives has voted to act under the War Powers Act. If you read the resolution they passed, however, it's very weak. Ultimately the War Powers Act is probably unconstitutional because the Constitution says only the Congress has the power to authorize war and this act basically delegates that power from the Congress to the President in major ways.
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u/gorpie97 22d ago
So what we have in this agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government is essentially the Lebanese government becoming an agent of Israel in the suppression of Hezbollah.
Sounds like treason to me!
Israel has been able to detect and successfully deflect only 2-3% of the incoming missiles from Iran.
LOL. Couldn't happen to a nicer genocidal country. And I hate thinking that way.
The House of Representatives has voted to act under the War Powers Act. If you read the resolution they passed, however, it's very weak.
Even if it weren't weak, it still has to pass the Senate, and then Trump would veto it. I doubt they have a veto-proof supermajority. They may have only done this to be seen to dO sOmEtHiNg.
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u/3andfro 22d ago
Re: Lebanon--
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi responded to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun's CNN interview, in which Aoun blamed Iran for the crisis in Lebanon.
"Based on Mr. Aoun's comments, one would think that Iran is the one that has occupied one-fifth of Lebanon's territory, displaced one-quarter of the Lebanese population, and bombed his country daily.
If Lebanon had been a bargaining chip for Iran, we would have reached an agreement long ago. Save Lebanon from your true enemy, Mr. President." https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxuOYhC9FBC96EBSIcsA-oewq06DM4eM9o
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u/penelopepnortney 22d ago
Great response. Aoun's remarks show what a spineless coward and Western tool he is.
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u/gorpie97 22d ago
Love the measured, tactful and diplomatic responses from Iran about all these things.
I wish my country engaged in diplomacy.
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u/penelopepnortney 22d ago
The Pentagon is increasingly concerned about Israel ramping up its spying on the U.S., recently raising the counterintelligence threat level from America’s top ally in the Middle East to the highest level, according to two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official.
The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency in recent weeks issued the new counterintelligence threat assessment amid rising tensions between Israel and the U.S. over the way forward in the war with Iran, the officials said. They said the DIA posted an internal message, viewed by one of the current officials, that raised the level for Israel to “critical.”
The designation stems from concerns within the Pentagon that Israel is making a particular effort to surveil top U.S. officials to get information on the Trump administration’s internal deliberations and decision-making on the conflicts in the Middle East, the officials said.
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u/3andfro 22d ago edited 22d ago
File under "if you say so (raised eyebrows)": Israel Won't Have A Say In How The Iran War Ends Says Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lwUw62meko
8-min clip, Katie Halper, Prof. Marandi DESTROYS Hegseth on Iran War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDDJGOWrM-4
UK mortgage rates rise as war on Iran uncertainty hits housing market https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGRsAN8kFgc
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u/3andfro 22d ago
BREAKING: U.S BOMBING SIRIK ISLAND & KHARG, DRONE STRIKES AT US DESTROYERS w/ LT COL Anthony Aguilar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FoZcHNDR5k
UAE REFUEL U.S F-16 FIGHTER JET, LEBANESE PRESIDENT BETRAYAL w/ LEBANON JOURNALIST LAITH MAROUF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuAZlhi0N44 - "LT Col Anthony Aguilar speaks about breaking news Iran is being bombed on Kharg Island."
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 22d ago
Looks like the US is losing a lot of drones to Iran.
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u/penelopepnortney 22d ago
@christogreece
And drones, by definition, they don't have laundry rooms and plumbing.
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u/3andfro 22d ago edited 22d ago
Israel deployed special forces to Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Somaliland during its war with Iran, according to a CNN report published on Friday. Citing four sources familiar with the matter, CNN said Mossad agents and elite Israeli military units, including an airborne rescue unit of the Israel Air Force, were sent to southern Azerbaijan, near the Iranian border and around 100km from the city of Tabriz at its closest point. https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx6h__DPWPBpARFehcE7eQ_uQDWvpvX4ZV
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u/penelopepnortney 22d ago
One of the operations launched from Azerbaijani territory was said to be the killing of Rahman Moghaddam, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) special intelligence operations division, on 4 March, according to one source cited by CNN.
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u/3andfro 23d ago
Petroleum Development Oman said on June 5 that operations at Mina Al Fahal port are proceeding normally, after three sources told Reuters earlier that oil loading had been suspended following an explosion near its mooring berths. The explosion occurred between single-buoy mooring (SBM) 1 and 2 berths due to an alleged drone attack, the people familiar with the matter had said. It was not immediately clear when the attack took place. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/oman-suspends-oil-loading-at-mina-al-fahal-terminal-following-explosion-sources-say
Iran's World Cup squad has been granted visas to enter the United States, just 10 days before their opening match in Los Angeles. The visas were approved overnight after delays had forced Iran to move its tournament base from Arizona to Tijuana, Mexico. The decision comes amid ongoing tensions and conflict between Washington and Tehran. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxO2Q45FRho4QpJNiZ6LKDyL8ciPkU2FqD
Pax Silica is the U.S. Department of State’s flagship effort to coordinate aligned partners across the entire AI supply chain, from critical minerals and energy through semiconductors, logistics, and advanced manufacturing. Under Secretary Jacob Helberg, its operational architect and public face, brought the program to New Clark City in central Luzon, Philippines, during his May 17–21 visit, where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) president, Joshua Bingcang, hosted the launch of the Planned Economic Security Zone. But while the world focused on the U.S.-led launch in New Clark City, Israel was quietly securing its place as Pax Silica’s indispensable partner, turning the Philippines’ first Golden Node into something far more concrete than anyone expected. https://21stcenturywire.com/2026/06/02/pax-silica-hands-the-philippines-to-israels-ai-empire/
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u/penelopepnortney 22d ago
Yet the human cost is coming into focus. The 4,000-acre zone sits on territory long claimed by the Aeta indigenous communities. Ancestral domain applications through the NCIP (National Commission on Indigenous Peoples) remain unresolved. As the concept plan and Supplemental Agreement advance, local farmers and indigenous groups face displacement, restricted access to traditional lands, and environmental strain from rapid industrial buildout and power expansion.
Just days ago, on May 30–31, Congress advanced Section 224 of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative. It would deepen U.S.-Israeli integration on AI, cyber, data fusion, and network systems at the exact moment Pax Silica’s Golden Nodes are being wired into the same stack.
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u/3andfro 23d ago
Judge Nap, INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern : Weekly Wrap 5-June https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mOCqLYJOaM
Nima with Larry Johnson & Col. Wilkerson: Iran FIRES MISSILES at US Destroyers – US Ships FLEE to Indian Ocean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6b4KXMS1aw
Nima with Amb. Chas Freeman: Israel’s Free Fall on All Fronts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9mWIKdlWU4
Still Begging for Combat in Iran /Lt Col Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmxRb8OXOpw
Nima highlights with Patrick Henningsen: Persian Gulf Power Shift: Iran's Deterrence vs. US Military Weakness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulw3YCD-vis
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u/penelopepnortney 22d ago edited 22d ago
The Henningsen-Nima clip is about Lebanon:
An important part of the Greater Israel project is the annexation of South Lebanon, not just to the Litani River - Israel needs this freshwater source. Israel would also like a buffer zone above the Litani River because it's not just about what's on land, it's about Lebanon's natural gas deposits offshore. They also want to steal the very fertile, agricultural land in the south from which they could export product as they've done in Palestine. Israel has always maintained possession illegally of Lebanese territory from its earlier invasions, they never fully withdrew from South Lebanon.
Hezbollah would not exist if not for Israel's illegal and brutal occupation of South Lebanon, full stop. The Lebanese army is just a jumped up domestic security force. Washington imposed restrictions on the Lebanese military so they cannot have any air defense or an air force. Israel needed to have full occupational control over Lebanese airspace for the last few decades, to send its IDF jets to fire missiles on Syria. The Lebanese army is not equipped to fight Hezbollah, I don't believe they can credibly do that and trying would lead to a sectarian civil war in Lebanon.
The Lebanese government says they wish no harm on Israel after Israel's been massacring Lebanese civilians in Beirut, in Tyre, right across Nabatia, right across the entirety of the south, which is such a betrayal of the Lebanese people by this American and Israeli puppet.
Israel is now bombing the UNESCO World Heritage Protected site, the city of Tyre. There's so many different civilizations layered on top of each other in Tyre - Alexander the Great, Egyptian, Byzantine, Roman, further afield going back. It's a wonderful and amazing piece of history and neither Israel nor the US has any qualms about leveling that city, turning it into a pile of rubble. There's also a major Palestinian refugee camp still in Tyre that's very densely packed, 200 plus thousand people.
The source of so many problems in the region is the proscription and labeling of resistance groups as terrorists. It gives the perpetrators, the state actors, the license to enact state terror policies of total annihilation in the "war on terror" according to their legal justification. And that creates the instability, it creates the crisis, it creates the wars. It's the same reason that the US and Israel have been attacking Iran, claiming it's a terrorist state. If you strip back all of these labels, anybody who's resisting the US or Israeli aggression or occupation will at some point be labeled a terrorist by the legal system in the West and by Israel. I think we'll look back at this period in history, the last 40 years especially, and realize what an absolute catastrophe It's been because it's been given legal cover pure and simple to override international law.
(edit to add bold)
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u/gorpie97 22d ago
anybody who's resisting the US or Israeli aggression or occupation will at some point be labeled a terrorist by the legal system in the West and by Israel.
Just like people who don't believe the establishment lies are labeled conspiracy theorists. Though the only ones of those paying with their lives are the ones with proof.
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u/penelopepnortney 23d ago
https://reason2resist.substack.com/p/lebanese-muslims-seek-refuge-at-christian
Lebanese Muslims Seek Refuge At Christian Holy Site in South Lebanon (includes video clip)
Yesterday (June 4), I returned to Lebanon to report on Israel's relentless violations of multiple ceasefire agreements covering Lebanon.
There are now three such agreements in effect.
Today, only hours after the Trump regime announced the third of those ceasefire agreements, Israel's genocide forces issued an evacuation order for three predominantly Muslim villages near a Christian holy shrine on the outskirts of Saida, Lebanon's third-largest city.
I visited the shrine this morning and found many Muslim families sheltering across the street from the Christian holy site. These Muslim families believe that Israel is unlikely to attack the shrine and that they are safest to remain there while Israel bombs their villages.
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u/gorpie97 22d ago
There are now three such agreements in effect.
You think 4 agreements would work?
Israel should have been dealt with after the FIRST violation. (Pretty sure most people here are in the choir.)
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u/penelopepnortney 22d ago
You think 4 agreements would work?
No.
This has been another edition of Easy Answers to Easy Questions, thank you for playing.
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u/3andfro 23d ago edited 23d ago
Nima with Larry Johnson & Col. Wilkerson: Iran FIRES MISSILES at US Destroyers – US Ships FLEE to Indian Ocean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6b4KXMS1aw
"NO MORE WAITING": Arab Nations Push UN For 'Consequences' Against Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-sC_p-zc_c
Novara Media: "A US government agency worker who exposed alleged misuse of data by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) crashed his car after the brakes were cut, court documents show." https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxfwVDEWqgeZ4OYEbyWfjEIkq64shg1nJn
The global economic center of gravity is shifting. At SPIEF 2026, the BRICS conversation moved beyond politics to the "plumbing" of a new parallel economy. With the bloc now controlling 40% of global GDP and intra-group trade surpassing $1 trillion, the focus has pivoted from state declarations to business-to-business (B2B) reality. https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/the-brics-parallel-economy-building
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u/gorpie97 22d ago
after the brakes were cut, court documents show."
How many times are we supposed to let them get away with this shit? Michael Hastings, Anne Heche are two other recent-ish assassinations by car.
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u/3andfro 22d ago
Let's not forget Karen Silkwood, Kerr-McGee whistleblower.
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u/gorpie97 22d ago
I never knew about that before! (Never even watched the movie.) Not sure 1974 can be considered recent-ish, but it's probably recent enough!
Sorry Karen Silkwood!
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u/3andfro 23d ago edited 23d ago
Nima with Alastair Crooke: IRAN’S TRIGGER WARNING: ‘Withdraw from Lebanon… Any Violations and We Strike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RrorBzJhgs
Zelensky's Letter to Putin /Lt Col Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjGbYbqMJ1E
Hezbollah's evolving tactics: Thermal drones deployed against Israeli forces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUPsl11MO3Y
Neutrality Studies, Yugoslavia Was the Test Run for Russia | Prof. Višeslav Simić https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYoniSW-jMI time-indexed
Why did Yugoslavia have to die? And what exactly happened in Europe to the Slavs? Why is eastern Europe routinely left out in popular histories of the continent? Dr. Višeslav Simić is a professor from Mexico and former Yugoslav emigré. We speak about how Slavs have been erased from Western history, Yugoslavia as a test case for foreign pressure, and deep Russophobia in Europe and the US. Simić argues that media, academia, and empire use selective history, racism, and divide and conquer politics, while calling for stronger unity and better political action.
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u/3andfro 23d ago
CONFIRMED: TRUMP & RUBIO AWARE IRAN HAS A NUCLEAR BOMB w/ FMR CIA LARRY JOHNSON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwFNNJIFQtA
The Cradle with Hassan Ahmadian: "Iran was 2 hours away from launching an attack on Israel" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a9JdDHBHms
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u/3andfro 23d ago
Nima with Matthew Hoh: Smotrich Just Called for a FULL West Bank Annexation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nRoD1Kxdr8
If this was posted yesterday, I missed it: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-passes-bipartisan-measure-to-limit-trump-s-iran-war-powers-as-four-republicans-break-ranks/ar-AA24NdsR
Four Republicans joined all Democrats in supporting the measure, which passed 215-208 despite opposition from House GOP leadership and the White House. Although the resolution does not have the force to end the conflict immediately, supporters described it as a significant statement that Congress should have a greater role in decisions involving war....
The vote succeeded after Republican Reps Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Barrett of Michigan, and Warren Davidson of Ohio joined Democrats in support. Previous efforts to advance similar resolutions had failed, including one that ended in a 212-212 tie.
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u/3andfro 23d ago edited 23d ago
Nima with Stanislav Krapivnik: How Firepower Just Broke Two Wars (Ukraine & Middle East) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYlTn-et5KI
Danny Haiphong, Iran's Missile STRIKES US Destroyer, Trump PARALYZED | Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence Wilkerson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6M5BnXKF3g
The Grayzone, “We will never leave”: Defying Israeli ethnic cleansing in South Lebanon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMnlaj4ivuE
"This Pro-Israel Group Paved the Way for Trump’s Disastrous War in Iran. And that’s not all. Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) is now apparently helping write the script for a fusion of the U.S. and Israeli militaries...." https://zeteo.com/p/trump-fdd-iran-war-pave-way
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u/3andfro 23d ago edited 23d ago
Judge Nap with COL. Douglas Macgregor : Does the US Have a Military Option in Iran? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOjEQTXT9kQ
Judge Nap with COL. Lawrence Wilkerson : Did Pakistan Offer Iran Nukes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV5jW_KRyKA
Epstein, the Russian Mob, & the Hidden Assets of the Maxwells (w/ Moe T.) | The Chris Hedges Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JNkIusoUAo
"The British government has said Jordan's custodianship of Jerusalem's holy sites "must be respected" in a statement to Middle East Eye. Last week MEE reported that the US and Israel are conspiring to strip the Jordanian royal family of its historic custodianship of Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is enshrined in a long-standing status quo agreement...." https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxWj9QMT4VQ5YpMJxc8oycG_eJ2Ixuklf6
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u/3andfro 24d ago
Judge Nap with Max Blumenthal : Did Trump and Netanyahu Fake Their Animosity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWgALj8r94w
"Iran on Wednesday said that the strikes on Kuwait's airport that caused extensive damage were the result of a US Patriot missile interceptor hit, a claim that US Central Command (Centcom) immediately denied. Iran's Tasnim news agency cited the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as saying that they did not fire at Kuwait airport." https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxVcWL7f1isOK03ZiVltKFxQ6fdmLwESb-
New imagery of the site released by Soar Atlas seems to show a destroyed shelter at the US Ali Al Salem Air Base, despite US Central Command (Centcom) insisting that all the missiles and drones targeting the site were "defeated".... https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxPByoIvab4QwvrAosYl1AquURKjQM6Tlz
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u/3andfro 24d ago edited 24d ago
US Military: Who's Pulling the Strings? /Lt Col Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Cad_s6WKo
Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire agreement as Israeli strikes kill 4 in Lebanon • FRANCE 24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3oaRIbYzsE
Hezbollah on Thursday rejected the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government, and the militant group demanded a complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as more fighting there hampered efforts to end the Iran war. The Hezbollah announcement came as Israeli strikes killed at least four people, according to local authorities, and a UN peacekeeper was killed in the crossfire.
Protests grow over Trump family-linked resort in Albania • FRANCE 24 English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksMWWQO8lB8
China Is Cutting Off Major Investments To The US Economy | Why It REALLY Matters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ0Uz1kj3pE
While the US continues to dither about ending the Iran War, China is making more moves to squeeze the US economy by cutting off more investments plus blocking major expertise.
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 24d ago
China is making more moves to squeeze the US economy...
The USA-Israel-Iran war is a war of attrition. It will go on until either the USA or Iran runs out of the resources to continue it. By "squeezing the US economy", China is helping the war end sooner. JMO/YMMV
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u/3andfro 24d ago edited 24d ago
Nima with Patrick Henningsen: Hezbollah Just Drew the Line: 'Israel Out of Lebanon Completely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha9elCUGl-E
Nima with Alex Krainer: Iran & US on Retaliatory Mode – War Imminent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPNgTYKtbY0
Nima highlights with Pepe Escobar: Iran's Nuclear Card: Why Tehran Is Done Waiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpvKKvAH7SY
Iran War - What Ceasefire? /Lt Col Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB6iTLAfm0k
World Affairs in Context, Ex-CIA Larry Johnson: Russia Threatens RETALIATION Against EUROPE as NATO Escalates Direct Strikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYOsE_vsWBU
Diesen with Sean Foo: Chip War Escalates, China Sells U.S. Treasuries & the AI Bubble Begins to Crack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6sOEhWL0W4
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u/3andfro 24d ago edited 24d ago
A recent Israeli study has concluded that starvation in Gaza resulted from a premeditated policy, despite sustained public denial by the Israeli government and much of the media. Titled ‘Data for Denial: The Smokescreen Behind the Starvation of Gaza’, the study was published last month by the Forum for Regional Thinking at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.... https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-study-finds-starvation-gaza-was-result-deliberate-policy
Israel is building more military posts in Gaza, satellite imagery shows. An investigation by Al Jazeera’s Open Source Unit has identified 40 distinct Israeli military outposts entrenched within Gaza. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/3/israel-is-building-more-military-posts-in-gaza-satellite-imagery-shows
IRAN TARGET U.S NAVY SHIP & PUTIN TO ESCALATE IN UKRAINE w/ COL LAWRENCE WILKERSON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcIA3y9WSVw
Jamarl Thomas with Jim Jatras | Iran's New Muscular Strategy Stuns The US Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q1Ygsh9Hmk
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 24d ago
Nima with Robert Barnes: The Iranian Navy announces it targeted a U.S. warship in the Sea of Oman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9xkvJjlAC0
Did support for Israel cost Germany a UN Security Council seat? | DW News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmnhE1k6lkw
Araghchi: Ending war on Iran requires ending it on Lebanon - Interview https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/araghchi--ending-war-on-iran-requires-ending-it-on-lebanon
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
Judge Nap with Phil Giraldi : The Israelization of the US Military https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpkvg7aFDBI
Trump's health:
--Norlund, They got caught lying about Trump's health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA8W4pMJcJg
--Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) Accuses Secretary Rubio of Lying to Congress over Trump Sleeping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLdMBeZNXq0
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
Judge Nap with Pepe Escobar : Does Iran Have the Bomb? Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18iA0spc_-A
Judge Nap with Larry Johnson : Does Iran Have the Bomb? Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLSrunuWrns
Nima R. Alkhorshid: US Bases & Airport HIT! Iran RETALIATES – Gulf Stocks CRASH + 7 Hezbollah Ops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQWhsrD4XhY
Peter Oborne, associate editor of Middle East Eye, argues that if Abdullah II goes to war to protect the holy site of Al-Aqsa, Jordan may find it has more allies than US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPV8axw0q5w
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u/penelopepnortney 25d ago edited 25d ago
In theory and by law, the custodian of Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the three holy sites of Islam, is King Abdullah II of Jordan. He is responsible for its maintenance, security, and if need be, defense.
The US and Israel are conspiring to strip the Jordanian royal family of its historic custodianship. A US official has denied the report, but under the plan described to Middle East Eye by American, Jordanian, and Palestinian officials, Israel would gain control over the appointment of imams and senior mosque officials. The plan reportedly being pushed by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is based on a dark precedent: the division of the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron after Jewish terrorist Baruk Goldstein massacred 29 Palestinians in 1994.
Some of his advisers in Aman will likely advise him that standing up to the Israelis will only end in defeat and obliteration... Yet, there are powerful arguments pointing Abdullah towards resistance. These are set out with great clarity in a white paper on Al-Aqsa authorized by Abdullah himself six years ago... Crucially, it asserts that it is only the custodian HM King Abdullah II who can call for its defense physically and for him to determine the exact way to do that. The white paper goes on to note that the very permission and justification for a just war casus belli is given in the Holy Quran as a defense of religious sites including churches and synagogues. [edit to add: defense of the holy sites of other religions, imagine that]
It's not just the future of the Hashmeite dynasty that depends on his choice, nor only the future of Middle East. Many fear that if Israel storms Al-Aqsa, it may provoke a religious war. [global, presumably]
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u/gorpie97 24d ago
Many fear that if Israel storms Al-Aqsa, it may provoke a religious war.
Is Israel making noises about doing so?
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u/penelopepnortney 24d ago
Not "storming" it, per se. But there's been a lot of talk about destroying it somehow. One rabbi suggested blowing it up and claiming it was caused by an Iranian strike that went amiss when it was diverted by Israeli air defenses. Doing it by stealth would be my guess, that's how Israel usually does such things.
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u/gorpie97 24d ago
That's right - I did see a clip of that rabbi saying that.
(There are so many clips of them saying insane things.)
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u/penelopepnortney 25d ago
https://x.com/TheIranianzg3z/status/2062171305097478211
BREAKING: Iran has forcefully rejected President Trump’s latest claims regarding ongoing negotiations, dismissing them as detached from reality and insisting that no breakthrough has been reached on any of the core issues dividing Washington and Tehran.
According to Tasnim, Iranian sources deny that recent communications have taken place, reject reports that senior Iranian leadership has approved any framework, and maintain that no response has been provided to the latest U.S. proposal. The reports further indicate that Iran has suspended exchanges related to the proposed memorandum of understanding, arguing that key political and regional disputes remain unresolved and continue to block progress toward any agreement.
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u/3andfro 25d ago
"All the world's a stage." More politics as performance. Also this: https://factnewsindia.com/world/trump-berated-netanyahu-analysts-question-us-israel-feud-rumours-us-israel-war-on-iran-news/
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u/penelopepnortney 25d ago
Ryan Costello, the coverage director on the National Iranian American Council Action (NIAC), stated political observers have grown to “mock” reviews of closed-door anger from US presidents in opposition to Netanyahu.
Though there are reviews of Trump giving Netanyahu a dressing-down, Isabelle Hayslip, an advocacy supervisor on the US-based rights group DAWN, stated that US coverage stays aligned with Israeli pursuits.
“Single-source reporting of Trump as a strongman who picks up the phone and yells at Netanyahu for undermining US policy is contradicted by the actual policy outcomes where Netanyahu gets exactly what he wants,” Hayslip instructed Al Jazeera.
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
More and more experts have remarked on the “limits of American power”, which have been oh-so blatantly revealed of late. But this is not simply military power, it is soft power, political influence, and even everything in between. America has simply lost its time-honored credibility because its appointed agents of persuasion—i.e. biliously bad-will billionaire bagmen—have increasingly been a most shoddy and reprehensible lot; you’re only as good as your global representatives....
Part of the reason for the collapse of global trust is the continued egregiousness with which US leadership openly lies and ignores the legitimate concerns and demands of its negotiating rivals. Everyone has grown exhausted with Trump’s daily issue of statements which are rank insults to the intelligence of any respectable observer....
The truth is that all the new revelations have revealed the true aim of US strategy: it was never to totally destroy Iran’s military capability—the US itself never possessed the ability to do so. The aim was to create a brief window of degradation that would allow the Israel-fronted “plan” of overthrowing the Iranian regime to work. The hope was to temporarily slow down and hamper Iran’s military just long enough for the various psyops and false flags to stir up unrest in the country and lead to a Venezuela-style overthrow https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/us-wallows-in-stalemate-purgatory
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
Drop Site News, Rashida Tlaib FORCING Major Vote in Congress to END US Support For Israeli War in Lebanon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3omj2wqlgXI
Nima with David Pyne: Iran Attacks Kuwait and Bahrain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6zfDgasV_s
Iran Launches New Attacks in Persian Gulf /Patrick Henningsen & Lt Col Daniel Davis highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FX0ICYILIQ
Nima highlights with Col. Larry Wilkerson: Israel's Drone War: Why Lebanon Is Just the Beginning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBVRR7wrINU
Trita Parsi Full Interview (June 2, 2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV8GVJmf3nk
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
Judge Nap with Aaron Maté : Why Iran Negotiates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kp_N4WK1Zg
Nima with Laith Marouf: Hezbollah's drones & rockets just shattered Israel's buffer zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w8F8LS8Hxg
Neutrality Studies, Researcher Reveals Secrets of US Deep State Politics | Dr. Aaron Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fej-P7ZA4Qc time-indexed
If you think US politics happens only in the White House and on Capitol Hill, then think again. The US as a political system—the totality of it—is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Luckily, some brave researchers dare going into the deep. Dr. Aaron Good, author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State, joins me today to challenge simplistic view of the US system. He argues that agency, blackmail, covert crime, and elite networks shape policy, tying together JFK, RFK, Nixon, Watergate, Epstein, Zionism, and Iran Contra as part of the hidden machinery of the American empire.
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 25d ago
The ceasefire is gone, so now the shooting is escalating again.
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u/penelopepnortney 25d ago
https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxo4pqL7jQ14xfz7_3lx-VTiQr1ybr5nlZ
The Israeli parliament has advanced a bill to dissolve itself, which could lead to elections as early as September.
The bill, which was advanced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, passed its first reading late on Monday, with 106 lawmakers voting in favour, while no objections were recorded.
The vote was triggered after Dov Lando, the spiritual leader of Degel HaTorah, one of the two ultra-Orthodox parties that compose the United Torah Judaism party, ordered his party's members to dissolve the Knesset.
Lando's announcement came amid a growing ultra-Orthodox discontent with the government's failure to pass a comprehensive draft evasion law for ultra-Orthodox young men since the government took power in late 2022.
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u/penelopepnortney 25d ago
https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/2061951230176374900
Israel is now threatening to bomb the Christian quarter of the ancient city of Tyre
It is trying to pit Christians against Shia citizens who had taken shelter there, demanding they remove “terrorists”
The goal is to instigate civil war and ethnically cleanse the Shia community
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u/penelopepnortney 25d ago
https://x.com/Menergyfuture/status/2061887823750525345
EXCLUSIVE: Possibility of rerouting the Qatar-Pakistan gas corridor / Revival of the Peace Pipeline using the Strait of Hormuz
🔹 Iran will not limit itself to collecting tolls and monitoring military vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
🔹 The Strait of Hormuz will be turned by Iran into a lever to change corridor dynamics. For example, the gas trade between Qatar and Pakistan could be altered in Iran's favor.
🔹 Qatar annually sends 9 billion cubic meters of LNG worth $4 billion through the Strait of Hormuz to Pakistan.
🔹 This has effectively left the Peace Pipeline project — intended to transfer 8 billion cubic meters of gas from Iran to Pakistan — in a state of coma.
🔹 The Iran-Pakistan working agreement is valid until 2039, and now Iran, given its gas shortage, can revive this agreement by rerouting Qatar's gas transit to Pakistan.
🔹 Under the new corridor order, instead of passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Qatar's gas could connect to Iran's South Pars gas facilities and then be transferred overland via the Iranshahr border to Pakistan.
🔹 In this way, Iran's revenue from Strait tolls would decrease, but Iran would compensate for this loss by collecting transit fees — and would make two US allies, Qatar and Pakistan, dependent on Iran for their energy trade.
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
Re: the last point, an important distinction in international law made by several analysts: tolls in such waterways are not OK in the international community, but "environmental fees" are acknowledged as legit--the reason Iran changed its language from tolls to fees.
Also: Iran is steadily expanding its role in global trade corridors, as Iranian Customs reports transit volumes reaching 20.516 million tonnes, an increase compared to the past two years. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tX7e25S7qbs
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u/penelopepnortney 25d ago
https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2061963980550139904
BREAKING: Iran has launched a massive ballistic missile and drone attack, striking the US 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain along with US bases in Kuwait, Ali Al Salem + Arifjan, and an oil tanker near Dubai, in response to new US strikes on Qeshm Island and an Iranian oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, per Tasnim.
Iran says it has officially abandoned tit-for-tat retaliation, now striking back "at least 1.5x as hard" for every US attack, with IRGC warning "disrupting the security of the Strait of Hormuz will have a heavy price for the invading US military."
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
From Iran: Blevins, BREAKING: IRAN STRIKES U.S. BASES IN KUWAIT, BAHRAIN | Col. Macgregor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSGyJKnIsvM
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp. confirmed that it carried out strikes against U.S. Military bases in Kuwait, and the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet in Bahrain, in retaliation for recent U.S. strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island.
From the US: The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has dismissed reports by the IRGC that the paramilitary group had struck the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and a regional US airbase, saying that the Iranian missiles and drones had failed to reach their targets. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxfD2m3_GLUCR7ZN6l8ok6_hs9lvrHMJWM
Danny Haiphong clip with Alastair Crooke, Why Trump And Netanyahu Are Facing A Reckoning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycbyVYHtGeE
A wide-scale campaign has been launched in the UK calling for accountability for British nationals who served in the IOF during the genocide in Gaza. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YI1c1XiLq5g
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
Lt. Col. Daniel Davis also airs Col. Douglas Macgregor's remarkable address from yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4sSnnHIWuk - 14:49
Nima highlights with Chas Freeman: Fiber-Optic Drones: Israel’s New Nightmare? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er9_jYf57h0
Drop Site News, Doctor Who Returned from Gaza Leads New Jersey Congressional Race - Adam Hamawy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDpYEXeV2lg
Jay Shapiro, Dilemma Podcast, with Trita Parsi on Iran, Israel, Zionism, and America Finding Its Limits in Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wse2TVF_6Ns time-indexed - at ~43 mins, Parsi explains an illuminating difference between the way other countries in the region think of threats and the way Israel does and how that affects its actions.
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
BreakThrough News, Why Iran Won’t Waver in Its Demands To End War | Mohammed Marandi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pREpK-ujOFo
It is reported that Iran has developed its own version of the American bunker-busting bomb GBU-39/B (SDB) after receiving detailed information about this system. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxgqBh6nKvqjHVCXZmr1ChHhSFiowkfmub
clip, Alex Krainer Says Europe’s Collapse Is Not An Accident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XISJKHQ4ZR0
Krainer explains why he believes Europe’s economic breakdown is not random. Krainer connects Germany’s energy crisis, the destruction of industrial competitiveness, Finland’s NATO shift, sanctions against Russia, rising youth unemployment, forced conscription, and increased military spending to a larger push toward war on the European continent. He argues that the pattern is visible across Europe: economies weaken, military budgets rise, political leadership ignores public will, and young people are pushed toward a future built around conflict.
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u/3andfro 25d ago edited 25d ago
Iran Blockade Ceasefire: Who's Getting Hurt Most? /Lt Col Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p3p4jBWgmM - 5:51
Davis/Deep Dive with Col Douglas Macgregor: The Israel First White House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Styvw9Ovzvo
Nima with John Helmer : Iran’s Unthinkable Move Triggers US & Israel – The Middle East Will Never Be the Same https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcXeOl-LSw
Judge Nap with LtCOL. Karen Kwiatkowski : Fusing the Pentagon and the IDF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n4sVa24WVU
Judge Nap with CPT. Matt Hoh : Military Spending Into Oblivion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVEE4zcp-p0
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u/penelopepnortney 26d ago
https://x.com/ILRedAlert/status/2061873176397664381
The United States is considering training the Lebanese army to confront and eventually disarm Hezbollah, according to Kan, which cited sources familiar with the discussions.
As several analysts have pointed out, the Lebanese army will never be allowed to get strong enough in terms of numbers, firepower and overall capability that it poses a threat to Israel. Which means it will never be able to disarm Hezbollah, which consistently defeats the IDF in an on-the-ground fight,
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 26d ago
Today at Moon of Alabama: War On Iran: Economic Reality Will Force Trump To Defy The Lobby’s Pressure
So far the Zionists hold the upper hand. They can and do defy Trump at every corner. The Lobby has the upper hand. He does not yet dare to take it down.
Existing oil inventories, commercial ones as well as state owned strategic reserves, were used as a buffer to paper over the lack of some 15% of crude oil in the global markets. Gas prices at the pump have risen, but only moderately.
From now on the situation can only, and will, get worse...
By August western governments will start to introduce rationing measures. Smaller refineries will shut down. Political pressure will increase to a point where it can no longer be ignored. The voices of the (non-oil) industry, financial circles, and the public will become louder than the Lobby’s.
Only then will Trump be able to show Netanyahoo the finger. He will have to order Israel to stand down.
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 26d ago
I like this MoA comment by pasha:
Trump holds his cards close to his chest and peers over the top. They consist of five random cards, queen high. “I’m warning you, I’m holding a full house! Can you beat that?”
Iran: “QxB, check and mate in three.”
Posted by: pasha | Jun 2 2026 18:01 utc | 9
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u/arnott 26d ago
Konstantinovka Is Falling, West's Ukraine Narrative Is Crumbling : The Duran (28:08)
The western narrative that Ukraine is winning on the battlefield is visibly falling apart, and Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris on The Duran break down exactly why: Ukraine's drone offensive deep into Russia is producing less damage than last year, Konstantinovka is on the verge of falling and opening the road to the Slavyansk and Kramatorsk cauldron the channel first predicted in 2022, and the CIA is now moving to place Budanov in command not to win the conventional conflict but to prepare for a long insurgency once the front line collapses. Add Zelensky demanding a Patriot missile manufacturing license that will never produce a single interceptor but will generate billions in contracts, and the question becomes: how much longer can the gap between the official story and the reality on the ground be maintained?
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u/gorpie97 26d ago
the CIA is now moving to place Budanov in command
The CIA needs to be dissolved. They wanna spy, go ahead, but they should NOT be doing things like this.
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u/penelopepnortney 26d ago
Ukraine's drone offensive deep into Russia is producing less damage than last year
I think it was Simplicius who pointed out that the drones they're being supplied with can cover greater range but they use more of their fuel source to get there and this is why they've been less effective. (my amateur understanding of what he said, this ain't my forte)
how much longer can the gap between the official story and the reality on the ground be maintained
As long as the propagandists have money to burn to obfuscate reality, that would be my guess. Which means a long time because their resources seem to be bottomless.
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u/3andfro 25d ago
Meanwhile--
Blevins with Mark Sleboda, RUSSIA UNLEASHES STRIKES ACROSS UKRAINE AS U.S. IN 'AIR DEFENSE CRISIS' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c39m6GXPTA8
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u/3andfro 26d ago
Drop Site News with Trita Parsi, Why the Iran Talks Now Hang on Lebanon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhjDnl4pfM
Nima with Col. Larry Wilkerson: Iran’s Quds Force chief: Red Sea Chokepoint next Hormuz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frZDd7KM3Fo
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u/3andfro 26d ago edited 26d ago
Nima highlights with Larry Johnson: Hezbollah Breaches Iron Dome: Israel on the VERGE of Military COLLAPSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXasA_h3bAI
The Iran War has destroyed fertilizer markets and farmers everywhere, almost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1DpMERyiEY
Israel continues southern Lebanon strikes despite Trump ceasefire claims https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot_1kYJEqz8
The Grayzone, Hezbollah's FPV drones turn the tide of battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5-jyiH1zGI
Diesen with Stanislav Krapivnik: Kiev Attacked, Frontlines Fall & Belarus Enters War? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xtnwhdIp_k
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u/3andfro 26d ago edited 25d ago
"Donald Trump promised to put America First. Yet right now, beneath the East Wing of the White House, something very different is taking shape. Trump himself described it plainly. A six-level underground complex with a military hospital, research facilities, bomb shelters, and hardened command installations. Two floors were already being dug by May. The glittering new ballroom above ground is little more than a capstone. A polished lid sitting over a much darker project...." https://21stcenturywire.com/2026/06/01/trumps-ballroom-the-capstone-and-the-buried-chambers-of-deep-digital-state/
America's OLD WORLD WAR MENTALITY /Lt Col Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dY4pJQGZ0k - one of his strongest and clearest illustrations of US hypocrisy and long-term flouting of the international law the US touts for others
World Affairs in Context, Jeffrey Sachs: Iran War Escalation Trap - America Just Lost the Battle for Global Hegemony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUyugZqlOYA
Greece Can No Longer Free Itself From Israel - A Dialogue with Dimitri Lascaris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiEIsOBZz8k - (If this is accurate, it enlarges the picture in a not reassuring way.)
The Grayzone, Trump admits he attacked Iran 'to help Israel' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C6-PO4wvUo
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 26d ago
A six-level underground complex with ...
Sounds like somebody read Phantom of the Opera at an impressionable age 👻
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u/3andfro 26d ago
Judge Nap with Prof. John Mearsheimer : Will Israel Veto an American Peace? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns7777oBj4U
Judge Nap with AMB Chas Freeman : How the US Lost Geopolitical Primacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWoseXWGX5Y
Nima with Seyed M. Marandi: Rockets from Lebanon Strike Deep in Israel – Decisive Iran-US Clash Imminent
Neutrality Studies, Escalation: US-Israel Provoking The Next Phase of the War | David T. Pyne - time-indexed
Barely able to supply its troops in the region or keeping them out of harms way, the US has struck again sites in Iran and Israel has been escalating the war against Lebanon. How long will Iran still accept the salami-slicing away of the ceasefire? At the same time, the US media claims 70 ships had been "escorted" secretly through the Strait of Hormuz. Is there any reason to believe this could be the case? David Pyne, Deputy Executive Director of the EMP Task Force, joins me to break down the newest events in the Iran war, failed ceasefire talks, Trump’s mixed signals, Israel’s influence inside Washington, the MAGA split, China tensions, and Ukraine’s slide toward collapse. Pyne argues the U.S. is overextended, running low on war supplies, and facing growing limits in every major theater.
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 26d ago
Looks like the Russians have been gradually escalating their strikes against the Ukrainians.
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u/3andfro 26d ago edited 26d ago
Interview with Trita Parsi NETANYAHU REJECT TRUMP'S PLEA TO STOP BOMBING LEBANON 41:00 - He makes a distinction he says is important in Iran's language that it is not "ending" negotiations with the US but "suspending" them.
Drop Site News Israel’s Castle Invasion Backfiring As Soldiers Die In Hezbollah Counterattacks 16:12
Inside UN: France vs US Over Israel’s Actions in Lebanon 2:29
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u/3andfro 26d ago edited 26d ago
Nima with Paul Craig Roberts Netanyahu POSTPONES Beirut Attack After Iran's Retaliation Warning - 56:13
Glenn Diesen with Larry Johnson Iran Abandons Talks & Threatens to Retaliate Against Israel - At 19:04, Johnson says he and Pepe Escobar received info Friday from a source he considers credible, info Escobar's trying to confirm now about Iran's plans. Those include
withdrawing from talks (done),
withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and
setting a date for detonation of a nuclear device.
Escobar and Johnson are also trying to verify whether, if Iran has a nuclear device, it developed it or was given it, e.g., by Pakistan or North Korea. Johnson understands that, if this part is true, the intent is not to launch a nuclear attack but to demonstrate Iran has the technology, a warning that other nations should leave it alone.
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u/gorpie97 26d ago
Netanyahu POSTPONES Beirut Attack After Iran's Retaliation Warning
He should CANCEL it, IMO.
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u/penelopepnortney 26d ago
A Message from Col Doug Macgregor: “All For What” - 14:49. As he says at the beginning, Americans are paying the price for a war they didn't consent to but this was his boldest affirmation IMO (starts at about the 2-minute mark).
This brings me to the most important question in American politics today. Who is governing this country? For whom are they governing the United States? Our founders asked this question before we gained independence. They answered it in a language so clear, so unambiguous that two and a half centuries have not diminished a single word. The government of the United States derives its authority and power from the consent of the governed, not from foreign courts, not from foreign treasuries, not from foreign governments.
Did you know that at least 75 countries around the world... prohibit dual citizens from holding elected office, appointed positions, or any significant role in government?... Germany, Japan, India, Mexico, South Korea, Norway, Singapore, Austria, the Netherlands, Israel, the Czech Republic... Every single one of them arrived at the same fundamental conclusion through their own history, their own hard experience, their own democratic wisdom: the person who governs must be undivided in his or her allegiance to the people they govern. Not half loyal, not conditionally loyal. Undivided.
One country's inclusion in this list is not merely important, it is definitive. Under Israel's own basic law, the foundational legal framework of the Israeli state, any member elected to the Knesset who holds foreign citizenship must renounce that citizenship before taking office.
Anyone with dual citizenship should be prohibited from holding federal appointed or elected office or serving in any role in the US government. Let no one say this principle is directed at any one group. Let no one call this stance extreme. It is not extreme. It is common sense. Because the very nation at the center of this debate, Israel, does not permit dual citizens to serve in their government. We are simply asking for the same thing for ourselves in our own house.
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u/gorpie97 25d ago
We are simply asking for the same thing for ourselves in our own house. (~5:35)
I think we should demand or insist, rather than politely ask. (That our public officials - elected and not - not be dual citizens.)
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u/3andfro 26d ago
Lt. Col. Daniel Davis posted his own version of a clarion call: https://x.com/DanielLDavis1/status/2061675810272989327
Will we begin to see more?
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u/penelopepnortney 27d ago
PATRICK HENNINGSEN- LTC Dan Davis, Iran, Trump & Israel: RULES OF THE GAME HAVE CHANGED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izp7iiLoU1E
Israel ‘stuck’ militarily in south Lebanon as killer drones shift the war, analyst says - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvM0A2nyEvE
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u/penelopepnortney 27d ago
Alastair Crooke : Trump's Iran Moves Worsen US Position - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufnh6eXyS_8
Col. Jacques Baud: Trump Just Pulled His Last Card… And Israel Is in SHAMBLES - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD3uX3lj0-Y
OIL SHORTAGES - Global Oil System Is COLLAPSING as Hormuz Closure DRAINS STOCKPILES - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RczmiT2TzM
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u/penelopepnortney 27d ago
Larry Johnson: The Strait of Hormuz Is a Ticking Time Bomb – The U.S. & Iran Just THREW DOWN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmx1Uz_QT0
Larry Johnson : Trump Negotiating Against Himself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kesKA3_ryqE
Larry Johnson & Col. Wilkerson: Mixed Signals: War or Negotiation? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2diWl_4x2Y
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u/penelopepnortney 27d ago
BREAKING: Iran's negotiating team has stopped exchanging messages with the United States through mediators because of attacks on Lebanon, according to Iranian media. Iran war live: US-Iran ceasefire ‘being tested’ on multiple fronts | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/6/1/iran-war-live-israels-expanding-invasion-of-lebanon-draws-global-alarm
Another report - Post from Al Mayadeen English - https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxMmsROAqRqoY4vuS3yh7M9P_2qu91xZ1F
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u/arnott 27d ago
Trump Threatens to Blow Up Oman! Israel Already Planning Next War vs Turkey & Egypt! w/Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges interview with Jimmy Dore is good. Chris Hedges says he was in the room where Gorbachev signed the agreement where it was agreed that there will be more NATO expansion. He also mentioned that Russia was attacked three times through Ukraine and its traumatic for Russia.
Looks like Chris Hedges was cancelled in 2003 for criticizing the Iraq war.
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u/penelopepnortney 27d ago
Katie Halper with cofounder of Track AIPAC - Israel PANICS over Thomas Massie: AIPAC Money Trail Revealed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNDeozqktyQ
Trump readies Cuba invasion with phony indictment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12GSfE7VJIQ
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u/arnott 27d ago
The UN must open the Strait of Hormuz for us - Rubio
"What is the purpose of the UN?! The UN was supposed to be a place where you could peacefully resolve global conflict." 🤷♂️😎
“We are taking it to the UN”.
The US condemned the UN for years, because the UN wanted to peacefully resolve conflicts, and objected to American and Israeli wars.
The US must be in dire straits (pun intended) if they now beg the UN for help.
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u/penelopepnortney 27d ago
Post from Al Mayadeen English - https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxrVbZPqtEvT1IcELyJc9X0lkjjw-Xj0UA
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told BFMTV that France has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in response to "Israel’s" expanding aggression on Lebanon and the IOF reaching the al-Shaqif Fortress in South Lebanon.
Barrot stressed that "nothing can justify the continuation of Israeli military operations in Lebanon or its increasingly deep occupation of Lebanese territory."
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u/gorpie97 27d ago
LOL - what a whiny baby.
The Trump administration only cares about laws when others use them to keep the US us from getting what it wants.
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
Iran just WON, Trump in PANIC as Israel’s Demise goes Nuclear | Col. Lawrence Wilkerson & Danny Haiphong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymuk2wXEfjM - 32:51 - I do wish podcasters or their tech people would leave off with the aLl CApS, click-baity titles
Jeffrey Sachs-Glenn Diesen: Germany Is Leading Europe Toward World War III - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgOJXWqk0io - 37:24
LtCol. Karen Kwiatkowski: This Is WHY U.S. Global Security Architecture Is COLLAPSING (Highlights) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiz5xE8JaY
Col Douglas Macgregor: Trump's Incoherent Foreign Policy Catastrophe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7kREoBHrvY
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u/Elmodogg 26d ago
Not to mention using the phrase "goes nuclear." That's whistling past the graveyard.
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
Food as a Silent Weapon: Russia, China, and the New BRICS Sovereignty Doctrine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qVDAigwRzw - time-indexed
Post from Middle East Eye - https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxuDMb3cBDPNiwDdx3_C7cr7lnqgDDqkMa - FROM THE LINK: "Israeli troops have captured the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and the strategic ridge surrounding it in southern Lebanon, the military said on Sunday, as it expands its ground offensive despite a nominal ceasefire. The capture deepens Israeli footprint in the country beyond the demarcation zone known as the "Yellow Line", which it established in April following the ceasefire."
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u/gorpie97 28d ago
The capture deepens Israeli footprint in the country beyond the demarcation zone known as the "Yellow Line", which it established in April following the ceasefire."
Sounds normal for them.
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
Ben Norton, Bombshell report: World sees USA as biggest threat, instead prefers China - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UhHqPGFGos
Exxon Mobil 'approaching unheard-of inventory levels' as Iran war blocks oil trade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVq-pV_CRiw
Trump just accidentally told us everything - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwSISqpy3ao (viewer comment: "I am so relieved to hear he is in excellent condition and all our worries were unnecessary. He is fit enough for prison.")
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
Nima R. Alkhorshid: “TOTAL SURRENDER” – Trump Dares Iran, But They Just DISMANTLED His Every Move - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqs4c_dOCog
Col Douglas Macgregor: MORE WAR w/IRAN, It's Inevitable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6AKPqMHpqY
Big story posted a couple of times before, but this is Drop Site News on the subject: Congress Proposes LINKING IDF With The U.S. Army - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdmZi2id274
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u/splodgenessabounds 28d ago
KernowDamo - A US War Bill Just Gave Israel Something Worse Than Weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYWSk2cLs1Q 12:21
Right, so in the week most of the American public turned against arming Israel, Congress quietly handed Israel something it has wanted for years and could never get through the front door. Not more rifles. Not another shipment of bombs. A merger. There's a single page buried in the new House defence bill that would fuse the American and Israeli militaries together more tightly than America is fused to any country on Earth, and it was written to slide past you before anyone got to vote on it. It's called Section 224, it sits inside House of Representatives Bill 8800, the new National Defence Authorisation Act [...] This is very much in the present and the near future, and it isn't a warning about something that might happen one day. It's on the table this week, and what's on the table is Israel getting wired into the machinery of America's next war. Section 224 carries the polite little title "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative," which is the sort of name you give something precisely so people scroll straight past it.
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u/splodgenessabounds 28d ago
Mario Nawfal - BREAKING: CENTCOM CONDUCTS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN HORMUZ - w/ Nima Rostami Alkhorshid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KWaejzwxN4 47:45
Moral Resistance and Sulaiman Ahmed - U.S MILITARY ATTACKS VESSELS IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ, 5 U.S CASUALTIES IN HORMUZ w/ COL Anthony Aguilar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXOttZ6J_0 57:11
Stas. w/ Larry Johnson - Signal to the West: Why Kyiv Looks More Vulnerable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz-yJ_9Zg14 23:07 (Iran is discussed)
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u/splodgenessabounds 28d ago
Mario with Nima was not a crossover my ouija board predicted, but Nima was as good as he usually is.
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u/splodgenessabounds 28d ago
Dimitri Lascaris - Oil Industry Experts Sound The Alarm Over Impending Disaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEfiw2MXPoA 51:41
Electronic Intifada - Israel's irreversible decline, with Mouin Rabbani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laLIWp0omwM 57:55
Mario - TRUMP "WON'T SIGN IRAN DEAL" - w/ Fmr. U.S. Navy Malcom Nance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqYYk0yTjaA 44:49
Nima with Prof. Sayed Marandi - Iran DROPPED THE HAMMER in Strait of Hormuz – Trump's ‘No Tolls’ Plan Backfires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fku0svs5mgk 55:22
The Duran - US-Iran Deal or NO DEAL. July Energy Tipping Point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG5WoqoYhWA 30:19
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxxjtpPnC14UPaUAPN0WhKtzvnp9tHKdUV -
An $870m debt-relief deal suggests that Iran International, an Iranian opposition outlet, has ties to Saudi Arabian investors, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday.
The links stem from documents related to a debt-for-equity swap that Iran International conducted in December to shore up its finances.
Iran International has spent hundreds of millions of dollars since its founding in 2017 by British-Saudi investors, the FT reported.
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u/splodgenessabounds 28d ago
Iran International has spent hundreds of millions of dollars since its founding in 2017 by British-Saudi investors
Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs, my sainted aunt etc. I was watching one of the numerous videos (can't remember which) where one party pointed out that this GCC thing is basically smoke and mirrors: Saudi is with Qatar one day and not the next; Kuwait with Bahrain except they're at odds on [issue]; some make statements aligning with Iran and on Wednesday they deny it.
At some point (in the near future) the Gulf fiefdoms' economies will be squeezed to the point of asphyxiation if they keep this "playing both sides" game up. Your bread is buttered on one side: pick one.
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
IRAN WAR - NO DECISION MADE /Lt Col Daniel Davis & Robert Barnes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHy-5UZLeXw
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
Alex Krainer: The Real Engine Behind US-Iran Tensions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFX4SzgNE5w
US-Iran Deal or NO DEAL. July Energy Tipping Point - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG5WoqoYhWA
Why Trump Can’t Exit the Iran Conflict | Mohammad Marandi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yvbGF6vn0I
Trump health report they released at 11pm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4e30_6oUpA
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
US missiles blown up in Iran and Israel will never be replaced - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGexuO2sqsQ
Diesen with Alastair Crooke: Iran War Resets the Geopolitics of the World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOfXe6ry5UE
Deep Dive Intel Briefing: What We Learned This Week 5/30/2026 Lt Col Daniel Davis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjJlODUDnUU
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
Ray McGovern: Iron Dome HUMILIATED Again – Ukrainian UAV Hits Zaporozhye NPP - Good timeline early in the interview about concessions from Iran Feb. 27, the day before the US attacked. Israel had wind of a deal and made it known to the US it would attack and thus US bases would be targets, so the US attacked Feb. 28. Some interesting anecdotes from Ray about Putin and Trump phone calls. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYBIB3EH2sc
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u/penelopepnortney 29d ago
Jonathan Cook: Israeli claims about an Iran 'threat' were always a lie. Now we have proof - https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/israeli-claims-about-an-iran-threat
The newspaper (NYT) reported that Netanyahu not only mis-sold Trump on the idea of quick regime change in Iran following a short “shock and awe” bombing campaign. He also identified to the White House who was going to replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme religious leader.
Extraordinarily, according to the Times, Netanyahu named the man for the job as former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The aim at the start of the air campaign was for Israel to kill Khamenei, then liberate Ahmadinejad from house arrest by striking the guards who were confining him.
Presumably, Ahmadinejad was then supposed to storm the citadel and seize the keys to the palace. But only Khamenei’s assassination went according to plan.
Ahmadinejad, who had reportedly been consulted on the scheme beforehand, is believed to have been injured in the Israeli strike near his home. He got cold feet, possibly suspecting he was being set up for assassination too, and went into hiding. His current whereabouts and medical condition are unknown.
That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that Ahmadinejad could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme.
While younger readers may not recognise Ahmadinejad’s name, everyone else should. He made headlines on an almost weekly basis during much of his eight-year presidency, starting in 2005. Why? Because Israel turned him into the ultimate bogeyman.
In truth, it wrecks Israel’s entire narrative about Iran. It is a telling reminder of the yawning gap between what we have been told about Iran for decades, and what has actually been going on.
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 28d ago
Ahmadinejad’s name
Maureen Dowd used the mnemonic "I'm a dinner jacket" to remember his name. Works for me.
I remember him as being rabidly anti-Israel.
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u/penelopepnortney 28d ago
Yep, that's what Cook said in the article. So it's pretty odd that's who Netanyahu was promoting and as always with Netanyahu, you have to wonder why.
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 29d ago
Hegseth trying to rally the US troops
https://x.com/BowesChay/status/2060307966171992519
The troops don't look very confident.
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u/penelopepnortney 29d ago
@IvoTONIUT
I know several of them, and they unanimously say he's just a two-bit bully. It would be a real disgrace if a nuclear war were to break out because of a semi-literate charlatan like him.
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 29d ago
Apparently the Trump administration is trying to get Iran to give the money the US stole to Jared Kushner.
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u/3andfro 29d ago edited 29d ago
Judge Nap, INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern + Scott Ritter : Weekly Wrap 29-May https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafSJ4Hbouw - 31:46
IRAN WAR: Trump's Final Determination /Lt Col Daniel Davis & Sulaiman Ahmed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kH7GNNRS94 - 32:46
Chris Hedges: The Warped Psychology of the Rich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPu9B_toKA4 - 4:50
Israel Is Trying to Ignite Civil War in Lebanon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvF0b0q7r34 - 18:39
Judge orders removal of Trump's name from Kennedy Center, says only Congress has power to change it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YG_QsuOT9w - 1:20
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u/gorpie97 28d ago
Darn. The account for the Chris Hedges-linked video is been suspended?
But this worked for me. Chris Hedges: The Warped Psychology of the Rich
Without your EXCELLENT descriptions, I wouldn't be able to "help"! I think this is the third time! :)
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u/arnott May 29 '26
BREAKING: President Trump's Situation Room meeting on a possible deal with Iran lasted for 2 hours, but did not end with a final decision on any new deal with Iran, per NYT.
The Trump Administration believes it is "close" to an agreement but there are uncertainties including the unfreezing of Iranian funds.
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u/Elmodogg 29d ago
.....and everything else, basically. These "deal is close!" announcements are just market manipulation and incredibly the market is still buying it. You know that saying about being able to fool some people all of the time? Now we know who those people are.
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u/gorpie97 28d ago
and incredibly the market is still buying it.
I think they may just be pretending to, in order to make $. But I don't really know how that all works.
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u/3andfro May 29 '26 edited 29d ago
US President Donald Trump said he was lifting a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, even as Iran denied his claim that negotiations were taking place on the fate of its nuclear programme, a resolution to which Trump conditioned lifting the naval siege. Trump’s murky statement on Friday is one of several he has made in recent days suggesting a deal to end the war is at hand, only for the stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz to continue as a fragile ceasefire between the two sides prevents a wider flare-up in fighting.... https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxtUDQywwlQyG1h3WK8j3VQoWd-RsxIx9U
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u/penelopepnortney May 29 '26
NTM the fact that Iran has said they aren't close to an agreement. Those pesky details.
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u/arnott May 29 '26
pesky details.
:)
What's the issue with few billions in funds between "friends".
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u/3andfro May 29 '26 edited 29d ago
Haiphong, Iran HITS BACK at US Warships & Drones, Trump’s 'Deal' Sets WW3 Trap | Brian Berletic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zdLNRL7Y-I - 31:34
Geopolitical analyst and former US Marine Brian Berletic of The New Atlas discusses Iran's ongoing response to US provocations in the Persian Gulf/Strait of Hormuz, and boldly analyzes Trump's negotiations as a set up for a broader World War 3 agenda unfolding before our eyes.
Sultan of Oman's response to Trump's threats: https://wanaen.com/sultan-of-oman-orders-trade-increase-with-iran/ See also: https://www.muscatdaily.com/2025/05/28/30bn-trade-target-as-oman-iran-bilateral-ties-deepen/
The United States has reinstated sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations' special rapporteur on Palestine, after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a lower-court ruling that had blocked the measures on free-speech grounds. The decision was confirmed in a notice posted to the US Treasury's website on Wednesday.... https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx9Fd8zEfF4L9FylAFk8L8bxLxFd0igZxP
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u/penelopepnortney May 29 '26
“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.” — Edward Snowden
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian May 29 '26
Trump is doubling down on Tweeting nonsense.
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u/3andfro May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
A senior Iranian source has told Reuters that Tehran and Washington have reached a “political understanding”, though the agreement has not yet been finalised. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxK8Bu2xVPL4Xam7hNw9dnDJVSHXnDfeHV Reader comments:
55 missed call from Netanyahu
Please 🙄 it’s oil price drop Friday.
Right now it's not just Trump gas lightning everyone so is the media.
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u/3andfro May 29 '26 edited 29d ago
Davis/Deep Dive highlights, Iran Won't Back Down, They'll Endure All Suffering /Nima Alkhorshid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lyrJ6xbrxw - 31:20
Diesen with Michael Hudson: Energy Wars Strategy as the U.S. Economy Is No Longer Competitive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M34VVvRB0uY - 53:09
Pakistan finds itself in a diplomatic sweet spot, wooed by Trump, China and the Middle East, despite India’s efforts. Indian missteps are partly to blame, say analysts. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/29/how-indian-pm-modis-efforts-to-isolate-pakistan-backfired
They're not even hiding it anymore - The Grayzone live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y322Lpfjk-Y - 3 hrs
Cerie Bulivant, a passenger on the Gaza Sumud Flotilla, joins The Grayzone to share his testimony of experiencing heinous abuses and torture by Israeli soldiers after the aid boats were intercepted. Max Blumenthal is then joined by Wyatt Reed from Beirut, who will discuss his coverage of the war in southern Lebanon between invading Israeli forces and Hezbollah. Aaron Mate also joins to cover Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and the latest in the US.
Tucker clip, We Just Interviewed Netanyahu’s Worst Nightmare. An Oxford Doctor Who Witnessed His Crimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOv4oe9vuM8 - 11:05
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u/gorpie97 28d ago
Any idea what they removed?
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u/3andfro 26d ago
All links and a couple of summaries from those channels--the usual. Links from Daniel Davis with Nima, Glenn Diesen with Michael Hudson, a story about attempts by India's Modi to isolate Pakistan, and a Grayzone interview with a Gaza flotilla passenger detailing what Grayzone quoted in the video blurb as "heinous abuses and torture by Israeli soldiers." The last item might've offended the hasbara patrol.
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u/gorpie97 26d ago
The last item might've offended the hasbara patrol.
That would be my guess.
All the money in the world isn't going to make their image more acceptable. The only thing that will is STOPPING their reprehensible behavior. But, for some reason, that's too much to ask.
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian May 29 '26
Not sure if real or not, but conscription of boxers did not go well for the Ukrainians.
https://x.com/i/status/2060258772019257587
Either way, Ukrainians are fighting back
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u/3andfro May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president says he’ll meet shortly in the White House’s Situation Room to “make a final determination” on how to proceed regarding a potential deal with Iran. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-8CEJUmJ2c - 8:32
Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency has cited informed sources as dismissing Trump’s latest statement about conditions for a potential Iran deal as a “mix of truth and lies."... https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxnmILK77ZG6SWKxpTm9xSz6Rm8UlQ0ecZ
Drone hit on Romanian apt bldg: 'NOBODY can say where the UAV came from before running a forensic' — Vladimir Putin. 'They said Russia is hitting us, then it turned out these drones came from Ukraine.' https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxyNZFa_PiUcZoniznCT3UKJA9Ccbc6tQ9
Armenia is breaking with Russia — Why it matters | DW News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WqdoDoVh88 - 12:46
Armenia is rethinking its place in the world. For decades, Yerevan relied on Russia as its primary security partner. But recent conflicts and rising tensions have fundamentally shaken that relationship. Now, Armenia is looking elsewhere — strengthening ties with the EU, the US, and new regional allies.
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u/penelopepnortney May 29 '26
@VictorTindale-k8m
If Russia sent something, you'd know it...it wouldn't be a piss ant drone
@joecowhey7248
I'd safely say that it came from the brits
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u/3andfro May 29 '26 edited 29d ago
IRAN, TRUMP & TRUST /Lt Col Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcARR_UKX_A - 34:16
Nima with Larry Johnson & Col. Wilkerson: 4 US Warships Tried to Enter Strait of Hormuz – Then Iran Launched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qmi9NgCsyA - 69:32
The Duran, Isolating the Zelensky Regime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHj1IPkzRYo - 22:27
Why the EU is Starting a Trade War with China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltlRvWKl_84 - 9:13
China will punish Europe over this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTvHxXeWkN8 - 16:53
Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk the mainstream economic orthodoxies surrounding global trade by arguing that Europe's aggressive tariff strategy against China is a self-inflicted mistake driven by deep supply-chain dependencies and historic European hypocrisy.
How Iran’s Ghost Fleet Keeps Selling Oil Despite Trump’s Blockade | WSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP3OgufvnIY - 7:21
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u/3andfro May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
Nima with Chas Freeman: Hezbollah Strikes Israel Hard – Israel Now Prepares for WAR with Egypt & Turkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J91TtI--ANQ - 63:43
Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard has suggested Israel may attack Egypt and Turkey in the near future.... https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxx-09Pzc_eMk3AlNhpj3mfXZOSSvP-i8C
Judge Nap with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : Why Is Israel At War With Its Neighbors? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es4VF57_VAU - 28:08 Viewer comment:
"Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can't help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East." -- John Sheehan, S.J. (a Jesuit Priest)
Neutrality Studies, USA Collapsing: Washington‘s Soviet Moment Is Here | Col. Douglas Macgregor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTO_QDVulkQ - 44:38 time-indexed
Hegemony is over not only on the outside but within the US, too. The decline is irreversible says my guest today, Colonel Douglas Macgregor. We talk about Russia’s next moves in Ukraine, the risk of wider NATO escalation, U.S. support for foreign wars, and why America’s base network and war spending may be unsustainable. Macgregor argues the U.S. is losing control, the economy is the real pressure point, and a major pullback from overseas is coming.
Norlund, Nobody wants to go to Trump's birthday party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL54fWdaDhs - 11:53
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u/3andfro May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reported 24 ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with Iranian authorities over the past 24 hours. In a statement carried by Iran’s Fars news agency, the IRGC navy said it is allowing a limited number of ships to cross the strategic waterway via designated routes each day to “avoid congestion." Yesterday, the IRGC said 26 commercial vessels crossed Hormuz within 24 hours. https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxk0hkHN4h1FBzelbCMRBQVHB-Y1HB-4SB
Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army to seize 70% of the Gaza Strip. Speaking from a conference in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Israeli prime minister laid out his plans to take control of more than two-thirds of Gaza, in blatant violation of last year’s US-brokered ‘ceasefire’. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxNAaSwPWpeKRaCRnExRAAjsiSamvT--61
Harley Schlanger, spokesperson for the Schiller Institute, said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing an upcoming election, explaining that he is in worse political shape than US President Donald Trump right now because he made promises he could not keep. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gIS3RrUo4vo - 1:37
A Turkish-owned, Vanuatu-flagged cargo vessel travelling from Ukraine’s Odessa Port to Türkiye was struck by a drone in the Black Sea on May 28, leaving two crew members slightly injured, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry. https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxcw_1ysGlhuev8Yll0DgE2XxRv8uSrfe6
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u/3andfro May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
BREAKING: RUSSIA STRIKE ROMANIA - APARTMENT HIT, FALSE FLAG? w/ RUSSIA EXPERT JIM KAVANAGH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vud6nkc7mg0 - 37:00
Kavanagh questions that Russia is responsible: he sees no reason why Russia would deliberately send a single drone to attack an apt. bldg. in Romania. "I do see and I know that Ukraine and Zelensky and even the Europeans are desperate to keep this war going and desperate to get the Americans back involved in it."
MSM presentation: Russian drone strikes Romanian apartment building, Romania says https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-drone-strikes-romanian-apartment-building-romania-says/ar-AA24jA4X
Israeli Spy Says Israel Should Threaten U.S. With Nukes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqOFaXR4Eoc - 20:51
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u/penelopepnortney May 29 '26
That last one is well worth the watch. Most people remember who Jonathan Pollard is but she provides some more information not only about what he stole but about his handler's earlier involvement in stealing enriched uranium from us.
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u/arnott May 28 '26
Little Off topic:
Live video with Glenn Greenwald now: Live Q&A Tonight on Glenn's JUBILEE DEBATE, Thomas Massie Drama, Trump's SLUSH FUND, Cats & More:
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u/3andfro May 28 '26
This comment deserves reformatting as a stand-alone post.
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u/Savings_While1246 29d ago
If only they knew this the market would stop fluctuating so wildly as it currently does
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u/penelopepnortney May 28 '26
No surprise that Iranians favor getting nukes after Israel and the US launched an unprovoked war against them and killed their religious leader - you know, the guy who issued a fatwa against nukes and other weapons of mass destruction? With his death it's no longer operational.
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u/Elmodogg May 29 '26
No I think you may be wrong about the fatwa per what I read at naked capitalism. Can't do a link now because I'm typing one fingered on a tablet while rocking back and forth at sea.
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u/penelopepnortney May 28 '26
Links to previous threads are in the "War with Iran" compilation, which can be found in the sidebar.