https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/16/netanyahu-aims-to-trap-west-into-war-across-middle-east-warns-iranian-diplomat Iran’s chargé d’affaires in London said his country would respond more severely if Israel attacked it again in ‘another mistake’ Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to trap the west into a total war across the Middle East that would have incalculable consequences for the region and the world, Iran’s top diplomat in the UK has […]
Month: April 2024
On twitter their was an inundation of posts promoting the return of the Shah to Iran, yesterday.– Many of the accounts were connected to Israel- This isn’t a shock. Israel would love nothing more than the reappearance of a despotic but western leaning ally leading Iran. Example below https://twitter.com/YaariCohen/status/1779966435327914487 The G-7 is attempting to launch […]
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/former-national-security-advisor-bolton-opportunity-for-israel-to-destroy-iran-nuclear-program-796985 In a candid Sunday interview with CNN, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton expressed strong views on how Israel should respond to Iran’s threats. He urged Israel to consider the current geopolitical tension as a crucial moment to target and dismantle Iran’s nuclear capabilities. “I think Israel has a wide range of potential […]
WSJ via https://archive.ph/xlwD7 Finding this a curious oped, published in WSJ, from Liz Truss.I don’t dispute the existence of a deep state. Her oped includes a a good description of the existence of the deep state and the problems it brings – “shift of power away from democratically accountable officeholders to unelected bureaucrats and technocrats.” […]
Some thoughts.. Israel won’t have US support for an Israeli counterattack on Iran President Biden told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call on Saturday that the U.S. won’t support any Israeli counterattack against Iran, a senior White House official told Axios. Why it matters: Biden and his senior advisers are highly concerned an […]
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Iran Concludes It’s Retaliation ?
Just posting some links The news of retaliation started this morning when Iran seized the Israeli linked ship From the comment section- these are now updated https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/13/04/2024/iran-launches-drones-at-israel The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a statement saying: “We launched an operation using drones and missiles in response to the Zionist entity’s crime of targeting the […]
AA The ship named MSC Aries (Aries or Ares was the ancient Greek god of war or, more properly, the spirit of battle. He represented the distasteful aspects of brutal warfare and slaughter) was seized by the marine unit of the IRGC in a special heliborne operation, state-run news agency IRNA reported on Saturday, confirming […]
Good piece on Lavender’s use +972 Magazine Formally, the Lavender system is designed to mark all suspected operatives in the military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), including low-ranking ones, as potential bombing targets. The sources told +972 and Local Call that, during the first weeks of the war, the army almost completely […]
Approximately 35 minutes Quote from Mearsheimer ““The evidence is overwhelming that Israel is an albatross around our neck.” The AI is mentioned. As well as the potential for warfare with Iran Israel continues to deny this reality Samantha Power, the director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), told lawmakers Wednesday that people in […]
Thoughts on this oped from Foreign Policy?? Read the beginning paragraphs at the link above- The author’s claimed impetus for the culture shift is explained. Under the leadership of the military’s chief of staff, Aviv Kochavi, from 2019 to 2023, the killing-based criteria were reinforced. Kochavi’s goal was to remake the army into a “lethal, […]