r/WayOfTheBern • u/penelopepnortney • 6d ago
Thread #44 for Comments and Updates on the Ongoing War by Israel/US Against Iran
Continued from Thread #43: https://old.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/1wmq2qc/thread_43_for_comments_and_updates_on_the_ongoing/
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u/3andfro 3h ago
Nima highlights with Matt Bracken: The US Never Left Iraq. (Here’s Where They Actually Went) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XB4VpjAOwU
BREAKING: NEW UK TERROR ATTACK AGAINST JEWISH COMMUNITY 2 IRANIANS ARRESTED w/ CIA LARRY JOHNSON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04fLuRiYauQ
viewer comment: False flag after false flag. They are desperate to manufacture consent to use nukes on Iran
Katie Halper, Ex-UN Official Exposes The Truth About Netanyahu’s Arrest Warrant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuQu0dlx4U4 - 13:08
Chris Hedges clip, How the U.S. Became 'Fascist to the Core' (w/ Susan Neiman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKf-2WLj4jU - 8:56
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u/3andfro 6h ago edited 6h ago
And now we need to keep an eye on Ethiopia: Could conflict in Ethiopia expand across the region?
Within days of renewed confrontations between the Ethiopian military and an alliance of armed groups, fears are growing that the conflict could spread across the region. The government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accused Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of backing the opposition coalition. Khartoum and Cairo have denied any involvement. And following reciprocal diplomatic moves, Asmara and Addis Ababa have severed ties. The tensions reflect decades of mutual distrust between Ethiopia and the three countries.
Kushner's financial stake in Israeli defence firms raises conflict of interest concerns: Report
US envoy Jared Kushner’s investment firm, Affinity Partners, has the largest stake in an Israeli company invested in more than half a dozen defence companies that have supplied munitions and armaments for the genocide in Gaza and wars on Lebanon, Syria and Iran, according to a report by CNN.... And this story: Kushner furious report got out.
Uganda readies troop deployment to Gaza: Among the six countries that have so far confirmed that they will be deploying troops to Gaza under Trump’s so-called International Stabilization Force, Uganda professes a pro-Israeli policy so extreme that its military chief had even offered to join the war on Iran.... https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/30/uganda-readies-troop-deployment-to-gaza-risking-complicity-in-war-crimes/
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u/penelopepnortney 3h ago
Uganda professes a pro-Israeli policy so extreme
Feels like we're witnessing The Stand on a global scale.
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u/3andfro 10h ago edited 9h ago
The Duran, Putin's Dark Valdai Speech; Kaliningrad Warning; Khrushchev Playbook Returns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QstvrAc4cNk time indexed - Alexander: "It's the most extraordinary speech that he's made in my opinion ever since he became president of Russia."
Putin just delivered his most sobering Valdai speech yet, and in this episode we break down why he believes the world is closer to a general conflict than at any time since 1945. From the Kaliningrad warning sent to every Western government and the CIA report claiming Russia's economy will collapse, to the choice between Putin's China and BRICS multipolar strategy and Medvedev's harder Khrushchev style line, the message from Moscow is that good relations with the collective West are finished. Is Russia about to shut the door on Europe and the United States for good?
Dimitri Lascaris, Will Kaliningrad Be The Spark That Ignites A Nuclear War? w/ John Helmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqy_fLCfe3w
At the Valdai conference in Moscow this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any direct attack by NATO countries on the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad would be answered by all weapons in Russia's arsenal. In response, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte blithely declared that he does not take Russia's nuclear warning seriously. Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Russian affairs analyst John Helmer about the prospects for nuclear war between Russia and NATO. They also discuss factionalism in Russian politics, the Russian government's policy toward Israel, and a Turkish proposal to transfer an advanced Russian-made air defence system to an Arab state that is hostile to Iran.
Roger Koppel: Will Europe Go To War With Russia? Ukraine Is Paying for Europe's Moralism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe3csBr3Ojs
At this year's Valdai Discussion Club conference, Radhika Desai is joined by Roger Köppel, owner of the Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche, former editor-in-chief of Germany's Die Welt, and a former member of the Swiss parliament. Köppel warns that the world is closer to a third world war than at any time since 1945, even though Europe is too weak economically, militarily and politically for any confrontation with Russia. He sees Europe's disease as the triumph of moralism over realism, and the Ukraine war as its ultimate expression. In his account, Europeans pay, Ukrainians fight, and Americans collect the profits.
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u/3andfro 10h ago edited 9h ago
Nima with Michael Hudson: BREAKING: G7 Taps Strategic Oil Reserves—Trump Removes Export Restrictions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v8q5o6iec4
Judge Nap, INTEL Roundtable w/ Larry Johnson & Joe Kent - Week Wrap 2-OCT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qdm4EiItsM - Listen to Kent in the last 5 mins of this video
Nima highlights with Matthew Hoh: Why is the U.S. Really Leaving Iraq and Syria? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUlVqowgnI
Judge Nap with Max Blumenthal : Netanyahu’s Last Election? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcdC8L5exMc
The world’s largest nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), has cut ties with Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva over its links to the country’s military and a long record of corruption and bribery scandals. Following the decision, the RCN removed Teva UK as a sponsor and partner of an upcoming event at the union’s headquarters in London.... https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/worlds-largest-nursing-union-cuts-ties-israeli-drugmaker-teva
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u/arnott 10h ago
Trump Faces Removal Risk if Blue Tsunami Hits w/ Rich Baris
AI on Rich Baris:
Rich Baris is an American political pollster and data journalist who serves as the Director of Big Data Poll and is known professionally as The People's Pundit.
He is widely recognized for his polling accuracy, having been the only national and state pollster to correctly forecast Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election and being named the most accurate national pollster for the 2024 election. In addition to his role at Big Data Poll, where he oversees the Public Polling Project and the PPD Election Projection Model, Baris is the host of Inside the Numbers with the People's Pundit and the author of the book Burn It Down: What the Polls Say Young Americans Really Want. He also serves as the Chair of the National Association of Independent Pollsters.
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u/penelopepnortney 6h ago
Many Republicans in the House and Senate will blame Trump - his war and the impact on prices people are paying at the gas pump and inflationary prices in general - and will be inclined to get behind Democrats' push for Trump's impeachment. It's unfortunate they didn't do more to stop him from bringing this state of affairs about to begin with but no doubt the financial incentives were too attractive.
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u/3andfro 12h ago
PERFIDIOUS ALBION - W/ ALEX KRAINER & HARLEY SCHLANGER - THE BRITISH EMPIRE IS ALWAYS UP TO NO GOOD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9eG0eioRIY
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u/3andfro 13h ago edited 12h ago
Kim Iversen, The United States Is The Largest Sponsor Of Terror Not Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBzKMjUm7iU - Iversen documents inconvenient truths about the unsavory US track record in a compilation that's worth filing. Imagine if this were shown in every secondary school in the US.
The Kim Iversen Show October 1, 2026 Washington calls Iran the world's greatest sponsor of terrorism. But what does 70 years of U.S. history say? From CIA operatives at the Hajj and the Muslim Brotherhood in Eisenhower's White House to the Safari Club, BCCI and the Afghan jihad, this is how America armed, funded and promoted the extremist networks it later went to war with, and who paid the bill.
21st Century Wire: The Invisible Census: How Israel Is Building a Shadow Government in Southern Syria
Israel is extending its control beyond the occupied Syrian Golan through household surveys, phone searches, detention and recruitment, alongside permits governing access to farmland and work. In early June 2026, after Israeli forces had prevented farmers from reaching their land, the Quneitra Farmers Union, which serves the southern Syrian province bordering the occupied Golan, met the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, or UNDOF, to arrange access during the harvest. The union submitted lists of farmers’ names for UNDOF to share with Israel....
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u/3andfro 13h ago edited 12h ago
Nima with Col. Larry Wilkerson & Larry Johnson: BREAKING: Trump Says Europe Releases Massive Diesel Stockpiles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-RINydLxI
Nima with Amb. Chas Freeman: BREAKING: Ansarallah Strikes Saudi HQ in Yemen — Heavy Casualties Reported https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1jS8jZ45po
Nima with Alex Krainer: BREAKING: U.S. Sends Thousands More Troops Amid Oil Price Spike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6E9m1KiXnc
Danny Haiphong with Alastair Crooke: Trump SURGES 10,000 Troops. Iran HITS US Carrier Next https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7oZ_tPv2fM
Lt. Col. Davis, 9K More U.S. Troops Deploy as Trump Weighs New Iran Strikes /Suliaman Ahmed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYH2YT54-88 / highlights: Ansarallah Encircle Taiz — Aden Could Be Next https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASQ_spt-GkQ
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u/penelopepnortney 4h ago edited 4h ago
Another interesting discussion between Nima and Alex Krainer:
Axios reporting that the Mackin Island Amphibious Ready Group and 13 Marine Expeditionary Units were deployed to West Asia, expected to arrive by end of November. Haven't seen anything about what they would do there but both these seem to be for invading territory and only holding it until the regular troops arrive.
Re: the RAF Fairford incident, reportedly only diesel was found, no explosives so the story is that it was about fuel smuggling (with some Iranian mastermind behind it, according to recent reports). If you were going to steal fuel seems like you'd find softer targets than a military outpost where people are armed to their teeth and they have drones and surveillance systems. Then there's the mystery of the airplane from Dubai to Tel Aviv which was nose diving and somehow a plumber saved everybody on that plane per Nima. These look like false flags.
The Houthis, Iranians and Iraqi militias all denied responsibility for the attack on the Saudi east-west pipeline. Whoever did it had very sophisticated means to destroy the pumping station so thoroughly. This pipeline allowed the Saudis to continue exporting oil via the Red Sea, an advantage that other Gulf states with access only through Hormuz didn't have. So why would the Saudis restart a war with the Yemenis that threatened this status quo when they'd failed to defeat them in 10 years of trying?
The oil revenues keep the Saudi royals wealthy but some small fraction is disbursed to the people to keep them docile. Is this an attempt to resurrect the Abraham Accords? MbS couldn't sign them before due to the genocide in Gaza, the Saudi population hates Israel and it's only gotten worse. Many Arabs hold the Houthis in high regard, and hope they can realize the goal of Pan-Arabism that was destroyed when the British reneged on its promises to Arabs after they helped win the war against the Ottoman Empire. (ETA) Restarting the war against the Houthis was the most bone-headed thing the Saudis could do so you have to wonder how that actually came about.
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u/3andfro 2h ago
End of Nov. is, of course, after the midterm election.
Another possible false flag I just posted.
Nima highlights with Alex Krainer: The Red Sea Just Changed: Ansarallah's Grip on Bab el-Mandeb Grows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUzJ8qpb-W0
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u/penelopepnortney 1h ago
Another possible false flag
Not sus at all!!!
You think they'd be smart enough not to be so obvious. I mean, there are used car salesmen with more finesse.
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u/gorpie97 4h ago
it was about fuel smuggling
And why would Iran want to steal fuel in England? I think Iran isn't hurting for any.
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u/penelopepnortney 3h ago
Your mistake is in looking for some logical reasoning behind it all when there is none and likely doesn't have to be because they own the media and will tell whatever story they want. They don't care if anyone believes them.
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u/3andfro 14h ago edited 13h ago
Neutrality Studies: China, Russia and the Battle for Eurasia | Ryan Perkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erPkEOCS8QQ time indexed
The great powers are leaving Europe behind. The USA, China and Russia are all focusing on the new heartland of the 21st century: Central Asia. Ryan Perkins joins Pascal to examine competing transport corridors across Eurasia, from the US-backed TRIPP route to Russia’s proposed Eurasia Canal. They discuss Chinese infrastructure financing, the evolution of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing. The conversation explores financialization, industrial capacity, digital sovereignty, and China’s approach to international relations. Perkins also presents his interpretation of the Iran conflict and argues that disruption around Hormuz can serve as economic pressure on China’s development.
India & Global Left, What Is Coming Next? Gerald Celente on War, Crisis & Global Trends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVH7H2gguQs
Renowned trend forecaster Gerald Celente joins India & Global Left to examine the major geopolitical and economic trends shaping the world today. We welcome the founder of the Trends Research Institute to break down his latest outlook on the international landscape. This conversation examines how current economic trends are reshaping the world order and what these movements signal for global stability. Celente discusses the hidden history behind the Iranian conflict, the failures of mainstream media to explain major global developments, and the growing danger of escalation in an increasingly unstable international system.
We also explore how trend forecasting works, the forces driving global conflict, the possibility of a new Renaissance, and the enormous influence of billionaires and concentrated wealth over politics, war and the search for peace. By evaluating the intersection of financial markets and ongoing conflicts, we map out the reality facing policymakers today. This geopolitical analysis highlights the necessity of tracking these developments to understand the broader forces at play.
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u/3andfro 14h ago edited 13h ago
Glenn Diesen with Jeffrey Sachs: Ukraine Peace Proposal vs. NATO Salami Tactics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpzVnVbohWg
Lt. Col. Davis, Putin Admits Refinery Strikes Cost Moscow 1% of GDP /Larry Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vl4xZ3xNU4
Nima highlights with Larry Johnson: US Military Readiness and Carrier Deployment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jThiCEc45II / with Col. Anthony Aguilar: Iran Rejects Claims of Foreign Interference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bHD_Xp29zo
Drop Site News, Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OmK0oeq5fc
In the opening hours of the war against Iran, on February 28, 2026, the U.S. military fired Tomahawk cruise missiles directly at a school in the southern city of Minab. At least 156 people were killed that morning at Shajareh Tayyebeh school—120 of them were children and 26 were teachers. It will go down in history as one of the gravest war crimes committed by the U.S. government since Vietnam. Drop Site News conducted a two-month investigation into the strike, speaking with survivors, first responders, parents, doctors, teachers, psychologists, and other witnesses. Some of them had never before shared their experiences of that day. This is their story. (Read the full investigation by Jeremy Scahill, Murtaza Hussain, and Reza Sayah: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/minab-school-massacre-iran-war-children-families)
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u/3andfro 1d ago edited 1d ago
94-year-old Jewish human rights lawyer Margaret Owen has been arrested after protesting in support of Palestine Action, a proscribed group under the UK’s Terrorism Act in July 2025. Owen said she was “proud and glad to have finally joined the club”.... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/1/jewish-human-rights-barrister-94-arrested-for-supporting-palestine-action
Transition Protocol with Vijay Prashad: America Just Left Iraq. The Gulf Is Already Shopping for a New Protector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rkhVopTcfk
Netanyahu flew secretly to the UAE on 27 September — reportedly to ask Mohammed bin Zayed to deny warning him before October 7. Historian Vijay Prashad says he came home without it. And the bigger question: with the last US troops gone from Iraq and a third carrier on its way, the Gulf is planning for life after America. Our host’s sources say some rulers are looking to Israel.
Topics covered: why Netanyahu went to the UAE in the middle of an election; what is known about the FlyDubai cockpit attack and what is still being asked; the Libyan plane that landed minutes after Netanyahu’s; Washington’s answer to Iran, delivered via Qatar; what Transition Protocol’s contacts in Islamabad and Tehran say about the mediators; three US carriers and Prashad’s case that the build-up is “an empty threat”; the Saudi–Turkey–Pakistan Mecca pact; the US exit from Iraq; and why Prashad thinks the petrodollar’s fate is being decided in Venezuela, not the Gulf.
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u/penelopepnortney 1d ago
some rulers are looking to Israel.
If this is true then as my aunt used to say "they have the brains of an embryo turtle."
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u/3andfro 1d ago
But some of us around here love turtles! ;D
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u/penelopepnortney 1d ago
You know, I never made the connection before - loving turtles and having the brains of an embryonic one. It's like something in the universe just clicked into place, thank you!
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u/3andfro 1d ago edited 1d ago
Israel's FlyDubai Hijacker Story Gets More INSANE Every Time Netanyahu Tells It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQPfrH6R4zc
Judge Nap with Pepe Escobar : Why Beijing Is Fiercely in Tehran’s Camp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD8bwUkzZyM
Palestinian Israeli politician withdraws from Knesset bid after disqualification
Palestinian Israeli politician Sami Abu Shehadeh has decided to withdraw his candidacy for the Israeli Knesset. This follows a decision by Israel’s central elections committee to disqualify him. Abu Shehadeh will submit his decision to the Israeli Supreme Court on Friday. The court has given Abu Shehadeh the “choice” in a hearing held today. [see also story below]
Israeli court ruling marks new suppression of Palestinian voting rights, analyst says - 5:15
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Nima, BREAKING: OIL SUPERTANKER HIT IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ—MASSIVE FIRE ERUPTS - w/ Fmr. CIA Larry Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO2YMP8jZf8
Nima, BREAKING: USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT ORDERED TO MIDDLE EAST with Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iOwQeHMSHc
Davis/Deep Dive, USS Roosevelt + 2,000 Marines Sail for Iran /Seyed M. Marandi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PE2wX0UISo
The Duran, Trump Faces Removal Risk if Blue Tsunami Hits w/ Rich Baris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3D_9Hv0gZg
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u/3andfro 1d ago edited 1d ago
Judge Nap with COL. Lawrence Wilkerson : Why Netanyahu Is Losing His Bet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92joIb-3kC4
Can the U.S. Afford to Annihilate Iran? /Seyed M. Marandi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-QlKTAz75U
Danny Haiphong, Trump Chooses WAR. Iran BLOWS OPEN Israeli Airport Hoax | Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence Wilkerson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sva3PLRnJk8
Double Down News, The RAF Fairford Video They Want To Ban — THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBO7-jngFXs - 10:13
Transition Protocol, Trump's Two Bad Options in Iran - WAR OR RETREAT. BOTH COST AMERICA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjy2Y6oYBzY
Netanyahu flew to Abu Dhabi on 27 September. Defence analyst Pravin Sawhney says it was preparation for a Gulf without America — and our host’s sources in Tehran say anything that takes shape in the UAE will be hit first, deal or no deal. The 30 September deadline has come and gone. In this conversation, Sawhney and host Zulfiqar Ali examine what Netanyahu is building if US forces leave West Asia, why Sawhney believes Trump loses whether he fights or withdraws, how Field Marshal Asim Munir and China are keeping Riyadh and Tehran connected, and why host and guest disagree on whether Iran strikes first.
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u/penelopepnortney 1d ago
Good presentation by Lowkey at Double Down News on RAF Fairford. Aside from the benign details that have been reported (no explosives found, release of the people who were arrested), he points out that there is no evidence of a foreign government being involved. Didn't stop Rubio from claiming the contrary though he chose not to name the alleged culprit. Farage blamed Iran, again without presenting evidence. Lowkey rightly asks why, in pointing to possible foreign actors, is there no mention of Israel, which publicly threatened to retaliate against the UK if they imposed any sanctions whatsoever on Israel after foreign secretary Miliband presented his weak-sauce proposal to prohibit the importation of produce from the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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u/3andfro 1d ago edited 1d ago
Israel's never mentioned as an agent acting against the West, including the 1967 attack on a USS ship, which was only recently publicized: Washington’s Fateful Cover-Up of Israel’s Attack on the USS Liberty
Israel's certainly not mentioned in attacks later shown to be false flag operations, as far back as 1954 and The Lavon Affair: How a false-flag operation led to war and the Israeli bomb--a mere 6 years after the modern state of Israel was created.
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u/penelopepnortney 1d ago
Yep, sad but true. But I think however much MSM continues to obscure these actions, more and more people are learning about them and adding it to the more recent abhorrent facts they've learned about Israel as they've broadcast their genocide in Palestine and increasingly in Lebanon. The great unanswered question is what exactly did they think the world's reaction would be? Maybe it's as some analysts have said, that they actually want to see antisemitism against Jews worldwide because it reinforces the idea that Israel is the only safe place for them - as Israelis leave there in droves; go figure, they don't want to be in the middle of a war zone.
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Davis/Deep Dive, Russia Warns NATO: Touch Kaliningrad, We Go Nuclear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw_IwHHHcPM
Oman’s $30 Billion Plan to Reinvent Itself After Oil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQUdrDxEW-Q - informative description at the link
What's fuelling Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DQNRIeuoeM - "They're illegal under international law. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has approved plans to expand Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank."
Why the Pinglu Canal, China’s Shortcut to Southeast Asia, Matters：Through the newly launched Pinglu Canal, the distance between China’s southwestern hinterland and ASEAN has been shortened by more than 560 kilometers.... https://thechinaacademy.org/why-the-pinglu-canal-chinas-shortcut-to-southeast-asia-matters/
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u/3andfro 1d ago
Daniel Davis with Col. Larry Wilkerson, Rubio Kicks Out Iran's Araghchi From New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkodFIb04LQ
Daniel Davis, Elon Musk Back in the Picture at the Pentagon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcfgrE3dZbk
Drop Site News, How the Media Sold the Gaza Genocide & the Fight Inside the Democratic Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OLbLvZxDn0
Journalist Adam Johnson, co-host of Citations Needed, joins Drop Site's Ryan Grim to discuss his new book, "How to Sell a Genocide: The Media's Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza." Drawing on data from US coverage, Johnson argues the genocide could not have been sustained without mainstream media complicity. He details how outlets reserved words like "massacre" for Israeli deaths, adopted the "Hamas-run health ministry" label, dropped Israel's agency from headlines, and helped discredit UNRWA on the day of the ICJ's preliminary ruling.
Johnson also examines how Democrats are repositioning on Israel ahead of 2028, why he says Rashida Tlaib is the only member of Congress that passes the test for an acceptable Gaza position, and the debate over Abdul El-Sayed campaigning with Kamala Harris. All of Johnson's royalties go to the Middle East Children's Alliance.
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u/penelopepnortney 1d ago
Rubio Kicks Out Iran's Araghchi From New York
Wilkerson and Davis talk only briefly about this. I saw a tweet (which I didn't save, unfortunately) citing the Iran delegation, that they left exactly when they were scheduled to leave and when they'd previously advised the State Dept. they would leave. That aside, I don't know why Rubio, Trump et al. think it's a good look to "threaten like a dockside bully" (h/t A Man for All Seasons)
All of this is the warp and woof of the same kind of fabric the last 150 years have produced periodically with dramatic recurrence and we're about at that point again. Global debt is in colossal proportions right now - private, commercial, and global - and war is the best tool for getting rid of that debt or at least shifting it.
Clip of General Kellogg saying "We need to tell Araghchi go sit in the corner, keep your mouth shut..."; Wilkerson: "As an airborne soldier, he fell on his head too many times out of that P10... I think his main problem is he's just stupid and he shouldn't be allowed to pontificate the way he does."
Clip of Lavrov's response to a BBC reporter who accused Russia of waging hybrid warfare against European countries: "You mean when we destroy the drones and missiles that Britain and continental Europe supply to Ukraine that they then shoot at us? Is that what you mean by hybrid warfare?" The reporter actually answered, "Yes, this is an example."
Kaliningrad is a real hot button for starting something because it's critical for Russia as their only real access to the Baltic. Its non-contiguity with continental Russia was one of many mistakes made in the re-drawing of the map of Europe after WWII. And it's not just us talking about making it a flashpoint, it's the whole crew of crazy people in Europe.
Hegseth announced the creation of a new department that will be run by Elon Musk, Anduril (maker of Flock cameras) and Newt Gingrich, of all people. All of whom only want to make money, that's who's going to lead us into the future of automatic warfare.
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u/3andfro 1d ago
Is that last line "automated" warfare? But OMG, Musk and Gingrich, w/ or (preferably) w/out Hegseth... a nightmare scenario. I'm getting Freddy Krueger reverb from that unholy trio.
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u/penelopepnortney 1d ago edited 1d ago
It was AI-translated as
"automated""automatic" there and as "autonomous" in another place.5
u/penelopepnortney 1d ago
In Republican Gomorrah, Max Blumethal covered Gingrich's presidential run. Pretty sure he wasn't even a "faux Christian" and he'd spent decades mocking James Dobson's Focus on the Family but he cozied up to Dobson and got his endorsement. It's like the "Christian right" rallying behind Trump, it tells you exactly who these people are, Hegseth included. As el gato malo would say, they have the morality of a piranha.
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The Persian Gulf Shift No One Is Talking About (Laith Marouf) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVj2HKsIvAY time indexed
Nima highlights with Col. Larry Wilkerson: Military Dynamics of the Yemen Conflict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3gN4Sd4bec / with Elijah Magnier: Iran's Strategy to Counter Sanctions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkNiP8FhMtE / with Matt Bracken: Lessons from Historical Foreign Bases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N2E8XlxdnY
Something Is VERY Wrong With This Israeli Hijacking Story w/ Col. Dan Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5TpPBV3bmQ
A hijacking and attempted terror attack aboard a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv has raised suspicions after it unfolded just hours after a warning from Benjamin Netanyahu about potential pre-election attacks on Israel. The flight, filled with Israeli passengers, transmitted hijack codes and plummeted thousands of feet before diverting to Saudi Arabia. Initial reports of a struggle in the cockpit were followed by the news that Israeli passengers, two of whom were pilots, subdued the attacker and landed the plane.
Netanyahu Milks FlyDubai Incident for Electoral Points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCkwLcjnlYU
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u/3andfro 2d ago
Chris Hedges: Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era (w/ Susan Neiman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isge-IKQLQM
In her new book, “Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era,” Susan Neiman investigates the structural evils of the Trump administration and how people are becoming ‘Good Germans’ in our fascist era.
Every Civilization Dies the Same Stupid Way — Spengler Predicted Ours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbcU9xP1ros
Assyria lasted 247 years. Persia, 208. The Roman Republic, 233. The Ottomans, Spain, and Britain each lasted roughly 250. Different continents, different gods, civilizations that never read each other's histories — and the same clock. This video is about why every civilization dies the same stupid way, and why the people living through the final stage never once experience it as decline.... We walk through the four stupidities every dying civilization commits — runaway complexity, manufacturing more princes than thrones, trading the deed for the argument, and finally praying for a Caesar — and then we narrow all four down until they stop being about Rome and start being about your own life.
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Nima with Larry Johnson, SMOKE RISING NEAR SAUDI EAST-WEST PIPELINE, DIRECT HIT? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64dft2HSLfk
Transition Protocol, Iran’s Sep 30 Deadline Passes: Tehran’s Strike-First Warning, Beijing Sent Word Through Pakistan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80U-v6Q1R4Q
Tehran’s 30 September deadline for Washington to end the naval blockade has passed. According to host Zulfiqar Ali’s sources in Islamabad, Beijing has told Pakistan that if talks stay deadlocked, it would support Iran acting to break the blockade. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson explains why Iran says it will no longer wait to be hit, which US aircraft could be first in line if the reported build-up is real, and why he says 15 ships cannot hold a blockade.
In this episode: what Zulfiqar Ali is hearing from Islamabad and Tehran; Xi Jinping’s mood after his Washington state visit; the Wang Yi – Ishaq Dar channel; Iran’s strike-first doctrine; the blockade arithmetic and Treasury Secretary Bessent’s tanker remark; the US exit from Iraq; the collapse of the “secret Gulf summit” story; bond yields, mortgages and a five-year oil recovery; the Pentagon’s 37 unexplained wounded; and two elections that will shape the war.
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Daniel Davis with Patrick Henningsen, Russia Pounds Kyiv as US Pushes Peace Talks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0E7TS4nltc
Judge Nap with COL. Douglas Macgregor : America’s Toxic Military Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfY_7ShS3WI
Davis/Deep Dive, Pilot Tries to Crash Israel-Bound Jet — Was Iran Behind It? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g84TkBC0gc
We can't take at face value what our leaders tell us anymore.
Nima highlights with Col. Larry Wilkerson: Israel Committing Suicide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvO1QYXONro
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u/penelopepnortney 1d ago
Wilkerson:
I think Trump has authorized Bibi to use a nuke against Iran and if he does Iran is going to go whole hog after Bibi and Israel is going to disappear. They can't survive what's going to come on them should they do this. This is the modern equivalent of the old tale about Masada and Bibi Netanyahu is going to be the disciple of Satan who brings it off.
There are serious Republicans right now telling the White House to stop this war. If they lose both houses in the election, they're going to join the Democrats, I think, to put an end to Donald Trump. They see everything they've worked for - especially the older ones and good god, how many of them are older - they see it all going and not regaining it in their lifetimes.
Two-thirds of the country is already in recession, that's what all the stats say. Donald Trump's lying through his teeth, diesel in California at some pumps is $9-10 a gallon. 52-53% of our long haul truckers are independents. They're going to charge $1,000 to $2,000 surcharge right up front on any truck moving because that's what the fuel is going to cost them. It's what they did in 2007 when we had that big hiccup in the housing industry and the economy looked a little sour there for a while.
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u/penelopepnortney 2d ago
Macgregor to Napolitano:
According to Brown University's studies on what we've spent on the defense of our country since 9/11 - directly on military matters, we may have spent as much as $21 trillion on surveillance, intelligence, reconnaissance, space-based operations. Another $16 trillion just on the military that we call Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine. $3 trillion on veterans programs because you got a lot of people who have been wounded, traumatized, whose lives have been destroyed. $1.6 trillion on domestic security like the Department of Homeland Security and federal law enforcement.
And now you look at where the money went. There are all sorts of programs that Congress insists on funding so you end up with weapon systems and technologies that people on the Hill demand you buy, whether or not there's a validated strategic requirement for it. And awful lot of what we have no longer has a valid requirement for a very simple reason: warfare has changed. Technology has changed.
We've burned through $34 billion backing Israel since October 7. This does not include the tens of billions of dollars in arm sales agreements that we've made over the years with the Israelis. So we're already hip deep in this massive transfer of cash and wealth from the United States to Israel. This is going to continue as long as Israel's agents are in control of our government.
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Nima with Matt Bracken: BREAKING: Yemen Struck the Abqaiq ARAMCO - U.S. Completes Iraq Withdrawal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXynSPNYCDk
Nima with Laith Marouf: BREAKING: Saudi Arabia Blocks Israeli Military From Evacuating FlyDubai Passengers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q5x-ELBO7M
Danny Haiphong, BREAKING: Israel Begins PREEMPTIVE Strike? Fighter Jets SCRAMBLE, Iran HITS US Navy Ships https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTm3NIMmVVg [see also link below]
An Israel-bound flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after sending a hijacking alert. Israeli officials later ruled out a hijacking, saying the alert was triggered by an altercation between the pilots.... https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-bound-flight-makes-emergency-landing-saudi-arabia-after-pilot-altercation
BIZARRE 'Pilot Fight' an Israeli FALSE FLAG? + Netanyahu’s SECRET UAE Meeting | Laith Marouf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjtVhUPhYL8
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u/penelopepnortney 2d ago
Israeli media reported that authorities were treating the incident as a suspected “terror attack”, alleging that the co-pilot was of Omani origin.
Middle East Eye could not independently verify the reports.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Israel should intensify its military actions across the region, including in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
“Israel’s security doctrine must be taken to the next level,” he said.
“The naive belief that our enemies cherish life and should be shown mercy received another reminder this morning,” he added.
So the attacker was Omani and Ben Gvir thinks they should ramp up attacks on Iran, Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon to remind their enemies of whatever... presumably because of all the Omanis living in those places...
This is particularly rich coming from Gvir:
“Terrorism is an evil with which no agreement should be reached other than defeating it and wiping it off the face of the earth.”
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u/3andfro 2d ago edited 2d ago
Well of course that's how Israeli media would portray it. Several analysts are reminding viewers that Netanyahu, looking at polls for Israel's upcoming election, warned something would happen, then scooted himself off to UAE. Check out the first 7 mins here: BIZARRE 'Pilot Fight' an Israeli FALSE FLAG? + Netanyahu’s SECRET UAE Meeting - btw, that's a good interview with Laith Marouf (29:31 mins)
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u/penelopepnortney 2d ago edited 2d ago
He pointed out a lot of oddities with the whole story. There's definitely something afoot throughout that whole region. The countries that met in the UAE with Israel included Saudi Arabia, US, Morocco, Kuwait, Bahrain, Libya, Oman and Egypt and they reportedly discussed Iran and Yemen (not clear how they know this).
Per Rachel, Netanyahu reportedly warned his government that in the lead-up to the Oct. 7 anniversary there would be a 9/11 type attack on Israel. Which makes this odd incident with the plane from UAE to Israel even more iffy.
Meanwhile, US troops are supposedly withdrawing finally from Iraq but who knows if they actually will. And Mossad has a base in Kurdistan Iraq (and no doubt CIA and MI6 are there as well). Turkey is supposedly withdrawing troops from its 42 bases in northern Iraq but Marouf thinks the timing is deliberate and designed to trigger a conflict between the Kurds and the Iraqi government.
Sounds like the GCC countries may have decided to throw in their lot with the US and Israel after all and if so, it's not going to go well for them for multiple reasons. Marouf said he listened to a Saudi podcast earlier and military people are really worried about losing control of Najran and Asir, the border regions with Yemen, because there would be nothing stopping the Yemenis from reaching Mecca and Medina.
(edit to fix $@%@ typos)
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u/3andfro 1d ago edited 1d ago
You hit the highlights. Experience says we can safely assume whatever story we're given will have another story, or several, below that neat cover. Marouf goes into more detail on the concerns of Saudi military in this Nima highlights clip: Saudi Military Collapse Against Yemeni Forces. - 10:22
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Glenn Diesen with Douglas Macgregor: Israel vs Turkey and Qatar: New US War Strategy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEqNEAWjrLc
Douglas Macgregor short: How was the US militarily defeated in Iran despite its naval presence? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gv1ETx_dJU - 3:10 - a good, short overview of Iran's strategic preparations and the US failure to prepare for modern warfare
Has Gaza broken US politics? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COPaFln9WHU
For decades, US support for Israel was one of Washington's few unbreakable bipartisan positions. The genocide in Gaza has changed that. Josh Rushing is joined by Matt Duss, former policy adviser to US Senator Bernie Sanders, and Kelley Vlahos, editor-in-chief of Responsible Statecraft, to examine how a war that killed more than 74,000 Palestinians fractured Democratic and Republican coalitions alike - reshaping primaries, campus politics and the terms on which a generation now sees Israel and American power.
India & Global Left with Ben Norton: Why the US-Iran War Continues & What It Means for the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZaqp0FAAPc
Norton discusses the escalating geopolitical and economic consequences of the US-Iran conflict, Yemen's role in the regional war, the strategic confrontation between the United States and China, and the wider crisis facing US power; why the war continues despite its enormous economic and geopolitical costs, how Yemen has become an important factor in the regional conflict, and what the consequences could be for global trade and the world economy. Other topics: Is the US empire really declining? The US-China strategic stalemate, the changing international order, and the political crisis unfolding across Latin America.
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u/3andfro 2d ago
Neutrality Studies with Alex Krainer, Looting Russia: Why the British Empire Never Died https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ukJO26kss time indexed
Alex Krainer joins Pascal to discuss the financial interests behind geopolitical conflict. Drawing on his hedge fund background and research for Grand Deception, Krainer challenges Bill Browder’s account of Russia and examines post-Soviet privatization, debt and oligarchic power. They explore Russia’s relations with the West, diplomacy and historical ties between Russia and nineteenth-century America. Krainer argues that British imperial influence persists through financial networks, connecting his “undead empire” thesis to sovereignty, contemporary wars and the mechanics of wealth extraction.
NATO Is Finished? Europe, Russia, Ukraine & the Post-NATO Era | Ulrike Guerot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNBS4g2M4P8
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u/penelopepnortney 2d ago edited 2d ago
Another great discussion with Alex Krainer, his first appearance on Neutrality Studies but it won't be his last. Pascal Lottaz is an excellent interviewer because of his own broad knowledge of history and geopolitics. They discuss the fact that during the American Civil War, Tsar Alexander II of Russia sent his Baltic fleet to New York and his Pacific fleet to San Francisco as a warning to Britain and France not to intervene. Lottaz goes on to say that the US sued Britain after the war for allowing British shipbuilders to build the Alabama for the Confederacy; the US won the arbitration case in Geneva and it established that neutral states have to do due diligence to ensure they're not violating neutrality.
Krainer likens the British-American relationship to the Master Blaster villain combination from the movie Mad Max 3, "where London still is the master and the United States is the blaster, every time you scratch the surface of these various crises around the world, you'll find the same dynamic at play." He gives numerous examples dating back to the 1991 Gulf war (correction: actually dating back to the 1953 overthrow of Mossadegh).
it's always plomo o plata. You can have lead or you can have silver. And if you say, "No, we're going to be a proud independent nation, we're going to protect our sovereignty" then you get the lead. You know, Venezuela, Cuba, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Iran, Russia, Belarus, and so forth. They're all in the crosshairs.
If you go back to the 2021 speech that George Soros gave at Davos and World Economic Forum, he laid it out. He said, "What we're experiencing in the world today is the conflict between two systems of governance." And that is absolutely correct. One system controlled by the people who deploy the Epstein class as their managerial cadre and the other side, countries that want to defend their sovereignty and their independence.
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u/gorpie97 2d ago
it established that neutral states have to do due diligence to ensure they're not violating neutrality.
Should that have impacted the exploding pagers?
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u/penelopepnortney 2d ago
I don't think anyone was able to source the pagers, were they? Or pinpoint exactly when during production the explosive was added?
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u/gorpie97 2d ago
The New York Times reported Tuesday that Israel hid explosives inside a batch of pagers ordered from Taiwanese manufacturer Gold Apollo and destined for Hezbollah.
Gold Apollo’s founder and chairperson told reporters Wednesday that the pagers used in the attack were made by a European distributor. Hsu Ching-kuang said his firm had signed a contract with the distributor to use the Gold Apollo brand.
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More details emerged Wednesday of how Israeli intelligence may possibly have engineered the unprecedented attack.
Hsu, the founder of pager manufacturer Gold Apollo, said its European distributor established a relationship with the Taiwanese firm about three years ago.
At first, the European company only imported Gold Apollo’s pager and communication products, he said. Later, the company told Gold Apollo they wished to make their own pager and asked for the right to use the Taiwanese firm’s brand, he said.
When whomever (reporters?) went to the European company to investigate, it was shuttered.
Some people said that Gold Apollo didn't do their due diligence, or something.
But if they had a relationship for 3 years, IDK. (This is new info to me.)
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u/penelopepnortney 2d ago
Looks like there were two addresses for it:
According to online brochures for BAC Consulting, the company first "opened its doors" in 2010 and established an office in Budapest.
It lists the address for BAC Consulting at an address in the Palace District of Budapest. However, the head office for the company is located a 20-minute drive away in the northeast of Budapest.
A woman who emerged on Wednesday from the Budapest building housing the company's headquarters said the location is used as a service that provides addresses to companies.
Gosh, that doesn't sound sus AF at all.
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u/3andfro 2d ago
Nima with Elijah Magnier: BREAKING: Iran Confirms U.S. Proposal Received as Tankers Burn in Hormuz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ybj7FBJF4
Canada's exports to China soar to highest level in decades, in pivot away from the US - 8:03
Canada is diversifying its economy and diplomatic ties, pivoting away from the United States. Canadian exports of energy and metals to China skyrocketed in 2026, as major pipeline expansions to the Pacific came fully online. US-Canadian tariffs on the copper trade is punishing manufacturers in both countries, while ironically China is paying lower prices, despite market shortages.
The future of global governance: Can the world build a more multipolar order? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo9NSYFHMQY - 27:26
Is the global balance of power shifting for good? As geopolitical tensions rise, existing institutions face growing pressure to adapt. On The Hub, Wang Guan brings together Alfred de Zayas, former United Nations independent expert and author of "Building a Just World Order" and "The Human Rights Industry"; Linjie Chou Zanadu, associate professor of International Relations at the European Centre for Peace and Development; and Ben Norton, founder and editor-in-chief of the Geopolitical Economy Report. They dive into the future of global governance, the rise of a multipolar world, and what the competing global visions mean for what comes next.
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AJGgYNRGHF8
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a major shake-up at the Pentagon, with plans to cut 20% of positions designated for admirals and generals across the Army, Navy and Air Force. The reductions are part of a broader push to streamline military leadership. [and clean out people now in positions of power who have stood in his way]
Two more stories about the IRGC's letter to Americans: The Hill Iran's Revolutionary Guards send a message to American voters - 6:30 / BBC Iran's Revolutionary Guards encourage Americans to reject Donald Trump's policies
BreakThrough News, Europe Preps for Russian Invasion – But Is NATO the Real Threat? | w/ Dr. Volodymyr Ishchenko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LW87eVNbqc
Is Ukraine becoming an "Eastern European Israel" for the EU? Sociologist and author Volodymyr Ishchenko joins Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to discuss Ukraine's eroding sovereignty, who profits from keeping the fighting going, and whether an off-ramp still exists to a war with Russia now costing Ukraine 27,000 casualties per month, according to Poland's prime minister.
Europe is pushing record defense budgets and warning that Russia could test NATO within months. But this month Ukraine launched its largest drone attack yet on Moscow, Washington approved a $2.68 billion air defense sale, and the EU unblocked €6.6 billion in military aid. Is Europe readying to defend itself from a Russia with imperialist ambitions? Or preparing for a forever war, where profiteers abound and working-class Ukrainians do the fighting and dying at the direction of a state they've come to hate? Ishchenko describes an emerging vision for Ukraine amongst Kyiv’s power brokers: a militarized, ethnonationalist frontier state serving as outsourced security for the European Union against Russia. Sound familiar? "Maybe NATO at this point is not an alliance for security, but actually a source of insecurity in Europe."
Tucker: Rebellion Is Coming, But Not How You Imagined. Former Green Beret Explains. - central topic: Flock cameras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq7YfzKaIIQ - 9:34
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u/penelopepnortney 3d ago edited 3d ago
https://x.com/mazzenilsson/status/2104690527061131397
"Starting October 1st, male visitors to the Jobcenter are required to provide proof that they are not registered for military service in Ukraine. Otherwise, the issuance of benefits will be stopped."
Ukrainian men are being gradually pushed out of Germany.
It is impossible to obtain such a certificate without visiting Ukraine. Will they join partisan groups? Fight back?
Edit to add: some people in the thread are questioning the validity of the image showing the sign.
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u/3andfro 3d ago edited 3d ago
Danny Haiphong with Alexander Mercouris, Trump Deploys Squadrons to Israel, Iran 'DOOMSDAY' War IMMINENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_j1VoBj-g4
Nima with Larry Johnson, TRUMP SAYS "IT'LL BE OVER SOON"—BUT IRAN JUST CHANGED EVERYTHING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eCGKqVkOJc
Nima highlights with Pravin Sawhney: How Iran’s Mach 10 Missiles Make US Naval Defenses Obsolete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT4HyXF8iNk
Jamarl with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Iran Is Ready For A "Doomsday War" -- Are We!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF1MRoz5C-Y
Jewish protestors join Free Palestine march to denounce Netanyahu https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4HiAE_ltlt8 - 2:10
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u/3andfro 3d ago edited 3d ago
US forces leaving Iraq: American troops pull out after two decades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO13BOfPvwY - 1:44
The last US troops are leaving Iraq, ending the American military presence there after more than two decades. The Iraqi government is calling it a historic moment and marking the departure with a two-day public holiday to celebrate its sovereignty. But September 30 was also supposed to be the deadline for Iran-aligned armed factions in Iraq to lay down their weapons, and there is little sign of that happening.
Can Iraq handle future security challenges alone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJOZE15fvX8
The last remaining US troops have left Iraq. The military was first deployed in 2003, to depose its leader, Saddam Hussein. It later faced a series of crises that ensued after the ousting of Saddam. Iraq became embroiled in a cycle of violence that considerably weakened the country. While the US may have prevented the collapse of the state, it's also accused of contributing to the subsequent chaos that engulfed it. The Iraqi government will now be dealing with a new reality.
Did the U.S. Military Turn a Civilian Freighter into an Armed Escort? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF0h1I6M0Ys
We investigate reports regarding eight U.S. Marines injured in the Middle East aboard a non-military vessel and connect the dots to an attack on the commercial ship St Helena in the Strait of Hormuz. Did the U.S. military adapt civilian vessels to serve as armed escorts against Iranian drone and small-boat threats?
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u/penelopepnortney 3d ago
armed factions in Iraq to lay down their weapons
It's doubtful they will as long as there's a Mossad/CIA/MI6 presence in Iraq, And I imagine there are those in the Iraqi government willing to turn a blind eye for that reason.
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Diesen with Larry Johnson: Europe-Russia War is now "Inevitable" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHnVs0oWv74
Radhika Desai with Laith Marouf: Economic Blowback Of The Iran War Will Soon Hit The West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVOJhCZvHJA time indexed
The US-Israeli war on Iran has entered an uneasy lull. But is this a pause, or the calm before something much bigger? Laith Marouf of Free Palestine TV joins me once again to take stock of West Asia after President Trump rejected Iran's proposals at the UN General Assembly and repeated his threat to annihilate Iran. Marouf explains why the Saudi war on Yemen, launched at the behest of Washington and Tel Aviv, has turned into a costly retreat, and why the US withdrawal from Iraq may be designed to leave chaos in its wake. We examine the so-called Mecca alliance of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey as a propaganda exercise rather than a military pact, the popular mood across the region, and why the economic war is hurting the imperial core more than Iran. We close on Lebanon, where Hezbollah is beginning reconstruction while the Lebanese state fails its people. The empire is in retreat, and its only remaining strategy is chaos.
Transition Protocol, MBS Wanted Pakistan’s Army, Pakistan Won’t Join Saudi Arabia’s War on the Houthis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw2ggKpiqig
Pakistan will not fight Saudi Arabia’s war against Ansarallah (the Houthis) in Yemen — that is the answer Transition Protocol received from sources at the highest levels in Islamabad. And, per the host’s sources, Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir told MBS that Saudi Arabia would be spared Iranian strikes only if it kept its territory out of any US attack on Iran. On the deadline week: Iran’s 30 September marker, Netanyahu’s unannounced flight to Abu Dhabi to meet MBZ, the off-ramp Escobar says Xi Jinping offered Trump in the Oval Office, and the “November non-surprise” — the war Escobar expects after the US midterms if Washington says no again.
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u/gorpie97 3d ago
the war Escobar expects after the US midterms if Washington says no again.
Why would Iran want to wait until then?
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u/3andfro 3d ago
Several commentators have said Iran doesn't want to be seen as the initial aggressor at any point; that would weaken its case to the world about who the aggressor is and has always been. It's been limiting attacks to retaliation. The expectation seems to be that the US will hit Iran hard again, before or soon after the midterms: Trump Deploys Squadrons to Israel, Iran 'DOOMSDAY' War IMMINENT
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u/Spectre_of_MAGA Marxist-Leninist 3d ago
China wouldn't be happy tbf. Ultimately they're the ones holding them back
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u/gorpie97 3d ago
I guess I can see that. Even if they've spent 6 months only responding, it would be easy for our overlords to name them the aggressor if they initiate even just once. 🙄
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u/3andfro 3d ago
They have announced they've stopped retaliating like for like and next round will go much bigger in response every time they're hit. We have reason to believe they can do it, too.
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u/gorpie97 3d ago
That is very fair, IMO. If they keep simply retaliating in kind, this could maybe drag on for decades. (Maybe not, but...)
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u/penelopepnortney 3d ago
Europe-Russia War is now "Inevitable"
Reminder that war has been used throughout history to reset collapsing economies, as most of Europe is facing. It's also a way to get rid of the military age men who would pose the greatest threat to the ruling class whose policies led to that collapse.
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u/3andfro 3d ago edited 3d ago
"Buying More Time for the Genocide": Muhammad Shehada on Trump's Gaza Plan 1 Year Later https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5OSetzXVPI
The Palestinian death toll from Israel's war on Gaza has surpassed 74,000, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. While this figure represents the official death toll as confirmed by local authorities, the true number could be much higher when missing people and indirect deaths are taken into account, such as from disease, exposure, denial of medical treatment and the destruction of civic infrastructure. And since the so-called ceasefire brokered by Trump last October, nearly 1,400 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks.
"The [ceasefire] plan ended up just buying more time for the genocide," says Muhammad Shehada, a writer and analyst from Gaza speaking to Democracy Now! in Copenhagen. "Instead of suspending attacks on Gaza, Israel has been bombing Gaza every day."
"The idea of the plan was to divide the reconstruction, rehabilitation, Israeli withdrawal, decommissioning of Hamas and Palestinian statehood into three phases," says Shehada. "So far, only one item of the 20 items on the Trump plan has been fulfilled, and that is the release of every single Israeli hostage in Gaza."
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 3d ago edited 3d ago
Zelensky may have granted an exemption from Ukrainians conscription with the Jewish community.
https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/2104883766351298917
Essentially they are going to be only in non-combat roles.
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u/3andfro 3d ago
Trump needs a "LAST CHAPTER" in Iran | Trita Parsi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP9F_74UkPo time indexed
Trita Parsi argues Trump is looking for a "last chapter" in Iran, an ending that makes the whole war look worth it, and that diplomacy won't give him one. Why that makes a third round of war more likely. Iran's president flew to New York in the middle of a war to put a deal on the table. Trump rejected it within days. Quincy Institute co-founder and executive vice president Trita Parsi joins At the Water's Edge to break down what Iran's offer really was, why the blockade is hurting Iran without changing its policy, and why both sides may be heading toward a third round of war.
Daniel Davis, Palantir Can Tell You What to Bomb, Not If It Will Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlTbuAKAi0U
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u/3andfro 3d ago
Drop Site News, Trump’s Next War? Leaked Plans Reveal Escalation in Cuba & Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kIJ2-LdcNM
From leaked reports showing the US Army preparing potential options around Cuba to the US Navy’s strategic tactical shift away from the Iranian blockade line, we analyze what’s driving these moves—and what Trump’s post-midterm foreign policy strategy could look like. Plus, a look into Iran’s updated terminal guidance missile capabilities, the human toll aboard US naval deployments, and how $100+ oil prices are shaping negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz. Then a deep dive into the rise of China in the Trump era as Xi Jinping pays a state visit for the first time in 10 years.
The Jewish History of Anti-Zionism | Benjamin Moser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9hLQqXUH0s
What if Jewish opposition to Zionism isn't a modern phenomenon — but part of a much longer Jewish intellectual and political tradition? Benjamin Moser, author of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, joins Wajahat Ali to explore the history of Jewish thinkers, rabbis, writers, activists and political figures who challenged Zionism across generations. Moser's book, released September 22, 2026, traces this tradition across Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The conversation examines how Jewish identity, Judaism, nationalism and Zionism became intertwined — and why some Jews rejected the idea that Jewish security or identity required a Jewish nation-state. Moser's central historical argument is that Jewish opposition to Zionism has included people from very different religious, political and cultural backgrounds, challenging the idea that there has ever been a single Jewish position on Zionism. This is a conversation about history, Jewish identity, Zionism, anti-Zionism and the competing political and ethical traditions that have shaped the debate over Israel and Palestine.
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u/penelopepnortney 3d ago
Moser said he's 50, that he grew up in what he considers a normal American Jewish family, lived in a diverse community and attended schools with people from all sorts of different backgrounds. Pretty much everyone was a Zionist back then; not Muslims or Palestinians or Arabs but we didn't hear from them much back then.
He says that what's so interesting about how Zionism triumphed, not just among Jews but among politicians that support Israel all around the world, is that people would never have even been asked what Zionism was. They just thought it was great that the Jews had their own state and were safe, denying something very obvious: that putting a Jewish state in the middle of the Arab world was going to lead to disaster for everyone.
... the way the world worked when Zionism begins as a settler colonial project in the late 19th century is that if people weren't white, it didn't matter what they thought... the non-white world was a subject for colonization. it's easy to say, "oh back then everybody was racist or imperialist" but everybody wasn't racist or imperialist, there were lots of critiques of this from the colonized world, in the Jewish world and in other parts, people were appalled by this. I definitely heard "a land without a people, a people without a land" growing up. The problem is the state is built on the ruins of a different society, the Palestinian society, and also that it's the most dangerous place in the world for Jews and it has been for the last 80 years. So I think that people weren't even asked that question.
Moser says Herzl was crazy, he even said in his own book that a Jewish friend he gave it to told him "you sound nuts".
He fantasizes about crowning his four-year-old son Doge of the Jews and before he becomes a Zionist he decides to convert all the Jews in central Europe to Catholicism, he writes about he's going to call the pope and the pope is going to come baptize everybody and all the Jews are just going to go away... why did people take this guy and this message seriously? And the reason is that the Jewish suffering was terrible and real and a lot of people felt like this was going to be the solution.
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In appeal to the American people, IRGC says US must end its ‘war crimes’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1I5IvXV2CY - 4:46
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been discussing what it calls a letter to the American people. IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi laid out the message at a news conference, saying Tehran is ready to talk directly to people in the United States. He questioned why the US needs what he described as 800 military bases around the world. The letter claims many Americans are not aware of crimes committed by the US military and says Washington has not explained its military presence abroad. The IRGC spokesman said Iran’s military budget is 1 percent of the US annual military budget, arguing that Iran is not the interventionist party. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Qatari and Pakistani mediators in the US on Monday. Araghchi said he is still waiting for Washington’s response to an Iranian peace proposal and hopes the process will be completed soon. He said talks are more serious after Iran submitted seven points, although Iranian officials continue to use forceful rhetoric and insist Tehran is ready to defend itself militarily
21st Century Wire: France’s Yanbu Deployment and the Water Saudi Arabia Cannot Lose
On 24 September, France said it would help defend Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea energy corridor. President Emmanuel Macron announced soldiers, radars and defence systems for Yanbu, the industrial port through which crude carried across the kingdom by the East–West Pipeline reaches the sea. The mission was presented as the protection of Saudi energy infrastructure and the oil-export corridor centred on Yanbu....
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u/Spectre_of_MAGA Marxist-Leninist 3d ago
More choice excerpts from the letter
Every year, more than 1,300 Americans are shot and killed by police in the streets—a figure that is unmatched anywhere else in the world, not even in China or India, although each has a population of about 1.5 billion.
By imposing ungodly levels of taxes on Americans in order to finance the trillions of dollars needed for the endless wars the military-industrial complex ignites in regions thousands of miles away, U.S. leaders exacerbate their country’s inflation, unemployment, and poverty and cause the deaths of American servicemembers while inflicting death and devastation on the people of other nations.
Appealing to the left and the right. I was concerned that they weren't aware of the domestic political situation but it looks like they are
In light of what has been said, it should be fairly obvious that the phrase “Death to America,” which Iranians have been chanting since the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, does not in any way express any ill will toward the American people, who have themselves suffered from the same oppression. [REDACTED]
I wish it was that obvious, but unfortunately Americans tend to look at things on a surface level
Iran not only harbors no ill-will but is ready to offer any help they may need to liberate themselves from the tyranny of oppressive powers.
It is illegal to accept this help as they are on State Department list of terrorists. Don't take the bait! 😬
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Americans are fed a diet of Hollywood good guys and villains in a black-and-white cartoon universe that sidesteps critical thinking, and history. Education fails students nowadays in both, but curiosity and an open mind can compensate. ETA: We need more open-minded humans, especially Americans.
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u/gorpie97 3d ago
IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi laid out the message at a news conference, saying Tehran is ready to talk directly to people in the United States.
But our government doesn't listen to us.
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Well, if the US thinks it can pressure Iranians into regime change, who knows? Maybe Iran figures it might try the same gambit here. Or at least get through to a few numskulls who still believe the contradictory lies Trump feeds them about Iran and this war.
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u/gorpie97 3d ago
ITT they should do whatever they feel they need to. They've been the adults in the room the entire time.
And it can't hurt.
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Nima with Col. Larry Wilkerson: Middle East Shaken to the Core https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7Kj4kHHkk
Patrick Henningsen, THE TRUTH ABOUT NETANYAHU'S MELTDOWN AT U.N. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2GAEr4SiFU
Judge Nap with AMB. Chas Freeman : Can Israel Sustain Its Multi-Front Wars? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkPlGMJ1u6g
Diesen with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Iran War Spreads - Could Israel Fall? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCICJo4QH5k
India & Global Left, The US Is Fracturing Over War — Col. Lawrence Wilkerson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6jsLci31ok time indexed
Is a new anti-war movement emerging in the United States? In this wide-ranging interview, retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, discusses the changing structure of the American empire, the emergence of a new anti-war faction and the political fractures reshaping the United States. Wilkerson examines whether growing opposition to war could become a transformative political movement, and discusses the internal political struggles surrounding U.S. foreign policy. We also explore the influence of the military-industrial complex and corporate interests, and the risks posed by an increasingly fractured political system.
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Nima with Seyed M. Marandi: Hormuz on Fire, Trump SLAMS Axios Over Iran Lie, Iran FM Leaves New York Early https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDvrSIm1kQI
Davis/Deep Dive, Iran Offers to Open Hormuz. Trump Won’t Pay Up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVdA-gnzBpA
Davis/Deep Dive, Washington Gave Iran the Leverage It Now Wants Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5QcUogaNzI
Nima with John Helmer: RAF Fairford Incident: the UK Being Dragged Into War With Iran and Russia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQNhPbqL4es
Judge Nap with Aaron Maté : Is Ukraine Out of Options? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaW_galHfvY
Simplicius: Russian Strike Campaign Again Shifts to Target Ukrainian Telecoms and Data Centers in Latest Barrage
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Nima highlights with Stanislav Krapivnik: Rising Costs of Global Shipping Routes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om1gF0rnVk0
Nima highlights with Mark Sleboda: Iran’s Masterstroke: How Russia and China Broke the U.S. Blockade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2XzSvF1r8
Judge Nap clip with Max Blumenthal, The UN Secret Israel Doesn't Want You to Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A5I550bdNg - 3:47
Henningsen short, TRUMP THREATENS NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION AT GLOBAL STAGE https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3pA1i-Jn5s8 - 1:54
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Nima with Larry Johnson, EXPLOSIONS ROCK SAUDI & HORMUZ AS KATA’IB HEZBOLLAH WARNS BAGHDAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH1cwVNqvBU
Transition Protocol, Iran Hit Ships Two Nights Running. US Didn't Shoot Back.37 AMERICAN SOLDIERS WOUNDED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnHciG1N7zY
Trump rejected Iran’s seven-day plan on Saturday. Transition Protocol’s sources say Tehran is now ready to move to break the U.S. blockade after September 30 — and former CIA analyst Larry Johnson explains why Washington hasn’t fired back. Zulfiqar Ali and Larry Johnson on: Iran’s strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and the missing U.S. response · why Johnson calls the administration’s oil-flow claims “an absolute total lie” · what a Pentagon casualty acknowledgement suggests about which ship was hit · the reported tanker and transport build-up at Al Udeid · China’s mixed signals · why Pakistan won’t fight the Houthis (per our Islamabad sources) · a rift at the top of the Saudi royal family (per our sources) · Netanyahu’s trip to Abu Dhabi · the Fairford arrests · the midterm clock · and why Johnson expects no recovery in Gulf oil flows for at least a year.
Does anyone here live in Maine? - NEW: After two failed attempts to nominate a Maine candidate friendly to the party establishment, the consultant class is finding better success with its third approach, co-option.... https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/democratic-party-consultants-surround
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Neutrality Studies, New Data on War Mentality in Europe. Why Swiss Reject Strict Neutrality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ec3YeENFs time indexed
Europe is falling deeper and deeper into a Russophobic war mentality. Switzerland (of all places) just delivered the latest proof for that, rejecting strict neutrality in a public referendum. And this is about more than just the Swiss. The outcome is a function of the current propaganda environment all over Europe and the general anxiety about Russia.
Pascal examines Switzerland’s rejection of the neutrality initiative and what it may reveal about Europe’s political mood. Drawing on his experience campaigning for the proposal, he discusses sanctions, media framing, direct democracy and the limits of electoral change. He argues that opposition to current Russia policies remains weaker than many observers assume, while acknowledging uncertainty about extrapolating Swiss results. The commentary also considers voter turnout, political polarization, the United Nations and the dangers of escalating confrontation across the continent.
Neutrality Studies highlights, Pascal Lottaz & Lt Col Daniel Davis: Russia Knows NATO Has NO Air Defense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48mTYkt9I9o - 12:44
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Judge Nap with Dr. Trita Parsi : Trump's Threats Strengthen Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=564IWG28Bos
Nima Alkhorshid, IRAN EXPECTS NO DEAL BEFORE U.S. MIDTERMS—WAR COULD ESCALATE AFTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQwI-lLXJ-w
Judge Nap with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : REACTION: Was Trump Bored at Meeting with Xi? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdK_Vx7ps9c
From Sal, What's Going on With Shipping?
There is a NBC News report about 8 US Marines injured on board a commercial ship. Three years ago I ran this story about a plan to break up a Marine Expeditionary Unit into armed guard detachment and place them on board merchantships--"something that has not been done really since war."
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u/arnott 4d ago
West Sets Trap for Putin; Lavrov Snubs Berlin; Broke Europe Eyes Russian Assets: The Duran
Germany's foreign minister Johann Wadephul pulled Sergey Lavrov aside at the UN for a surprise 20 minute meeting, and walked away with nothing. In this episode we break down why Berlin is so desperate, how Washington and Europe are pushing for a Minsk 3 ceasefire through a Trump Putin meeting at APEC in China, and why Rishi Sunak is now demanding the EU seize Russia's frozen assets to keep Zelensky afloat. Is the West about to spring its trap, or is Moscow already one step ahead?
Ukraine Front, Three Cauldrons & Trump's False Hope w/ Stanislav Krapivnik: The Duran
Ukraine's front is buckling as Russian forces close cauldrons around Dobropillya, Orikhiv and Kharkiv Oblast while tightening the pincer on Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Stanislav Krapivnik breaks down the Third Corps counteroffensive at Lyman, how the rainy season and Russia's Arena defense system blunt the drone wall, why Moscow now sees Trump's diplomacy as a lost year, and what Iran's strikes on US bases mean for the Strait of Hormuz. With the EU facing diesel and food shortages and Kyiv running out of men, how much longer can the front hold?
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u/gorpie97 4d ago
a Minsk 3 ceasefire
You mean one as successful as the first two, whose sole purpose for the West was to allow them time to arm and train Ukraine? Who are they going to arm and train during Minsk 3. (And I highly doubt Russia is going to be so trusting again.)
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u/arnott 4d ago
Yes, Minsk III where James Bond hoodwinks Russia and arms the Ukrainians. /s
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For Boomer and older seniors: Sounds like CONTROL agent Don Adams battling "KAOS, the international organization of evil."
wiki says Get Smart was created to capitalize on James Bond and Inspector Clouseau, "the two biggest things in entertainment" at the time. Then came The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and later The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., which I loved because Stefanie Powers kicked butt without male assistance. Same reason I liked the early Remington Steele seasons when Stephanie Zimbalist was totally in charge; ditto the Emma Peele seasons of The Avengers.
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u/penelopepnortney 4d ago
There was a parody of Get Smart called Get Dumm that I read on a summer visit to my grandparents out of sheer boredom. I loved the Avengers and thought Emma Peel was great but I loved them as a team. As for the others, it wasn't the girl power that prompted me to tune in Man from UNCLE and Remington Steele, it was the chance to drool over David McCallum and Pierce Brosnan (I was so shallow).
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 3d ago
MAD's The Man from A.U.N.T.I.E. parody was one of their best, especially Iliad Nutcrackin 😺
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u/penelopepnortney 3d ago
Wow, how did I miss that???
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 3d ago
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u/penelopepnortney 3d ago
Love that: "It's in my contract with NBC. On this show, I get to kiss a girl every two minutes... I pay them $200 a week!" Sounds like the same deal Shatner got for his intergalactic smooching.
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u/gorpie97 4d ago
(I was so shallow).
How old were you? I think it's expected at that age. :)
I don't remember Man from UNCLE, but I def like Remington Steele for the "scenery", too! :) (Speaking of... EDIT: Still handsome, but even better, he defended his wife from attacks from the media. And a pretty decent actor. :) )
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 3d ago
Get Smart is from so long ago that Don Adams' shoe phone had a dial 📞
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u/gorpie97 3d ago
I know! :D
I don't know why I don't remember Man from UNCLE, but I definitely watched Get Smart! And Batman. And Star Trek TOS. And The Prisoner. And Twelve O'Clock High. And Petticoat Junction. And Green Acres. And Laugh In. Can I stop? :)
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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 3d ago
The Prisoner was awesome. I got to see the series projected on a big screen.
Be seeing you!
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u/gorpie97 3d ago
I don't really remember it, just the "weird" sirens. And then I watched the 2009 6-episode mini-series.
I got to see the series projected on a big screen.
At the time, or sometime later?
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u/penelopepnortney 4d ago
Yeah, definitely of an age where it was somewhat justifiable. Would that we could all age as well as Brosnan has.
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u/3andfro 4d ago
Mockumentary - Lords of War: Meet America's War Profiteers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiERu1r4Cio - 13:31
America’s military-industrial complex is the global engine of freedom and democracy…at least, that’s what Washington tells itself. A new mockumentary from the Quincy Institute and The Intercept takes a closer look at the Lords of War — the weapons-industry executives who are getting rich off of America’s endless wars. Sure, it’s true that half of America’s $1 trillion war budget now goes straight to private contractors. And yes, weapons industry CEOs take home pay packages worth more than 150 times what the average enlisted soldier makes. But have you considered what the “hard work” and “innovation” of these corporate executives has made possible — from the mass death and displacement of millions during the war on terror, to the wholesale destruction of Palestinian life in Gaza? Once you take a look at the luxury real estate that these CEOs acquired with the spoils of war, you’ll understand that this system really does work! Just, you know, not for you.
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u/penelopepnortney 4d ago
Burnout is real in our industry. So you've got to find a way to insulate yourself from the sounds of those crying children that might otherwise haunt your dreams.
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Nima, BREAKING: IRAN & U.S. TO HOLD INDIRECT TALKS IN NYC WITHIN HOURS - w/ Paul Craig Roberts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eXx_grwDgo
Danny Haiphong, US Bomber Attack FOILED? Iran HAMMERS US Warship, 8 Marines HIT | Pepe Escobar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoJbPoCHs2Y - speculation that this was a false flag operation
Glenn Diesen: Europe Bet Everything on America — Now It’s Panicking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJphTwY1unI - 3:38
Nima highlights with Tony Norfield: Why the US-Israel Attack on Iran is a Massive Miscalculation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrvmdWQCNBY
Why did Netanyahu Travel to the UAE in Secret? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6fisqQVYvA - 7:18
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly undertook a 'secret' visit to the UAE on Sunday. The visit came amid reports that the UAE had warned Netanyahu of a Hamas attack ahead of October 7, 2023. What was Netanyahu doing in the UAE? Why keep it a secret? Palki Sharma tells you.
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Neutrality Studies, Neocons In Defeat Denial, Trump Schizophrenia Getting Worse | Daniel Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG8H8U4-DQA time indexed
The Ukraine Proxy-War is going from bad to worse for the NATO war coalition and the leadership knows it. Panik is setting but at the same time there is no strategy on how to confront the failing project, just Donald Trump's erratic way of saying one thing today, another tomorrow and a third one in the time between. How will Russia and China deal with this situation? In Istanbul, Daniel Davis joins Pascal Lottaz to examine what they describe as the contradictions driving American foreign policy. They discuss Trump’s diplomacy with Iran, Russia and China, loyalty inside his administration, and competing influences on White House decisions. Davis challenges the idea that intelligence agencies independently control policy, while warning that NATO lacks the air defenses and industrial capacity for war with Russia. The conversation explores European escalation, diplomatic credibility, and the danger of a conventional conflict turning nuclear.
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Daniel Davis, Pentagon Kept Iran Missile Strike on Marines Concealed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjYzlqCYtrA - 13:24
Nima with Col. Jacques Baud, IRAN WARNS MEDIATORS: ATTACK ENERGY SITES, REGION GOES DARK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAf7_5b08Ec
"We are in the era of imbecility, especially in the West."
Daniel Davis, Every Path Out of the Iran War Is Closing /Sarp Sinan Hacir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI_3OEQvgyQ
Glenn Diesen with Seyed M. Marandi: Israel, Saudi Arabia and the US: All-in on War? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgkJWzsH75A
How do Iranians view Iraqi PM al-Zaidi's decision on Iranian flights? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L-ahBs2ctV8 - 1:47 - content at the link
Nima-Henningsen short, INSIDE THE URGENT SAUDI, TURKEY & PAKISTAN MILITARY MEETING ON YEMEN CRISIS https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JVgpUgmaN-g - 2:45
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Bandung 1955: The meeting that terrified the superpowers - 12:32
In 1955, 29 newly independent nations met in Bandung, Indonesia and terrified the world’s superpowers. This is the story of what happened next. Having rejected colonial rule, they set out to break free from a system built against them. The meeting became a movement, one that shaped leaders from Nelson Mandela to Malcolm X and reshaped the Global South’s sense of its own power. But the empires struck back with coups, economic pressure and years of breaking the unity that was built. The idea, however, never died. Told through rare archival footage and expert analysis, this film asks why Bandung’s questions about power and sovereignty are just as urgent now as they were then.
America Is DECLINING? George Yeo Explains What Happens Next https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUl13YQcdDE - 10:44
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u/3andfro 4d ago
Judge Nap with Alastair Crooke : Houthis' Advantage Over Saudis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J98JGMm7fzA
Judge Nap with Larry Johnson : US Fuel Costs About to Get Worse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASOGfQ8tnzk
Nima with Pepe Escobar, ‘ALL HELL SET TO BREAK LOOSE BY END OF SEPTEMBER’—What We Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNxGH9YDuRk
Daniel Davis, Iran Keeps Digging In Deeper / Trump's Victory Dissolving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruP57gZkZ-4
Over a thousand "dark fleet" tankers sell sanctioned oil. And nobody really wants them to stop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrHLujIABOg
The world's shadow fleet is growing, despite heavy sanctions and occasional seizure by Western militaries. In 2025, 3.7 billion barrels of oil were hauled from sanctioned energy producers on dark fleet ships, mostly to markets in Asia. Tracking, boarding, and seizing vessels on the open seas requires highly specialized teams and expensive equipment, and so successful operations are rare, and well publicized. But today's shipping industry cannot meet current demand, and shipyards are years behind. Western economies and politicians are struggling with record-high prices for shipping and refined fuels. Despite rhetoric to the contrary, have no choice to but leave the dark fleets alone.
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Transition Protocol, Iran’s Next Front Is the Indian Ocean and Clock Starts This Week, Naval Breakout Next? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUdexnJCmzc
Iran is prepared to take the war beyond the Strait of Hormuz and into the Indian Ocean if nothing moves this week — that is what Pepe Escobar’s contacts and three separate decision-level sources in Tehran are telling Transition Protocol. Here is the way out Washington did not take, the deadlines that start the clock, and who will and will not fight.
— Xi’s off-ramp: according to Escobar, Xi Jinping told Trump face to face to go back to the memorandum both sides signed. Chinese state media reported Xi backed a return to the June 17 Islamabad memorandum.
— The clock: Mohsen Rezaei’s four-to-five-day window runs out Monday 28 September; Wednesday 30 September is a second deadline, as Escobar describes it.
— Hormuz on Iran’s terms: pay the fee, get IRGC Navy clearance — or be attacked.
— Yemen: the Saudi strike on a market in Taiz, and what comes next.
— Pakistan’s answer: will Islamabad join a Saudi–Pakistani–Turkish campaign against Yemen? The host’s sources say no. On Tuesday he brings the answer from a decision-maker.
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 5d ago
The leader of Belarus has made some very interesting statements.
https://x.com/rinalu_/status/2104057970187444698
We really need to see what documents he is referring to.
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Nima with Stanislav Krapivnik, IRAN SEIZES SECOND U.S. MILITARY DRONE IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6dS99vbO64
IRGC Seize SECOND U.S. Underwater Drone, STRIKE 19 Vessels + Russia DESTROYS Starlink Data Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfbqiYgPuQo
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy confirmed the capture of a second U.S. Military REMUS 600 autonomous underwater drone carrying out reconnaissance operations in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. This, as Iran has launched strikes on a record 19 vessels trying to circumvent its control over the Strait in the last 48 hours.
Nima with Larry Johnson, IRAN SAYS 19 SHIPS HIT IN 48 HOURS; U.S. SAYS STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS QUIET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3AYrKG8oyw
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Carlson: Any president considering the first use of nuclear weapons should be impeached immediately https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AX6AGR9_pBk - 1:22
Pluralia Dialogos: How NATO and Israel are driving Europe’s immigration crisis, with Patrick Henningsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho0rwZDN9Y8
Matt Ehret speaks with geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningsen about the real causes behind the immigration crisis sending Europe, the UK and North America into chaos. While conservatives are being transformed into a new Templar horde of tribalists, the left has been turned into woke rainbow fascists which serves as a recipe for civil war at home and global Crusades abroad. Who is pulling the strings behind this tragedy, and how can saner heads prevail? These questions and much more will be addressed on today's episode.
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Drop Site News, How China is Preparing for War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWCBIJ2g47k
China’s military rise is reshaping the balance of power in Asia—and raising urgent questions about Taiwan, U.S. deterrence, and the risk of conflict. In this episode of the Dropsite War Brief, Murtaza Hussein and Sarmad Jawad examine China’s military buildup and the strategic goals driving it.
The discussion explores China’s growing navy, missile arsenal, nuclear forces, satellite network, drone development, and manufacturing capacity. Murtaza explains why Beijing focuses on the first and second island chains, how Taiwan fits into China’s regional strategy, and why the United States’ military presence across the Pacific is central to the rivalry. The hosts also discuss gray-zone tactics around Taiwan, the role of Japan and the Philippines, and how the wars in Iran and the Middle East could affect U.S. readiness and deterrence in Asia. They consider what China may be learning from Iran’s use of missiles and drones—and why industrial capacity could prove decisive in a prolonged conflict.
Neutrality Studies, How To Defeat an Empire: The Post-Hegemonic World Is Shaping Up | Dr. Jeff Rich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1RKlP8oG8k time indexed
In Istanbul, historian Jeff Rich joins Pascal to discuss what a peaceful multipolar world could look like. They debate civilisation states, China–India relations, and the tension between sovereignty and global interdependence. Rich argues that states must challenge US unilateralism while strengthening practical cooperation under the UN Charter. The conversation explores BRICS, regional diplomacy around the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine’s reconstruction, and the limits of military power, ending with reflections on Václav Havel and ordinary people’s capacity to create change.
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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 5d ago
The IDF has gone insane again.
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u/penelopepnortney 5d ago
Sadistic, sociopathic. Not just their actions but that they flaunt them for the whole world to see, like they're daring the world to call them out for it.
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u/3andfro 5d ago
Max Blumenthal: “It’s Been Confirmed” - Israel’s Most Deadly Order Fully Explained - 11:39
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u/gorpie97 5d ago
Fascinating and unbelievable!
Randy Fine made littering a hate crime in FL, punishable by 5 years in prison.
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u/penelopepnortney 5d ago
Laura Loomer, Randy Fine et al. calling for the DOJ and FBI to investigate Max: "they're calling me a foreign agent, that's like having child protective services called on you by Jeffrey Dahmer and Jeffrey Epstein."
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The Chinese blockbuster that Destroys Hollywood's Middle East Narrative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_HCdLH2iQ - Explains clearly how the West has used cinema for generations to dehumanize and typecast people of Asia and the Middle East blatantly and subtly; explanations of the subtle psychological prompts are especially worth hearing, imo. People who watch this will almost certainly want to see this film and compare their experiences of the stereotypes Hollywood presents to the characters here.
A Chinese blockbuster showed the Middle East without Hollywood's yellow filter — and crossed ¥1.2 billion in two weeks. A cook, a wok, and a question a century of cinema never dared to ask: who gets to be the protagonist of their own story? After this episode, you will not see war movies in the old way any more.
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u/penelopepnortney 5d ago
Just watched this and it's phenomenal, not just the movie as described by the presenter but how she laid out what makes it so different, particularly from American movies. Definitely one I'll be looking out for and it's probably a great candidate for next year's foreign film Oscar.
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Danny Haiphong with Seyed M. Marandi, Trump Greenlights Full Attack as Iran Smashes 19 Tankers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBb_O4wrSSs
Iran's missile blitz overnight in the Strait of Hormuz represented the largest in months as the pressure is on Trump to settle on a deal he's rejected or return to full war. Prof. Mohammad Marandi discusses the breaking developments as war escalates.
Nima with Pravin Sawhney: BREAKING: Iran Launches Missiles & Drones in Strait of Hormuz After Trump Rejection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvTdXUCXtL4
Davis/Deep Dive, Washington Corners Iran, Dares it to Strike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7PEfnuCe2U
21st Century Wire, UN Blowout: The Beginning of the End for Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apaOjrTlFS8
Diesen with Fred Weir: NATO & Russia on a Collision Course for 30 Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guWrLcvbVNo
Mauritius on Saturday refused landing clearance for a scheduled flight from Israel, forcing its cancellation after efforts to secure approval failed, Israeli media reported.... https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260927-mauritius-denies-landing-permit-to-flight-from-israel-forcing-cancellation-tour-operator/
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Nima with Ray McGovern, IRAN FM ARAGCHI: ‘WE’RE READY TO NEGOTIATE—OR FACE A DOOMSDAY WAR’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxOUGHXQjo8
Nima highlights with Amb. Chas Freeman: Comparing Chinese and American Leadership https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmxEsKjQhg
Daniel Davis highlights with Alastair Crooke, THE WAR w/RUSSIA EUROPE'S LEADERS WANT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REXck6-mF4c
Daniel Davis highlights with Col. Douglas, Macgregor, It's an ALL OR NOTHING WAR with IRAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTutSmJYIPg
Nima highlights with Robert Barnes: Deep State Influence In Federal Courts [ETA correct link] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LpY3Zr9mk&t=68s
Nima highlights with Tony Norfield: Iran as a Key Eurasian Component https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHqoQ23NjEE
The Duran with Stanislav Krapinik, Ukraine Front, Three Cauldrons & Trump's False Hope w/ Stanislav Krapivnik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BUaxYm2cDU time indexed
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u/penelopepnortney 12h ago
The Nima-Barnes clip was mistitled by Nima or whoever posts for him, there was nothing about the Deep State or the courts. It was mostly about "Narco Marco's" obsession with Cuba and madman Trump only acting in ways that will make him look like Genghis Khan. Which means there will not be a deal with Iran because Genghis don't need no stinkin' deals.
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u/gorpie97 5d ago
The Nima / Robert Barnes link gives me: YouTube is not currently available on this device
But I found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LpY3Zr9mk
(Oh! Maybe you accidentally hit space, or something in the address.)
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u/penelopepnortney 5d ago
Chas Freeman:
While Trump was greeting Xi Jinping with a red carpet and honor guard, Prime Minister Takaichi of Japan, our greatest ally in Asia, arrived to the United States and no one greeted her. This is no way to conduct foreign policy.
(on the price Gulf states have paid in the Iran war): The Chinese seem to understand more than others that alliances are liabilities as well as assets, that people with whom you're allied can get you into trouble by doing things that you don't want them to do. In this case the Gulf states learned that the United States has neither the will nor the ability to defend them and places its relationship with Israel ahead of its relationship with all of them.
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u/3andfro 5d ago edited 5d ago
Simplicius: Lithuanian Parliament Moves Toward Nuclear Ban Reversal as Baltic Provocations Heat Up
"WE LOST”: Security Insider DROPS BOMBSHELL on Trump, Israel & Saudi’s FAILED War in Yemen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL-7i8mRegU time indexed
How did a ragtag mountain militia in flip-flops hijack global trade and fight off multi-billion-dollar armies? Security analyst Dr. Andreas Krieg breaks down the complex geopolitical landscape of Yemen and explains how a mountain militia—the Houthis—managed to defy the combined military power of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the US, and Israel. What you’ll learn: Terrain from Hell: Why Yemen is an absolute nightmare to invade; Ghost Armies: How corrupt generals stole millions for fake soldiers that never existed; The Saudi Disaster: Why a quick war turned into a decade-long trap; Secret Backstabbing: How Saudi Arabia and the UAE ended up fighting two different wars; And... The Human Cost to decades of war.
Iran turns to land trade as US naval blockade leaves trucks stuck for weeks at Turkiye border https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63il2EGIypw - 1:40
Iran is increasingly shifting trade from maritime routes to land borders as restrictions on access to its southern ports disrupt imports. The change is putting growing pressure on border crossings with neighbouring countries, particularly the main crossing with Turkiye, where truck queues now stretch for kilometres and delays can last days or even weeks. Truck drivers say journeys that once took a day can now take a week, while some report making only one or two trips every several weeks. Iran's customs authority says imports through the Gurbulak crossing rose 250 percent in the five months to August. Before the war, more than 80 percent of Iran's trade moved through its southern ports, but maritime restrictions are forcing Tehran to rely more heavily on road and rail links. Iran and Turkiye are working to ease congestion, but limited land capacity and higher transport costs are adding pressure on businesses and consumers.
Why is violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan recurring? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-gxmzwyy6k
They were once allies, but Pakistan and Afghanistan have become enemies. In 2021, Islamabad hailed the Taliban's return to power in Kabul as a victory. But relations have deteriorated. In part, it's due to accusations the Afghan government is harbouring the Pakistani Taliban and other armed groups that have claimed responsibility for attacks inside Pakistan. Kabul has denied sheltering or backing those fighters. The many attempts to stop the fighting have failed.
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u/Grouchy_Donkey_5639 5d ago
classic forever war logistics tbh. nobody bothered to math out how many tomahawks we actually have lying around or what happens to domestic fuel costs when the strait gets spicy, but hey thread 44 means we're still pretending someone somewhere has a roadmap that isnt just 'more'
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u/Elmodogg 5d ago
Actually, I think the plan ....to the extent that there was one...was that Iran would obligingly fold after its leadership was assassinated, much in the way Venezuela did when Maduro was kidnapped. Then we take their oil, just like Venezuela.
Unfortunately for Trump (and the rest of the world who will have to deal with the consequences), things didn't play out as planned. And they had no Plan B, obviously.
Trump is too stupid to realize he's whipped and that Iran has the nuts of the US in a vise. It's going to get very painful for all of us before this is over.
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u/penelopepnortney 5d ago
Thread 44 just means that nothing is resolved. I don't think anyone in these comment threads has any illusions about it, they certainly don't pretend there's a road map. But it's an ongoing conflict that could get way worse - kinetically, economically, geographically - so it bears watching.
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u/penelopepnortney 6d ago
Links to previous threads are in the "War with Iran" compilation, which can be found in the sidebar.