Iran Officially Confirms Military Support From Russia And China In War Against the US

And yet Trump’s response is to reward Russia by lifting sanctions on them. If you are in the US call your representatives and tell them this is unacceptable.

State Department urges Americans to leave Middle East as airspace closures disrupt travel

Americans stranded in the Middle East
The U.S. State Department is finding ways to help Americans evacuate the Middle East. The department says over the past several days, more than 9,000 Americans have safely returned from the region. Of those 9000, only 300 are coming from Israel.

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State Department urges Americans to leave Middle East as airspace closures disrupt travel

Professor Jiang claims Israelis were burning down their own homes in Tel Aviv during air strikes to collect insurance money

Insurance fraud during wartime. That’s a new low.

I hope not, but I don’t think anyone can possibly know that yet.

We can only consider the cost against the good accomplished…and neither of those variables is known. Neither will be truly be known for a good while yet.

“Pointless or Purposeful” is the wrong metric, though. Maybe “worth the cost” is better.

If the regime falls and gets on track to democratic self-rule at peace with its neighbors, focused on development and serving the Iranian people, that would be worth the cost. The whole world would benefit from a free Iran.

I doubt, however, that the regime will fall from airstrikes.

If the regime is prevented from obtaining/creating a nuclear weapon, that wouldn’t be pointless and may well be worth the cost.

But will we ever know for sure how close they were/are?

If the conflict ends with the regime in power, if it remains an aggressive, supremacist state, able to rapidly rebuild its military capacity and resume being the world’s greatest state sponsor of terror, this conflict will have been pointless.

But all of the above is more from a regional perspective of nations like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.

The calculus of the Trump administration is completely different.

While the media is shouting endlessly about the various and conflicting reasons the Trump administration has given for striking the regime, the same media has completely failed to ask why there are so many conflicting reasons given. Instead of asking that question, they’ve assumed that there really is no reason for the strikes.

I think the various conflicting reasons given by representatives of the administration are the product of q sloppy, undisciplined administration that doesn’t want to state explicitly and openly that, to the Trump administration, it’s about China - just like Venezuela.

Despite mining the Strait of Hormuz and essentially blockading all other traffic, Iran is still using it to ship oil to China.

Former US Ambassador Dennis Ross:

Iran is preventing others from exporting oil through the SoH; they have always said if they can’t export their oil no one can. Why aren’t we saying if no one else can export their oil, Iran won’t be allowed to do so. China would quickly pressure Iran to stop the threats to others

What would happen if the US interdicted those shipments? The tankers are escorted by Chinese naval forces.

If the US interdicted them, would that risk direct war with China?

The people telling you to fear a World War because Iran is launching missiles at neighbors are freaking out, I think, about the wrong thing. None of those are great powers.

But if China was directly involved in the conflict…?

Dokumentationen: Sieben Winter in Teheran - hier anschauen

Dieser sehenswerte Film erinnert an Reyhaneh Jabbari, die Frau, die im Oktober 2014 nach sieben Jahren Gefängnisaufenthalt wegen Mordes hingerichtet wurde, weil sie sich 2007 gegen die Vergewaltigung durch den ehemaligen Geheimdienstmitarbeiter Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi mittels Messer wehrte. Dabei ist er verstorben, obwohl sie noch auf der Flucht versuchte, den Rettungsdienst zu alarmieren. Noch am selben Tag wird sie wegen Mordes verhaftet und später vor Gericht zur Todesstrafe verurteilt. Die internationalen Proteste gegen ihre Todesstrafe hatten ihre Strafe nur verschieben können. Der Film konfrontiert einen mit der Folterhölle der islamischen Mullahs, mit der völligen Degradierung der Frauen und gnadenlosen Zerreißen der privaten Beziehungen der Familien untereinander. Ein ungeheuerliches und unnötiges Leiden. Aber er zeigt auch den Widerstand gegen das Regime.

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Babylon the great prepares for World War III

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Contourner la censure : les Iraniens et la lutte pour la communication en temps de guerre

Alors que la guerre avec les États-Unis et Israël s’intensifie, les Iraniens sont confrontés à des restrictions sévères sur les communications. Pour maintenir des liens vitaux avec leurs proches à l’étranger, ils recourent à des méthodes innovantes, malgré des obstacles considérables.

Un pont téléphonique à la frontière turque

À la frontière entre l’Iran et la Turquie, un service informel a…

Contourner la censure : les Iraniens et la lutte pour la communication en temps de guerre

The Iran War Is Changing the World in Unprecedented Ways

Even Vietnam and Iraq didn’t have the effect this war has already wrought in just three weeks. Read more at Cutting Through

 

The Iran War Is Changing the World in Unprecedented Ways

I miss my grandma. It’s been so long since I’ve heard her voice. She is getting older and older. I hope she is okay. I hope she is alive. I would give years and years of my life just to make sure she is going to see the Iran that she deserves to witness once again. Just to hear her voice again. Just to hug her again. Just to feel her warmth again. I miss my grandma.

Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Challenge: Why Allies Are Slow to Answer the Call

How aligned are the U.S. and Israel’s goals in Iran?

While the U.S. and Israel share a goal of weakening the one state that has challenged their joint agenda in the Middle East, Israel’s desire to achieve regional hegemony by any means necessary may not fare well for the U.S. and its own interests. Read more at Mondoweiss

How aligned are the U.S. and Israel’s goals in Iran?

America Is Walking Into Iran’s Trap — And It Can’t Turn Back | Prof Jiang Xueqin

“if the USA send ground troops, The war will last 5-10 years and no matter who ends of winning it will be a catastrophe”

What is USA doing? sending ground troops.

…“the United States and Israel are using drones that look like iranian drones to strike surrounding countries and blame it on Iran”……

…“the United States and Israel are using drones that look like iranian drones to strike surrounding countries and blame it on Iran”……

Trump asks for help to open the Strait of Hormuz! Pressure to end the war increases! Attack on the US?

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So when Putin supports Iran’s efforts to murder US troops that’s fine with Trump, but when Ukraine offers to help the US fight Iran, an enemy of the US (and Russia - also an enemy of the US). suddenly Trump is against it. So much for “America first”…