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I hear there's a debate about a certain superpower's government-subsidized overcapacity that far outstrips domestic demand and that is flooding global markets and stoking conflict. Glad the issue is finally on the table.
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part 2, Untill recent both Russia and China did "manage" to limit Iran-"USrael" tensions... -NATO keeps pushing for regime change in Russia, Iran, China... -USrael providing lots of "help" to UKraine (and v.v. some UKraine military in Gaza ?) -NATO blaming China for Russia winning in UKraine -Chinese "overproduction and price dumping" undermining "the west" [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHcpzJLJizk[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHcpzJLJizk Lena Petrova in a short good summary-up to date; NEXT CHAPTER: CHINA Welcomes Russia as Strategic Partner After Failed Janet Yellen's ThreatsDJ, yellen still was in China when Xi welcomed Russian FM Lavrov in Bejing... [url]https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1310363.shtml[/url] or https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1310363.shtml ; China and North Korea are set to engage in the most senior-level diplomatic activity since 2019 as China's top legislator Zhao Leji will visit North Korea from Thursday to Saturday. DJ, BRICS-extra -by now- knows the "west" is NOT willing to find any kind of compromise on "rebalancing" global trade. Till early 2022 Russia tried to find a "new balance" for security in Eastern Europe...only to find out "NATO moving east", "free trade=sanctions" etc. [url]https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1310378.shtml[/url] or https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1310378.shtml ; DJ, BRICS-extra motto still is "make trade not war"... The busy scene of Chinese diplomacy is not accidental: Global Times editorial By Global TimesPublished: Apr 10, 2024 11:40 PM  Illustration: Tang Tengfei/GT Anyone who pays attention to international relations cannot help but notice the intensive diplomatic activities taking place in Beijing these days. For example, on April 9, Beijing saw simultaneous visits by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, heavyweight politicians from surrounding countries like Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue, Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, and heads of states from Pacific island countries like President of the Federated States of Micronesia Wesley W. Simina. In addition, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are also preparing to board planes to China.Some believe the presence of high-ranking officials from both the US and Russia in Beijing alone highlights China's significance. However, upon closer observation, there are visits of officials from not just the US and Russia, but also longstanding major Western powers like Germany, as well as many developing countries. Among them are neighboring countries that have maintained a high-level mutual trust and traditional friendship with China, major powers that have differences with China and even view China as their major strategic competitor, and emerging economies that many in the outside world see as engaging in some form of "manufacturing competition" with China. This rich diplomatic landscape is almost unique in today's world, especially for a major power with significant influence. Some American media describe it as a "difficult balancing act," but this description is clearly too narrow-minded. DJ, Also India FM has been very active trying to limit war... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OuVK9KwtW0[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OuVK9KwtW0 WION-India; Gaza War: Is Israel preparing to target Iran's nuclear facilities? | Gravitas HighlightsThe Israel-Iran shadow war is taking a dangerous turn with each passing day. After bombing Iran's diplomatic mission in Syria, Israel is reportedly preparing to target Iran's nuclear facilities and other key infrastructure. Will the conflict between the arch-nemesis take a nuclear turn? DJ, the last thing "the global South", BRICS-extra needs is war...Already tensions are increasing global prices for energy, food, logistics... Many countries face "extreme climate" conditions and very major health(care) problems...Still...the "west" wants to tell the "rest" how to do bussinesses, what price, what currencies etc. DJ-It would have been so very welcome if we could have avoided global war in a nuclear age when global trade balances shift.... War has NO winners....We are NOT in ANY KIND of position for major war...[url]https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/04/did-the-climate-experience-a-regime-change-in-2023.html[/url] or https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/04/did-the-climate-experience-a-regime-change-in-2023.html ; The February 2024 temperature was 1.76°C above 1885-1915, potentially 2.75°C above pre-industrial DJ, We urgently need global cooperation to deal with both climate and health issues endangering human life on this planet...instead western "leaders" go for war.... |
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Let me go for a part three/3... DJ-Worst case scenario; -To justify an attack on Iran "USrael" (very likely US role major) could go nuclear on Iran...Claiming nuclear explosion are proof Iran had nuclear weapons... -In UKraine NATO "has to win"...in their propaganda "UKraine still is winning"-so in that tunnelvision "Russia had to go nuclear as well"...False flags are NOT new.. Western believe in [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe ; Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military strategy based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight.[1][2] Though the concept has a variety of historical precedents, the doctrine was explained by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade in 1996 and was developed specifically for application by the US military by the National Defense University of the United States.[2][1] may result in nuclear war... The "west-idea" may be a first strike to "stop/destroy BRICS-extra" may result in "the rest of the world" in shock... A nuclear reaction against NATO would "blow up the world"... "so the west still can win".... -------- DJ-BRICS-extra does know the west has nuclear weapons and could use them... The "rest" of the world would NOT buy the western story of Iran/Russia "started nuclear war" Very likely air defense could see NATO nuclear weapons being destroyed before they reach their targets-very likely resulting in major problems in regions between the "sender" of nuclear weapons and the "supposed reciever"...most like Western Europe, Jordan etc. When a nuclear weapon is used it may explode when it reaches its target-it could NOT explode when it is downed before that...But a nuclear explosion in the atmosphere -at least would result in [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse and [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fallout[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fallout ... So..."the west" going nuclear in a first strike may not reach most of its goals....but still create a global crisis in many ways the world never ever has seen before... -We still also have the MAD-scenario; [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction ... Four "western countries" have nuclear weapons, US, UK, France and "USrael"....(Russia, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea also are known to have nuclear weapons-Iran is claiming NOT to go after nuclear weapons for religious-ethical reasons...ethics, morality, should have ended ALL nuclear weapons a long time ago...the fact we still see to many countries with this amount of destruction-potential -in fact- is shocking; are humans that self destructive...do we "hate ourselves" this much ?) All four western countries feel cornered...netanyahu has been pushing for a war-by the west-against Iran for decades...NATO expected an easy victory in UKraine...US/NATO dominance over the globe restored...( so exploitation-keeping most countries poor and in slavery as "western civilization model" "rules dased order"). April 2024 did see; -Russia is beating Ukraine -USrael can not use the october-7 false flag to "unite the world" against Iran -In fact USrael is suffering that high losses in Gaza (real number of Israel soldiers killed may be several thousends...[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Israel#Table[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Israel#Table has 676 + confirmed IDF killed-but the real number will be at least 1,000+...) So the choice the "west" now is facing; -Go for talks with the rest...but for that you need diplomats, the more realistic idea of western position in this world... -Stick to "we rule the world or else"..... DJ-I think "the west" may be unable to give up its idea of being superior...In history "not following western/US orders" meant military action...The "west" may be unable to re-balance... I hope I am wrong... |
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part 4-a look at twitter; DJ South Korean elections [url]https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240411005500315?section=national/politics[/url] or https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240411005500315?section=national/politics ; SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), stepped down Thursday to take responsibility for the crushing defeat in the parliamentary elections. - The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) won 161 out of 254 directly contested seats, while the PPP won only 90 seats. Including proportional seats, the DP and its satellite party secured 175 seats and the PPP and its satellite party garnered 108 seats in the 300-member National Assembly. - - - DJ,US -in need of loans- now claiming thete is NOT a genocide on Uyghurs...(most non-western countries do see the Uyghurs being exploited as a divide-rule sceme by the west). Former British ambassador to Israel Tom Phillips, writing in Haaretz, comes to the conclusion that so far, "Hamas has won". https://haaretz.com/opinion/2024-04-09/ty-article/.premium/has-hamas-won/0000018e-c21d-d1b7-a3af-e71f0f590000… He explains that Hamas "flipped the script of a militarily invincible Israel and exposed the fragility of its international support, prompting hard questions about its long-term sustainability". If you think about it, before the war Israel was considered by many, especially in the West, as a normal country, whose existence was legitimated by a moral imperative following the Holocaust. Not saying that was correct but it was definitely the perception. Now however it's almost universally considered a pariah state, themselves committing genocide, and with zero moral authority whatsoever. That's a truly stunning reversal, and a change of perception that will last a long time. Not sure how much of that is imputable to Hamas vs Israeli society themselves descending into collective genocidal madness... - [url]https://ejmagnier.com/2024/04/10/economic-bleeding-the-hidden-cost-of-israels-military-strategy/[/url] or https://ejmagnier.com/2024/04/10/economic-bleeding-the-hidden-cost-of-israels-military-strategy/ ; Israel’s failure to achieve strategic victory in a half-year conflict, a departure from its historic successes since 1967, has had significant societal repercussions, most notably a diminished faith in the capabilities of its formidably equippedmilitary force. While the military’s destructive power has been demonstrated, particularly in its criminal indiscriminateactions against the Palestinians, it is not enough to instil confidence and security in a society that is anxious about returning to areas near the Gaza and Lebanese borders. This anxiety stems from the unresolved consequences of Israel’s most protracted conflict, despite substantial support from powerful allies in the form of ground, air and intelligence support, as well as a steady supply of ammunition and international backing. But the economic toll on Israel has been staggering, with losses reaching $56 billion in just six months, and the financial haemorrhage shows no signs of abating as long as the war continues. In the absence of security and economic stability, the very fabric of society threatens to unravel. DJ...when losses are so much higher than what can be "pumped in" any system (a human or a state) will collapse...Both USrael and UKraine ONLY excists because the west is pumping in tens of billions PER MONTH !!! These crazy wars are destroying the west...  Mossad assassination in #Lebanon: The Lebanese banker Muhammad Sorour, who was said to have been transferring money to #Gaza, was subjected to severe torture before he was assassinated The martyr Sorour was transferred by the killers to a furnished apartment for one month located in the town of Beit Mery, north of Beirut, with the aim of interrogating him with extreme violence. Lebanese security circles confirm that he was subjected to severe torture before he was killed, and it is strongly believed that the #Israeli Mossad was behind the operation The murdered martyr was subjected to interrogation while he was handcuffed, and the killers were in direct contact with Tel Aviv during the violent interrogation Violent torture was also carried out by shooting him from his feet to his shoulders, where he received more than 10 bullets Sources to Al-Mayadeen: It seems that the murdered martyr did not confess to the Mossad members what they wanted to force him to do, so they killed him and left. DJ, western "values"... DJ...USrael as a "Jewish state" is a propaganda game... | ||||||||||
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[url]https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/496956/Iraqi-Islamic-Resistance-targets-Israel-s-oil-port-in-Haifa[/url] or https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/496956/Iraqi-Islamic-Resistance-targets-Israel-s-oil-port-in-Haifa ; The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has carried out a fresh strike on an Israeli target in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Iraqi umbrella group of anti-terror groups made the announcement in a statement published on its Telegram channel early Tuesday. The Iraqi resistance said it launched an operation against oil refineries in the port city of Haifa by using drones. It said the attack was in response to the massacres committed by Israel against Palestinian civilians, including women, children and the elderly. - DJ...the content of the twitter link "went wild" (underside of this page) |
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DJ, to keep it very basic; -Iran will attack Israel -Israel will than respond with a counterattack (a.o. on nuclear installations) (but it may even go the other way round...US/rael attacking Iran...) -US on the side of "USrael" In UKraine Russia further destroying power installations and gaining ground. [url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/11/723494/Punishing-aggressor-a-necessity,-Iran-FM-tells-German-counterpart-[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/11/723494/Punishing-aggressor-a-necessity,-Iran-FM-tells-German-counterpart- [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-blames-un-security-council-inaction-what-might-come-next[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-blames-un-security-council-inaction-what-might-come-next ; Update(1329ET): Israeli media sources have claimed that Iran is poised to launch a major attack on Israel, but that the strikes were postponed "at the last minute". Israeli news website Ynet reported Thursday that "Tehran decided to either delay the strike or change the nature of its response to Israel's attack on its consulate in Damascus, likely due to warnings from the administration of United States President Joe Biden. - We previously reported that Iran now considers Israel's embassies and diplomatic sites abroad as essentially fair game in the wake of Israel's April 1st airstrikes on Iran's embassy in Damascus, which killed two high-ranking IRGC generals and at least five others. An analyst from the Middle East Institute, Jason Brodsky, observed last week that "There are reports Iran's regime may be eyeing hitting an Israel diplomatic compound in a third country via drones & missiles. Israel maintains embassies in Bahrain; UAE; Jordan; Egypt; Azerbaijan; & Turkey. I would keep an eye on Jordan." Russia's Foreign Ministry had underscored in reacting to the Israeli strike on the Iranian consular compound "the inviolability of which is guaranteed by the relevant Vienna Conventions, to be categorically unacceptable." Indeed it was unprecedented for a nation's military to intentionally attack another state's sovereign embassy. Iran is outraged at the UN Security Council's silence. DJ, After the "Usrael" attack on the Iran embassy in Damascus/Syria Equador-US backed-invaded the Mexican embassy... If west breaks laws-no problem-stays out of UN..."NATO killed international law".... [url]https://sana.sy/en/?p=328963[/url] or https://sana.sy/en/?p=328963 ; Moscow, SANA- Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Kremlin’s condemnation of the Israeli aggression on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. “This attack is a violation of all the principles of international law,” RIA Novosti quoted Peskov as saying. On the Ukrainian issue, Peskov reported that his country is open to negotiations, saying, ” President Putin has repeatedly stressed that we are still open to the negotiation process. DJ, June 15-16 there will be -another- fake peace conference in Switzerland-Russia is NOT invited...No doubt NATO will promote "the UKraine peace plan"=Russia has to surrender....Very likely only "the west" may take this "show" serious... DJ...I think "what happens next" may be "most dangerous ever".... "USrael" could go nuclear in a reaction to-or even before- an (all out) Iran (allies) attack...Around USrael the "atmosphere" is "war like"....a powder keg... "The west" is pushing for all out war to destroy BRICS+.... Iran itself is strong...it is also a strategic link for Russian-Indian trade, Iran is strategic partner for China, Türkiye-Iran-Pakistan is the southern bridge connecting China with Africa/Europe... A major attack by "USrael" will be seen as a NATO attack on ALL !!!! of BRICS+ It could see escalations all over the globe-high speed (Korea, Latin America). DJ, again...Iran does NOT NEED anyones permission for its own actions...but very likely they will (at least) talk with Syria, Iraq, Russia... There will be lots of diplomacy trying to stop a very major escalation...It may be the US/biden is "pushing netanyahu" to "limit its actions"... biden can forget reelection if the "Iran-crisis" gets out of control-economic damage NOW is already major...(energy/inflation/global trade)  Watch this  An official from the Israeli embassy in London is recorded promising £1 million to Labour MP Joan Ryan, then chair of Labour Friends of Israel. What was it for? does not disclose its funders. How long will we put up with this?DJ, the west sinking in a "very deep crisis"... |
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...tech error in the above post.... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia ; Schizophrenia is a mental disorder[17] characterized by reoccurring episodes of psychosis that are correlated with a general misperception of reality DJ...how you can win a war if you are not able to define "winning" ? [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZRB2EsG13A[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZRB2EsG13A Judge Napolitano; Prof. John Mearsheimer : Israel’s Dangerous Game.DJ, good conversation-but I may totally disagree; -It is the US/biden c.s. that is playing lots of dangerous games... -netanyahu has been very clear for decades; he wants the west to destroy Iran (nuclear program/army etc.) -biden did encourage netanyahu, the US/west has been arming "USrael" since 1948... DJ John Mearsheimer/JM mentioned Hamas may have had around 40,000 fighters in Gaza-"USrael" "only" killed 8,000 of them-they claim...The ongoing genocide/mass murder -in fact- is destroying USrael... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pNrIAry0F4[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pNrIAry0F4 MS; Evacuation Of Kharkiv | Ukrainian Infrastructure Collapsed | Military Summary 2024.04.11DJ...again, both USrael and UKraine are getting destroyed...NOT Russia or even Hamas/Palestine-in fact they get stronger... MS, again mentioning a possible Russian offensive towards Charkov...Western media-partly-warning "Iran may attack USrael targets"...DJ-Both Russia, Iran and Hamas/Palestine are NOT in a hurry to start "anything major" for now...THEY are getting stronger-the west is getting weaker...Time is on the side of BRICS-extra... DJ-It is in WESTERN interests to get out of the wars in UKraine, USrael/Palestine...Yemen..."We"-the west-are NOT winning...pay an increasing higher price for it to continue... If "western leaders" fool themselves/western citizens" we can win" than "losing is winning"... ------ The way things are going in UKraine/Middle East may result in BRICS-extra planning more conflicts where "the west can win" -further overstretching and demilitarizing "the west"... One may claim a western goal is to "stop BRICS-extra", keep/get energy, logistics, food under "western control"...but is military confrontation the way to reach that goal ? Why do "we"-the west-think we can claim to have any right to control global energy, logistics, food-demand payment in western currencies-prices we make up...keeping the rest poor... Again...by now it is 10% west; getting weaker each day-against 90% rest-getting stronger each day... When will "western elite" realize "putting zillions into weapons" is NOT helping to reach the goal of securing western interests ? The west is creating a mountain of crazy debts to keep wars going that they are losing...The idea of a fire department is to END the fire-NOT to keep most fires continue... At the end each bomb. bullet ends up hurting the west... BRICS-extra by now is "keeping the west hostage"...yes Russia can start a major offensive today-but it may also be in june...Iran will attack "USrael targets"...but when ? What ? Destroying supplies to USrael may be more helpfull in ending the genocide than bombing an USrael embassy... The way the "west" can end being a hostage is end the wars... -------- It would be very welcome if the june-Switzerland peace conference would be on rebalancing global trade, security, relations...mutual respect instead of western exploitation... We urgently need realistic talks on "a new world order"...and YES that would mean changes... -Why the UNSC still has western overrepresentation ? France, UK permanent members with veto-rights...Why India, Brasil, Indonesia are NOT permanent members of the UNSC ? -"Free Trade" should mean countries decide what goods they trade, at what price and currency...The US-petro-$ is NOT free trade ! Western sanctions is NOT free trade... -The world needs a global urgency on climate collapse, pandemics/famines are linked to climate collapse... DJ, I still believe humans may be smart enough to survive...Wars may be the "easy job" in ending it...Pandemics can be stopped if we go for real testing and thinking ! We need to seriously decrease meat consumption if we want to decrease pandemic risks, rethink free travel for the rich around the globe...20% of air travelers do 80% of air travel...Most of the global population never did fly...a lot fear aircraft because they drop bombs... We KNOW we can not continue that way...why then do we continue that way....if there are other ways ? -------- DJ "make trade not war" BRICS+ motto has to also go for "solving problems above saving profits"...Blind capitalism-global exploitation is destructive... The most valuable thing in life is life itself....NOT material "goods"... Healthcare, education, good/safe housing, water, food, sanitation should be basic human rights...NOT for profit but for humanity ! Are we unable to get our priorities right ? In the past there were ideas/conferences on "ending wars"....We now even more urgently -in this nuclear age- need to STOP WARS !!! Do we -as humans- want to destroy ourselves ? Our home-planet ? If we do not want that then STOP IT !!! Stop selfdestruction ! Or are we the "crazy humans" "homo insanus"...ending all life... |
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DJ, lots of "bla-bla" on "when Iran will attack"...after the US stocks market closes...WHY ??? Why would Iran wait till Wallstreet closes ? [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-restricts-diplomats-travel-israel-bracing-iran-attack-expected-weeks-end[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-restricts-diplomats-travel-israel-bracing-iran-attack-expected-weeks-end ; Update(1116ET): At a moment US intelligence has indicated that Iran could strike Israeli soil in the next 24 to 48 hours, a top US general was spotted at an airbase in central Israel on Friday. US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at Hatzor Airbase "a short while ago," according to Times of Israel military correspondent Emanuel Fabian. The two defense officials discussed "readiness for an Iranian attack against the State of Israel, which may lead to regional escalation," an official statement of the visit by Gallant's said. Given it could be "bombs away" at any moment, is it a good idea for America's top regional general to be hanging out at one of the very bases which could be directly targeted? "Our enemies think that they can pull apart Israel and the United States, but the opposite is true, they are bringing us together and strengthening our ties. We stand shoulder to shoulder," Gallant's statement continued. "I am certain that the world sees the true face of Iran, the terrorist body that incites terror attacks across the Middle East, and funds Hamas, Hezbollah, and additional forces [proxies], and now also threatens the State of Israel," the Israeli defense chief added. "We are prepared to defend ourselves on the ground and in the air, in close cooperation with our partners, and we will know how to respond." It goes without saying that if top US military officials are currently on the ground and find themselves in the attack path when Iranian missiles are launched, it could be a direct trigger for massive regional war, given Washington wouldn't hesitate to respond in a big way against Tehran in that scenario. DJ, again underlining "USrael=US".... We may find out what future brings soon enough...My view, Iran is "not in a hurry" and may seek diplomacy to "get a good price" for limiting its reaction-for now... US/NATO stop sending weapons to USrael ? In return a "symbolic Iran reaction"...(limited damage to an (air)port in USrael...?) Sudan     It appears that the official authorities in Sudan have decided to reconsider their approach to Russia and are once again talking about the need for cooperation. This happened primarily due to the fact that the American side and the entire collective West failed to provide quality assistance to the federal authorities. Moreover, the shaky peace that existed with Russia's support throughout 2019-2021 collapsed overnight.  As for the position of official Khartoum, our diplomats and negotiators should be more vigilant, because now the Americans are actively involved in the peace process, and the recently appointed US special envoy to Sudan (apparently out of old habit from the Soros Foundation) has already rushed to work with civil activists and the opposition. The fact that official Khartoum has been using the services of 100 Ukrainian UAV operators for strikes against the Rapid Support Forces for three months has also played a role. In addition, it is now reported that the Main Directorate of Intelligence is attempting to deploy another 160 operators, this time at no cost to Khartoum, in order to gain the necessary experience and moreover to secure their place on the African continent.  Bearing in mind these challenges, as well as the growing desire of the Sudanese government to strengthen relations with the Russian Federation, everyone will be closely watching the position of our defense department and all other federal executive bodies. So that it does not turn out like the previous time with Port Sudan, when everything got stuck at the stage of submitting proposals to the responsible officials. And the relevant structures often sabotaged the process of setting up a logistics base for the Russian Navy in Sudan. -   Russian authorities have started supplying diesel fuel to Sudan According to monitoring resources, two tankers delivered 70 thousand tons to Port Sudan after they were loaded in the port of Primorsk. The importance of the gesture can hardly be overemphasized, as it is over fuel and energy facilities that some of the fiercest battles between the Sudanese government and the RSF are unfolding, and as a result, fuel is always in short supply. Of course, the news was given attention in the media, which in general forms the basis for the development of relations with the Sudanese government amid renewed talks about a logistics base for the Russian Navy in the Red Sea. The main thing is not to miss the chance again. DJ, as a reminder; Sudan is in between two "new" BRICS+ members; Egypt in the north and Ethiopia in the east...all connected via the Nile... Iran may have also interest in a navy base in (Port) Sudan...Saudi Arabia is on "the other/east side of the Red Sea...Yemen may also be interested in offering Russia-Iran-India-China navy facilities... Russia may coordinate offensive plans with an Iran reaction towards USrael...maybe Yemen/Houthis even would get involved-hunting NATO navy shipping in the area... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-restricts-diplomats-travel-israel-bracing-iran-attack-expected-weeks-end[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-restricts-diplomats-travel-israel-bracing-iran-attack-expected-weeks-end ; Update(1317ET): Israeli hospitals have been put on a high state of alert by the home command, awaiting an 'imminent' Iranian retaliation attack. Iran has also reportedly put the United States on notice...
Meanwhile, Russia just chose quite the wrong moment to conduct a test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile from its Kapustin Yar airbase in southern Russia. The rocket was reportedly seen soaring high in the atmosphere from parts of northern Iraq and Iran, triggering concerns it was Iran beginning its attack. DJ, tensions are increasing...we have to "wait and see"...There are limits to "speculations"... |
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[url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/12/723547/Italy-asks-Iran-to-show-restraint-over-response-to-Israel[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/12/723547/Italy-asks-Iran-to-show-restraint-over-response-to-Israel ; Italy has called on Iran to show restraint over the expected response to a terrorist attack by Israel on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus earlier this month. In a phone conversation on Friday, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani requested Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian "for moderation." "We cannot risk escalation at such an extremely volatile stage. All regional actors must show responsibility," the top Italian diplomat said. Iran's Foreign Ministry also issued a statement in which it quoted Tajani as saying that Italy along with the European Union condemned Israel's attack on Iran's diplomatic site in Damascus. No attack should be carried out against diplomatic sites, he acknowledged. The top Italian diplomat stressed the importance of ensuring maritime security in the Red Sea and called for the continuation of Iran's positive role in resolving tensions and promoting endurable peace in the region. Tajani's appeal came amid fears that Tehran will retaliate after the Israeli missile attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1 killed a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and his deputy General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi along with five others. and [url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/12/723548/Iraqi-resistance-threatens-US-Israel[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/12/723548/Iraqi-resistance-threatens-US-Israel ; The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has vowed to respond to any “foolish” act against the Arab country or the Axis of Resistance by the US or Israel. “Replacing the names of the American occupation sometimes with ‘coalition’ and other times with ‘sustainable security partnership’ or others has no value, as long as their occupying forces are entrenched on the chest of wounded Iraq, violating its sovereignty, violating its airspace, and controlling the security decisions in it, like their dominance over joint operations and other security junctures,” the Iraqi umbrella group of anti-terror groups said in a statement on Friday. The statement noted that the US has deployed more troops to Iraq, “confirming that they have no intentions on the horizon to withdraw from the country.” Iraq adopted a law to expel foreign forces after Washington’s assassination of top Iraqi and Iranian anti-terror commanders in 2020. DJ, US/NATO forces are in both Syria, Iraq, Libya against international law..."NATO is above any law"... [url]https://tass.com/world/1774525[/url] or https://tass.com/world/1774525 ; MINSK, April 12. /TASS/. Belarus has strengthened security and defense at its infrastructure facilities near the Ukrainian border and will respond harshly to any attempts to attack them from the Ukrainian side, President Alexander Lukashenko said. "Our fugitives (Belarusian opposition abroad - TASS), yours (Russian - TASS) and ours, I was informed yesterday, are shouting to the Poles and others: let's hit the Mozyr oil refinery (which is several dozen kilometers from the Ukrainian border - TASS), they supply the 'aggressor' with fuel for military needs, this is our (Ukraine’s - TASS) legitimate target," he told reporters in the Kremlin. Lukashenko said that in response to these threats he "called his military officers and said: 'Put everything we have in position.'" "And then we will respond with an iron fist," the Belarusian leader said. He added that Minsk does not intend to attack Ukraine itself. "If we were to go to war with Ukraine today, it wouldn't do any good, because its border with Belarus is barricaded, so you can't get there. It is completely mined, blocked with concrete, and there are 120,000 Ukrainian soldiers on this border," he said. DJ, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso -West Africa-welcomed Russian air defense/trainers... Africa could become a new frontline. Algeria, Nigeria may join BRICS per 2025...Morocco and some other US/NATO vassals will "defend western democrazy and values=US$"... Thyssenkrupp, one of Germany's most iconic industrial conglomerates, plans to reduce steel output by ~20%. The plan responds to an "upward trajectory of energy costs owing to climate policy objectives" and pressure from "unchecked" Asian steel imports. https://thyssenkrupp-steel.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/thyssenkrupp-steel-executive-board-reacts-to-challenging-market-conditions-and-presents-initial-conceptual-outlines-of-a-structural-realignment.html DJ Thyssen-Krupp once were German war industry... DJ, US trying to form a "Pacific front" with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia "to stop agression from China, Russia, North Korea..."-as a reminder; The US is on the other side of the Pacific ! and DJ...we soon may see if "the attacks have begun".... [url]https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2024/12-april-president-biden-says-he-expects-an-attack-by-iran[/url] or https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2024/12-april-president-biden-says-he-expects-an-attack-by-iran ; President Biden says he expects an attack by Iran "sooner rather than later." Says Iran will not succeed and that the US is devoted to the defense of Israel. In a message to Iran, Biden says, "Don't."DJ, Very likely "creating a corridor" may mean Russian Electronic Warfare may play a role... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kheibar_(missile)[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kheibar_(missile) ; The Kheibar (Persian: خیبر), also known as Khorramshahr-4,[1] is an Iranian medium-range ballistic missile from the fourth generation of the Khorramshahr missile family manufactured by the Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This missile was unveiled on Thursday, June 4, 2023 in the presence of Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, Minister of Defense of the Islamic Republic. The Khoramshahr ballistic missile[2] offers a range of 2,000 km and can carry a 1,500-kilogram warhead.[3][4] DJ, will do a lot of damage... |
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DJ, So...no Iranian attack/reaction on/towards USrael yet... [url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/13/723551/Six-European-countries-to-recognize-Palestine--Irish,-Spanish-leaders[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/13/723551/Six-European-countries-to-recognize-Palestine--Irish,-Spanish-leaders ; Irish and Spanish leaders have said the time when a group of six European countries officially recognizes Palestine as a state is coming closer. New Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez on Friday affirmed their commitment to "recognize Palestine as a state as soon as possible, when the conditions are appropriate.” Harris and Sanchez announced during a joint press conference in Government Buildings in Dublin. Harris said the EU states agreed last month that they would move to recognize Palestine when the conditions were right. - Iceland, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania are among the countries to have already given legal recognition to a Palestinian state. - On the sidelines of an EU leaders summit on March 22, Spain, Ireland, Malta and Slovenia issued a statement saying they were "ready to recognize Palestine" when "the circumstances are right.” Sanchez said last week during a Middle East tour that he hoped it would happen by the end of June. and [url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/12/723547/Italy-asks-Iran-to-show-restraint-over-response-to-Israel[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/12/723547/Italy-asks-Iran-to-show-restraint-over-response-to-Israel ; Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called on Italy to make efforts to end Israel's genocide and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank to achieve comprehensive security in the region. Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks on Friday in a phone conversation with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani. DJ...if you can get a victory without a(nother) fight...go for it ! [url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/12/723521/Colonial-powers-against-promotion-of-Iran-Pakistan-ties,-seeking-to-drive-wedge-between-them--Raeisi[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/12/723521/Colonial-powers-against-promotion-of-Iran-Pakistan-ties,-seeking-to-drive-wedge-between-them--Raeisi ; Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says colonial powers are opposed to the enhancement of bilateral ties between his country and neighboring Pakistan, stressing that enemies are seeking to drive a wedge between the two Muslim nations. Raeisi made the remarks in a telephone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday night, where he congratulated the Pakistan Peoples Party’s co-chairperson for winning a second term as Pakistan’s president. "The development of Iran-Pakistan relations is not agreeable to colonial powers, and they are seeking to drive a wedge between the two Muslim countries," Raeisi said. DJ, the [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Pakistan_Economic_Corridor[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Pakistan_Economic_Corridor is a western nightmare...The "west" hoped getting rid of Imran Khan (via bribes) would see the west gaining influence via the Pakistan Army...However both food and fertilizer come from Russia...Pakistan-Russian relations go back to the end of "British India"... ------- DJ, Western "media/politics" claim Russia is isolated, Iran is isolated, Syria is isolated...They are NOT !!! The "west" is isolated... In many ways Iran is "the center" of BRICS+/SCO; -Türkiye-Iran-Pakistan landbridge between China and Europe/Africa -link in Russia-Caspian Sea-India trade -New BRICS+ members Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia west/south of Iran - old members Russia-India-China east/north -Iran -via China- did improve relations with Saudi Arabia/UAE -Iran major factor in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon... In other words...Iran can get isolated again if they "play the wrong game"... The only person hoping Iran will attack may be netanyahu...He wants a NATO war with Iran for decades... A major West Asia conflict would mean millions more refugees, energy prices going up, global economy going further down...even biden may be able to see it would "not make him win the US elections"... End of part 1 |
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- - - URGENT: German police have announced they are shutting down the Palestine Congress and demanded delegates leave immediately. They have threatened to use force and already arrested one of the organizers, Jewish activist Udi Raz. He is the third person to be arrested today, two of them Jewish. The announcement comes after police stormed the speakers' stage just 20 minutes after the congress had begun, shut down the organizers' livestream and then broke into the control room and shut off the power. Police then went round to each delegate and demanded they stop livestreaming from their phones. 900 police are deployed to the congress, whose start they held up for hours. They demanded that organizers allow all German media into the congress, ironically to "safeguard free speech" and then denied entry to most of the registered delegates. The primary aim of the congress was to raise awareness about Germany's complicity in Israel's genocide, for which it is facing charges in the ICJ. #palestinecongress DJ, The claim "USrael representing all Jews" is undermined by lots of Jewish groups (inside and outside USrael) protesting against zionist-extremism... Again, western "political elite" is defending people openly calling themselves fascist...this time extreme zionists-killing Palestinians... Again, after bolsenaro/Brazil, neo-nazi's in UKraine extreme zionists are NOT standing for "freedom and democracy"...but for genocide... ------- In the US biden has to "find a way out" of the swamps he created in UKraine, Palestine...NO sane person can vote for this demented person...It must be "shocking" both for US voters and "the world" US elections see a repeat of the biden-trump "freak show"...Is THIS democracy ???? War has become the main US export product-with 75/80% of US war industry spending staying in the US...So NATO has to promote war around the globe to "boost US economy"???? What is wrong with the BRICS+ idea of trade in their own currencies at prices they want to sell/buy at ? WHY would the world use US$ for international trade ? To get a anti-democratic 0,1% rich even more rich ? When countries "investigate Russian influence in elections" ...why do they close their eyes for the US, USrael buying elections/politics ? Corruption may be one of the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union...corruption in the west, everything -press, politics, science- for sale...Every problem denied..."stop testing="no cases"...Climate ? Why not go for a year 2000 as baseline for pre-industrial...in that way "politics-serving big industry" can create a large "carbon-budget"..."temperature rise is still under 1C with 2000 as a baseline...Maybe also go for a 25 year average-instead of a 10 year one... What is the point of democracy if "all parties more or less want the same things"....What is the point of science when the outcomes are manipulated beyond recognition... The west now is in full self-destruction ! NO !!!!~Russia did not shoot down MH17-UKraine did ! NO !!!- UKraine did not blow up NordStream-the US did ! NO !!!-"IS-K" did not mass murder in Crocus City Hall-the CIA/MI6 did ! When the "west" has to face itself in a mirror it may face a monster... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2juV794znnI[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2juV794znnI The west is destroying international law-outcome of centuries of diplomacy....Western "rules based order" is piracy, crime, under another name.. Craig Murray is a retired British Ambassador turned activist. In this powerful message recorded in early April, he explains cogently why Israel's systematic breaking of international law and the West's complicity in that are leading to dire consequences for all of us. Attacking embassies, bombing civilian infrastructure, executing non-combatants, intentionally starving a besieged population, and other war crimes break are a breach of norms enshrined in the Geneva Convention, the Vienna convention, and other foundational multilateral treaties that make up the fabric of the international world. International law only works when the international community actually believes in it. There is no supra-national police man who could enforce these laws with due authority. Hence, the laws only carry weight to the extend that all states agree they should be kept. The systematic breaking of these laws—with limitless impunity—and the support for that by the Collective West will hunt us all. We might all become Palestinians if our states decide that they are not bound anymore by the conventions of old and the principles of humanitarianism. DJ What the @#%& is the "west" doing ???? |
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[url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/iran-launches-drones-and-cruise-missiles-against-israel?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/iran-launches-drones-and-cruise-missiles-against-israel?catid=17&Itemid=220 A report on Iran/Houthi-Yemen and limited Iraqi militia attack on "USrael"-USrael with US-UK-France-Jordan trying to shoot down drones/cruise missiles. USrael also striking a.o. Tehran in Iran. Several "USrael" airbases (in part those involved in the mass murder in Gaza) destroyed. Cyber attacks/censor/media control may hinder a full picture. Iran would have claimed it ended her reaction to the USrael bombing of its embassy in Damascus April 1. Hal Turner also claims; Vladimir Putin: If the United States wants to come to the field to support Israel, we will not sit idle here, the smallest attack by the United States on Iranian soil will force us to support Iran. Russian Fighter Jets have just entered IRAQ Air Space. They will be able to intercept either US or Israeli war planes if any attempt is made to attack Iran.
-- A United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker declares emergency while it is flying over Southern Iraq during the ongoing Iranian attack against Israel. RUMOR (not verified) The Tanker was approached by RUSSIAN Fighter Jets and told to leave Iraq air space! -------------- DJ, netanyahu wants the west to fight Iran. Iran is "the hearth" of BRICS+ Lots of countries denied US to use their bases/airspace for actions against Iran (Kuwait, Qatar, Türkie a.o.) US may be involved in attacks from USrael on Iran Russia, China, India -a.o.- will NOT accept a "full scale NATO war against Iran DJ-Very likely Iran coordinated its reaction with other "friendly states" ----------------- Starvation. The unacceptable face of Israel’s war on Gaza. A doctor from an international aid agency took these pictures 10th April at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. The desperate parents gave permission to publish these. No doubt "the west" will try to further ignore mass murder on Palestinians in Gaza/West Bank. A western goal may be to get West Asia (oil/gas) under control-via a "greater USrael" DJ, My view; USrael is now in an open war with both Iran and Yemen/Houthis. May not be far from war with Syria, Iraq, Lebanon. DJ-The situation is FAR WORSE then during the 1973/1967 wars. DJ-This may have been "day 1" of a "very major conflict". No doubt energy/food prices may "jump"=inflation going up..."The West" may find itself overstretched in TWO wars (UKraine and USrael) they both did provoke. --------- [url]https://tass.com/world/1775013[/url] or https://tass.com/world/1775013 ; UNITED NATIONS, April 14. /TASS/. The international community cannot afford another war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, commenting on Iran’s latest drone and missile attack on Israel. "I am deeply alarmed about the very real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation. I urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any action that could lead to major military confrontations on multiple fronts in the Middle East," he said. "I have repeatedly stressed that neither the region nor the world can afford another war." End of part 1...I hoped Iran would have waited...limited its attacks...If indeed Russian air defense was involved it may indicate Iran and Russia (Syria...Iraq?) coordinated ? |
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DJ, A look at twitter sources; - - DJ, my view; netanyahu did get the Iran reaction he dreamed of...USrael -with western help (US, UK ...more ???) may go for attacks on Iran. Other frontlines may be; - Golan Heights/Syria - Lebanon -Yemen/Red Sea-Indian Ocean DJ-IF there was coordination between Russia and Iran we could see the start of a major offensive in UKraine [url]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/irans-retaliation-delay-keeps-pressure-on-us-and-israel.html[/url] or https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/irans-retaliation-delay-keeps-pressure-on-us-and-israel.html ; Earlier today the navy of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp boarded and seized the container ship MSC Aries near the Strait of Hormuz. The ship is operated by Zodiac Maritime, a company owned by the Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer. The seizure of the ship can be understood as a warning to the U.S. and its Gulf allies to not get any funny ideas and to attack Iran. A closure of the Strait of Hormuz would increase global oil prices and jeopardize Biden's re-election. Iran has announced to revenge the Israeli attack on its embassy building in Damascus, Syria. But it did not announce when, where or how it will retaliate. By holding back on any hints it increases the anxiety in Israel and Washington DC. - The costs of keeping the watch up and the weapons manned will over time become unbearable for Israel as well as for the U.S. It is thus better for Iran to wait with any bigger retaliation it may plan to carry out. DJ, point may be Iran and its allies also had "costs of keeping the watch up and weapons manned".... [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/first-units-of-french-foreign-legion-have-been-deployed-to-slavyansk-ukraine?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/first-units-of-french-foreign-legion-have-been-deployed-to-slavyansk-ukraine?catid=17&Itemid=220 ; Members of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion have arrived at the location of Ukraine’s 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk, part of the Donetsk People's Republic under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to preliminary information, the first group of 100 people consists of specialists in artillery reconnaissance, while the specialization of the engineering group is fortification and the construction of field fortifications. The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly stated that the Kiev regime is using foreign mercenaries as “cannon fodder,” and that the Russian military will continue to target and eliminate them throughout the conflict zone. DJ, I did not yet see any confirmation-but it is very likely...The French Foreign Legion had Ukrain-history soldiers-going to UKraine to wear a UKraine uniform-but maybe still paid by France... So...NATO troops on the ground in UKraine may have "pushed BRICS+" to respond. Russia and Iran (both BRICS members) are already at war with NATO. Other BRICS+ members are (no longer) pro-western...Saudi Arabia, UAE want to sell/buy energy with whatever country in whatever currency...NOT accepting the US to tell them at what price -wich country and in US$- to make deals with... India and China are major energy consumers...also NOT waiting for restoring the US$ as "only payment"... South Africa knows apartheid...did start the genocide process against "USrael"...Brazil, Ethiopia, Egypt also "tired of the west"... ------------ NUCLEAR RISK !!!! USrael/US may go for a large scal attack on Iran. Iran and allies may then "finish USrael"...DJ-That is why the present crisis is that much worse then 1967/1973..."USrael" did manage to get a lot of very strong enemies...Iran-Hezbollah can destroy USrael...Hezbollah may have 140,000+ missiles ready... In a "bad scenario" USrael may be "cornered" within hours...Nuclear weapons a "last option"... US/biden did "get the west" in conflict with "the rest"...that conflict may now turn into an open war... Another problem is there are only a few countries maybe somewhat neutral...Switzerland/Austria may be able to try to "calm down"... Most of the world did see the "west" supporting genocide on Russians in UKraine, Palestinians by "USrael"...the "west" playing word games but keep sending weapons to continue bloodbaths... The "west" has been going for "regime change" in all countries not following western orders...Bejing/China did know "they will be next on the list"... "Western rules based order" means western colonialism and exploitation...based on a racist view with "western values" being "superior"... The most direct risk is "USrael" going nuclear...against Iran. Will France go nuclear against Russia in UKraine ? Will the US/NATO try to "blackmail" the rest of the world by a "nuclear gun" to follow "western rules" ? ....there have been attacks on nuclear power plants in UKraine (by UKraine). [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres_Negev_Nuclear_Research_Center[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_Peres_Negev_Nuclear_Research_Center ; The Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center (Hebrew: קריה למחקר ×’×¨×¢×™× ×™ – × ×’×‘ ×¢"ש שמעון פרס, formerly the Negev Nuclear Research Center, sometimes unofficially referred to as the Dimona reactor) is an Israeli nuclear installation located in the Negev desert, about thirteen kilometers (eight miles) south-east of the city of Dimona. Construction began in 1958 and its heavy-water nuclear reactor became active sometime between 1962 and 1964. Israel claims that the nuclear reactor and research facility are for general "research purposes into atomic science",[1] but the reactor has been involved in the production of nuclear materials for use in Israel's nuclear weapons program.[2] Israel is believed to have produced its first nuclear weapons by 1967, and it has been estimated to possess anywhere between 80 and 400 nuclear weapons.[3] DJ, false flags-countries creating fake attacks as an excuse for further escalation- and "nuclear installations" do mix... ----------------- DJ, no doubt both USrael and "NATO partners" will be reviewing/evaluating...Iron Dome/NATO-Jordan air defense did "limit" the Iran-allies attack. Russia/Syria-others- may make clear what their position is... IF !!!! Egypt, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia-Arab countries would "hint" they may take the side of Iran in a further escalation it could further limit NATO... Cyprus will be "very unhappy" the UK did use Cyprus airbases to send RAF fighters in "USrael" defense... Further denial of "transport" not only Red Sea/Western Indian Ocean but also Strait of Hormuz "could force the west" to put up priorities...NATO needs energy imports... DJ-Very likely there "will be action" on the currency/economic front as well; "dumping the US$" increasing inflation for the west... A long term strategy of BRICS+ may have been to "limit the west in financing wars"...Cyberwar can "increase that pressure"... End of part 2...no doubt "lots of new events" on the way...The only welcome "news" would be "silence-no further escalation"... DJ-I blame biden confrontation politics for the present chaos...BRICS-extra going for trade-not war-but no longer under "western rules"... |
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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIeTC3hE8CE[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIeTC3hE8CE Weeb Union/WU (DenmarK/DK); AFTERMATH | Iranian Missile Strikes Hit Israeli AirbaseDJ; No doubt mostly based on western sorces; -Most of the 100+ Iran/allies drones were decoys=meant to be shot down -USrael did need the help of "others" WU mentions US/UK -DJ Jordan, France also involved (?) to shoot down incoming drones/missiles -[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Airbase[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Airbase was hit...it was the USrael-Negev airbase used to bomb the Iran embassy in Damascus -US/ "biden" "does not want further escalation-reuters"(=bla bla !) DJ; netanyahu wants the west to fight Iran... -As long as "the west"keeps sending weapons and support to "USrael" netanyahu will NOT stop ! -Anti-zionism is NOT anti-semitism...A lot of people identifying themselves as Jewish do NOT agree with zionist extremis/netanyahu... -Very likely there may have been "quite a lot of further damage" to USrael...All passengerflights to most of the region stopped... ------------ DJ, I think Iran-and allies- are "ready"...NATO is NOT !!! zelensky may become desperate...UKraine may no longer be on any western list for "help"...Germany was planning to send patriot-air defense (AD) to gas storage in Western Ukraine...very likely to protect EU gas supplies..But only if Germany can keep that air defense at the gas storage... DJ, to Russian surprise Russia "did do well"...now exporting MORE, facing economic growth...by no longer doing much bussinesses with "the west"... DJ...NATO will be aware (supporting) further USrael escalation = confrontation with Russia, China...others... DJ-my impression; YES NATO "help" did shoot down a lot of Iran/allies drones/missiles...But missiles over the Knesset ( USrael parliament) must be a shock ! Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defense, Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus. The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY! DJ...Iran "limiting" the conflict to USrael-Iran...warning for escalation...DJ-meaning Iran + allies are ready ! and DJ..."simple strategy=strength in numbers"...most Iran+allies drones/missiles may be "simple/low cost"...but they may have by now 100,000+ of them...NATO shooting down a drone (costs < 500 US$) may cost NATO tens-if not hundreds of thousend US$/€... -
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Military expert Alexander Zimovsky: The cartographic studio "Colored pencils "Tactics" presents a scheme for the destruction of the Israeli Ramon airbase by Iranian missile forces. The base was hit by 7 Iranian ballistic missiles, the runway was smashed, an unspecified number of IDF combat aircraft were destroyed (figures are being clarified), and the flight support infrastructure was seriously damaged. The details are in the newspapers. https://t.me/vicktop55/23780 DJ...ALL Iran+ allies weapons were subsonic, had to cover 1000 kilometer+ so "easy targets" for NATO/USrael air defense... - DJ, USrael/netanyahu claimed 99%+ of Iran missiles/drones destroyed...so western PR claiming "no need for USrael reaction"...Of course "the west" knows netanyahu will use this chance to get the US/NATO in a war with Iran ! DJ...Jordan did take the side of USrael/US...will pay for that...Most Jordanians may have had enough of the "western puppet king/elite"...So very likely large anti-government protests TODAY in Jordan ! DJ, there could have been very good reasons for Iran to wait a bit longer...try to "get the best deal"...Very likely (secret) diplomacy learned "the west" would keep supporting USrael genocide and "right of self defense"....Again...the "west"keeps pushing its own "rules based order" above international law...With that the west is destroying the UN, diplomacy and international law... DJ...very likely a lot of Arab countries will -for now- try to limit damage...Jordan made its position clear-pro US...A revolution to "end" the puppet-king may endanger other "royals" in the region (and beyond)... and Right now, on the West Bank, Palestinians are breaking the barrier wall between Palestinian territories and the city of Beit El. DJ, Armed by the government zionist settlers did attack/murder Palestinians on the West Bank-trying to push Palestinians out of their houses/from their land. South Lebanon already is a warzone. Both area's did see -in 2024- already "hundreds" killed... Never thought I'd be in favor of cope propaganda, but here we go - right now the US is pretty clearly trying to get Israel to claim they shot everything down, declare victory, and forego a retaliatory attack on Iran. |
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 Israeli media: Another wave of about 80 drones is expected to arrive by 05:30, additional ballistic or cruise missiles may be sent along with them. More inbound near Dimona and Beersheba- [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel The State of Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel's stockpile range between 80 and 400 nuclear warheads,[2][5][6][7][8][9] and the country is believed to possess the ability to deliver them in several methods, including by aircraft, as submarine-launched cruise missiles, and via the Jericho series of intermediate to intercontinental range ballistic missiles.[18][19] Its first deliverable nuclear weapon is thought to have been completed in late 1966 or early 1967; which would make it the sixth country in the world to have developed them.[2][20][21] However, Israel maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity, never officially denying nor admitting to having nuclear weapons, instead repeating over the years that "Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East".[22][23][24] Israel has also declined to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), despite international pressure to do so, saying that would be contrary to its national security interests.[25] and [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction ; Israel is believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, and to be one of four nuclear-armed countries not recognized as a Nuclear Weapons State by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).[1] The US Congress Office of Technology Assessment has recorded Israel as a country generally reported as having undeclared chemical warfare capabilities, and an offensive biological warfare program.[2] Officially, Israel neither confirms nor denies possessing nuclear weapons. DJ, since-my view- "USrael" now -because of the netanyahu-biden fools- in its worst crisis ever... NATO may NOT be able to offer "non nuclear" protection very long-run out of weapons in UKraine, overstretched in lots of wars... Russia may have know how on "USrael" nuclear-weapons of mass destruction (N-WMD)...It may be part of that has been destroyed by the Iran+allies attacks... Any plan by USrael of using N-WMD will cross red lines-not only for Russia... The level of energy the west is putting in self destruction is shocking... |
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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqchjO_oRJU[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqchjO_oRJU MS; Iran Strikes Back At Israel | Hundreds Of Missiles And Drones. Military Summary For 2024.04.14DJ-MS claiming; -USrael itself already -in ONE !!! night- did spend close to a billion US$ in air defense... -trump even more pro "USrael" than biden -Iran -low cost- defense industry Russia/China financed MS basic point-"USrael" from a military perspective HAS to attack Iran defense systems...Iran + allies simply has to many low costs weapons that create very major risks for USrael... DJ-AGAIN...Very likely "USrael" has support from US/UK...(other NATO countries ??? NL ???) Iran has support from Russia for self defense... [url]https://southfront.press/iran-allies-launched-massive-strike-on-israel/[/url] or https://southfront.press/iran-allies-launched-massive-strike-on-israel/ ; Iran, Hezbollah and Ansar Allah (more commonly referred as the Houthis) launched a combined drone and missile strike on Israel. According to media reports, the strike involved 185 UAVs, 36 cruise missiles and 110 ground-to-ground missiles. The US and some other NATO states assisted Israeli forces to repel the strikes. In particular, the Pentagon claimed that US military forces intercepted “dozens” of drones and missiles “en route to Israel” launched from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Israeli media insist that 99% of the drones and missiles were intercepted. First Iranian reports say that the strike successfully destroyed vital targets in the Israeli territory. This became the first Iranian strike on Israeli that was officially launched from the territory of Iran. All earlier “Iranian strikes” on Israel were attributed by Israel & Co to groups that they have described as “Iranian proxies”. The escalation was a response to the Israeli airstrike on Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus earlier in April. The strike killed seven officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, including two high-ranking generals. Since Friday, US officials had been claiming that Tehran could be gearing up for a massive drone and missile strike on Israeli targets in the following 24 to 48 hours. So, now, the strike has happened. The situation is developing. DJ, Hezbollah-from Lebanon did also attack USrael...further overstretching USrael/NATO air defense... [url]https://twitter.com/MikeRStephens/status/1779413207741862122[/url] or https://twitter.com/MikeRStephens/status/1779413207741862122 (Moon of Alabama - link) Strong thread from Gregg here. 100% agree Iran miscalculated, and has undoubtedly weakened itself in the process. - - Iran may consider the matter over. But that decision is firmly out of their hands at the present time. DJ...my view; Iran KNOWS "USrael" will react...the very bad news is...Iran wants USrael to react ... -Iran may have had (Russian) warnings USrael was planning to strike on Iran anyway...maybe go for a false flag/fake "Iran attack claim"... -netanyahu would not stop untill he got his war -the west did NOT stop netanyahu... -Russia may welcome "overstretching NATO" to deal with UKraine... -BRICS+ may have decided a war will weaken "the west" high speed... DJ-Who did prepare a trap for who....IF USrael attacks Iran it will get a very strong reaction.. USrael will NOT attack Iran without (some) western support...At least US/UK seem to -for now- offer that support... Military Summary basic point; war production by Russia-Iran-China (etc) is that much larger...low cost, often simple weapons that DO work...NATO going for high cost/high tech weapons that fail... DJ-Further increasing the risks for nuclear war...That is the very bad part of the story... Western media so far claimed the UKraine war and war in Palestine were NOT linked...it more and more is turning into an open NATO-BRICS-extra war... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-pressuring-china-turkey-saudi-arabia-intervene-iran-halt-attack-israel[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-pressuring-china-turkey-saudi-arabia-intervene-iran-halt-attack-israel DJ-biden trying to limit damage for his "reelection campain"....Going for USrael propaganda "USrael downed every Iran missile/drone" bla bla... UK deploys more fighter jets to Middle East British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the UK deployed additional Royal Air Force fighter jets to the Middle East to help intercept "any airborne attacks within range of our existing missions". Shapps added that refuelling tankers were also sent to the region. The Royal Air Force took part in intercepting some of the drones launched by Iran against Israel on Saturday night. DJ...trying to "join USrael defense" while staying out of the war... |
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[url]https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/04/dutch-close-tehran-embassy-as-israel-iran-tensions-mount/[/url] or https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/04/dutch-close-tehran-embassy-as-israel-iran-tensions-mount/ ; Rising tensions between Iran and Israel have prompted the Dutch foreign office to close the embassy in Tehran on Sunday, as well as the consulate in Erbil in Iraq. Both operations are normally open because it is the start of the working week in those countries. A decision will be taken later on Sunday about whether to open on Monday. Dutch flag carrier KLM also said on Saturday it would stop flying directly over Iran or Israel, with the exception of flights to Tel Aviv. The airline said it had taken the decision because of indications that an Iranian attack on Israel is imminent. “Safety is our highest priority,” the statement said. “We are keeping a close eye on the situation. DJ, NL politics "very worried" about developments... NL media following USrael propagana-Iran attack complete failure...(like most NL media blindly follows UKraine propaganda/lies). DJ, US, UK, Jordan also tried to stop incoming missiles/drones...so costs are even higher... DJ, "the region" was fed up with western support for the USrael genocide...However Iran did take action on a level that may make a difference... -------- In propaganda now "Iran is bad" even more than "Russia is bad"... If "Iran attacks a US carrier" it may be USrael going for a false flag trying to push the US/NATO in the war of "netanyahu his dreams"... From a military perspective "USrael" has to react NOW !!! The sooner "the better"...Claim "the attack was unprovoked" -so the west ignores both the genocide and USrael attack on the Iran embassy in Damascus... [url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/14/723632/irgc-commander-presstv-israel-attacks-again-will-receive-bigger-response[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/14/723632/irgc-commander-presstv-israel-attacks-again-will-receive-bigger-response ; Press TV Website Staff A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that any further military aggression by the Israeli regime will see a bigger response from Iran. Speaking to the Press TV, the senior IRGC commander said if the Israeli regime resorts to any military aggression on Iranian soil, Iran “will respond with twice the force.” His remarks came after the IRGC launched a barrage of missiles and drones at the occupied territories in response to the Israeli regime’s terrorist attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria. The swarm of missiles and drones, more than a hundred in number, according to some estimates, penetrated multiple defense layers of the regime and struck targets in the occupied land. DJ...Iran only used a small -low tech/low cost- part of its missiles/drones-very likely in combination with a cyberattack meant to make "Iron Dome" airdefense less effective... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/military/usaf-conducts-b-52-bomber-exercise-unarmed-nuclear-cruise-missiles[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/military/usaf-conducts-b-52-bomber-exercise-unarmed-nuclear-cruise-missiles ; Hans Kristensen, a nuclear weapons expert at the Federation of American Scientists, posted on X that the United States Air Force conducted a "nuclear exercise with B-52 bombers" at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota this past week. This exercise coincides with a week of soaring tensions in the Middle East. Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB and the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB (located in Louisiana) participated in Exercise Prairie Vigilance at the air base in North Dakota between April 6 and 12. Prairie Vigilance is considered a "routine training mission that enhances the safety, security, and reliability of the bomber leg of the US nuclear triad," the service wrote in a press release published on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service website DJ...US/NATO is running out of conventional weapons.... DJ |
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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCrzc-zpGio[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCrzc-zpGio neutrality studies; Iran Strikes IsraelOver night Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones toward Israel in retaliation for Isreal’s previous strike on Iran’s embassy buildings in Syria which killed 2 important Iranian Generals. The initial scope of Iran’s action was unclear but by now it seems that it was a limited attack toward Israel’s military installations, especially the ones that might have served as launch pads for the attack against the Embassy. So does this mean war? Well, here are my two cents on this situation. and DJ, My view; netanyahu has been working decades to get to this point...  Israeli sources have confirmed that Iran has hit Nevatim Air Base in the south of occupied Palestine with 15 missiles early on Sunday. Sources reported that following this attack, this base was severely damaged and is now inoperable. Nevatim air base is located in the south of the occupied territories in the Negev desert region and near the city of Be'er Sheva which is the main base of the F-35 fighters of the regime. The IRGC Air Force had practiced a missile attack on a simulated example of this air base last year. This base is about 1100 km away from the western borders of Iran. DJ... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevatim_Airbase[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevatim_Airbase ; Nevatim Airbase (Hebrew: בסיס × ×‘×˜×™×, English: sprouts) (IATA: VTM, ICAO: LLNV), also Air Force Base 28, is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base, located 15 km east-southeast of Beersheba, near moshav Nevatim in the Negev desert. It is one of the largest in Israel and has three runways of different lengths. Stealth fighter jets, transport aircraft, tanker aircraft and machines for electronic reconnaissance/surveillance, as well as the so-called Israeli Air Force One, are stationed there. and [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Airbase[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Airbase ; Ramon Airbase (Hebrew: בסיס חיל-×”×וויר רמון (ICAO: LLRM), Basis Hayil-HaAvir Ramon, lit. Ramon Air Force Base) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base in the Negev desert, 50 km south of Beersheba and 20 km northwest of the town Mitzpe Ramon. The base and the town got their names from the huge "erosion crater" Makhtesh Ramon south of it. The base is also titled Kanaf 25 (Hebrew: ×›× ï¿½£ 25, lit. Wing 25), it was formerly known as Matred. During the 2024 Iranian strikes on Israel, the base was damaged by seven Iranian missiles.[1][2] are two different air bases...Were BOTH hit ? Biden condemns Iran  for responding to the BOMBING and MURDER of its top military brass by Israel  . Biden has not once condemned Israel  for its genocide of Palestinians. Rather, he’s supported it. Biden is one of the most ghoulish war criminals in modern history.DJ...so NO !!! Very likely the crisis just begun...extremist zionists like ben gvir calling for an all out attack on Iran (those extremists would go for nuclear attack...). YES- in words- the US/biden calling for de-escalation, in deeds the US will send MORE weapons/intel etc...Also the UK shows to be supporting USrael... Again-a false flag "Iran attacking US carriers" would provide an excuse to even try to get "most of NATO" into a war with Iran ! [url]https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-blasts-sirens-as-iranian-missiles-intercepted[/url] or https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-blasts-sirens-as-iranian-missiles-intercepted DJ, "evangelical christians", globalists-anti BRICS+, military-for-profit/war industry all push for MORE WAR !!! So far I do not see ANY sign of realism in "the west"...With that I also do not see any sign for optimism... Again...netanyahu wanted a war with Iran for decades...never was this close...He will try to get war... DJ-I would love to be wrong... #Israel has given #Iran a golden opportunity to prove the power of the "Islamic Republic" and become "THE hero of the Middle East" for most people in the region. Iranians will now be prouder of their country than ever before. Well done, , who is leading #Israel to an unknown destiny. Keep going BIBI. - #Israel has lost "strategic deterrence": By bombing #Iran's diplomatic mission in #Syria, it has marketed an unprecedented Israeli attack on Iranian soil (not sabotage or assassination), showing its challenge to international law.
The failed to enforce the law because of the #US veto exerted throughout decades in favour of Israel. A new world system is needed to impose the law on all states, including the rough-and-tumble Israeli entity, whose motto is accountability for all its crimes, mainly against the Palestinians. DJ...NOT reacting would mean "Iran did win"...netanyahu and his extremists NEVER will accept that ! [url]https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/497075/Israel-getting-punished-with-Operation-Truthful-Promise[/url] or https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/497075/Israel-getting-punished-with-Operation-Truthful-Promise ; Israeli reports say Iran has already fired three waves of drones at Israeli positions, as well as a number of cruise missiles. Footage captured by citizens in Iraq, suggests Iran's famous Shahed-136 drones are among the UAVs launched at the occupied territories. The initial announcement regarding the launch of the Iranian attacks came from the Israeli military. Daniel Hagari, the army’s spokesperson, stated that the drones would take some hours to reach their destination while emphasizing Israel's readiness for the situation. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136 The HESA Shahed 136 (Persian: شاهد Û±Û³Û¶, literally "Witness 136"), also known by its Russian designation Geran-2 (Russian: Герань-2, literally "Geranium-2") is an Iranian-designed loitering munition (suicide drone).[9][10] It is designed and manufactured by HESA in association with Shahed Aviation Industries.[1][11][better source needed] The munition is designed to attack ground targets from a distance. The drone is typically fired in multiples from a launch rack. The first public footage of the drone was released in December 2021.[4]
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DJ-My view-hope to be VERY WRONG !!! USrael/natanyahu "has" to restore deterrence...at ALL cost ! [url]https://southfront.press/hezbollah-fired-rockets-at-golan-amid-iranian-attack-israel-responded-with-deep-strikes-videos/[/url] or https://southfront.press/hezbollah-fired-rockets-at-golan-amid-iranian-attack-israel-responded-with-deep-strikes-videos/ ; Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired two salvos of rockets at bases of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights early on April 14. The group fired the first salvo as Iran was launching hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel in response to the April 1 Israeli strike on the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The attack claimed the lives of at least 13 people, including senior commanders from the Guards. The rocket attack, which targeted the IDF’s air and missile defense command in the Keila barracks, was apparently meant to facilitate Iranian strikes. The second salvo was fired after the end of the Iranian Strikes. Hezbollah said that Keila as well as the base of Yarden and Nafah in the Golan Heights were targeted. The attacks were carried out in support of the Palestinian people and resistance in the Gaza Strip as well as in response to recent Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, the group said in two separate statements. Hebrew media reported some material losses as after the attacks. Nevertheless, there were no reports of any casualties. In an initial response to the attacks, the IDF said it struck sites belonging to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in the southern Lebanese town of Jbaa overnight. Other buildings used by the group in the nearby towns of Khiam and Kafr Kila were also hit, according to the military. Later in the morning, Israeli strikes hit the outskirts of the town of Nabi Chit in the Baalbek District of northeastern Lebanon. Footage posted to social media shows smoke rising from a targeted site. There were no reports of casualties. Baalbek, a Hezbollah stronghold, is located some 100 kilometers from the Israeli border. The IDF struck the district only a few times in recent months. DJ...USrael NEEDS deterrence to excist...It can NOT ignore the Iran attack...as always it will overeact...DJ-Again Iran is expecting USrael to overreact... NEWS ANALYSIS: IRANIAN MISSILE STRIKE ON ISRAEL, APRIL 14th 2024 Tonight Iran's expected answer for the Israeli attack on the Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus, took place. Iran attacked Israel with several hundreds of missiles and drones, as well as with simultaneous MLRS strikes from Iranian proxies in Lebanon and maybe Syria. How successful was this strike and what are the risks for escalation? It's easy to get carried away in the middle of an ongoing attack, but it's important to try to analyse things with a level head. There was much anxiety tonight that this was the beginning of the Third World War, but that's still a bit premature to claim that. During the night reports said that thousands of missiles and drones attacked all over Israel. You might get a thousand if MLRS-missiles fired by Hizbollah are included. According to Israeli sources 36 Cruise Missiles (CM:s), 110 Surface to Surface Missiles (SSM:s) and 185 drones attacked Israel. The main targets seems to have been several Israeli military installations, maybe those that were involved in the Israeli attack on Damascus. One confirmed target was the Ramon airbase in southern Israel, which was hit by at least 4 missiles. Iran claimed that the attack was according to the UN Charter, and that it was an answer to the Israeli attack on Iranian (diplomatic) territory in Damascus. Now Iran says that they and Israel are even. Israel on the other side says that they will answer in kind, which Iran will see as an escalation. During the attack Israel got some direct military support from US, UK and Jordanian military assets. Together with the Israeli Iron Dome AD (Air Defence) shield most of the missiles and maybe all of the drones were hot down. The actual number of missiles that got through is unclear but numbers wary from 7 to a couple of dozens. The drones were probably mainly intended to act as diversions, forcing the IDF to use up valuable AD assets. The United States probably wants to avoid getting drawn into a larger regional conflict. Especially with high tension both on the Korean peninsula and around Taiwan. US military assets near Israel will probably continue in helping defend Israeli territory, saying that they defend US military personnel on the ground in Israel. But the US will probably avoid taking part in any offensive operations towards Iran, at least for the time being. A potential problem for Israel in a prolonged conflict are the numbers of AD missiles they have. The Iron Dome is only effective as long as Israel has a lot of AD missiles. During the Gaza war, Israel has gotten a lot of deliveries of weaponry from the US, since Israel has a limited capability in a war of attrition. But the question arises, how much advanced AD can the US send to Israel? Much of these resources might be needed in potential conflicts with China/PRC and North Korea/DPRK. But some AD resources will probably be sent from the US, but not near the numbers needed to replace the Israeli usage of AD missiles, even during last night. The main loser on the escalating conflict is probably Ukraine. Ukraine seems to have used up most of its AD resources and are in dire need of replacements. With an increased need for AD missiles in many places around the World, Ukraine will probably be last in the queue to get replacements. Which will only increase the Russian superiority in the Russo-Ukrainian war. What will happen now? Much depends on actual Israeli losses tonight. For the time being only one casualty is reported from Israel. If that's true it might limit an Israeli retaliatory response. But Israel will respond, and Iran will respond to that Israeli response. So there will be an escalation, but the question arises, can the US, Russia and China convince both parties to de-escalate? Maybe, by reducing the scope of the retaliatory strikes step by step until they fade out. Neither side wants to lose face and appear weak. https://youtu.be/lIeTC3hE8CE?si=n0pEKNDYqfRDPc2t DJ...again..NATO may welcome a "greater USrael" in control over West Asia...NATO may want to "destroy" BRICS-extra...Iran is at the center of BRICS...Iran is the link between China and Europe/Africa...between Russia and India... Like "USrael" also "NATO" may try to show they are "superior"...so far they did show to be "superior fools".... We WILL GET AN ESCALATION !!! |
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[url]https://twitter.com/fadiquran/status/1779426300760850642[/url] or https://twitter.com/fadiquran/status/1779426300760850642 ; On Iran’s strike: At Stanford, I attended a masterclass on military strategy led by a person with decades of experience, including serving at the highest levels in the military and government. One lesson he thought that I always remember was this: He asked us: “Say the US decided to attack Iraq with a new stealth jet it hadn’t used before that evaded all radars? The attack was a success. Was it strategic?” Many in the class raised their hands to say “yes, it achieved its goal”. But the professor said: “It may not have been”. Why? “Because now your adversaries know your capabilities and it’s a matter of time before they find ways around them. If this attack could be done with conventional weapons, it’s better to keep your top weapons until you need them. Using them creates a disadvantage.” My analysis is that the scale of Iran’s attack, the diversity of locations it targeted, and weapons it used, forced Israel to uncover the majority of anti-missile technologies the US and it have across the region. The Iranians did not use any weapons Israel didn’t know it had, it just used a lot of them. But the Iranians likely now have almost a full map of what Israel’s missile defence system looks like, as well as where in Jordan and the Gulf the US has installations. It also knows how long it takes to prepare them, how Israeli society responds…etc This is a huge strategic cost to Israel, while Arab regimes now are being blasted by their peoples, particularly the Jordanian monarchy, for not doing anything to protect Gazans but then going all out to protect Israel. Crucially, Iran can now reverse engineer all the intel gathered from this attack to make a much more deadly one credible. While the US and Israel will have to re-design away from their current model which has been compromised. Its success in stopping this choreographed attack is thus still very costly. Moreover, with the threat of a regional war that neither the US nor the Arab regimes want feeling nearer, it’s likely their pressure on Israel to back down will increase, making a ceasefire more feasible. Anyone assuming this is just theatrics is missing the context of how militaries assess strategy versus tactics. Theatre is an important factor, but gathering intelligence of the “enemy’s” posture is more valuable, especially if one believes they’re in a long war of attrition. Netanyahu and the Israel government prefer a quick hot and urgent war where they can pull in America. The Iranians prefer a longer war of attrition that bleeds Israel of its deterrence capabilities and makes it an ally for Arabs and the US that’s too costly to have. Lastly, if you are a person who hates war, if you want peace, the best and only way to get there in the region is to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and dignity. There is no sustainable peace possible as long as Palestinians live under an oppressive system of apartheid. DJ, if you want to avoid nuclear war be realistic on the risks for it... Believing "the crisis is over" is foolish ! WHY would this crisis be over ? |
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DJ, Hal Turner was wrong when he claimed USrael already did attack Tehran...following "links" without the bigger picture can give wrong info...A flight from Tel Aviv to Tehran-Iran would take almost 8 hours...So...when Iran attack craft were just reaching USrael to think Tehran already would see major explosions could give the idea USrael started the attack... [url]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/iranian-missiles-hit-israel.html[/url] or https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/iranian-missiles-hit-israel.html ; Iran fired several hundred drones, cruise and ballistic missiles towards Israel. With the help of the U.S., UK and Jordan most of the incoming items were intercepted. The expense of several hundred of air defense missiles, at a cost of more than $1 billion, was significant as these are currently hard to get items. More such attacks would soon deplete those which are left. Iran's missiles, for which the drones flew cover, hit their targets. The Nevatim Air Base (vid) and the Ramon airbase (vid), both located in the Negev desert, experienced impacts. How big the damage was can only be noted after fresh satellite pictures come in. This is a good chance for both sides to declare victory. Iran can claim that it successfully penetrated Israel's air defense and hit appropriate targets in revenge for the Israeli attack on Iran's embassy in Damascus. Israel can claim that it has successfully defended its assets. Israel may want to hit back on Iran. It would be stupid to do so. Added: From a reliable analyst of the resistance axis: Amal Saad @amalsaad_lb - 11:06 UTC · Apr 14, 2024 another story/view; [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/cia-making-its-move-they-want-the-shah-back-in-iran?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/cia-making-its-move-they-want-the-shah-back-in-iran?catid=17&Itemid=220 ; Overnight, after the Iran response to Israel's bombing of the Iran Embassy Compound in Damascus, Syria, the CIA began it's move: The son of the Shah of Iran, made a public statement: The son of the former Shah of Persia spoke to the Iranian people from the USA. Reza Pahlavi calls on the military to refuse orders. After the Iranian attacks, Reza Pahlavi (63) turned to the Iranian people. In a letter, he heavily criticizes the Islamist government. "While the Iranian people, inspired by our history, strive for peaceful coexistence with all nations, the Islamic regime that has held our country hostage for 45 years is striving for destructive chaos." Pahlavi is the eldest son of the Shah of Persia who fell in 1979, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919 – 1980) and the former Empress Farah Pahlavi (85). He lives in the United States and describes himself as the crown prince of the country. Commitment to peace"Religious leader Ali Khamenei (84) tries to start a war to save his failing regime," Pahlavi continues. "But this is not a war that our country wants. The Iranians made it clear: the criminal mafia that occupies Iran does not represent our nation, our values or our aspirations." "The road to lasting peace and security in the Middle East is to support the Iranian people who are fighting to retake our country and our rightful place in the world." Pahlavi said. "I call on our friends in the region and the western powers to work for this permanent solution for our region and the Iranian people, their allies for peace, to strengthen." In addition, in his Persian statement, the Crown Prince called on the Iranian armed forces to reject all possible orders from Ali Khamenei that could pull Iran into an armed conflict. DJ...The US may try to stay out of open conflict...covert war/creating unrest may be a CIA/MI6 and others job... US Declines Israel’s Invitation To Start WW3 (For Now) Iran has carried out its long-promised retaliation for Israel’s attack on its consulate building in Damascus, launching a massive barrage of drones and missiles which it claims hit and destroyed Israeli military targets, while Israel says they dealt only superficial damage with a few injuries. The US and its allies reportedly helped shoot down a number of the Iranian projectiles. Just as we discussed in the lead-up to the strike, the western political-media class are acting as though this was a completely unprovoked attack launched against the innocent, Bambi-eyed victim Israel. Comments from western officials and pundits and headlines from the mass media are omitting the fact that Israel instigated these hostilities with its extreme act of aggression in Syria as much as possible. Here in Australia the Sydney Morning Herald write-up about the strike didn’t get around to informing its readers about the attack on the Iranian consulate until the tenth paragraph of the article, and said only that Iran had “accused” Israel of launching the attack because Israel has never officially confirmed it. In any case, Iran says the attack is now over. Given that we’re not seeing any signs of massive damage, Iran’s reported claim that its retaliation would be calibrated to avoid escalation into a full-scale regional war seems to have been accurate, as does Washington’s reported claim that it didn’t expect the strike to be large enough to draw the US into war. A new report from Axios says Biden has personally told Netanyahu that the US will not be supporting any Israeli military response to the Iranian strike. An anonymous senior White House official told Axios that Biden said to Netanyahu, “You got a win. Take the win,” in reference to the number of Iranian weapons that were taken out of the sky by the international coalition in Israel’s defense. Apparently helping to mitigate the damage from the Iranian attack is all the military commitment the White House is willing to make against Iran at this time. And thank all that is holy for that. A war between the US alliance and Iran and its allies would be the stuff of nightmares, making the horrors we’ve been seeing in Gaza these last six months look like an episode of Peppa Pig. But Washington merely declining to get involved is nowhere near enough. As the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi quipped on Twitter, “Biden needs to PREVENT further escalation, not just declare his desire to stay out of it.” Indeed, Israel has already made it clear that it is going to be moving forward with an escalation against Iran. Israel’s Channel 12 cites an unnamed senior official saying the Iranian counter strike is going to receive an “unprecedented response”. “Israel has already informed the Americans and governments in the region that its response is inevitable,” The Economist reports. “Its military options include launching drones at Iran, and long-range airstrikes on Iran, possibly on military bases or nuclear installations.” It’s unclear at this time how much the latest message from the Biden administration will affect the calculations of this position, but the mass media are reporting that White House officials are worried Israel is getting ready to do something extremely reckless that could draw the US into a war it would rather avoid. NBC News reports the following: “Some top U.S. officials are concerned Israel could do something quickly in response to Iran’s attacks without thinking through potential fallout afterward, according to a senior administration official and a senior defense official. “Those concerns stem in part from the administration’s views of the approach Israel has taken to its war against Hamas, as well as the attack in Damascus. “President Joe Biden has privately expressed concern that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to drag the U.S. more deeply into a broader conflict, according to three people familiar with his comments.” People have been raising this concern for some time now. Earlier this month Responsible Statecraft’s Paul Pillar wrote up a solid argument that Netanyahu stands a lot to gain personally from drawing the US into a war with Iran to help him with his legal and political troubles and take the focus off of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Whether that’s the case or not it’s pretty absurd for the Biden administration to just sit around passively hoping this doesn’t happen as though it wouldn’t have a say in the matter, and as though there’s nothing it can do to prevent such an occurrence right now. Biden has had the ability to end this insane cycle of escalation in the middle east since it started six months ago by demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and demanding that Israel rein in its murder machine, just as US presidents have done successfully in the past. Biden could end all this with one phone call. The fact that he doesn’t means he’s a monster, and no amount of mass media reports about how “concerned” and “frustrated” he is regarding Israel’s actions will ever change that. Good story...biden saying "no" for now...but-by now- his "no" means "yes"...he only is trying to win elections... [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/russia-deploys-frigate-with-hypersonic-missiles-into-mediterranean-sea?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/russia-deploys-frigate-with-hypersonic-missiles-into-mediterranean-sea?catid=17&Itemid=220 ; After Russian President Vladimir Putin told the United States that intervening against Iran would result in Russia intervening to support Iran, a Russian frigate with hypersonic missiles entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. A Russian frigate equipped with hypersonic missiles entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea this Sunday after crossing the Suez Canal, after which Moscow stated that the vessel "will fulfill its assigned tasks", without further details. The frigate Marshall Shaposhnikov transited the Suez Canal. "The ship's crew continues to carry out their assigned tasks as part of their long sea journey" the Russian Ministry of Defense said this morning. "In the Mediterranean Sea, the Pacific Fleet frigate will operate in line with the previously planned combat and training line." the Ministry continued. At the moment, there are no further details about this plan, or how long the frigate will remain near the Israeli-Iran conflict zone. DJ, Iran is the center for BRICS...Russia selling oil/gas via Iran to (a.o.) India...China trade via Pakistan-Iran-Türkiye PIT-or the west to east TIP-route...to Europe/Africa... [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/8-30-am-edt-sunday-israel-war-cabinet-meeting-in-bunker?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/8-30-am-edt-sunday-israel-war-cabinet-meeting-in-bunker?catid=17&Itemid=220 ; UPDATE 10:35 AM EDT -- Israel's Channel 12 TV News is reporting that Israel would immediately retaliate, and a senior Israeli military official pledged an unprecedented response to the Iranian attack. DJ...very likely...USrael needs the region to live in fear of USrael+its gang...So an attack on USrael can not be accepted... [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/battle-damage-assessment-iran-strike-against-israel?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/battle-damage-assessment-iran-strike-against-israel?catid=17&Itemid=220 ; Intelligence Community sources confirm the following Battle Damage information after the Iran retaliation against Israel, which took place last night: Iran Fired 185 Drones. All 185 were either shot down or otherwise crashed enroute to targets. Iran fired 36 Cruise Missiles. All 36 were shot down. Iran fired 110 BALLISTIC Missiles. 103 were shot down; seven (7) got through and impacted Israel. Those seven BALLISTIC missiles which got through and impacted were ALL HYPERSONICS! The particular Hypersonic missiles which got through all defenses were the ones pictured at the top of this article. NOT ONE was shot down. As a result of the missile impacts, two Israeli air bases sustained significant damage. At the Nevatim Air Base in the Negev Desert, Hangar to Israel's F-35 Stealth aircraft and Mossad Spy aircraft, at least Forty-four (44) Mossad personnel were killed. DJ, Iran did destroy/damage the two USrael bases used to attack the Iran embassy in Damascus on april 1. Iran did follow the same UN rules USrael is using as an excuse to bomb/mass murder Gaza... Somehow the west fully agrees with USrael right to "self defence" but calls the Iran reaction "unprovoked-almost state terrorism"... DJ-What I hate most is almost ALL western politicians follow this line of thinking...ignore "western rules based order=neo-colonialism"... So-very likely USrael rection is only hours away and major... |
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[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fattah-1_(missile)[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fattah-1_(missile) ; Fattah-1 (Persian: موشک هایپرسونیک ÙتاØ) is an Iranian hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile developed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and unveiled in 2023. It is Iran's first hypersonic ballistic missile. According to Iran, its high maneuverability and speed allows it to defeat all missile defence systems.[3][4][5][6][7] Its name, meaning "conqueror" or "bringer of victory", "victor" in Arabic, is in reference to Al-FattÄḥ, was selected by the Supreme Leader of Iran. Some ballistic missiles already reach hypersonic speeds, Fattah however belongs to a new class of weapon that only a limited ranks of countries possesses.[8]
Description[edit]Fattah 1 is a precision-guided two-stage solid-fueled missile with a range of 1400 km and terminal speed of Mach 13 to Mach 15. Its warhead has a spherical engine running on solid fuel with a movable nozzle that allows the warhead to increase its own speed and move in all directions.[7][9][10] According to Iran, it can maneuver in and out of the atmosphere, and is capable of bypassing missile defenses.[11] It can also target anti-ballistic missile systems to clear the way for other ballistic missiles.[12] DJ...so-yes Iran has (no doubt limitednumber of) hypersonic missiles... [url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/14/723673/Iran-IRGC-air-defense-Israeli-threats-Rahim-Zadeh[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/14/723673/Iran-IRGC-air-defense-Israeli-threats-Rahim-Zadeh ; Iran's top air defense commander says any aggression against the country's airspace will be met with a “deadly and fiery” response. - - Fog of war. Iranian media: during the strikes on Nevatim Air Base - which houses the F-35s - at least 44 Mossad ops have been killed. Unconfirmed - even by the IRGC. Moreover, Iran may have deployed 7 hypersonic missiles; none of them intercepted. Predictably unconfirmed by Israel. Other Iranian media assure that NO hypersonics were deployed. DJ, maybe Iran only used hypersonic Fattah-1 missiles to hit specific targets...(still not clear if Iran did strike TWO "USrael" Negev-bases or one... Moon of Alabama; [url]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/iranian-missiles-hit-israel.html[/url] or https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/iranian-missiles-hit-israel.html Iran's missiles, for which the drones flew cover, hit their targets. The Nevatim Air Base (vid) and the Ramon airbase (vid), both located in the Negev desert, experienced impacts. - A comment; Just as israel let Oct 7th happen on purpose as a pretext to genocide palistine, so israel provoked Iran into retaliating after the Embassy was atacked. A pretext laying the ground work for a full scale invasion of Lebanon, with full pyhsical support from US & UK. Result Greater israel. If you are provoked, you fight or give in. Its simple, its dirty, but thats not to say it's garanteed succsse. Conclusion... Russia, Hamas, Hezbulla Yemen and Iran are entily inocent of any blame in any shape or form. Hit back hard and fast. Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 14 2024 11:15 utc | 3 DJ...some attacks are meant as provocations... At the beginning of the war I was told Israel did not have the capacity to attack Iran alone and was unlikely to do so and therefore needed the US to be drawn into the conflict. Military strategists reported that Israel had a new military deficit to Iran - Iran had developed hypersonic missiles which could penetrate Israel’s defences. It appears from last nights telegraphed attack on Isreal that some missiles hit Israeli bases as Iran intended whilst the majority were intercepted. This appears not to have been a failed retaliation but a calibration. The attack remains a dangerous and unwanted escalation and retaliation using the UN charter as a self defence shield in response to the embassy attack by Israel - notably the same Article 51 right Israel claims and is endorsed by its allies in relation to Gaza. Iran’s announcement that the matter was considered closed by them before all the missiles had landed demonstrates they intended Israel and its allies to take out almost all their missiles and not to hit Israeli soil with any great effect - a dangerous and risky calculation in any event. What they have achieved is to learn where the battle lines are drawn. They now know along with the US and UK that Jordan and Saudi Arabia are likely to be actively hostile in a conflict. It appears this attack was a calibration. If Israel attacks Iran I suspect the response will not be so telegraphed. We need serious restraint in the region and a total cessation of all hostilities by all parties, allies and proxies. Anyone not calling for that will see unfathomable deaths on all sides. DJ, I hope there will be no further attacks/escalation...This all could have been avoided if USrael was not put above any international law by "the west"...Why does the "west" think it is acceptable to bomb embassies ? [url]https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-blasts-sirens-as-iranian-missiles-intercepted[/url] or https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-blasts-sirens-as-iranian-missiles-intercepted trying to follow events... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-pressuring-china-turkey-saudi-arabia-intervene-iran-halt-attack-israel[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-pressuring-china-turkey-saudi-arabia-intervene-iran-halt-attack-israel ; Update (7amET): There are mounting concerns that Israel could strike back. If so, Iran warned Washington that US military bases could be in the crosshairs of missiles and suicide drones.
DJ...USrael/NATO tried to claim "99%" of all flying objects were shot down...But lots of indications a Negev air base did see heavy damage... -------- The basic crisis is "west-rest" or NATO-BRICS-extra.... -US$ as world currency so US can create endless debts -Non-western countries under pro-western puppet regime rule -so western mining/energy companies can go for "exploration" at "prices they want"= steal oil, gas, minerals under NATO protection... -almost ALL western "political parties" agree with this "western model" based on terror..."rules based order"... DJ-I see my country-NL-as "free"...one of the better places on this planet to live...But democracy is a basic right to -peacefull- totally disagree... |
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DJ, Who did "win" what ? -Palestinians did win some hope...not all of the world believes it is okay to be mass-murdered... YES, zionist-extremists attack Palestinians on the West Bank, burn their houses, cars, land...with the "army" helping in these acts of terror...with NATO weapons.. -Iran managed to get weapons explode in USrael-hit military targets...Western/USrael propaganda claims "99%" was shot down...-a large number of drones WAS meant as decoy/distraction to be shot down... -The "global south" did "win"...One can fight against "western rules based terrorism"...protecting the US$/rich 0,1%... -BRICS-extra showed its teeth... Costs; -Western air defense costs may be 1,3 billion-to stop an Iran-attack of a cost very likely under the 100 million... -Western energy prices will "explode"-with that inflation... -Western "political elite" may be out of touch with a large part of the public; crises worsens -Western weapons "have a problem" if low cost/large numbers of weapons are used... related; [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-pressuring-china-turkey-saudi-arabia-intervene-iran-halt-attack-israel[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-pressuring-china-turkey-saudi-arabia-intervene-iran-halt-attack-israel ; Summary:
DJ...Lots of stories "USrael" may "react soon-disagreement on how"...I think USrael air defense may have serious problems... Another western problem is energy...Russia did destroy EU-gas reservoirs in Western Ukraine...Iran, Yemen (a.o.) will further "limit" transports via Red Sea/Persian Gulf The biden-UKraine-war did cost NATO that much weapons there may not be enough weapons for a long regional West Asia war (to stop BRICS-extra)... China/North Korea a.o. "not happy" with US activities in East Asia (Taiwan, rearming Japan, US nuclear weapons in South Korea (???) "The west" should have learned provoking Russia to move into UKraine did "not go well for the west"...Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria by now all "know what the west has to offer"...most of their citizens hate the west to their bones...  Iran at the UN: "Iran has warned time and again about the consequences of the malicious activities of the regime on regional and international peace and security. Iran has exercised maximum restraint. Now it is time for the occupying regime to bear full responsibility for its consequences." "For over six months now, the US, UK and France, especially the United States, have shielded Israel from any responsibility for the Gaza massacre, while they have denied Iran's inherent right to self-defense against the Israeli armed attack on our diplomatic premises. At the same time, they shamefully justified the Israeli massacre and genocide against the defenseless Palestinian people under the pretext of self-defense." "Iran's operation was entirely in the exercise of Iran's inherent right to self-defense, as outlined in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and recognized by international law. This concluded action was necessary and proportionate." The absence of accountability and constant inaction faced with the Israeli genocide and war crimes against the Palestinian people has only emboldened this regime to continue its violation unchecked. The US and its allies have blocked the Security Council for over six months, protecting Israel from accountability for the Gaza massacre. They not only avoid condemning Israel for these atrocities, but also actively try to cover up them. Their sole priority is supporting and defending Israel, regardless of the consequences and at all costs." "Iran has no intention of engaging in conflict with the U.S. in the region. We demonstrated our commitment to peace by exercising our restraint about involving the U.S. Army in intercepting Iranian drones and bombs for military targets in the occupied Palestinian territories. This underscores our dedication to de-escalating tension and avoiding the expansion of conflict. However, if the U.S. initiates a military operation against Iran, its citizens, or its security and interests, Iran will use its inherent right to respond proportionately." DJ...the west-also in the UN-showing a colonial world view; the west and its proxies can break any law...Non-western countries only are allowed to be beaten and exploited... End of part 1 |
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part 2, - This is an absolutely extraordinary quote, especially from Ronen Bergman, one of Israel's best informed journalists. It captures just how unhinged and desperate the Israeli leadership has become, so much so that someone familiar with their current discussions is quoted as saying: "If the discussions were broadcast live on Youtube, you'd have 4 million people clamoring at Ben Gurion airport trying to get out of here." Interestingly, he also confirms that Israel did NOT inform the U.S. ahead of its strike on Iran's consulate in Damascus, and that the strike was precisely to get America involved in a war with Iran in an attempt by Israel to escalate their way out of their current predicament: "Israel did not coordinate the assassination operation in Damascus with the United States. The IDF Operations Directorate updated them about the operation only simultaneously with the bombing of the building. The Americans were infuriated. They are very concerned and feel that Israel has put them exactly in the situation they tried to avoid. [...] They do not want to get involved in a war with Iran, which the United States, after responding forcefully to an attack on American targets and calming the Ayatollahs, thought it had managed to prevent." DJ...Who provided the intel on the Damascus-april 1- Iran embassy meeting ? Did the US tell USrael there was a meeting of high rank (pro) Iran military and expected USrael would NOT use it in this way ? US made F35 aircraft -with US provided weapons- were used for the attack-guided by "NATO radar"...The US/west "created USrael" and kept it alive... The west keeps sending weapons to a proxy state that is killing hundreds of Palestinians per day... When you; -Know there is a plan for crime -Still provide the tools/intel for that crime -Then stand on guard-protecting the criminal/crime... YOU are also a criminal ! Is "the west" this demented that they no longer have any idea of their actions ? Israeli settlers were caught on camera setting a vehicle on fire in a private parking lot, right in front of soldiers guarding them.
The attack comes as dozens of settlers stormed occupied Palestinian villages, attacking homes and vehicles since Friday.
The attacks have killed one Palestinian man and injured at least 25 people. - DJ...the "west" is so full of its own phantasy "rules based (dis)order" it has completely forgotten international law... We are NO WAY NEAR !!! the end of the crisis...may be just at the beginning... |
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[url]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/the-resistance-axis-penetrated-the-zionist-security-screen.html[/url] or https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/the-resistance-axis-penetrated-the-zionist-security-screen.html ; The Resistance Axis Penetrated The Zionist Security ScreenOn October 7 2023 Hamas breached the fence around Gaza. It infiltrated military installations and Kibbutzes with the intent to take as many hostages as possible. These were to be taken into Gaza for future prisoner exchanges. Despite local warnings the leadership of the Zionist entity was surprised by the move. Its overreaction and the Hannibal directive led to the death of many hostages. The event was a shock to the Israeli public. It had felt secure. October 7 and the six months of fighting in Gaza and at the northern border have changed that. But the danger so far came only from mere militia, Hizbullah and Hamas. While those are capable they do lack the instruments of a full fledged nation state. Still overconfident of its own capabilities the leadership of the Zionist entity made a second mistake. It had already attacked Iranian envoys in Syria and Lebanon. It topped that with an attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria. It did not expect Iran to respond to it. But pushed by its own population Iran had to respond. It had to do so in a way that was convincing but would not lead to further escalations. A very difficult to achieve balance. Its attack on Israeli airbases in the Negev and a Mossad base on the Golan heights were successful despite the facts that:
As Scott Ritter opines: The U.S. has an advanced AN/TPY-2 X-band radar stationed at Har Qeren, in the Negev desert. Its mission is to detect Iranian missile launches, and pass targeting data to Israeli Arrow and David’s Sling and U.S. THAAD ABM batteries deployed to protect sensitive Israeli sites, including Dimona and the Nevatim and Ramon air bases. I would argue that the "best surveillance radar in the world" and the "most sophisticated anti-missile defenses in the world" are likely whatever the Russians have. But anyway. The attack pushed through all defenses and hit the assigned targets. (How precise it did so will not be known for quite some time.) It was a technically impressive and resoundingly successful operation. Israel will likely refrain from hitting back. If simply because it has no effective defense against a similar strike and certainly not enough of anything to fend of a series of such strikes. Just ask yourself. What would happen:
Any such attack could be catastrophic for Israel. Security for its Jewish population is the core reason of the Zionist state. It was the argument Israel made to further immigration. Israel is no longer secure. It can no longer do as it wants without having to fear the consequences. It will take some time for this fact to sink into the Zionists' mind. But it will. In consequence of October 7 and April 14 the Zionist population of Israel may well decrease. - [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism ; Zionism (/ˈzaɪ.É™nɪzÉ™m/ ZY-É™-niz-É™m; Hebrew: ×¦Ö´×™Ö¼×•Ö¹× ×•Ö¼×ª, romanized: ṢīyyonÅ«t, IPA: [tsijoˈnut]; derived from Zion) is a nationalist[fn 1] movement that emerged in Europe in the 19th century to enable the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine,[3][4][5][6][7] a region roughly corresponding to the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition.[8][9][10][11] Following the establishment of the modern state of Israel, Zionism became an ideology that supports the development and protection of the State of Israel as a Jewish state.[12][13] - [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8SsHlDVc58[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8SsHlDVc58 Firstpost-India; Why are Jews Targeted? The Origins of Antisemitism | Flashback with Palki SharmaWhy are Jews Targeted? The Origins of Antisemitism | Flashback with Palki Sharma Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, antisemitism has been on the rise. It is often called the "oldest hatred" in the world. How and when did this hatred begin? Why does it persist even today? Watch the full story on Flashback with Palki Sharma. DJ, anti-semitism, hatred against "Jews" is a reason why there came an "USrael"...(another reason simply was/is oil/gas). The India-flashback looks from a distance to why there was so much hate against "Jews" in Europe for so long. -From Roman times till the 20th century there was a religious ground-"Jews" had their own religion-their own holy book -Because "Jews" were not allowed land often they "made money from money" via loans or as tax-collector -From the 19th century onward "Jews" some claimed were a "race" more then a religious group... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews ; The Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִי×, ISO 259-2: Yehudim, Israeli pronunciation: [jehuˈdim]) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group[12] and nation[13][14][15][16][17] originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East,[18][19][20][21][22] and whose traditional religion is Judaism.[23][24] Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated,[25][26] as Judaism is an ethnic religion,[27][28] although not all ethnic Jews practice it.[29][30] Despite this, religious Jews regard individuals who have formally converted to Judaism as part of the community.[29][31] The Israelites emerged from within the Canaanite population to establish the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah.[32] Judaism emerged from Yahwism, the religion of the Israelites, by the late 6th century BCE,[33] with a theology considered by religious Jews to be the expression of a covenant with God established with the Israelites, their ancestors.[34] The Babylonian captivity of Judahites following their kingdom's destruction,[35] the movement of Jewish groups around the Mediterranean in the Hellenistic period, and subsequent periods of conflict and violent dispersion, such as the Jewish–Roman wars, gave rise to the Jewish diaspora. The Jewish diaspora is a wide dispersion of Jewish communities across the world that have maintained their sense of Jewish history, identity and culture.[36] DJ, "zionism" believed there could be a "safe country" for people identifying themselves as Jewish...One may ask does "USrael" offer such a safe place ? Could the idea of a "Jewish island" in the Arab Middle East work ? How "Jewish" does it need(ed) to be ? Anti-semitism was and is a major problem...DJ-I do not see "Jews" as a "race"-maybe a -by now- group of cultures ? [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazar_hypothesis_of_Ashkenazi_ancestry[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazar_hypothesis_of_Ashkenazi_ancestry [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages One can discuss when what group lived where...and does it give any rights...Anglo-Saxons once lived in Germany...so did the Franks...We had Romans here in NL for centuries...But beside historic reasons -if a group of people decide to "take a piece of land and start their own country" may also work...The US, Canada...America's, Australia, New Zealand did get a "lot of visitors from Europe" who decided to stay and create their own country... From those perspectives; -A country "Israel" started/created in 1948 is not unique...it could work... -Europeans started their own "white" countries all over the globe...[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia was meant for liberated former "slaves"...So...within certain limits even a "Jewish State" may be understandable... -Antisemitism was an extra push factor...Europe has a certain guilt... However...Palestine was NOT empty...it did see-in history-lots of rulers and lots of cultures...It may have offered room for Jewish culture as well... The problem is not "a Jewish state" but the way it is treating non-Jews...Zionist-extremism may be the enemy of any "Jewish State" because it does not leave any room for others then a "self-selecting cultural group"...DJ-extreme zionism may see "more liberal Jews" as "non Jewish" but still claim more land... Extreme zionism does create the conflicts-it is a problem in itself... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1vdquXGyX0[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1vdquXGyX0 Judge Napolitano; Alastair Crooke: Is Peace Possible?DJ...NOT with zionist extremism... Since the west is using USrael to keep a grip on West Asia energy the west may go for regime change in Iran...supporting/creating all kinds of "seperatist groups" supporting MEK -try to get a "sjah-puppet" in power...All under the banner of "freedom and democrazy"... USrael may attack Iran proxies...but did learn Iran is "to big to handle"... It would be welcome if the "west" did rethink its ideas...Work with Iran, BRICS...not fight them... -From a military perspective USrael -on its own- can not deal with a major Iran "reaction" -From a political perspective USrael used terror to deter possible enemies...it needs-in this extremist form-conflict to justify its existence... -From a future perspective USrael HAS to learn to live with its neighbours and may have to see "Jewism" in another view... 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DJ, I see both the UKraine and USrael-wars as part of a bigger confrontation between NATO-west and BRICS-extra-rest of the world...To keep things "simple"; -NATO = 10% of global population -BRICS-extra = 90% of global population... NATO is fighting in the interest of the 0,1% "rich elite", defending the US-petro-$, western control over "everything" ... BRICS-extra is fighting for a multi-polar world, trade in own currencies Western GDP may be "high"...so are western debts ! By now BRICS-extra may control over 50% of global energy, logistics, food...The "west" is already in a bad position and by sticking to confrontation politics-instead of diplomacy-the west is only getting weaker...BRICS-extra is getting stronger...(GDP-up, debts down...energy-prices much less a concern..young population, leaders have more public backing...). [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z81SIffUMtM[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z81SIffUMtM MS; The Russians Captured Semenivka | Bloody Mess In Chasiv Yar. Military Summary 2024.04.15DJ, a few major points; -Russia preparing a northern front (Charkiv/Sumy) may start another offensive -Sirsky Ukraine Army commander in conflict with "right sector-neo nazi" fighters... -French foreign legion soldiers hit by Russian missiles in Slaviansk...dozens killed -Ukraine will keep hitting Russian oil/gas untill they get more support from the US -NATO/US sending more "help" to its other NATO proxy USrael...UK-RAF even moving fighter jets from Romania to Cyprus... -DJ-Ukraine army in "slow collapse"...shortage of "everything" from soldiers to air defense... -Russia dropping pamphlets on several frontlines on how Ukraine soldiers can surrender... -DJ-NATO was already overstretched before 2022 Special Military Operation began... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-france-germany-join-bidens-call-israels-restraint-while-russia-defends-irans-strike[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-france-germany-join-bidens-call-israels-restraint-while-russia-defends-irans-strike ; Summary:
DJ...reality is the US/NATO IS already involved -in many ways- in the present Middle East wars... -USrael ONLY can do anything "serious" with NATO (US-UK-EU) protection... -"commitment to USrael security is sacrosanct"= US first says no...when it matters US will help... -West keeps on sending weapons, money etc. to USrael...words are empty... -By now very likely "tens-of-thousends" of USraeli citizens will try to leave USrael..a lot of them may have other country passports as well-besides that-like UKraine- USrael passport holders CAN travel to most-if not all- western countries...(Some may even go to Russia...I believe it was 20% of USrael population has Russian roots ?) DJ-The MAIN !!! problem for "USrael" are zionist extremists-even violent against "moderate" citizens...On top of that the west used "USrael" to keep West Asia energy under western control...that has failed...So the "west" may no longer "need" USrael that much any longer...not enough to start World War Three for... DJ, a main western problem is "neo-liberal blind capitalism"...a few very rich persons-in that "idea" can claim they "own the world"....Everything is for sale...media, politics, science...Like zionist extremism also neo-liberal-extremism becomes self destructive... NATO wars are "debt based" but no body is willing to buy those "debts" (10 year US state bonds-sales were a disaster...). The "west"-certainly the US- is facing "peak-debts"...soon interest payments will be the highest cost in the US budget...[url]https://www.usdebtclock.org/[/url] or https://www.usdebtclock.org/ US debt may reach 35 trillion next month... With BRICS-extra already in control of over 50% of energy-logistics-food and the west sinking in debts the west is in NO POSITION AT ALL !!! to keep confrontation-insanity going ! Just like USrael "leaders" do not get the military situation right-(do not want to see USrael has not enough air defense for ANY major conflict, USrael export/economy is "gone", USrael citizens "on the run" - still "leaders" push for "deterrence"...DJ-USrael should not even think of using nuclear weapons...) also "western leaders" deny the terrible position they did get "the west" in... DJ- "We" should have AVOIDED !!!! the UKraine escalation ! There was NO NEED for NATO to expand east ! The idea of zelensky claiming UKraine should get nuclear weapons-early 2022 ( pushed by US/UK) was insane !!! The biden/h.clinton lie "Putin made trump US president" is crazy...sick ! There is something wrong with US elections ! We did see -this century- three times discussions on the outcome (Al Gore/Bush was the first one...h.clinton-trump #2...trump-biden #3...) but it is a US problem ! Fix it ! Do not blame Putin ! Putin is not allmighty ! It may be even a sign of weakness Russia again has Putin as president... Blame games, denial, does not help...kicking cans down the road/buying time with debts also makes problems worse ! End of part 1 |
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part 2, DJ-I am "trying to follow events" and "get a balanced opinion" on that/share it...I do have a very limited history background/not an expert in anything (local history...interesting but not that relevant for this forum...). DJ, During the Crusades there were lots of European "Kingdoms" in the Middle East...fighting both Islam and Orthodox Christianity...USrael may not have managed to get away from "western support/sponsors" and establish its own basis in West Asia...The region can do without a bully...but may welcome a "partner"...USrael stayed to much of a bully for western interests..It could have become a motor for West Asia economy...but it failed in that... DJ, the "rest of the world" never was blind for "western double standards/morals"...The "west" "protecting human rights" while also keeping the rest poor and under western (military) control... DJ...US/NATO keeps sending weapons/money to keep USrael going...Lots of "USrael" citizens try to get away...so less protests in USrael itself to "limit" netanyahy and his extremists... DJ...again !!! Lots of people identifying as "Jewish" totally disagree with netanyahu and his zionist-extremists...Still "western politicians" claim even Jewish protests against netanyahu are "anti-semitic"....Again..zionist extremists not only mass murder Palestinians but also attack more moderate "USrael" citizens...with western support ! Like in UKraine western politics/media ignoring extremism...because it does not fit their agenda ! DJ...I stop for now...site seems to have serious tech-problems...I will try later... |
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DJ, Lots of discussion on "the net" on what is next between USrael and Iran...DJ-my translation; NATO-BRICS-extra... I did see good commentators ruling out nuclear options...Some claims "USrael may attack pro-Iran groups in Syria, Lebanon..." avoid a possible escalation with Iran... DJ-Again..."wishful thinking" can do a lot of damage...The basic idea of "USrael-as a Jewish "home"land" is USrael will do EVERYTHING needed to provide security for its citizens.... DJ...deterrence is the basics of "USrael" defense/wars... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrFTpSD_v_c[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrFTpSD_v_c Firstpost-India; Iran vs Israel Military Comparison: Who Has the Upper Hand? | Vantage with Palki SharmaHow do Iran and Israel compare militarily? Iran is one of West Asia’s largest militaries. Meanwhile, Israel is one of the strongest. Israel's forces are vastly superior to Iran's when it comes to technology. Iran, however, has massive stockpiles of cheap but effective weapons. Iran's military possesses advanced missiles, drones, and naval capabilities, playing a significant role in regional geopolitics and defense strategy. But Israel's military is technologically advanced with cutting-edge weaponry including missiles, air defense systems, and intelligence capabilities, ensuring regional security. If compared, who comes out on top? Which of the two nations has superior military prowess? Palki Sharma tells you. DJ; Firstpost admits...it is not only USrael - Iran...Also-the initial war will be with missiles/drones...DJ-My impression Iran may be more experienced in how to use those weapons...April 14 did show Iran did use "cheap simple weapons" to find out where what USrael/NATO defense radar was...It managed to hit the targets; -Intel post in Golanheights -Two airfields in Negev... Those targets were supposed unable to be hit.... So US/USrael going "our air defense is superior-we shot down 99%"...but the 1% did hit the intended targets...(and the 99% is for sales...US weapons may not be selling that good any longer...they are expensive, need a lot of maintenance, often even fail before reaching a frontline...The main goal is "max profits") In the Firstpost video USrael GDP may be 2,5x that of Iran...but GDP-PPP -what you buy for your money-makes a difference...Iran has a lot of "friends" willing to send a lot of weapons.. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MufiPLJagEE[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MufiPLJagEE The duran; Iran and Israel; Pressure to escalate and de-escalateDJ, US elections are keeping biden from openly supporting an all out war with Iran...Ratio is against more war...Iran has NO WMD/Weapons of Mass Destruction-even US intel knows...There is NO nuclear weapons program... Point is neo-con hawks/war industry wants war...trump/republicans are -most- pushing to "show solidarity" with USrael... biden/NATO did NOT stop sending weapons/money to USrael... So when you look at what they are doing-not to what "comes out of their mouth"-they are getting ready for war... DJ-My view is NATO wants to regain control over West Asia/energy...tools for that; -USrael going for "greater USrael"... -Türkiye may see its Ottoman dreams supported by the west...if it "joins" that west...(US handing over parts of Syria/Iraq to Türkiye ? Türkiye maybe joining EU ?) -The "Saudi Bloc/Gulf States-Jordan" may be bribed by "the west" willing to pay for their energy in local currencies... -Maybe even Pakistan, Egypt may be "played"... So I disagree with; [url]https://southfront.press/the-iranian-flood-in-the-name-of-al-aqsa/[/url] or https://southfront.press/the-iranian-flood-in-the-name-of-al-aqsa/ ; In conclusion, two conclusions should be drawn. 1. The global West, led by the Anglo-Saxons, has finally changed the priorities of foreign policy. Now the focus of the US and Europe is on Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Asia. The Zionist colony has become a burden that the West will definitely get rid of. Washington will continue to try to imitate support for the Zionists, but every year military-political cooperation will weaken. 2 – Iran’s regional role is increasing every day, without the Islamic Republic it is difficult to resolve at least some issue even in North Africa, and in this regard, the scales will gradually tilt in favor of the Axis of Resistance, which will force the Zionists and their puppets to capitulate or decide to start a “big war”, which in turn It will untie Tehran’s hands in relation to the occupiers and their lackeys. The collapse of the Zionist entity is not far off, time will tell what the surrender of the enemy will look like. Will it be a series of Palestinian operations that will disable the Zionist economy, or coordinated actions by all members of the Axis of Resistance? The Likud Military Cabinet is already thinking how to defend itself against the above possible attacks, but the wisdom says: “The greatest enemy will hide where you last look” – Julius Caesar. I do not want to make it easier for the Zionists to find these very enemies, I will only write that the Great Silk Road is already close, the Intermarium is a reality, and the Hashemite hypocrites will soon be killed. DJ...my view; "the global west" going for regaining energy control and stop Iran/BRICS-extra...at least that may be the "west-plan"... It will not work...but it could bring a very serious crisis in West Asia and the world... DJ, wishfull thinking may be a very bad advisor... |
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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs1n9qj3-NY[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs1n9qj3-NY Judge Napolitano; Col. Douglas Macgregor : Will Israel Go Nuclear?DJ-more or less my view; (from minute 21) "USrael" needs to deter any possible enemy...It can NOT and will NOT accept a strong Iran...Because that would end USrael regional dominance... Maybe even wider; -Some evangelical christians may welcome a major/nuclear war because "they will go to heaven".. -From NATO perspective; Iran destroyed = BRICS-extra destroyed... -The VERY WRONG IDEA may be...if USrael goes nuclear "it will end there"..."The west has won" because further escalation would "end the world"... DJ-No body is stopping USrael from going nuclear -for now...However Russia made it clear it would NOT in ANY way accept such an escalation...Iran made it clear that as soon "USraeli planes/missiles" move towards Iran-and Iran believes it will be attacked-Iran missiles will be on their way to USrael -and allies... This may be a drill/warning [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/us-and-uk-put-air-refueling-tankers-up-middle-east-for-israel-to-attack-iran?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/us-and-uk-put-air-refueling-tankers-up-middle-east-for-israel-to-attack-iran?catid=17&Itemid=220 ...US could still have enough bases it can use "for training" in the Middle East, UK has its bases in Cyprus...also aircraft carriers in the region... [url]https://southfront.press/locations-of-us-carrier-strike-groups-april-16-2024/[/url] or https://southfront.press/locations-of-us-carrier-strike-groups-april-16-2024/ ...USS Dwight D. Eisenhouwer...(and UK/French carriers ???). ------- [url]https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1780223847851344199[/url] or https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1780223847851344199 ; The destruction of Gaza proves the entire mainstream western worldview is bullshit, because if the mainstream western worldview was accurate, the destruction of Gaza would not be happening. By the mainstream western worldview I mean the general consensus about what’s going on in the world which is prevalent among mainstream western politicians and pundits and the creators of mainstream culture in New York and Hollywood. The worldview which takes it as a given that western democracy is real, that the US and its allies are basically good actors on the world stage even if they make mistakes from time to time, that the western news media pretty much tell us the truth about things (or at least the media which align with the mainstream political faction we support), and that the world works pretty much the way we were taught in school. If the mainstream western worldview was accurate, the US and its western allies would not be helping Israel rain military explosives upon a walled-in civilian population that’s half comprised of children — because the mainstream western worldview maintains that the US and its western allies behave in an ethical way with high regard for human rights and wellbeing. If the mainstream western worldview was accurate, the US and its western allies would not be assisting Israel while it deliberately starves civilians — because according to the mainstream western worldview that kind of collective punishment is a violation of the international law which the US and its western allies uphold and defend. If the mainstream western worldview was accurate, we would not be continually reading stories about how large media outlets like CNN and The New York Times force their staff to slant their coverage in a way that benefits Israeli information interests — because per the mainstream western worldview the western press are reliable sources of information, and propaganda is something that is only used by bad guys like Putin and Kim Jong Un. If the mainstream western worldview was accurate, Hollywood and the western news media would have spent six months united in passionate and consistent condemnation of Israel for its nonstop mass atrocities in Gaza — because the mainstream western worldview says we live in a truth-based society guided by ethical institutions. If the mainstream western worldview was accurate, we wouldn’t see western officials standing behind podiums justifying the mass slaughter of civilians and denying obvious Israeli war crimes day after day and month after month — because in the mainstream western worldview murdering civilians and facilitating war crimes is something that is only done by illiberal, undemocratic countries to the east and the south. If the mainstream western worldview was accurate, the US and its allies wouldn’t have spent this time bombing people in Yemen, Iraq and Syria who try to fight back in opposition to Israel’s genocidal atrocities in Gaza — because the mainstream western worldview asserts that the US power alliance is an upholder of peace and stability throughout the world. We simply are not seeing what we’d expect to be seeing with regard to Gaza if the mainstream western worldview was accurate. This is because the mainstream western worldview is not accurate — it’s a false narrative construct that has been carefully assembled inside each of our skulls by the most sophisticated propaganda machine that has ever existed. In reality we do not live in a truth-based society that is guided by morality and governed by basically decent people — we live in a lie-based society that is guided by greed and the pursuit of power, and is governed by unelected sociopaths. We do not live in the kind of world we were taught about in school. We live in a corrupt, mind-controlled dystopia, under the thumb of an undeclared globe-spanning empire which requires more and more violence and tyranny to sustain. Gaza should devastate any part of the mainstream worldview which still exists in your mind, because all the facts we are seeing right in front of our faces squarely contradict that worldview. Changing your worldview is not easy. It takes work. It takes sincerity. It takes a willingness to sit in the discomfort of cognitive dissonance while staring at facts which prove our perspective is misinformed, and coming to terms with them. But it’s the only way for an individual to come to a truth-based understanding of the world, and one day it’s how we as a collective will move into the creation of a real truth-based society. DJ, Understanding the history, the basis for colonization, slavery, nazism...The idea of "western people" on top of civilization..."the best the world can deliver"-with a "god given right" to exploit, enslave, misuse "the rest"... There has -for thousends of years- been an "elite" that claimed to be put in that position by "a god"...Question the order was question "the will of the god(s)...(In part that is how Jews got in problems...they did NOT follow "main stream"...). I hope I am very wrong...as always with bad perspectives... |
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DJ, Since it may give a good description of the crisis western war-industry is in [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/defense-sector-panicking-iran-missiles-defeated-most-advanced-integrated-abm-defensive-systems?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/defense-sector-panicking-iran-missiles-defeated-most-advanced-integrated-abm-defensive-systems?catid=17&Itemid=220 ; 5-7 missiles hit the world’s most heavily defended location, defeating an integrated ABM defense that was custom built to defeat the very missiles it failed to shoot down. THAT has some people in the Defense sector, literally panicked. You see, if 5-7 missiles got through, then it is a given that others can get through. And simple math reveals that had Iran fired thirty (30) missiles at that base, the base would no longer exist. The Iranians know this now. They __know__ Israeli "missile defenses" cannot stop their medium range ballistic missiles with any great reliability. While Jordan fired US PATRIOT missiles to down a few Iranian missiles, Jordan's PATRIOTS are now completely depleted. They have NONE left. Fighter jets did down a few additional Iranian missiles, but not many. As such, Israel is not only vulnerable, there is no "filler" technology that can be quickly inserted into the advanced, integrated system, to make things better for Israel. Put simply, right now, Israel is factually defenseless from any large salvos of these missiles. Think about that for a moment. DJ, the bigger picture; Not only USrael learned it was empty handed...NATO did learn that too... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgJNWeHeLnw[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgJNWeHeLnw MS; Collapse Of The Donetsk Front | Mutiny In The Ukrainian Army. Military Summary 2024.4.16DJ, UKraine is collapsing... The "west" keeps supporting genocides by USrael-on Palestinians and by UKraine on ethnic Russians...(on top of all other NATO massmurders in Asia/Africa). Western conventional forces; -Are NOT effective -Are running out -Become unpayable (because BRICS-extra controls basic materials, energy, logistics) The REAL picture by now is "the west is being cornered"...There may still be a few insane "leaders" running around claiming "UKraine is winning", "USrael is mass murdering in self defense"...BOTH NATO made wars are lost ! Again ! ------- The rational thing to do was to start talks, limit damage...The problem is you need "rational leaders" for that...the west is ruined by a bunch of maniacs... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option ; The Samson Option (Hebrew: ברירת שמשון, b'rerat shimshon) is Israel's deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against a country whose military has invaded and/or destroyed much of Israel. DJ the "west" dominated this planet for 500 years...plundered it, enslaved most people...in the interest of a few... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland) ; The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [É™nË ËˆÉ¡É”É¾Ë tÌªË É™ ˈmË oËÉ¾Ë ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine,[1][2] was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and subsequently had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole.[3] The most severely affected areas were in the western and southern parts of Ireland—where the Irish language was dominant—and hence the period was contemporaneously known in Irish as an Drochshaol,[4] which literally translates to "the bad life" and loosely translates to "the hard times". The worst year of the famine was 1847, which became known as "Black '47".[5][6] During the Great Hunger, roughly 1 million people died and more than 1 million more fled the country,[7] causing the country's population to fall by 20–25% (in some towns, populations fell as much as 67%) between 1841 and 1871.[8][9][10] Between 1845 and 1855, at least 2.1 million people left Ireland, primarily on packet ships but also on steamboats and barques—one of the greatest exoduses from a single island in history.[11][12] The proximate cause of the famine was the infection of potato crops by blight (Phytophthora infestans)[13] throughout Europe during the 1840s. Blight infection caused 100,000 deaths outside Ireland and influenced much of the unrest that culminated in European Revolutions of 1848.[14] Longer-term reasons for the massive impact of this particular famine included the system of absentee landlordism[15][16] and single-crop dependence.[17][18] Initial limited but constructive government actions to alleviate famine distress were ended by a new Whig administration in London, which pursued a laissez-faire economic doctrine, but also because some in power believed in divine providence or that the Irish lacked moral character,[19][20] with aid only resuming to some degree later. Large amounts of food were exported from Ireland during the famine and the refusal of London to bar such exports, as had been done on previous occasions, was an immediate and continuing source of controversy, contributing to anti-British sentiment and the campaign for independence. Additionally, the famine indirectly resulted in tens of thousands of households being evicted, exacerbated by a provision forbidding access to workhouse aid while in possession of more than one-quarter acre of land. DJ...again...that "elite" not only exploited "subjects" outside the west, but also was responsible for mass murder inside the west... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War ; The Thirty Years' War[j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%.[19] Related conflicts include the Eighty Years' War, the War of the Mantuan Succession, the Franco-Spanish War, the Torstenson War, the Dutch-Portuguese War, and the Portuguese Restoration War. The war was traditionally viewed as a continuation of the religious conflict initiated by the 16th-century Reformation within the Holy Roman Empire. The 1555 Peace of Augsburg attempted to resolve this by dividing the Empire into Catholic and Lutheran states, but over the next 50 years the expansion of Protestantism beyond these boundaries destabilised the settlement. However, while differences over religion and Imperial authority were important factors in causing the war, most contemporary commentators suggest its scope and extent were driven by the contest for European dominance between Habsburg-ruled Spain and Austria, and the French House of Bourbon. DJ, a lot of "religious" wars -in facr- are economic wars... Economy was the main reason for both NApoleon and NAzi's to "go east"; grain/food, but also strategic/logistics... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-McQMJvaZbk[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-McQMJvaZbk Mark Felton; 1941 Invasion of Iran - Regime Change WWII-StyleIn 1941, Iran was jointly invaded by the British Empire and the Soviet Union. Why did this happen to a neutral country? Find out how what happened in 1941 changed Iranian history and its difficult relationship with the West. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iran#World_War_II[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iran#World_War_II While German armies were highly successful against the Soviet Union, the Iranian government expected Germany to win the war and establish a powerful force on its borders. It rejected British and Soviet demands to expel German residents from Iran. In response, the two Allies invaded in August 1941 and easily overwhelmed the weak Iranian army in Operation Countenance. Iran became the major conduit of Allied Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union. The purpose was to secure Iranian oil fields and ensure Allied supply lines (see Persian Corridor). Iran remained officially neutral. Its monarch RezÄ ShÄh was deposed during the subsequent occupation and replaced with his young son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[171] DJ, there is discussion on how pro-nazi the Persian/Iranian elite was in 1940-41...German troops came close to Baku...A pro-nazi Iran occupied by the Germans would "be the end" of the UK link with British-India etc. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran ; The invasion took place two months after the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union's subsequent alliance with the United Kingdom. The attack also took place less than two months after Allied victories over pro-Axis forces in neighbouring Iraq and French Syria and Lebanon. The invasion's strategic purpose was to ensure the safety of Allied supply lines to the USSR (see the Persian Corridor), secure Iranian oil fields, limit German influence in Iran (Reza Shah had leveraged Germany to offset the British and Soviet spheres of influence on Iran) and preempt a possible Axis advance from Turkey through Iran toward the Baku oil fields or British India. Following the invasion, on 16 September 1941 Reza Shah abdicated and was forced into exile by the invading British. He was replaced by his young son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[5] DJ...of course this last sjah was pushed out in 1979...had become a US/NATO puppet. The "west" is thinking of the son of the "last sjah" for another regime change operation in Iran... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh ; Mohammad Mosaddegh[a] (Persian: Ù…Øمد مصدق, IPA: [mohæmˈmæd(-e) mosædˈdeÉ¢] ⓘ;[b] 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis.[4][5] He was a member of the Iranian parliament from 1923, and served through a contentious 1952 election into the 17th Iranian Majlis,[6] until his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d'état aided by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States (CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr.[7][8] His National Front was suppressed from the 1954 election.[9] Before its removal from power, his administration introduced a range of social and political measures such as social security, land reforms and higher taxes including the introduction of taxation on the rent of land. His government's most significant policy was the nationalisation of the Iranian oil industry, which had been built by the British on Persian lands since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC/AIOC), later known as British Petroleum (BP).[10] In the aftermath of the overthrow, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi returned to power, and negotiated the Consortium Agreement of 1954 with the British, which gave split ownership of Iranian oil production between Iran and western companies until 1979.[11] Mosaddegh was imprisoned for three years, then put under house arrest until his death and was buried in his own home so as to prevent a political furore.[12][13] In 2013, the US government formally acknowledged its role in the coup as being a part of its foreign policy initiatives, including paying protestors and bribing officials.[14] DJ, Iran, Afghanistan did have "modern leaders"...only the west wanted puppets...So...the NATO goal for Iran is clear; -Another western puppet regime "democrazy" -"Break BRICS" -Energy under western/US$ control... 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[url]https://twitter.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/1780479492642750801[/url] or https://twitter.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/1780479492642750801 ; Foreign Affairs writes about the "hidden history" of diplomacy that could have ended the war. It was not "hidden"! The media refused to report on verifiable facts & smeared anyone who discussed it as "Putinists" and "propagandists" Why did the media fail to report on the following: - On the first day after Russia invaded, Zelensky confirmed that Moscow contacted them to negotiate peace based on neutrality - On the third day after the invasion, both Moscow and Kiev confirmed negotiations would start based on restoring Ukrainian neutrality. - The US spokesperson, Ned Price, argued the US could not support the peace negotiations as this war was much greater than Ukraine - The Israeli and Turkish mediators at the negotiations confirmed they were close to an agreement as Russia would compromise on everything besides neutrality / end of NATO expansionism, but the US and UK blocked it as they saw an opportunity to weaken Russia by fighting with Ukrainians - The head of Zelensky's political party confirms there was a deal, and the former advisor of Zelensky also confirms there was a deal but the Americans could get the Russians and Ukrainians to fight each other. - Ukrainian ambassador Chalyi who participated in the peace negotiations argues Putin "tried everything" to get a peace agreement and they were very close to a deal before it was postponed - General Harald Kujat, former head of the German Army and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, argues a deal reached before the US and UK sabotaged it by telling Zelensky they would not support the peace agreement but would give him all the weapons he needed to defeat Russia on the battlefield. According to Kujat, the US and UK saw an opportunity to kill Russians and thus weaken a strategic rival This has been an amazing propaganda campaign, appealing to the best in humanity to do the worst. They provoked a war and sabotaged all paths to peace to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, and they sold it to the public as "supporting" and "helping" Ukraine. Almost every "pro-Ukrainian" policy since the coup in 2014 failed to have support from the majority of Ukrainians and always ended in tragedy for their nation. - The only reason we are now allowed to speak about the negotiations is that NATO has run out of Ukrainians and the war is lost. The public must therefore be prepared for a settlement after two years of claiming that Ukraine is winning while refusing to even sit down and talk with Russia. Absolutely disgusting and shameful! DJ...my view; both in Palestine and in UKraine NATO has -again- lost...So what is next; -"protests" in Russia, Iran, China-organized by MI6/CIA -More "sanctions"/trade war...even with the west losing...sanctions seem not to be discussed...(the west in part breaking their own sanctions-bying energy directly from Russia or indirect-Russian based energy products (LNG, Diesel, Kerosine, etc.) from in-between countries China, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia -covert war with special forces helping seperatists/terrorists Nuclear war may be a last option...but the sanctions-support protests strategy so far did not give good results... Western goal is restoring global domination...at ALL costs ! DJ..."foreign affairs" claiming Russian-Ukraine talks to avoid war" were "hidden"...WSJ now claiming Saudi Arabia (Jordan, Egypt) still is/are pro-western... My view; they put national interests on top...trying to limit damage and stay out of a NATO-Iran war...unacceptable for the present "west"... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-TXRUgjPjQ[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-TXRUgjPjQ Judge Napolitano; Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : Is the West Tired of Ukraine?DJ, both wars-UKraine and Palestine could/should have been avoided...escalation can be avoided...Western stupidity (UK/US) however keeps pushing for more war... NEW SUBSTACK! THE CIA AND ISIS FOREVER IN LOVE. Curiously, it seems that whenever America’s enemies are attacked, the Islamic State is responsible. It was the very same ISIS who attacked Syrian positions as American bombs were falling on them, which would have only been possible with advance warning. This is not a surprise, the historyof collaboration between NATO and the Islamic State is as old as the Islamic State itself...... DJ, IS is a NATO ally... [url]https://twitter.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1780326651827798301[/url] or https://twitter.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1780326651827798301 neo-nazi's also a NATO ally.... DJ...when you look at the timeline "the west" is moving closer to war with Iran..."greater USrael" -as a western proxy- would restore western control over Middle East-North Africa (MENA) and energy/logistics... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_War ; The Anglo-Iraqi War was a British-led Allied military campaign during the Second World War against the Kingdom of Iraq under Rashid Gaylani, who had seized power in the 1941 Iraqi coup d'état with assistance from Germany and Italy. The campaign resulted in the downfall of Gaylani's government, the re-occupation of Iraq by the British, and the return to power of the Regent of Iraq, Prince 'Abd al-Ilah, a British ally. DJ, this may 1941 war was the basis for the invasion of Iran [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran august 1941...(linking British ruled former Ottoman West Asia with British India and further east-Malaysia) A NATO war with Iran also may see "a role" for Iraq...Bribes/regime change in Saudi Arabia, Türkiye ? Pakistan did see Imran Khan replaced via bribes...only the new (er) Pakistan government NEEDS trade with Russia and China... The "west" keeps trying to get India on the side of the "west" - pushing for conflict (a.o. over Kashmir) with China and Pakistan... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH50lKdVDhw[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH50lKdVDhw Firstpost-India How did Pakistan and China Become Allies? | Flashback with Palki SharmaPakistan began its post-partition journey by joining multiple military alliances led by the United States. But in the decades afterwards, Islamabad forged an “iron brotherhood” with Communist China. Pakistan’s first prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan recognised the Communist regime in 1950, the first Muslim country to do so. The Chinese regime supported Pakistan in its wars against India and also supplied materials and blueprints for Pakistan’s nuclear programme. Today, China is the largest investor and arms supplier to the country. What led to this thriving partnership between Pakistan and China? How did they build an “iron brotherhood”? Where does India figure in this equation? Palki Sharma tells you on Flashback. DJ, India-since (before) 1947 was supported by the Soviet Union...The "west" (nixon-kissinger 1972) did manage to create tensions between the Soviet Union and (PRC) China...but that ended after 1991 with the end of the USSR/Soviet Union... Like many larger countries India is in a balancing act...with the new cold war(s) again between "east" and "west"... 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DJ, my view; the basic conflict is west-rest/NATO-BRICS-extra.... The "west" /NATO does not care a bit the UKraine war by now may have over 500,000 Ukrainians killed; the goal is "to weaken Russia"... Part of the story is PR...a lot of western citizens now believe "Russia/Putin" is agressive, so we need a "stronger NATO" even more (debt based) billions going to war-industry shareholders buying politicians and "experts"... In many ways the west-Russia conflict is "old"...Iran became a "growing risk"...may need "higher priority; -It is very strategic North-South-Russia-India, East-West-China-Europe/Africa -It still has oil/gas reserves -It is strong...Not as strong as Russia or China but "a risk" for western dominance -Iran made PEACE !!! with Saudi Arabia/UAE-even all three joining BRICS !!! "Peace" has become a dirty word for western politics-we need war ! [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War ; The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War (Arabic: Øرب الخليج الأولى), was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 by both sides. Iraq's primary rationale for the attack against Iran cited the need to prevent Ruhollah Khomeini—who had spearheaded the Iranian Revolution in 1979—from exporting the new Iranian ideology to Iraq. There were also fears among the Iraqi leadership of Saddam Hussein that Iran, a theocratic state with a population predominantly composed of Shia Muslims, would exploit sectarian tensions in Iraq by rallying Iraq's Shia majority against the Baʽathist government, which was officially secular and dominated by Sunni Muslims. Iraq also wished to replace Iran as the power player in the Persian Gulf, which was not seen as an achievable objective prior to the Islamic Revolution because of Pahlavi Iran's economic and military superiority as well as its close relationships with the United States and Israel. DJ...the 1979 Iran revolution went against US/USrael/NATO interests. The west outsourced that war to Iraq. Saddam Hussein became a western ally-in return hoping to get Iran oil/gas and some logistics... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War ; American support for Ba'athist Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War, in which it fought against post-revolutionary Iran, included several billion dollars' worth of economic aid, the sale of dual-use technology, military intelligence, and special operations training.[1][2] The U.S. refused to sell arms to Iraq directly due to Iraq's ties to terrorist groups, but several sales of "dual-use" technology have been documented; notably, Iraq purchased 45 Bell helicopters for $200 million in 1985.[3][4] Of particular interest for contemporary Iran–United States relations are accusations that the U.S. government actively encouraged Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to invade Iran (proponents of this theory frequently describe the U.S. as having given Saddam a green-light), supported by a considerable amount of circumstantial evidence and generally regarded as the conventional wisdom in the Arab world, but several scholars and former U.S. government officials deny that any such collusion occurred, and no direct documentary proof of it has been found.[5][6] U.S. government support for Iraq was not a secret and was frequently discussed in open sessions of the Senate and House of Representatives. On June 9, 1992, Ted Koppel reported on ABC's Nightline that the "Reagan/Bush administrations permitted—and frequently encouraged—the flow of money, agricultural credits, dual-use technology, chemicals, and weapons to Iraq."[7] American views toward Iraq were not enthusiastically supportive in its conflict with Iran, and activity in assistance was largely to prevent an Iranian victory. This was encapsulated by Henry Kissinger when he remarked, "It's a pity they both can't lose."[8][9] DJ a.o. Saudi Arabia provided funding for weapons of mass destruction to be used by Iraq against Iran...In 2003 that funding/WMD-story would be an excuse to invade Iraq and steal its oil...This Iraq-western proxy war against Iran may have 2 million people killed...It did NOT bring the regime change in Tehran the west paid for... ------- A NATO-Iran war in 2024/2025 at first would be a [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe ; Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military strategy based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight.[1][2] Though the concept has a variety of historical precedents, the doctrine was explained by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade in 1996 and was developed specifically for application by the US military by the National Defense University of the United States DJ...since in a military sense NATO is "history" and western high number of military killed "is unpopular" a lot of the "war" again would have to be "outsourced"... Weakening Iran is a major goal...So "break up Iran" may be part of the plan... Azerbaijan, Türkiye may have interests in NW parts of Iran, Pakistan may be interested in Baluchistan...could get it if they "kick out the Chinese"... Arabs may be interested in SW Iran...Maybe India may get some ports/oil/gas "rights"...Afghanistan get a link to the Indian Ocean ? Splitting up Iran would break BRICS in several ways; -Iran no longer a strategic BRICS link -Egypt/Saudi Arabia/UAE-Arabs, India -all in BRICS+ would get a share of Iran... -By outsourcing a lot of the war-only providing "western help" (selling more western weapons to boost the economy !) Russia and China may find it difficult to react... Of course getting Arabs, Turks, Indians, Pakistani's all united against Iran "is a job"...but Iran oil, gas, industry may pay for that... Of course also the link between energy/international trade and "western controlled currencies" need to be restored...And "the west" may even be willing to "open discussions" on global security...After all NATO still has the "A" for Atlantic...why not go for something like "ITO" International Treaty Organization ? So Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand also can join this "organization defending freedom and democrazy".... -Russia may have its victory in UKraine...ITO gets Iran ! NATO goes global ! -It may be to late to stop Russia-China cooperation, but its links with the rest of EurAsia can be cut of.. -Of course the US back garden has to be "reorganized"...military dictators following US orders/bribes did work well for decades... -Africa needs to be "kept poor and exploitable"...Some young Africans may be welcome in "the west" for the "dirty work"... -Further increase of (social) media control in the "west" may silence opposing voices... -Once "christianity neede to be spread" to the "savages"-now it is "economic progres and prosperity" being spread around the globe... The New World Order is an old world order in the interest of a small elite willing to kill tens of millions in wars, "natural" disasters... An "idea" could be even Russian/Chinese "elite" could join that 0,1% claiming to "own the planet".... ---------- The "west" will NEVER give up its "god given right to exploit the rest"....Whatever it takes... Is the above "break up Iran to break up BRICS" scenario realistic ? Lots of western "leaders" will NOT stop a(nother) war against Iran...In part to avoid a war with Russia and China... "War is peace", "Freedom is slavery"..." [url]https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/genre/[/url] or https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/genre/ George Orwell’s 1984 is a defining example of dystopian fiction in that it envisions a future where society is in decline, totalitarianism has created vast inequities, and innate weaknesses of human nature keep the characters in a state of conflict and unhappiness. Unlike utopian novels, which hold hope for the perfectibility of man and the possibility of a just society, dystopian novels like 1984 imply that the human race will only get worse if man’s lust for power and capacity for cruelty go uncorrected. DJ, welcome in a new world- "rules based" order.... |
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DJ, a few years back I sometimes included (fitting) music in my posts. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NH87JoJ8Pk[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NH87JoJ8Pk Queen-I want it all-and I want it now ! May be a good description of western debt/greed based "foreign policy/war promotion"... NATO is meeting again these days-planning more genocides...with almost ALL western political "parties" supporting "war=peace"...I am NOT neutral-consider myself "left wing green" but I do not see myself represented by "idiots in politics"....Politicians are destroying democracy...a sort of "uni-party" agreeing on the headlines...marginal differences...and we are supposed to vote for this ? US voters in november can choose between two incompetent idiots...The same two "old white men" running in 2020...Both unfit for a job they do not seem to understand...In the UK "new labour-conservatives" will "win"...This is not democracy but a freak-show ! The very MAJOR job the POTUS (President Of The United States) has is to unite the states...Not divide them ! With political "leaders" like the west now ended up with who needs enemies ? These "leaders" destroy the west from inside ! ------------ In Gaza people are starving...With full NATO support NATO-proxy USrael did kill over 5,000 Palestinians per month...The mass murder now switched from US bombs to keeping food, medication..even drinkable water away from 2,3 million Palestinians... Crazy western leaders call this "self defense"... In the West Bank the last 6 months USrael killed close to 100 Palestinians per month...USraeli "settlers" kicking Palestinians out of their homes, from their land...stealing everything...The USraeli army is not standing by...they are participating in it... "No problem" for the "west"... All things in live have a price; [url]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/iran-and-saudi-arabia-see-their-common-future-in-the-east.html[/url] or https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/iran-and-saudi-arabia-see-their-common-future-in-the-east.html ; Amwaj.media, which translates everything into Persian, Arabic and English, has published a piece written by two academics from Iran and Saudi Arabia. Such cooperation is still rare. This can then be seen as a semi-official explanation and/or vision of those countries' global policies. The piece confirms the loss of U.S. influence and the rise of China's role in the Middle East: How Gaza war is pushing the region eastward The unwavering US support for Israel’s war on Gaza has left a bitter taste in the region. Anger is mounting not only in the Arab world but also across the Global South, over what is seen as western double standards towards Israel’s continued onslaught. There is a unified demand for a ceasefire and sharp criticism of what it viewed as unchecked Israeli aggression.
The U.S. plan to bring the Arab states and Israel together into an anti-Iranian coalition gets rejected, the scholars write, because of lack of U.S. pressure on Israel to pursue a two state solution. DJ, Iran and Saudi Arabia/UAE very likely still will have a lot of disagreements...However; -NATO pulling out of Afghanistan came as a shock for the Arab world-western support means nothing... -Yemen-Houthis, using primitive drones, attacked Saudi oil installations under US protection...The 180-degrees radar however was pointed at Iran-so US patriot-air defense MISSED the primitive drones... -Türkiye did send Leopard-2 "best German tank" in an integrated NATO style operation into Syria...to see the (US backed) PKK-"SDF" Kurds blow up those tanks... -NATO is blocking a real Palestinian State, wants Arabs to die in a war with Iran for western interests... -US outproduced (a.o. via fracking) Saudi Arabia in oil production...sticking to the US-petro-$ even the Saudi's want to get rid of... -OPEC+ "is working fine"...Russia turns out to be a better partner both for the Saudi's/UAE and Iran...(no hypocritical comments about human rights...The US with over 2 million US citizens in prison, death penalty, extreme poverty has NO right at all to lecture others about human rights...) DJ...So yesterday I posted a "scenario" in wich NATO would be able to get SW Asia united against Iran...Very unlikely...(again)... Disgusting ! The very likely outcome ! "genocide-joe", corrupt mass murderer, "leader" of the "west/nazi-NATO" is supporting "USrael" dominating West Asia... biden would welcome "the west" beating Iran/stop BRICS+... [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F18Hwl_1fpo[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F18Hwl_1fpo Judge Napolitano; Connor Freeman : Ukraine CollapsingDJ, Iran would NOT have reacted if; -UNSC condemned the attack on the Iran embassy in Damascus...OR; -US would call for a cease fire in Gaza... The "west" is unwilling to even take those very basic steps "they want it all-and they want it now".... The USrael attack on the Iran Embassy in Damascus-against international laws-killed 15 people, most civilians.. Somehow the -legal- reaction by Iran for the "west" was "unprovoked" again...Just like NATO moving east was "NOT a provocation"...eventough Russia did warn again and again they can not accept it... For most of the world the picture is getting more clear each day; The only things the west has to offer is war, chaos, poverty and debts... DJ-The thing I find most shocking is -again- ALL political parties seem to agree on this western insanity... The "west is bankrupt, broken...." End of part 1 |
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part 2, -The "west" As a citizen "we" have a job to do ! [url]https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/columbia-university-students-stage-vietnam-style-anti-war-encampment-gaza[/url] or https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/columbia-university-students-stage-vietnam-style-anti-war-encampment-gaza ; Hundreds of Columbia students have staged a Vietnam-style encampment inside the main campus of the university in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in defiance of what they say is repression of pro-Palestinian protests at the Ivy League school in New York City. The action on Wednesday morning organised by several groups including Columbia University Apartheid Divest, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace, began hours before Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s testimony was expected before the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The Gaza solidarity encampment is the latest student-led action at Columbia geared to force administrators to divest from companies and institutions they deem to be profiteering from Israel's "apartheid, genocide and occupation" in Palestine. "We set up an encampment of around 50 tents. We are going to be creating our version of the university because we no longer recognise the university that we joined because of the repression and the severe encroachment of academic freedom," Maryam, a student activist who joined the camp-out at the university, told Middle East Eye. "We will not be leaving from our position until our school divests from all funds that are going to this genocide," Maryam, who only offered her first name, said. DJ Columbia University is providing "jobs" for war criminals like h.clinton and v.nuland...Why western war criminals run free ? Tony bliar, david camera-on in the UK are still "respected" war criminals-eventough they did get the UK into the NATO Iraq and Afghan war... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptocracy[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptocracy ; Kleptocracy (from Greek κλÎπτης kléptÄ“s, "thief", or κλÎπτω kléptÅ, "I steal", and -κρατία -kratía from κράτος krátos, "power, rule"), also referred to as thievocracy,[1][2] is a government whose corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) use political power to expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern, typically by embezzling or misappropriating government funds at the expense of the wider population.[3][4] One feature of political-based socioeconomic thievery is that there is often no public announcement explaining or apologizing for misappropriations, nor any legal charges or punishment levied against the offenders.[5] Kleptocracy is different from plutocracy (rule by the richest) and oligarchy (rule by a small elite). In a kleptocracy, corrupt politicians enrich themselves secretly outside the rule of law, through kickbacks, bribes, and special favors from lobbyists and corporations, or they simply direct state funds to themselves and their associates. Also, kleptocrats often export much of their profits to foreign nations in anticipation of losing power.[6] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first use in English occurs in the publication Indicator of 1819: "Titular ornaments, common to Spanish kleptocracy. DJ...if the shoe fits.... -Why do politicians fail to represent you ? -Why does "media-for-sale" spread propaganda ? Inform yourself and others ! Put priorities ! (One may disagree on lots of -important- issues but stopping -nuclear- war may have to be #1). Protest ! The "west" is supposed to be "democratic" ! Why then do people lose their job when they speak out against western backed war and genocides ? End of part 2 |
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Part 3, A very WRONG idea may be "the west/capitalism" did beat the Soviet Union; [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_market_economy[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_market_economy a lot of that "west" had ; The social market economy (SOME; German: soziale Marktwirtschaft), also called Rhine capitalism, Rhine-Alpine capitalism, the Rhenish model, and social capitalism,[1] is a socioeconomic model combining a free-market capitalist economic system alongside social policies and enough regulation to establish both fair competition within the market and generally a welfare state.[2][3] It is sometimes classified as a regulated market economy.[4] The social market economy was originally promoted and implemented in West Germany by the Christian Democratic Union under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in 1949,[5] and today the term is used by ordoliberals, social liberals, and social democrats, who generally reject full state ownership of the means of production but support egalitarian distribution of all goods and services in a market segment. Its origins can be traced to the interwar Freiburg school of economic thought.[6] The social market economy was designed to be a middle way between laissez-faire forms of capitalism and socialist economics.[7] It was strongly inspired by ordoliberalism,[8] which was influenced by the political ideology of Christian democracy.[7][9] DJ..a balance between government and private influence... Maybe Scandinavia/North European countries did see most of this kind of government...In Western Europe "neo-liberal market" ideas by now resulted in a housing crisis, destruction of public healthcare and education, end of public transport...Worsening the climate and health crises... Several factors ended the Soviet Union; -Stagnation..."old men rule" , corruption... -[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War or better; [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone ; Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideen in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992, prior to and during the military intervention by the USSR in support of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The mujahideen were also supported by Britain's MI6, who conducted their own separate covert actions. The program leaned heavily towards supporting militant Islamic groups, including groups with jihadist ties, that were favored by the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in neighboring Pakistan, rather than other, less ideological Afghan resistance groups that had also been fighting the Soviet-oriented Democratic Republic of Afghanistan administration since before the Soviet intervention.[1] Operation Cyclone was one of the longest and most expensive covert CIA operations ever undertaken.[2] Funding officially began with $695,000 in mid-1979,[3] was increased dramatically to $20–$30 million per year in 1980, and rose to $630 million per year in 1987,[1][4][5] described as the "biggest bequest to any Third World insurgency".[6] The first CIA-supplied weapons were antique British Lee–Enfield rifles shipped out in December 1979; by September 1986 the program included U.S.-origin state of the art weaponry, such as FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missiles, some 2,300 of which were ultimately shipped into Afghanistan.[7] Funding continued (albeit reduced) after the 1989 Soviet withdrawal, as the mujahideen continued to battle the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during the First Afghan Civil War. [url]https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Brzezi%C5%84ski[/url] or https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Brzezi%C5%84ski did manage to give the Soviet Union "their own Vietnam-war" Also [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster ; The Chernobyl disaster[a] began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR, close to the border with the Byelorussian SSR, in the Soviet Union.[1] It is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven—the maximum severity—on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the other being the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. The initial emergency response and subsequent mitigation efforts involved more than 500,000 personnel and cost an estimated 18 billion roubles—roughly US$68 billion in 2019, adjusted for inflation. did not help.... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative ; The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons (intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles). The concept was announced on March 23, 1983, by President Ronald Reagan,[1] a vocal critic of the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD), which he described as a "suicide pact". Reagan called upon American scientists and engineers to develop a system that would render nuclear weapons obsolete.[2] Elements of the program reemerged in 2019 with the Space Development Agency (SDA). DJ'"Star Wars" would have ruined Soviet finances...only it did not...It may have ruined the US however... A very main reason why both the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact ended around 1990 was [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev .... "Gorby" believed in "peaceful cooperation" and wanted an end to the "cold war" and arms race...He even hoped Russia could join NATO ! ...the west "wanted it all and wanted it now"...so the west plundered eastern Europe/Russia, destroyed Yugoslavia and started regime change wars in the Middle East... Putin is the outcome of western insanity...Western looting created BRICS-extra... In "that way" "the west" still is a "motor in modern history" ! No body wants anything to do with this "west"! End of part 3 |
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DJ, I did NOT expect "USrael" to attack Iran on such short notice... [url]https://tass.com/world/1777525[/url] or https://tass.com/world/1777525 ; MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. Iran suspended flights above some of its cities, such as Isfahan, Shiraz and Tehran, the IRNA news agency reported. Besides, air defense systems were activated in Isfahan, Reuters said citing an Iranian source. Presumably, the systems reacted to a drone. IRNA said air defenses were in action in several Iranian provinces. According to CNN, at least eight flights were diverted from their courses amid reports of Israel’s possible missile strike on Iran. The Mehr news agency, in turn, reported that Tehran International Airport cancelled international flights until 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (7:00 a.m. GMT). Earlier, Fars said that at least three explosions occurred in the province of Isfahan. According to Bloomberg, Israel informed the United States on Thursday about its plans to strike Iran within the next 24-48 hours. CNN reported, with reference to a US official, that the strikes came as a response to Iran’s aerial attack on Israel on April 13. Fox News, in turn, said the Jewish state delivered a limited strike on Iran. DJ ??? - A look at [url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/19/723943/Iran-explosion-Isfahan[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/19/723943/Iran-explosion-Isfahan ; The sound of explosions have been heard near the central Iranian city of Isfahan due to the activation of air defenses, informed sources say. Initial reports say important facilities in the Isfahan province, especially nuclear facilities, are completely safe and no accidents have been reported. Following the activation of air defenses in Isfahan and northwestern city of Tabriz to deal with possible targets, no large-scale hit and explosion caused by any air threat has been reported. DJ, another source; My -limited-view; USrael did "send some drones/missiles" to claim an attack...So it could claim it had reacted... DJ...[url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/israel-bombs-iran-syria?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/israel-bombs-iran-syria?catid=17&Itemid=220 has a "big story" based on US "sources/lies"... NL News-pro-western propaganda-also comes with lots of ???????????????? So...if this was supposed to be a "very major USrael attack" ...it was not ... USrael continues its mass murder of Palestinians in both Gaza and West Bank-with NATO help/weapons...USrael -in fact- in a war with Hezbollah on the USrael-Lebanon border...[url]https://southfront.press/military-situation-on-israeli-lebanese-border-on-april-18-2024-map-update/[/url] or https://southfront.press/military-situation-on-israeli-lebanese-border-on-april-18-2024-map-update/ DJ-Very likely even this USrael-fake-attack on Iran needed western support... |
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[url]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/israel-retaliates-for-irans-retaliation-attack.html[/url] or https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/israel-retaliates-for-irans-retaliation-attack.html ; Last night Israel attempted a minor attack on Iran to 'retaliate' for the Iranian penetration of its security screen. The current exchange happened after Israel, in clear violation of international law, bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus. The aim and success of last night's attack is yet unknown: Israel carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran early Friday morning local time, reportedly targeting locations in the west of the country. Explosions were heard in the city of Isfahan, prompting commercial flights to divert from their routes. Two discarded first stages of Israeli ROCKS aero-ballistic missiles have been found in Iraq. ROCKS, a derivative of Sparrows ballistic target rocket, are air-launched, stand-off, air-to-ground missiles. They may have hit something near Isfahan or they may have been taken down by Iranian air defense. No Iranian or Israeli officials have commented the attack. The IAEA said that no Iranian nuclear facility has been hit. As both sides are currently silent, and as there are no signs of further escalation, the strike will likely conclude the current exchange. As a consequence of its strike in Damascus Israel has lost its escalation dominance. Iran managed to penetrate its external security screen just like Hamas had penetrated Israel's internal security screen on October 7 2023 when it broke out of Gaza to collect hostages. Those who moved to Israel because they thought that it could provide them with security should reevaluate their decision. DJ, netanyahu hoped "the west" would be willing to join USrael in a war with Iran...He was wrong...again... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/futures-tumble-oil-and-gold-soar-reports-huge-explosions-central-iran-israeli-airstrikes[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/futures-tumble-oil-and-gold-soar-reports-huge-explosions-central-iran-israeli-airstrikes ; SUMMARY:
DJ, USrael-and NATO-are overstretched by far...simply unable to create more wars... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-vetoes-palestinian-bid-full-un-membership[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-vetoes-palestinian-bid-full-un-membership ; Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have granted Palestine status as a full UN member state, a move that goes against President Biden’s claim that he favors a two-state solution. The US was the only member of the 15-member council to vote against the resolution, while the UK and Switzerland abstained. There were 12 votes in favor from Russia, China, France, Japan, South Korea, Ecuador, Algeria, Malta, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, and Guyana. DJ, Over 140 countries recognize Palestine...USrael/US keep isolating themselves...The US keeps destroying international law and solutions... DJ, NATO/US keeps supporting genocide by USrael on Palestinians, by UKraine on ethnic Russians... DJ, Both USrael and UKraine NATO-proxies are destroyed for US/NATO goals...A lot of the population may leave their -once a- country... |
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DJ, Yesterday-april 19-supposed attacks on Iran are still very unclear; -Was there a deal between the US and netanyahu; We veto a Palestine State if you do no longer go for any major attack (for now) on Iran ? -US giving its proxy USrael all the room for mass murder in Gaza -US ??? would attack pro-Iran militia in Syria/Iraq (???) - DJ. By -for now- not attacking Iran in a major way the "escalation dominance" shifted from USrael to Iran..in West Asia. [url]https://ejmagnier.com/2024/04/16/a-delicate-dance-the-us-and-israels-dilemma-in-responding-to-iranian-strikes/[/url] or https://ejmagnier.com/2024/04/16/a-delicate-dance-the-us-and-israels-dilemma-in-responding-to-iranian-strikes/ ; When Iran retaliated for the destruction of its consulate in Damascus, the United States led the formation of a regional international coalition (US Air Force and ground bases, UK, France, Jordan and NATO ships) to contain the fallout. This limited the range of ballistic missiles so that only a few could penetrate the defences, including the several Israeli layers of interception missiles. This strategic intervention gave Israel significant moral support and reinforced its confidence in strong defences should it decide to confront Iran directly. This support came despite international condemnation of Israel’s crimes in Gaza and amid US and Western efforts to prevent a full-scale multi-fronts war in the Middle East. DJ-there are lots of different ideas on "what is next"...My view; BRICS-extra may have both a better plan/strategy AND is in control in the region... -Iran wanted to show "the west" it can reach/destroy any target...and it did reach 2 Negev air bases and an intel-center in the Golan heigths...decided to limit the damage because the message was "we CAN do it...but for now we do not do it"... -Azerbaijan, NW of Iran, may have been used for a limited number of US/rael drones...Jordan may think twice -and be out of most missiles/air defense- so US/rael has limited means for a war with Iran and allies -biden has enough troubles in keeping the UKraine war going "weakening Russia" (the west is getting weaker, Russia does see economic growth...) DJ-In UKraine Russia is gaining ground and destroying UKraine/NATO logistics. Daily UKraine losses still may be around 1,000 soldiers...however Russian losses are also likely dozens/100+ soldiers killed... Both in Gaza/Palestine and in UKraine Hamas/Russia is able to deal with those losses...For every Russian tank destroyed there may be 3-4 new Russian tanks...for every Hamas/Palestinian fighter killed there could be more than 1 replacement...Both NATO proxies UKraine and USrael run out of soldiers/weapons... For NATO itself every weapon replacing one lost in the NATO made wars may cost more than twice the price it only did cost in 2022... [url]https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-arrest-two-suspected-of-spying-for-russia/a-68854481[/url] or https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-arrest-two-suspected-of-spying-for-russia/a-68854481 ; German prosecutors on Thursday said police in the Bavarian city of Bayreuth had arrested two men on suspicion of spying for Russia. The two are accused, among other things, of acting as agents for sabotage purposes and of preparing explosives, the German Federal Prosecutor's Office announced in Karlsruhe. DJ, the NATO wars and western war-promoting "leaders" are "not very popular" in the "west". If 20% of the public supports them it already is "good"...But in western "politics" view all those opposing NATO wars are misled "Putin-puppets" and/or anti-semitic...Even Jewish groups against extreme zionism get portrayed as "anti-semitism"... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shocking-video-shows-man-engulfed-flames-outside-trump-trial-nyc[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shocking-video-shows-man-engulfed-flames-outside-trump-trial-nyc The west now is sinking deeper into a crisis they themselves created... |
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EXCLUSIVE THE REAL STORY OF THE ISRAELI COUNTER RESPONSE From a very high level intel source. In Asia. NOT Russia-China. Although the strategic partnership, of course, exchanges at the highest level 24-7. Confirmed and re-confirmed. It will be great to know what Sy Hersh hears from his Beltway sources. Here we go. Israel initially chose to respond with extreme force. An F-35 loaded with a nuclear bomb was sent east over Jordan. The mission: cause a high-altitude detonation over Iran that would provoke a surge in the high-capacity power lines, crippling Iran's electric grid, as well as disabling all electronic devices. An EMP attack. However... ... As the Israeli F-35 was leaving Jordanian airspace it was shot down by the Russian Air Force. Hence the publicised version of the Israeli counter response was such a travesty. In the end all sides decided not to publicise the real news - to de-escalate what could well turn into WWIII. DJ...my view; -If this story is true...terrible... -If it is true -my idea- USrael may have coordinated it with the US/UK NATO ? -But lots of questions...Did Russia -in Iraq- catch the nuclear bomb ? Why per F35, not by missile ? -Another question would be-the EMP would be step 1, nuclear installations step 2 (as far as not destroyed by step 1) DJ...It may explain why the USrael attack "looked this small"...the mean weapon-the nuclear bomb on the F35 shot down by Russia over Iraq... [url]https://southfront.press/secret-israeli-missiles-used-in-attack-on-iran-can-evade-radar-detection-report/[/url] or https://southfront.press/secret-israeli-missiles-used-in-attack-on-iran-can-evade-radar-detection-report/ [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-security-chief-slams-lame-attack-iran-deepening-division-among-war-leaders[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-security-chief-slams-lame-attack-iran-deepening-division-among-war-leaders ; [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-security-chief-slams-lame-attack-iran-deepening-division-among-war-leaders[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-security-chief-slams-lame-attack-iran-deepening-division-among-war-leaders DJ, no doubt more info may become available...Very likely Russia informed its allies on the -possible- event. Both Syria, Iraq-Iran and very likely China, India... link [url]https://ejmagnier.com/2024/04/20/us-in-israeli-iranian-confrontation-a-new-era-and-strategic-implications-of-irans-bold-response/[/url] or https://ejmagnier.com/2024/04/20/us-in-israeli-iranian-confrontation-a-new-era-and-strategic-implications-of-irans-bold-response/ - [url]https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/iran-called-israels-bluff-now-its-waiting-game[/url] or https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/iran-called-israels-bluff-now-its-waiting-game Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, discussed the "grave situation" in Gaza, urged Iran and Israel to exercise restraint amid rising tensions in the Middle East, and explored ways to enhance humanitarian aid deliveries to the besieged enclave during their meeting in Istanbul on Saturday. DJ, If there would be any proof of USrael planning to go for an EMP-nuclear attack on Iran "the story changes".... [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/finklestein-israel-is-a-lunatic-state-certifiably-crazy?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/finklestein-israel-is-a-lunatic-state-certifiably-crazy?catid=17&Itemid=220 only...did the US change its story IF an USrael F35-with nuclear weapon- was shot down ? DJ, IF USrael was in a nuclear attack on Iran-stopped by Russia....how much censorship should we expect ? Will USrael go for another nuclear attack ? To "create deterrence" ? [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option ; The Samson Option (Hebrew: ברירת שמשון, b'rerat shimshon) is Israel's deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against a country whose military has invaded and/or destroyed much of Israel. DJ, the bad news is; -military strategy of USrael gives "first use nuclear options" -ben gvir etc. are crazy extremists with power...netanyahu NEEDS war with Iran -Russia made it clear it would NOT allow USrael to go nuclear...(and has both intel and ways to stop such plans). DJ...biden and his "gang" very likely KNEW of the plan.... The reason Iran's posture has dramatically changed from "Strategic Patience" to now being willing to risk war with both Israel & the US is...RUSSIA It was last year Putin announced that henceforth Russia would be assisting friendly nations who are being threatened by the [U.S.] hegemon (N. Korea, Iran) with weapons & military technology Since then, Russia has undoubtedly done all it can to provide Iran with assistance in strengthening their air defense grid & improving the effectiveness of missile attacks on heavily defended targets & providing satellite data in real time (as well as Russia's equivalent of GPS) Why did Putin do this? Because the United States made it clear, through the Ukraine War, that it is an existential threat to Russia with its CIA & brainless political class Last year was when Putin described Russia's new determination to "oppose" the imperial machinations of the US everywhere around the globe, which was then described as "lateral escalation" Thanks to the insane & diabolical efforts of the CIA, Russia has now embraced the role of implacable foe of the elites of the United States. Russia has just recently said it will help Iran to defend itself from an attack by the United States At the same time, Russia's attitude toward Israel has gone ice cold; I dare say Moscow now views Israel as just as much an existential threat to Russia as the United States is. The Genocide has revealed so much I think the Russia Card has-more than anything else-encouraged Iran to now boldly defend itself with the advanced capacities it has developed. They now have the "eyes" of Russian satellites & an overall picture of the battlefield they once lacked Neither Iran nor Russia wants to fight an all-out war with the US, but they're not afraid of it. They have plenty of reason to think the US just might back down at a certain point (Biden telling Bibi to not strike back) Finally, I think there are zero reasons to doubt that Moscow is well aware of Israel's nukes & likely has a plan to "take them out" if it looks like Israel may be losing badly enough to implement their Sampson Option If Russia knows where they are (something the US & Russia have always made a high priority of their intel operations) they have the means (hypersonic missiles & nuclear-tipped torpedoes for Israel's subs) to take them out Why & when would they do so? Only when/if it looks like Israel-even with America's help-will not be able to stop Iran from destroying their military bases on the ground If things have developed to that point, where all-out war is destroying Israel's Air Force, I don't think Russia would hesitate to preemptively take out Israel's nukes If they miss a couple & the IDF delivers them to targets, it will be a horrific tragedy, but at least the preemptive strike will have greatly diminished the Final Evil that Zionist Israel plans for those who are Not Chosen... DJ...when can we expect another try ? Will it be USrael or will the US itself "go nuclear" to keep "the west" in power ? |
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DJ, I am trying to learn more about a "possible nuclear attack by USrael on Iran-stopped by Russia". [url]https://twitter.com/RealPepeEscobar/status/1781652011173253524[/url] or https://twitter.com/RealPepeEscobar/status/1781652011173253524 ; Israel initially chose to respond with extreme force. An F-35 loaded with a nuclear bomb was sent east over Jordan. The mission: cause a high-altitude detonation over Iran that would provoke a surge in the high-capacity power lines, crippling Iran's electric grid, as well as disabling all electronic devices. An EMP attack. However... ... As the Israeli F-35 was leaving Jordanian airspace it was shot down by the Russian Air Force. Hence the publicised version of the Israeli counter response was such a travesty. In the end all sides decided not to publicise the real news - to de-escalate what could well turn into WWIII. DJ, Pepe Escobar trying to find more info on this "story"; First of all, as much as I respect Scott, I am just a messenger of an extremely explosive intel leak relayed by an unimpeachable source. An Asian source - that's all I can reveal. I asked for surefire confirmation several times and only published the information when the source confirmed a big world power totally validated it - but would remain mum. The source also stressed there is a consensus among big powers that the information should be treated in "this information will self-destruct in five seconds" style. This never happened. If the sources retracts, and it's deep into the night now in Asia, of course I will retract the post - with apologies. Meanwhile, I will soon publish a physics analysis of what may have happened - or not. some reactions; Of course, I don't necessarily buy this story but, for the people debunking it primarily by saying that a shoot down of a nuke-carrying plane would have triggered the nuke--that's not the case at all. A nuke doesn't get armed until it's launched and even destroying it before that would not "set it off". The U.S. has actually dropped several live nukes by accident from planes before and they did not go off even after falling from 30,000ft altitude because they weren't armed. So while I think this story is not likely, it's certainly not for this particular reason. In fact, this story comports with several recent rumors that predate it that spoke about Israel planning to use precisely an EMP style attack on Iran, for instance: https://telanganatoday.com/israel-is-reportedly-trying-the-emp-attack-on-iran-what-is-it… And now, as most have seen, the U.S. has been talking about using its new CHAMP microwave missile to do the same exact thing--fry Iranian plants with EMP pulses. So, given this context, Pepe's story is not entirely out of the blue or off-script per se, given what we know. - Regarding Pepe Escobar’s post about an Israeli F-35 with a nuclear weapon/EMP over Iran: Why an F-35? Stealth? Then you’re limited to a weapon that can be carried in its internal weapons bay. We are now talking about an ASAT-type weapon—a missile launched from a plane that can make it to outer space. (Anti-Satellite=ASAT) Israel has no such weapon. And if it did, it couldn’t fit in the internal weapons bay of an F-35. Now, if Pepe had said that the aircraft was an F-15, we could entertain such a possibility, especially when including the need for externally mounting this weapon. But he said F-35. This kills the story right off the bat. But, just playing along, let’s assume the Israelis built an ASAT-type weapon that could fit into the internal weapons bay of an F-35, or—just spitballing here—the Israelis decided to forego any effort of stealth and mount the missile externally, like the Russian Kinzhal/Mig-31 duo. What size warhead could it carry? The AIR-2 Genie air-to-air missile had a 1.5 kiloton warhead. Why is this important? Most Cold War EMP scenarios envisioned weapons of yields between 1 and 10 megatons. The size of a warhead deliverable into outer space from an F-35 platform would be very small. Without getting into the physics of nuclear weapons design/gamma ray generation potential, any realistic nuclear warhead that could fit on a missile deliverable into space by an F-35 would be of a very small yield. As such, the size of the territory adversely impacted by the EMP produced would be very small. As such, the scenario postulated by Pepe Escobar’s source is extremely risk averse, with little or no meaningful impact. In short, it doesn’t make sense, even if it was able to be carried out, which it isn’t. - - DJ, [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_Escobar[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_Escobar ; Pepe Escobar (born 1954) is a Brazilian journalist and geopolitical analyst.[1][2] His column "The Roving Eye" for Asia Times regularly discusses the multi-national "competition for dominance over the Middle East and Central Asia."[3] He has reported from Afghanistan and Pakistan, writing about Osama bin Laden before 9/11 and interviewing Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Massoud. is a very serious journalist-old style...He is NOT someone to make this kind of very serious claims without good thinking... DJ-For now I take this story of a plan "to use a nuclear weapon on Iran" by USrael very serious... End of part 1 |
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part 2, [url]https://asiatimes.com/2024/04/israels-attack-on-iran-what-we-know-so-far/[/url] or https://asiatimes.com/2024/04/israels-attack-on-iran-what-we-know-so-far/ The US said it was informed there would be a strike by Israel four days earlier, but apparently the target of the attacks was not provided to the Pentagon. Israeli aircraft could not operate in the region without coordinating in some measure with the United States. Even so, the Pentagon made it clear it had nothing to do with the attack. The US offered no immediate condemnation of the strike. DJ, referring to KNOWN USrael attacks (not mentioning the possible F35-nuclear/EMP aspect) ; -US radar/coordination neede by USrael for an attack on (a.o.) Iran -US tanker-plane [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker needed to do the flight DJ The Asia Times article also makes clear the USrael (and others ???) attack friday april 19 was much larger; Israel’s air force, possibly with drones, attacked an air base or hit nearby facilities in Isfahan, Iran. The airbase has not been officially named, but it was likely the Hesa Air Base. This air base is associated with the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Company, the successor to the Bell Helicopter complex built for the Shah of Iran and dating back to 1974. That facility is massive and is in full operation producing Bell’s 214 Helicopter and other models as well as locally produced variants. DJ, USrael did attack "pro-Iran" groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq quite often-so maybe that is why it was left out from the "Iran attack story"... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/toys-not-drones-iran-continues-mocking-israels-attack-contrasting-narratives-emerge[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/toys-not-drones-iran-continues-mocking-israels-attack-contrasting-narratives-emerge ; Iran has continued mocking Israel's limited attack which happened in the early hours of Friday morning. In a fresh interview with NBC, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian dismissed much of the initial reporting in the West concerning the strike, which appeared to center on the city of Isfahan - which hosts a nuclear energy site - as "not accurate". "What happened last night was not a strike," the Iranian top diplomat asserted. He claimed that the the attack involved merely two or three small UAVs, which "were more like toys that our children play with, not drones." DJ, Iran may be downplaying the real attack... [url]https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-itamar-ben-gvir-calls-execution-palestinans-ease-overcrowding-prisons[/url] or https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-itamar-ben-gvir-calls-execution-palestinans-ease-overcrowding-prisons Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's far-right national security minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country's jails. Writing on social media, he welcomed a decision by the Israeli army to build 936 additional prison places for "security prisoners". DJ the "present USrael government" is a genocidal bunch of psychopaths...-in my view- very well able to "go nuclear against Iran"... The US seems to agree with further genocide in Gaza-agreeing with tens of billions more for the (US) war industry "defending freedom and democrazy".... IF !!! USrael was planning a nuclear attack on Iran it may be the US did know about the plan to attack-but NOT the nuclear aspect...(DJ-I would not even rule out the US shooting down an USrael F35 IF it was on its way for a nuclear attack on Iran...The US may be willing to go "very far" but NOT accepting an USrael nuclear attack on Iran). End of part 2 |
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part 3, -USrael/netanyahu wanted the US/west to get involved in a war with Iran for decades...he was never this close to a US/NATO-Iran war.. DJ-for that matter; If one views the conflict as -in basics- a NATO-BRICS+ conflict the extreme zionists demand for "greater USrael" controlling West Asia is not far from neo-con wish to stop/break BRICS+...Iran (member of BRICS+/SCO) is at the heart of BRICS..the goals of extreme zionists and extreme neo-cons may not be that different-only the reasons behind it differ... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Armament[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Armament ; To preserve its stealth shaping, the F-35 has two internal weapons bays each with two weapons stations. The two outboard weapon stations each can carry ordnance up to 2,500 lb (1,100 kg), or 1,500 lb (680 kg) for the F-35B, while the two inboard stations carry air-to-air missiles. - The aircraft can use six external weapons stations for missions that do not require stealth.[167] The wingtip pylons each can carry an AIM-9X or AIM-132 ASRAAM and are canted outwards to reduce their radar cross-section.[168][169] Additionally, each wing has a 5,000 lb (2,300 kg) inboard station and a 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) middle station, or 1,500 lb (680 kg) for F-35B. The external wing stations can carry large air-to-surface weapons that would not fit inside the weapons bays USrael producing its own F35 [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II_Israeli_procurement[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II_Israeli_procurement [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel#Aircraft[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel#Aircraft only mentioning F15 and F16 in a -known- USrael nuclear role...The F35 in an EMP role may NOT need to be stealth-could cary a nuclear weapon to "the horizon" of the EMP target...In this case-could "send" a nuclear weapon from Iraq air space to bring EMP-damage to Iran... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse#Generation[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse#Generation ;
Thus, for equipment to be affected, the weapon needs to be above the visual horizon DJ, Did USrael (with US-other help) develop a way to use their F35 for "a sort of EMP/nuclear attack" on Iran ? [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel#Other[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel#Other ; EMP strike capabilities: Israel allegedly possesses several 1 megaton bombs,[196][197] which give it a very large EMP attack ability.[198] For example, if a megaton-class weapon were to be detonated 400 kilometers above Omaha, Nebraska, US, nearly the entire continental United States would be affected with potentially damaging EMP experience from Boston to Los Angeles and from Chicago to New Orleans.[199] A similar high-altitude airburst above Iran could cause serious damage to all of the electrical systems in the Middle East, and much of Europe. DJ, My very non-expert view, trying to make up my mind; The claim USrael may have been going for a EMP-strike against Iran using an F35 may be real. The US may have been needed for coordination and refueling...Since refeuling of the F35 very likely would be needed AFTER the strike the US may have even known of the goal of the USrael attack... Both netanyahu c.s. and biden c.s. may be willing to go that far. Russia very likely may have had the intel and means to stop it... DJ-My conclusion 50%+ chance of this story being real... End of part 3 |
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part 4, If Pepe Escobar has this "story" (many) others by now may have "info"... In his story Pepe Escobar-more or less includes USrael, the US and Russia...The "Asian source" (not Russian or Chinese) may have had his/her own reasons to spread that info. Since it is a "very explosive claim" spreading false info could be a goal of the "source"... Everybody with "some brains"-even I-could "make up a story" of USrael F35 to go for an EMP strike against Iran-link it to last friday USrael latest acts of agression... Pepe Escobar must have been told a lot more then what he now is making public...Very likely his source for this info is a source he did know for a long time and he trusts... Still in the psychological warfare/propaganda war the story "may be incomplete"...Maybe Russia did shoot down an USrael F35 over Iraq to show the US they "can and will" but "the EMP aspect" could be fabricated ???? The total concert of improbable elements together. If it was one or two alone, then maybe. But it's the improbable nuke, with the improbable fact that Russia would somehow know all about it before hand, with the improbable fact that the claimed shoot down occurred over Jordan, which is pretty unrealistic. Maybe if Russia had shot them down over Syria, it would make for a more realistic tale, at the least. - DJ-IF Russia stopped a nuclear/EMP attack on Iran then Russia may have prevented the first "war use" of nuclear weapons since august 1945 US nuclear bombs on Japan. ... As the Israeli F-35 was leaving Jordanian airspace it was shot down by the Russian Air Force. Hence the publicised version of the Israeli counter response was such a travesty. In the end all sides decided not to publicise the real news - to de-escalate what could well turn into WWIII. DJ... From a very high level intel source. In Asia. NOT Russia-China. and First of all, as much as I respect Scott, I am just a messenger of an extremely explosive intel leak relayed by an unimpeachable source. An Asian source - that's all I can reveal. DJ...de-escalation STILL may be a main goal "for all involved".... -USrael already is very isolated...IF countries in and outside the region would have reason to believe USrael "went nuclear" even former allies may rethink their position... -Iran must draw the conclusion USrael wants to completely destroy Iran...even an EMP would kill a lot of people... -Russia may share intel with its allies-at least with China...Increase "prevention steps" to avoid another USrael nuclear attempt -The US further cornered...IF there would be any proof of such an USrael EMP-plan how can it be the US did not know about it ? -Türkiye-still in NATO-very likely may have seen EMP damage...may leave NATO... -Most NATO members would be "very unhappy" with such an US/USrael EMP plan... Even if this EMP-F35-US-rael story is 100% fake it can do a lot of damage...It will "go its own way" (Hal Turner has already a story behind paywall...)... --------- With billions of US tax/debt money more for the US war machine "the rest" of the world by now knows "the west thinks "war=peace"....Most informed western citizens will have "very serious doubts" about "their country"...Support for UKraine was decreasing and only a very tiny group supports western help for the USrael mass murder on Palestinians... IF this F35-EMP story gets believed widely it further increases "major doubts" on western governments... More info if I get more... |
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[url]https://twitter.com/RealPepeEscobar/status/1782015672639168882[/url] or https://twitter.com/RealPepeEscobar/status/1782015672639168882 ; VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE I now have TWO separate, definitive confirmations from TWO ultra high level intel sources from TWO separate Asian nations. Working to get a third - at least a partial acknowledgment. I moved to Asia 30 years ago. Built a unparalleled network. Trust my top sources a billion per cent. The original source that led to my first post reconfirmed he stands by it. His words: "I'm honestly surprised that people are surprised. Do they really think if something like this happened it's gonna be presented to them in front of their TVs? It's like history has taught them nothing." Working on a first column - probably out tomorrow. Many thanks to all who offered informed, sharp comment and criticism. This should be a collective effort to get to what might have happened: the shape of it, not necessarily the details as they were leaked. DJ, It is very unwelcome news-USrael on its way with a nuclear weapon towards Iran. Russia stopped it... More info tomorrow I hope... [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/israeli-war-cabinet-expected-to-convene-tonight-at-17-30-local-time?catid=17&Itemid=220[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/israeli-war-cabinet-expected-to-convene-tonight-at-17-30-local-time?catid=17&Itemid=220 ; The Israeli War Cabinet is expected to convene tonight at 17:30 (local time). Rafah? Iran? Both? Stay tuned . . . Israeli time zone is seven hours ahead of US eastern time zone. DJ nothing good... |
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DJ...if people still think "IS" has anything to do with "Islam" they -again- are fooling themselves... [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-04-20/house-passes-ukraine-funding-bill-hitlers-birthday ; House Passes Ukraine Funding Bill On Hitler's Birthday Congress Passes $95 Billion America Last PackageAs Zero Hedge reported today, Congress passed a package of bills to fund the Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan while not providing any additional money for U.S. border security. That Congress passed Ukraine funding on Hitler's birthday probably won't go unnoticed by Ukrainian Neo-Nazis, who have been among the most enthusiastic opponents of Russia since the Donbass conflict that preceded the current war started in 2014. DJ, More US tax payer/debt money going to war-industry & promotion "to boost US economy" (and its shareholders/political sponsors). Most western weapons may have seen prices "exploding"...energy/material costs, staff all getting ( a lot ) more expensive... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option#Deterrence_doctrine[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option#Deterrence_doctrine ; In an article titled "Last Secret of the Six-Day War" the New York Times reported that in the days before the 1967 Six-Day War Israel planned to insert a team of paratroopers by helicopter into the Sinai. Their mission was to set up and remote detonate a nuclear bomb on a mountaintop as a warning to belligerent surrounding states. While outnumbered, Israel effectively eliminated the Egyptian Air Force and occupied the Sinai, winning the war before the test could even be set up. Retired Israeli brigadier general Itzhak Yaakov referred to this operation as the Israeli Samson Option.[22] In the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Arab forces were overwhelming Israeli forces and Prime Minister Golda Meir authorized a nuclear alert and ordered 13 atomic bombs be readied for use by missiles and aircraft. The Israeli Ambassador informed President Nixon that "very serious conclusions" may occur if the United States did not airlift supplies. Nixon complied. This is seen by some commentators on the subject as the first threat of the use of the Samson Option.[23][24][25][26][27] Seymour Hersh writes that the "surprising victory of Menachem Begin's Likud Party in the May 1977 national elections ... brought to power a government that was even more committed than Labor to the Samson Option and the necessity of an Israeli nuclear arsenal."[28] Louis René Beres, a professor of political science at Purdue University, chaired Project Daniel, a group advising Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He argues in the Final Report of Project Daniel and elsewhere that the effective deterrence of the Samson Option would be increased by ending the policy of nuclear ambiguity.[29] In a 2004 article he recommends Israel use the Samson Option threat to "support conventional preemptions" against enemy nuclear and non-nuclear assets because "without such weapons, Israel, having to rely entirely upon non-nuclear forces, might not be able to deter enemy retaliations for the Israeli preemptive strike."[30] DJ, so USrael making nuclear-war-plans is NOT new... [url]https://twitter.com/DanLinnaeus/status/1781573391847227419[/url] or https://twitter.com/DanLinnaeus/status/1781573391847227419 ; Can Israel Delete Iran’s Underground Nuclear Facilities Using Bunker-Busters? — April 20, 2024 Bottom Lines: - The IAF F-15E/I could theoretically be modified to deploy the GBU-57A/B MOP. - A wave of successive strikes combing F-35 platform GBU-31 JDAM compatible BLU-137/B warhead to soften the target, if perfectly executed to split the arrow with follow up GBU-57 type MOP dual-strikes from a second wave of F-15s could theoretically achieve a combined penetration of 70-120 meters—potentially sufficient to permanently incapacitate Iranian underground nuclear facilities in Natanz and Fordow. DJ...I am NOT any kind of expert trying to see what others think... [url]https://telanganatoday.com/israel-is-reportedly-trying-the-emp-attack-on-iran-what-is-it[/url] or https://telanganatoday.com/israel-is-reportedly-trying-the-emp-attack-on-iran-what-is-it ; After drone, fire, and missile attacks, Israel is now reportedly planning the EMP attack on Iran. Media reports suggest that the EMP bomb attack could have a severe impact on electronics in Iran. DJ, EMP-destroying electronics- could make Iran blind and destroy (most) communication...(unless there is a network with EMP protection). What I make of it the EMP itself would be step 1... Step 2 would be a large scale attack on nuclear/military targets in Iran... Maybe F15/F16's -with more room for bombs under their wings- would have been planned for such a goal...in part later may have been used to attack other targets in "the region"... [url]https://sputnikglobe.com/20240421/iranian-media-reveals-advanced-missiles-iran-has-hidden-in-reserve-in-case-of-us-israeli-escalation-1118043117.html[/url] or https://sputnikglobe.com/20240421/iranian-media-reveals-advanced-missiles-iran-has-hidden-in-reserve-in-case-of-us-israeli-escalation-1118043117.html ; Third WaveThe third and final wave of the attack began after midnight on April 14 Iranian time, and consisted of the firing of ballistic missiles that entered Israeli airspace minutes after launch. Tasnim’s analysis indicates that the IRGC did not play its “trump card” of using its most advanced missiles, including the Sejjil, Khorramshahr, Kheibar Shekan 2 or its new hypersonic Fatah series missiles, in the strikes. Instead, based on a review of missiles with sufficient range and striking power characteristics, the analysis noted that the IRGC was able to choose from the Dezful, Qiam-2, Rezvan, Kheibar Shekan 1, Emad and Qadr missiles for the strikes. These missiles have a range between 1,000 and 1,950 km, and all except the Dezful and Kheibar Shekan feature liquid fuel propulsion systems. DJ, both USrael/US and Iran/Russia will have a lot of "surprises".... Mackinder's theory, proposed by British geographer Halford Mackinder in the early 20th century, suggests that geographical factors, particularly the layout of continents, influence the balance of power in international relations. His theory, often referred to as the "Heartland Theory," emphasizes the significance of the Eurasian landmass, particularly the vast region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia known as the "Heartland." Mackinder argued that controlling the Heartland would give a state the potential to dominate the "World Island" (Eurasia and Africa) and, by extension, the world. He warned that whoever controlled this region would have immense geopolitical advantage, potentially leading to global hegemony. This theory influenced strategic thinking during the Cold War and continues to be relevant in contemporary geopolitics. DJ ..The "heartland" now is most in BRICS+.... [url]https://southfront.press/satellite-images-show-damage-to-s-300pmu2-radar-at-irans-isfahan-air-base/[/url] or https://southfront.press/satellite-images-show-damage-to-s-300pmu2-radar-at-irans-isfahan-air-base/ ; Tehran acknowledged that the attack targeted Isfahan air base, also known as Eighth Shekari, where the air defense site in question is located. However, it claimed that there were no casualties or material losses. Israel used secret air-launched ballistic missiles as well as small suicide drones launched from within Iran territory in the attack, according to several recent reports. It is unclear which of these weapons hit the S-300PMU-2 radar. DJ, there are claims some of the attacks may have come from Azerbaijan... [url]https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1310930.shtml[/url] or https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1310930.shtml ; Wang Jin, an associate professor at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies at Northwest University in Xi'an, said that Israel's target was not a nuclear site, but the airbase related to Iran's previous missile and drone attack, which makes it more likely that Israel's intention was to warn Iran by flexing its muscles over its military strike capability. DJ...IF Russia did shoot down an USrael F35 with nuclear weapon meant for an (EMP) attack on Iran they will share the info with China... I think several countries may have send Search & Rescue teams inside Iraq to try to locate the F35 and its nuclear weapon...(IF there was indeed such a "event"). Maybe Russia coordinated the shoot down (range for air-to-air missile may be 300 kilometers) with a "special operation" on the ground... ------- The "bigger picture" has both the US/NATO and USrael "in crisis"...conventional weapons may become "limited" so nuclear option use risk is increasing... |
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