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@realdeville1963 It’s a long read but a worthwhile read. Attacking Iran came after securing americas oil from Venezuela. Attack Iran is a headline but there is a long game in play.

You confront the raw truth behind bombing Iran: Is Trump right to brand our prime minister an idiot amid this chaos with NATO wavering? Unpopular opinion, but Iran's actions and the nuclear threat demand we scrutinise every misstep. Behind closed doors, the system protects itself through rewritten security doctrine. Dive into my full analysis below. I spent 20 years inside government and intelligence. I still can't answer: how did a fatwa defending a Shi'a shrine in 2014 become the opening move of a third Gulf War? June 2014. Grand Ayatollah Sistani watches Daesh sweep through northern Iraq. The US-trained Iraqi army has dissolved. Mosul gone. Tikrit gone. Baghdad next. He reaches for paper and a pen. Sixty thousand men answer his call. They form the Popular Mobilisation Forces. Behind closed doors, General Qassem Suleimani of Iran's IRGC is already watching. He knows exactly what this moment means. By 2017, Islamic State is broken. The PMF are national heroes. The results are ones no one intended. Sistani's sacred militia now answers to Tehran. Seven centuries of Sunni dominance over the Shi'a world dissolves in three years of war. The Shi'a Crescent, Tehran to the Mediterranean, gapes suddenly wide open. Iran's actions flood it. Hezbollah receives ballistic missiles, armed drones, sophisticated air defence systems. By 2023 they can fire 4,000 missiles a day. The Axis of Resistance extends from Lebanon through Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Continental in scale. Iranian in direction. The threat to Israel becomes truly existential. You are watching the unforeseen consequences play out in real time. Bombing Iran. Nuclear threat. Security doctrine rewritten overnight. Gaza. Every headline of the past week is the direct downstream consequence of a prayer meeting in Karbala twelve years ago, of a war proclaimed in pursuit of peace and security that tore the lid off seven centuries of suppressed Shi'a power. Reality has outpaced fiction. The second Gulf War created the conditions for the third. And we stopped demanding consequences of those who set this in motion. Pare down the current conflict and you find two peoples, each with centuries of persecution behind them, each convinced that offence is the only reliable defence, each dependent on the enmity of the other to justify what they do next. One shudders to imagine what the unforeseen consequences of this one will be. What do you think comes next?

@realdeville1963 A very well written and thought provoking post Julian.

We need to redefine "values and standards". They are not old-fashioned constraints. They are all that separates democracy from evil. RAF Northolt’s VIP building glistened smugly with dew. Beyond trimmed box hedges and tall flag poles, the sleek white hull of a Lear jet waited. At the foot of the steps a staff sergeant saluted, trousers creased sharper than a blade. Slowly the entourage boarded. Inside, settled in cream leather, the General spoke. Older, lean, still fit, face grizzled from war, eyes carrying its shadow. Junior officers listened, arms folded; a young aide tapped at his laptop. “The Church used to do it,” he said to no one in particular. “Daily services, Chaplain’s lessons every morning. Drummed into us, one way or another. He tapped his temple with two straight fingers. “Even the duffers got it.” He stared out across the runway as the jet taxied. “Bloody good thing too. Gave us a code. Something to hold on to. Christ knows what I would have done without it. His point has never been more valid. The Church’s commandments once formed the basis of our common law, the foundation of our morality, the framework of our lives. Their absence today, replaced by the relentless pursuit of economic survival and success, has left us without any consistent moral guidance. The Armed Forces, by contrast, still instill and enforce their values. Courage. Discipline. Respect for others. Integrity. Loyalty. Selfless commitment. These are not optional. They are lived. They mirror precisely what is missing from public life, from our politics, from international relations. A would-be ambassador who allegedly falsifies his vetting lacks integrity. A Prince whose links to the trafficking of young women remain unexplained shows a fundamental absence of respect for others. A President who uses office for personal financial gain lacks integrity and selfless commitment. A nation that abandons allies in need is disloyal. A Prime Minister who breaks the rules he imposed on others during a national emergency lacks discipline and integrity. A police force deployed for political ends that kills an innocent civilian demonstrates cowardice, indiscipline, and contempt for human life. When such figures lie and cheat to evade accountability, they reveal a profound absence of courage. It is the underlying absence of these values, often hidden behind the scandal of the moment, that hollows out democracy, weakens our security, and erodes our happiness. It drives the dark direction of modern geopolitics and lies at the root of much global suffering. We must name these failures plainly. We must remind ourselves what is at stake. Because these values are all that stand between us and evil. Link to the full story in comments.

We are very happy to welcome Julian DeVille to the DreamEngine author family. Please take a moment follow Julian, you will not regret it!

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Asking all authors. Do you ever follow up on the offers to promote your books on Instagram? If yes, did it work? Would you do it again? Who would you recommend? I think the answer here is going to be yes, no, no and none! It is truly incredible how many of these Bookstagram accounts there are. When you message they are fully automated. They never listen to what you say, they never answer questions. It is purely a numbers game praying on authors desperate to promoted their books. Two of the biggest culprits and the most annoying are @Thewriters_heaven and @theauthors.world . They create fake accounts to post the old '♂️ I suggest 👌' and 'Send me this post' and 'Wow that's admirable book 📚' and 'Really amazing 😍' and 'Fantastic book 😍' and so it goes on. These are just some of the accounts that have either DMed or commented on our Instagram page offering this service: @Thewriters_heaven @worldwideauthor_ @henrylovesbookss @bookishbeam @authors_paradise__ @writerss.paradise @heaven_of_author @dreena_authors @Thewriters_heaven theauthors.world @authorjulies_ @author.elevate @portugallife._ @authors_community_ @amazonmarlin_ @arfollinoauthor @amazonmarlin_ @loutsmonik @booktok.inc @readers_magazine @authors_unity @author.lisavegner @mackcar4272 @booksforages @mackcrdonald3 @writer__heaven @audreyouthar @writersgram.llp @justin.author @mariewills.author @theinkbuzz @readersgramhq

A wonderful a throughly well deserved day with friends for author Tina Zee. Tina deserves high praise for the huge amount of time and dedication she has given to the Cartimandua trilogy. Her wonderful characters and vivid story world take you back in time. Buy at link in bio

Not everyone buys their books on Amazon right? Where do you buy books? You can also buy BE HERE NOW (and all of Paul Carroll's very funny stories) on the Apple Books Store here: books.apple.com/gb/book/be-her…

Congratulations to the amazing Tina Zee. The third and final book in the incredible Cartimandua trilogy is out today. It is truly an amazing story that brings to life our ancient British history. Get the complete work today on Amazon here: amzn.to/4fJ1fiy

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Blood of Brigantia will join Fires of Brigantia and Wild Brigantia on... The 21st of August 2025 The Kindle version is now available for pre-order at this link 📷amzn.to/3IzW6gl Get ready for the final book in the epic Cartimandua Trilogy.

@paulcarrollink @liamgallagher @oasis @MENnewsdesk Who Feels Love? This young man clearly didn't!

"Which song didn't he like?" scowls @liamgallagher. "I bet it was Live Forever." What do you think? The satire in my book on @oasis has taken an uncanny turn towards truth. You could not make it up, but I did, I assure you! @MENnewsdesk sterling reporting as always! Link in below

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@Tina_Zee_111 Many many congratulations Tina. What an epic tale the roman invasion of Britain this is. A warrior Queen, a cowardly King, a very wise Druid and so much more. This story has everything.

Finally I can reveal the thrilling book cover for BLOOD of BRIGANTIA! Between love and duty, Cartimandua wields the power of the gods. Chaos forged her. War crowned her. History remembers her name. The queen has risen. Let the reckoning begin. (I write historical fiction BTW!)

We are very proud to to reveal the cover of BLOOD of BRIGANTIA by @Tina_Zee_111 Between love and duty, Cartimandua wields the power of the gods. Chaos forged her. War crowned her. History remembers her name. The queen has risen. Let the reckoning begin. A masterpiece of historical fiction writing.