@joshua_landis @shaunking Answer is to stop being a doormat vassal state to the US like the rest of the EU.
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Chance Wayne
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❝Switzerland ordered some Tomahawks years ago. Now the US said they can't deliver them.
So Switzerland said then we won't pay.
The US have now seized the funds we paid for the F-35s (which we probably won't get as well) instead.❞
"Trust in the USA is suffering"
The development has been poorly received in parliament. "It's infuriating when we halt payments and then the money is simply diverted,"
srf.ch/news/schweiz/z… via @srfnews
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@JillianMichaels Fake Newz propaganda hit piece: Kent's wife submitted "1" single op-ed to the Grayzone - she did not "work" for the Grayzone. Does Jillian Michaels work for the US State Dept.?
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New Episode in the comments!
Joe Kent has positioned himself as a fierce critic of misinformation — but the story gets complicated. His wife works for an independent outlet that spread rumors about Charlie Kirk’s death and has ties to foreign payrolls. Jillian Michaels breaks down the irony, the ties, and the wider implications.
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Jewish-US orthopedic surgeon Mark Perlmutter, who worked in Gaza, recounted that Israeli soldiers took two Palestinian children, tied their hands behind their backs, & buried them alive at Nasir hospital... their cries muffled by the dirt poured over them.
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You just say shit Scott. There's no proof US/Israel have killed thousands of civilians, but the UN had proof the IRGC kill tens of thousands of Iranian citizens in January to quell the protests against the oppressive regime. And countless videos from inside of Iran show the Iranian people celebrating the downfall of the regime.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸🇬🇧 Iran tried striking the major U.S.-UK base at Diego Garcia with advanced Khorramshahr-4 missiles.
The same ones that can reach parts of the UK.
One was intercepted by the U.S. Navy.
The 2nd flew nearly 2,000 miles before falling short.
Their reach is getting terrifying.
Source: @sentdefender
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🚨🇮🇷 The CEO of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, just pulled out of an international energy conference, because of the Iran conflict. The man who should be explaining the global energy crisis to the world is too busy surviving it. Source: JPost
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The Israeli Strike Near Iran’s Reactor is an Ominous Signal
The US and Israel find themselves cornered with dwindling options and growing desperation.
This is evident in their attacks on Iran’s electrical grid and their calculated attempt to shift the Overton Window toward the nuclear threshold.
The statement by Trump advisor David Sacks, suggesting Israel could escalate the conflict with nuclear options, coincides with a missile strike landing just 350 meters from the Bushehr reactor.
This isn’t just a warning; it’s a veiled threat.
It’s a trial balloon designed to gauge the global reaction to such a catastrophic possibility.
A direct hit on an Iranian reactor would inevitably force Iran to retaliate against Dimona, leading us into a spiral of nuclear escalation, but what if Dimona be empty?
As global opinion is being tested, this "window" is being meticulously shifted and calibrated.
Currently, US-Israeli options, beyond aerial bombardment, include sector-specific ground operations. But what if these operations end in disaster?
Even a NATO intervention might change nothing. In Libya, European NATO forces depleted their ammunition in about 10 days during a low-intensity conflict.
Today, Rheinmetall claims European stockpiles are bone-dry. While I usually take Rheinmetall’s claims with a grain of salt, this time it actually makes sense.
We are looking at a scenario of severe ammunition shortages against a heavily entrenched and well-armed Iran.
Any landing operation would be a bloodbath. I believe that, faced with mounting internal and external failures, the US and Israel will gradually push the Overton Window to a choice between total defeat or the use of tactical nuclear weapons, in the event of a catastrophic failure of ground operations.
Tactical nuclear weapons are strictly forbidden for use, yet their radiation dissipates within weeks in the current environment.
Even so, it would constitute a grave war crime. I do not believe the U.S. would embark on such a path, but I cannot say the same for Israel.
Ending the war with Iran still possessing enriched uranium would be equivalent to admitting that Netanyahu, instead of increasing his people's security, did the exact opposite. The internal pressure would be immense.
If nothing goes as planned and the death toll rises, I feel this window can shift much faster.
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Netanyahu's latest video this time "Zombie Edition" 🧟♀️ 🧟♂
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“Joe Kent under FBI INVESTIGATION.”
@RepBrandonGill says the process must play out — but accountability is key.
“If he was leaking classified information, he ought to be held accountable, just like anybody else would be.”
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@Br00klands @pati_marins64 I don’t think Iran wants out. It’s Trump who wants out.
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@pati_marins64 I’ve a feeling Trump blaming Israel in his most recent post is offering Iran a way out. Chances are the war could end 🤞
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This conflict could become regional, with multiple actors involved. We are getting close to a large-scale war.
A few days ago, India announced the possibility of sending warships to scout its tankers.
Ignis Rex@Ignis_Rex
Iran and India Have Come Face to Face. Iran Has Refused Permission for 22 Indian Ships to Pass Through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran Has Demanded That India First Return Its 3 Ships, Which It Had Seized to Please the United States. This Bold Decision by Iran Has Caused a Stir in New Delhi's Chambers, Where India Now Sees No Way to Meet Its Energy Needs Other Than Accepting Tehran's Conditions. India Had Seized Three Iranian Oil Tankers in February at That Time When It Was Trying to Strike a Major Trade Deal with the United States. India Had Detained Them on the Fabricated Charge of "Concealing Identity," But Tehran Has Now Made It Clear That Until Iran's These Three Tankers Are Returned with Honor, the Strait of Hormuz Will Remain a "No-Go Area" for Indian Ships. According to the Global News Agency 'Reuters,' 22 Indian Naval Ships Are Currently Stranded in the Warm Waters of the Strait of Hormuz, Carrying 611 Indian Citizens. Six of These Ships Are Loaded with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). India Imports 90 Percent of Its Required LPG from Gulf Countries, and Due to This Restriction by Iran, There Is a Fear of Severe Shortages of Domestic Gas in India, Which Has Forced the Modi Government to Its Knees.
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We're at the "hide the coffins" stage of the war.
China pulse 🇨🇳@Eng_china5
The United States has decided to make the funeral processions of soldiers killed in the war with Iran completely secret, with cameras strictly prohibited. – Source: Fox News
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Joe Kent resigning and immediately pivoting to blaming Israel for everything is as predictable as it is unserious.
Scapegoating Israel isn’t just a tired antisemitic trope – it’s anti-American.
This is a guy with ties to white supremacists and has “PANZER” tattooed on his arm, referring to a Nazi tank infamously used in crimes against Jews.
Kent's reduction of Iran to “Israel’s fault” isn’t leadership, it’s bigoted deflection.
Joe Kent@joekent16jan19
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.
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Some around Trump maintain that this was always meant to be a 4 week war. In 2 weeks we will be at that stage. The implication is that he will, regardless of facts on the ground, abandon his present course of action. To me, this sounds a lot like Trump’s “2 weeks to flatten the curve” from COVID. Trump is fixated on “winning” this war.
And that’s to say nothing of whatever the Iranians will want to do.
What’s more likely is that Trump expands the war. Tries to land Marines along the coastline of Iran for sea control, and fails (we lack the force to achieve this mission).
There’s the added problem that Iran doesn’t have to engage in a ground war necessarily. They can just deploy any number of their 88,000 strong drones or missile swarms to knock any US foothold of their coastline out.
Meanwhile, the US stockpiles for key interceptors are basically gone. Israeli interceptors are depleted. Arab states about to lose theirs any moment. Iran has at least 18-24 months of missiles remaining in its arsenal.
This is a strategic defeat for the United States, especially since Trump seems so committed to his REGIME CHANGE + UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER formula for victory.
A recent US intelligence report, per the Washington Post, states plainly that the regime in Iran is unlikely to collapse and has become hardened as a direct result of the US and Israeli air war.
And the longer the war goes on, the more painful it is for Americans who will be paying higher prices for everything thanks to the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
This is where we are.
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@Martina @georgegalloway Duh, Iran Announced they’d do it a hundred times over.
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People who are experts expected that. But you either fired them or didn’t bother talking to them, moron!!!
Acyn@Acyn
Trump: They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East. So they hit Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait. Nobody expected that. We were shocked
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The whole point of the antisemitism hysteria is to create a regime of terror in which people are afraid to speak, associate, and even to think. Those who throw the accusation around refuse to define the term, leaving most Westerners too afraid to say anything at all related to Israel, the role Israel plays in US foreign policy, the role Jewish institutions play, etc. And when we do speak, we are constantly accused of using coded language— of using the term “Zionist” in place of “Jewish.” So we are effectively living under a regime where we are incessantly accused of thought crimes by psychopathic and power hungry people (as well as some mentally challenged people), who are now trying to imprison Tucker Carlson for his alleged heresy. Throughout the West, these people are successfully using civil rights and other law to enforce their speech and thought crime regime. I’m not sure how much this differs from the fictional world of the novel 1984, if it does at all.
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