Jim Lobe
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Personal tweets from Jim Lobe, Contributing Editor @RStatecraft, director @LobeLog.com (2007-19), DC bureau chief, Inter Press Service (1980-85, 1989-2016).
Our major non-NATO allies like Israel, the UAE and KSA are stepping up on Iran. Our NATO allies need to as well. But it would be a catastrophic mistake for the U.S. to abandon NATO. My discussion with @DanaPerino on @FoxNews @AmericaNewsroom
@MairavZ @DalrympleWill General Curtis LeMay, Vietnam, 1968
Five Eyes was built for another era. We get diminishing value from four partners, and ties with Britain are at a low point. Time to rethink the alliance around those actually delivering intelligence value — Israel, Poland, Ukraine, UAE, Japan, ROK and other serious partners.
.@POTUS repeats his threat: “If no deal is made, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants”
“Two Iranian officials said Kharazi had been overseeing engagement with Pakistan for a possible meeting between Iranian officials and Vice President JD Vance”
Israeli missiles struck and destroyed a major pharmaceutical factory in Tehran on Tuesday, raising hard questions about the limits of "dual use" targeting, and what's left of Iran's medical supply chain after years of sanctions that made it nearly impossible for foreign pharma companies to operate in the country, forcing the majority of medicine production, much of it life-saving drugs, to be done domestically. our latest: nytimes.com/2026/03/31/wor…
Israeli missiles struck and destroyed a major pharmaceutical factory in Tehran on Tuesday, raising hard questions about the limits of "dual use" targeting, and what's left of Iran's medical supply chain after years of sanctions that made it nearly impossible for foreign pharma companies to operate in the country, forcing the majority of medicine production, much of it life-saving drugs, to be done domestically. our latest: nytimes.com/2026/03/31/wor…
From Robert Kagan, neocon godfather. Nothing to see here, to be sure. (This is extraordinary)
Italy joins Spain: it has banned U.S. military planes from landing at a base in Sicily on their way to the Middle East (Reuters).
The regime in Iran has turned Saudi Arabia into a permanent enemy. Riyadh now has stronger strategic reasons than ever to join the Abraham Accords. It will before the end of 2028, if not sooner, and bring more Arab and Muslim states into full normalization with Israel.
🇮🇷/ 🏴| News of the martyrdom of nuclear scientist Mohammad Reza Kia and his wife, Ikta Kiya, in a precise attack in Dastak village, Kiashahr area in northern Iran.
The Iranian regime fires cluster missiles directed against the civilian population, and in a manner intended to disperse over a wide area, demonstrating their desire to kill and injure as many civilians as possible. This is not accidental. It is intentional. And the world remains silent.
Trump claims it is regime change because he had not heard the names of the people before. “These are different people than anyone has ever heard of before, and frankly they've been more reasonable. So, we've had total regime change beyond what anyone thought possible.,” he tells CBS.
