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@RezaNasri1 Not so much that Israel can feel safe, as that they're then defenceless, and so Israel can attack them at will without any risk of being hit back.

The idea that every sovereign country near Israel must cap its conventional weapons, limit its defensive capabilities, restrict missile and fighter jet ranges, and even dismantle its own military industries—just so Israel can "feel safe"—is completely absurd. Which other nation on Earth demands and receives this kind of privilege? This exceptionalism is especially ridiculous coming from a regime with such an inherently aggressive posture and track record in the region.

Reminder: The Democrats are not an opposition party. Their function is to sell the illusion of democracy and cover up the truth, which is that the US is a dictatorship of capital where every aspect of society from the government to the economy is controlled by and for the rich.

@imetatronink @trenddaytrader Ultimately the US will have no choice but to walk away, but in the immediate term it will double-down and roll the dice. To admit defeat is to acquiesce to the end of the US Empire, and the US Empire will never do that, so escalation it will be until the US hits a physical limit.

@trenddaytrader The USA will have no choice but to walk away and leave the Gulf Sheikdoms and Israel to the mercy of Iranian missiles. Iran is the dominant power in the region, and will remain so into the foreseeable future. The Gulf Sheikdoms will revert to riding camels and sleeping in tents.

Posted in March 2025, this short essay continues to be pertinent:

@timand2037 It was built to be sold for profit, not to be actually used.

USS Gerald Ford. Why did the most expensive warship ever made "run away" in the middle of a war? They are still assessing "the reliability of key systems such as aircraft launch and recovery, radar performance, weapons elevators and the ship’s ability to sustain operations under enemy attack." msn.com/en-in/news/wor…

@tiberiusfiles Orwellian doublethink. It really is a thing.

It’s ludicrous that the West uses the language of international law to sanction the likes of Iran and North Korea and then forgets it exists for Israel and the United States

@CraigMurrayOrg The US has adopted Israeli doctrine. We are seeing the Israelification of the US military - the inevitable moral corrosion due to the alignment of its interests with the Zionist Entity.

So far Israel and the USA have completely destroyed over 600 schools in Iran. Which puts the "targeting mistake" of killing the 170 schoolgirls in perspective.

@Megatron_ron He's weighing nothing. Trump or no Trump, the US will double-down and roll the dice because the alternative is to accept defeat and the end of empire, which is unthinkable.

BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Many of Trump’s remaining options in Iran risk heavy casualties with dubious chances of success - CNN President Trump is weighing major escalation options against Iran if diplomacy fails, though none are seen as ideal, CNN reports. Beyond ongoing airstrikes, Pentagon officials are preparing scenarios involving ground forces to seize key targets inside Iran, including islands in the Strait of Hormuz and potentially securing enriched uranium. One option under consideration is capturing Kharg Island, which some White House officials believe could financially cripple the IRGC. Such operations would likely require large troop deployments, carry heavy casualty risks, and still may not succeed in ending the conflict.

@MaryKostakidis The Israelification of the US military. The morally corrosive influence of the Zionist Entity on a declining US Empire.

How the US Became an International Serial Killer by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies ‘From covert plots to overt “targeted killings,” US policy has evolved into a doctrine of normalized assassination—now reaching a perilous peak in the escalating conflict with Iran. The killing of senior Iranian officials, including potential negotiators, signals a deliberate abandonment of diplomacy in favor of perpetual war. As civilian casualties mount and international law is cast aside, the pattern reveals a system where impunity reigns and accountability vanishes. This trajectory not only destabilizes regions but erodes the global order itself. The question now is stark: can the US abandon violence, or will it drag the world toward irreversible catastrophe?’ countercurrents.org/2026/03/how-th…

@Kathleen_Tyson_ These white elephants were only ever built to be sold for profit, not to be used in any serious peer-level conflict.

The sleeping society lives with the heavy feeling that no change is possible. The ruling elites reinforce that feeling exploiting the sleep of the masses. Everything is possible. The human essence is the pure freedom. We can say yes or no to the God, to State, to everything.

@timand2037 Those that live by the sword, die by the sword.

Iranian military warns residents of Tel Aviv to leave the city. A new round of missiles is on the way. timesofislamabad.com/23-03-2026/dea…

Some inside Iran don't see or believe the level of global support they have for their war against the Epstein Axis. Retweet if you stand with Iran & the Resistance 💛

@novaramedia With a population of only 10m, Israel just doesn't have the demographic mass to fight multiple wars of attrition. It's reservist army is a colonial army designed for short sharp wars against lightly armed militias, not protracted conflict with peer-level adversaries.

The Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) chief of staff has warned the military is “going to collapse in on itself” unless the country forces more people to enlist. Eyal Zamir made the claim during a cabinet security meeting, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Thursday. “Right now, the IDF needs a conscription law, a reserve duty law, and a law to extend mandatory service,” the channel quoted him as saying. “Before long, the IDF will not be ready for its routine missions and the reserve system will not last.” Israel has compulsory military service for a majority of citizens, but Haredi – or ultra-Orthodox – Jews are among those who are exempt. A draft bill aimed at ending this exemption has ignited widespread controversy. After two and a half years of carrying out a genocide in Gaza, large numbers of IDF troops are reportedly exhausted amid reports of thousands suffering from severe PTSD. The IDF is now fighting on multiple fronts. Shortly after launching the illegal and unprovoked war on Iran in late February, it also illegally invaded Lebanon to seize more land there. Hezbollah forces have reportedly mounted fierce resistance – and say they have destroyed ten invading tanks in two ambushes. Oxfam said earlier this week that Israel is attacking water infrastructure in Lebanon, repeating a genocidal tactic it used in Gaza.

@AdameMedia The world is still in the eerily quiet calm before the storm. It feels like the first couple of months of Covid, when it was all happening somewhere else, and we were watching like half-interested spectators, before the lockdowns started.

This war won’t be like Iraq or Afghanistan or Libya. It’ll be worse than all of them put together. You won’t be able to ignore this war. It’s going to be like Covid and 2008 put together. It’ll be the most widely impoverishing war in history. Understand what Trump has done.

@Megatron_ron Aircraft carriers were already out-of-date by the end of WW2. They persisted as symbols of US power throughout the post-war period because the US faced no adversary capable of threatening one. However, in the era of hypersonic missiles, US carriers are just big fat targets.

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Pentagon reports that the aircraft carrier Ford is facing problems much deeper than just the incidents of fire and laundry room - Bloomberg There are concerns about the capabilities of the Ford aircraft carrier's systems, especially the aircraft launch system and radars.

@admcollingwood Given the serial debacles of the last few years, even if it wanted to, I seriously doubt the US elite retains the coordinated intellectual capacity and discipline required to execute a realist strategy effectively.

About a year ago, I asked "when does the US realist position become withdrawal from Asia, as well as the Middle East and Europe?" I was talking about the prioritisers (I think a category invented by Tanner Greer), who believed that China had become so powerful that the US would have to withdraw from the Middle East and Asia to focus the entirety of their power on holding their defensive line in the Western Pacific against China. I agreed with this. I thought that the counter-argument, that the US could 'walk and chew gum at the same time', or that it would be able to somehow sequence attacks, first taking out Russia through Ukraine, then Iran, before swinging around for an isolated China were ignorant and glib. Yet, looking at the manifest strength of China and the repeated missteps taken by the US (Ukraine, Yemen I and II, and supporting Israel in the 12-Day War), I asked how long it would be before the Realist position was that the US should not even attempt to defend its position in the Western Pacific; how long before the best thing for it to do was to re-constitute a proper Monroe Doctrine that used carrots (noticeably absent) as well as the sticks Mr Trump enjoys wielding? The Iran War has shown beyond reasonable doubt that the time is now.👇👇👇👇👇

@hippyygoat Good. Now maybe they understand what life's like for the people of Gaza.

ZIONISTS IN ISRAEL ARE BREAKING… Fear, anxiety and uncertainty. Iran can you drop your bombs at a reasonable hour so that the Zionists can have a decent sleep?

@BeckettUnite With a population of only 10m, Israel just doesn't have the demographic mass to fight multiple wars of attrition. It's reservist army is a colonial army designed for short sharp wars against lightly armed militias, not protracted conflict with peer-level adversaries.

Yair Lapid- leader of the opposition in 🇮🇱: ‘Chief of Staff reported to the Cabinet that the reservists [‘army’] are exhausted’ ‘Regular ‘army’ are in complete collapse’ ‘Not enough ‘soldiers’’ Israel 🇮🇱 is running out of ‘soldiers’ for its multiple campaigns of terror.

@RnaudBertrand Ironically, after his debacle in the Middle East, he may well go down in history as a figure who did more singlehandedly to accelerate decarbonisation and the move to green energy than any other world leader in either the 20th or 21st century.

Yes this same Trump 👇 x.com/i/status/19720…

Trump has unwittingly become the salesman in chief for Chinese green technology, and may ironically end up being the single most consequential American president for climate change in the process 😅

@MarkSeddon1962 It's not so much a matter of how much longer they agree to host CENTCOM as it is how much longer CENTCOM basing in Qatar remains viable in the face of relentless Iranian targeting.

How much longer will Qatar agree to host US Central Command?