Antonio L. Tinio

Except you miss five key points: First, Iran has a right to reasonably control non-Innocent passage through the strait. Second, as a coastal state, Iran can lawfully govern safety, environmental protection, and marine traffic in the Strait, particularly while the extraordinarily lawless activities of the aggressors are occurring there. Third, Iran can temporarily suspend innocent passage in the Strait during the ongoing aggression against it, as this is essential for its security.  Fourth, Iran can assert maritime law enforcement in the Strait, especially with regard to ships relating to the aggressor nations, to others complicit in the aggression, as well as those seeking transit to or from the Israeli regime perpetrating apartheid and genocide. And fifth and most importantly, international law is not a smorgasbord. You can’t assert significantly less important provisions on commercial navigation (fees) while supporting aggression and genocide(the most serious crimes). And you can’t condemn measures adopted in self-defense by the victim while defending the aggressors. Unless you are hopelessly corrupt or a soulless hypocrite, of course.

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump was in such a volatile state after Iran shot down a U.S. jet that he spent hours screaming at aides in the West Wing, obsessing over the political fallout and invoking Jimmy Carter and the 1979 hostage crisis. Officials made the call to limit his access, only briefing him at “meaningful moments” instead of giving him real-time control. Meanwhile, the operation itself nearly fell apart, with aircraft stuck in desert sand and U.S. forces scrambling to avoid Iranian detection. The airman was eventually rescued, but the chaos didn’t end there. Just hours later, Trump woke up and fired off his profanity-laced threat online, warning Iran it would be left “living in Hell.”

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Lebanon | An Israeli soldier smashing the head of a Jesus Christ statue during operations in southern Lebanon.

When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.

High definition Chinese Satellite images show that the US has redeployed its THAAD and Patriot launchers to Jordan. These images aren't even their most capable. China obviously sees everything now.

Trump's doomposting before stock market opens is 🤡

Oh right opening bell on Monday

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🚨 MB Ghalibaf, Iran’s Parliament Speaker and head of negotiating delegation: 🔸We are not stronger than the United States in military power, that is basic math; it is clear that they have more money, equipment, and resources, and because they have invaded many countries and committed crimes around the world, they have more experience than us. 🔸The Zionist regime, which is the servant and agent of the U.S. in the region, also possesses great power. 🔸Sometimes we hear our dear people say that we destroyed them! We did not destroy them. 🔸But we are the winners on the battlefield in this war. Certainly, equipment, resources, and money are effective in war and victory, but it is not always the case. We fought an asymmetric war in such a way that, through our own planning and preparedness, we repelled the enemy. 🔸The enemy had money and resources but did not act with proper planning. They make strategic mistakes; they err in understanding our people just as they do in their military planning. 🔸The U.S. government claims that America comes first, but in practice, it has shown that Israel comes first because it makes decisions based on Israel’s misinformation. 🔸Sometimes I hear from our dear citizens and even national media that we have destroyed all their military power, so we should advance and destroy the rest and not negotiate. Here we need to pay attention: we have an advantage on the battlefield, and that is why Trump is requesting a ceasefire. ▫️ @mb_ghalibaf

Every time the West calls an African country "unstable" they mean the resources stopped flowing. I made a glossary of 100 diplomatic words they use and what they actually mean. orange-anselma-35.tiiny.site Bookmark this before your next history book. 🧵

Stunning lyrics by Siba Alkhiami, a German-based artist, against Israel's repression of Palestinians.

For the first time a footage released showing the USraeli arracks on Iranian hospitals. Check second 00:38 when a nurse tries to save as many infants as she can hold in her arms. 😭

Bad mood= strait of trump Normal mood= strait of Hormuz Good mood= strait of Iran

Donald Trump announces that the Strait of Hormuz is under new ownership and will now be called the Strait of Iran

The US President is now the spokesperson of Iran

As you can clearly see in this 3 day long AIS playback since the blockade line was drawn between the eastern horn of Oman and the Iran-Pakistan border, a lot of the tankers which have been placed under US sanctions have been entering and departing the scene with ease. #OOTT

"Strengthening shared supply chains in critical minerals": sounds like rare earth mining and refining - the dirty and destructive processes they don't want done on US soil.

UPDATE: Kontra Daya, civil society groups lodge a complaint against two contractors for their alleged campaign donations to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte during #Halalan2022. Marcos and Duterte are also respondents in the complaint. | via @manahan_job

Bayan Secretary-General Mong Palatino said their complaint stemmed from the report of the PCIJ, saying the contractors had existing government projects at the time but they still donated to Marcos Jr. and Duterte’s election campaigns. | via @manahan_job