Our government speaks with a forked tongue. Iran posed an "imminent threat": Because Israel and the US had decided to unprovocably and imminently attack Iran, there was an "imminent threat" Iran would not unconditionally surrender and instead act in self-defense under Art 51 of the UN Charter by retaliating. __________________________________________________________ "The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man" —Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder (c. 1615)

Look at CIA Director John Ratcliffe lounging back with that smug grin, exhaling like a man who’s been waiting to watch his puppet dance. Donald Trump, as predictable as a wind-up toy, dutifully announces another batch of weapons for Ukraine. You can practically hear Ratcliffe’s silent laughter, this was the playbook all along. Beside him, Pete Hegseth, laughably titled "Secretary of War", nods like a dimwitted intern at his first briefing. He hasn’t got the faintest clue what’s happening, but he’s eager to look very important. Let's be real,the Deep State is still running the show without breaking a sweat. Trump isn’t a leader,he's their hollow puppet, a cartoon strongman parroting whatever war script gets handed to him. And Vladimir Putin? He saw through this circus act before the curtain even lifted.