Larry Cloetta

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.

Russia has been preparing for this moment for years. It began transporting oil to China via the Arctic route, using massive icebreaking tankers. Why this route? It saves around 15 days of travel time and, more importantly, avoids major conflict zones. Result: Russian oil exports to China have reached a record ~2.5 million barrels per day.

Again: the key to understanding the second Trump term is Jared Kushner.

Ali Larijani's replacement is rumored to be Saeed Jalili. Jalili is what is considered to be an "ultra hardliner." Pro-nuclear weapons Pro-force doctrine Anti-negotatiating with the US Anti-liberalization

Trumpanyahu's regime change efforts in Iran basically resulted in replacing moderate philosophers who forbade nuclear weapons with hardliner philosophers who want to be strapped to a missile and be shot at Israel.

Releasing doctored videos is one thing but getting a US Ambassador (yes, even Huckabee), and the State Department and CIA and White House to sign off on pretending that a dead person is still walking around alive in front of the planet -- this is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Has everyone gone mad?

You cannot b serious. The presence of nuclear material there could “force” SpecOps troops to take down a *mountain* complex? Why in God’s name would we *ever* send our troops into a near impossible mission — where we could lose them all and might still fail — that is NOT needed for our national security? If the President authorizes this, he is not qualified to b the Commander in Chief and should be removed from office. Benjamin Netanyahu said today a “ground component” would b needed to win the war. If Trump gives him our troops, then he will have handed control of the U.S. Armed Forces to fight and die for the leader of a foreign country, and thus should b impeached.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 CRAZY: A F35 certainly was hit by Iranian fire! So, the air superiority is over!? The pilot is in stable condition, what means he is injure. Insanity, so … invisibility?

"South Korea is considering resuming imports of Russian oil"

#BREAKING French journalist Marine Vlahovic was found dead in her home in Marseille while working on a documentary covering Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. ( Share your thoughts )

The man who unplugged incubators and allowed newborn babies to die, wants us to pray for his terrorist son.

Female Iranian footballers who returned to Iran recall how Australian police were pressuring them to not leave for Iran. She says: "When they checked our passports, each of us went into a room with a police officer. At first, when they took my hand and led me away, I was a bit scared, but I told myself it’s okay. Then we sat down; we went through a few doors, entered a room, and I sat. The security agent called someone on a phone, and I realized they wanted to ask us again: 'If you go back, it’s like this [dangerous]... your country is at war, etc. They were asking a bunch of very strange questions, hoping I might say, 'No, I don't know. I am not sure of returning.’ They kept asking those same kinds of questions. He then asked me ‘Do you want to call your family? You can contact them right now to decide if you want to stay or not.' As soon as he said that, I told the lady (the translator), 'Tell him I don’t want to stay. Anyone who wanted to stay has already stayed.' I didn’t even let him finish reading the rest of his questions; I just said: ‘I want to return to Iran.' Right then, I got a bad feeling in my heart; I was a bit scared because I really wanted to go back to Iran—I wanted to go to my family, my homeland.”

🔺IRGC aerospace commander before launching a missile toward Haifa, Israel: “For the victims of Epstein Island, we target Baal.” 🎥 Source: IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel

They died for the antichrist demons 3,000 miles away son, so that they can keep blackmailing our politicians, abusing and bombing kids, and spitting on Christians.

The ‘liberated’ Iranian women.

And while Su-57 goes up against far superior and more sophisticated air defenses...

🇮🇷🇺🇸 BREAKING — Initial reports of a second U.S. F-35 struck by Iranian air defenses over Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, with the aircraft making an emergency landing at Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE. Unconfirmed. If accurate, this would mark the second F-35 combat loss in this war, the most advanced fighter jet in the U.S. inventory, downed over Iranian airspace. Developing.

🚨BREAKING: Reports That Iran Have Shot Down A Second F-35 Fighter Jet This is only hours after the first one was confirmed to have been struck by Iranian air defence.

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Hossein Dehghan to replace Ali Larijani as Iran's new Security Chief. I don’t think he likes to play.