Since then.official iranian channels declared that Tehran agrees to negotiate. They even imply that they would accept Washington's framework of segmented negotiations, hoping a relief from the economic blockade. Huge mistake from Iran, bigger than Russian "led by the nose" previous negotiations regarding Ukraine. Russia as a nation state survived it: militarly and geographically it is much better positionned. Iran is weakened and isolated in the region, errors like that are unaffordable for them.
Russia is failing to seize the moment to, once and for all, assert itself as the superpower it's supposed to be by being more aggressive against AFU forces and by making a bold stand in unison with its allies to put an end to Trump and Friends' endless bullying of their countries.
The more lollygagging Russia does in Ukraine the more time it gives Trump to set a plan to tear apart Russia's alliances. Trumpster plans to weaken Russia by threatening its allies which is well underway one country at a time. Now Iran faces an ultimatum or war within a few months. Russia should make clear that any attack on Iran is an attack on Russia. Russian allies are going to get popped one country at a time because they lack unity and they are all cucks. Lula and Modi are two big cucks trying to play midground between the US and Russia. Where is the Alliance of countries that say an attack on Iran is an attack on us? China is the biggest cuck of them all. So all that Trump sees are a bunch of fucking cuck leaders waiting their turn to kiss his ass and that includes Macron and Starmer and a host of other cuckers.
Putin and friends are looking soft and that's why now Europeans are looking to be more belligerent against Russia because they're not afraid.
Being indecisive when needed most might be Russia and its ally's biggest mistake, not to be defeated but just cucked into submission. Cuck, cuck, kadidoo. The Empire wins again.
I think it's a mistake to take anything Michael Snyder writes very seriously. For example, the Euros are talking the war talk, but they're not ready and not actually preparing to walk that walk. Poland, which has been on the front line of the war in terms of providing basing to the US and serving as a conduit, has one of the largest Euro militaries, and is lauded for spending the quota percentage of GDP on its military, is reliably reported to have two weeks worth of ammunition in case of war. That's not remotely "something big".
Witkoff - ‘… we cannot have that… we can never allow someone to have a nuclear weapon and have outsized influence. That doesn’t work’. OK. Now try that on Israel, dufus.
"Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani drew an apocalyptic scenario that his country and the Persian Gulf Arab states will run out of water within three days if Iran’s nuclear facilities are targeted by the US or Israel! Does that occur to anyone?"
Not sure the Arab states will support that, though they appear to support the genocide ethnic cleansing removal whatever you may label it, in Gaza.
What if Iran shoots down US missiles and airplanes with Russian equipment already proven in the last volley of trading licks with Isreal? Then what if Iran buries Isreal in unstoppable missiles, proven by the previous trading licks. If US attacks Iran, what reason would Russia have to trust US at all, if they do now? If Russia cannot trust US, then what is to keep Russia from First Strike, instead of living with the possibility of US First Strike?
Colour me skeptical. I believe Will Schryver over at Metatron says it best: "Anyway, the point is that America needs to go to war again in an attempt to erase the stain of having lost to the Russians, just as going to war against the Russians was meant to erase the stain of having lost to the Afghanis, just as going to war against Iraq and Afghanistan was meant to erase the stain of having lost to the Vietnamese. And … well, you know the drill by now. You should also know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men. Nothing ever goes as planned. And I strongly suspect the next war of American redemption will not be a reversal of the prevailing trend."
...and it gets worse with each successive attempt, as we expose more and more of our limitations.
Recall hearing in my youth "better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Some corollary to that applies here. Teddy Roosevelt would not be pleased...
My understanding of the plan is that US conducts a demonstration attack on Iran, Iran responds by closing the Strait of Hormuz (mines and shore missiles), worldwide economic chaos ensues, this crisis then masks the sovereign debt defaults in Europe and enables a currency reset, loss of crude flow to China pushes their economy into a tailspin, Russia begins prepping for a major war (which gives Ukraine a breather), and Trump (aka Crazy Eddy) offers to step back from the brink of WW3 if he gets what he wants. The Biggest Game of Chicken in the history of the world.
The most famous line in the dialogue is "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." The whole dialogue is a lens by which to view what the Zionists propose for Gaza, for Iran, for the US. We are offered to live in the house of war or the house of peace, which is totally not a global caliphate.
One element of this Anglo-Zionist war on...everyone... has absolutely been a war on the Shia Muslims, too. Unlike the Sunni, they don't bend the knee - that's why they are called "terrorists". If you look at a map, Iran and Iraq (also having Shia militias) are now trapped between what are basically two A-Z created Islamic caliphates: Syria and Afghanistan. The previous administration made sure that could happen via their method of withdrawing from Afghanistan (leaving equipment & sending them millions weekly) and giving assistance (along with Turkey) to Al Jolani in the takeover of Syria. They not only assisted an arm of AQ to take over a sovereign nation, they have given them political legitimacy. That will come back to bite us in the ass, but hard, one of these days.
Larry Johnson had Alistair Crooke on his Counter Currents youtube channel this morning and they talk about Trump/Witkoff & Iran and Alistair talked about the difference in worldview between Shia & Sunni Muslims. Really interesting conversation worth a watch.
Unfortunately, the A-Z cabal only thinks about the outcome they WANT and never contemplate the unintended consequences to their schemes and war plans. Headed down the path of destruction, as they have been for the past 30+ years. I would love to think MKB is right, but considering the track record of these zealots, I won't hold my breath.
Wow! Thanks for the heads up to the Crooke interview--one of his very best. Kudos to LJ. I hadn't listened to that before I wrote the latest post on the Black Sea, but it's very affirming that Crooke sees what he calls the "triangulation" that I try to describe.
"we can never allow someone to have a nuclear weapon and have outsized influence. That doesn’t work. So if we can solve for that, which I’m hopeful that we can."
What a load of crap coming from this pompous ass. There is someone (Israel) with a nuclear weapon with outsized influence and they accomplished the feat in the same way Pakistan and North Korea did, subterfuge, lies, and theft of classified military secrets. What the hell is he going on about?
Judging by the rhetoric found on other blog sites, the American's who support Trump will be highly malleable (read ignorant enough) to root for this.
Regarding Israel and Iran, without the USA military's direct involvement/participation, a crisis may be more likely because I believe that both countries think they can 'win'.
Israel and USA seem unaware that Iran doesn't actually need nukes against Israel. Iran's recent strikes on Israel have demonstrated that the Zionists have no viable defense against Iranian hypersonic missiles, , missiles which don't need nuclear warheads to shred Dimona and irradiate Israel for decades if not centuries..
I tend to agree with you here, Shane, but I am afraid that would not move anyone among the Anglo-Zionists. Their goal appears to be total capitulation. Is it a bluff? Hard to say, but given Trump's bluster it seems they want Israel to run the Middle East as the sole hegemon while pretending to be the proxy for the Anglo-Zionists.
The problems with bluffing is that one day someone will call it. I suspect most of the Rest of World is getting fed up with Trump's constant provocations.
Since then.official iranian channels declared that Tehran agrees to negotiate. They even imply that they would accept Washington's framework of segmented negotiations, hoping a relief from the economic blockade. Huge mistake from Iran, bigger than Russian "led by the nose" previous negotiations regarding Ukraine. Russia as a nation state survived it: militarly and geographically it is much better positionned. Iran is weakened and isolated in the region, errors like that are unaffordable for them.
Russia is failing to seize the moment to, once and for all, assert itself as the superpower it's supposed to be by being more aggressive against AFU forces and by making a bold stand in unison with its allies to put an end to Trump and Friends' endless bullying of their countries.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/ukraine-bombs-russian-airfield-435-miles-front-lines/
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-says-ukraine-continually-striking-energy-sites
The more lollygagging Russia does in Ukraine the more time it gives Trump to set a plan to tear apart Russia's alliances. Trumpster plans to weaken Russia by threatening its allies which is well underway one country at a time. Now Iran faces an ultimatum or war within a few months. Russia should make clear that any attack on Iran is an attack on Russia. Russian allies are going to get popped one country at a time because they lack unity and they are all cucks. Lula and Modi are two big cucks trying to play midground between the US and Russia. Where is the Alliance of countries that say an attack on Iran is an attack on us? China is the biggest cuck of them all. So all that Trump sees are a bunch of fucking cuck leaders waiting their turn to kiss his ass and that includes Macron and Starmer and a host of other cuckers.
Putin and friends are looking soft and that's why now Europeans are looking to be more belligerent against Russia because they're not afraid.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/7-actions-nato-countries-are-taking-which-indicate-something-really-big-coming
Being indecisive when needed most might be Russia and its ally's biggest mistake, not to be defeated but just cucked into submission. Cuck, cuck, kadidoo. The Empire wins again.
I think it's a mistake to take anything Michael Snyder writes very seriously. For example, the Euros are talking the war talk, but they're not ready and not actually preparing to walk that walk. Poland, which has been on the front line of the war in terms of providing basing to the US and serving as a conduit, has one of the largest Euro militaries, and is lauded for spending the quota percentage of GDP on its military, is reliably reported to have two weeks worth of ammunition in case of war. That's not remotely "something big".
Thanks, Mark.
Witkoff - ‘… we cannot have that… we can never allow someone to have a nuclear weapon and have outsized influence. That doesn’t work’. OK. Now try that on Israel, dufus.
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2025%20Annual%20Threat%20Assessment%20of%20the%20U.S.%20Intelligence%20Community.pdf
ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT
OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
March 2025
This annual report of worldwide threats to the national security of the United States responds to
Section 617 of the FY21 Intelligence Authorization Act (Pub. L. No. 116-260). This report reflects the
collective insights of the Intelligence Community (IC), which is committed to providing the
nuanced, independent, and unvarnished intelligence that policymakers, warfighters, and domestic
law enforcement personnel need to protect American lives and America’s interests anywhere in the
world.
"Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani drew an apocalyptic scenario that his country and the Persian Gulf Arab states will run out of water within three days if Iran’s nuclear facilities are targeted by the US or Israel! Does that occur to anyone?"
Not sure the Arab states will support that, though they appear to support the genocide ethnic cleansing removal whatever you may label it, in Gaza.
He will "use *military action* to stop a war" (!)...That's quite an Orwellian way of saying, "War Is Peace" as I've ever heard!
Fits right in with such classics as "“it became necessary to destroy the town to save it” or "the beatings will continue until morale improves."
Or another old one, fighting for peace is like f#cking for virginity.
What if Iran shoots down US missiles and airplanes with Russian equipment already proven in the last volley of trading licks with Isreal? Then what if Iran buries Isreal in unstoppable missiles, proven by the previous trading licks. If US attacks Iran, what reason would Russia have to trust US at all, if they do now? If Russia cannot trust US, then what is to keep Russia from First Strike, instead of living with the possibility of US First Strike?
You assume Russia trusts the US now. Bad assumption.
Colour me skeptical. I believe Will Schryver over at Metatron says it best: "Anyway, the point is that America needs to go to war again in an attempt to erase the stain of having lost to the Russians, just as going to war against the Russians was meant to erase the stain of having lost to the Afghanis, just as going to war against Iraq and Afghanistan was meant to erase the stain of having lost to the Vietnamese. And … well, you know the drill by now. You should also know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men. Nothing ever goes as planned. And I strongly suspect the next war of American redemption will not be a reversal of the prevailing trend."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-159653110
That's right. In the movie Stripes they say we're 10 and 1.
...and it gets worse with each successive attempt, as we expose more and more of our limitations.
Recall hearing in my youth "better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Some corollary to that applies here. Teddy Roosevelt would not be pleased...
My understanding of the plan is that US conducts a demonstration attack on Iran, Iran responds by closing the Strait of Hormuz (mines and shore missiles), worldwide economic chaos ensues, this crisis then masks the sovereign debt defaults in Europe and enables a currency reset, loss of crude flow to China pushes their economy into a tailspin, Russia begins prepping for a major war (which gives Ukraine a breather), and Trump (aka Crazy Eddy) offers to step back from the brink of WW3 if he gets what he wants. The Biggest Game of Chicken in the history of the world.
The latest post offers a somewhat similar but nevertheless alternative theory. Still complicated. But that's the world today.
That's a lot of moving pieces. Any one of which could fail to move.
That makes more sense than a lot of things I read.
"Peace is: I win, you lose."
I recently read the whole Melian Dialogue, posted as part of a further discussion behind paywall, https://open.substack.com/pub/juliusruechel/p/the-melian-dialogue-a-brutal-2500.
The most famous line in the dialogue is "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." The whole dialogue is a lens by which to view what the Zionists propose for Gaza, for Iran, for the US. We are offered to live in the house of war or the house of peace, which is totally not a global caliphate.
The Anglo-Zionist Empire as modern day Athenian Empire. Works.
One element of this Anglo-Zionist war on...everyone... has absolutely been a war on the Shia Muslims, too. Unlike the Sunni, they don't bend the knee - that's why they are called "terrorists". If you look at a map, Iran and Iraq (also having Shia militias) are now trapped between what are basically two A-Z created Islamic caliphates: Syria and Afghanistan. The previous administration made sure that could happen via their method of withdrawing from Afghanistan (leaving equipment & sending them millions weekly) and giving assistance (along with Turkey) to Al Jolani in the takeover of Syria. They not only assisted an arm of AQ to take over a sovereign nation, they have given them political legitimacy. That will come back to bite us in the ass, but hard, one of these days.
Larry Johnson had Alistair Crooke on his Counter Currents youtube channel this morning and they talk about Trump/Witkoff & Iran and Alistair talked about the difference in worldview between Shia & Sunni Muslims. Really interesting conversation worth a watch.
Unfortunately, the A-Z cabal only thinks about the outcome they WANT and never contemplate the unintended consequences to their schemes and war plans. Headed down the path of destruction, as they have been for the past 30+ years. I would love to think MKB is right, but considering the track record of these zealots, I won't hold my breath.
Wow! Thanks for the heads up to the Crooke interview--one of his very best. Kudos to LJ. I hadn't listened to that before I wrote the latest post on the Black Sea, but it's very affirming that Crooke sees what he calls the "triangulation" that I try to describe.
Yep. Very solid theory.
Very interesting. I'd forgotten about Afghanistan.
"we can never allow someone to have a nuclear weapon and have outsized influence. That doesn’t work. So if we can solve for that, which I’m hopeful that we can."
What a load of crap coming from this pompous ass. There is someone (Israel) with a nuclear weapon with outsized influence and they accomplished the feat in the same way Pakistan and North Korea did, subterfuge, lies, and theft of classified military secrets. What the hell is he going on about?
Judging by the rhetoric found on other blog sites, the American's who support Trump will be highly malleable (read ignorant enough) to root for this.
I share Bhadakumar's optimism.
I share his liking for powerful curries, but that's it.
Regarding Israel and Iran, without the USA military's direct involvement/participation, a crisis may be more likely because I believe that both countries think they can 'win'.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 hope you are right. It would stupid to try it and would fail.
Israel and USA seem unaware that Iran doesn't actually need nukes against Israel. Iran's recent strikes on Israel have demonstrated that the Zionists have no viable defense against Iranian hypersonic missiles, , missiles which don't need nuclear warheads to shred Dimona and irradiate Israel for decades if not centuries..
I tend to agree with you here, Shane, but I am afraid that would not move anyone among the Anglo-Zionists. Their goal appears to be total capitulation. Is it a bluff? Hard to say, but given Trump's bluster it seems they want Israel to run the Middle East as the sole hegemon while pretending to be the proxy for the Anglo-Zionists.
The problems with bluffing is that one day someone will call it. I suspect most of the Rest of World is getting fed up with Trump's constant provocations.
yes. and didn’t Russian radar lack on Israeli stealth bombers or fighters last year? causing a mission to be scrubbed?