This morning, it appears the Iranians have agreed to a two-week cease-fire and (even more foolishly) agreed to Trump’s demand that they agree to open the Strait of Hormuz (to everyone, including the enemies of Iran).
I agree with Paul Craig Roberts who says this shows the Iranians are not understanding what they are up against; i.e., that they are fools.
A two-week cease-fire will serve several purposes, none of which are in Iran’s interests.
Or ours. 
The first is that it will enable Trump to declare victory over Iran. That his war is won and – more to the point – that it was worth it, he having brought the Iranians to the negotiating table by force. In other words it will serve as an affirmation of force – certain to assure more of the same the moment Trump or any other warlord who assumes the office decides it is time to use it.
The second is it will give Trump time to gather his breath – and gather together the force he will absolutely use in the future, when he decides the times has come to use force again. Iran has taken the pressure off Trump, in other words. And also off “Bibi” and his coterie of Zionists, who were beginning to become unpopular in America as well as “Israel,” the source of all this trouble. They now get a chance to breath and recover their strength for the next attack.
Iran has, in sum, given up the initiative and that is always foolish in war.
Consider the example of the German forces that had routed the French and cornered the British Expeditionary force with their backs to the sea at Dunkirk. The Germans had the initiative. They were winning. It wasn’t just that the British Expeditionary Force was cornered; the British were demoralized. The imminent loss of the bulk of the British Army would have been not just militarily but psychologically catastrophic for Britain. It probably would have resulted in Churchill being replaced with a more obliging prime minister and peace with Germany – on Germany’s terms. Had that happened, the future course of everything would likely have been very different than it turned out to be. With the British out of the war, it would have been much harder for America to enter the war – because there would have been no foothold for America on European soil. It is hard to fight a war from a continent away.
Especially back then.
Germany would have been free to wheel around and marshal everything it had against the Soviet Union, which likely could not have survived such an onslaught.
It did not work out that way because – for reasons historians still puzzle over – the Germans let the BEF get away. This was a military and psychological victory for the Brits, even though they were temporarily evicted from the continent. The populace got a huge boost from the heroic evacuation; some 300,000 fighting men escaped to fight another day. Churchill – the key to Britain’s refusal to surrender – was not forced to resign.
The rest, as they say, is history.
It is now repeating, apparently.
The Iranians seem not to grasp that Trump – who is doing “Bibi’s” bidding – will never stop until Iran is neutered. Meaning, until it has become a state that can be threatened by Israel anytime the Israelis decide it is time to show who is boss. “Bibi” and co will never leave Iran in peace until Iran is made into something like the Gimp in Pulp Fiction.
Do they really not understand the existential threat they face?
Maybe they do. Maybe Trump played the one card he had left. The nuclear one. Last night was supposedly going to be Adlertag – Eagle Day – a night of unprecedented attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure. It apparently has not happened, though it is hard to know exactly, given the near-totality of news suppression. Why has it not happened? Perhaps because Trump told the Iranians that if they did not agree to a cease-fire, they’d be nuked. This was implied by his “civilization ending” Tweet the day before Adlertag.
It is understandable, if this is correct, why the Iranians agreed to a cease-fire. But it is foolish nonetheless, because – God help them – the alternative to a nuking is a neutering. Which would you – assuming you’re a man – prefer? To live – as a gelding – or to stand, as a man?
This cease-fire is not cause for celebration – for us or the Iranians. It is either a temporary pause – before the fighting resumes, with the Iranians having given Trump and Israel the time to gather their breath, get up off the floor and return to the fight with renewed strength – or it is the beginning of the end of Iran as other than a gelded state, which is bad news for anyone who opposes Zionism and the Greater Israel agenda (which includes the occupation and control of the government of the United States by the agents of the latter).
Iran is not Our Friend. But it is also not Our Enemy. And Israel is not Our Ally.
It is our misfortune.
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Why the hoopla?. According to the LTA (the lying ass Trump admin) the strait is open,,, has been open for months. So why the need for another cease fire? So most are raking in profits while we believe everything they say…… Incredible.
Trump doesn’t care about free passage through Hormuz.
His latest ramblings are about Iran splitting the tolls with the USA!
I’m beginning to believe those cynics that say he’s just playing for time until enough forces arrive in the theatre for ground operations.
This comment is for “waiting for the investigation” Steve, pursuant to my comment yesterday on his comment about how the Church” supported divine right of kings for money and land:
“U.S. officials [of the Trump/SOW Hegseth admin] were reported to have lectured the Catholic Church representatives, with one official reaching for a 14th century weapon and invoking the Avignon Papacy—a period of time when the French monarchy used military force to bend the Bishop of Rome to its wishes.
“America has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world,” Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, per the FP. “The Catholic Church had better take its side.”
Vatican officials were reportedly so shocked that this caused a planned visit by the first American pope to be canceled.”
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-reacts-report-us-official-issued-threat-vatican-ambassador-11802350
Well, there is this.
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/08/trump-maga-tucker-carlson-iran-war
Please give me a short synopsis.
Here are news that tell a very different story (Iranian media):
https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en
and
Explainer: Iran’s 10-point proposal that forced US surrender after 40 days of aggression
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/08/766493/explainer-iran-10-point-proposal-forced-us-surrender-40-day-war-aggression
By Ivan Kesic
After exactly 40 days of unrelenting US-Israeli aggression that began on February 28, the United States on Wednesday formally accepted Iran’s comprehensive 10-point proposal as the foundation for a permanent ceasefire.
In the early hours of Wednesday, the Supreme National Security Council confirmed the enemy’s submission, paving the way for negotiations in Islamabad starting this Friday.
According to the statement issued by Iran’s top security body on Wednesday, the United States has agreed to a 10-point proposal that fundamentally commits Washington to:
No new aggression against Iran
Continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz
Acceptance of uranium enrichment
Removal of all primary sanctions
Removal of all secondary sanctions
Termination of all anti-Iran UN Security Council resolutions
Termination of all anti-Iran IAEA Board of Governors resolutions
Payment of compensation to Iran
Withdrawal of US combat forces from the region
Cessation of war on all fronts, including against the Islamic Resistance of Lebanon (Hezbollah)
SO, LET’S BE BLUNT: THE MEDIA I WILL NEVER TRUST AGAIN ARE WESTERN MEDIA, NONE OF THEM, both mainstream and a lot of so-called “alt-media’ which under control of the same criminals who control the MSM.
Now, believing that the Epstein mafia accepted things like :
– Continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz
– Payment of compensation to Iran
– Withdrawal of US combat forces from the region
Is an insult to the intelligence of their readers. It’s obviously not true but it is also not true that Trump and his zionist pimps had Iranians accept their terms, just like that.
Overall, it seems that it’s all kabuki theater again, they all take us for fools. Covid 2.0 indeed (both Iran and the US played the full covid playbook agenda last time).
They just want to find out who the new Iran leaders are so that they can bomb them.
Perhaps the Iranians are not fools at all. They just closed the Strait as a result of Israel’s continued bombing of Lebanon. https://thelibertydaily.com/iran-shutters-strait-hormuz-again-after-accusing-israel/
This might be the best way to stop Israel’s violence going forward. Just hold the world’s energy resources hostage until Israel behaves and returns to its pre-1967 borders.
Little Shitrahell once again sabotages the United States.
Who did 9/11? You know who.
Right to Eric’s point:
6 minutes ago
Fox News
@FoxNews
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JUST IN: Karoline Leavitt says Iran’s initial ten point plan was “fundamentally unserious, unacceptable and completely discarded.” “It was literally thrown in the garbage by President Trump and his negotiating team.” “The idea that President Trump would ever accept an Iranian wish list as a deal is completely absurd.”
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This totally reminds me of 6 years ago and how completely contradictory and facially ridiculous things were constantly said (a LOT by OF) and reported as news right next to each other. No one could even agree on what they were agreeing disagreeing about. It’s a strategy… from Hell.
We have no right of self determination. We are a country of more than 300 million led around by the nose by a tiny, New Jersey-sized country of 10 million. Why? The ethnic people that run that country are in charge of our usury-laden financial system, the media and Hollywood. They have either bought off or blackmailed our entire political class. They have thoroughly infiltrated our system with spies and have killed or maimed our citizens (the USS Liberty comes to mind).
Our streets, highways, water systems, bridges and airports crumble while our tax dollars go to fund the endlessly greedy war machine and our best little ally in the world. We have people who can’t afford to put food on the table and yet they run massive deficits to fund corruption and buy useless, obsolete, overly-complicated weapons from corrupt merchants of death.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘧𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦
Late Home Tonight Part 1
Roger Waters
EPSTEIN PEDOPHILE SODOMITE PUPPET TRAITOR TRUMP: “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown’s (GREEN TURNS TO BROWN UNDER STRESS!) seat in Congress has been taken over by a wonderful and talented man, Clay Fuller, who won convincingly, and right from the beginning, despite many people running for that ‘TRUMP’ +37 seat, and despite the stench left by Greene. Congratulations to Clay Fuller, a very large improvement over his deranged predecessor!”
https://news.meaww.com/trump-crowns-clay-fuller-buries-greene-as-he-brands-her-traitor-in-georgia-election-victory-post
AIPAC 🇺🇸🇮🇱@AIPAC
We congratulate AIPAC-endorsed Clay Fuller on his victory in tonight’s special election to represent Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.
Voters in northwest Georgia elected a serious and thoughtful leader who understands the vital importance of the U.S.-Israel partnership to America’s national security and reflects the values of thousands of pro‑Israel Georgians committed to a strong and enduring relationship between the two nations. AIPAC looks forward to working with Congressman‑elect Fuller.
Fuller replaces Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose tenure was marked by repeated efforts to undermine the U.S.-Israel relationship and disparage millions of pro‑Israel Americans engaged in the democratic process.
His victory is part of a broader pattern so far this election cycle, with nearly 50 AIPAC‑endorsed pro‑Israel candidates advancing nationwide across both parties—reinforcing that support for the U.S.-Israel partnership remains both good policy and good politics.
_______________
YNET. Operation ‘Eternal Darkness’ (Can you get anymore demonic?)- a surprise strike delivered by the IDF on Hezbollah – was supposed to be the opening blow of a plan formulated even before the current war. Nearly all of Hezbollah’s secret headquarters were attacked in the opening strike. According to reports, between 300 and 350 operatives were killed, including commanders. About 100 headquarters were attacked within 10 minutes. A security official described the operation as a significant success, beyond the ‘pager operation,’ in which mainly operatives and not commanders were killed. If the eliminations were indeed successful, this represents a particularly significant blow to the organization’s command structure.
‘AIPAC looks forward to working with Congressclown-elect Fuller.’
Of course they do. They bought his worthless Repugniclown ass.
Now it’s time for kikesucker Fuller to get down on his knees and do his traitorous duty.
FOREIGN AGENT.
>it’s time for kikesucker Fuller to get down on his knees
Joe Biden shows how it’s done:
https://www.corvus-rising.net/blog/posts/on-your-knees-joe/
It appears the tenuous “deal” is already in danger because IsraHell won’t cease its conquest of Lebanon. Their Golden Golem has quickly fallen in line in calling the Lebanese blitzkrieg a exclusive matter. He calls it a “separate skirmish”.
Anyone and everyone beholden to the World’s Greatest Troublemaker needs expelled from every position of power. Luckily I think an every increasing number of people are awakening to the true source of these problems and wars. And some shit about it being “in the Bible” is not going to cut it.
I don’t believe a damn thing that “they” [i.e. our media and politicians] say. Ceasefire? Who agreed to such a thing? Maybe Trump agreed to that. I like how they portray the Iranians- or virtually any Middle-Easterner as being Kamikaze jihadist hell-bent suicide bombers and maniacs…..but they foolishly agree to a ceasefire that would help their struggling assailants, and so courteously refrain from using the nukes they supposedly have been perfecting for the last 40 years? Yeah…right.
I also wonder how many of the billionaire class are in the know regarding the Orange Douchebag’s bloviations. Dow up 1,000+ points and crude oil down bigly; could make a killing in the markets with inside information.
It took a couple of weeks to emerge but if you don’t recognize the investing patterns by now you’re not paying attention. Don’t even have to be a margin trader, just don’t sit and wait for the music to stop. Buy in, sell out, buy in, sell out. Repeat on each “news” cycle.
Indeed, just saw a news item saying Nancy Pelosi made $54 million dollars shorting oil futures after receiving a secret briefing about the upcoming ceasefire.
If you want to beat the fools just use the Pelosi Tracker.
https://pelositracker.app/portfolios/nancy-pelosi
Or literally just buy the NANC ETF that tracks Pelosi or it’s GOP counterparty KRUZ that tracks Ted Cruz.
https://www.etf.com/sections/etf-basics/nanc-vs-kruz-battle-congress-stock-trackers
This is good stuff, Larry – thank you!
Here is the way the [J}AP is reporting it:
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-war-ceasefire-takeaways-e53287f7594521f125dc1d6014c03a05
replete with the usual distortions of fact.
For starters:
>”Iran’s surviving leaders”
[Iran’s leaders who were not murdered by the Israelis.]
>”America’s ally Israel”
[U.S. proxy Israel]
>”Trump has suggested there has been “regime change””
[Entirely inaccurate. There was an orderly transfer of power, as expected in a country with a constitutional government.]
> “Iran’s Shiite theocracy”
[There they go again. Iran has a secular Parliament, a President, a Prime Minister, and a Defense Minister, none of whom are clerics]
>”enriched uranium remains in the country, likely entombed at enrichment sites”
[“Entombed” sounds like “forever”, like the Egyptian pyramids. Most likely their enriched uranium is safe in underground shelters, protected by 500 feet of granite. The entrances likely have been bombed, but they can very likely clear the debris without much difficulty. Or, just leave them closed for now. That might deter the USsians from attempting to steal the uranium.]
> “Iran hasn’t enriched since then ”
[Makes it sound like a drug addict, who hasn’t “used” recently.]
>”maintains it has the right to do so for peaceful purposes ”
[Which, as signatory to the nuclear NPT, they most certainly do, unlike the U.S. proxy, Israel (not a signatory to the NPT).]
>”denies seeking nuclear weapons”
[Because their Supreme Religious Leader has said that it is forbidden by their most sacred religious text, the Quran. What was that B.S. about a “theocracy”?]
Intellectual demolition of the balance of this propaganda piece is left as an exercise for the reader.
Demolishing the infantile leftist scribblings of APe News is like mocking an 8-year-old’s first awkward essay on blue-lined paper titled ‘What I did last summer’ — it’s overkill to trounce the intellectually defenseless.
>it’s overkill to trounce the intellectually defenseless.
LOL. Refusing to have a “battle of wits” with an unarmed entity? 🙂
Hi Adi,
Speaking of which: Trump – Trump! – called Tucker Carlson “low IQ.” The one can hold forth extemporaneously in challenging discussions for hours; the other is vulgar oaf who struggles to complete a coherent, grammatically correct sentence.
NSS.
In April 2026, Iran submitted a 10-point peace proposal to the United States and Israel as a framework to end a conflict that began earlier in the year. President Donald Trump described the plan as a “workable basis” for negotiations and agreed to a two-week ceasefire starting April 8, 2026, to finalize a broader agreement.
According to reports from The Wall Street Journal and the Mehr News Agency, the ten points include:
Non-aggression Guarantee: A fundamental commitment from the U.S. to ensure no further acts of aggression against Iran.
Control of the Strait of Hormuz: Continued Iranian control and supervision of the vital waterway.
Nuclear Enrichment Rights: U.S. acceptance of Iran’s right to enrich uranium for its civilian nuclear program.
Lifting of Primary Sanctions: The removal of all direct U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran.
Lifting of Secondary Sanctions: The removal of sanctions against foreign entities that conduct business with Iranian institutions.
Termination of UN Resolutions: The end of all United Nations Security Council resolutions targeting Iran.
Termination of IAEA Resolutions: The end of all International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions regarding Iran’s nuclear program.
War Reparations: Payment of compensation to Iran for damages suffered during the conflict.
U.S. Military Withdrawal: The withdrawal of all U.S. combat forces from bases and deployment points in the region.
Regional Ceasefire: An immediate end to hostilities on all fronts, specifically including the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
For an alternate opinion as to who was or was not foolish, I recommend today’s Judge Napolitano podcast with Scott Ritter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es4SVCVsl5s
Eric, I have to disagree. The cease fire is a great thing, I hope it holds and the killing and destruction stops.
Since the start of active hostilities, what has happened?
The US:
The US has lost a pile of overpriced military infrastructure. We cannot be sure how much due to the dueling propaganda but what is admitted is bad enough. Many Mideast bases destroyed, lots of buildings damaged or destroyed, lots of expensive hardware like AWACS planes and THAAD systems.
However, there has been very little loss of life on the US side (again, allowing for inexactitude due to propaganda).
The cost has been enormous, billions of dollars. I cannot really even start to do the math because there is too little known but certainly billions and maybe over a trillion. But that’s in a 30 trillion dollar GDP.
Iran:
Loss of all air assets not deep underground. Loss of all naval assets above the size easily concealed in a cave. Severe damage to airports and docks and oil terminals. Expenditure of thousands of multimillion dollar missiles. Extensive loss of life, leadership killed repeatedly. Civilians dead. Loss of above ground military targets (launch sites, barracks, equipment lots, trucks, tanks, artillery. If it can be destroyed from the air it has been.
This has come out of an economy with a 357 billion dollar GDP. The Iranian economy has been crashing far harder than the US, 48% inflation, 50% unemployment among young men, widespread hunger. Meat is an extravagant luxury.
If we take at face value the intent to make Iran no threat to its neighbors, it has been set back a lot. Probably 10 years. An agreement allowing them to charge tolls to shipping is a big step in improving things for the Iranian people.
Israel:
Widespread missile damage. Loss of life. Loss of most of interceptor shield, and most importantly loss of the illusion of invulnerability. Damage to buildings and infrastructure. Damage to nuclear program.
And yet they continue to attack their neighbors.
The intangibles:
The neocons got to try their war and saw their claims of an easy cakewalk victory as the ridiculous lie it always was.
Israeli influence in the US is badly damaged, read comments here and listen to your neighbors. It won’t change overnight but 60 plus years of propaganda and PR has been undone.
US foreign policy is likewise going to change, the world cop crap is finally coming into disrepute.
So whether or not you buy “devolution”, good things will come of this.
I’m of the same mind. Iran managed to stand up and fight back against the most powerful military in the world and came out with an agreement that looks good for them. If the war went on any longer it would have been a disaster for all sides.
With midterms right around the corner, I don’t see Trump getting pulled back into the war. He knows if he loses control of Congress his presidency is over. The last thing he wants is hearings on what happened and the inevitable impeachment.
Iran will come out with economic sanctions lifted which will be a boon for its long crippled economy. Trump will spin the war as a mission of peace and how great of a deal it is for the US. The only real loser is Israel. They overplayed their hand as well as their capabilities. The country took a severe pounding as well. Bibi better hope his coalition holds or he’s in trouble.
I think and hope Bibi is toast anyway. He was already fighting for his political,existence before all this, the question is who comes next, better or worse.
I am sick of all this importance being put on “the midterms”. “The midterms” will be a (s)election and a joke as always. Until the sinister control that AIPAC exerts on BOTH parties I cannot give a shit less whether the Red Team or the Blue Team controls CONgress.
Of course, but they are important to Trump in that it could determine whether he faces hearings and impeachment. That’s why he needs the war to end now and not months from now.
That is why while I hate both wings of the Uniparty bird of prey I will smile when the Blue Team assholes take at least the House and subject the Orange Turd (if he is still around/alive in January) to nonstop impeachment hearings over and over. It would certainly provide entertainment and limit the new damage the administration can do to us.
There is a possibility that DC may be turned into a smoking creator before then and that would be an acceptable outcome too.
Well, it sure would be nice if Congress would assume it’s oversight role. Right now, the Executive basically does whatever the hell it wants. They might as well go out on permanent recess. It would be nice to find out exactly what happened during this war.
Days after Pearl Harbor, Congress had hearings on what happened and who knew what. That later got drowned out by total war but at least it was an effort. Today when something serious happens Congress immediately adjourns and goes home.
As I like to say, two wings connected to the same crooked bird.
Like in the Wil-E-Coyote and sheepdog cartoon, the two adversaries make a game attempt to destroy each other, but once they clock out, they’re big buddies off to have a beer or two.
Voting is illusory.
“The US has lost a pile of overpriced military infrastructure.”
Keep in mind that a crapton of that overpriced military infrastructure is obsolete. Any analysis which does not include how Ukraine-Russia has changed the war calculus because of drones and to a lesser degree missiles is worthless.
I’ve been forced to accept that my favorite analysts up to a couple weeks ago are too old to understand these changes.
Israeli here- we did not take any heavy damage. A tiny drone start up got hit, a few ten of people got killed, some lucky hits in the Haifa refinery. But when I drive around, I see no damages – unlike the 12 day war when a rocket destroyed a house 500 meters from my home. Also, Iran is not a neighbor..
Hi Natan –
I’m curious re your attitude abut the war itself. As an American, I have no dog in this fight. No offense. Curious to get your thoughts.
What about the hits on Dimona and Ben Gurion? What about trains? Hard to believe in 40 days of drones and cluster missiles that there is less destruction than in 12 days. They say the U.S. bases are destroyed including aircraft and radar. If there’s so little damage, why no pictures allowed?
Hal Turner reports on his website the war continued full bore last night. I got a good comment published on Unz, worth a read, here is an outtake:
Trump and Netanyahu: Two Madmen Playing God
https://www.unz.com/article/trump-and-netanyahu-two-madmen-playing-god/#comment-7574840
Trump and Netanyahu are demons in the flesh. These two monster killers are being supported by millions of Evangelicals, what does that make them? Demonic helpers. Not holy, not followers of Jesus, not moral, not nice guys. Franklin Graham is a godly helper of the evil statist Trump regime. Blood is on his hands, and if Jesus God and judgment were real, Franklin Graham would be sent to burn in hell. Except Jesus is make believe, as is afterlife judgment, as is heaven and hell. That means Franklin Graham can help evil be evil with no consequence for his soul, which he doesn’t have, because that is also make believe. In fact there is no consequence for being an evil Bible believer, you can kill all you want for the state while you preach “thou shall not kill”.
“The Iranians are Fools” – says Eric
Yes, it appears that way. How can any sane person trust a deal with Trump?
Evil Will Always Triumph, Because Good Is Dumb – Dark Helmet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=larzCyTk59I
Jewess Abby Martin went to Israel. When Israel collapses, the Jews will come to the USA and they will organize the right wing Christians to attack our freedoms. That is what they do, the Jews are hostile to the host population.
Abby Martin Went To Israel. IT’S WORSE Than You Think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQbPCvV8W8
Franky has a bug out in Alaska, via Samaritans Purse. Some remote lake up there with a “help the vets save their marriage” retreat with his lakefront house next door. No road access, flight or boat only.
Iran retaliated to an attack from Bahrain this morning. Jews stepped up attacks on Lebanon.
This is Iran’s full statement:
https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/statement-of-the-supreme-national?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3393451&post_id=193547612&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2mnul&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
They’re in the drivers seat. They have agreed to a ceasefire only under the above conditions, so they will retaliate at will during the next two weeks.
The war is not over.
I don’t get it either Eric, why quit when you’re ahead? Six months ago they were pounding Israhell and Satanyahoo begged for a cease fire. By agreeing to that the Iranians gave him time to regroup and prepare for the second round happening now. Guess they didn’t understand what treacherous backstabbing s.o.b.’s they were dealing with. Sure wish they had finished the job back then, the world would be so much better without Israhell.
Iran is not ahead. They have, however endured. Their economy is a shambles and they are going to be occupied with rebuilding for a long time. And they got to wreak havoc on Israel, something they have been wishing for since the mullah took over.
They also have a limited stockpile of weapons and a de facto blockade against them, with food in short supply.
They can claim a moral victory for standing up to the US and Israel.
Er, no.
https://conflictsforum.substack.com/
Educate yourself on what has actually been happening in the ME.
Interesting site, but it looks like mostly Alistaire Crooke who I personally dont find to be a neutral and objective analyst. I have read a lot of his stuff as well as hundreds of other sources trying to figure out the reality of what’s going on 10000 miles away under shiploads of propaganda.
‘[Zionists] now get a chance to breathe and recover their strength for the next attack.’ — eric
True, as far as it goes. Now consider this NYT headline:
Israel declared its support for the two-week truce between the U.S. and Iran, but said it had launched the largest wave of strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon since the war began.
Immediately the bad intent of the little apartheid colony manifests, as it uses the sudden quiet on the eastern front (Iran) to double down on its Gaza-scale atrocities in southern Lebanon (the northern front, from a Jizzraeli perspective).
In Lebanon, Israel has killed thousands and displaced a million, as it turns southern Lebanon into Gaza-style wreckage with hardly a building left standing. As the bomb tonnage accumulates, destruction on the scale of the WW II firebombings of Dresden and Tokyo is unfolding.
Thanks to Israel’s representative in the UN Security Council, Mike Waltz (nominally American, but wholly owned by Jerusalem), no international body will interfere with Israel’s sadistic rape of Lebanon.
Donnie Fubar did not blow up the world last night. But as long as murderous, ethnic-supremacist, nuclear-armed little Shitrahell goes unrestrained, our planet is not safe for humans to live and prosper.
In its purported quest to stop nuclear proliferation, the US attacked the wrong goddamned country.
Israel delenda est.
As usual, little Shitrahell, pursuing its own devious, murderous agenda of land theft and ethnic cleansing, intervenes to wreck everything:
‘Just this afternoon, Iran said it would withdraw from the US ceasefire agreement if Israel continues to violate it by attacking Lebanon.
‘Today, the IDF launched more than 100 strikes on Hezbollah targets within 10 minutes in Beirut, southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa valley.’ — metro.co.uk
War crimes don’t get any worse than this.
Israel is our misfortune.
Let’s stop with the “israel is our misfortune.” Our misfortune is that half of world Jewry resides in the U.S.–probably more than reside in Israel (especially when you consider the “enlarged” population). Where is the “red” scare against war mongering genocidal Zionist Jews? Where is the “red” scare against politicians, like Randy Fine, Trump, Graham, Cotton etc. etc. etc. who swear allegiance to a foreign government? How long are we going to let the Jews take over our government? How LONG are we going to tolerate our government committing genocide for Jews? How long are going to let the Jews steal us blind and murder/maim/orphan us? How long are we going to let this tail wag the dog?
The population of Iran was forming human shields around their infrastructure. Apparently the Serbs did that also, but the U.S. bombed them anyway.
It is not time for Iran to defeat the U.S. It is time for us, the people in the United States, to retake our government. Why don’t we have a human chain around the white house and congress? Why do we allow Fox and CBS and all our newspapers to broadcast Israeli lies 24/7? Why do we let Trump, Vance, Levin, Graham, Keane, Hegseth get away with their genocidal threats and assassinations (not only against Arabs now but against U.S. citizens, Venezuelans, people on the high seas)? Why are we bombing civilians? Where is the outrage against ourselves? If the Germans are to blame for Hitler, surely WE are to blame for the crimes of our government.
We mock this “dad,” but what about us? What are we doing? Especially those who claim to be Christian!
https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/181286#
The world’s core Jewish population is approximately 15.3–15.7 million, with over 80% concentrated in Israel (approx. 7.2–7.9 million) and the United States (approx. 6–7.9 million). Major populations also reside in France (~440,000–460,000), Canada (~394,000–400,000), and the United Kingdom (~292,000–322,000).Key Jewish Populations by Country (Approximate Core Figures)Israel: 7.2M – 7.9MUnited States: 6.0M – 7.9MFrance: 440,000 – 460,000Canada: 394,000 – 400,000United Kingdom: 292,000 – 322,000Argentina: 171,000 – 181,000Russia: 132,000 – 152,000Germany: 118,000 – 145,000Australia: 117,200 – 127,000Brazil: 90,000 – 96,000
Political scientist and professor John Mearsheimer: “From 1971 to 2021, the US has killed 38 million people. The scale of destruction we have caused in the Middle East is simply astonishing. In places like Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, we use economic leverage to starve people and make them suffer,” Mearsheimer stated. (Video at link)
https://t.me/ukraine_watch/57389
With respect, you failed to cite the most important population totals of all:
“In all of German-occupied Europe, there were 2.4 million Jews. After the war, 3.8 million Jews applied for Holocaust reparations. Tragically, the remaining 6 million were lost.” 🙁
You don’t cite any sources for your figures. “Free” government programs attract fraud–in this instance those most entitled were dead, but maybe it was their descendants/relatives applying for the money.
Most sources agree that there were at least 3 million Jews in Poland alone. 6 million is a “prophetic” number for the Jews (to me a false interpretation like the prosperity gospel of a missing “umlat” (Hebrew) in one word in the Torah) of how many had to be “sacrificed” before God would end the diaspora. Link below contains a video (scroll down to videos) some might find interesting. “22 minute video: “Six million Jews” placed in newspapers decades before Hitler and World War II”
https://vaticancatholic.com/holocaust-hoax/
My main point is for people in the U.S. to step up to their own responsibilities. We need to do more than complain/grumble to our friends. Iranians and Palestinians are as appalled at us as we are at the Nazis whose treatment of the Jews was genocidal. While I don’t believe the atrocity stories of gas chambers (only in Poland where Russia freed the camps) and skin lamp shades, Jews were deprived of liberty, property and life by typhus/starvation/inhumane living conditions/treatment. Millions died and millions more never had a normal life afterward.
Unfortunately, doesn’t entitle them (or us) to commit war crimes and genocide either.
>Unfortunately, doesn’t entitle them (or us) to commit war crimes and genocide
Evidently *they* believe it does, a perpetual “get out of jail free card” for whatever crimes they choose to commit.
JMO.
Iran definitely did not open the straits. Yes, they will probably let all the ships through, but the point they are making is that it’s up to the IRGCN, and it’s only for the next two weeks.
I think Donnie was just playing from Art of the Deal. All he needed was a fig leaf to end the regime change thing so many believe were part of the victory conditions. Iran’s leaders being who they are, they called for human shields. At that point, whether that was the plan or not, Donnie had won. Either the regime was “evil terrorists”, getting innocents killed while the leaders retreat into bunkers, or the Iranians show up, and Donnie says they are not ready to take up the task of regime change. Great position to be in when War Powers terminates. Drop it all on Congress. Make them do what they should have done one way or another decades ago.
Is it just me……..maybe the gazillion $$$$$ paid to Iran, by the other guys who were selected, was just “salary” for a paid actor? None of that or this cease fire makes any sense to me. So my 1st thought is this is just a gigantic psy op.
It is ALL staged and fucking obvious…
The Iranian’s on the other hand only need to take out 9 critical sub stations to cause a grid failure. I’m thinking next winter in the midst of a major cold snap is when such a thing could happen. Hopefully the President understands that the enemy has a voice in the conflict also.
That is harder to do now than when G Gordon Liddy wrote about it in “Will” in then 1970s (Early 80s?). Of course, the whole grid is much more critically loaded now too.
Hi Ernie,
Liddy was a character! I knew him, a little. I got to know him when he was doing radio in the DC area back in the ’90s and I was working at The Times. He used to read some of my op-eds on the air and I have a signed pic of him in my mess somewhere!
Yep, I didn’t think much about him as a little kid in he 70s. Reading “Will” really fleshed out the cartoon character the media presented.
In the book he pointed out way back then, that 10 teams with rifles and steel core or armor piercing bullets could easily take out the critical substations the US grid relies on, and that we had allowed all the transformer manufacturers to to be done overseas leading to a critical, long term weakness to be exploited.
I’d imagine he was an interesting character. I’d have bought him a drink just to hear his stories.
Of course there’s a “deal.” He’s headed to the midterms and stumping for his chosen candidates. Nothing gets a crowd going like tough guy diplomacy, especially when it plays out in media.
I can hear it now. “They said it couldn’t be done, that no one could get a deal out of Iran… But I did, and not only a deal, but an incredible deal, an amazing deal… And I did it without NATO or Congress or anyone, I’m just that good.”
You nailed it, RK. 🙂
I woulda figured by now that the Chicoms had moved assets into Iran as an FU to bibi and his boy lover donnie. There won’t be a real pause until Iran develops / purchases nukes or aligns with a nuclear power which deploys to Iran.
And there won’t be peace until israel is destroyed outright or bibi & the likudniks are ousted from power for eternity.
Ranting again. Need caffeine.
They’re too busy building pipelines across Siberia.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Will-the-Iran-War-Revive-Russias-Power-of-Siberia-2-Pipeline.html
Hi Eric,
Indeed it may appear that Iran agreed to open the Straits. Yet as I read commentary this morning, it isn’t at all clear that Iran has agreed to let all ships pass as before the war. Iran says that it maintains control over the Straits. There are assertions that they will continue to charge tolls. I’ve also read that Israel and Mark Levin are furious about this “deal”.
We will have to wait and see what actually was agreed to. There’s a lot of smoke. The Iranians have played their hand as well as possible for the last month.
Yeah, I’m not sure yet what the conditions for re-opening the Strait are. If they are only accepting payment in yuan instead of dollars that is a very big problem for ZOG and for the petrodollar. So we shall see.
Trump desperately needed an off-ramp because he realized that he was trapped after the decapitation strike failed to cause an uprising and after the failed commando raid on the Isfahan nuclear facility. He understood that he could not back up his rhetoric to destroy Iran’s entire civilization without becoming a war criminal and losing massive support in the U.S.
Of course, Israel is very upset about the cease-fire. The question now is whether Israel can drag Donnie back into war, whether through a false flag, Epstein dirt, or other means.