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"America has only one ally—Israel—in this operation (the Arab states of the Gulf, who fear the Iranian regime, are targets of Iran, but so far are not participating in the attack), and both Washington and Jerusalem are making claims about 'imminent' threats that require 'preemptive' strikes. But we should dispense with such statements: Iran is not presenting immediate danger to the United States or Israel."
~ Tom Nichols
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/…
Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran
A few paths to success, many to failureTom Nichols (The Atlantic)
"Like Bush, Trump manufactured a crisis, founded on falsehood, and effectively cornered himself. He is hostage to self-imposed expectations, having confounded his own false claim to have 'obliterated' Iran’s nuclear capabilities last year."
~ Simon Tisdall
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
A world on edge as Trump bombs Iran and triggers war in the Middle East. There was no need for this
We cannot know where this foolish, reckless attack will end – but new hatreds will be seeded, terrorist vendettas sown and, ultimately, little will be achieved, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon TisdallSimon Tisdall (The Guardian)
"We're talking about nothing else this morning. But think about always what we're not talking about. We're not talking about Epstein. We're not talking about his tanking ratings.
So there is a distraction element and deflection. And the Trump administration is very good at this."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
joycevance.substack.com/p/live…
Live with Ruth Ben-Ghiat & Joyce Vance
No one speaks more eloquently about the art of resistance and why we shouldn’t give up than historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, the author of Lucid here on Substack.Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
"American soldiers are about to die in the most courageous, heroic way possible: to save a paedophile ring from accountability."
~ Normal Island News
"And then Tuesday night, Trump claimed that Iran is storing and restarting its program to build a nuclear missile that will soon reach the United States, that will soon reach, that's what he said in the State of the Union, it will soon reach the United States. There is no basis for this. All of the experts, all the people who watch foreign policy, who know anything about Iran, say this is not the case."
"He tells Fox News that Iran is probably a week away from having an industrial grade bomb-making material. And the Wall Street Journal reported the claim that was, I mean, even the Wall Street Journal said that it was false and cited all sorts of specialists who say that this is made up, this is not the case."
"Last Sunday, Steve Witkoff, who is a real estate developer — I mean, the State Department is out of this, the National Security Administration Council is out of this — it's just Steve Witkoff, the realtor, a friend of Trump and Jared Kushner who is Trump's son-in-law, they are doing all this negotiating — and last Sunday Steve Witkoff, what does he say?"
~ Robert Reich
robertreich.substack.com/p/the…
The State of the Trump | The Coffee Klatch for February 28, 2026
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert ReichRobert Reich
"Saturday’s attack comes eight months after Israel launched a 12-day war with Iran that saw death toll estimates at more than 1,000 people. Trump dragged the US into that war, striking three nuclear facilities despite his administration’s own assessment just months earlier that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon."
~ Minnah Arshad
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BREAKING: US and Israel Ilegally Attack Iran
President Donald Trump unilaterally declared war on Iran after launching a joint attack with Israel, thrusting the United States into a needless, illegal conflict that could endanger Americans and further destabilize the region.Minnah Arshad (Zeteo)
"Trump, for his part, cares little if the U.S. becomes less safe, only that he remains in power and continues to profit from his 'deals' with foreign countries."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
lucid.substack.com/p/iran-expe…
Iran Expert Vali Nasr Video; Ideologies & Geopolitics at Play
Christian Nationalist Holy War; Israeli Expansion; Trump's Need for WarRuth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)
"Less than a year after 'obliterating' Iran’s nuclear program, the administration is now warning that the theocracy is 'probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material.'”
~ Giselle Donnelly
thebulwark.com/p/trump-conside…
Trump Is Considering More Iran Strikes. No One Knows Precisely Why.
As has become a pattern, the use of force isn’t part of a coherent plan.Giselle Donnelly (The Bulwark)
"If I’m going to be very blunt about how I view this, we had a nuclear deal with Iran that was negotiated by Barack Obama, and now we’re here. And I honestly believe that the Trump administration said we cannot have this deal negotiated by the Black guy, who he hates with all his passion. They blew up the deal. And now possibly sailors, airmen, soldiers, Marines are now under direct threat.”
~ Bobby Jones
lincolnsquare.media/p/breaking…
BREAKING: Military Expert Bobby Jones on the U.S. Striking Iran
Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones spent years leading forces in the Middle East and breaks down what just happened there.Bobby Jones (Lincoln Square)
"The claim that Iran was about to build a nuclear weapon has not been established. It is all the odder as a justification for war given that this administration has already claimed many times to have destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons program. ...
A war is a time when we will be told not to ask questions. But a war is actually when questions must be asked."
~ Timothy Snyder
"Last June, Trump crowed that the United States 'obliterated' Iran’s nuclear program. Now, he says that we have to wage war in order to stop the nuclear program he claimed to have obliterated."
~ Julie Roginsky
saltypolitics.substack.com/p/b…
BREAKING: Trump's Bullshit Case for War
Once again, we are going to war in the Middle East under completely false pretensesJulie Roginsky (Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky)
"It is extremely wild work to take 10 billion dollars from Americans to launch a peace club and then launch an actual war 2 weeks later."
"The first war of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace era has begun – an unprovoked attempt at regime change in collaboration with Israel, with no legal foundation, launched in the midst of diplomatic efforts to avert conflict, and with minimal consultation with Congress or the American public."
~ Julian Borger
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…
Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate – or legal basis
US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administrationJulian Borger (The Guardian)
The empty warehouse in Bahrain's #US Navy base was just finishing construction, after months of work and was instantly christened by #Iran, with a very big fast bottle 🚀
Kinda like it was built just to be demolished.
They probably deliberately struck something non‑escalatory, symbolic again.
Luckily there were no casualties.
Let's hope this was one of their last christenings...
economictimes.indiatimes.com/n…
#USA #Unitedstates #America #News #War #Strike #Navy #Military #Army #humor #sarcasm
US-Israel-Iran conflict: Did Iran attack an empty US military base in Bahrain? Here’s what we know — Video
US-Israel-Iran conflict: The incident occurred amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran, as well as Israel and Iran, after coordinated American strikes and expanded Israeli military operations across Iranian territory.Aastha Raj (Economic Times)
"Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike on Libya or Iran. He is desperate." - Trump, Oct 9, 2012
"I predict that President Obama will at some point start a war with Iran in order to save face!" - Trump, Sept 16, 2013
"Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly - not skilled!" - Trump, Nov 11, 2013
#trump #usa #iran #war #middeleast #uspoli #politics #USPolitics #obama
🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Have been wondering if it's possible to catch one of those missiles flying right now. If you could sell just one, you would never have to work again!
Wouldn't even be theft, since public funds paid for them, not the Elites, they just made them & got paid.
Defensive missiles are generally more expensive than offensive ones.
Cost per #missile:
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BGM-109 Tomahawk > $2.5M
MIM-104 Patriot > $3.6M
Arrow 3 > $2.0M
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Fateh-360 > $0.5M
Khorramshahr > $8M
S400 > $3.7M
Does anyone know whether the full Epstein files are in Iran? Cause this war isn't helping me stop thinking about them.
#EpsteinFiles #Distraction #Iran #Trump #USA #US #Uspol #Politics #unitedstates #america #war
Good morning from planet Earth
Instead of humans being tribal, religious lunatics, trade fanatics and war thirsty, they should by now have created a paradise on Earth. Understand their fantastic story and how we are all connected to the other creatures, to the Earth and the universe, in a purely scientific way.
To use our resources to provide for all. To send rockets to the outer space to explore instead to send them on Earth to kill more. To fight with diseases, not with each other.
To grow our minds. Be busy with being smart and curious.
Instead this species is a total shitshow. Bunch of tribes with rockets.
Pathetic.
I'm pretty sick of waking up to another #war
It is high time we get rid of the mad white man who fuck up this world again and again
Miserable pieces of humans like #Trump and #Putin
They only make life harder for everyone, only care about themselves and should never be in a position of power
They serve us, we don't serve them..
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One day, these sons of bitches are going to get what’s coming to them. That day, I will be shedding zero tears. I just hope they don’t take the rest of us down with them. And if we keep being complicit and allowing them to act with impunity, I’m afraid that’s exactly what’s going to happen.
bbc.com/news/live/cn5ge95q6y7t
#usa #israel #fascism #iran #war
US and Israel launch attack on Iran, as Trump says 'major combat operations' under way - follow live
The Israel Defense Forces say that Iran has launched retaliatory strikes towards Israel.BBC News
New Scientist: AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
newscientist.com/article/25168…
