"Five days of bombs, over 1,000 dead, and they’re quibbling over the word
war.' ...

When you fire missiles and drop bombs and the leader of a foreign nation is killed, along with much of its top political leadership, when a girls’ school is hit by a bomb and more than 160 schoolgirls die, when six U.S. service men and women are killed,"

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Republicans #Hegseth #Iran #Israel #war
/1

luciantruscott.substack.com/p/…

Five days of bombs, over 1,000 dead, and they’re quibbling over the word “war.”

I have tried to avoid writing the following sentence for more than ten years, but the day is finally here:

^{Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)}

Interview: A War for Oil: US Quest to Control the World’s Oil Trade

"Trump opted to attack Iran despite progress at indirect US-Iran negotiations."

The reason "has nothing to do with its getting an atom bomb". The reason is US control of oil.

"The Trump administration may've been after the ability to turn off the power to countries that don’t follow US foreign policy".

~Michael Hudson

democracynow.org/2026/3/3/mich…

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #USImperialism #IranianOil #news #press .

A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World’s Oil Trade

We speak with economist Michael Hudson, who details how President Trump opted to attack Iran despite progress at indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations.

^{Democracy Now!}

Analysis: The US-Israeli Attack on Iran Was to Prevent Peace Not Advance It

Agreement was in reach, said the mediator, that "Iran will never, ever have a nuclear material that will create a bomb."

However, Trump was still claiming that the Iranians were refusing such a deal....

counterpunch.org/2026/03/02/th…

Interview:
democracynow.org/2026/3/3/mich…

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #israeliUSCrimes #USImperialism #IranNuclearProgram .

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has now exceeded 120 hours with connectivity still flatlining around 1% of ordinary levels.

Meanwhile, an increasingly Orwellian environment is emerging as telcos threaten users who try to connect to the global internet with legal action.

#BreakingNews
#WarInTheMiddleEast

(3/n)

*ICYMI: BEWARE - #Enshittification of #SocialMedia galore*

3rd Video:

An #AI generated attack on the #BurjKhalifa in #Dubai (utterly #Fake).

"#X has said it has started suspending accounts which were flooding the platform with fake videos alleging to show situations on the ground in #Iran and the #MiddleEast which they claim "99%" were made to trigger monetisation of the content."

👉 DISGUSTING: #X user profiting...

#Iran #News #BBCNews

#BreakingNews
#WarInTheMiddleEast

(2/n)

*ICYMI: BEWARE - #Enshittification of #SocialMedia galore*

SECOND VIDEO:
An #Iranian missile has fallen in #Qamishli, a city in north-eastern #Syria, near Turkey, according to the #Turkish defence ministry.

#Iran #US #Syria #Turkey #Missile #MiddleEast #BBCNews

...

#BreakingNews:
#USpol #Legal #Congress

Via tiktok.com/@bbcnews/

DISASTROUS:

*#US #Senate fails to pass war powers resolution*

The senators have voted 47 to 52 to prevent a measure advancing in the chamber that would limit #President Donald Trump's ability to order further #military action in #Iran.

#DonaldTrump #lran #Senate #USNews #BBCNews

Note:
When posting from #X, #TikTok or #Meta I strive to provide the full material here, a link ONLY for source reference (pls. do not click!)

¡Viva España!

#Spain #Sanchez #PedroSanchez #Trump #Israel #Iran #USA #USPolitics

This is what a vertebrate looks like, Mr Starmer!

#Iran

President Donald Trump threatened to impose a ​full U.S. trade embargo on Spain on Tuesday after the European and NATO ally refused to let the U.S. military use its bases for missions linked to ‌strikes on Iran.

#spain #usa #iran

reuters.com/business/trump-say…

Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said Spain would not allow its military bases, which are jointly operated by the U.S. and Spain but under Spanish sovereignty, to be used for attacks on Iran, which Spain has condemned.

#spain #usa #iran

reuters.com/world/middle-east/…

(3/n)

...
Übung wird voraussichtlich den früheren
#SecurityBelt-#Marineübungen folgen, die von #China, #Iran und #Russland in den Jahren 2019, 2022, 2023 und 2024 durchgeführt wurden...

....Diese Übungen konzentrierten sich auf #MaritimeSicherheit, Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der #Piraterie und koordinierte #Marine-Manöver im #Golf von #Oman."3)

„Das Störsystem [des Typs 055] ist so leistungsstark, dass es Satelliten in niedriger Umlaufbahn stören und das GPS-System des Feindes lahmlegen...

#GeoPol #Iran, #PersischerGolf
*Wird der #IranKrieg der erste #multipolare Krieg werden?!?*
„*China bewaffnet den #Iran mit #Kamikaze-Drohnen, HQ-16-...Boden-Luft-#Raketenbatterien und möglich[erweise mit] DF-17-Hyperschallsystemen...*” 1)

und

*#China entsendet #Tarnkappen-Zerstörer in Richtung #iranischer Gewässer, während trilaterale Manöver mit #Russland sich [der strategisch wichtigen Straße von] #Hormuz nähern*

(1/n)

🇨🇳 "#Kriegsschiffe vom #Typ055 und...

1)
defencesecurityasia.com/en/chi…

China Arms Iran With Kamikaze Drones, HQ-16 Air Defences and Hypersonic Talks as US Strike Looms Over Persian Gulf Power Balance

China has reportedly transferred kamikaze drones and HQ-16/HQ-17AE air defence systems to Iran while negotiating anti-ship and hypersonic missile sales, reshaping regional deterrence calculations as US carrier deployments raise the risk of direct con…

^{admin (Defence Security Asia)}

Breaking | US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington continues efforts to evacuate American nationals from the region, announcing that around 9,000 Americans have already left since the start of the war, while approximately 1,500 others have requested assistance to depart.

Rubio also confirmed that a drone struck a parking area adjacent to the US consulate building in Dubai, sparking a fire at the site.

He added that the United States had prior knowledge that Israel was preparing war against Iran, claiming Tehran was determined to develop a nuclear weapon.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Iran #Dubai #Tehran

...*#China deploys stealth destroyers... *

(6/n)

*...Hypersonic Talks as US Strike Looms Over #PersianGulf Power Balance*

#Beijing’s [alleged] delivery of #LoiteringMunitions, surface-to-air missile batteries and potential DF-17 hypersonic systems [to #Iran] signals a decisive shift in #MiddleEast deterrence architecture amid escalating #US force posture adjustments.

(DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — The reported delivery of #Chinese offensive and defensive weapons systems to #Iran unfolds...

*#China deploys stealth destroyers... *

(2/n)

...key #Energy routes..."

"#China’s decision to send high end surface combatants toward #Iranian
...waters underscores the #PLA #Navy’s expanding operational reach well beyond the #WesternPacific."

"Trilateral naval drills near a strategic chokepoint

The upcoming exercise is expected to follow previous iterations of the #SecurityBelt #maritime drills held by #China, #Iran, and #Russia in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024...

2)
internationaldefenceanalysis.c…

China Navy Commissions Two Advanced Type 052DM Destroyers

China Navy Commissions Two Advanced Type 052DM Destroyers, enhancing naval strength with upgrade radar, weapons & modern warfare capabilities.

^{Web Desk (International Defence Analysis)}

#GeoPol #Iran, #PersianGulf

👉*Is the #IranianWar set to become the first #MultiPolar one?!?*👈

"*China Arms #Iran With #KamikazeDrones, HQ-16...surface-to-air missile batteries and potential DF-17 hypersonic systems signals...*" 1)

and

*#China deploys stealth destroyers toward #Iranian waters as trilateral drills with #Russia approach #Hormuz*

(1/n)

#Type055 and #Type052D 2) #Warships move west as #Beijing joins #Tehran and #Moscow for #NavalExercises near...

thedefensewatch.com/naval-mari…

China deploys stealth destroyers toward Iranian waters as trilateral drills with Russia approach Hormuz

China deploys stealth destroyers toward Iranian waters China deploys stealth destroyers toward Iranian waters as part of preparations for joint naval drills…

^{Daniel Mercer (TheDefenseWatch) (TheDefenseWatch.com)}

Sensitive content Reveal/hide

If I'm reading the Foreign Minister's comments in this article correctly, Iran has insulated its military from attacks on national leadership by giving them advance directives and effectively isolating them from the rest of the government: english.elpais.com/internation…
Recent attacks on civilian and infrastructure targets in the Middle East are presumably the result of military independence.
#politics #war #Iran #MiddleEast

Iran bombs infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, opening a direct front with the Gulf countries

Attacks on a Saudi refinery and a Qatari liquefied gas plant send hydrocarbon prices soaring in the European market

^{Joan Cabasés Vega (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)}

This idiot governs (using that word very generously) by reactionary insecure whim.

#Trump says #US will cut all #trade with #Spain after it refused to let the US #military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on #Iran.

"Spain has been terrible," Trump told reporters adding that he had told #Treasury Secy Scott Bessent to "cut off all dealings" with Spain.

"We're going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don't want anything to do with Spain," he added.

#tyranny
reuters.com/world/iran-live-is…

Just poodle???

British MP Zarah Sultana condemns Starmer for being Trump’s ‘poodle’

#Starmer #UK #Iran #USAGlobalTerrorists

youtube.com/shorts/F0vTEgFm1eE

"The media thrives on war, and always has."

Margaret Sullivan looks at the major stories now being ignored by the media due to Trump's war: Epstein, the fact that the war is illegal, etc.

And:

"You can be sure that this drastic change of subject is all part of Trump’s plan."

#Trump #Iran #war #media #Epstein
/1

margaretsullivan.substack.com/…

When the media covers war, every other topic fades

Trump will do anything to distract from the political damage of the Epstein files

^{Margaret Sullivan (American Crisis)}

The damage from the Iranian missile strike on the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters (Naval Support Activity Bahrain | CENTCOM) in Manama, Bahrain, appears more extensive than initially reported.

A large, active fire is now burning across a significant portion of the installation.

#OSINT #Iran

@mahadevank

(3/3)

...#Mohamed's in the #Muslims' faith.

A partial #PR win among (hard-core) MAGA followers!

Also:
A equipment-intensive #Iran would greatly boost arms sales, one of the most lavish donor industries of #Trump and the [fascist] #Maga movement.

//

@BrianJopek

👉️️️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️️️️

(6/6)

...#Crusade and #Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from #InnocentIII to the Fall of #Acre, 1187-1291," edited by #JessalynnBird, #EdwardPeters, and #JamesMPowell."

pennpress.org/blog/medieval-mo…

//

@BrianJopek

👉️️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️️️

(5/n)

...nostrae et sanctorum"

Source:
Bull of Pope Gregory VIII,
"Audita tremendi" [Having heard of the terrible/dreadful thing],
Dated at Ferrara on the fourth Calends of November [October 29, 1187], the sixth indiction, calling for the #ThirdCrusade

la.wikisource.org/wiki/Audita_…

2)
One of the most authoritative English translations by This excerpt from...

@BrianJopek

👉️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️️

(4/n)

...poenitentia peccatorum et fide recta decesserint, plenam suorum criminum indulgentiam, et vitam pollicemur aeternam...

Ex occasione quippe dissensionis quae malitia hominum ex suggestione diaboli facta est nuper in terra, accessit Saladinus cum multitudine armatorum ad partes illas,...

Accingimini, et estote filii potentes, quoniam melius est nobis mori in bello quam videre mala gentis...

@BrianJopek

👉️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️

(4/n)

...the sins of CHRISTIAN men,

-He does not claim that this was #Armageddon or that somebody is the reincarnation of Christ.👈

2)
pennpress.org/blog/medieval-mo…

Excerpts of an/the original text:

"Audita tremendi severitate iudicii, quod super terram Ierusalem divina manus exercuit...

Eis autem qui corde contrito et humiliato spiritu, itineris huius
laborem assumpserint, et in...

@BrianJopek

👉️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️

(3/n)

...inspiration of the devil, Saladin approached those parts with a host of armed troops...

‘‘Gird yourselves and be powerful sons because it is better for us to die in battle than to witness the desecration of our nation and our saints’..." 2)

👉 Please do note:
The combat-unit commander is even more presumptious than Pope Gregory VIII:

-HE attributes the horrific deeds of Muslims to the wrath of God due to...

@BrianJopek

👉️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️

(3/n)

...horror, afflicted by such sorrows, ...
We promise full remission of their sins and eternal life to those who take up the labor of this journey with a contrite heart and a humble spirit and depart in penitence of their sins and with true faith...

In fact, because of the conflict which the 👉 malice of [#Christian] men👈 has recently brought on the land by the...

@BrianJopek

👉US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈

(2/n)

...by #Jesus to light the signal fire in #Iran to cause #Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”. 👉 He had a big grin on his face...👈 " 1)

Contrast that with this #PapalBull of 1187, calling for the 3rd #Crusade:

"When we heard of the severity of the awesome judgment that the hand of God visited on the land of #Jerusalem, we and our brothers were disturbed by such a great...

@BrianJopek

#GeoPol #USPol #IranWar

👉US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈

(1/n)

"A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing...He urged us to tell our troops that this was “all part of God’s divine plan” and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the #BookOfRevelation referring to #Armageddon and the imminent return of #Jesus #Christ. He said that “#PresidentTrump has been anointed..

jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/…

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

^{Jonathan Larsen (Jonathan Larsen’s Substack)}

NO WAR IN IRAN
emergency action ,

Monday March 2, 5:30 pm Embarcadero Plaza

Led by PYM, PSL, ANSWER, DSA SF, and others #Iran

"It agreed to give up its program under Obama, and then Trump tore up the agreement. It is the countries that are attacking Iran -- Israel and the United States -- that have a nuclear arsenal. This confirms a lesson that Russia taught in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022: countries that have nuclear weapons are free to start wars of aggression. The only conclusion that can be drawn by others is that nuclear weapons are needed to deter such attacks."

#Trump #Iran #war
/5

"There is a law of war and by violating it and laughing at it we make the world more dangerous and ourselves more vulnerable in it. The serial imagination of enemies, the ones that feel good to attack, weakens the ability of the United States to defend itself against actual enemies. ...

The net effect of this war will be to spread nuclear weapons around the world. Despite what CBS News is telling its viewers, Iran has no nuclear weapons."

#Trump #Iran #war
/5

"Lying is an art, and Trump is an artist. But he is an artist of diminishing capacity; and he has now chosen to apply his art to war, a subject he finds appealing but about which he knows nothing except that he likes it.

Trump seems lost as to which lie he wants to tell. …

American power is being used to destroy the order that America made.".

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #Iran #war
/4

snyder.substack.com/p/losing-t…

Losing the War on Truth

Iran and what to make of it

^{Timothy Snyder (Thinking about...)}

"The misadventures on the high seas of the Western Hemisphere, in Venezuela, and now in Iran are just the beginning of what is likely to be more cowboying abroad, as his lame duck status becomes increasingly obvious and his political power at home begins to wane."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #Iran #war
/3

morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…

A Mad King Who Enjoys Watching Things Go Boom

INSIDE: Ayatollah Khamenei ... Pete Hegseth ... López Belloza

^{David Kurtz (Morning Memo)}