A former veteran CIA analyst and intelligence advisor to the White House, claims that those who would normally advise the US president prior to major decisions have been replaced with sycophants, who are reluctant to anger Donald Trump with advice he might not like
As it approaches its six month mark, a growing number of U.S. lawmakers are voicing their opposition to Trump’s war with Iran
By draining critical munitions and stretching naval assets to their breaking point, critics warn that the US is signaling weakness to adversaries like China and Russia, who are monitoring America’s depleted stockpiles and extended deployment cycles.
Iran retaliates with missile strikes on US installations in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. While Iranian Revolutionary Guards say they shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Strait of Hormuz
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John Perryman told reporters on Wednesday, according to USNI News. “They (the USS Roosevelt’s crew) know they’re going to be there longer than seven months
Exactly six months ago Trump launched a series of strikes on Iran, killing the Ayatollah Khamenei and starting a war, which he said would be over in a “few days”. Six months later there’s no U.S. victory in sight and Iran looks stronger than ever
In addition to warning adversaries that Iran has more surprises in store if they return to the battlefield, a spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Defence says defence production more than doubled between the 12-day war and the subsequent Ramadan war
Trump has successfully manipulated the markets by announcing every other week that a deal with Iran is just around the corner. It’s not. Trump is lying. The U.S. is not even talking to Iran. Douglas Macgregor has been informed that every 5-52, B-1 and B-2 bomber available has been loaded up and flown over for the next phase of the war with Iran
The Iran war consumed roughly 65 percent of the US Patriot inventory. Having transferred much of its air defence capability to counter Iran, US aligned NATO forces in Europe now face a crippling shortage of air defence weapons
Accepting Iran’s conditions would be tantamount to surrender. Is Trump ready to admit defeat, or will he persist with the illusion that the U.S. was “victorious” in the war with Iran?
Bessent’s ‘Iran initiative’ may turn out to be self-defeating, both by further weakening the dollar and by effectively persuading states to turn to China’s low-key roll out of its alternative financial super highway for security and stability. Alastair Crooke explains
One wonders how many “Sputnik Moments” are needed for a psychotic dying empire to realize maybe it’s better to give up the delusion of world dominance and give peace a chance. Hua Bin explains