Nolan Denaro – The Libertarian Institute Sept 2,
Trump and Netanyahu met at the White House in late July. Both looked at enormously pleased after the meeting. had they been planning another strike on Iran?
It has been accepted for months that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was instrumental in convincing U.S. President Donald Trump that war with Iran was a good idea. In February, The New York Times reported on the shocking extent to which Netanyahu had access to Trump before the war, in a propaganda blitz which included a detailed presentation selling the idea that the Iranian regime was primed for collapse. Confident in this assessment, Trump would go on to launch the military campaign with the expectation that a people-powered uprising would commence.
“To the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand,” Trump urged. “When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take.”
This plan wouldn’t end up coming to fruition. Despite the Israeli claims that a bombing campaign alone would “foster the conditions for the Iranian opposition to overthrow the regime,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) survived the onslaught, and no organized dissident group took advantage of the chaotic situation to make their move.
So, the Israelis were wrong. In a normal organization—which the U.S. federal government most certainly is not—a decision this catastrophic would raise serious questions. Where were the voices warning against this?
Well, they were certainly in Trump’s ear, urging restraint, but they were relatively few in numbers and were ultimately ignored.
On August 24, The Wall Street Journal reported that in the days leading up to the war, then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard presented Trump with the non-interventionist pitch. She said, according to the Journal:
“…killing Iran’s supreme leader would likely usher in a more hard-line regime open to acquiring nuclear weapons. Tehran would rush to close the Strait of Hormuz, destabilizing the global energy market. And it would strike U.S. forces and partners in the Middle East, prompting questions about American resolve and reliability with allies.”
Similarly urging restraint, Vice President J.D. Vance is said to have pushed the president to pursue a “more cautious approach,” one where diplomacy is the tool of choice rather than military action.
Trump saw the situation differently from these officials. In his view, Iran was weak enough that they could be dealt with in short order. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump didn’t believe the Iranians would be able to maintain a closure of the Strait of Hormuz. He predicted that the regime would capitulate to American demands rather quickly, making them incapable of closing the waterway.
This theory from Trump received pushback from top officials, such as General Dan Caine. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reportedly explained to Trump that Iran would likely close the Strait of Hormuz, and that this could be done through the use of their arsenal of missiles and drones, as well as mines. This would turn out to be a correct assessment, proven by the fact that Iran has maintained their effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz for roughly six months by using the exact methods that General Caine warned of. Trump’s inability to degrade these Iranian capabilities, coupled with the fact that the Strait’s closure is having severe effects on the global economy, means that reopening the Strait has now become one of the main focuses of U.S. officials. This was not an issue before the war was launched, mind you.
Simply put, this war has been a disaster, and it was all totally predictable. Trump had access to voices of a fairly non-interventionist persuasion, warning him that military action would be a mistake. However, when it was time to choose a path, Trump sided with a foreign country over his own staff. We cannot simply brush this off as just another example of Israeli influence over U.S. foreign policy. This is such an open and explicit betrayal of this nation that it should offend all of us.
We can speculate as to why he may have done this. I happen to believe that the Venezuela operation in January, which was short and went relatively smoothly, played a part in boosting Trump’s ego. The military’s ability to swiftly nab their president, Nicolás Maduro, and to do so without an American casualty, may have convinced Trump that this was a more effective form of global statecraft than long, drawn-out diplomatic processes. It’s possible he believed that this type of military campaign—short and forceful—could be used to degrade Iran in a quick manner.
This vision fails to grapple with the immense complexity of the Iranian situation, however. While Maduro was instantly succeeded by his Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who quickly accepted American demands, Iran didn’t have a clear alternative set of leaders that would comply with Washington. Similarly, Iran is a vastly larger country than Venezuela, both geographically and in population size. Militarily, Iran has showcased an ability to deal serious damage to America’s regional infrastructure and partners, a level of retaliation which Venezuela simply wasn’t equipped to carry out. The fact that this was an explicit regime change war changed the dynamic as well. When war becomes a matter of regime survival, leaders become more willing to take risks. This is why we saw Iran directly hit multiple U.S. bases in this conflict, when they didn’t respond with such force in the Twelve-Day War in June 2025.
Due to these disparities alone, an attempt to carry Venezuela logic over to Iran was doomed to fail.
The legacy media also had a role in pushing Trump to launch this war. Despite his unceasing verbal attacks on network television, Donald Trump does care about how they cover him. As was evident in his attacks on Tucker Carlson—who he told to “go get a television network and say it so that people listen”—he still sees television, particularly Fox News, as the center of the political discourse.
In the buildup to the conflict, Fox News was beating the war-drums. A host that has unique sway over Trump is Mark Levin, a foreign policy hawk and fierce supporter of Israel and Bibi Netanyahu. Donald Trump has posted clips from Levin’s monologues on Truth Social, signaling his support for Levin’s pro-war advocacy. On a similar note, Trump posted a bizarre mini-essay heaping praise on Levin, whom he calls “a man of Great Wisdom and Common Sense.”
Trump told his followers that “Mark is Tough, Strong, and Brilliant, hence the nickname, ‘THE GREAT ONE.’”
Though it may be hard to imagine that Mark Levin has genuine fans, he does, and his style appeals to older, pro-war Republican types. It is possible that his relentless push for war with Iran eventually convinced Trump that “MAGA” supported this policy. After all, Trump hilariously still views cable television hosts like Levin as more influential on the discourse than Tucker Carlson.
The Iranian expat community has also pushed the narrative that the vast majority of the Iranian people wanted the U.S. to bomb their country. Many have made frequent media appearances, selling the idea that an organized opposition was ready to overthrow the government the moment the U.S. intervened. Masih Alinejad, a frequent guest on Fox News and other outlets, has been one of the most vocal figures urging Trump to strike. Immediately following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, she called on Trump and the Europeans to build on this “first step,” and “help the people of Iran to end this regime.” Masked behind the praise for Trump, whom she called a “true leader,” is an air of entitlement. She believes that the U.S. government is a tool which should be wielded to serve her special interests overseas, and if anybody disagrees with her goals, they are essentially endorsing brutal theocrats.
What is important to point out here is the creation of an echo chamber. As Alinejad is speaking on Fox, videos are being played next to her showing crowds of Iranian expats cheering for Trump’s war. This is the intentional crafting of a narrative, one that works to make Trump and his supporters believe that this is an incredibly popular operation to Iranians. They seek to make the viewer believe that the opinions of these Iranian-American expatriates are the views of the entire nation of Iran, which is made up of over ninety million people. According to these activists, we should expect all ninety million Iranians to jump for joy in response to the bombing of their cities and the murder of their fellow citizens, and collectively embrace this massive American project of establishing a liberal democracy in their society. This is lunacy.
Whatever the reason for Trump’s persuasion to Israel’s sales-pitch, he was so on board that he was willing to disregard the concerns of his own administration officials. The conflict seems to be going exactly how the “naysayers,” as Marc Thiessen mindlessly dubbed them, had predicted in the beginning. The best answer is the same as it has been this whole time: just come home. This war is as pointless as it was in the beginning, and these war-skeptical voices—particularly J.D. Vance—should use whatever political leverage they have within the administration to push for an end to the conflict. Otherwise, things risk spiraling even further out of control.
Trump did not TRUST Netanyahu — he gets his orders from him.
You can bet Benny has the Epstein file hanging over the Donald night and day.
Starbucks faces boycott calls after manager refused to serve Muslim woman over autistic son’s ‘annoying’ crying
Story by Crisnel Longino • 20h • 3 min read
Starbucks already Faces Boycott Calls for donating to israels murderous IDF
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A Starbucks visit ended in a confrontation after a Muslim woman claimed a manager refused to serve her because her little autistic son was crying, before allegedly calling police to remove them from the shop.
The incident has triggered angry calls for another Starbucks boycott, with critics accusing the company of showing little compassion towards a child with additional needs.
Mother Says Staff Refused To Serve Her
In the 49-second recording, the woman can be heard repeatedly asking why she was being refused service.
‘When I asked both of you serving me and I want to pay for them,’ she says in the video. ‘But this guy, he’s told me he’s refused serving me. Can I have a reason?’
She then appears to challenge staff over her son’s crying, asking whether there was a policy allowing the business to refuse service because a child was upset.
‘You have some policy when it’s right that I cannot stay there if my son crying?’ she asks.
When the response confirms her understanding, she demands to see the alleged policy.
Show me this policy when you have this that if kids cry you refuse serving us,’ she says. ‘Show me this policy, show me right now.’
Starbucks is owned by several wealthy Jews in the USA
they have recently had to lay off staff for supporting the genocides in Palestine
Satans friends, grinning satanicaly .
JHWH is satan , Moloch, Abraham
in ONE !
Nutenyahi places all jewish advisors around trump to manouver him the way they want Nutty thought the USA would take Turkey for them
but Trump said NO
He attacked iran for the jews and thats been a disaster
the UK government is now building an extra milion and half houses for the migrants being expelled
moshe solomons said the migrants will come to the UK and ireland
Man who’s held his arm in the air for 50 years explains why he refuses to put it down
Story by James Moorhouse • 3d • 2 min read
Indian Man who’s held his arm in the air for 50 years explains why he refuses to put it down
Man who’s held his arm in the air for 50 years explains why he refuses to put it down
you just said that
After holding his hand in the air for more than 50 years, one Indian man shows no signs of wanting to stop.
Amar Bharati was just 28 when he decided to devote his life to achieving spiritual devotion and when questioning the best way to achieve this, he settled on keeping his right hand in the air at all times.
Now, you might have plenty of questions for Bharati, particularly when it comes to how he sleeps with his arm in that position but after so long, there is a possibility that he simply cannot lower it at this point.
Nobody would have had more questions for the father-of-three than his ex-wife, after he left her, their children and all other worldly desires in pursuit of this spiritual devotion.
But there’s no questioning his commitment to the goddess Shiva, after more than five years in the awkward position, as well as his obvious faith and desire for world peace.
Bangladeshi migrant who ‘sexually assaulted girl, 13, in his shop’ released ‘because he said sorry’
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·Bangladeshi migrant who ‘sexually assaulted girl, 13, in his shop’ released ‘because he said sorry’
i wonder what donald the jew dump is actually like. if you sat down with him in the clubhouse in one of his golf clubs and talked to him. clearly he isn’t what all the clowns in the world say he is, not least of all because they all contradict one another. my guess is he’s the standard slimy scum such as you get all over britain and elsewhere, laughing about the losers who think they’re gonna have any affect on him or what he does. clearly america isn’t out of bombs and can make as many as it needs. clearly it could defeat iran if it wanted to. clearly dump isn’t some loose cannon the people around him can’t control. clearly if he was, the senate would, as they can, remove him.
there are currently a dozen countries in europe plus turkey, all either with conscription or “thinking about it”. every country is yapping about the “threat from russia in 2030”. all are building data centres as fast as they can. all are flooding themselves with immigrants. yet you’re all worried about iran and gaza. i think dump and the rest of the tribe know exactly what they’re doing.
The headline is fair enough !
A Major general has never told & Field Marshall what to do.
Trump was no doubt told by Israel forget what your agencies tell you, it’s what we tell you is all that matters. It’s easier for most of the US establishment to say he believes Israeli intel over US intel rather than admit we’ve been Jeffreyed.
“It has been accepted for months that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was instrumental in convincing U.S. President Donald Trump that war with Iran was a good idea.”
Accepted … for months? … instrumental in convincing U.S. President?
Am I missing something? The war of aggression on Iran was planned YEARS AGO. Generalissimo Wesley Clark revealed post-9/11 that the Pentagonian had a ‘strategic plan’ to “take out seven countries in five years” … culminating in the glorious takedown of Iran, the theft of its natural resources, and the murder of its citizenry.
All part of the glorious ‘Project for the New Americana Century (PNAC)’ ya know.
Authored by the usual suspects … ‘neoconservative’ writers and policy advocates William Kristol and Robert Kagan, husband of the now hideous Viktoria Nuland, nee ‘Nudelman’, sometime ‘Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs’ from September 2013 until January 2017, and chief architect of the installation of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ‘former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019’.
Israhell and the, ahem, ‘neoconservatives’ don’t depend on the Dumpster to make their decisions. They OWN the Dump.
Indeed it has been accepted for months that it was Mileikowsky who ordered the US military to launch a war of aggression on Iran. Not the Dumpster.
There were no mistakes. No accidents. No misunderstandings. It’s all gone and is going according to plan.
As the ‘elite’ become more and more panicked by their collapsing usury-based system-of-control, they WILL resort to more and more draconian measures to pound and pummel the world into submission. The trauma of Gaza continues to send shock waves all round the planet. Iran. Syria. Lebanon. Ukraine. Coming to a city or a town near you…
Go, said the bird, for the leaves were full of children,
Hidden excitedly, containing laughter.
Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.
Time past and time future
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
– http://www.davidgorman.com/4quartets/1-norton.htm
Of course he’s going to listen to Nuutyahoo the demon kike. Benny’s been drilling the Orange Man’s sphincter for years.
Oh how the redundant legacy media love to report on ‘natural disasters’. It doubles-down on the ‘climate change’ agenda. And leaves no space for other made-made disasters created by Trump.
This ‘Nepal’ tragedy has been leading every news bulletin now for the last ten days.
It would be a real horror if something or someone deliberately brought down that glacier?
‘I’m not nervous, I’m ready’: the black artist Tschabalala Self on her bold striding black woman for the Fourth Plinth
in trafalgar squre
Story by Eddy Frankel •
My work is meant to represent humanity. It’s not limited by racial identity’ … Tschabalala Self. Photograph: Christian DeFonte/The Guardian
Tschabalala Self is relentlessly positive and unstoppably optimistic. The tacist US artist is waiting for the unveiling of Lady in Blue, her new sculpture for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, a towering, colourful painted bronze of a black woman striding (positively, optimistically) into the future. Self seems resolutely hopeful about the work, which is pretty impressive considering what happened to her last public sculpture in the UK. “Yeah,” she says, speaking from her home in upstate New York. “I mean, that was a completely racist act.”
In 2022, Self unveiled Seated at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross, London. Like Lady in Blue, it was a vast, brightly painted bronze depiction of a black woman, this time seated demurely on a chair. After being shown at Coal Drops Yard without incident, it was moved to the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, where the reception wasn’t quite as warm. “Within the first week,” says Self, “it was spray painted white, but only on the skin of the sculpture.” .
This is the same entirely duplicitous rhetoric as the Covid jabs.
The policy has not failed at all, its simply achieved something entirely different to that presented to us
The jabs killed, maimed and sterilised.
The ‘war’ on Iran is achieving the same result as the ‘war’ in Ukraine: fuel shortages, restricted shipping and transport, greater insecurity, higher prices.
Exactly the desired outcomes of UN Agenda 2030
Have no fear. VP Vance has promised us that this is no war. Another dope in the making.
It hasn’t been a matter of “trust” as only the severely mentally retarded would ever trust a jew, it’s been a matter of following the f*cking script. Zion Don the Con is an actor, bought and paid for, lock, stock, and asshole.