Australia has just agreed to send military to the M/E to take part in the U.S. and Israel war of aggression against Iran.
- I'd like to know which airbase the E-7 Wedgetails will be operating from.

At the Nuremberg trials (1945–1946), "crimes against peace" — defined as the planning, preparation, initiation, or waging of a war of aggression—were prosecuted as the "supreme international crime".

Before I go any further, I want to give a proper backstory to the conflict in the region.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions and all comments are appreciated.
I may not respond to all comments however if they lack an understanding of the events over the last 30 years that lead to this, so I encourage all to familiarise themselves with the backstory to this war.

The Duran, with guest Jeffrey Sachs
http://www.youtube.com/live/yhykh9iYQ_4

"Iran’s reprisal attacks continue to escalate, already at a scale and depth we have not seen before; 12 countries in the region are continuing to be targeted.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) alone has been forced to shoot down over 1,500 rockets and drones. This growing wave of dangerous and destabilising attacks from Iran puts civilian lives at risk, including Australian lives.

In responding to requests, Australia will deploy an E-7A Wedgetail to the Gulf to help protect and defend Australians and other civilians. "

In AC-land Iran should be allowed to bomb civilian centres without anyone interfering. And if a few Australians die? Well its in a good cause, eh?

Completely factual video of yet another US jet being taken out.

http://www.youtube.com/shorts/dr9Q9SFTFFI

We know its completely factual because its on YouTube!!

Hi mhaze,

"Iran’s reprisal attacks continue to escalate, already at a scale and depth we have not seen before; 12 countries in the region are continuing to be targeted."

They're primarily attacking U.S. bases, radars, command centres and anywhere there are U.S. troops or decision makers.
Did you know Trumps begging for a ceasefire and even calling Putin to ask him to step in and help stop the war?
Iran can keep this up for a few months at least.

I truly think they thought they'd kill the Ayatollah and the people would rise up and it would be over in a few days.
Too bad they don't watch the content I do, they would've know this assumption to be inaccurate.

"The United Arab Emirates (UAE) alone has been forced to shoot down over 1,500 rockets and drones. This growing wave of dangerous and destabilising attacks from Iran puts civilian lives at risk, including Australian lives."
- The UAE is the Gulf state most closely aligned with Israel.

"In responding to requests, Australia will deploy an E-7A Wedgetail to the Gulf to help protect and defend Australians and other civilians."
- This plane will be targeted for certain if they're based in the region. I won't surprised if it gets hit. Albo should not have sent it.

"In AC-land Iran should be allowed to bomb civilian centres without anyone interfering. And if a few Australians die? Well its in a good cause, eh?"
- Geez that's a bit rich isn't it?
Your hypocrisy knows no bounds, for 2 and a half years you acted like Israel should be able to bomb civilian centres in Gaza without anyone interfering, and not once did you show a thread of humanity for those people.

If you're going to apply a rule on a moral basis and expect people to take you seriously, then you should apply that basis equally to all involved participants. If not, you're just displaying bias.

The magic carpet video was no less factual than your claim Iran targeted it's own schoolgirls in a double tap strike.

"Did you know Trumps begging for a ceasefire and even calling Putin to ask him to step in and help stop the war? Iran can keep this up for a few months at least."

Struth....you are truly delusional.

More completely true information from Iran...

http://x.com/TheMossadIL/status/2031381862552072269/photo/1

It must be true because Iran wouldn't lie about this.

Meanwhile in the real world as the fog of war starts to lift and we see some data we can rely on....

Iran is taking a massive pounding.
They are rapidly running out of missiles and drones to fire at their neighbours.
Calculations are that the number of missiles/drones launched in the past day or so is down 85% on the first few days.
Iran has appointed a new supreme leader who may already be dead. He's Schrodinger's Ayatollah.
He was appointed by the IRGC which means they are now running the country. The Islamic Republic is finished.
Hezzbullah are asking for a ceasefire as they are squeezed between Israel and a Lebanese government that's had enough of these interlopers, while at the same time being unable to resupply from Iran.
Iran's one real play was to try to get the price of oil to rise to around US$150. But that's now fallen apart.
Iran and all the other anti-US nations around will have noticed that neither Russia nor China have been neither willing nor able to provide anything but minimal help.

How come the Irans have captured 14 passengers in an F35 ?
Hmmmm

There is a reason why successive US presidents have resisted going to war with Iran. War creates uncertainty, there is no guaranteed victory, diplomacy has a better chance of meeting one's objectives. Israel has had as its major foreign policy objective the extermination of Iran who it sees as a major threat to Israel's exclusive occupation of Palestine. Netanyahu has tried and failed to get Bush, Obama, Bush and Biden to go to war but finally in Trump he has the delusional fool who is willing to resist Pentagon advice and go to war. Trump won't have to pay the price for this fiasco - the rest of the world will pay it.
At least he gets his wish for immortality -history books will use his presidency as a salutory example what happens if you allow a moron to become president and select a cabal of morons to advise him.

All the argument here misses the point.
Iran made significant progress to nuclear weapons.
Once they had produced one weapon it would be all over.
We, and I mean all of us, are in a different game.
Their mission is to destroy Israel, the US and all nonbelievers.
They are required by Allah to destroy all of us.
They say it often enough and it is so firmly believed we must
believe them, especially when they undertake a nuclear weapon
project and produce weapon grade uranium.
It would be very simple to destroy New York if they just managed
to build one bomb.
Put it into a shipping container and smuggle it into the
freight industry for shipping to a New York address.
When the container gets there using a radio triggering receiver
and even inside a container a signal could get in.
Just trigger it with a New York FM station or other service
system. Knowing how long it takes freight to get to the US a
simple timer could be used.
Can anyone think why they would not do that ?

Iran War: We Follow The Money (To Mar-A-Lago)
http://thedemocracydefender.substack.com/p/iran-war-we-follow-the-money-to-mar
'How the Mar-A-Lago Gang is Cashing In On The Iran War'

Iran War: The Dark Money, Dark Politics, and Project 2025
http://thedemocracydefender.substack.com/p/iran-war-the-dark-money-dark-politics
'The Heritage Foundation, the Atlas Network, and the International Democracy Union didn't just support the war — they wrote the policy that made it inevitable.'

Corporate Media Go All Out To Support The US-Israeli War on Iran
http://www.mintpressnews.com/corporate-media-go-all-out-to-support-the-us-israeli-war-on-iran/290713/

HMMMM, no one wants to face the real problem.
All anyone wants to discuss is Trump, money or politics.
They have NOTHING to do with the problem.
Cut down to the real problem;
A nuclear bomb is where it all starts and stops.
If they are ever successful in using one then you will see
a real war !

Hi Bezza,

Do you not see how Iran has destroyed all U.S. bases in the region?
They could've done this anytime they wanted.
They were in negotiations, under the cover of a white flag, when the West attacked again, and it wasn't the first time they did this.

Did you need read the articles above that America wanted this war to take over the oil?

And you still don't get it through your head that the U.S. and Israel caused all the wars and conflict that has lead to this current situation, including the immigration that has increased your fear of Islam.

Israel wants to ferment fear of Islam, so that it takes away the blame from their own actions.

It doesn't matter what Trump says.
The war won't end unless Iran decides to do so, and they're making the same arguments as Russia.
- Deal with the root causes of the conflict or the war won't end.
And after the U.S. and Israel just murdered the new leaders entire family, don't expect them to change their mind.

The West is in no position to dictate anything.
Israels will be heading to their bomb shelters 4 times a day, and any further attacks on Iranian infrastructure will result in reciprical responses.

Meanwhile, expect airlines to start going bust, fuel going up at the pump, fertilizers prices and food on the table to increase.
Australia gets a third of its fertilizers from UAE.

Interestingly the UAE can't provide military support the RSF in Sudan, and the Sudanese armed forces are gaining momentum.

EU faces a new energy crisis, they sanctioned themselves out of Russian supply, Qatar has halted gas production and the U.S. is at capacity.

Every day Iran fails to kneel, (which they wont) the political and economic effects multiply.

Iran didn't throw the first punch, and the West is in no position to dictate anything.
They wanted this war, and we all have to pay for it.

Armchair said one true thing;
The war will not end until the root cause is removed.
The question of course is the decision to call for Allah
to require the believers to eliminate Israel and the Jews.
The Christians and others were later added.
When Islam was "invented" in the 7th century the Jews were
the number one enemy as Mohammad had had trouble with
the Jews when he was a brigand desert raider.
So there you have it in a nutshell, the whole cause of all
these wars and strife for the last 1400 or is in 1500 years.

As far as Iran is concerned they are fanatical Islamists
and believe they must obey Allah will.
If they could obtain nuclear weapons it would remove Israel
and US advantage. Any losses of their own people are of no
consequence as martyrs they will be immediately in Paradise.

But how do we get there. We must get boots on the ground
with mining experts to recover the enriched uranium.
Then somehow fission material must be better controlled.
Otherwise we will rotate through these scenarios
from time to time.
It is depressing that so much air time is spent arguing
about the various causes of the war, when the real cause
is promoted every Friday.

For anyone that wants a little more in depth info...
Here's what I watched today.
I'm sharing this to make the point that I get my info largely from Western sources.
This commentary is current, recorded over the last day.

Iran's Asymmetrical War /Alastair Crooke & Lt Col Daniel Davis
http://www.youtube.com/live/4ZWi1mlx3e8

SLEEPER CELLS & Lone Wolves /Larry Johnson & Lt Col Daniel Davis
http://www.youtube.com/live/46Pn75dJ7aA

Amb. Chas Freeman: Israel’s Agenda Is Collapsing… And It’s Happening Fast
http://www.youtube.com/live/ybrIJMPMn8I

Hey mhaze,
There's quite a few parody songs I've come across on youtube.

This is 'A Flock of Eagles IRAN (So Far Away)'
From the Album 'Make Albums Great Again'
http://youtu.be/D_h7hcK6pFs

Something for you to listen to while you're riding your magic carpet.

Silly Ignorant Iranians Finally See the Wests True Face
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/anti-regime-iranians-turn-on-trump-us

Is Trump and his cronies betting on how many Iranians they can kill today?

"Bets on when the US and Israel would strike Iran have made a group of anonymous gamblers (most likely Trump people) millions on the online "prediction" platform Polymarket.

"Gambling experts and US lawmakers have raised concerns about the ethics of online betting and whether insider information is being used to profit from war."

Polymarket is banned in Australia as it was in America, until Trump legalised it. Donald Trump Jr. is employed by Polymarket, having joined in August 2025, soon after the old man legalised it. Trump jr's venture capital firm, '1789 Capital', also made a strategic investment in the prediction market platform. This role coincides with his work as a partner at the investment firm, and another advisory position at competitor Kalshi. Now some US senators want betting on war outcomes outlawed in America.

ARE THESE NOT THE MOST DISGUSTING SCUM BAGS ON THE PLANET. Betting on children being murdered by a lunatic in the White House.

Cashing in on women and kids being murdered when your Dad is launching the air strikes. [Rolls eyes]

Right now I'm looking at the Israeli lobbyist MO.
And I'm seeing a pattern.

Attempting to use peoples principles against them to force them to support Israels aims.

I saw it here a few months back with this narrative.

Why the ‘Free Palestine’ crowd goes silent on Iran
http://www.afr.com/world/middle-east/why-the-free-palestine-crowd-goes-silent-on-iran-20260114-p5nu0m

It's like there's an Israeli propaganda office and they all sit around brain-storming how they can spin things.

'The leftists are mad about the ill-treatment of Palestinian women and kids we murder, we need to co-opt them into fighting our battle with Iran with their own principles, get them to focus and redirect their criticism towards our enemy, and if they don't we can call out their hypocrisy and discredit them.'

So they were trying to get the people criticising Israel to criticise Iran instead or at the very least pipe-down a bit.

So now this Grace Tame thing..

If “Believe Women” has exceptions, then it was never a principle
http://www.australianjewishnews.com/if-believe-women-has-exceptions-then-it-was-never-a-principle/

And so I see this thing again... 'attempting to use peoples principles against them to force them to support Israels aims'.

Australia's Israeli embassy criticises Grace Tame's comments on Hamas October 7 attacks
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-17/grace-tame-comments-abc-radio-sydney-interview-on-october-7/106465388
'Jewish group suggests sit-down with Tame'

Grace Tame says 'smear campaign' has led to lost speaking engagements
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-12/tas-grace-tame-no-more-speaking-engagements/106445518

I'm starting to wonder if democracy isn't a recipe for being ok with 'attacking our own nation and people'.

You see truthfully I don't care that much for Grace Tame.
I couldn't care less what she says, and without diminishing her efforts towards supporting women of sexual abuse and rape, I think her OOA medal might be a little overrated. (Maybe many are)
But some people seem to care a lot.

So people repesenting 0.4% of the population want to sow division, want me to attack my own, for their war against Iran.

Not doing it, but I see what they're doing.

My response -
I don't care about your feelings.

'Don't bring your endless wars to Aussie shores'.

Trumpster,

Not a single country has backed the American-Zionist War on Iran.

Trump's top counter-terrorism official Joe Kent, has resigned over the war in Iran, urging the president to "reverse course". Kent knows Trump is a liar, a fraudster, who can't tell the truth. Its clear now Trump is a puppet of the Zionists, both in Israel and America, whose objective is total Zionist control of the Middle East.

Can YOU tell us what are Trumps objectives in this war? I suspect not, as Trump is only there to do the bidding of the Zionists! Agree?

For the supporters of Iran in this war with Israel & US
here is something to give you great support;
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22353/iran-regime-venezuela-method
I talks about the structure of Iran's political system and that no
matter how many leaders are killed it will have no effect on their
drive to overpower the west.

However we now have another actor in the field;
Turkey with Ottoman dreams of a Sunni Islamic empire again.
Perhaps now Trump can stir up the old troubles between Shia
and Sunni Islam.
Trump could accuse Erdogan of pretending to be the 12th Imman !

Bezza,

No one is saying Iran is a "friendly" state towards the west, why would it be, when its people were subjected to the brutality of the American/British installed Shah and his regime, which inflicted misery on the Iranian people.
As for today's war, there was no justification for the American/Zionist attack, which results in the slaughter of innocent people. Like the rest of the world, I would like to hear Trumps justification and objectives for the war.

You being a self styled "expert" on Islam, maybe you can enlighten us as to why Iran is attacking other Islamic nations.

Hi Bezza

I think Erdogan is quietly loyal to Israel and has been at least since the 2016 U.S. coup attempt.
I haven't looked at your article yet, but I think you're talking about Iran's 'Mosaic defence'.
Trumps an idiot, it's like they told him all they have to do is take down Khomeini and the leadership class and the 'regime' would fall, but that's not how Iran has organises it defence.

Go check out that video I added earlier:
Iran's Asymmetrical War /Alastair Crooke & Lt Col Daniel Davis
http://www.youtube.com/live/4ZWi1mlx3e8

Paul, the objectives are regime change.
Neocons have no reverse gear, but they might have to reconsider this time, postpone, regroup.
They're in a corner with no viable off ramp.
If they run away, then they can no longer claim to be the worlds greatest military.

Iran has hit the Lincoln, they've taken out U.S. fighter jets and aerial refuellers, took out the Wests radar and bases, there's no entering Hormuz without losing warships, there's no ground invasion without conscription and massive losses and Trumps headed to the midterms.

And even if Trump backs away, that doesn't mean Israel or Hezbollah will stop firing on Israel.

Israel and the U.S. started this war.

And Iran has thrown down and said

'Righto, we've fekken haddit, you want this war then war is what you'll get. We're DONE negotiating with you Epstein child killing lunatics'

All America and Israel are doing now is the Dahiya doctrine, trying to terrorise civillians, that's what you do if you don't have ground forces capable of invasion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahiya_doctrine

There's no unblocking the strait, Iran will just take out oilfields, ports and refineries, 'asymmetrical war'.
There won't be any oil to export when it's all on fire.

You all make out like I'm the one who has it all wrong.
I just watch different content than the lies and narratives that you're all spoon fed.

many here are like mushrooms, kept in the dark and fed bs.
- Funny part is you can't seem to get enough'

'Please kind sir, may I please have another bowl of bull-shite'.

'nom nom nom'

The outlook isn't good I hate to tell you all...

Patrick Henningsen: Israel Strikes Iran’s LARGEST Gas Field - Iran's MASSIVE RETALIATION Begins
http://www.youtube.com/live/UdJJw3I20c0

Seyed M. Marandi: U.S. Attacked World's Largest Gas Field & Iran Declares Economic War
http://youtu.be/AYLACkCWXRA

Many here probably get the fake news from some pink / green haired progressives that only wear their woke-frame-glasses to try and look more sophisticated and probably know more about the gay scene than they do geopolitics...

ABC says nothing to see here after senator lines up with News Corp over Iran war coverage
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/20/weekly-beast-abc-stike-john-lyons-iran-war-coverage-kyle-jackie-o-dispute
'Liberal senator Sarah Henderson, backed by Sky News, demands the ABC ‘shut down’ John Lyons for his analysis.'

Ive looked at some of the videos
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=John+Lyons+Iran
There's one video in there the day of the attack where Sky News Hosts are literally salivating and celebrating the U.S. and Israeli attack.

Sky News is where the conservative side of politics is constantly steered towards Zionist interests. John Lyons reports were actually fairly accurate and informative.

Why do we have to have this endless war now on OUR shores?
This endless conflict by the U.S. and Israel to piss off and export enraged M/E Muslims...
And NO this constant information war with Zionist gatekeepers like snapping hounds attacking everything that even resembles unbiased reporting?

Their grievance apparently, is basically that John Lyons crime is ACTUALLY BEING IMPARTIAL, and not promoting a false pro-Zionist narrative.

That's what it looks like to me?
Anyone care to disagree?
This is where we're at in Australia right now.

The ABC Ombudsman report / decision and segment transcript relating to complaints.
http://www.abc.net.au/about/ombudsman/significant-no-breach-findings/ombudsman-investigation-report/106451958

Same as this Grace Tame stuff...
Apparently they're attacking her,

Not just because she said 'Globalise the Intifada'
But also because they tried to trap her and force her to support Israeli rape victims on October 7, and I thik she may have responded by implying that those rapes were debunked as fake, which is true I think.
So now they've gone after her trying to attack her source of funding / income maybe, 'release the hounds' she's cancelled her speaking tour after the co-ordinated Israeli attacks under the guise of stopping 'anti-semitism'.

This is not Australian.
It's a Zionist police state.

What delusional morons.
They supported it, were the first to cheer it on.
Now they think they can issue demands to the nation they supported assassinations on, and schoolgirls and parents murdered?

I want to see them put their money where their mouth is.
But that means a few AUssies are probably going to have to die for these warmongeing fools.

>>Australia has this morning signed on to a joint statement with other key allies, including the UK, Canada, Japan and other European countries, which says they support preparedness to send appropriate assets to the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the safe passage of fuel ships.

This is a statement that was released on Thursday. Australia had not signed on to it until this morning.

"We call on Iran to cease immediately its threats, laying of mines, drone and missile attacks and other attempts to block the Strait to commercial shipping, and to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2817," the statement reads.

"We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait."<<

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-21/iran-israel-war-live-updates/106480906?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-273972

I'd be repeating 'Albo's got to go', if it wasn't for the use-by date on this democracy, I'm hardly going to switch from Zio-lite to Zio-premium.
If Aussies had any self-respect at all, they'd wipe their arses on the next ballot they see and pop that into the box instead.
Karma for the counters, they've been quietly supporting this 2-ringed circus long enough.

I'm mean seriously are our leaders actually retarded?
You know when I was a kid I though politicians and adults were all well to do and smart and that.
I'm not smart, but I'm smart enough to see our leaders are a bunch of hopeless imbeciles.

After all the waffle about this and that,
it really comes down to this;
If Iran gets one or more nuclear weapons
would they match their words and use them ?

The point of having a nuclear weapon isn't about using them.
It's leverage, ask Kim Yung Un.

It's about making the other person think twice before trying anything stupid.

Hey Bezza, google? this -

'is shi'ite islam extremist?'

Extremist Groups: Specific organizations, most notably Hezbollah, have been designated as terrorist groups due to their use of violence and suicide bombings.
Targeted Actions: Shia extremist groups often employ tactics like targeted assassinations for specific political gains, distinguishing them from the high-casualty, broad-target tactics often used by some Sunni extremist groups.
Not Theology-Based: Experts suggest that the violent actions of these groups are generally not inherent to the theological doctrines of Shia Islam itself.
Inter-Sectarian Tensions: Many Shia Muslims are often victims of extremism, particularly from hardline Salafi and Wahhabi Sunni militants.

In summary, extremism within Shi'ite communities is generally linked to political, regional, and ideological conflict rather than the faith itself, representing a minority subset of the population

'is sunni islam exremist'

Mainstream Sunni Islam: The vast majority of Sunnis follow traditional schools of jurisprudence and reject the extremist ideology of violent militant groups.
Extremist Minorities: Radical groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS stem from a "Salafi-Jihadist" sub-group. They hold a strict, literalist ideology (often rooted in Wahhabism/Salafism) that calls for violence, which is fundamentally different from mainstream Sunni beliefs.
Not Representative: The acts of extremists are not representative of Sunni Islam as a whole, which is a diverse tradition.
Theological Misuse: Extremists often use takfir (declaring other Muslims infidels) to justify violence against anyone who does not follow their extreme interpretations.

Now google 'Did Iran fight against ISIS'

Yes, Iran played a major role in fighting ISIS (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, viewing the group as a major national security threat
. Iran provided military advisors, weapons, and funding to local forces, and operated through aligned Shia militias—notably the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)—to secure key victories, often operating in parallel to U.S.-led coalition efforts.

Really nice looking Iranian missile here.

http://youtu.be/hD-G-u9PkEU

I can't believe these Aussie warmongers think that we can take on China with western weapons.
These people are off the planet, I've been saying for years western weapons are junk.
Our 'so-called' 'adversaries' have found ways around them enough to make them 'expensive and useless'.

Double blow for Trump as Iran launches 4,000-km missiles; US lifts oil sanction | Janta Ka Reporter
http://youtu.be/Vuaqcuh7A3M

Good clip at 5m 0s in video above of Scott Bessant explaining how Trump ordered the economic attack on Iran's currency to trigger protests.

Maria: What do you want to say about sanctions, Something else you've been working on of course, what are you planning there in terms of Iran and the impact there? Do sanctions actually work? and the same question with regard to 500% secondary sanctions or tariffs on countries who purchase energy products from Russia.

Bessant: "Okay, so two two things there. There are Treasury sanctions and if you look at a speech that I gave at the Economic Club of New York last March, I said that I believe the Iranian currency was on the verge of collapse. That if I were an Iranian citizen, I would take my money out. President Trump ordered Treasury and our OFFAC division, Office of Foreign Asset Control to put maximum pressure on Iran and it's worked because in December their economy collapsed. We saw a major bank go under. The central bank has started to print money. There is a dollar shortage. They are not able to get imports and this is why the people took to the street. So this is economic statecraft. - No shots fired and things are moving in a very positive way here."

The U.S. and Israel caused all of this, from the protests onwards.
Iran just proven they can hit Dimona nuclear plant if they chose to, and there's no unblocking Hormuz without many people dying, and they still don't have the 460kg enriched nuclear material or regime change.

Good clip at 11 minutes of Tucker Carlson answering the question 'Does Israel have a right to exist?'.

It's really a 2-part trick question.
The moment you say 'they do have a right to exist', they then make the follow on argument that Israel THEREFORE 'has a right to defend itself', and then somehow we end up at genocide for ethnic cleansing and religious-based land theft...

US to Launch Ground Invasion of Iran… Without a Plan
http://youtu.be/S9xuuc1U_pc

Trump blinked

Trump postpones strikes on Iranian power plants for a five day period
http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/23/middle-east-crisis-live-iea-chief-says-iran-war-energy-crunch-worse-than-1970s-oil-crises-and-ukraine-war-combined

>>The US president, Donald Trump, has said he has instructed the defence department to postpone all airstrikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five day period. This is subject to the “success” of ongoing “meetings and discussions”, he said in a Truth Social post.<<

What does this mean?
It means Iran has escalation dominance, and anything America does will result in it being smacked across the face.

Hi AC,

I would think there would be "words" exchanged between Dangerous Doctor Donald and his "friends", both in the middle east, forget the Zionists with their A bombs, and elsewhere. Diplomatic words like; " DONALD! What the F@@K do you think you are doing with this lousy war!"...."OK! blast a few peasants, who cares, but these Iranians are serious, they might KILL US!".

We might start seeing power plants and desalination plants across Israel and Gulf States go up next.
I heard that within hours after Trumps 5 day extension Iranian power plants were bombed anyway.

Seyed M. Marandi: Israel Hits Iran Energy Sites, Iran’s Next Move: Israel’s Energy & Water Systems
http://www.youtube.com/live/b3h1gOSKR_E

Trump & Israel ATTACK Iran's Power Grid, Iran POUNDS Gulf Energy & Tel Aviv | Patrick Henningsen
http://www.youtube.com/live/AtkGKNIxgko

I was thinking today that my problem is that I find more in depth analysis from independent media and I'm not in any way product of the corporate presstitute news slop that most people rely on, if that can be considered a problem....

I find it hard now to keep up with normal news simply because it usually comes the day after it actually happened and it throws me off.
Today's news on the TV, is really yesterdays news in real life.

Hi AC,

The first causality of war is truth. Trump is an unmitigated liar and a coward. The world cannot trust a word the great warmonger says. Its now obvious that the exaggerated and false claims that Trump makes should be disregarded. Blind Freddy can see that Iran is doing a lot better in this war than what the great warmonger and his Zionist mate claim. NOW THAT'S A FACT.

Hi Paul,
Trumps fits the old adage 'You can tell he's lying if his lips are moving' quite well.

So.. Cheap hypersonic missiles for the gun lovers

Woomera Range Complex: United States testing new Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile on Australian soil
http://thenightly.com.au/politics/woomera-range-complex-united-states-tipped-to-soon-test-new-hypersonic-attack-cruise-missile-in-australia-c-22002970?

How much we spending on these new missiles above?
China's got some cheapies on sale.

China’s low-cost ‘cement-coated’ hypersonic missile could threaten major warships
http://interestingengineering.com/military/chinas-cement-coated-hypersonic-missile
'The reported unit price, about 700,000 yuan (US$99,000), is similar to that of the Tesla Model X.'

>>Chinese aerospace company Lingkong Tianxing has introduced a new hypersonic glide missile that can travel at up to Mach 7 and hit targets up to 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) away, offering a low-cost yet powerful option that could change the global defense market.

The missile, designated the YKJ-1000, drew wide attention for its unconventional construction, which reportedly includes civilian-grade materials such as foamed concrete in its heat-resistant coating.<<

* Limit 2 per household

Hi AC,

Did you see the price of a Chinese Nuk Sub;

(Jin-class) SSBN around $750 million to $2.4 billion and the (Shang-class) SSN estimated around $1.1–$1.5 billion. Newer SSBNs are projected to cost $3–4 billion each as technology advances.

Compared to a Yankee Rust Bucket Class, used subs from Honest Donalds Used Submarine and Caravan Lot at $100 billion each, with no on sea guarantee, and no delivery date, maybe 2050 and pay up front now. I think we could afford half a dozen of those Jin Class SSBN's top of the range jobs, includes a full tank of plutonium, power steering, chrome rudder, alloy propellers, free RACQ membership etc for $3 billion each, that's only $18 billion, small change for Jimbo, delivery next week and no down payment on the easy interest free 5 year credit plan. AND the Chows will throw in a couple of free nuk missiles with each sub purchased, we can take pot shots at New Zealand at not cost, fun for all the family.

I'll just go into my Temu account and place an order, spend over 50 bucks and its free delivery in 7 days or get 5 bucks free credit, I'll run that past Albo in tonight's chat with the lads in Canberrrrah!

p/s Might get em' to throw in a free Jin-Class as a sweetener, good for Granny, she can use it to run up the shops, to put her Lotto on, she wont need to use the Mack Truck anymore, save on diesel at 3 bucks a hit.

Lol
Wasn't there some old story about how America spent a huge amount of money trying o invent a pen that would work in zero gravity?
And the Russians just simply used a pencil..

Not sure its even true or not...

Yes we could've save a few hundred billion on those subs...
- Commander Albanese has the con...

I watched something the other day where some Aussie ex-military officer was talking about the war in Iran and the fuel shortage and how bad things are in our defence forces.
He said that the submarine spending had taken away from other needed spending.

"You cannot trust the US administration": Australia's reliance on US as security ally
http://youtu.be/r0KHWOmNYMY

Maybe they can make do on a limited budget and learn how to improvise
The Germans seem to have some good ideas

German Soldiers Used Broomsticks Instead of Guns During NATO Exercise
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/german-soldiers-used-broomsticks-instead-of-guns-during-nato-exercise/

Hi AC,

This war reminds me of Vietnam, where the Yanks turned up with half a million men, top the range fire power, every gizmo that opened and shut. Ten years later with around 60,000 deadn's shipped back to US in body bags. They ran like scaredy-cats, pissing their pants as they fled, with their arses on fire!

Ho Chi Minh was right, when a western interviews said; "Vietnam can't possibly win this war, America has too much fire power"... "Yes we will" said Ho...'The Americans are soft and will give up, we will never give up." Ho was right, that's what happened. Maybe the Iranians have the same attitude.

"Trump is an unmitigated liar and a coward."

Telling you things you'd prefer not to hear isn't the same a s lying.

"Blind Freddy can see that Iran is doing a lot better in this war than what the great warmonger and his Zionist mate claim. NOW THAT'S A FACT."

You live in a fantasy world. Its absolutely obvious that Iran is being bombed back to the stone age and the only reason it isn't there already is that Trump wants to leave some infrastructure for the Iranian people if/when they overthrown their mad mullah masters.

But I do have to say that Trump is doing some unexpected favours for the Iranian rulers. For example he's converted their entire surface fleet into submarines.

"'The Americans are soft and will give up, we will never give up."

Yes its true. Democracies value every drop of blood expended to fight their wars whereas the totalitarian regimes Paul so admires are prepared to squander as much blood of their people as is necessary to ensure their power remains intact.

It was Mao who said during the Korean War that the aim was to kill as many Americans as possible because the US would give up if they lost 50 thousand lives whereas the Chinese leadership wouldn't even think twice about losing 50 millions of their people.

Trumpster,

"It was Mao who said during the Korean War that the aim was to kill as many Americans as possible because the US would give up if they lost 50 thousand lives whereas the Chinese leadership wouldn't even think twice about losing 50 millions of their people."

Mao, did say something like that, you've added the "wouldn't even think twice bit". The sad reality for the poor peoples of the world, their death toll will be very heavy indeed whenever they fight powerful imperialist regimes like America for their freedom. In Vietnam 60,000 Americans in body bags, sad as that is, something like 4 million Vietnamese dead in their struggle for freedom from, firstly French, and then American imperialism. I don't doubt the Iranians will pay a very high price with their fight against American and Zionist aggression.

"Democracies value every drop of blood" Do they really, was it not that French General Ferdinand Foch who said something like; "If the enemy kills one million of our men, and we kill one million and one of theirs, WE WIN! Foch was like all the others, the British Commander Haig agreed with Foch. Were they not part of the great democracies as you would claim. They didn't give a rats about the dead on their side. Ever heard of the term "Cannon Fodder"! It still applies today!

"You live in a fantasy world. Its absolutely obvious that Iran is being bombed back to the stone age and the only reason it isn't there already is that Trump wants to leave some infrastructure for the Iranian people if/when they overthrown their mad mullah masters."

If Trump Attacks Iranian infrastructure, then Iran blows up the rest of Gulf states infrastructure, including oil and gas, refineries, ports, power stations, water desalination - game over Gulf States and West, plus U.S. Bond Market collapse plus Global financial meltdown plus Trump loses midterms.

Trumps openly telling lies while the world laughs at him.
I just watched a comedy skit where the host grabbed a dictionary to look up the meaning of the word 'obliterate'.

Iran's not going to negotiate with him after he already used negotiations as a ruse twice before attacking.

Maybe they are buying time, trying to find out if the new Ayatollah is alive, whose in charge, see who they can bribe..
But they don't have the leverage, Iran does.

Iran believes they can block the strait, make the U.S. Israel, Gulf States and the world generally feel the pain and repercussions of a Persian Gulf oil crisis before the West can do anything about them to stop it..

I guess well find out, right

"Were they not part of the great democracies as you would claim."

Well I was talking about current times, not things from a century ago. No, the British and French of WW1 were not the equivalent of today's liberal democracies. The fact that you had to go that far back in time rather proves my point.

"If Trump Attacks Iranian infrastructure, then Iran blows up the rest of Gulf states infrastructure, "

I see you are still falling for the rubbish from your so-called sources. The fact is that Iran no longer has the ability to take out infrastructure of the Gulf States in any coordinated fashion. Their command and control structure is finished and what they fire off is haphazard and not targeted. They fired on Diego Garcia t'other day and it was a monumental embarrassment. They have no air-force. They have no navy. Their missile factories are no more. their only play is to threaten Hormuz and even there the have to rely on the risk aversion of Lloyds to achieve their aims.

I'll make two predictions:

1. They'll eventually surrender all pretenses of being a nuclear state and all pretenses of being a M-E hegemon.
2. You'll learn absolutely nothing about how your 'sources' misled you and will continue believing them and expressing the idea that you don't even care if you're being lied to.

Oh gawd....

I'll make a prediction you'll remain oblivious no matter what happens.
Every single video I watch, they're all saying Trump screwed up, has no idea what he's doing, is desperately looking for an off ramp.

Do you want me to send you a list of the titles and thumbnails of the last 20 videos or so I've watched so you can check?

And they're all experts in their fields.
Not like the idiot western 'analysts', paid presstitutes and TV generals you listen to.

Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: US Dominance Is Crumbling… Here’s Why Iran Matters
http://www.youtube.com/live/nrbBoO9ehUE

The U.S. and Europeans thought that had caught Russia in a quagmire in Ukraine...
But now obviously Russia and China will provide the same support to Iran and the others have to Ukraine.

But this is a global war, that is already affecting everyone through oil.
Now the U.S. and Europe have been caught in their own quagmires, and it could be a fight between the U.S. and Iran to the end.

At least I can say I wasn't one of the people who supported this fools errand.
I've been warning about it all for years.

Hi AC,

Is it true the the US is stealing millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil?

Trumpeter, I thought you would like the WWI mob, as they were western democracies which murdered millions of their own, including over 60,000 Australians!

The 60,000 US dead in Vietnam were mostly, Blacks, Hispanics and poor Whites, expendable cannon fodder, sent there as baby killers, and brought home in body bags.

Nothing to say on the coward Trump and how he dodged military service!

p/s As a warmongering supporter yourself, what is your military record? Probably did a Trump.

Hi Paul,
"Is it true the the US is stealing millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil?"
- I'm honestly not sure of the details there.

Trump singles out Australia as he criticises allies on Iran war support
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-27/donald-trump-says-australia-was-not-great-help-in-iran-war/106500752

Seems the (suspected) Peedo / Liar in Chief Orange Clown has sent us to the naughty corner...
Because we wont help him in his illegal war of aggression for the benefit of Epsteinland.

Will Albo fall on the ground into the fetal position and pee himself a little in a public display of master and slave loyalty, probably.

"Speaking at the White House, Mr Trump repeated what amounted to a veiled threat, saying he would 'never forget' which nations offered assistance and which did not."
- Good. Then the U.S. can keep digging its own hole deeper.
They can lose their war, be shown as all bark and no bite and they can be the ones forgotten as the world moves forward without them.

Hurry up and lose your war and get it over with America.
I'm happy to pay $6 a litre in fuel for the short to medium term with the world crashing down around both of them because of their reckless actions starting this global war which affects all of us.

All of the good things America claimed to stand war at the end of WWII are gone, they're a rogue nation that can't exist without being a danger to everyone else, - both them and Israel.

"Do you want me to send you a list of the titles and thumbnails of the last 20 videos or so I've watched so you can check?"

Well, since the last one you sent me was a completely fabricated AI generated bit of fantasy, I'd prefer you didn't send any more. Although it was rather comical that you fell for it and then announced you didn't care if it was fake.

"The U.S. and Europeans thought that had caught Russia in a quagmire in Ukraine..."

But, but... Russia is in a quagmire they can't find a way out of. They thought they'd be in Kiev in 5 days. Remember when you told us 4 years ago that Odessa would fall within a week? Remember when you told us that the fall of Bakhmut would mean a general Russian breakout and the early end if the war? Russia entered the war with the reputation of having the second best army on the planet and now is generally understood to have the second best army in Ukraine.

You were monumentally wrong then and, having learned not a single thing, are monumentally wrong now.

The US Military is NOT Ready for Iranian Drones
http://youtu.be/ETeA07YjnSM

Col Doug Macgregor EPIC IRAN WAR TAG TEAM w/ Lt Col Daniel Davis
http://youtu.be/jvodpjyo17I

US Faces Strategic Defeat; Iran Won't Talk; US Gambles On Kharg Capture; Russia Sends Drones MANPADS
http://youtu.be/9KA_hbYSQ38

Pepe Escobar: Iran’s Silent Strategy: How It’s Ending US Dominance in West Asia
http://www.youtube.com/live/HqrlFMyv5uQ

Prof. Mohammad Marandi : FROM TEHRAN: How Iran Resists Aggression
http://www.youtube.com/live/aJ6Np7wj-pE

Iran Confirms & Reveals Trump’s Present
http://youtu.be/V1qvqSLmvUc

Double Whammy for Trump as Iran Tightens Grip on Hormuz after Rejecting Deal
http://youtu.be/Szl_f5Fy97A

Lt Col. Daniel Davis: Iran’s Trap Is Already Set… And the U.S. Is Moving In
http://www.youtube.com/live/_6_8JvP6Y9Y

Prof. Ted Postol: Why Defenses Can't Stop Iran: Missile Defense Fails Against Iran's Arsenal
http://youtu.be/UxUd47eQ9jw

Disaster Awaits US Troops in the Strait of Hormuz /Lt Col Daniel Davis
http://youtu.be/zYfJhbyJqlA

Israeli Public Suffers Deep War Fatigue Yet Still Backs More Force, Risky Expansion: Analysis
http://youtu.be/1mqFGa7OVS8

Why Western Media Only Platforms Pro-Israel Iranians
http://youtu.be/lFCtqxOaTjs

Tel Aviv Military HQ ATTACKED; ‘87 Strikes, 21 Merkava Tanks’: Hezbollah Strikes Deep Inside Israel
http://youtu.be/ODEHH7cYvpk

Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: US Dominance Is Crumbling… Here’s Why Iran Matters
http://www.youtube.com/live/nrbBoO9ehUE

IRAN WAR TIMELINES KEEP CHANGING /Patrick Henningsen & Lt Col Daniel Davis
http://www.youtube.com/live/IuJPm_lNFEk

Why Israel Wants a War with Iran (w/ Gideon Levy) | Chris Hedges Report
http://youtu.be/Nedj7RSphvY

IRGC Navy HITS USS Abraham Lincoln With CRUISE MISSILES
http://youtu.be/H6bvil2_pdg

LIVE: Not Iran, But ‘REGIME CHANGE’ Call Rocks Israel; Mass Protests Erupt | ‘THROW NETANYAHU...'
http://www.youtube.com/live/ELayVwvhzbo

Larry Johnson US MILITARY IMPRACTICAL OBJECTIVES in IRAN
http://www.youtube.com/live/RMamThk86Cw

250,000 Resistance Fighters JOIN IRAN | Ground Invasion READY | Full DEPLOYMENT
http://youtu.be/9Vfn2EM5xv8

Yawn.

Trumpster,

You claim America is big on saving lives in wars, please explain the following;

Over 4.5 million people—including civilians, combatants, and contractors—have died as a direct or indirect result of US post-9/11 wars (2001-2023) alone, with hundreds of thousands more deaths in the Korean and Vietnam wars. The Costs of War Project estimates 3.6–3.8 million people died indirectly in post-9/11 zones, plus over 940,000 direct deaths.

America is a killing machine. If you were to be killed in a war in the past 20 years who is most likely to have pulled the trigger. Don't say DONALD TRUMP, he's a coward who dodged military service!

Answer: AN AMERICAN!

Hezbollahs Merkava Massacre

‘Nearly 100 Tanks Destroyed…’: Israel’s Loss Mounts As Hezbollah Targets $6MN Merkavas
http://youtu.be/qVcTy0h83ZA

Remember how they always spoke of 'Putin's illegal War of Aggression' and 'Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine'.

Is that same news going to talk about 'Trump's illegal War of Aggression' and 'America's unprovoked invasion of Iran'

Is the news going to say it over and over and over and over until it drums into everyone's heads?

If not, then why not?
And if they don't, you might be forced to consider
'Have I been the subject of Western propaganda meant to manipulate my support for wars?'
'Do I want to attack Russia or Iran and would I send my children and my money to achieve this outcome?'
'How do these wars benefit me and my family, does it make our country safer and my family more prosperous?'

Putin first spoke against NATO expansion after Bush announced intention for Ukraine and Georgia to join.
Russia did not want US/NATO nukes on it's doorstep.

Was Putin right to not want a western proxy power fielding nuclear bombs on his front lawn?

Now we're told that Iran can't have a nuke, That's their story.
Look at what's happening now, does Iran actually need a nuke?
It seems quite capable of creating sufficient impact without them.
If Iran could've done this anytime, then what did it need a nuke for?

And if the West is right to not want Iran to have a nuclear weapon, then how is Putin wrong not wanting Ukraine to have U.S. nukes on his front lawn.

Is the media informing you or making your decisions for you?
Is it telling you the whole truth, or selling you a narrative and manufacturing your consent?

"Remember how they always spoke of 'Putin's illegal War of Aggression' and 'Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine'.

Is that same news going to talk about 'Trump's illegal War of Aggression' and 'America's unprovoked invasion of Iran'"

Again AC, does the average Ukrainian support Russia's invasion? Does the average Iranian support the action of the US and Israel? You might also comment on the Iranian regime's view on the marriage of nine year old girls or its murder of ten of thousands of its defenceless citizens recently.

Trump: "I call it a Special Military Operation, an S - M - O, just like Putin. I can't call it a war, because I need congressional approval for that."
http://x.com/realstewpeters/status/2036968862860615982
(Yes I cheated)

Man Arrested in Israel Over Alleged Rape in Bomb Shelter During Siren
http://israel.com/crime/man-arrested-in-israel-over-alleged-rape-in-bomb-shelter-during-siren/

Blow up the Red Cross
http://x.com/IrnaEnglish/status/2036450802886185337
The president of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Pir Hossein Kolivand: Seventeen IRCS bases across the country have been targeted by the aggressor enemy. Ninety-four ambulances and rescue vehicles were directly hit by enemy missiles.

US, Israeli Attacks Have Damaged Nearly 500 Schools, 300 Health Centers in Iran
http://truthout.org/articles/us-israeli-attacks-have-damaged-nearly-500-schools-300-health-centers-in-iran/

What values are we even fighting for?

http://x.com/SikandarShah077/status/2037569750524407897
Berlin: Footage shows police forcefully detaining and perpwalking a blind-folded young girl during a pro-Palestine protest. The incident has sparked outrage and raised serious concerns about the use of force against minors. Questions about rights and accountability cannot be ignored.

Israel is poisoning the Wests values.

Iran is openly mocking the U.S. and Western 'Epstein' class.
Openly mocking Trump and challenging the West to have a go.
http://x.com/pati_marins64/status/2037377825540292688
http://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/2036503251445555243
http://x.com/pati_marins64/status/2037343921429180751

Iran have issued their own counter demands

1. Complete cessation to attacks, aggression and assassinations, removal of military bases in the gulf
2. Binding Guarantees that the U.S. and Israel will not resume the war
3. War Reparations for damage and losses incurred during the war
4. End to hostilities on all fronts i.e. other groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon
5. Sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, transit fees

But they also have other demands

End to sanctions, not giving up their ballistic missiles or drones i.e defense capabilities, payments for Persian gulf oil cargoes paid in Yuan i.e. end the petrodollar / U.S. hegemony, Gulf States mustn't reinvest in U.S.

Alastair Crooke: IRAN Will NOT Compromise
http://www.youtube.com/live/VzfqtjAIkJA

The U.S. isn't negotiating, they're lying to placate financial markets and delay their invasion to better prepare for it.

Aussies in Dubai issued stark warning
http://au.news.yahoo.com/warning-aussies-dubai-hotels-231058668.html
>>There is a threat to the safety of Australians in hotels in Dubai, the Australian government has warned.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued a very specific warning in the early hours of Saturday, Australian time.
“We have reason to believe there are heightened risks around hotels in Dubai, including an ongoing threat in the vicinity of Le Meridien hotel on Airport Road, Dubai,” the department revealed via Smartraveller.<<

Google? 'US troops remote working Le Meridien hotel'

AI Overview
As of late March 2026, reports indicate that US troops in the Middle East have been forced to relocate to hotels and other remote locations—including sites in the Gulf region—due to severe damage inflicted on their bases by Iranian attacks
.
"Work from Home" Operation: Many American troops are reportedly working remotely from hotels following attacks that rendered some bases unusable, particularly for roles outside of those operating and maintaining fighter jets.
Specific Threat to Le Meridien Dubai: The Australian government issued an urgent warning regarding a "heightened risk" and "ongoing threat" in the vicinity of the Le Meridien hotel on Airport Road in Dubai, citing threats by Iran to target hotels used by US personnel.
Widespread Gulf Relocation: The situation is part of a broader, ongoing conflict where US personnel are spread across multiple temporary locations in the region.
Security Context: The UAE has been dealing with intercepted missile and drone attacks, with warnings issued against filming or posting footage of these incidents.

... So when you hear 'Iran is attacking civilian targets in Gulf States', they're not telling you the full story.
Thy're targeting U.S. personel who attacked them and hide in civilian buildings after their bases were destroyed.
It's a crime against the Geneva convention to place military targets in civilian areas, but were kind of past following international rules now, Israel and the West no longer follows them.

Ballsy Palestinian kid telling off the IDF
http://x.com/hippyygoat/status/2037563996530684004

"The 60,000 US dead in Vietnam were mostly, Blacks, Hispanics and poor Whites, "

False.... as usual. Black deaths were in proportion to their numbers in the rest of the population. Hispanics likewise. 85% of deaths were white. If you have evidence (there's that word you don't understand again) that these were poor whites, show it.

"You claim America is big on saving lives in wars,"

Well I didn't say that. I said the dropping of the A-bomb saved millions of lives. Since you can't refute that, even if you understood it, you are anxious to change the subject.... as usual.

"Nothing to say on the coward Trump and how he dodged military service!"

False....as usual. It was a ballot, just like Australia. His number didn't come up.

I was too young for the ballot in Australia.

"Is it true the the US is stealing millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil?"

False....as usual.

Whats the difference between the wars in Vietnam and Iran
Answer = Trump can't get out of the war in Iran.

US 'on verge' of ending Iran war as allies warned to lead postwar security coalition in the Strait of Hormuz
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-28/iran-war-us-pushes-allies-on-postwar-coalition-strait-of-hormuz/106506278

>>Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told allies to lead the postwar effort to secure the Strait of Hormuz and says its military operations will be achieved in weeks.
He told reporters the US was "on the verge" of achieving its objectives, which would not require US ground forces.<<

No U.S. ground forces required?

>>Face-to-face peace talks hang in the balance as an Iranian counter-proposal to the 15-point peace plan is expected later today.<<
- There's no negotiations, Iran openly issued counter-demands.

>>Only yesterday, the president lashed allies on social media for doing "absolutely nothing to help with the lunatic nation… of Iran".
But on Saturday Mr Rubio said the US was not asking any nations to get involved in the conflict.
"We're doing it," he said, while blaming the press for the apparent contradiction.
"I think we've always viewed it as a post-conflict necessity."
The secretary said the US would be willing to be part of the coalition but that allies would need to take the lead on operations to secure safe passage of ships in the strait.<<

So, they're saying 'We're not asking for any nations to get involved'...
- 'just for allies to take the lead in acting as cannon fodder against Iranian missiles and drones'.

- Israels has 7 corvettes, why not ask and send them - and the U.S. go with them?
- It's their war.

How many times did I tell you the U.S. weapons are shite?
That they can't fight a long land war anymore?
That they're more likely to drag us into wars and get us killed than protect us in an actual serious conflict?
- They can't even protect their ow bases.

And who ACTUALLY wants to die for Israel?
- Lets have a referendum.

Fester, just search x for 'venezuelan oil money' if you want to dig into it. This was a tweet from January.

http://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2016548051771412694
Sen. Shaheen reveals $500M from Venezuelan oil sales.
$300M went to the Maduro government.
The other $200M?
Marco Rubio admits it’s just “sitting in an account.”
In Qatar.
So who controls it? Who benefits? And why is Congress being kept in the dark?

It's hard to say if they're stealing oil or cash..
Pretty sure the Brits have a plan to steal Russian tanker oil.
I saw something about a UK naval blockade on Russian shadow tankers
I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing tankers armed or escorted.

Hi Trumpster,

Take this on board; "U.S. military personnel killed in the Vietnam War disproportionately came from lower socio-economic and working-class backgrounds, often described as a "poor man's fight". An estimated 80% of enlisted ranks were from working-class and poor backgrounds. Men from higher socio-economic backgrounds were more likely to secure deferments (student, medical, or through connections). Studies showed that states with lower per capita incomes often had higher ratios of military deaths to population. Those with less education or lower income were more likely to be assigned to combat infantry roles, which carried the highest risks, whereas more affluent individuals often secured non-combat positions.

The same applies to Australians killed in Vietnam.

"I (Trumpster) said the dropping of the A-bomb saved millions of lives" Its not for me to prove it didn't, the onus on YOU to prove it did. Can you name one person it saved, who was going to die if they didn't? No YOU can't.

As for Trump the coward;

"DONALD TRUMP received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War, four for education (1964–1968) and one for medical reasons (1968), avoiding military service. The medical deferment was for bone spurs in his heels, a diagnosis alleged to be made as a favour for his father, though Trump has maintained they were "real", albeit a minor injury."
BAD LUCK for the disproportionate poor who got their heads blown off, hardly MINOR INJURIES.

"I (Trumpster) was too young for the ballot in Australia." Why would you need a ballot, a gung-ho chap like YOU would just enlist! Army enlistment was open to males aged 18 to 35, you had a 17 year window to do your bit! LITTLE JOHNNY HOWARD was another coward who dodged military service. Howard as a young aspiring politician, he was all for Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War (1965 to 1972), seen him as a young Liberal hack, addressing a small pro war mob at Sydney Uni. When he could have enlisted (aged 26 to 33), instead he piss off to London and avoid any military service.

cont

cont

I don't see why fellas like you Trumpster, wait to be called up (then get sore feet to get out of it). YOU can just step forward, and get your heads blown off. AND we'll remember you on ANZAC DAY. I was eligible for the 'Cannon Fodder Ballot' (Conscription), but I didn't bother registering, I was 19 in 1972 and had until end of that year to register for the ballot for the first half of 1973, failing to register meant you were automatically conscripted. One of Australia's greatest Prime Ministers ever, Gough Whitlam, came to power in December 1972, replacing the Liberal paedophile Billy 'Big Ears' McMahon.

Hi AC,

My reference to America stealing Venezuelan oil has some validity, the $200 million is the tip of the iceberg. Seems million of barrels of Venezuelan oil is being sucked up (stolen) by American companies and shipped to America, without a paper trail. Obviously billions of dollars will end up in the hands of Trump and his cronies.

You'll never guess who received the first shipment of Venezuelan oil.

http://x.com/Birrongboy/status/2037762743072342180
'Following the arest of Nicolas Maduro, and subsequent easing of U.S. sanctions, Venezuela sent it's first major, direct crude oil shipment to Israel, departing in early February 2026.'

Google? 'When Japan surrendered in WWII had the russians overthrown manchuria and destroyed Japans land force there?'

AI Overview
Yes. When Japan announced its surrender on August 15, 1945, the Soviet Union had already launched a massive, rapid invasion of Japanese-occupied Manchuria (the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation), which began on August 9, 1945
. By the time of the surrender—and in the days immediately following—the Soviet Red Army had broken through Japanese defensive lines, overrunning the territory and effectively destroying Japan's land forces there, known as the Kwantung Army.

Japan Had 1 Million Soldiers. Russia Destroyed Them in 11 Days
http://youtu.be/jJJBGDLSOsU

From Guardian war updates

>>As of Saturday morning, about two dozen injuries to US service members have been reported following the Iranian strike on a Saudi airbase that houses US warplanes on Friday, and the New York Times hears that most of them are traumatic brain injuries.

The paper cites a US official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, who cautioned that the numbers could go up as more troops come forward to report traumatic brain injury symptoms caused by the explosions.

At least two service members were seriously injured in the attack on the Prince Sultan airbase, and two aircraft significantly damaged, including a refuelling tanker, the NYT reports, citing multiple US officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Estimates of the damage differed, and an earlier account given to the New York Times said both damaged aircraft were refuelling planes.<<

Meanwhile...
You really ought to see this...

Here's dum-dum saying 'I thought it was low risk'
http://www.youtube.com/live/Do9A09mjD8A?t=358
Incompetent meglomanic fool.
'Where's my peace prize?' [sad face]
Idiot.

It's like Gallipoli all over again.
How could they get their targets wrong on the opening strike and blow up an all girls school?
These people are morons.

Hi AC,

"How could they get their targets wrong on the opening strike and blow up an all girls school?
These people are morons."

So you acknowledge a targeting error? Note that there is no dispute that there was an IRGC base there. Also note the practice of using human shields. How many Iranian military bases are located in schools, hospitals etc? Was the cold blooded killing of tens of thousands of unarmed citizens by the regime a targeting error?

The Iranian regime is desperate and calling on its terrorist militias across the Middle East. Armed anti-regime militias are now active in Iran. When the US and Israel take Kharg Island I suspect that the regime will collapse as factions stab each other in the back to win favour as deal makers.

Why do Ukrainians hate the Russian invaders? Why is the greatest fear of Iranians the survival of their oppressors?

"Its not for me to prove it didn't, the onus on YOU to prove it did. Can you name one person it saved, who was going to die if they didn't? No YOU can't."

Are you seriously arguing that people weren't dying in the war and that bringing it to an early end didn't save those people. People who were dying in Changi. People who were dying in Shanghai. People who were dying in the daily US air-raids using conventional bombs. Are you seriously saying those things weren't happening.

"Its futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance". Thomas Sowell

"The world is truly upside down! The Washington Post has published a brilliant article, written by, get this, a professor! To give you some flavor, here are a few choice lines by @jmurtazashvili


1) "We are living through the first alt-war: a conflict in which the war fought online and the war fought in reality have diverged so completely that they might as well be happening on different planets. It’s not that people lack information, it’s more that they are constructing an entirely different alternate reality — one that confirms what they already believe."

2) "What worries me more than the fake videos are the people who cannot fathom that this war is going well for the United States, for Israel and maybe even for the long-suffering people of Iran. The strategic picture is more favorable than the online narrative suggests."

3) "Two weeks into the war, I watch otherwise reasonable analysts sprint to catastrophe. Former officials, thinktank scholars, credentialed professionals who are supposed to know how to read a conflict. Within days they had written the obituary: quagmire, overreach, disaster."

4) "The liberal internationalist left and the isolationist right — two camps that have agreed on almost nothing for decades — have suddenly found themselves in lockstep, racing to declare the war a failure before it had barely begun. This is the new blob: not the old foreign-policy establishment that the term originally described but a new amalgamation that has arrived at the same conclusion from opposite directions. Together they are the most powerful engine of the alt-war."

A really great article in the Washington Post explaining how people like AC are led down the garden path by so-called experts. The only trouble is that people like AC won't see it and wouldn't understand it if they did read it.

It appears from some reports that what is now the school was part
of the original military premises.
Part was hived off to be a school.
The question it raises is how up to date is the info ?

Paul. it is easy to decide who would die or not if an nucbomb is dropped.
The area with all killed is easily marked and where surviving
patients are found from their addresses in voting rolls, tax files etc
etc etc.
Not difficult at all.

Well, it looks like a push will start in the furure to reach an
Understanding with Iran which they will take up after some showmanship.
But make no mistake this is a religious war predicted in the Koran.
It will go on for centuries if necessary as it is Allah's will.
It has been going since the taking of Jerusalem by the Arab armies
in the 7th century and the campaigns of the Crusaders.
So you could say Trump is the latest of the Crusaders.
The Koran says any promise made to Infidels can be broken when convenient.
This they will do to restart their nuclear bomb project.
Ultimately the Middle East & others must turn away from Islam.
Until their population realise that this war is promised in the Koran
to enable Islam to rule the world the war will continue with the fanatics.
Dismal isn't it ?
Look at the wars of conquest under Allah's flag in Asia, Africa etc.
You cannot see the pattern there ?
Read history !

Trumpster,

You didn't address the facts of the WORKING CLASS war dead, or the TRUMP THE COWARD facts I put to you, have you done a runner?

As for killing innocent non combatants in war, its morally and legally wrong. There is no justification for doing so, unfortunately civilians are often the biggest number of casualties in war, as we see in Gaza where the Zionist regime have murdered 70,000 innocent people. Non of that action is justification for payback for Hamas killing 1200 innocent Israelis.

Why are you and others on this forum so callous towards innocent people dying in wars, in huge numbers, children with their heads blown off etc. I suppose you are insulated from it all, and don't give a rats. It don't effect you, other than you have to pay an extra dollar for petrol, big deal, what a small price you pay. Trump sickens me as he gloats over killing so many people.

You didn't address the facts of the WORKING CLASS war dead, or the TRUMP THE COWARD facts I put to you"

Oh you thought your unsupported assertions were facts. That's so cute.

After saying that blacks and Hispanics died in greater numbers, I provided the actual numbers and you immediately changed the subject to your unsupported assertions. Want to know why more working class white kids died in Vietnam than rich kids? Because proportionally there were many more working class kids in the population in those times. To prove your assertions you'd need to show that the deaths of poor white kids were out of proportion to their numbers in the general populations. Like I did with the blacks and Hispanics that made you drop that subject.

"Are you seriously arguing that people weren't dying in the war and that bringing it to an early end didn't save those people. People who were dying in Changi. People who were dying in Shanghai. People who were dying in the daily US air-raids using conventional bombs. Are you seriously saying those things weren't happening."

Iran war live updates: Iran threatens to retaliate if US orders ground operation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/iran-war-live-updates-us-ground-operation/106509210#live-blog-post-278037

What sort of a stupid headline is this?

'Iran threatens..'
- Does it need to be written so that it sounds like Iran is the one causing trouble?

'Iran threatens to Punch Back, If Punched'.

It's almost as bad as Trump a few weeks back after they killed the Ayatolloh.

Based on reports from March 2026, President Trump described Iran’s retaliation against U.S.-Israeli strikes as "a little unfair" and claimed they had "no right to be doing what they are doing"
. He noted that the U.S. and Israel were hitting Iran 'very hard' and considered it unfair that Iran was fighting back.

Or like this:

“Does the world expect us to be well-behaved victims while we’re being killed?” — Yahya Sinwar
http://x.com/WarFrontIntel/status/2038186189308690626

Or Trump a day or so back...

Trump: "I don't think it was very risky."
http://x.com/FurkanGozukara/status/2037671132275376138
"I didn't think there was a big risk but there's always surprises with war. There could be very bad surprises. I mean wars are lost that should be won. Many wars are lost... You think a country is going to wipe somebody out and they end up getting wiped out themselves so it's always risky."

Complete imbecile.
How the feck can they claim to be so clueless on a war they've planned for 3 decades?
When they're running out of weapons?
And you people clutch to America's skirt?

Oh look everyone is getting in on the Chinese 'Don Tzu' Trump mockery

US is Running Out of Ammo Against Iran
http://youtu.be/0234zEi1AG4?si=K_K7tVJWeBM7nq5c

0:57 Chapter 1 'Just tell everyone you have tremendous amounts of ammunition' - Don Tzu

I bet there will be more in the video...

Hi Bezza,

"So you could say Trump is the latest of the Crusaders."

Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth’s books foreground anti-Muslim rhetoric 28 November 2024
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/28/pete-hegseth-trump-anti-muslim-book

>>In American Crusade, Hegseth presents the medieval crusades as a model for Christian-Muslim relations, but one historian of the period says his presentation of the history of that period is “just totally wrong”.

In a chapter entitled Make the Crusade Great Again, Hegseth writes: “By the eleventh century, Christianity in the Mediterranean region, including the holy sites in Jerusalem, was so besieged by Islam that Christians had a stark choice: to wage defensive war or continue to allow Islam’s expansion and face existential war at home in Europe,” adding: “The leftists of today would have argued for ‘diplomacy’ … We know how that would have turned out.”

Hegseth continues: “The pope, the Catholic Church, and European Christians chose to fight – and the crusades were born,” and “Pope Urban II urged the faithful to fight the Muslims with his famous battle cry on their lips: ‘Deus vult!,’ or ‘God wills it!’”

Hegseth has a tattoo of the same crusader slogan, which is also associated with Christian nationalism, white supremacist and other far-right tendencies.

For Hegseth, the crusaders’ short-lived victories in the Holy Land means they can be credited with safeguarding modern values. “Enjoy Western civilization? Freedom? Equal justice under the law? Thank a crusader,” having written the same thing again earlier in the chapter.<<

On an allied subject: the effort of Israel should not be forgotten.
It seems to have the idea that by decimating its neighbours, it will have peace for a thousand years.
The way I see human beings behaving, I doubt this will happen.
Instead, it will generate a long standing dislike and distrust of the regime.
Which in turn will lead to a continuing level of unrest.
Resulting in occasional outbreaks of hostility.
It seems that by trying to be an exclusive 'club', Israel is gradually painting itself in to a corner.

And I still think the US of A is losing its war in Iran.
Mr Trump will finish with egg on his face?
Though I doubt he will notice it.
But we certainly will.

It doesn't matter Fatso.
No matter what we do the Islamists will do as Allah requires.
A war to ensure that all are for Allah !
They offer Islam or Jizaz Tax or Death.
Not much choice there for women !
Somewhere down the road, possibly after a nuclear war they will be
offered the choice abandon Islam or die.

The alternative is a repeat, repeat, repeat of nuclear war.

I am a bit more optimistic.
The Human Race has been here for a longish time.
It has endured and survived many adverse events.
It can survive a few more.

Intense religion is a relatively recent advent.
It is not based on the tenets of practical day to day life.
It does, in fact, require a severe curtailment of human needs.
It interferes unreasonably with a person's need to survive and express himself.

It adds unnecessary complexity and difficulty to life.
Sooner or later truth and reason will rise up and cause people to revolt.
Eventually, this absurd religion will go the way of all bad things.
But along the way it could cause great loss.

History shows those who try to change society by force leave chaos in their wake.
That reality should be viewed with great sadness.
But the way we live now, in mainly democratic countries, gives a far brighter outlook to life.
The fact that the world is over-crowded is our main drawback.

But 'tis an ill wind which blows no good'.
These adverse circumstances will bring out the best in most of us.
Even while death and destruction abound, constructive attitudes will surface and strengthen.
Which is something for which we should be thankful.

Well Ipso, it is pleasing to hear of people like yourself and your
optimism.
Trouble is this has been going on for 1400 years and where might I
ask are all the Christians Zoroastrians etc that occupied Mesopotamia
up to the 7th century ?
The technique of terror is effective so why would they change course ?
I am sure Putin and the Chinese are wondering when they will turn
on them. Probably after the US and Europe are converted or nuked.
They must continue until the 12th Imman returns.

This is why countries like Iran, or Persia to give it its correct name,
have to be crushed to free their populations.
It is a bit like that Vietnamese incident,
"We had to destroy the village to save it !"

I don't have a clue on how to resolve it, the most difficult policy
decision of the last 1500 years.
No one wants to kill off all the moslems to stop them but just
killing the fanatics will not do the job.
How do you educate them to accept others ideas ?
It only needs one or a few fanatics to fire them up again.
We currently have the latest Crusader in charge but I do not see any
signs of a population wide re-education program.

My theory is that we should just call out all the bad parts of all religions, that way we're not being prejudice?
If we recognise 'freedom of religion' and that also includes 'freedom from religion'. then to be fair to that standpoint, there should be some kind of review of all religions, look at which parts are unethical, a which parts are causes of conflict and harm.

Also look at the pro's as well as all the con's.

This is a good video.
In depth analysis of Iran / nuclear bombs / potential attack on Tel Aviv with those bombs by a U.S. Jewish expert.
His opinion is that Israel needs to change, and recognise Iran's right to exist.

Theodore Postol: Iran Already Has Nuclear Deterrent to Israeli Nuclear Strike
http://youtu.be/JtUobr7xGz4

Armchair Critic said "My theory is that we should just call out all the bad parts of all religions, that way we're not being prejudice?"

Answer- It isn't just religions that have bad parts... That is prejudiced. Or were you just being ironic? I don't think that any philosophy is without bias, that's why philosophy schools try to give students a grounding in all philosophies, because no one is right completely. Some philosophies have a better status in certain contexts. Sometimes a hybrid philosophy works better. I say we live in an island of truth (science/ subjective morality) in an ocean of mystery (religion/ mysticism). When science tries to interfere in morality Don Cupitt says that it is scientism.

"On an allied subject: the effort of Israel should not be forgotten.
It seems to have the idea that by decimating its neighbours, it will have peace for a thousand years."

Israel's strikes are on hostile military infrastructure, often funded by nations like Iran and Qatar. Why portray defence and threat elimination as aggression? Would Israel be conducting strikes against unarmed civilians, like Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran do?

"And I still think the US of A is losing its war in Iran."

How many missiles and drones was Iran firing at the start of the war? How many are they firing now? And I suspect that the Straight of Hormuz will open faster than many think, especially when Kharg Island is seized. All the sizeable naval craft have been sunk, and the 1500 speedboats along with mountain hidey holes are being eliminated with the help of A10s and Apaches. The only thing giving Iran any capability is the help of Russia and China. Trump should make it clear to both countries that information on the location of merchant ships should not be shared.

Well Ipso,
I see they are at it again, killing Christians Druze and
other minority religions in Syria.
https://gatestoneinstitute.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae44aaf3f07dbffc928ba7cb5&id=29ce0b1600&e=fb1080b608
or better
https://tinyurl.com/4t4e3acj

This is what Jihad means and it is a religious duty to apply to all Infidels
like you and me.
It is how Islam expanded over the last 1400 years.
Funny thing it is not a secret it is holy war.

"killing Christians Druze and other minority religions in Syria."

Not just Syria. There is a genocide of Christians going on in Nigeria as well as other African nations.

All of which are largely ignored by the Western Mainstream Media mainly for two reasons:

1. It can't be blamed on Israel or Trump.
2. There is no video of it and therefore it doesn't rate on mass media.

The American Fuhrer delivered a, I don't know what, a load of self indulgent propaganda about lunch time today, did anyone make any sense of it? All it did for me was reinforce the notion that Trump is delusional.

On the other hand Albanese, last evening delivered a three minute address to the nation, which was concise and informative. He backed that up with and address to the National Press Club today, which was level headed. Nothing like the rantings of the nincompoop in Washington!

Paul, There was much expected of Trumps speach but it just seemed to be
a run through of what those of us who take note knew already.
I did not expect notice of military action, that would be silly nut
I think he may have put the Iranians to sleep.
I think his public vision is a bit of a veil.
As far as Albo's talk, likewise nothing new Thursday night, but as far
as the Press Club went, I fell asleep in it & missed most.
That says it all.

Mhaze, yes the genocide in Africa gets almost no attention from the
media here. It is not just shoot them and back into the jungle either.
They are generally the most brutal of killings and protected by government.
It is what we can expect here as Australia would be a jewl in the Islamic Caliphate.

"Albanese, last evening delivered a three minute address to the nation, which was concise and informative."

I'm glad someone understood it. Albo said that things would get tough over the next few months. As far as I could tell he didn't give any specifics as to why things would get tough, nor did he indicate what would be done as counter measures. It isn't just fuel, it is also fertilizer for food production.

Trump on the other hand has significantly degraded Iran's ability to conduct and fund terrorism. Iran is solely responsible for holding the world to ransom by blocking the Strait of Hormuz. Trump is justified in unblocking the Strait by whatever means necessary. Europe should stand against terrorism and not appease the terrorist nation of Iran.

Trump Comedy Special

Trump attacks Iran, now says he doesn't care about Iran's nuclear stockpiles
Trump gets Hormuz blocked, tells world 'Get you own oil'
Trump Chastises Allies for Failing to Assisting in Illegal War

Rationale for Iran war questioned after Trump says ‘I don’t care’ about regime’s uranium stockpiles
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/trump-iran-war-rationale-uranium-stockpiles

Australia responds to Donald Trump's 'get your own oil' tirade
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/trump-tells-allies-to-go-get-your-own-oil-after-they-refuse-to-join-strikes-on-iran/chkb28a1q

Trump: 'We don't need any help' with Strait of Hormuz
http://youtu.be/zyRRzhLRHFQ

Trump: “We don’t need anybody”
http://youtube.com/shorts/P9b4GIXlZFI

Hi AC,

Trump don't care about the world oil crises he created with his illegal war, In his opinion those cut off by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, can go get their own oil. All the time, America is stealing millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil.

"Following the ousting of Nicolas Maduro, the U.S. was scheduled to receive between 30 million and 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil. By late February 2026, President Trump stated that the U.S. had received "more than 80 million barrels of oil" from Venezuela.
The multinational American company Chevron, operating under special U.S. authorisation, has been a key player in stealing oil, exporting between 100,000 and 150,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan crude to the U.S."

The Venezuelan government stole from everyone and enriched themselves. The Iranian regime is worse to the extent that it has been criticised by the UN.

"Seized Assets and Industries:

Oil and Energy: In 2007, Chávez nationalized major foreign-owned oil projects in the Orinoco Basin, seizing assets from companies including ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Total, and Statoil. The state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), took over these operations, forcing foreign companies into minority positions or out of the country entirely.
Farming and Land: Millions of hectares of privately owned land were declared "underutilized" and seized by the state to be redistributed or run as collectives.
Factories and Industry: The government seized hundreds of factories, manufacturing plants, and industrial assets, including those owned by foreign companies like Cargill (food products) and local cement companies.
Infrastructure and Services: Infrastructure, including ports and transportation infrastructure, was taken over, as well as businesses in the steel (Ternium Sidor) and telecommunications sectors.
Financial Assets: The administration engaged in strict currency controls, and companies often saw their cash holdings devalued or frozen, limiting their ability to pay for imports.

Impact of Seizures:
The nationalizations and expropriations aimed to redistribute wealth to the poor but led to massive economic mismanagement, a drop in foreign investment, and, eventually, a decline in oil production. Venezuela’s oil production fell from over 3 million barrels per day in 1997 to under 1 million in later years.
Aftermath:
Following the seizures, several international corporations took Venezuela to international arbitration, with tribunals later awarding billions of dollars in compensation to companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips."

Hi Fester,

It's rather pathetic that you try to justify one criminal outrage with another equally despicable act. Did you not justify the murder of 70,000 innocent Palestinians, including 20,000 children, carried out by the Zionist regime, based on the murder of 1,200 innocent Israelis. As long as the killings are the work of those you support, its all okay. I can see how Hitler got away with murdering 6 million Jews. Why are you so callous about human suffering? Is it you don't care about those who are not like yourself? You seem to hate such people, are they nothing but numbers to you.

The coward Trump gloats about those he has had murdered in Iran and elsewhere.

When you start skating on the thin ice of 'ends justifies the means' -
- Without judgement, I'd say there's many here regurgitating what the misleading media tells them.

Trump asked for a 48 hour ceasefire, which was rejected by Iran.

U.S. planes are being shot down because they're out of Tomahawk cruise missiles and can not longer attack Iran from distance.

"The US is critically low of air defense interceptor missiles. They're also critically low of standoff offensive munitions. The numbers have gotten so low, if you take a look at the number of tomahawks fired in the last week dropped down to zero"
http://www.youtube.com/live/jU5BQKaEaa8?t=453

Also, U.S. and Israel are attacking universities and pharmaceutical manufacturers, like they're lashing out at the citizenry for not rolling over.

Officials warn US is running out of targets to strike in Iran
http://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/trump-vows-to-keep-attacking-iran-but-hes-running-out-of-targets-to-hit-00856497

Iran still has plenty of targets...

Hi AC, (Happy Easter)

Trump may withdraw, with his usual bluster, "Mission accomplished, our objectives have all been achieved, Iran has been obliterated etc etc". Just a couple of days ago Trump was claiming regime change had happened in Iran, with the old ayatollah, supreme leader dead, and a new ayatollah in charge. Trump claims the "new" regime is begging to make a deal, and the new supreme leader is a "moderate", being his kinda guy! Me thinks Trump has dug a big hole for himself, and is now looking for a way out, with lots of bravado he'll try to save face.

Hi Paul,

Will he back away tail between legs, or entrench himself further into his own mess.

Trumps lying about everything, achieved nothing.
He killed the old Ayatollah, now his son replaces him.
From what I hear this man is more radical than his father.
- And more likely to go towards nuclear weapons as a deterrent.
The old Ayatollah who the one standing against nuclear weapons with the fatwa he issued, many were making a case that 'North Korea has nukes and they don't get targeted with attacks'.
The new one, well they killed his wife and kids and father, and seriously injured him...

I think this whole entire mess was Trump and Netanyahu's doing.
U.S. negotiated a deal with Iran with the JCPOA - 'removal of sanctions for a promise not to enrich', they kept to that deal, and Trump backed out of it during his first Presidency.
Why was it not a good deal from the U.S. point of view?
Why did they back out of it?

I think it was a trap to GET the Iranians to enrich.
Back out of the deal reimpose U.S. sanctions, but have the Europeans continue to try to enforce it.

So Iran was like 'We did a deal, and they broke the deal and reimposed sanctions, so what are we going to do now?'
'Obviously, if they go against their terms of the deal, then we need to go against our terms of the deal also, firstly on principle as protest against them backing away from a deal made in good faith, but secondly as a bargaining chip for the removal of sanctions'.

This set in motion Iran's enrichment, AND the Wests 'justification to attack' and here we are.

But the War with Iran has been on the menu for decades regardless
'War against those who support Palestinians'
It's always been a long term goal for U.S. and Israeli foreign policy.

Happy Easter to you and your family
Same for everyone else here too.

Hey Fester,
Here's a video of a woman in Iran, says she got busted under the hijab law, paid a fine.
Now she's helping at a checkpoint in Tehran, they even hand out snacks.
Is she genuine do you think, or the kind that will spring into action the moment 'the regime' falls?

http://youtu.be/UMIaeUlA_YA?t=803

I wonder if Iran's more unified in 'something' now than any western country is in their own claimed 'unity and shared values';
More unity in 'resisting attack and humiliation by foreign powers'.
'By The Epsteins'

Hi AC,

As with Venezuela, the US won't bring the regime to heel until it controls the purse strings.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/31/world-news/iran-to-charge-ships-passing-strait-of-hormuz-raising-risks-of-global-recession/

In response to Armchair Critic- For me President Trump when he was saying "get your own oil" was really saying "freedom isn't free". But that's just me. I may have more to say later- please keep providing me with ammunition in the meantime.

No point worrying about when this war will end.
There will be war every 50 to 100 years until we all all submit to Allah.
It might be that "they" are getting impatient and as has been in the
last 100 years been more frequent wars.
All we can do is increase our military spending.
Stop blaming Trump he is just the latest Crusader pushed until someone
had to respond.

Happy Easter to you too, Armchair Critic, and to everyone, except Paul1405 and his cheerleaders.

Oh! the the pains and arrows, I didn't get a Happy Easter from my forum fried the Kudos Kid, in fact he excluded me entirely, such pain. I'll just have to settle for a chocky egg instead. BUT that does not exclude me from wishing dear Kudos HAPPY EASTER. BTW I thought the Fuhrer band Easter and Christmas for you guys. Oh, well there's always one renegade in the gang!

The crazy man in the White House has lost the plot. Getting on his 'Truth Social' propaganda site with an uncontrolled rant, that would do Hitler proud. The post was laden with expletives, threatening to commit more war crimes against the Iranian people. Trump will unleash Hell on Iran, so he claims, attacking civilian infrastructure such as power stations and water desalination facilities, no doubt schools, hospitals and peoples homes will suffer collateral damage as the Madman seeks to kill and destroy as much as possible.

If Trump had made the same post on this OLO site, GY would be suspending the fool for using profanities! Or would he?

Hi Paul,

Iran's blocking of the strait and its bombing of its neighbours has nothing to do with the war with the US and Israel. What Iran is doing amounts to international piracy and terrorism. Out of interest, did you see how Solemaini's neice has been living in Los Angeles?

https://youtu.be/-C04aLdaKok?si=3-r8oLaHwlMSVZgf

http://www.mexc.com/news/1006716

Strait of Hormuz Shipping Resumes: Critical Tanker Passage Eases Global Supply Fears

In a significant development for global energy markets and maritime security, a select number of oil tankers and cargo ships have cautiously resumed passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil transit chokepoint. This tentative reopening follows a period of heightened regional tension and offers a fragile signal of stability for supply chains linking the Middle East to Asia and Europe. The movement, confirmed by multiple shipping reports and analytics in early April, involves vessels from Iraq, Malaysia, France, and Japan, marking a potential de-escalation in a volatile corridor.

Hi Fester,
I think I read something about that 'Soleimani's relatives' topic in an X post.
I think it might've been debunked as fake.

As for the previous comment, yes they're calling it the Iranian toll booth.

The Iranian didn't block the strait completely, they have been allowing a small number of what they called "non-hostile vessels" to transit from the beginning. Since they can't match US militarily, blocking off the strait is their biggest weapon. As for charging a toll, that may be the end result. Trump will only agree to a toll, if Trump & Cronies Incorporated get a cut of the action. We can't get too excited, as only 6 ships passed through, pre-war it was more like 115 a day.

"I think I read something about that 'Soleimani's relatives' topic in an X post.
I think it might've been debunked as fake."

http://x.com/ThomBrady5/status/2040586416216838407

Its pretty funny really. Things that are fake, AC buys hook line and sinker. And things that are proven, he thinks are 'debunked'.

(Although to be fair, its possible those tits are fake).

Look, all the pontificating, opinion giving, suggestions etc etc etc
are all beside the point.
There is only one factor that warrants consideration;

That those in charge in Iran have the one aim as described in their
Koran and aims as spoken of so often;
To destroy all infidels and Jews and Israel.
They have made it very clear, destroy Israel, kill all Jews, destroy
the "west", and destroy the big Satin (USA).
Until they do all this the 12th Imman will not return.

They intend to do all this using nuclear weapons.
If they cannot get Pakistan, Nth Korea, China or Russia to give them
nuclear weapons they will continue their nuclear weapons program.

What is the point of all the arguments we see here ?
Non whatsoever, so just concentrate on how to stop them building
nuclear weapons ?
Fix that religious vision and all else falls into place.
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS !

Hi Bezza,

So we are dealing with a plan conceived in the seventh century? That doesn't sound all that dissimilar to claims made about Jews taking over the world. Yes, there are plenty of BSC Islamic extremists, but I'd sooner fear everyone becoming a fanatical Nazi.

Except Fester that Iran got to a matter of a few weeks or a few months
in being able to mount the device on one of their rockets.
Do you want to risk it ?
What sort of posts would be on here if they had been successful ?

Bezza,

YOU are so knowledgeable when it comes to the Koran. Imagine how much more you would know if YOU had actually read a word of it. A bit like doing an in depth critique of Tolstoy's novel 'War And Peace', without having ever read a word. YOUR knowledge is amazing, I can just imagine what you would write;

"Yes there were three bears and this little girl named Goldilocks in the Tolstoy's novel, its all about eating porridge, etc!"

Looks like Trumps lost the plot.
http://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961
>>A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!<<

Trumps unhinged, it's 25th amendment time.

Did Trump Just Threaten to Nuke Iran Tonight? /Lt Col Daniel Davis
http://www.youtube.com/live/VnHBlk-oljc

I think Garland has it correct, no deals, give them nothing.
Let Trump dig his Israel hole deeper.

NERO TRUMP THREATENS OBLITERATION - OUT OF CARDS AND RUNNING OUT OF TIME
http://www.youtube.com/live/2zCNhluve5s

How US forces pulled off daring rescue of stranded airman shot down in Iran
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-06/how-us-forces-rescued-stranded-airman-in-iran-explainer/106533914

"The rescue force was pulled out in stages, and US troops destroyed the disabled C130s and four additional helicopters inside Iran rather than risk leaving sensitive equipment behind."

They should've headlined the article
'How you turn a complete debacle into a feelgood rally behind the troops moment?'

You know how they give awards for good journalism?
Maybe they should instead have awards for reporting complete rubbish.
Trophy of a garbage bin and publicly shamed.

I'm not sure I buy this story outlined above in the abc article.
CIA, 100+ Commandos and SEAL Team 6.
2 x C130 and 4 helicopters blown up in 'retreat'?

Google? where is the exact location of tunnels Grossi says the Iranian uranian is

Based on statements from IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in March 2026, the majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is believed to be stored in underground tunnels at the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center.

According to Iranian military claims, a US rescue operation to recover a downed pilot on or around April 4, 2026, utilized a disused/abandoned airport in southern Isfahan province.

Google? location of U.S. resue operation Iran

The mission, which included a temporary forward operating base at an abandoned agricultural airstrip 14 miles north of Shereza, focused on a mountainous area roughly 50km southeast of Isfahan city

Look at the map.
The Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center
http://www.google.com/maps/place/Isfahan+Nuclear+Technology+Center/@32.6029564,51.6930117,33548m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x3fbc45006b67cc79:0x81c83592ddffab8f!8m2!3d32.5804299!4d51.8259551!16s%2Fg%2F11vz4gh9q3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Isfahan province including Isfahan and Shahreza
http://www.google.com/maps/place/Isfahan+Province,+Iran/@32.3690414,51.6043025,119603m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x3fbc35fe8c326799:0x7734ce396ea64864!8m2!3d33.3249654!4d53.3906074!16zL20vMDI5bXdk?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Was this some kind of plan to try and get the enriched Uranium, and it all went pear shaped, and this is why Trumps acting out, his plan failed?

How rescue of US airman in remote part of Iran unfolded
http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2vpz1kwreo
>>CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, reported that Navy Seals - highly trained special operations troops - were then airdropped in to recover the airman.
The rescue mission involved 155 aircraft, including four bombers, 64 fighters, 48 refuelling tankers, 13 rescue aircraft and more, Trump said.<<

There's more to this whole entire story I think.
They wouldn't have had over 100 men with boots and aircraft on the ground to rescue that weapons officer who already had a locator beacon who could be picked up with a little bird if he was hiding in the mountains.

Hi AC,

There is no doubt Trump has lost the plot, totally unhinged and delusional. The Madman could order a nuclear attack on Iran at any moment. This is bloody serious stuff! Where are the fellas in the white coats when you need em'...."They're coming to take me away ha ha...they're coming to take me away" As Trump is led to the van that's taking him to the "rest home"......"Bye mummy..bye daddy, your little Donald is going to a nice place to play."

'There is no doubt Trump has lost the plot, totally unhinged and delusional."

You characters are running around claiming that Trump is threatening nuclear war and you think HE'S lost the plot. That's pretty funny... and just a little sad.

"I'm not sure I buy this story [about rescuing the downed pilot] outlined above in the abc article."

Attaboy AC. Stick to your guns. Your constantly telling us how hopeless the US military is. So when we see evidence that it is in fact the most proficient military on the planet you need to find some way your square the circle. Just denying the nose on your face is standard for AC.

Trump unhinged etc ?
Hmmm maybe, but he got the Iranians to agree a ceasefire.
Maybe it is all an act to throw them off guard. we will never know !
Anyway Iran's points for the conference had one clause that Iran
will continue its nuclear research.
It would need to be monitored by the international inspectors.
However one thing to be fixed there, in the previous agreement
the inspectors were ignored and fed BS.
This time around that cannot be allowed again. Total inspection only !
They must surrender the highly enriched uranium.
Do that and peace gets a big boost !

mhaze,

"You characters are running around claiming that Trump is threatening nuclear war and you think HE'S lost the plot."

Trumps the one posting 'A whole civilization will die tonight' and other desperate threats you moron, stop gaslighting.
http://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961
Obviously has bombing campaign hasn't lead to Iran, kneeling, kissing the ring just yet, so it seems he's implying using something with a little more punch.

"Attaboy AC. Stick to your guns. Your constantly telling us how hopeless the US military is. So when we see evidence that it is in fact the most proficient military on the planet you need to find some way your square the circle. Just denying the nose on your face is standard for AC."

No, there's more to it, my bs detector says so.
And it's going off like a smoke alarm on this.
And it seems I'm not the only one thinking something smells funny.

There's a few videos, I'll add them later to show I'm not the only one thinking along these lines, though I haven't looked at X today.
No doubt there will be posts along these lines.

'to the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds..
and basket weavers that sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're coming to take me away ha-HA!'

"Trumps the one posting 'A whole civilization will die tonight' and other desperate threats "

But not a word about dropping a nuke which was your moronic claim.

Let me explain the 'civilisation' that just barely for now avoided obliteration. it was the civilisation, in the broadest possible meaning of the term, that the mullahs imposed on the Persians. That was the civilisation that was about to be obliterated. Every bridge bombed. Every power plant too. Bombed back to the stone age. Nothing to do with nukes.... that's just another one of your flights of fantasy.

"my bs detector says so."

Your bs detector has been on the fritz for years. It is again here. Normally it fails to see bs when its in plain sight. This time it sees bs that isn't there.

Iran's story:
Security for all, or security for none.
Peace for all or peace for none.

Alastair Crooke: Iran Will Emerge Stronger After the War & Reshape the Global Economy
http://youtu.be/1wMB1oSrqvo

Larry Johnson : Iran Took Trump to the Cleaners!
http://www.youtube.com/live/AdcAHhXgtgE

I see Israel broke the ceasefire already attacking Lebanon again, so Iran closed the Strait again and lobbed some more missiles at the Israelis.

Iran's 10 point list of demands

1. Cessation of all attacks against Iran by U.S. and Israel
2. Continuation of Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz
3. Acceptance of uranium enrichment
4. Lifting of primary sanctions
5. Lifting of secondary sanctions
6. Termination of all U.N. Security Council resolutions
7. Termination of all IAEA Board of Governors resolutions
8. Payment of compensation to Iran
9. Withdrawal of all U.S. combat forces from the region
10. Cessation of the war on all fronts - i.e. attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon

And just FYI...

The MH-6 Little Bird (and its armed counterpart, the AH-6M) is a highly agile light helicopter used for special operations, featuring a maximum cruise speed of approximately 135 – 152 knots (155 – 175 mph, or 250 – 282 km/h).
It has an operational range of around 232 nautical miles (267 miles or 430 km).
These small helicopters, often called "Killer Eggs," are optimized for rapid, low-altitude insertion, extraction, and close air support.

That forward operating base for the 'rescue' was 50 klms from Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, which is a 12 minute flight each way in and out for those helicopters.
Of all the places in Iran to be, that's where they were?
No coincidence in my opinion.

Hilariously, AC thinks that Iran's demands are the same thing as the final deal. Just so we can compare the final results with your fantasies, AC, tell us how many of the Iranian demands will be fulfilled in the final peace deal... if one is reached.

Wasn't one of Iran's conditions that passing ships make a payment to the Iranian government in exchange for not being blown up? It's a wonder why the US and Israel took issue with this peaceful nation.

Hi mhaze,

I probably shouldn't have used the word 'demand' but it was all I could think of at the time. Iran has a 10 point plan, the U.S. has a 15, I'm not sure all the little details, who agreed to what.

I think Trump spakked it and called the Iran 10 point plan fake news or something.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/evil-losers-trump-lashes-ny-091813158.html

Sometimes I wonder if the people around him are giving him correct info or feeding him bs instead and leaving him clueless instead.
He's been acting like he's becoming completely unhinged lately.

Hi Fester,

"Wasn't one of Iran's conditions that passing ships make a payment to the Iranian government in exchange for not being blown up? It's a wonder why the US and Israel took issue with this peaceful nation."

Yes, but there was no Tehran toll booth prior to Iran and the U.S. launching a attack against them.
They've mined the strait now.

IRGC pounded 25+ US-Israeli targets in 100th wave of Operation True Promise 4
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/08/766495/True-promise-4-wave-100
'The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) pounded more than 25 strategic targets belonging to the United States and Israel in the 100th wave of the decisive Operation True Promise 4.'

The IRGC announced the large-scale offensive in a statement early on Wednesday, saying it was a response to the enemy’s “insolence” the previous day.
“Your sons and servants, by God’s grace and the support of you dear nation, fulfilled their duty last night,” the IRGC said.
The statement said the “crushing blows” hit targets that included 13 energy complexes and oil pipelines affiliated with the United States and Israel, among others.
“The fighters of the IRGC Aerospace Force put American and Zionist enemy targets from the Mediterranean shores to the eastern Hejaz peninsula under heavy fire, so that the foolish enemy understands that attacking the infrastructure of the Iranian people will have severe punishment.”

The IRGC enumerated the targets hit by ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and attack drones:

· The Chevron refinery and oil facilities in Ras al-Juaymah, Saudi Arabia, described as the largest LNG fractionation facility supplying US energy.
· ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical oil and petrochemical facilities in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
· US oil facilities in Yanbu on the Red Sea coast with a production capacity of 250,000 barrels per day.
· The Habshan oil facilities and the Dubai-Fujairah oil pipeline, built to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
· ExxonMobil oil facilities in Ras Laffan, Qatar, producing 146,000 barrels per day.
· Bapco oil facilities in Bahrain, producing 267,000 barrels per day.
· The Das American refinery in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), processing 60,000 barrels per day.
· US oil company facilities in Fujairah with a one-million-cubic-meter storage capacity.
· The Al-Ahmadi refinery in Kuwait, producing 346,000 barrels per day.
· The Dolphin gas company in Qatar, with an export capacity of 2 billion cubic feet per day.

[Cont.]
· The Zirku Island oil facility, producing 750,000 barrels per day.
· The Satrop American refinery, with a 460,000-barrel-per-day capacity, a key fuel source for power plants.
· The Manifa American gas refinery, separating 900,000 barrels per day.
· Israel’s IT and advanced industry centers in Beersheba, occupied Palestine.
· Intelligence and surveillance centers of the Israeli military and security apparatus in the Azrieli and Diamond towers in occupied Al-Quds.
· US Central Command's regional headquarters in Al-Azraq, Jordan, with key targets destroyed.
· Ben Gurion Airport in occupied Jaffa.
· The Haifa oil refinery in occupied Palestine, producing 300,000 barrels per day.
· The governmental complex of the Palestinian occupiers in the occupied capital, housing Zionist command and control centers.

Naval forces target US warships

The IRGC Navy, while continuing its smart control of the Strait of Hormuz, also struck several naval targets:
· The LHA-7 helicopter carrier was hit by cruise missiles, suffering damage and deck fires before retreating into the depths of the Indian Ocean.
· The CVN-74 aircraft carrier was struck by several drones, suffering hull damage and also retreating into the Indian Ocean.
· An Israeli drone manufacturing plant in the UAE.
· Oil facilities invested by US companies in LSB, Kuwait.
· US base in Ali Al Salem, Kuwait.

[Cont.]

‘Finger on the trigger’

The IRGC warned that its fighters remain ready for further action.
“The Guards, devoted to the Iranian nation, are now listening to the orders of Leader and Commander-in-Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, and their fingers are on the trigger.”
“With the great lessons learned from two imposed wars, they are ready to create an even greater epic if the enemy miscalculates again.”

The IRGC also addressed the United States’ regional partners.

“America’s partners in the region have seen with their own eyes the inability of the US and Israel. It is fitting that they take a lesson and end their cooperation with the enemies of Islam.”
“The enemy has always plotted, and we have no trust in its promises. We will respond to any aggression with a higher level of force.”

The United States and Israel launched their unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28. They assassinated Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and struck nuclear sites, schools, hospitals and civilian infrastructure.

Iran’s decisive Operation True Promise 4 was launched in retaliation. Hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles, and drones, have pounded US military bases across West Asia and Israeli positions throughout the occupied territories.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced on Wednesday that there was an agreement to a Pakistan-brokered two-week ceasefire after the US accepted Iran’s 10-point proposal, potentially followed by negotiations to effectively end the war.

Hi AC,

What is your opinion, should US and China come to blows over Taiwan, how do you see the outcome. I'm sure China has been taking careful note of America's "fighting ability", or lack of, against a relative poorly armed Iran(compared to China).

Also the Australian military chief Admiral Johnson, has warned of the massive reduction in American war capability in the Indo/Pacific. I'm sure music to the ears of the Chinese, singing 'Taiwan Here We Come'.

"I think Trump spakked it and called the Iran 10 point plan fake news or something."

Whatever spakking is.

Trump has said that the Iranians have a 10 point plan, but that the one they tried to foist on the gullible such as yourself has nothing to do with the plan that forms the basis for the peace talks

Hi Paul,
I've heard it stated by others that 'the Chinese probably now think taking Taiwan would be easier than previously thought'.
"What is your opinion, should US and China come to blows over Taiwan, how do you see the outcome."
I'm not sure, but there's probably some useful info in this video I watched earlier.
http://www.youtube.com/live/sySgSUEnpO4?t=967
I think that if the West has underestimated Iranian capabilities, (specifically those provided by China such as radar, surface to air issiles and BeiDou), then that may also speak to them underestimating Chinese military capabilities.
At the same time, I'm sure the Iranians are reassessing gaps after the U.S. was able to land those C130's and conduct a ground operation, even though it failed.
Losing 480m worth of aircraft does not demonstrate a successful outcome.

Hi mhaze
"Whatever spakking is."
- Well, from what I heard the story was Trump agreed to the initial 10 point plan, confirmed by Shariff, and then immediately afterwards the Israels (Netanyahu, Adelson, Levine) dragged him over hot coals and so he walked it back and they all said 'No, no. It never included Lebanon.', When it did.

"Trump has said that the Iranians have a 10 point plan, but that the one they tried to foist on the gullible such as yourself has nothing to do with the plan that forms the basis for the peace talks"
- I think it was Trump just absolutely desperate to get a ceasefire.

Regarding 'Demand' as earlier discussed.

I'm not sure but they might be demands that need to be met before Iran will even negotiate, not actual topics for negotiation.
I've heard the 'toll booth' situation in the Strait of Hormuz might be considered as a substitute for the reparations demand, which isn't considered realistic because the U.S. would never pay, even though it started the current conflict.

Based on statements by Caroline Leavitt, I don't think there's anything for the Iranians to discuss and I'd cancel the proposed meeting in Islamabad, I wouldn't even bother, what is there to discuss?

Talks collapse. Iran 'refuses' negotiations citing Lebanon

BREAKING: Iran Draws Red Line; ‘No Talks’ With Trump Unless U.S. Meets Key Demand
http://youtu.be/iuhZQevyyrM

Hi AC,

Absolutely, the ceasefire was dependent on ALL hostilities being stopped immediately, including the Zionist attacks on Lebanon. Trump is again lying when he says a ceasefire in Lebanon was not included. The Pakistani mediators were unequivocal about that condition of a total ceasefire. But what can we expect from Trump and Netanyahu, honesty, I don't think so!

Iranian delegation arrives in Islamabad for truce talks, insists on preconditions being met
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/10/766611/Iran-talks-United-States-Pakistan-Islamabad-Qalibaf-Araghchi-Vance-Witkoff-Kushner

>>A high-ranking Iranian delegation has arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad for talks with US representatives, as Tehran warns that any failure to meet its preconditions will derail the process.

Headed by Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf, the delegation, which includes security, political, military, economic, and legal committees, arrived in Islamabad on Friday night.<<

JD Vance expects ‘positive’ US-Iran war talks as he departs for Pakistan
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/10/jd-vance-expects-positive-us-iran-war-talks-as-he-departs-for-pakistan
'Vice president says Trump gave ‘pretty clear guidelines’ on talks, which will be productive if Iran does not ‘play’ US.'

meanwhile...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-11/iran-war-live-updates-pakistan-peace-talks-trump-vance/106550978

>>Donald Trump says Iran has "no cards" while warning against any move to block the Strait of Hormuz, as Pakistan prepares to host peace talks today aimed at ending the Middle East conflict.

An Iranian negotiating delegation, led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, has arrived in Islamabad for the planned talks with the United States.
US Vice-President JD Vance is expected to arrive in the Pakistan capital in the coming hours to lead the US team.
Meanwhile, Tehran has placed two conditions on talks getting started: the unfreezing of Iranian assets and Lebanon's inclusion in the ceasefire.<<

And this...

Trump threatens Iran with warships if peace talks fail

>>US President Donald Trump has told The New York Post that US warships are being reloaded with "the best ammunition" to resume strikes on Iran if peace talks in Pakistan fail.

"We're going to find out in about 24 hours. We're going to know soon," Trump said in a phone interview when asked if he thought the talks would be successful.

"But we're loading up the ships. We're loading up the ships with the best weapons ever made, even at a higher level than we used to do a complete decimation.

"And if we don't have a deal, we will be using them, and we will be using them very effectively."<<

Seems like standard threats / blackmail / regime change / military intervention mentality.
- Send your warships Uncle Donald.

AI Overview
+7
As of April 2026, the status of the fatwa and Iran's nuclear policy has undergone a major shift following the death of Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026.

Death of the Former Leader: Ali Khamenei, who held the position of Supreme Leader from 1989 to 2026, was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli strike. Mojtaba Khamenei became the Supreme Leader on March 8, 2026.
Military Pressure: Prior to this event, in early 2025, senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly urged Ali Khamenei to revoke his long-standing fatwa against nuclear weapons. They argued that the fatwa left Iran vulnerable to "existential threats" from the West and that nuclear weapons were necessary for the regime's survival.
Current Situation: With the change in leadership, the status of the fatwa is now under the authority of the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. Reports indicate that as of March 2026, significant stockpiles of enriched uranium remain in Iran, and the official policy is subject to the evolution of the new leadership's doctrine.

For decades, the fatwa was cited by Iranian officials as a religious prohibition against the production and use of nuclear weapons. Its revocation or reinterpretation has long been viewed by experts as a critical indicator of a shift in Iran's defense strategy.

From Feb: Revoke fatwa against nuclear weapons, Iranian commanders tell Ayatollah
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/08/iranian-generals-tell-ayatollah-we-need-nuclear-weapons/
Iran must have atomic bombs to survive, supreme leader told in extraordinary intervention by regime’s military leaders

How come nobody makes any demands of the genocidal state?
Why can't they fight their own wars?
Spain stood up, and has been threatened.
I wonder if Netanyahu actually said this

http://x.com/Jvnior/status/2042958790358642835
"Never forget the power outages and mysterious train accidents that happened right after Spain stood against Israel."

http://x.com/TruthFairy131/status/2028260669657841959
"Countries that don’t have relations with Israel, they’re going to be isolated.
We’ve got to do something with Greenland?
We’re colouring the world blue”.

http://x.com/clashreport/status/2042171992195953091
'You cannot expect change in a society that's this far gone.'

Here's an interesting question.

A Jewish couple, ex IDF are on holiday and eating in a cafe.
The British owner questions them and finds out they are Israeli and were in the IDF.
Then she starts to vent her thoughts on IDF and Israel.
- Venting, Badgering them calling them monsters and murderers for killing women and children.

The store owner eventually runs them out of the store.

http://x.com/HussainShafiei/status/2044368478405063030

The comment on the post states "This must happen to every member of the IOF anywhere they go. Every Israeli should have this happen this ritual humiliation in public needs to be repeated. Israel is the most hated nation on earth."

Comments are mixed.

"They have no remorse. You can’t humiliate when there is no regret"

"Harassing random people isn’t cool. No matter where they’re from."

"The Nuremberg trials clearly established that it's not only those who did the killing that were responsible, it was those involved with the support machinery too"

I can see both sides.
I can see how someone who runs a cafe and who also in their own life might be deeply offended by Israel's genocide and the killing of innocent people, and then find they are sitting in their dining area eating the food you just made, might not be able to stop themselves from saying something.
I can see situations where if members of the IDF holiday in foreign countries some people might conscientiously object to serving them.
Should people be able to refuse them service?
Should our government deny Israelis who've served in recent conflict entry, if there is a real potential for conflict.

Does the store owner have the right to their opinion regarding foreigners, whose participation in the IDF who are responsible for war crimes and torture?

Should we be providing lunch to potential war criminals?
Does the store owner have a right to say 'I will not feed you'?

Should visiting Israelis face some pushback?

I think many people have not realised that the Israelis have reached
a point that the statement "If we surrender we are all dead !"
says it all; I think they are past caring what anybody says.
As far as Spain is concerned you would think they would have more
sympathy for Israel, as Spain was occupied by Islam for 700 years.
Ever heard of Andalusia ?
They know how hard it is to get rid of Islamists.