LIVE UPDATES – The United States and Israel continue their war of aggression to overthrow the Iranian government with continuous airstrikes. Iran is striking back.
Fire in Tehran after Israeli attack on June 15, 2025. (Avash Media, Wikimedia Commons /CC BY 4.0)
MONDAY
By Joe Lauria
Special to Consortium News
5 pm EST: The absurd logic of the United States was laid bare in remarks by Secretary of State Marco Rubio today. The War Powers Act, which Congress is supposed to vote on this week, requires that an attack against the U.S. was “imminent” before a U.S. president can take military action without Congressional approval. Rubio knows that, so he said today:
“There was absolutely an imminent threat. We knew that if Iran was attacked – and we believe that they would be attacked – that they would immediately come after us, and we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded.
The president made the very wise decision – we knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.”
So according to Rubio, the Iranian attack was “imminent” only because Israel was about to initiate hostilities, which would bring a response from Iran. That response is called “self-defense,” perfectly legal under the U.N. Charter. It is not an imminent attack. The imminent attack was against Iran, not the United States. Can Rubio really believe that Congress and the American people are that stupid?
4:45 pm EST: Iran has formally closed the Strait of Hormuz. “The strait is closed. If anyone tries to pass, the heroes of the Revolutionary Guards and the regular navy will set those ships ablaze,” Ebrahim Jabari, ?senior adviser to the Guards’ commander-in-chief, said in a statement on state media, as reported by Reuters.
3 pm EST: The UAE and Qatar want U.S. allies to talk Trump into ending the war immediately through diplomacy as both countries say they are running out of interceptor missiles, reports Bloomberg News. Qatar says at the current rate of Iranian missile and drone attacks Doha will run out in four days.
11:10 EST: Donald Trump told CNN: “We’re knocking the crap out of them, We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon.” The war is a race between Israel, the U.S. and the Gulf states running out of interceptor missiles and Israel and the U.S. destroying Iran’s missile and drone capacity. Whoever’s supplies last longer will likely be looking at victory.
11:00 am EST: The United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry issued a statement that appears to indicate a change of mind about hosting the U.S. Al Dhafra Air Base, which has been targeted by Iranian missiles. “The UAE reiterated its categorical rejection of the use of the region’s territories as arenas for settling political scores or expanding the scope of military conflict,” it said. A geopolitical analyst, Shanaka Anslem Perera, writes on X:
“The grand bargain of the Gulf has operated on a simple formula for decades. Host American military bases. Receive a security umbrella. Prosper under the perception of invulnerability. Build the tallest buildings, the busiest airports, the most expensive hotels, on the understanding that the American presence deters anyone from attacking you. That bargain just failed in real time on the most expensive real estate on earth.”
Both former C.I.A. analyst Larry Johnson and former MI6 officer Alastair Crooke told Judge Napolitano this morning that the days of U.S. troops in the Gulf could be numbered.
6:30 am EST: The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says three US F-15E Strike Eagles were “mistakenly been shot down” by Kuwaiti air defence Sunday. “All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered, and are in stable condition. Kuwait has acknowledged this incident, and we are grateful for the efforts of the Kuwaiti defense forces and their support in this ongoing operation,” the statement on X said.
5:15 am EST: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot ?says the U.S.-Israeli “unilateral” attack on Iran should have been debated at the U.N. “Everyone could have taken their responsibilities, because it is only by going before the UN Security Council that ?the use of force can acquire ?the necessary ?legitimacy,” Barrot told ?reporters ?in Paris.
1:20 am EST: Pentagon officials have told member of the U.S. Congress that there were no signs that Iran planned to attack the U.S. ahead of U.S.-Israeli strikes that started the war, Reuters reports.
Meanwhile, Ali Larijani, Iran’s security chief, denied reports in The Wall Street Journal that Iran asked the U.S. to resume negotiations, pointing out that negotiations were already under way when the U.S. attacked. “We will not negotiate with the United States,” he wrote in a post on X.
Trump plunged the region into chaos with his “delusional fantasies and now fears more American casualties,” Larijani said. “He turned his self-made ‘America First’ slogan into ‘Israel First’ and sacrificed American soldiers for Israel’s power-hungry ambitions.”
SUNDAY
5:30 pm EST: Ursula von der Leyen called for regime change in Iran, saying, “A credible transition in Iran is urgently needed.” Europe weds itself to the U.S.-Israel war of aggression, the supreme crime. British PM Keir Starmer has reversed course, now letting the U.S. use bases in Britain to help destroy Iranian missiles “at source in their storage depots, or the launchers which are used to fire the missiles.”
11:18 am EST: Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on Fox News that the U.S. attack on Iran amounted to “an illegal war.” A vote on a War Powers resolution in the Congress this week will be held to decide whether to give Trump authority to continue the aggression.
10:40 am EST: U.S. CENTCOM says three U.S. military personnel have been killed in action and “five were seriously wounded” as part of military operations against Iran, Reuters reports. No further details are available. CENTCOM also said the U.S. had struck an Iranian warship. “The ship is currently sinking to the bottom of the Gulf of Oman at a Chah Bahar pier,” it said.
10 am EST: Iran says it has fired four ballistic missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. No word yet on the outcome. Near Jerusalem, an Iranian strike has killed nine people and injured 28, according to Israel’s national emergency service, as the war enters its second day.
SATURDAY
8:45 pm EST: Iran confirms that Ayatollah Khameini is dead. They kill the man who banned bomb. Supreme irony for the Supreme leader.
6:30 pm EST: Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader is dead, laughably calling him “one of the most evil people in History.” Iran has confirmed the death.
3:23 pm EST: Benjamin Netanyahu says there are increasing signs that Israel killed Ayatollah Ali Khameini, Iran’s supreme leader, in airstrikes on his compound on Saturday. Reuters quoted an Israeli source saying Khamenei’s body had been found. “The enemy is resorting to mental warfare; all should ?be aware,” responded the head of public relations of the Iranian Supreme Leader’s office.
1:37 pm EST: The New York Times reports: “New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran a ‘catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression.’ In a strongly worded post on X, the Mayor said, ‘Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change.’ He stopped shortly of directly criticizing President Trump, with whom he met two days ago and posted a chummy photo.”
1:20 pm EST: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has condemned both the Israeli and U.S. attack on Iran as well as Iran’s attacks on Gulf countries. European leaders have only been condemning Iran, which has a duty to its population to try to take out the military installations from which the unprovoked attack against their country originated.
12:07 pm EST: Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammed Pakpour were killed in Israeli bombings, two sources tell Reuters.
11:45 am EST: Members of the U.S. Congress are speaking out. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, said: “The Constitution is clear. The decision to take this nation to war rests with Congress, and launching large-scale military operations — particularly in the absence of an imminent threat to the United States — raises serious legal and constitutional concerns.”
Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia said in a statement that Trump’s war was “colossal mistake” and that the Senate should “immediately return to session” and vote on a war resolution. “Every single senator needs to go on the record about this dangerous, unnecessary and idiotic action.”
10:40 am EST: Ursula von der Leyen, E.U. commission president, issued a statement outrageously blaming Iran for defending itself, saying it is “of the utmost importance that there is no further escalation through Iran’s unjustified attacks on partners in the region.”
10:30 am EST: The Russian foreign ministry has condemned the U.S.-Israeli attack. According to Tass:
“MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. Russia condemns the attack by the United States and Israel against Iran, which took place under the guise of negotiations and contrary to the assurances about the lack of interest in confrontation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
‘On the morning of February 28, the armed forces of the United States and Israel launched military air strikes on the territory of Iran. The scale and nature of the military, political and propaganda preparations that preceded this reckless step, including the deployment of a large US military group to the region, leave no doubt that this is a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent UN member state in violation of the fundamental principles and norms of international law,” the Foreign Ministry said.
It also deserves condemnation that the attacks are being carried out again under the guise of a renewed negotiation process, allegedly designed to ensure a long-term normalization of the situation around the Islamic republic, and contrary to the signals to the Russian side that the Israelis have no interest in a military confrontation with the Iranians. The international community, including the leadership of the United Nations and the IAEA, must immediately give an objective and uncompromising assessment of the irresponsible actions aimed at destroying peace, stability and security in the Middle East. We demand that the situation be immediately returned to the course of a political and diplomatic settlement. Russia, as before, is ready to contribute to the search for peaceful solutions based on international law, mutual respect and a balance of interests.’
Radiological disaster
The Foreign Ministry said that Washington and Tel Aviv have again ’embarked on a dangerous gamble that is rapidly bringing the region closer to a humanitarian, economic and, possibly, radiological catastrophe. The serial nature of the destabilizing attacks carried out by the US administration over the past months against the international legal pillars of the world order, including non-interference in internal affairs, renunciation of the threat or use of force, and peaceful resolution of international disputes, is of particular concern.’
‘The aggressors’ intentions are clear and declared by them quite openly – to destroy the constitutional order and destroy the leadership of the state they dislike, which refused to obey the dictate of force and hegemony. The responsibility for the negative consequences of the man-made crisis, including an unpredictable chain reaction and the unwinding of a spiral of violence, lies entirely with them,’ the ministry said.
10:18 am EST: The U.N. Security Council will meet in emergency session at 4 pm EST today to debate the U.S.-Israel attack. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued the following statement:
“Statement by the Secretary-General on Iran
I condemn today’s military escalation in the Middle East. The use of force by the United States and Israel against Iran, and the subsequent retaliation by Iran across the region, undermine international peace and security.
All Member States must respect their obligations under international law, including the Charter of the United Nations. The Charter clearly prohibits ‘the threat of the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.’
I call for an immediate cessation of hostilities and de-escalation. Failing to do so risks a wider regional conflict with grave consequences for civilians and regional stability. I strongly encourage all parties to return immediately to the negotiating table.
I reiterate that there is no viable alternative to the peaceful settlement of international disputes, in full accordance with international law, including the UN Charter. The Charter provides the foundation for the maintenance of international peace and security.
New York, 28 February 2026 ”
8:35 am EST: Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have independently issued almost a word-for-word statement in support of the United States, revealing their subordinate status to Washington and Tel Aviv. Carney said: “Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.” Albanese said: ““We support the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran continuing to threaten international peace and security.”
Both statements are false as Iran is not trying to obtain a nuclear weapon, according to U.S. intelligence, and it is clearly the United States and Israel who have threatened international peace and security but starting this war, while Iran is demonstrably acting in self-defense.
8:20 am EST: An Israeli attack in the south of Iran has killed as many as 53 Iranian students, according to Al Jazeera. A complex of buildings housing Iran’s supreme leader and staff has been destroyed, according to the NYT, but the Ayatollah is reported safe by the Iranian government. A U.S. attempt on the life of Iran’s president also failed, Iran says. After a U.S. attack on their stronghold in southwest Baghdad that killed three of its members, the Shia militia Kata’ib Hezbollah said that it would be attacking U.S. military personnel in Iraq.
5:13 am EST: Explosions have now also been heard in Kuwait, according to Drop Site News, and Al Jazeera reports that a 9-story building in Tel Aviv has been struck. Haaretz reports Jordanian claims that it shot down two incoming missiles. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chided Trump, sarcastically calling him a “peacemaker.” According to Reuters, he said:
“The peacemaker once again showed his face. All negotiations with Iran are a cover operation. No one doubted it. No one really wanted to negotiate anything. The question is who has more patience to wait for the inglorious end of their enemy. The USA is only 249 years old. The Persian Empire was founded more than 2,500 years ago. Let’s see in 100 years…”
5:05 am EST: The Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement that “The great test of history has arrived. The people of Iran are proud that they did everything possible to prevent war. Just as we were ready for negotiations, we are more prepared than ever to defend the Iranian nation.”
4:40 am EST: The U.S. has struck a neighborhood in southwest Baghdad in Iraq, where the Shia militia, Kata’ib Hezbollah, is based, The New York Times reports. The service center of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet was struck by Iranian missiles, Bahrain’s state news agency reported.
4:30 am EST: Reuters reports explosions heard in Bahrain near the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and explosions in Abu Dhabi in the UAE indicating that Tehran has begun the retaliation it promised against allies of the U.S. in the region that allowed its territory to be used in the attack against Iran. The NYT reports explosions in Jerusalem possibly from interceptors striking Iranian missiles. Reports from Qatar say the Qataris have intercepted missiles incoming from across the Gulf.
3:52 am EST: Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Iranian people, telling them to “remove the yoke of tyranny and bring a free Iran.” He also called Iran an “existential threat,” portraying his own threat to region as defensive.
3:40 am EST: A second barrage of Iranian missiles have been fired towards Israel, Haaretz reports. No indications yet of damage to Israel, where hospitals have sent non-critical patients home to make room for civilian casualties. The rabid National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir issued this statement: “If there is anyone anywhere in Israel counting on supporting Iran – don’t try us. I state unequivocally: We will cut off the head of anyone who seeks to incite or support the enemy.”
3:25 am EST: Trump calls on Iran’s military and police to “lay down your weapons and have complete immunity” or “face certain death.” He warns of American casualties but says this is a “noble” mission for the future. In a white golfing cap with “U.S.A” emblazoned across it, a blue blazer and open collared white shirt without a tie, Trump looks like he just stepped off the course to laconically read the most vapid war propaganda while sociopathically endangering innumerable human lives.
3:15 am EST: In his video, Trump repeats the lie that Iran could “soon reach the American homeland” with a ballistic missile. There is zero independent confirmation that Iran has such an ambition. Trump said, “We are going to raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally again obliterated. We are going to annihilate their Navy,” and stop their proxies from destabilizing the region. These are proxies who were largely responsible for defeating ISIS, especially in Iraq. Proxies that defended against the proxies of the major terrorist threat in the region — the Gulf monarchies.
3:01 am EST: Trump has called on the Iranian people to “take over your government” when the U.S.-Israeli attack is over. “This will be probably your only chance for generations,” he said in his 8-minute video. “For many years, you have asked for America’s help, but you never got it. No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a president who is giving you what you want, so let’s see how you respond.”
2:45 am EST: Donald Trump releases a pre-recorded 8-minute video announcing “major combat operations” in Iran. He claims the objective is to “defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime,” a statement underpinned by not the slightest evidence. He called the Iranians a “vicious group of very hard, terrible people.”
Trump has dredged up the takeover of the U.S. embassy and holding of U.S. hostages in Tehran in 1979 as partial justification for the attack. Trump falsely says Iran has rejected every opportunity to “renounce their nuclear ambitions,” ignoring that he tore up a 2015 international nuclear deal that was working to monitor Iran’s reduced enrichment.
2:30 am EST: Al Jazeera is reporting from Washington that the U.S. involvement is intended to decapitate Iran’s leadership. The New York Times, Al Jazeera, BBC and Reuters are reporting ongoing attacks in Tehran (multiple explosions near government sites, University Street, Jomhouri area, east and north districts; smoke rising and air defenses active); Qom; Kermanshah; Isfahan and Karaj.
2:20 am EST: Reuters reports that the date of Feb. 28 for the attack was chosen months ago. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been moved from the capital to a reportedly secure location, the news agency adds. Dozens of U.S. airstrikes are being carried out in a far more extensive attack then last June, The New York Times reports. Katz said the attack is intended to “remove threats to the State of Israel.” This is to present aggression in the guise of self-defense without any credible Iranian threat.
1:55 am EST: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the attack on Saturday morning, declaring a state of emergency in Israel. Haaretz and Reuters report imminent missile and drone attack in retaliation on Israel. Two hours earlier Haaretz reported an Israeli preemptive strike against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
The U.S. press is so full of lies these days regarding the foreign policies of our country’s military, the American people can’t believe and differentiate the truth even when they hear it. I’m hoping that Iran’s retaliation from our and Israel’s illegal attacks is strong enough to finally break through our country’s sleep.
AI Overview
PRECIS #2026.03.02-ME-WAR
Subject: Universalise IT UTD: AtoZ(News) AI Driven Analysis – Iran/Israel/US War Trajectory
Data Traverse (E1-E2): [02-Mar-2026 00:00 UTC – 02-Mar-2026 15:00 UTC]
Context: Active, Multi-front, High-Intensity Kinetic Warfare
1. Executive Summary & Core Trajectory [E1-E2]
Data-driven analysis indicates the US-Israel military operation against Iran (initiated Feb 28, 2026) has evolved into a regional, sustained conflict. The trajectory shows a 56% probability of continued regional widening (S2) over the next 72 hours, with significant risk of further escalation (S3) if a high-casualty event occurs. The conflict involves massive air-and-sea strikes, with Iran retaliating against US bases in Gulf nations (Bahrain, UAE, Qatar).
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2. Swirling Data Nodes: GeoAI/GIS & Trajectory Inception
Targeting & Impact: Joint US-Israeli strikes (900+ in initial 12 hours) focused on Iran’s “hardened” ballistic missile facilities, nuclear infrastructure, and IRGC command centers.
Iranian Retaliation (Swirling Vortex): Iran has activated its “Axis of Resistance” across multiple nodes. Drone/missile strikes have targeted Israeli cities (Tel Aviv, Bet Shemesh) and US assets in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.
ML Trajectory (0D to nD): The crisis entered a “3-phase plan” for air superiority. The current, rapid reconstitution of Iranian solid-fuel propellants suggests a strategy of “deterrence through volume,” aimed at overwhelming regional missile defenses.
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3. Spatiotemporal Mapping & Key Points [XYZT]
Tehran [x1,y1,z1,t1]: Reported deaths of top leadership (Khamenei family). Internet blackout implemented by the regime.
Strait of Hormuz/UAE [x2,y2,z2,t2]: Iranian threats to shut down the Strait. Iranian forces attempted to intercept/board shipping in early February.
Lebanon/Blue Line [x3,y3,z3,t3]: Hezbollah engaged in high-level friction, with Israel threatening ground operations.
Data Containment (RSTP/IoT/GNSS): Extensive GPS spoofing/Electronic Warfare (EW) recorded in Tehran.
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4. AI-Generated News Report (Validated Fact-Check ON)
Incident Report: 4 U.S. service members confirmed killed, marking a major escalation.
Humanitarian/Regional Impact: Widespread travel disruption; airspace closed across Iraq, Iran, UAE, Syria, and Bahrain.
Market Impact: Oil prices surged ~13% on fears of supply disruption.
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5. Conic Intersection/VSEPR/AXE Points (Strategic Context)
Dandelin Sphere Node (The Conflict): The intersection of US strategic goals (regime change/nuclear neutralization) and Iranian survival strategies.
“White Hole” Reflection: Western intelligence confirms Iran is using new planetary mixers for missile propellant, challenging 2025 destruction claims.
Remnant Space: Potential for diplomatic de-escalation is currently negligible (S4: 0.06%).
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The real bottomline now is : Existential threats are not alleged nuclear arms or “Islamic” terrorism ; it is unbridled, unethical POWER PROJECTION by a sociopath-misled USA and a psychopath-maled Israel. Both the elitists of the US and Israel have conspired to insult the dignity of the human race, not to mention it’s moral values and ethical institutions by brazenly targeting the self-restrained Iranians who have been negotiating in good faith. So from now on it would be K.O. for diplomacy and O.K. for geopolitics. The U.N. has alas openly become what it has always been in latency: Rockefeller’s toilet where Imperialists and complicit First World leaders can multilaterally urinate on human security, state institutions and human values. Today it is Iran allegedly for oil, tomorrow it may be some others perhaps for logistic or entrepot hub. Wow, what a way to make America great again ?
For oil? Vast natural gas reserves? Some say it is solely for the benefit of Israel and Netanyahu. But yes, Iran clearly occupies one of the most geo-strategically important locations in the world, not just for the obvious Straight of Hormuz, but also it’s position in West Asia, major energy supplier for China, ally of Russia/China, part of pipeline routes, China’s BRI etc. A lot to consider, there is no easy one answer, but Iran has been an object of western imperialism for a couple hundred years, even more.
The interests of imperialists, Zionists, BigOil, MICIMATT (MIC), BigTech, BigFinance converge very nicely here. Who benefits and who suffers from war? The answer is always the same: ordinary people suffer and die, while the oligarchy and their PMC lackeys benefit. They don’t give a fk about “America”
Kudos for explicating on the geopolitics implicit in my quip. The real tragedy is innocent lives in every side are lost to the blood-thirsty whims of a few perverted Zio-Con Yankees who can’t yank themselves out of scandals of their own making !
From Melbourne, Australia: the Australian prime minister’s craven support for this illegal war, begun when the Iranians were negotiating in good faith and the foreign minister of Oman, who was mediating the Iran-US talks, said that a final deal on principles was imminent, underlines our status as a spineless vassal state, incapable of pursuing an independent foreign policy.
What obvious and purposeful timing! Must not look hyper-aggressive, or hyper-unpatriotic, during the Olympics Games, so let them finish in order to then commence with the hyper- Board of Peace” shock-and-awe games! And of course, always do so either on a weekend or holiday, in order to try and further disturb and disorient the public’s psyche before they have a chance to “settle down” and enjoy what little sense of “peace” and relaxation they’ve worked hard (for a pittance, mind you) to try and attain!
Antonio Guterres, Mark Carney and Anthony Albanese are nothing more than pathetic “mouth-piece” puppets on behalf of the US.
What they actually said: “We support Iran not having its own national sovereignty, and will do everything in our Tri-Lateralist power to undermine global peace and security.”
The Rockefeller’s UN is ‘owned’ by the US.
Mark Carney is a Central-banking WEF/Tech globalist/Tri-Lateralist, self-proclaimed “Elitist”, and is selling(-out) Canadians and Canada itself. And Trudeau was glad to oblige him to take on that responsibility, before “retiring” to the tropics with Katy Perry.
Anthony Albanese is a “Common Wealth” plebe, beholden to the “Israeli” monarchy that is heavily Mossad/MI6-invested in this insanity.
So-called “War” is strictly about ALL of any country’s “strategic” resources: It’s location, FFs, people, policies, politics, govt. It’s not just “the oil, stupid.” What we have here is a partnered yet unilateral “invasion” of a sovereign country. Just like Iraq. And as Scott Ritter so rightly pointed out after his Iraq experience: If the US doesn’t find reasons to “demonize” and wage unending invasions, then they’d be forced to have to spend the multi-billion dollars in credits on MLK’s “social uplift” at home!!!
Hence, why Biden immediately led the US into Ukraine after he handed Afghanistan to the Taliban, after two decades of death and destruction!
Now, it’s the US proxy, Pakistan, heading into “War” with the US failed-state of Afghanistan!
Is all this “connect-the-dots” obviousness becoming insanely clear, now?
I need to correct myself re: my comment on the US being “forced to have to spend the multi-billion dollars in credits on MLK’s ‘social uplift’ at home!!!”
What is actually true is that the US gov’t would be required to “spend TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS” on ‘social uplift’ at home!!!
Which is why the “prosperous” USofA is collapsing. That, in itself, is purposeful. All one needs to do is pay close attention to the actions of those in power; not the ones who are the Trump Faces we see everyday, but whom are the ‘face’ of those who finance and control the darkest recesses of that power, and whom pay those Trump Faces to comply, or else.
Trump is “draining the swamp” politically, militarily and financially, and “filling the void” with contempt for all citizens (including MAGA), democracy, and the constitution, with the “darkest” support and intent to “void” the country itself altogether!
This is all happening because the new ‘face’ of the US-waning empire began leaving the West for the Middle-East 25 years ago, BECAUSE of 9/11! It is why what is happening now in Iran and throughout the region EQUATES to the US having fully-funded the warring factions and militarization of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and throughout whole of the Persian Gulf/Gulf of Oman/Gulf of Aden and Asian regions, ad nauseam, for decades now. That is where the Great Shift has shifted to
It is not a coincidence that the now 95 year-old GOP lawyer, James Baker (legal consultant to Enron and Bush re-count in Florida; co-chaired Iraq Study Group; voted for Trump both times) opened up new offices in the Gulf soon after 9/11!
I rest my case.
Sean, to flesh out your comments re Albanese.
PM Albanese offered a post on X-files offering support for the illegal US/Israeli assault.
He commenced by immediately, as per usual, ascending to the moral high high ground.
‘This attack on civilians will ultimately benefit all Iranians’ sort of bullshit.
“We support the United States,” writes Albanese, without identifying who ‘we’ actually is.
Certainly not all Australians support him, not even all Labor Party members, especially those who form Labor Against War, their patron Doug Cameron commented that “Leadership [is] needed not sycophantic capitulation to militarism.”
The PM writes that “For decades, the Iranian regime has been a destabilising force, through its ballistic missile and nuclear programs, support for armed proxies, and brutal acts of violence and intimidation.”
Funny about that (not) that the word ‘Iran’ could legitimately be replaced with USA/Israel; both nuclear powers, although the latter’s illegal stash is never spoken about.
Albanese also remarked that “Iran directed at least two attacks on Australian soil in 2024.”
If so, it’s about time that the evidence was made public, otherwise this accusation is proferred as a means to ‘con’ the Australian public into supporting the attacks on Iran.
[But, of course, governments wouldn’t lie to the public, would they?]
Here’s the real clincher from the PM’s post:
“With international partners, including the United States and the G7, we have called for the Iranian regime to uphold the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Iran’s citizens. These calls have gone unheeded.”
A nod to international law by a man who invited and lauded a president named as being a major player in an ongoing genocide.
As for “These calls have gone unheeded.”
If my memory serves me well, President Trump version 1, tore up an agreement Obama had reached with Iran.
And this time around, Trump 2.0 commenced bombing when an agreement was almost ready to sign.
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Sickened. Ashamed. The deciders lawlessness against Iran, a country Sachs, Mearsheimer, ret Ambassador Chaz Freeman, Ret Diplomat Alistair Crooke, Ex Marine and weapons inspector Scott Ritter, Col. And ex Powell’s chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson, Jounalist John Hellmer all say -Iran does not pose a security threat to the USA. So now we witness as citizens the kind of lethal poisoning of the USA’s highest values and plain decency (name, standing, reputation, integrity, humanitarianism) murdered in conformance to the ethical deadness and absolute icy vacuity and bankruptcy of the Epstein Class by one of its dreadfully ugly members, President con man Trump. Beware my fellow citizens- only fools could think he’d not as casually throw us away too here at home.
It’s time for the bloodied and bandaged “playground” to take on the 0verly confidant “playground bully.” I am an American hoping for owning a long-overdue, confidence-reducing bloody nose and blackened eye … and to watch my smaller bully ally get pummeled into the playground dust for good.
That the ONLY THING our two uber corrupt psychopathic war-parties can agree on is in conducting illegal and immoral regime-change wars as a matter of “policy” – tells you everything you need to know about the state of what we euphemistically refer to as “democracy” in this country.
Time for regime change… in the USA!
It’s actually the entire system that needs replaced, including oligarchs, mainstream media and Democrat/Republican representatives.
Is is being done in the United Kindom, where a vacant seat has just been taken by the Green, while Labour and Conservatives, the British equivalent to Democrats/Republicans, were obliterated. Why not in the USA? There are upcoming elections….
We could use more help in building the party which would attract more candidates to run.
one of the first things to do, and the Democrats and Republicans would fight tooth and nail to prevent, is to move to a preferential voting system; this gives more opportunities for other parties to win in elections
Thank you for the live updates, CN.
The two most profitable businesses on the planet: War and Plandemics.
Onward Chri$$$tian $oldier$.
Sickening. Totally unprovoked.
A crime against humanity carried out jointly by Washington and the creepy and arrogant Jewish supremacists.
The creepy Jewish supremacists are attempting right now to decapitate the elected leaders and religious leaders of the Iranian people!
Every media mouthpiece, sympathetic Zio scribe, and talkinghead on the national and local levels has blood on their hands. Never forget who they are. Never. They”re shameful disgraceful people who sold their souls decades ago.
Attention is to be payed to the fact, that many zionists just pretend to be jewish/ religious.
Like many criminals generally do within other religious entities for more or less the same reason.
They are hiding their evil deeds and intentions behind a holy curtain like this.
And the jewish are blamed for the crimes, the mass murdering zionists (of course not hesitating to kill jews in what is still called ‘israel’ as well, see ‘hannibal directive’ for example) actually commit, using the people attached to the jewish religion as scapegoats.
A very dangerous situation for the jewish community worldwide, and perhaps soon other bothering minorities as well.
So please, kindly differentiate between individuals truly belonging to the jewish religion, and those severely criminal zionists just pretending to be religious, while simply enriching themselves.
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The Jewish supremacist monsters are going for broke.
The Iranians were expecting this and have yet to retaliate as of 1:27 a.m. CT. They’ve ballistic missiles that can inflict serious damages on Washington assets and very likely will soon strike Tel Aviv along w possibly one of Washington’s iron bathtubs.
This was serious attacks on Iranian govt installations by the irrational death cult in West Asia, but it was also joint with the US Air Force.
Help us all if Washington is put in a position to have to save face!
All the impending fallout consequences are solely the responsibility of the sadistic and creepy Jewish supremacists and their media handmaidens.
Exactly.
The good American public must stop this wanton destruction and killings of innocent souls.
If Karma exists,the U.S.A. government’s long ,corrupt and symbiotic relations with apartheid Israel and its supporters are just retribution for genociding American indians.Trump is Israel’s bagman .I’m sick and disgusted with my country’s treacherous behavior around the world,The havoc and death resulting is beyond profane.For the present,I’ve the luxury of being piss mad but alive. And far from dispair….Thanks to Consortiumnews and all its colleagues and friends.The U.S.,with all its human and natural resources, will reap what it sows.Stay strong.The air is thick with lies and delusions.
Ditto!
Great comment
Well said! My sentiments exactly.
And I hope “broke” is exactly what they get. May Iran destroy them!
Right on!