Iran’s insurgent playbook for outlasting US-Israel firepower

Iran knows it is militarily much weaker than the United States. The US accounts for 37% of military spending worldwide, while Iran accounts for less than

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Addressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the president said oil prices “have not gone up as much as I thought, Scott, to be honest with you. It’s all going to come back down to where it was and probably lower.”

Tech reviewers have a rule - never review a product based on promises. Only base a review on what you have today.

All we have today - right now - from the Trump administration is promises and verifiable lies.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/trump-iran-war-oil-stocks.html

#trump #trumpflation #iraqwar #bessent

Throwback Thursday: Bush Jokes About WMDs In Iraq

A little reminder that this is who the Republican Party has always been.

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"The war that we are fighting today with Iran is an unnecessary war. It's a war that lacks any justification whatsoever."

"What I can do is provide an expert's ability to connect the dots based upon years of experience in war fighting..."

"and working on the inside watching the US government lie their teeth off about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."

~Scott Ritter, UN weapons inspector, 16 Mar, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/live/u4wKC272hDA

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IsraeliLies #USLies #news #IraqWar .

Defeat the Epstein Class Armageddonists w/Scott Ritter, Anthony Aguilar, and Brian McGinnis

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"George, what the fuck are you talking about"
Iran and the imminent threat mythology

If you have followed American foreign policy debates over the past three decades, you will have noticed a peculiar and remarkably durable ritual: the

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"The war that we are fighting today with Iran is an unnecessary war. It's a war that lacks any justification whatsoever."

"What I can do is provide an expert's ability to connect the dots based upon years of experience in war fighting..."

"and working on the inside watching the US government lie their teeth off about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."

~Scott Ritter, UN weapons inspector, 16 Mar, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/live/u4wKC272hDA

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IsraeliLies #USLies #news #IraqWar .

Defeat the Epstein Class Armageddonists w/Scott Ritter, Anthony Aguilar, and Brian McGinnis

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Analysis: How Israel & US neocons "made the same case for attacking Iran as they do now – & came very close to getting their way."

"They viewed a war on Iran as the second phase of the 2003 attack on Iraq". The two came as a package: "attacking one only would strengthen the other."

"Which is exactly what happened" after iraq, when they "were unable to continue on to Iran."

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-03-20/how-the-us-and-israel-came-close-to-launching-a-war-on-iran-20-years-ago/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #IraqWar #USneocons .

How the US and Israel came close to launching a war on Iran 20 years ago

Trump isn’t the first US president tempted by an Israeli plan to destroy Iran and thereby “remake the Middle East”, as this extract from my book Israel and the Clash of Civilisations sets out.

Jonathan Cook reporting on Israel and Palestine and the Middle East

Analysis: How Israel & US neocons "made the same case for attacking Iran as they do now – & came very close to getting their way."

"They viewed a war on Iran as the second phase of the 2003 attack on Iraq". The two came as a package: "attacking one only would strengthen the other."

"Which is exactly what happened" after iraq, when they "were unable to continue on to Iran."

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-03-20/how-the-us-and-israel-came-close-to-launching-a-war-on-iran-20-years-ago/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #IraqWar #USneocons .

How the US and Israel came close to launching a war on Iran 20 years ago

Trump isn’t the first US president tempted by an Israeli plan to destroy Iran and thereby “remake the Middle East”, as this extract from my book Israel and the Clash of Civilisations sets out.

Jonathan Cook reporting on Israel and Palestine and the Middle East