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Operation Epic Fury VS The US-Israeli War On Iran

Notice the name. The Americans call it “Operation Epic Fury.” Fox News runs it in bold like a movie title. Heroic. Decisive. Epic. Fury. Meanwhile Al Jazeera’s headline on day one reads: the United States-Israeli war on Iran. Notice how they do not say “operation” or “mission” . It’s a war, on Iran. Subject, verb, object. Clean, factual, brutal. These are not two outlets covering … Continue reading Operation Epic Fury VS The US-Israeli War On Iran

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The Long Game

Here’s the cold, rational truth. Even if this works, even if the Iranian regime collapses, even if some moderate government rises from the wreckage, even if not one more American dies, the Trump Administration will have established that the United States assassinates foreign heads of state without congressional approval, that international law means nothing when America decide it’s inconvenient, that diplomatic negotiations can be abandoned … Continue reading The Long Game

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Six American soldiers are dead in the #USIranWar 

The US military confirmed that its death toll from the conflict has risen to six, after two bodies were recovered from a regional facility struck by Iran. Six. With more promised. Trump himself said there will be more casualties. He said it like a weather forecast. “There will likely be rain on Tuesday. There will likely be more American deaths.” Six families were destroyed. Six … Continue reading Six American soldiers are dead in the #USIranWar 

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The Insurance Companies May Have Ended The #USIranWar

Here’s the most surreal part of all of this: Iran didn’t even need to physically close the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has deployed selective drone and rocket attacks. That’s been enough for shipping companies and the insurers who underwrite them to balk at the risk of sending ships through the strait. The insurance companies said no. That was it. Fifteen hundred years of naval strategy, … Continue reading The Insurance Companies May Have Ended The #USIranWar

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The Sanctions Came First

This war didn’t start on February 28. The strikes follow the failure of recent indirect talks between the US and Iran in early February 2026. The talks themselves followed the October 2025 triggering of the snapback sanctions against Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal by the UK, Germany and France. Together, sanctions, failed talks and airstrikes form a sequence. A chain. Every link was a … Continue reading The Sanctions Came First

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What Does Regime change Actually Mean?

Trump said regime change on day one. Then he walked it back. Then it came back. Trump’s goals for the war have shifted from regime change to stopping Iran from developing nuclear capabilities to crippling its navy and missile programs. In five days! The goal of the war changed three times in five days! It looks like man making it up as he goes with … Continue reading What Does Regime change Actually Mean?

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The MAGA coalition is Cracking

Trump’s MAGA coalition is splintering over what it sees as the president’s failure to keep his “America First” campaign promise by leading the U.S. toward an overseas war to protect his pupeteers, Israel.  The base that chanted “no more wars” is watching their guy start one. Without Congress and without a plan, not even a coherent explanation of what victory looks like. Some are staying … Continue reading The MAGA coalition is Cracking

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Diplomacy?

The strikes follow the failure of recent indirect talks between the US and Iran on Iran’s nuclear programme in early February 2026. Early February, that’s three weeks before the bombs. Talks were happening and negotiations were underway. And then the bombs. On 25 February 2026, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that a “historic” agreement with the United States was possible. Three days before the … Continue reading Diplomacy?

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The Veterans Know How This Ends

Rep. Seth Moulton, who served with the Marines during the United States’ second war in Iraq, said: “The two basic problems with Bush’s War in Iraq were that it was based on a lie and there was no plan for what comes next.” He served. He was there. He knows what the inside of one of these disasters looks like. And he’s watching the same … Continue reading The Veterans Know How This Ends

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Hezbollah is Watching

One question in coming days and weeks will be whether Iran will look to Hezbollah to be a part of that escalatory response, including against U.S. targets and targets inside Israel. Hezbollah has already launched rockets at Haifa. They haven’t gone all in yet. They’re calculating. Watching. Waiting to see how badly Iran bleeds before deciding whether to fully commit. Meanwhile, Israeli air attacks on … Continue reading Hezbollah is Watching

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