"US-Israel-Iran War, 3/15/26""

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Dialogue Works, 3/15/26

"Larry Johnson & Col. Wilkerson:

 U.S. Bases Under Siege By Iran"

"This interview argues that official claims of control in the Middle East conflict are mostly propaganda masking a worsening reality. The speakers say U.S. bases and air defenses in the Gulf are under heavy pressure, Iran has gained leverage through the Strait of Hormuz, and rising oil, gas, fertilizer, and food costs could trigger a global economic shock. They also warn that morale inside the military is weakening, leadership is losing credibility, and any move toward ground war would be logistically disastrous and politically explosive."

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Times Of India, 3/15/26

"Netanyahu Killed? Israeli PM Misses Security Meet,

 ‘6-Finger Lookalike’ Speech Sparks Frenzy"

"Rumors about the fate of Benjamin Netanyahu have exploded online after the Israeli Prime Minister was absent from a key military council meeting in Tel Aviv on March 14. The high-level meeting was attended by Defense Minister Israel Katz and Eyal Zamir, but Netanyahu’s absence triggered speculation across social media. Some users even pointed to a previous video appearance claiming anomalies in the footage, fueling conspiracy theories about AI-generated clips. US commentator Candace Owens also questioned Netanyahu’s whereabouts online, further amplifying the rumours. However, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office dismissed the claims as “fake news,” insisting Netanyahu is safe. The speculation comes amid a rapidly escalating war in the Middle East following Israeli and US strikes on Iran that killed former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, triggering retaliatory missile and drone attacks across the region."

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Daniel Davis/Deep Dive, 3/15/26

"Col. Doug Macgregor: 

Iran War Not Ending Anytime Soon"

"Killing top Iranian leaders (including the Supreme Leader) did not cause the expected collapse of Iran’s government. New leaders quickly replaced them, and the state continued functioning. Iran is still launching ballistic missiles and striking targets in Israel and around the Gulf, showing its military capability remains intact. Important Iranian missile facilities, especially underground “missile cities” in eastern Iran, have not been destroyed because many are out of range of U.S. weapons.

The conflict has severely disrupted the global energy system: About 25% of the world’s oil supply is currently offline. Gulf countries have cut 6.7 million barrels per day (about 33% of regional production) because oil cannot be exported if shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is blocked. Storage tanks filled up, forcing producers to shut down oil extraction. 35% of global fertilizer shipments are also halted, which could increase food prices worldwide.

Higher energy costs will likely lead to: Rising electricity prices. More expensive industrial goods. Higher food and consumer prices. Pressure on central banks like the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates high instead of cutting them.

Europe and Asia are especially vulnerable due to low natural gas inventories and heavy reliance on Gulf energy. Even though the U.S. produces large amounts of oil and gas, global oil prices affect the U.S. economy, so inflation and higher costs will eventually impact Americans. The speaker argues the economic effects may start being felt in the U.S. by late spring or summer. International pressure to end the conflict could grow, and countries like China and Russia might support Iran if the economic disruption continues. Attempts by Donald Trump to reassure markets may calm the public temporarily, but analysts believe the energy and economic impacts will eventually become unavoidable.

Iran is unlikely to reopen the Strait because the demands being made (no uranium enrichment, dismantling missiles, and abandoning allies) are seen as equivalent to surrender, which Iran will not accept.

Bottom line: The conflict is not ending soon, Iran’s military capabilities remain active, and the biggest impact may be a global economic shock driven by disrupted oil, gas, and fertilizer supplies."

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"Alea Iacta Est"

"Alea Iacta Est"

by Alexander Macris

"In the closing days of 50 BC, the Roman Senate declared that Julius Caesar’s term as a provincial governor was finished. Roman law afforded its magistrates immunity to prosecution, but this immunity would end with Caesar’s term. As the leader of the populares faction, Caesar had many enemies among the elite optimates, and as soon as he left office, these enemies planned to bury him in litigation. Caesar knew he would lose everything: property, liberty, even his life. Caesar decided it was better to fight for victory than accept certain defeat. In January 49 BC, he crossed the Rubicon River with his army, in violation of sacred Roman law, and began a civil war. “Alea iacta est,” said Caesar: The die is cast."

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Charles Bukowoski, "Roll the Dice"

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"44 B.C.,The Ides of March"

"44 B.C.,The Ides of March"

by History.com

"Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, is stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house by 60 conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus on March 15. The day later became infamous as the Ides of March.

Caesar, born into the Julii, an ancient but not particularly distinguished Roman aristocratic family, began his political career in 78 B.C. as a prosecutor for the anti-patrician Popular Party. He won influence in the party for his reformist ideas and oratorical skills, and aided Roman imperial efforts by raising a private army to combat the king of Pontus in 74 B.C. He was an ally of Pompey, the recognized head of the Popular Party, and essentially took over this position after Pompey left Rome in 67 B.C. to become commander of Roman forces in the east.

In 63 B.C., Caesar was elected pontifex maximus, or “high priest,” allegedly by heavy bribes. Two years later, he was made governor of Farther Spain and in 60 B.C. returned to Rome, ambitious for the office of consul. The consulship, essentially the highest office in the Roman Republic, was shared by two politicians on an annual basis. Consuls commanded the army, presided over the Senate and executed its decrees, and represented the state in foreign affairs. Caesar formed a political alliance - the so-called First Triumvirate - with Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus, the wealthiest man in Rome, and in 59 B.C. was elected consul. Although generally opposed by the majority of the Roman Senate, Caesar’s land reforms won him popularity with many Romans.

In 58 B.C., Caesar was given four Roman legions in Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum, and during the next decade demonstrated brilliant military talents as he expanded the Roman Empire and his reputation. Among other achievements, Caesar conquered all of Gaul, made the first Roman inroads into Britain, and won devoted supporters in his legions. However, his successes also aroused Pompey’s jealousy, leading to the collapse of their political alliance in 53 B.C.

The Roman Senate supported Pompey and asked Caesar to give up his army, which he refused to do. In January 49 B.C., Caesar led his legions across the Rubicon River from Cisalpine Gaul to Italy, thus declaring war against Pompey and his forces. Caesar made early gains in the subsequent civil war, defeating Pompey’s army in Italy and Spain, but was later forced into retreat in Greece. In August 48 B.C., with Pompey in pursuit, Caesar paused near Pharsalus, setting up camp at a strategic location. When Pompey’s senatorial forces fell upon Caesar’s smaller army, they were entirely routed, and Pompey fled to Egypt, where he was assassinated by an officer of the Egyptian king.

Caesar was subsequently appointed Roman consul and dictator, but before settling in Rome he traveled around the empire for several years and consolidated his rule. In 45 B.C., he returned to Rome and was made dictator for life. As sole Roman ruler, Caesar launched ambitious programs of reform within the empire. The most lasting of these was his establishment of the Julian calendar, which, with the exception of a slight modification and adjustment in the 16th century, remains in use today. He also planned new imperial expansions in central Europe and to the east. In the midst of these vast designs, he was assassinated on March 15, 44 B.C., by a group of conspirators who believed that his death would lead to the restoration of the Roman Republic. However, the result of the “Ides of March” was to plunge Rome into a fresh round of civil wars, out of which Octavian, Caesar’s grand-nephew, would emerge as Augustus, the first Roman emperor, destroying the republic forever."

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"Trump is Trapped, But Doesn’t Know It"

"Trump is Trapped, But Doesn’t Know It"

by Larry Johnson

"The image above reminds us that we are in Deja Vu land with respect to the current war with Iran. Despite Trump’s campaign promise to not start a new war in the Middle East he has done exactly that. Only one little problem… He can’t win it and, even if he declares victory and tries to bring the air force squadrons and carrier strike groups back home, Iran is not going to cooperate.

I was interviewed late Friday night by a 40 year old man who lives in Iran. He was born during the Iraq/Iran war in the 1980s and has no real memory of how that event resonated among the adults at the time. However, the US and Israeli attacks of June 2025 and February 2026 have ignited a spirit of patriotism and nationalism among the generation born between 1980 and 2010. Western hopes that the people of Iran would demand the end of the Islamic Republic have been dashed. Iran is more united now than at anytime since the revolution of 1979.

A story has emerged that explains why Israel and the United States were so confident that the attack on 28 February would produce a regime change and the fall of the Islamic Republic… Israel’s Mossad had recruited General Esmail Qaani. General Esmail Qaani (often spelled Qaani or Qaani) was an Iranian brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who served as the commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, the unit in charge of Iran’s overseas and covert operations, until January 2020, when he was appointed to replace Qassem Soleimani after Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike near Baghdad on January 3, 2020. General Qaani reportedly had promised to deliver Iran to the West, but his role in facilitating the murder of the Ayatollah Ali Khameni was exposed and he has been eliminated. Watch this video to understand the extent of his treachery.

During the week following the death of the Ayatollah Khameni and his top generals, Iran military operations and missile strikes were carried out in a decentralized fashion that gave each regional commander complete autonomy to select targets. It now appears that the command-and-control system of Iran’s military and security services has been restored and Iran is now carrying out a very precise, coordinated plan to force the US from the Persian Gulf and to destroy Israel’s ability to attack Iran.

Here’s the report from Iran of its activities on March 14: In the 52nd wave of Operation True Promise 4, under the code “O Zainab al-Kubra, peace be upon her,” IRGC forces carried out combined strikes on targets in the occupied territories and three US bases in retaliation for the blood of martyred workers from Iran’s industrial towns. Ambulance sirens and Zionist admissions of rising killed and wounded reveal the scale of the IRGC missile strikes on the industrial sectors of Tel Aviv. Iranian missiles and drones also struck the industrial sectors and US force gathering points at the Al-Harir base in Erbil and the Ali Al-Salem and Arifjan bases.

The unknown fate of the Zionist Prime Minister and reports he may be dead or fleeing with his family highlight the crisis within the Zionist regime. If this child-killing criminal is alive, we will continue to pursue and kill him with full force.

Iran is carrying out an average of four waves of missile and drone attacks per day. The US and Israel have grossly underestimated Iran’s arsenal of ballistic missiles. In the event that Donald Trump tries to declare victory and disengage, Iran will not. Iran will continue to pummel US military facilities in the Persian Gulf and Israel’s military and infrastructure. I believe that Iran will not end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz until the US and Israel agree to Iran’s terms. These include the lifting of all sanctions against Iran, the removal of US military installations from the Persian Gulf and reparations for the damage inflicted on Iran during the course of this war.

Trump will face the dilemma of accepting Iran’s terms (a humiliating outcome) or continuing a war of attrition while the while Iran launches at least three waves of missiles every day. The pressure on Trump will be enormous as long as Iran maintains control over the Strait of Hormuz… US allies, particularly in Asia, will be pleading to an end of the war, and the domestic economic picture will worsen. Trump is trapped and does not appear to have a politically viable exit ramp."

- https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/