"How It Really Is"

"Houston We Have A Problem, A Huge Problem!"

by State Of The Nation

Submitted by An Intuitive Psychotherapist

"Only in the present case, it’s the entire United States of America that has the

Exactly what is that “HUGE PROBLEM? The President of the United States is seriously ill. Since the beginning of his second term, Donald Trump has exhibited a variety of symptoms which clearly indicate that he is afflicted with a serious mental illness, a profound emotional imbalance and a dangerous psychological disorder. “The POTUS is a mentally ill man” — video

As the previous video presentation makes clear: “Trump confabulates meaning that he lives in a delusional world. He is a mentally ill man and a lot of psychologists believe that he is suffering from frontotemporal dementia (FTD) combined with an underlying pathology of malignant narcissism… meaning the guy’s a megalomaniac; the guy is a narcissist; the guy is a psychopath, and that’s been true his whole life.”

Very sorry to say, but that’s the good news! The bad news, especially for the American people as well as the entire world community of nations, is that this “guy” has his finger on the button-The Nuke Button. "BEWARE! A “Certified Madman” Now Has His Finger On The Button"

In other words, in view of the incorrigible criminally insane cabal of absolute crazies that are now assembled under the Jewish & Christian Zionist tent of Team Trump, we are all looking at a full-blown Dr. Strangelove scenario. “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is a seminal black comedy that functions as a satirical critique of Cold War-era nuclear anxiety, with the central theme focusing on the absurdity and dangerous incompetence of human leadership and military bureaucracy. The film argues that “logical” strategic planning in a nuclear context is, in reality, a form of collective madness.”

Key Point: In addition to being a stone-cold delusional psychopath and serial genocidal maniac, Trump has repeatedly proven that he is a pathological liar of the highest order. This particular lifelong character flaw has become greatly exacerbated in his highly hazardous role as the nation’s Warmonger-in-Chief. You name it, Trump will outright lie about it without a moment’s thought about the grave consequences, unintended or otherwise. 

Now here’s the rub. By every indication, Trump’s partner-in-crime - Bibi “The Butcher” Netanyahu is dead. If in fact the Israeli prime minister was killed by an Iranian missile attack, Trump is well aware of it. Which will inevitably translate to even greater mental instability and emotional derangement oh his part for the whole world to graphically see on a daily basis. However, and it’s a HUGE however, what makes Trump’s current physical and psychological plight even more precarious for the entire planetary civilization is that he now has at least 3 fatwas on his head - three!

At least 3 fatwas have been formally issued against President 

Donald J. Trump by Iranian Ayatollahs who possess the authority to do so.

To the point, inasmuch as Trump knows that Iran successfully eliminated Netanyahu, he is well aware that he is next on their list. Surely, the much more militant leadership in Tehran (put into place only because Trump assassinated the previous more ‘peaceful’ leaders) would be much happier with a President Vance knowing as they do how much the Vice President has purposefully distanced himself from the Trump-Netanyahu Iran war crime catastrophe and Mideast-wide cataclysm.

The critical point here is that Trump is more easily manipulated than ever having 3+ fatwas issued against him. But why exactly? Because every malignant narcissist will cling to life at any expense, even if it means the complete destruction of their world. Of course, in the case of Trump’s world, he will do whatever he has to to avoid assassination - At Any And All Costs - even if it means fomenting a full-blown nuclear World War III (which has already started on the regional level via the Ukraine War and Iran War). This is why we - the whole human race - really have such a “HUGE PROBLEM“.

Armageddon and the Trump regime: As if to throw massive tanker-fills of fuel onto this billowing Mideast conflagration, both Trump and Netanyahu truly believe that they are being used as divine (actually demonic) instruments to bring about thee Armageddon. What could possibly go wrong with this accelerating downward spiral into the proverbial abyss?!?!

"Alarming Flashback! US troops were told Iran war 

‘anointed by Jesus’ to bring on Armageddon, watchdog says."

Not only that, but we see that the Jewish Zionists throughout the religious and political establishments in Israel are pumping up Trump to become the ‘God Emperor’ that the MAGA maniacs, as well as Trumpsters with Trump Cult Complex, really believe him to be.

"Renowned Jewish Rabbi Says Trump Is Anointed

 As God’s Non-Jewish Messiah To Serve Israel"

The distillation of this epochal Khazarian clusterf*ck on top of a Zionist train wreck next to a Talmudic dumpster fire is this:

GOD EMPEROR TRUMP +
BIBI “THE BUTCHER” NETANYAHU +
SOCIETAL END-TIME MADNESS +
ZIONIST-INDUCED ARMAGEDDON
= APOCALYPSE NOW

Action Plan: The 25th Amendment must be invoked to remove Trump from the Oval Office before he gets US all killed after bankrupting everyone.  As if all of that’s not enough to worry about, we also see that Trump will likely use the 9/11 playbook to further wag the dog, distract and divert, as well as manifest his terribly sociopathic and apocalyptic vision for the world. See: "False Flags Loom Larger As Israel-US Lose War"

- https://stateofthenation.info/?p=57098

"Is The World Ready For A Global Energy Catastrophe And A Global Food Catastrophe At The Same Time?"

by Michael Snyder

"We have reached an unprecedented moment in human history. If this war with Iran continues for an extended period of time, we will be facing the greatest energy disruption in human history and the greatest food production disruption in human history simultaneously. Many were hoping that Iran would agree to the Trump administration’s proposal for a 30 day ceasefire, but it was obvious that was never going to happen. The Iranians have completely rejected Trump’s 15 point plan, and they are demanding that the U.S. must agree to permanent Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz before any negotiations even begin. Needless to say, the U.S. will never agree to that, and so the war will rage on.

For now, Iran is determining which vessels are allowed to travel through the Strait of Hormuz… Iranian crude tankers continue to pass through the maritime chokepoint — vital to about a third of the world’s seaborne crude oil — along with a few others that Iran has let pass through, said Matt Smith, U.S. head analyst at Kpler.

In a post on X Tuesday, MarineTraffic, which is operated by Kpler, said Iran appears to now be pursuing a strategy in the strait where it allows “selective vessel passage” to provide “strategic signaling,” rather than imposing a full disruption of global crude supply through the waterway. The post included an animated map of sparse maritime traffic traveling through the waterway. Nine vessels have crossed since Monday, according to MarineTraffic data released early Tuesday. Several news reports indicate Iran has begun charging vessels up to $2 million to pass through the strait. Smith said Kpler could not confirm reports of such tolls.

Some readers may be tempted to think that it is good news that nine vessels have been able to go through the Strait of Hormuz so far this week. But approximately 2,500 others remain trapped in the Persian Gulf…"On Tuesday, HormuzTracker, which provides a Strait of Hormuz shipping-disruption dashboard, showed that there are around 2,500 vessels still trapped inside the Persian Gulf, with 400 waiting outside of the strait."

This is truly a nightmare scenario. Desperately needed supplies of oil and natural gas are not going anywhere for the foreseeable future. And now Iran is threatening to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as well…"Iran could open a new front in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if attacks are carried out on its territory or islands, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim reported, citing an unnamed military source. “If the Americans intend to take action regarding the Strait of Hormuz, they should be careful not to add another strait to their challenges … Iran is fully prepared to escalate the situation,” Tasnim quoted the source as saying."

Iran is literally trying to paralyze the entire global economy in order to gain as much leverage as possible. One energy industry economist is openly admitting that we have never “seen anything like this”… “We’ve not seen anything like this — there’s been no disruption of this scale in the past,” Gareth Ramsay, chief economist at oil and gas giant BP, told the conference. “It’s every oil analyst’s study piece or worst nightmare — one that we never thought would happen.”

He is right. This is unprecedented. And every single day that traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continues to be disrupted things will get even worse. Already, the price of diesel has reached all-time record highs in California and Washington…

"The announcement, made by GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis Patrick De Haan on Wednesday, comes as gas prices have continued to rise across the U.S. in recent weeks. The national average cost of a gallon of gas was $3.983 on Wednesday, according to AAA, whereas a week ago, it was at $3.842. A month ago, the national average was below $3 per gallon. Diesel prices have also been climbing higher, with two states setting a new all-time record for the price of a gallon of diesel on Wednesday.

“California and Washington have both now set new all-time records for average diesel price,” De Haan posted with an image of a graph that showed diesel prices surging past $7 in California and $6 in Washington."

There are more than 11 million diesel trucks in the United States. That number represents about 75 percent of the entire commercial truck population. If the price of diesel reaches 10 dollars a gallon, it will be absolutely devastating for the commercial trucking industry in this country.

Over in Europe, they are facing widespread energy shortages “as soon as next month”…"Europe could face a shortage of energy and fuel as soon as next month without a reopening of the strait of Hormuz, Shell’s chief executive has said. The boss of Europe’s biggest oil company said it was working with governments to help them address the oil and gas supply crisis, which has already led to energy rationing in Asian countries."

The beginning of next month is just days away. Will EU politicians start implementing “energy lockdowns” in a desperate attempt to conserve oil and natural gas? Of course this war isn’t just going to cause a global energy catastrophe.

The spring is when farmers in the northern hemisphere plant their crops, and right now vast quantities of fertilizer are locked up in the Persian Gulf region…"Farmers in the Northern Hemisphere are heading into the crucial spring months, during which major fieldwork must begin. Their peers in the south, meanwhile, are busy harvesting crops before the winter sets in. However, their work now takes place as the Iran war creates serious supply constraints for essential fertilizer products — fueling massive price spikes and warnings of looming food insecurity."

Around one-third of the global seaborne fertilizer trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the United Nations. What are we going to do if we can’t get that fertilizer out of the Persian Gulf before planting season is over? One industry insider is warning that “this could be catastrophic if it lasts long”…"David Delaney, the chief executive officer of phosphate producer Itafos Inc., said he can’t recall a tougher time across his four decades in the industry. After the war broke out, the United Nations warned of record levels of hunger this year. If the conflict continues for even a few more months, tens of millions of people may face severe food insecurity. “The world is just used to big crop plantings every year and yields and crops getting to where they are needed,” he said. “I don’t want to sound the alarm too much yet, but this could be catastrophic if it lasts long.”

I discussed this in a previous article, but I don’t think that a lot of people out there fully understood that implications of what I shared. Wheat is an annual crop that is planted every year. Studies have shown that application of nitrogen fertilizer can increase wheat yields by up to 62 percent. If we do not get nitrogen fertilizer into the hands of farmers in the northern hemisphere, we are going to have far less wheat in late 2026 and beyond.

Barley is also an annual crop that is planted every year. Studies have shown that application of nitrogen fertilizer can increase barley yields by up to 25 percent. For corn, the difference is even greater. The amount of corn grown on an acre can more than double if nitrogen fertilizer is applied. Just think about that. We are talking about a dramatic drop in production.

Of course crops that are not planted annually will not be greatly affected by this fertilizer crisis. Grape vines can go decades without fertilizer and they will just keep producing year after year. And some olive trees that have been alive for more than 1,000 years are still bearing plenty of fruit with no problem at all. The bottom line is that we could see a historic drop in production for annual crops such as wheat and barley, while there may be very little difference for crops that do not have to be planted annually such as grapes and olives.

This is where we are at. No matter how much some people may want to deny it, the facts will not change. The only way we can avoid what is ahead is if the war comes to a swift conclusion. But that is not likely to happen any time soon, and so a lot more pain is on the way."

- https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/

Economic Market Snapshot, 3/26/26

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Snyder Reports, 3/26/26

"The Credit Card Debt Crisis Nobody's Talking About"

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Jay Reed, 3/26/26

"Truck Drivers Are Losing Everything 

After Gas Prices Skyrocket"

"Truck drivers across the country are being hit hard - and many are losing everything. Fuel costs are skyrocketing, profit margins are shrinking, and for some drivers… it’s no longer sustainable. What used to be a reliable way to make a living is now becoming a serious financial struggle. But what’s really happening behind the scenes? In this video, we break down why gas and diesel prices are hitting truckers the hardest, how it’s impacting the supply chain, and why this situation could affect everyone - not just drivers."

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Michael Bordenaro, 3/26/26

"This Is How the Housing Crash Starts… Again"

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Dan, I Allegedly, "This Is About to Get Much Worse"

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Dan, I Allegedly, 3/26/26

"This Is About to Get Much Worse"

"The economic warning signs are everywhere, and in this video from i Allegedly, we break down how the growing oil crisis is about to impact every part of your daily life. From skyrocketing gas prices and rising airline costs to food shortages, supply chain disruptions, and small business struggles, this is more than just inflation - it’s a full-scale economic shift. As fuel costs surge, industries like travel, fishing, farming, and transportation are already feeling the pressure, and it’s only the beginning. If you think things are expensive now, you need to see what’s coming next. This i Allegedly update dives into real-world examples of how higher fuel prices are triggering bankruptcies, reducing consumer spending, and forcing major changes across the economy. We also discuss what this means for your finances, your business, and your ability to stay ahead during uncertain times. Whether you're a business owner, investor, or just trying to make sense of today’s financial chaos, this video gives you the insight you need to prepare. Stay informed with the latest business news, economic updates, and financial trends right here on i Allegedly."

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"Israel: Same Old Playbook"

"Israel: Same Old Playbook"

by Redacted

"While the U.S. and Israel become increasingly desperate, Israel is moving fast on its expansive plans of ethnically cleansing Palestinians. The Israeli Knesset’s National Security Committee approved a bill this week that will impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. This means executions by hanging. This is terrifying. Israel has over 14,000 Palestinian prisoners right now, held without charge or trial. This law would allow them to kill them at will. Remember, they had at least 4,000 October 7 Hostages, but the media won’t use that word.

Palestinians are already enduring extreme suffering. According to a report from B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, Israeli prisons currently function as a network of torture camps. Yet now, legislation threatens to escalate that harm even further by passing a bill that can easily end their lives. Additionally, The Guardian finds that Israel has not prosecuted the killing of a Palestinian in the West Bank since 2020, despite hundreds of adults and children alike being killed by Israeli settlers in that time frame. It seems this war has only made the plight of Palestinians worse as attention is diverted to Iran."

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"All Palestinian Prisoners To Be Executed And Shot In The Head"

"The Minister of National Security of Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir, says he plans to introduce legislation in the Knesset which reads: "All Palestinian prisoners to be executed and shot in the head." – The Minister of National Security of Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir

Watch this monster say it himself!

- https://twitter.com/Megatron_ron/status/1807385593506103757

"Israel is Evil personified. Israel is Evil embodied."

- Scott Ritter

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"Shocking Genetic Science Reveals Ashkenazi Jews

 Suffer High Rates of Mental Illness Due To Inbreeding"

by Mike Adams 

"We are facing a dire situation for humanity. Today, I reveal some of the elements that have led us to that, including shocking scientific evidence that studied the inbreeding common among Ashkenazi Jews (the dominant population worldwide) and found that centuries of inbreeding has produced widespread mental illness and schizophrenia. This is relevant because Netanyahu thinks God talks to him and tells him to mass murder people in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. He thinks he's hearing voices from God. It's actually a genetic mental illness caused by inbreeding.

- Genetic studies on Ashkenazi Jews reveal mental disorders.

- Generations of inbreeding have produced mental illness defects.

- High levels of schizophrenia among "God's chosen people."

- Netanyahu thinks God is talking to him and telling him to commit genocide.

- Quotes from Jewish Rabbis calling for mass death of non-Jews.

- The U.S. has provided nuclear weapons to mentally ill sociopathic inbreds.

- Jewish inbreeding has also removed "mirror neurons" responsible for empathy and compassion.

- High risk of nuclear war that kills billions, due to Israel's insane genocide."

Fully explained in video here:

- https://www.brighteon.com/

"Researchers Find New Risk Factor 

For Two Psychiatric Disorders In Ashkenazi Genes"

"Population Bottleneck"

Many references online.

Now it all makes sense...

OMG...God damn these psychopathically degenerate inbred monsters to Hell! And YOU, Americans, paid for it all, every bullet, every bomb, every tank, everything, billions and billions of dollars! All that blood's on YOUR hands too! 100,000 innocent and unarmed old people, men, women and 20,000 CHILDREN slaughtered, with another 10,000 buried under the rubble and unrecovered. And these ZioNazi creatures from Hell call the Palestinians "human animals?!" Eternal shame and disgrace on us all! Stipendium peccati mors est, Israel, and it's coming...

Bill Bonner, "The Teacher of Life"

"The Teacher of Life"

by Bill Bonner

"A man who is pretty undisciplined, doesn’t like to read, doesn’t read briefing reports, doesn’t like to get into the details of a lot of things, but rather just kind of says, ‘This is what I believe’...

a f**king moron."

- Rex Tillerson, former Secretary of Defense, 

describing his Commander-in-Chief.

Baltimore, Maryland - "Our big picture view, here at BPR, is not unique...and not original. It is not at all ‘mainstream,’ either. And yet, tested against recent events, it seems to be holding up pretty well. Here’s the latest...after declaring the war ‘won’ on at least five different occasions, claiming that Iran was ‘dead’ and its military capacity ‘obliterated,’ suddenly something doesn’t add up. The Wall Street Journal: "Pentagon to Deploy 3,000 82nd Airborne Soldiers to Gulf. The Pentagon is planning to deploy about 3,000 soldiers from the Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East to support operations against Iran, according to two U.S. officials, with a written order expected in the coming hours. Officials cautioned that a decision to put boots on the ground in Iran hasn’t been made. But deploying the 82nd opens the door to President Trump for several strategic options."

Many are those who’ve noticed that ‘history tends to repeat itself.’ Never exactly. Never reliably. And never predictably. Still, the misfortunes that man engineers for himself show up so often that news reporters say their job is simply to remind readers about what happened before. As the Trump administration sends troops for what could be an invasion of Iran, for example, they might remind them of a war game conducted 24 years ago. It showed that the Iranians would win big...sinking the US flotilla in a matter of minutes.

But just because it would have been a bad idea back then doesn’t mean it is a bad idea today. Bad policies...unnecessary wars...foolish theories - never go away. Like zombies, they rise up in the light of the full moon, and terrorize the world once again. These ‘mistakes’ come so frequently in history that they appear as a ‘pattern.’ But for that to happen, there need to be people around who are dumb enough to repeat them.

As the Soviet army smashed through Germany’s defenses in WWII, for example, a Russian officer, with a sense of humor, stood before a group of German captives. ‘Didn’t any of you bother to read Tolstoy?’ he asked. None raised his hand.

Tolstoy described, in his novel "War and Peace," the disaster that befell Napoleon Bonaparte’s army when it invaded Russia. But it wasn’t the history of the war that was important. It was the history lessons. They might have been useful to the Nazi strategists in the 1940s...and might be helpful to the Trump crew today. But the Big Men do not study history...they live it.

Tolstoy’s central idea, similar to our own, is that these illustrious leaders do not write their own scripts. Instead, they read those History gives them. They are actors on the big stage, fully outfitted with the myths, mores, and madness of their time. “Historia magistra vitae,” is how Cicero put it (history is the teacher of life).

Few Frenchmen would have dared to attack Russia in the early 19th century. But when the opportunity arose, the one-in-a-million leader appeared on the scene - Bonaparte. Clever enough to win battles and organize the Grande Armee into the world’s finest fighting force, he channeled the post-revolutionary energy of France into war. And so, the gods must have chuckled as the most talented military genius of his time was totally defeated...and his army virtually wiped out. Not by a superior military machine, but by time, mud, cold, hunger, Cossacks, and peasants.

Then, 128 years later, Germany found the one-in-a-million leader mad enough to repeat Napoleon’s catastrophic adventure. “We have only to kick in the door,” said the Fuhrer, “and the whole house [the Soviet Union] will collapse.” It didn’t happen.

Subsequent events will tell the tale, but it appears that the US is stepping up to the historical challenge. All we have to do, said Trump, is take out the leadership and Iran will surrender. That didn’t happen either. Obviously, the MAGA team hasn’t come up with something new. And Donald Trump for all his flamboyant novelty, is hardly as wicked as many of his predecessors. Nor is he uniquely responsible for the attack on Iran or its most barbaric features. Tolstoy explained that “kings are the slaves of history...in historical events great men...are but labels...having the least possible connection with the event itself.”

Wickedness lies dormant in all of us...as in frozen soup, ready to bubble up as soon as you put it on the stove. It must have been simmering in the US for many years. Iran was a designated enemy back in the Carter administration. Senator McCain was calling on the US to bomb it in 2007. Finally, the Trump Team sat down to eat. History needs such benighted leaders. Otherwise, the ‘patterns’ disappear into a shapeless broth."

- https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/

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Thousands of American troops will rapidly die...

Their landing craft will never reach the shore.

"Iran "Laying Traps" And "Building Up Defenses" On

Kharg Island, Preparing For U.S. Ground Attack"

by Tyler Durden

"Iran has recently bolstered its defenses around Kharg Island, anticipating a possible US move to seize the key oil export hub, CNN reported this week. The island is vital to Iran’s economy, handling roughly 90% of its crude shipments, and has become a focal point in escalating tensions.

The Trump administration has explored the option of sending US forces to take control of the island as leverage to pressure Iran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz. But military officials caution that such an operation would carry serious risks. Iran has reinforced the island with additional air defense systems, including portable missiles, and has planted mines along likely landing zones.

There is also growing skepticism among US allies and policymakers about whether capturing the island would achieve its broader objective. Even if successful, it may not resolve the wider dispute over energy flows and could instead intensify the conflict. An Israeli source warned that US troops could face attacks from drones and shoulder-fired missiles if they attempt a landing.

“I would be very worried about this,” said retired Adm. James Stavridis. “Iranians are clever and ruthless. They will do everything they can to inflict maximum casualties on US forces both on the ships at sea, and especially once ground troops are anywhere in their sovereign territory.” CNN writes that Iran has responded with its own warnings. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said any attempt to occupy Iranian territory would prompt retaliation against critical infrastructure in the region, adding that US troop movements are under close watch.

Despite its relatively small size - about one-third of Manhattan - Kharg Island would require a substantial military operation to capture. US forces in the region include Marine units trained for amphibious assaults, along with airborne troops preparing to deploy. Surveillance has shown newly fortified positions and defensive preparations on the island. Although earlier US strikes weakened parts of Iran’s defenses, American forces would still face significant threats from missiles and drones launched from the nearby mainland. This has led to internal debate in Washington over whether the potential benefits justify the risks.

Regional allies are urging restraint, warning that a ground assault could result in heavy casualties and trigger wider retaliation across the Gulf. Some analysts suggest that targeting Iran’s oil exports through a naval blockade could be a less risky alternative to putting troops on the ground."

- https://www.zerohedge.com/

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"Western Intel Says Russia Preparing 

Kamikaze Drone Shipment To Iran"

"Iran's Mystery Gift To Trump"

"Iran's Mystery Gift To Trump"

by Larry C. Johnson

"I think the picture sums it up… Iran is not going to negotiate with the Trump administration on Trump’s terms. Iran has set its terms and will not deviate from those. Here is a synthesis of the key demands from recent Iranian statements and reporting:

Complete halt to aggression and assassinations: Iran demands an immediate and total end to US and Israeli attacks, strikes, and targeted killings against Iranian territory, officials, nuclear sites, and allied “resistance” forces (e.g., Hezbollah in Lebanon, groups in Iraq, and others across the region). This includes a ceasefire that extends to all fronts, not just a temporary pause.

Guarantees and mechanisms to prevent future attacks/war: Concrete, verifiable international or legal safeguards that the war will not be “reimposed” on Iran. This could include binding agreements or frameworks ensuring no resumption of hostilities.

War reparations and compensation for damages: Payment (or “guaranteed and clearly defined” financial compensation) for destruction caused by the strikes, including infrastructure, civilian areas, and economic losses. Some reports tie this to broader sanctions relief or economic concessions.

Recognition of Iranian sovereignty and control over the Strait of Hormuz: A new regulatory or legal framework affirming Iran’s authority over this critical chokepoint for global oil shipping. This has been interpreted as seeking economic leverage (e.g., potential passage fees or control), rather than unrestricted international access. Iran has used threats/partial closures of the strait as leverage during the conflict.

Broader regional elements: A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah (and potentially other proxies). In some lists: Closure or dismantling of US military bases in the region. Continued development of Iran’s ballistic missile program without external limitations. An end to the conflict “across all fronts” for all involved resistance groups. Additional elements mentioned in some Iranian or mediated contexts include recognition of Iran’s “legitimate” nuclear rights (peaceful enrichment) and rejection of any forced dismantlement of its nuclear program.

There you have it. Trump has been successful this week in bamboozling the oil and stock markets into believing that an end of the war is at hand and that Iran will accept defeat. If Trump decides to launch a ground attack on Iran this weekend or early next week, that will finally awaken the deluded Western market makers that the war, rather than wrapping up, will amp up.

In my last article I laid out one scenario - i.e., a simultaneous attack on Kharg and Qeshm islands - that I think is most likely because it is supposed to open the Strait of Hormuz. If that is the target of the ground operation, it will fail to achieve the goal of lifting Iran’s blockade of the Strait.

There are a couple of other scenarios that some pundits believe are more likely: capturing Chabahar port or capturing Iran’s enriched uranium. I think these are unlikely, but I’m not the one calling the shots and cannot rule them out. Capturing Chabahar achieves nothing strategic, and certainly does not open the Strait of Hormuz. In my judgment, the US does not have enough troops to secure that port and prevent Iran from retaking it.

What about the other scenario - i.e., capturing a site where Iran’s enriched uranium is stored? This is unlikely because I believe those sites are located in the interior of Iran and the US helicopters that would deliver the troops to the site would not have enough fuel to fly back to the place from where they launched. The US would have to covertly insert massive fuel bladders at some remote location that would be used to refuel the air assets used on such a mission. To do that would require flying a number of C-130s into Iran. Those are relatively slow-flying aircraft and would likely be shot down before reaching their destination. I am not saying it cannot be done, but it is a highly risky venture and is more likely to fail. I continue to hope that I am wrong. We’ll know better come Monday morning."

- https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/

"Alert: We're Entering a Global Oil Lockdown, It's Worse Than We're Being Told"

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Canadian Prepper. 3/25/26

"Alert: We're Entering a Global Oil Lockdown, 

It's Worse Than We're Being Told"

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"Mohammad Marandi: 48 Hours To Global Catastrophe - Nuclear Strikes & Energy Collapse"

Glenn Diesen, 3/25/26

"Mohammad Marandi: 48 Hours To Global Catastrophe - 

Nuclear Strikes & Energy Collapse"

"Total War is here. Prof. Marandi reveals Iran’s plan after Trump’s 48-hour ultimatum and attacks on nuclear & desalination plants. Global stability hangs in the balance - the next few days will decide everything."

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"The Strait Jacket"

"The Strait Jacket"

It suits the president well.

by David Haggith

"Iran flat-out rejected Trump’s “peace plan” today (again) and continued its attacks around the gulf and at Israel where missile interceptors seem to be stretched a little thin now in their ability to shield the public, almost like Israel is running triage to save their use now for the most important sites. Iran clearly wants to stay in the fight at this point to exact as much revenge as it can (and it has said as much several times.) A move by US President Donald Trump to start indirect talks is illogical and not viable at this stage of the conflict, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday

None of this stopped the president from continuing to say that Iran is eagerly negotiating for peace, and he hopes to have an agreement later this week, to which Iran gave an interesting response: "Has the level of your inner struggle reached the stage of you (Trump) negotiating with yourself?" That came from Iran’s top spokesperson for its joint military command, Ebrahim Zolfaqari, speaking on Iranian state TV.

Trump also claimed enthusiastically that Iran has agreed to give up its nukes. Clearly he is smoking something different than the Iranians, who shrewdly suggested that all of Trump’s claims are vain boasts, solely intended to talk up US stock prices and talk down oil prices. Both markets do seem ready to lap up the swill on a daily basis. So, mission accomplished, I guess.

‘I don’t want to say in advance, but they’ve agreed they will never have a nuclear weapon,’ Trump said. Hmm. “I don’t want to say in advance, but I will, even though no one asked me to.” Always a good tactic to speak the news that isn’t going to happen in advance while you still can. If you wait for it to happen, you’ll never get to make the boast.

Trump make vain boasts?

Iran says it has been taken in by Trump’s empty claims three times already so there is no point in negotiating with someone you cannot trust to hold to his word or his stated intent. Iran cited past instances where negotiations coincided with surprise attacks. Of course, Trump said in those past instances that Iran was just stalling for time, not negotiating - always just pretending it might concede something important.

While the president claims the war will be ending in an agreement soon so that the US can leave, Iran says (paraphrasing), ”That’s fine, go ahead and leave the area if you want; but we’re going to keep bombing until it really, really hurts.” They told the president he has no say on when the war ends because it won’t end until they say it does. His side might end, and they are fine with that.

A Trump adviser was quoted as describing the administration’s approach as combining diplomacy with coercion, saying Trump has “a hand open for a deal and the other is a fist.” The president even described a significant confidence-building step by Iran today that he said was related to oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a “very big present worth a tremendous amount of money.” As usual, his claims was short on any details.

Iran subsequently informed the International Maritime Organization that “non-hostile vessels” could transit the strategic waterway, which carries around one-fifth of global oil supply. It is not clear, however, what “non-hostile” vessels means. Does it refer to all ships that are not carrying oil and are not military vessels, regardless of whom they are shipping for, or does it refer only to ships that are flagged under a nation that is regarded as a friend to Iran? If the latter, then Iran’s big present was the equivalent of saying, “For your birthday present, we’ve decided we won’t spank any of your friends, but we are going to keep punching you in the mouth.”

Trump reassured the US, "I can tell you, they’d like to make a deal." The very same words we heard a lot during the endless tariff negotiations when Trump would say his phone was ringing off the hook with nations eager to make a deal. Then nothing would happen for weeks, or any nations he mentioned specifically would say they hadn’t placed any calls to the president. Then, eventually, the president would raise his tariff threat a big notch higher in order to try to elevate their interest in negotiating. Perhaps besides negotiating with himself, he also calls himself a lot and then pretends he is talking to someone on the other end who is pleading for a deal, talking loudly enough to make sure Karoline Leavitt can hear the fruitful conversation.

The President continued to refuse to name names, but he said Iranian leaders the US is dealmaking with gave the country a ‘present.’ ‘They did something yesterday that was amazing. Actually, they gave us a present and the present arrived today and it was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money,’ Trump said. ‘And I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize and they gave it to us.’

Tune into The Apprentice next week to find out what it is! Maybe it’s a shiny, new fancy jet like the one Qatar gave him, which they can encourage the president to travel in as soon as possible to his final negotiation meeting in Iran. Something that says “Trojan Airlines” and bears the logo of a horse on wheels.

Trump said that gesture signaled one thing to him. ‘We’re dealing with the right people,’ he stated. Uhhhh huh! Trump also said that the only two people disappointed by the sweet present given by Iran and its likelihood of sealing a deal were Pete Hegseth and General “Raizin’ Cain.” (Well, and maybe Senator Lindsay Graham.) To make them happy, he has ordered up a few more thousand troops today, particularly paratroopers and sent them on their way. Most articles believe they are going to storm Kharg Island. Some veterans called a deployment onto Kharg a “suicide mission,” while Republican Nancy Mace (a Trump supporter) replied to Trump’s plan by walking out of a military briefing, saying,

"Just walked out of a House Armed Services briefing on Iran. Let me repeat: I will not support troops on the ground in Iran, even more so after this briefing. Washington’s war machine is hard at work. They are try [sic] to drag us into Iran to make it another Iraq. We can’t let them. The justifications presented to the American public for the war in Iran were not the same military objectives we were briefed on today in the House Armed Services Committee. This gap is deeply troubling. The longer this war continues, the faster it will lose the support of Congress and the American people.

Virginia Burger, a Marine veteran and senior defense policy analyst at the Project on Government Oversight’s Center for Defense Information, said, "Why are we going into something that [could be] be so protracted? Iran [has a] vote in this, right? We don’t exist in a vacuum - the Marines aren’t just going to walk onto Kharg Island [unopposed]. What is that going to look like, as far as loss of American lives, loss of American equipment?"

Another vet, Mike Prysner, Executive Director of the Center on Conscience & War said, "What people don’t realize is that the U.S. is preparing for a big war. Everyone’s getting ready to go." John Byrnes, a veteran and the strategic director for Concerned Veterans for America, said, "I am certain we can get our boots on the ground. I am more concerned about a long-term operation. Every step along the way [in a ground deployment], there’s going to be some U.S. casualties - and what generals might think is going to take a week suddenly might take a month or two months."

And still another …An extended conflict in Iran might “be something more akin to Gallipoli than Vietnam,” Webb said, referring to the failed, heavy-casualty allied campaign to capture Turkish straits during World War I. So, the quagmire begins. Remember, Iran has to have the strait open by this weekend, or the promised bombing of all of its electrical power plants begins. So, besides Kharg Island, I am sure boots are needed to extract the fissile material before it moves into the wrong hands.

Now, if you want a suicide mission, it looks like the UK has cratered to Trump’s ridicule and is planning something appears really stupid: "The UK is set to lead a coalition of countries including France to help sweep the Strait of Hormuz for mines and reopen it to oil tanker traffic. Additionally, the UK said it is looking to send a either a Royal Navy mine sweeper ship or hire a civilian ship that can launch mine sweeping drones into the area, The Times reported."

One wonders how long until the first allied ship sinks to the bottom of the sea with thousands of sailors inside. While they may do fine with avoiding the mines they are sweeping, by providing such a target-rich environment, they will also have to be dodging hundreds of drones and missiles topside while doing it. In WWII history (before my time), I don't recall hearing about the allies notifying the enemy in advance that they’ll be coming very close by with war ships and stating what their mission is.

Perhaps we can take comfort in reminding ourselves how Secretary Hegseth gathered every general in the nation out of their theaters of war to sit in a theater in Washington and tell them it was time to slim down and warrior up. That pep rally to shine up the top brass was, to me, the mark of a keen warrior."

- https://www.thedailydoom.com/

"Americans Reach Breaking Point, Surcharges Begin"

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Snyder Reports, 3/25/26

"Americans Reach Breaking Point, 

Surcharges Begin"

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"Scott Ritter: 2,500 Marines Sent to Kharg Death Trap, US Bases Crushed"

Dialogue Works, 3/25/26

"Scott Ritter: 2,500 Marines Sent to Kharg Death Trap, 

US Bases Crushed"

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"War And Immorality, Lies And Unwarranted Killing"

Gerald Celente, 3/25/26

"War And Immorality,

 Lies And Unwarranted Killing"

"The Trends Journal is a weekly magazine analyzing global current events forming future trends. Our mission is to present Facts and Truth over fear and propaganda to help subscribers prepare for What's Next in these increasingly turbulent times."

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Musical Interlude: 2002, "Land of Forever"

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2002, "Land of Forever"

"A Look to the Heavens"

"To some, it looks like a giant chicken running across the sky. To others, it looks like a gaseous nebula where star formation takes place. Cataloged as IC 2944, the Running Chicken Nebula spans about 100 light years and lies about 6,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Centaur (Centaurus).

The featured image, shown in scientifically assigned colors, was captured recently in a 12-hour exposure. The star cluster Collinder 249 is visible embedded in the nebula's glowing gas. Although difficult to discern here, several dark molecular clouds with distinct shapes can be found inside the nebula."

- https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200420.html

"This I Believe..."

“This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual

human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And this I would fight for:

the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.

And this I must fight against:

any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.”

- John Steinbeck

"The Devil’s Work"

"The Devil’s Work"

by The Zman

"There is an old expression that has fallen out of favor in the post-scarcity age, but it may be the key to understanding the current crisis. That expression is, “Idle hands do the Devil’s work.” When people do not have anything productive and useful to do with their time, they are more likely to get involved in trouble and criminality. A variant of this is “The Devil makes work for idle hands.” The idea there is if you want to avoid Old Scratch, then make sure you keep yourself useful to God.

The source of these proverbs is unknown, but variations of them go back to the early middle ages, so it is probable they evolved with Christianity. It is not unreasonable to think the idea is universal to civilization. After all, every human society has had to deal with the idle, lazy, and troublesome. Making sure these people are kept too busy to cause trouble is one of those primary challenges of civilization. Every ruler has known that too many idle young men is bad for his rule.

Even in the smaller context, this is something we instinctively know. In the workplace, people with too much free time get into trouble. If the IT staff has too much free time, they start tinkering around with the stuff that is working and before long that stuff stops working and the system goes down. A big part of what goes on inside the schools is to keep the kids and the teachers busy. Home schoolers have known for years that the learning content is just a few hours a day. The rest is busy work.

The point here is that people of all ages need a purpose, something that occupies their mind and their time. If something useful and productive is not filling that need, then something useless or unproductive will fill the void. For most people this may be a hobby or leisure activity. For others, it often means a useless activity is turned into something important. Elevating the mundane to the level of the critical and then creating drama around the performance of the mundane activity.

This is what we see in our political class. The ruling class of every society has a ceremonial role, a procedural role, and a practical role. Outside of a crisis like a war or natural disaster, the political class is performing its duties in the same way a line worker in a factory preforms his role. In popular government this means the pol shows up at public events. He performs the tasks his office requires like signing papers and casting votes. He helps grease the wheels when they need grease.

Into the 20th century, most of our political offices were part-time jobs. State legislatures met for a short period during the year. Otherwise, the legislators were back home doing their jobs. Executive positions like governor and president were fulltime jobs, as they were in charge of the civil service and in the case of president, commander-in-chief of the military. Within living memory, Washington DC would empty out in the spring and remain empty until the fall when Congress returned.

What we see today is politics at all levels has become a full-time job, but one with less to do when it was considered a part-time job. Congress, for example, is something close to a 24-hour drama now. The politicians and their retinues are now doing politics as a full-time obsession. Yet almost all of what they do is unnecessary. In fact, much of what they do is harmful. Very few things passed by Congress enjoy the support of the majority of the people or even a large plurality.

It is not just that these part-time jobs have been made into full-time obsessions. It is that much of what we used to need from government is now filled by individuals, ad hoc networks, and the private sector. Much of what government does is actually done by private contractors on government contracts. One of the ironies of the post-Cold War world is that the federal workforce has declined relative to the population, while the number of people employed in politics has gone up.

Then there is the fact that much of what government does could be automated or simply eliminated entirely. The services that are required like renewing licenses and paying fees can all be automated. In many cases they have been, but that did not result in fewer people, as we see in the dreaded private sector. Instead, it resulted in more idle hands looking for a purpose. On the political side, much of what Congress does could also be eliminated or automated.

What has happened in the last 30 years is we have grown the idle class at the top of our society and while decreasing their necessity. Much of what goes on in our politics is make work designed to get public attention. Think about it. If the cable news channels were shuttered and the social media platforms run by the oligarchs were closed, what would change in America? Nothing of practical importance. Our world would get quieter and there would be a boom in forgotten hobbies.

American political culture evolved during the Cold War to fight communism and prevent a nuclear war. Those were important tasks that occupied the minds and hands of the political class. Once those things went away, those idle hands searched about for a new crisis. Health care, Gaia worship, Islam and now invisible Nazis have been used to keep the idle hands of the political class busy. In the process, the political class has been driven mad and is threatening the rest of society."

- https://www.theburningplatform.com/

Chet Raymo, “Moments of Being”

“Moments of Being”

by Chet Raymo

“A passage from the "Pensees" of Teihard De Chardin: "Though the phenomena of the lower world remain the same- the material determinisms, the vicissitudes of chance, the laws of labor, the agitations of men, the footfalls of death- he who dares to believe reaches a sphere of created reality in which things, while retaining their habitual texture, seem to be made out of a different substance. Everything remains the same so far as phenomena are concerned, but at the same time everything become luminous, animated, loving..."

Whatever we think of Teilhard's Christocentric phenomenology, however much we are baffled by his vague and gushy prose, it is clear from his writing that he was a man who was in love with the world and experienced it as luminous, animated, and loving. Certainly, the experience he describes is not restricted to "he who dares to believe," by which Teilhard means a specifically Christian faith, or at least a faith which for him involved an image of the "cosmic Christ." No, I would suggest that the interior experience of the world he describes- as luminous, animated, and loving- is an predisposition of the human condition, part of our evolutionary makeup. It finds expression in religion, certainly, but also in art, music, poetry, scientific discovery, and in even in the quiet contemplation of a single flower or grain of sand.

It is an experience we all consciously or unconsciously seek, with varying degrees of success. For certain people- an artist like Kandinsky or a mystic like Teilhard- the interior rhapsodic state seems more or less permanent. For most of us, its achievement is a struggle against the humdrum and superficial, the "habitual texture" of things.

The challenge is not to abjure the world of immediate sensation, but to experience the world as fully as our present knowledge allows- not just earthworms and nematodes, wind and weather, Sun, Moon and stars, but also the ineffable flow of atoms, the ceaseless dance of the DNA, the whirling of the myriad galaxies, the infinite and the infinitesimal- to see in the mind's eye and feel in the mind's heart the fire and the flow that animates all things. We may not experience the universe as "loving," but we might certainly find it lovable.

"The whole universe is aflame," wrote Teilhard. His vision was partly informed by his science and partly by his religious faith. And partly, surely, because he was born with a particularly acute sensitivity to the ineluctable wholeness of things. Those of us of a less sensitive nature will settle for the occasional moments when the gates of our senses unaccountably fling themselves open to the unspeakable and unspoken mystery of the world."

- http://blog.sciencemusings.com/

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"The Philosophy of Blaise Pascal"

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"Maya Angelou's Life Advice"

Full screen recommended.

"Maya Angelou's Life Advice"

"Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim."

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"Palaver and Parable: Trump’s Babble"

"Palaver and Parable: Trump’s Babble"

by Edward Curtin

“All lies and jests

Still a man hears what he wants to hear

And disregards the rest”

– “The Boxer,” Paul Simon

"Listening to Donald Trump is like staring at a record spinning on a turntable and finding your mind spinning with your eyes. Something playing here makes you feel crazy, not in the Patsy Cline sense of her singing “Crazy” about lost love, but in the sense of the song’s original title – “Stupid” – according to Willy Nelson, who wrote it.

Trump is like the mobster Vincent Gigante who walked around Greenwich Village in slippers, pajamas, and a bathrobe in an effort to convince federal prosecutors that he was crazy. Trump’s babble is a similar act. Only a very stupid person would be fooled by it. The Iranians are not stupid, nor should we be.

His latest palaver came yesterday morning when, after days of threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s power grid if it didn’t open the Strait of Hormuz within forty-eight hours, he now says he is postponing such strikes for five days since the U.S. and Iran have held “productive conversations.” He said: "I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions."

Shortly after, Iran denied any such negotiations were taking place. Iranian PRESSTV’s headline read: “We negotiate with enemies with impact-driven strikes,” as it pounded Israel with waves of missiles.

One’s forgettery would have to be operating at full-speed to forget Trump’s past use of “negotiations” as a cover for attacking Iran. He is a treacherous liar and this is probably another blatant delaying tactic that will last a day or two or maybe even five. This becomes especially true as Simplicius and others report that the U.S 82nd Airborne “have gotten their deployment papers,” and Marines are heading for Iran and that Pakistan may be secretly staging U.S. troops to enter Iran from the east.

On February 27, the day before the US/Israel attacked Iran, I asked “Is it just a coincidence that as Trump amasses military strike forces to the west and south of Iran, Pakistan attacks Afghanistan, which countries line the 950 mile eastern border of Iran?” In response to such attacks, Trump said, “Pakistan [that has 170 or so nuclear warheads] is doing terrifically well.”

When the U.S. mainstream press reports that Trump is weighing his options for troops inside Iran, you can be quite certain he has already decided to do so. I have just heard from a friend that his military son has gotten all his shots and his unit is being deployed. To where? He can’t say. This war is moving inexorably toward a most dangerous phase, and as Americans and growing numbers of U.S. soldiers oppose it, the chance of a false flag attack in the U.S. to generate outrage toward Iran from Americans grows with it. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern has just warned of that possibility.

For years, the general consensus among the mainstream and the independent media has been that Trump’s rise twice to the presidency has been a break with tradition because he is so bizarre a character with no political experience, etc. This assessment has come from those who love or hate him. I have argued the opposite for years: that he is an establishment figure from the start, dressed in costume, so to speak. Few have agreed. I recently wrote:

"Some say that is because he is a complete anomaly and was able to twice become president by some strange twist of fate. If that is so, it would be the first and second time in modern history that it happened. A man with no political experience, a comical reality-tv joke, a bombastic fat party boy with weird dyed hair who talks like a version of an East Coast Valley Girl, a womanizer, a very wealthy New York real estate wheeler and dealer, etc. gets the votes of middle Americans who are losing their farms and factory jobs and are angry at the government. All sorts of explanations have been given for this “anomaly,” except that it was not one, except in appearance."

Now it seems that others may be coming around to the same opinion. In a recent article, "Seeing Trump Clearly," Craig Murray, the former British diplomat, author, and Scottish human rights activist, who attended and reported on Julian Assange’s extradition trial, wrote: "It is comforting to see Trump as a buffoon, to accept the facade he presents of a blustering and ill-educated ignoramus, who swings wildly between policy options, and who does not understand the world of geopolitics."

But that is nonsense. Although Trump seems to be a clown, Murray says, it would be a terrible mistake to take seeming for being, for Trump is vicious and very dangerous and wholly intent on destroying the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Iran and the Iranians, while supporting Israel’s takeover of Lebanon and Syria for Greater Israel and the United States. Yes, it is true that Trump and his venal family are also making a financial killing swinging deals throughout the Middle East, but his policies are part of a long-term U.S. strategy. Most importantly, Murray writes:

It is essential not to lose sight of the bipartisan nature of the United States’ long term plan. In a very real sense Trump is continuing – if greatly accelerating – the policy under Biden, who protected and enabled the Genocide in Gaza. The success of this US policy is phenomenal. Just consider that only 18 months ago the Zionist “Presidents” al-Jolani of Syria and Aoun of Lebanon were not in power. Both were brought to power as a result of US-aligned military action, by Israel against Hezbollah and by the CIA and MI6-sponsored HTS forces. Put in place by Biden, they are now central to Trump’s strategy. 

The same could be said for the bipartisan nature of the U.S. strategy toward the Ukrainian proxy war against Russia and the aggressive moves toward China, forecast ten years ago by the late great journalist John Pilger with his powerful documentary, "The Coming War on China."

The other evening a man went for a walk around his residential neighborhood in a small very liberal (Democratic Party ) New England town. He encountered no one except a squirrel, a few crows, and a host of black vultures circling overhead. As he was turning back home, a man emerged from the side door of a large house that had been posting the Ukrainian flag since February 2022. He recognized the man as the one who had donated a large cache of books about the CIA, Russia, Philip Agee (former CIA dissident), etc. to the local library. The man started scattering jelly beans on the lawn. The walker asked him what he was doing and the man said he was doing it to keep the Iranians from invading. The walker said, “But the Iranians aren’t invading.” To which the man replied, “See, it’s working. The Russians are afraid of jelly beans.”

- https://www.theburningplatform.com/

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Simon & Garfunkel, "The Boxer"