The United States and Israel are both revelling in inflicting the maximum possible death and suffering on Iran. After the genocide in Gaza, on a far larger field in Iran, those in power in Israel and the USA have a lust to kill and they revel in impunity.
The Epstein files reveal the same dynamic. We live in a society where those who obtain power wish to exercise it in the cruellest possible ways against the most defenceless. It appears to be a feature of late Western capitalist society, where sociopathic tendencies are essential to obtaining power, in a society which rejects altruism and cooperation as concepts and promotes competition, self-love and ruthlessness.
Iran is showing commendable fighting spirit, but as my last article stated, American military power should not be underestimated. They have the ability to destroy Iran from the air, to obliterate the institutions of the state and all of the key civilian infrastructure. Electricity, water, healthcare, education, administration, policing all can be knocked out just as they were systematically in Gaza and – on a scale insufficiently recalled – in Iraq.
Trump is already asking Congress for $50 billion to fund the operation and replenish stocks. The scale of destruction Netanyahu envisages will cost at least half a trillion dollars from the US Treasury. But there is nothing that can stop them.
I witnessed close up over five months the 80 to 100,000 homes destroyed in Lebanon by Israel in the last three years. We have all seen what they did to Gaza. The notion they cannot do this to Iran is simply wrong. It requires a colossal effort of will, a mania for killing, a vast amount of money and the depletion of the US arsenal. But they can do it.
Only political action by the peoples of the West against their leaders can stop it.
Iran and its allies have been the only physical opposition to the creation of Greater Israel. If the physical destruction of Iran is achieved, Greater Israel will be established at pace. One of the world’s greatest civilisations will lie in ashes, covering millions of corpses, but none of that will prevent the extraction of oil.
Pete Hegseth, American Secretary for War, simply comes over as a Nazi thug. He plainly is enjoying this as much as Netanyahu, Ben Gvir or Smotrich. He has gloatingly promised “Death and destruction from the sky, all day long”. He repeatedly signals ever-escalating bombing.
The Iranian Red Crescent has listed the bombing destruction so far. It includes:
- 5,535 civilian residential units
- 1,041 commercial units
- 65 schools
- 14 hospitals and medical centres
- 13 Red Crescent Society bases
By contrast, there has been no credible claim that Iran has inflicted widespread civilian damage. It has very tightly targeted specific facilities – collateral damage seems almost entirely confined to debris from intercepted drones and missiles.
But we know the US/Israel axis targets hospitals and medical facilities. It is proven beyond doubt in Gaza, and I witnessed it in Beirut.
In gloating about US military superiority, Trump advised Iranian civilians:
“Don’t leave your home. It’s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere.”
Yet they are deliberately bombing residential buildings, exactly as in both Lebanon and Gaza. Trump is attempting to terrorise Iran into “unconditional surrender”.
At the Battle of Waterloo – an epic, large-scale and unmissable event – approximately 15,000 people died on the field of battle (more died later of wounds in an age before antibiotics). You are supposed to believe that the Iranian government in January killed twice as many demonstrators as died at Waterloo. This using only small arms and despite the complete lack of visual evidence of killing on anything like that scale.
At the same time you are supposed to believe that tens of thousands of tonnes of the highest explosives have been dropped into the centre of cities all across Iran but that these are “precision attacks” killing very few civilians.
It is obvious nonsense.
AI targeting only adds a new layer of dystopia to an entirely vicious and unnecessary war. The indifference of the Western media to the slaughter of 160 Iranian schoolgirls leads to really difficult questions about the type of society the West has become. Racism is just the beginning of the problems.
The effort to coerce the Kurds into yet again fighting for the USA, only to be abandoned when no longer deemed helpful, is reckless in the extreme. It is bound to lead to further war and fragmentation in Iraq. The repercussions in Turkey are potentially extreme – and possibly may jolt Erdoğan from his complacent furthering of the US/Israeli agenda.
Civil war is close in Lebanon. The traitorous Zionist regime of General Aoun has no forces capable of taking on Hezbollah; but the other Zionist puppet al-Jolani has concentrated forces on the border with the Bekaa Valley ready to attack Hezbollah from the East while they fight Israeli invading forces in the South. Macron has indicated he may send troops and armour to assist Aoun.
This entire conflict sounds like a dreadful regional disaster in which millions could die – and it is. But to the US and Israeli Zionists, the prospect of a devastated region is precisely what they wish to achieve to facilitate Israeli expansion and American seizure of resources.
There is an urgent need for regime change – in the West. The only way for this carnage to stop is for the people of the West to remove their Zionist-controlled ruling classes.
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First thoughts.
As per Mr Murray’s recent tweet a few minutes ago about the UN Security Council passing a motion condemning Iran’s action in violating the sovereingty of the GCC states without reference to the unprovoked, illegal war of aggression perpetrated by US/Israel against Iran (from bases in GCC states) without China and Russia vetoing; this I fear is conclusively the final death knell of the U.N. There is no retrieving it.
China and Russia will lead BRICS to create and maintain an alternative international architecture for economic transactions and the application of the [new] rules of international law covering the BRICS states and partners. By, in effect, dismissing the UN Security Council as a serious body China and Russia are demonstrating that they have confidence in their capacity to enforce economic and military power via their alternative BRICS architecture without recourse to the non BRICS nations and will be able defend their sovereignty and allied partner states against the barbarism of the western imperial powers. This will encourage the global majority to seek partnership with them and seek protection under their umbrella. Will we get to this without US/Israel/Western powers dropping nuclear bombs ? I very much hope we can avoid WWIII.
Another way of putting it would be that the only UNSC permanent members who are not in NATO have decided to sit on their hands.
The “Abraham accords” deserve a place in the hall of shame alongside the Camp David and Oslo agreements.
It is supposed to have been Bahrain that drafted and led the negotiations on the text of the resolution. I wonder whether the Zionists allowed the Bahraini ambassador to keep the pen he used when he wrote down what they dictated to him.
Meanwhile listen to these amnesic words from France’s barefaced representative: “This war, which poses grave risks to regional security, must end now. Only respect for international law and diplomacy can ensure the lasting security and stability of the region.”
Russia came up with another draft. This was rejected. There were four votes in favour (China, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia), two against (Latvia, United States), and nine abstentions (Bahrain, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, France, Greece, Liberia, Panama, United Kingdom).
Apparently “China’s representative also expressed regret that Moscow’s draft resolution was not adopted, declaring: ‘This is a war that should not have happened, and a war that benefits no one.’ ” Was this representative’s brain on holiday or what? Or is he saying he knows the Zionists’ best interests better than the Zionists themselves do? (Which is extremely unlikely.)
https://press.un.org/en/2026/sc16315.doc.htm
“Also addressing the Council today were the representatives of Israel and Iran.
The former, welcoming the Gulf States’ initiative to condemn Iran’s attacks, said the Council’s message is clear: “Targeting civilians is wrong, targeting cities is wrong, and Iran must stop.” Stressing that Iran used diplomacy as cover while it fortified its nuclear programme, he rejected Iran’s assertions that its nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful. “That is simply not true,” he said.
“Today’s adoption is a serious setback to the Council’s credibility and leaves a lasting stain on its record,” said Tehran’s delegate. The very State responsible for the brutal war of aggression against his country — the United States — sits in the Chamber as Council President, abusing his position while obstructing every effort to bring an end to the barbaric war. “Let me make it clear — this resolution is a manifest injustice against my country, the main victim of a clear act of aggression.””
Yes – that’s the Zionist, spokesperson for an occupying regime that has displaced two million civilians in Gaza, killing many tens of thousands, saying targeting civilians is wrong – and Russian and China for some reason not leaving the room.
You have to wonder what the US thinks they have achieved by bringing this resolution. They gaily ignore the UN every time it makes rulings the US doesn’t like, yet assumes that everyone else will be impressed every time it rules the way the US wants.
“Yes – that’s the Zionist, spokesperson for an occupying regime that has displaced two million civilians in Gaza, killing many tens of thousands, saying targeting civilians is wrong ”
It’s just SOC (standard operational chutzpah). Great for winding up the goyim!
Now would be the time for Xi to step up and act as mediator to negotiate some kind of deal to stop this pointless war. He has leverage with both sides but unless I missed it I haven’t seen any sign anything happening. It’s going to damage China’s economy so he has some good incentive.
Time for Napoleon again: “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake”. I expect Sun Tzu said something along those lines, too.
That’s if China wants or can afford to regard the US as it’s enemy. It’s by far the largest importer of Chinese goods ($525 billion) despite Trump’s tariffs. China also imports 74% of its oil, 11 million barrels per day, 5 million of which previously passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
“That’s if China wants or can afford to regard the US as it’s enemy.”
China doesn’t have that option. The US is already its enemy. The US imports Chinese goods because it has to, because it’s outsourced all its manufacturing to China. If it is able to stop doing so, it will, as soon as it can. China also controls the supply of rare earth elements that the US needs for the weapons it will need when it attacks China. The real question is if the US can afford to alienate China, not vice versa.
China is very involved. It is supplying Iran with everything it needs. It is receiving oil and uranium. Russia, on the other hand, is offering to supply Europe with gas and oil. It may be a bit soon for us to consider this kind offer. I think a few false flags would serve to mess up our freedom of speech even more, if it was to be realistically considered, as our neoliberal hegemonists would not agree happily to us dodging the horror they want to inflict on us, with food shortages, due to oil embargoes. If our former Middle East allies feel that American bases served only to make them targets to Trump’s folly, then we really will need all the diplomacy the country can muster
“Russia, on the other hand, is offering to supply Europe with gas and oil. ”
Nope, the last word on the subject from Russia was precisely the opposite: apart from Czechia and Hungary, the Russians are planning to stop supplying what little gas they are currently exporting, ahead of the EU’s April ban.
Okay – that’s no surprise. India has accepted Russia’s offer. The EU will no doubt need to shift its position on Ukraine first if the rest are to be included
“Pentagon officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing that they estimated the cost of the war against Iran had exceeded $11.3 billion in the first six days alone — NYT reports.”
Meanwhile the mad man Trump at a rally, has said the US has won the war.
Comments online – that unofficially a UN rep has said that the US has used tactical nukes in the illegal war on Iran.
Republicofscotland
March 12, 2026 at 10:12
“Comments online – that unofficially a UN rep has said that the US has used tactical nukes in the illegal war on Iran.”
Wow.
Any link to support that claim?
I expect that the Iranians would have reacted strongly if true.
““Pentagon officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing that they estimated the cost of the war against Iran had exceeded $11.3 billion in the first six days alone — NYT reports.””
From the point of view of the people who actually run the US, that’s not a bug, that’s a feature:
https://thedemocracydefender.substack.com/p/iran-war-we-follow-the-money-to-mar?
What’s another eleven billion when you’re technically bankrupt (~$40Trn debt) ? Just magic up more as you need it, simples.
Should I be surprised by this from the UN, after all the shit and lack of action from them on the genocide in Gaza, probably not.
“The United Nations Security Council just passed Resolution 2817 demanding that Iran stop defending itself from US and Israeli attacks.”
Heartening if true:
Slightly over a week before the Epstein Syndicate decapitation strike on Tehran on February 28, Russian intel sent to the IRGC the fully developed US strike plan – complete with target matrices, launch platforms, timing sequences.
From https://strategic-culture.su/news/2026/03/12/how-russia-and-india-approach-the-war-on-iran/
Whoops!
What do we think true or not so true? Afterall the Yanks and the Zionists like to cover up their, military incidents and their losses.
“The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet:
“On March 12, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) experienced a fire that originated in the ship’s main laundry spaces. The cause of the fire was not combat-related and is contained.
There is no damage to the ship’s propulsion plant, and the aircraft carrier remains fully operational.””
“The cause of the fire was not combat-related and is contained.”
Ah, but was it shit-related?
I’d imagine Iranian subs – could pop up off the coast of England, a deliver a big surprise to Starmer and Co.
“American B-1 bombers being loaded with heavy GBU-31 JDAM’s bombs at a military base in the United Kingdom in preparation for strikes on Iran.
At least 15 US bombers are currently stationed at RAF Fairford in UK, regularly taking part in the war on Iran”
It would be a surprise as none of them have the range to get here.
A Trojan Horse, drones launched from a lorry or merchant ship, is more likely or old fashioned stuff like a car bomb.
I suppose Diego Garcia, would also do just fine.
“It would be a surprise as none of them have the range to get here.”
Not that the security services know about, anyway. That goes for missiles, too and the security services haven’t exactly been covering themselves in glory in this war so far.
Iran lets one of its allies pass unmolested.
“A Chinese vessels is currently transiting the Strait of Hormuz without any issue, permitted by Iran.”
https://nitter.poast.org/MonitorX99800/status/2032137836778901698#m
“Quote of the day:
Alireza Tangsiri, Commander of the IRGC Navy:
We guarantee the security of any oil tanker, under any flag, that can convince an American destroyer to escort it through the Strait of Hormuz.
Borrowed from Moon of Alabama.
Bulk carrier, no oil or gas tankers have made the passage yet and a Chinese owned ship was attacked.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fact-check-are-ships-pretending-to-be-chinese-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/ar-AA1Yt9t3
Trump’s been briefed about Iranian sleeper cells in the USA, so let the false flag ops begin – as your rights will take a big hit afterwards.
https://nitter.poast.org/_TruthZone_/status/2031929959527129183#m
To return to the subject of this post, it seems that Netanyahu hasn’t been seen for several days now and the Iranians have started trolling: https://t.me/rocknrollgeopolitics/18303 I would imagine that the joy would be worldwide at the death and destruction of Bibi.
Vance, too, I believe. Dastardly deeds are afoot, no doubt, and they are probably deep underground somewhere in Israel planning the Samson option, or something similarly indiscriminate. Epstein’s bank account is being used in Israel. The Iranian annual parade in London has been banned this year, though many were wanting to remember and remind people of their imprisonment in the terrible Evin prison in Iran, before they attained refugee status in the UK.
False flag attacks will want to draw us into forming partisan positions. I hope no one in authority is prepared to sacrifice us to serve the horror show unfolding, but they will have to be working hard diplomatically to deflect any such attempt. We have hosted weapons producers for many years and Palestine Action has ensured we do not forget this is happening. There is an imbalance within decision making cadres. Starmer is trying to steady the situation and anticipate ahead
Short interview of Deputy PM of Iraqi Kurdish region, they’re staying out of Iran? https://youtu.be/NqeT68ukZYI?si=gVz9GqRJlKLlqWM0
1.4k comments, all I scrolled through seemed impressed by his answers
Apparently – Iranian forces left the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier unable to carry out its duties, so it – and its strike group. are heading away from the conflict back towards the States.
Republicofscotland
March 13, 2026 at 10:10
Any link for that claim?
Mulling thoughts. Spring, night,
Outside the wind is howling.
Shredded tents; Gaza.
Palestinians,
Iranians, resisting.
Storms drive roots deeper.
Faith in resistance.
Spring sends empires scattering;
Sacrifices yield.
Discovered with the help of sourced AI chat, something that makes it even worse that Trump-Hegseth gutted the staff who had checked targeting packages for incorrect details like schools.
They would have known that their military was still relying on a legacy database from the 1990s called MIDB. It requires manual updating via a spreadsheet like interface. So often outdated info.
They have been transitioning to a new system called MARS, with some integrated machine learning. Scheduled for 2024/2025 but still not rolled out apparently.
The religious war nut Pete Hegseth – has given an unbelievable account on the illegal war on Iran speech, claiming that Iran’s military is on its last legs, and that the last thing any IRGC personnel sees on bombers is the Star of David and the Stars&Stripes.
Probably what the zealot/warhawk Hegseth means – is that they’ve ran out of schools and hospitals to bomb, at last count it was 16 hospitals and I think 60 schools bombed.
Of course, the fact that both Israel and the US are withholding info on damage to their staging posts, that all but surround Iran on Satrap soil, says a lot to me, and then there’s the below.
“Satellite imaging firms Planet Labs and Maxar Technologies have both paused the release of footage from the region. Planet Labs, whose images revealed damage to bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar, said that it would place a 14-day delay on new images to “prevent adversarial actors endangering the safety of allied and NATO-partner personnel.”
The Gulf monarchies have taken a more draconian approach, with the UAE threatening fines and jail time for anyone sharing videos of Iranian attacks, and Bahraini prosecutors reportedly seeking the death penalty for recording a video of a malfunctioning US Patriot air defense system hitting a residential area and allegedly killing more than 30 civilians. “
The leader of the free world.
Trump said he asked: “Why don’t we just capture the ship [1] ? We could have used it. Why did we sink them?”
He said that an unspecified official told him, “It’s more fun to sink them.”
As the crowd laughed, Trump went on, chuckling himself:
“They like sinking them better. They say it’s safer to sink them. I guess it’s probably true.”
[1] The Iranian warship IRIS Dena in international waters.
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/03/11/it-was-more-fun-to-kill-than-capture-iranians/
The US Navy should reintroduce prize money.
There’s lots of speculation online – that Netanyahu has been killed in an Iranian strike on his office -he (Netanyahu) hasn’t been seen in public since the strike.
The Devil may look after his own, but perhaps he finally got fed up with Bibi.
Starmer is complicit in aiding the illegal war on Iran.
“Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is refusing to tell the media or parliament how many Iranian civilians have been killed by US bombing missions from British air bases.
Officials are also not commenting on whether target lists for so-called “defensive” US strikes from British soil are approved by the UK before each mission, or if they are audited afterwards.
Further questions about whether the US uses artificial intelligence to compile these target lists, or whether it is allowed to load banned cluster bombs at UK bases, were rebuffed.”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-military-refuses-to-give-running-commentary-on-iran-civilian-deaths/
“Three B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers arrived at RAF Fairford this morning, bringing the total to six on the ground.
They join the fleet of 12 B-1 Lancers, two of which took off this morning.
In addition, supplies of JDAM bunker-piercing bombs continue to be moved across the airfield”
Lets not forget Iran is a UN founding member – one wonders what UNESCO would say – if say Iran bombed the Eiffel Tower, or the Statue of Liberty or the Coliseum in Rome, or London’s Tower Bridge, would UNESCO be silent then, I very much doubt it.
“UNESCO seemingly has nothing to say while US-Israeli forces bomb UNESCO World Heritage sites across Iran”
UN = US, true since it was founded.
Indeed, the UN HQ must be removed from NY – and placed more central in the world – its credibility has been badly damaged of late.
Scott Bessent – the US Treasury Secretary gave an interview, in which half way through it, a suited person interrupted the interview, to tell him the president needed to see him immediately, on return Bessent looked visibly shaken, and stumbled through the rest of the interview.
anyway its not just Netanyahu that’s not been seen in public since the strike, Ben Gvir has also disappeared from the public gaze.
From Geopolitics Prime on Telegram:
Three reasons why the US can’t win a war with Iran
Placing US boots on the ground in Iran would be a disaster, ex‑CIA analyst Larry Johnson and retired US Army Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson say on the Nima Alkhorshid podcast.
1️⃣ A war can’t be won by planes
Pentagon generals admit that no war can be won by air power alone, but there is no viable ground option available for the Iran campaign either, military experts say.
🌏 The US 82nd Airborne Division may be in the Iran war zone — but they’re not equipped to sustain a ground fight there for more than 48 hours, Johnson stresses.
🌏 “People watch too many of these damn Hollywood movies where soldiers can do superhuman feats and do not have to worry about logistics,” the CIA veteran says.
2️⃣ Bringing in troops = massive casualties
🌏 “To put someone there now, we would use the Restriction of Movement (ROM) facility in Kuwait,” Wilkerson says, referring to hubs for managing personnel movements. “Look at a map! You’d have to go through that little arm of Iraq that features Basra and you’d have to go in some very difficult territory to get into Iran if you did that. That’s out of the question”
🌏 Another option discussed is to use amphibious ships and load them with thousands of Marines, Wilkerson continues.
“First problem is you got to find the amphibious bottoms,” the retired colonel says.
“Check out the debate going on between the Navy and the Marine Corps over the Navy’s lack of funding and the Navy’s lack of funding even for maintenance for these amphibious bottoms.”
🌏 And even if you manage to bring US Marines to the Iranian beaches, “they’d all be killed inside the beach” by Iranian missiles.
3️⃣ No manpower for this operation
The problem, meanwhile, is that the US doesn’t have the manpower for an operation of such a scale:
“It’s not just the difficulty of getting it there in the first place without massive casualties. We don’t have the manpower,” Wilkerson stresses.
We do want to fight, but, by jingo! if we do,
We’ll have no men, we’ve got no ships, we’ll lose our money, too.
Wilkersons last plan, now becoming clearer as the US is moving 5000 Marines towards the Persian Gulf, wanting to take Kharg island, is bound to fail.
How are these forces getting past the Hormuz gap? Without inviting a turkey shoot, above water and from below?
Does it not look as if the US is planning a horrible end to their Bibi support act, only to realise late that they have been led by the nose from the start by this Zionazi?
nevermind
March 14, 2026 at 14:44
Yes.
An airborne assault via (?) Iraq is probably the only option for the Trump military.
It woukd take a lot of helicopters to transport (?) 5000 marines though.
A shit show…
Hegseth might be stupid enough to do it.
But it will end in tears…
That would only be the start. A force that size would require probably 200-300 tonnes of supplies every day which would have to flown in. A forward operating base would be needed where the aircraft could be re-fuelled, repaired and maintained. It would be a real nightmare.
Plus the Iraqis aren’t exactly friendly, now that they see a chance of getting out from under the arse of the USA.