How the US Became an International Serial Killer
An Iran-focused update on America’s shameful, destabilizing status as global killer in chief
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Iran War: Mainstream Media Starting to Acknowledge Potential Iran Victory as Trump Flails About, Readying Ground Assault; EU Reversal on Russia Oil Sanctions, Emergency Actions in Asia, Even China, Shows Accelerating Economic Damage
Today’s Iran war update: the current reduction in temperatures does not mean a resolution of the war or damage to the global economy is nigh.
Read more...Iran War: US/Israel Attacks Near Iran Energy Infrastructure; Temporary TACO as Boots on the Ground Moves Continue? Postol on How Iran Nukes Israel in Retaliation and the Horrific Consequences; Gulf States Double Down on Loyalty to US
Today’s Iran war update: Trump moves toward a ground attack as positions on all sides are hardening and the global economy bleeds out
Read more...Iran War: Trump’s 48 Hour Deadline Approaches; Soldiers Fearful as Lindsey Graham Calls for Their Sacrifice; Complacency in Face of Intersecting Shortages, Like Food and Plastics
Today’s Iran war update: Let us hope that this saying proves not to be germane – Things look the darkest before they go completely black.”
Read more...War Widens to the Caspian. Why Isn’t Iran Attacking Azerbaijan?
Iran issues warnings to Baku as Israel strikes its Caspian fleet in maritime space shared with Russia.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Issues 48 Hour Unhinged Ultimatum to Iran; Iran Vows Mass Destruction Countermeasures; Israel Takes Hit to Dimona Area, Other Blows After Second Firing on Iran Nuclear Reactor Site ; More Warnings of Deep Damage from Strait of Hormuz Closure, LNG Reduction Effects
Today’s Iran war update: Trump threatens action which will lead to Iran retaliation that will destroy the world economy. Will he proceed?
Read more...Apocalypse Now— West Asia Edition
The empire has backed itself into a corner: admit defeat or resort to increasingly deranged measures.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Escalates via Preparation for Ground Assault; Israel Takes More Pounding, Husbands Air Defenses; Coming Helium, Jet Fuel Shortages; Prospects for Vastly Higher Oil Prices
Trump gives trademark mixed signals as the US moves to deploy special forces in the Iran war in the face of kinetic and economic losses.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Iran, Israel, and World War III
Michael Hudson provides a deep dive into US foreign policy and its use of dollar dominance.
Read more...Iran War: Even as Breakdowns and Lasting Damage Mount, Denial, Normalcy Bias, and Arrogance of the Belligerents Will Produce a Long and Highly Destructive War
Today’s Iran War report: denial will kills us all. Refusal to see where this war is probably going increases the odds of worst-case outcomes.
Read more...The Epistemic Break of the Iran War
The Iran War is shattering the U.S. illusion of power, breaking truths that are being replaced by AI models and creating an epistemic collapse
Read more...Iran War: Leap Up Escalation Ladder with Israel//US Attack on Iran Gas Field, Nuclear Plant, Iran Retaliation on Qatar Gas Facilities, Other Energy Infrastructure Across Region; MSM Initial Under-Reporting Not Blunting Surge in UK, EU Gas Prices;
Iran war news: The Middle East burns thanks to epically stupid Israeli attacks on Iran’s energy assets, which produced a fierce response
Read more...Iran War: Joe Kent Resignation Bombshell; US Deploys Bunker-Busters Near Strait of Hormuz; Iran Makes Retaliatory Strikes on Israel, Across Gulf for Ali Larijani Assassination; Real World Oil Prices Diverge from Paper Oil
Today’s Iran war update: attritional slugging continues as Joe Kent’s resignation shows MAGA doubts and the economic tsunami starts rolls in.
Read more...What Does Europe Do Now?
EU economy chief downplays risks from war against Iran as misleadership class seeks ways to make crises even worse.
Read more...Iran War: No Uptake to Trump Plea for Help With Opening Strait of Hormuz; Israel Claims Assassination of Iran Security Chief; Iran Clarifies That Friendly Countries Can Transit, Strikes UAE Terminal at Fajarah, Trump Delays Xi Summit
Today’s Iran war update: Trump embarrassment, more Israel decapitation, Iran continues working over Israel, US airbases, and the Gulf States.
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