Josh Rogin: “Somebody shorted the oil market today by hundreds of millions of dollars exactly 20 minutes before Trump made his announcement—
If you see that once, it could be a coincidence. But that's happened at least three times, if not more, since the war began — that's a pattern”
At Pentagon worship service today, Pete Hegseth again read a violent prayer to bless the Iran war. But this time his prayer was apparently borrowed from 'Pulp Fiction.' I promise I'm not writing for @theonion.com now:
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...
This is Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen
He just called on Trump to assassinate the Iranian delegation.
1. This is a war crime
2. Wash Post is now state media and promoting war crimes
3. Why are you still subscribed to them?
Yes, inviting you to my platform: www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe
Kerry: I was part of the any number of conversations with Netanyahu.
Psaki: Pitching the US strike Iran?
Kerry: Yes, he wanted us to strike. He came to President Obama. He made a presentation to ask to strike. President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused.
Trump's son-in-law, his business buddy and JD Vance are going to negotiate an end to the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran.
We need to talk about how fucked up this is. 🧵
The only president stupid enough to do it.
What’s killing NATO isn’t the European refusals to access to US bases, but Trump’s unilateral decision to redefining NATO as a US force-projection tool rather than a collective defense arrangement.
That’s the constitutional coup against the alliance.
Europe didn’t break NATO, Trump did.
"The Times’s analysis shows that the damage was often caused by strikes in crowded neighborhoods"
"In most instances examined by The Times, the intended target of a strike was not clear. In some cases, schools and health care facilities ... were directly hit."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
I am not one of those who believes that history repeats, but consider the following from Herodotus: the Oracle at Delphi told the fabulously wealthy King Croesus that if he invaded Persia he would "destroy a great empire." Croesus invaded and lost--the empire he destroyed was his own.
The president of the United States is now threatening to commit genocide.
Vance accuses EU of ‘foreign interference’ in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbán
JD Vance flies to Hungary to interfere with the election, while complaining that people who haven't flown to Hungary to interfere with the election are interfering with the election.
I doubt he'd know where to feed himself if it wasn't for his mouth flapping all day long.
www.theguardian.com/uk
Opiniestuk in De Standaard over de centrale rol van technologiebedrijven in hedendaagse oorlogsvoering: www.standaard.be/opinies/de-m...
He was in 1972.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15654729/amp/trump-not-afraid-ground-combat-iran.html
can't help but notice whose losses are expressed in dollars and whose losses are expressed in lives
Footage reviewed and geolocated by Bellingcat confirms US tomahawk missiles hit the girls’ primary school in southern Iran that killed 175 people, most of them children.
Researcher Trevor Ball notes Israel does not possess Tomahawk missiles. United States does.
real life or a leak of tonight SNL's cold open? You decide
Welke argumenten en propaganda ook gebruikt worden in deze oorlog, dit beeld zal niet vergeten worden.
There won’t be $5B of US arms “aid” to Ukraine next year, as Rutte suggests here. The 2026 US defense budget mentions an amount of $400 MILLION. The 5 BILLION Rutte mentioned refers to US arms SALES to other NATO countries, who will then pass the goodies on to Ukraine. That’s BUSINESS, not aid.
Een minister van Buitenlandse Zaken die in de eerste week van zijn ambtstermijn doodleuk zegt dat "het internationale recht niet enige kader om de situatie te beoordelen is." Als het dat niet altijd wél is, is er geen internationaal recht meer.
Hegseth: "Israel has clear missions as well for which we are grateful. Capable partners are good partners, unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force ... no stupid rules of engagement."
Sam Altman picked a hell of a day to basically urge the world to trust the morality and legal restraint of the Department of Defense
Quick reactions after learning that no, nobody could stop him. 1/ goodauthority.org/news/trump-m... 1/
Niet onbelangrijk, maar dreigt door Iran ondergesneeuwd te geraken:
OpenAI (bedrijf achter ChatGPT) heeft akkoord gesloten met VS ministerie Defensie over gebruik van zijn AI-modellen.
Concurrent Anthropic weigerde eerder om zijn AI-tools zonder beperkingen beschikbaar te stellen aan leger.
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As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter
Foreign Minister Sikorski:
Contrary to what Russian propaganda says, NATO did not expand into Central European countries. It was us - our countries, the countries of our region, including Poland - that sought membership.
