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The War Pigs Are Finally Revealing Themselves – And This Is Just The Beginning…
The War Pigs Are Finally Revealing Themselves – And This Is Just The Beginning… In 2016 during the election campaign of Donald Trump one of the primary factors of his popularity among conservatives was that he was one of the first candidates since Ron Paul to argue for bringing US troops home and ending American […]
Israel Bombs Weapons Depot Run By Iranian Militia
Israel Bombs Weapons Depot Run By Iranian Militia Tensions continued to climb in the Middle East Thursday evening as reports of another air strike have been confirmed, but this time, it was the Israelis doing the shelling. According to reports by domestic and western media, the Israeli air force carried out an attack against an […]
Rockets Reportedly Hit Near US Base North Of Baghdad (Again)
Rockets Reportedly Hit Near US Base North Of Baghdad (Again) Another day, another rocket (alleged) rocket attack on a US airbase in Iraq. Al-Sumaria reports that rockets hit the Balad Air Base, about 40 miles north of Baghdad, where US troops are stationed. The source said in an interview with Alsumaria News, “A missile, whose type […]
Round one is over – an initial assessment
Round one is over – an initial assessment Dear friends, Looks like Round 1 is over. Let’s begin with a small recap of events: Iran fired a relatively small number of short range missiles at one, possibly two, US bases The IRGC indicated that if Iran is attacked, then so will Israel Trump tweeted “so […]
On The Idiotic Partisan Debate Over Regime Change In Iran Or Syria
On The Idiotic Partisan Debate Over Regime Change In Iran Or Syria I love my job. Really, I do. But writing about US military agendas for a living often brings one into contact with such staggering stupidity that all you can do is pause and wonder how our species survived past the invention of the pointy […]
Iran Refuses To Hand Over Crash Data, Stoking Speculation Plane Was Accidentally Shot Down
Iran Refuses To Hand Over Crash Data, Stoking Speculation Plane Was Accidentally Shot Down Iran will reportedly refuse to hand over black box data from the Boeing 737 that crashed over Tehran last night to Boeing, stoking speculation that the aircraft was shot down by an Iranian missile. Video of wreckage from the crash, which […]
No Survivors After Ukraine-Bound 737 Crashes Two Minutes Into Flight From Tehran
No Survivors After Ukraine-Bound 737 Crashes Two Minutes Into Flight From Tehran Update: There were no survivors in the Ukraine International 737-800 which crashed shortly after takeoff from Iran, according to the head of the Iranian Red Crescent’s Relief and Rescue Organization in an appearance on state television. The New York Times, meanwhile, reports that the plane was […]
Tanker Operators Suspend Travel Through Strait Of Hormuz
Tanker Operators Suspend Travel Through Strait Of Hormuz Following Iran’s decision to lob missiles at US-Iraqi bases last night, several major tanker operators have suspended sailing through the Straits of Hormuz, the site of several tanker attacks last year. Petrobras, Bahri – Saudi Arabia’s state-run tanker operator – and other tanker companies have suspended sailing […]
Another Stupid War
Another Stupid War All I wanted to do this week was work on part 2 of my localism series, but circumstances quickly got the best of me. The assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani was an event of such historical significance, I feel obligated to detail my thoughts on what it means and how […]
Indonesia Deploys Fighter Jets To South China Sea Amid Tensions With China
Indonesia Deploys Fighter Jets To South China Sea Amid Tensions With China The Indonesian Air Force has deployed four General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons to the South China Sea on Tuesday in a stand-off with China over its exclusive economic zone, reported Reuters. The stand-off began last month when Beijing sent a coast guard vessel and […]
Iranian MPs Pass Bill Labeling All US Military Personnel “Terrorist Entities”
Iranian MPs Pass Bill Labeling All US Military Personnel “Terrorist Entities” Lawmakers of the Islamic Consultative Assembly on Tuesday have labeled the Pentagon and its affiliates as terrorist entities under a new law, according to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Iran’s new legislation was overwhelmingly approved by 223 lawmakers, according to IRNA. The law comes in response to the […]
Futures Tumble After Iran Fires “More Than A Dozen” Ballistic Missiles At Two US Targets In Iraq
Futures Tumble After Iran Fires “More Than A Dozen” Ballistic Missiles At Two US Targets In Iraq Update 8: The Pentagon has released a full statement on the attacks, claiming that more than a dozen missiles were fired from within Iran, and that at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US troops were targeted. Statement from […]
Iran Evaluating 13 Retaliation Scenarios To Inflict “Historic Nightmare” On US
Iran Evaluating 13 Retaliation Scenarios To Inflict “Historic Nightmare” On US Breaking a 5-day silence over its response for the US killing of General Qassem Soleimani, on Tuesday Iran said it was assessing 13 scenarios to inflict a “historic nightmare” on the US. “Even if the weakest of these scenarios gain a consensus, its implementation can […]
“We’re Going To War, Bro”: Elite 82nd Airborne In Largest ‘Fast Deployment’ In A Decade
“We’re Going To War, Bro”: Elite 82nd Airborne In Largest ‘Fast Deployment’ In A Decade “We’re going to war, bro” — declared a young US soldier from the US Army’s celebrated 82nd Airborne Division. He gave reporters a confident two thumbs up as his unit moved out on its largest “fast deployment” in a decade at a moment Iran has promised to inflict a […]
Amphibious Assault Ship Bataan With 2,000 Marines On Board Is Headed Toward Iraq
Amphibious Assault Ship Bataan With 2,000 Marines On Board Is Headed Toward Iraq The Iraqi parliament voted on Sunday to expel US troops out of the country but so far, it appears that nobody in the US got the memo. In fact quite the contrary. According to the US Naval Institute, amid rising tensions with Iran, […]
