US and Israel carrying out strikes against Iran

RE · Jul 18, 2026, 10:27 PM

NEWSWEEK.COM • 2026-07-18

State Department Issues Worldwide Travel Warning as Iran Conflict Escalates

The diplomatic warning reflects growing anxiety that hostilities are rapidly expanding beyond Iran's borders, threatening to draw neighboring countries deeper into the theater of war.

At least this article reports that the Ceaseless Fire agreement has collapsed, rather than saying it "looks shaky" or some other nonsense. Slightly more realistic journalism. 🙄

Far as overseas travel goes, definitely not a good time to be planning a Cruise to hit the Casinos in Dubai. lol. Wouldn't recommend being an Amerikan Tourista in London or Paris either.

Far as Assymetric Warfare goes, this would be about the time I'd start to expect some type of Cyber Attack or perhaps an actual physical bombing of some energy infrastructure target here on Home Soil by Iranian Black Ops. They've got to have some agents and/or sleeper cells over here. If not over here, maybe hit an Amerikan Embassy somewhere in Europe.

Piracy also seems to be revving up around Yemen and the Ukraine War is spreading out into Poland and the Baltic states. More action in the South China Sea as well with the FSoA Coast Guard (!) buzzing the waters around the Phillipines. IOW, the Oil Resource Wars are evolving from Regional Conflict toward a genuine World War. So far the Chinese have managed to stay out of the Party directly, but the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if they move on Taiwan sometime soon.

SpaceX has lost half it's value, and even Big Blue (IBM) took a big hit last week, so the AI Bubble is looking very shaky. We're getting closer to tipping over the edge.

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K-Dog · Jul 19, 2026, 11:23 AM

WSJ.COM • 2026-07-18

Israel’s $50 Million Experiment to Change U.S. Public Opinion

The Israeli government is trying to shore up its U.S. reputation with help from influencers, Trump insiders and millions of AI-driven texts.

Millions of similar texts have flooded American cellphones in recent months. They are written with artificial intelligence, pushed by a longtime Trump adviser's firm—and paid for by the Israeli government.

K-Dog · Jul 20, 2026, 12:40 AM

TASNIMNEWS.IR • 2026-07-20

2 Tankers Explode after Attempting to Use 'Unsafe' Strait of Hormuz Route: IRGC

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said two oil tankers exploded and were left disabled after attempting to transit the southern Strait of Hormuz through an unauthorized and unsafe route, warning that any violations encouraged by the US would face a punitive response.

TASNIMNEWS.IR • 2026-07-20

IRGC Targets US Facilities at Kuwait Base in Retaliatory Operation

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps struck multiple US military facilities at Kuwait's Ali Al-Salem Air Base, calling on the Kuwaiti people to oppose the continued presence of American forces on their territory.

TASNIMNEWS.IR • 2026-07-20

IRGC Commends Jordanians for Revealing Location of US Forces

The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) appreciated the cooperation of the people and military forces of Jordan for their cooperation in targeting the location of US forces in the Arab country.

RE · Jul 21, 2026, 11:26 AM

THEGUARDIAN.COM • 2026-07-21

Houthis threaten to attack shipping tankers if they use Saudi Arabian ports on Red Sea

Underlining how seriously the Houthi threat is being taken, two oil tankers that had loaded Saudi crude ⁠this week for China and India made U-turns on Tuesday away from Houthi-controlled coast at the mouth of the Red Sea and headed towards the Suez canal. The Houthis claimed six ships had changed course.

The US state department has also issued a warning to Americans that "Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other US interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world."

You heard it here first again! 😀

I mentioned this would be about the time the Iranians would expand the Asymetric Warfare to targets outside MENA. The main issue is that if it was a major op it would really escalate the conflict. Also, they don't want to kill civilians, because that would give moral propaganda back to the FSoA.

The other escalation here is that up to now China has been given a pass by both sides. However, if they stop Chinese ships loading Saudi Oil, China will have to do something.

I think now you DEFINITELY can consider this WWIII taking off.

The game is afoot Watson!

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K-Dog · Jul 21, 2026, 03:33 PM

TRIBUNEINDIA.COM • 2026-07-21

Iran strikes US assets across Gulf, says Amazon data infrastructure in Bahrain, missile defence radar, F-15 aircraft in Jordan destroyed

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its armed forces have stated that they have tagrteted multiple US-linked assets across the Gulf region, including what they described as the destruction of an American missile defence radar system and an F-15 aircraft inside a shelter in Jordan, as well as an attack on Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain.

ENGLISH.ALMANAR.COM.LB • 2026-07-21

Satellite Imagery and Leaks Reveal Damage Caused by Iranian Strikes to US Bases in Erbil and Jordan

Photos leaked by a U.S. soldier show the aftermath of an Iranian ballistic missile attack on a military base in Jordan.

EN.IRNA.IR • 2026-07-21

IRGC says radar system destroyed, F-15 fighter jet hit at US base in Jordan

The IRGC said its Aerospace Force carried out the attack as part of the 24th wave of Operation Nasr-2 (Victory 2), targeting a US military base in Jordan with missiles.

This is what the Great Orange Satan has done.

RE · Jul 21, 2026, 05:32 PM

As usual, I can't reach any of those links.

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K-Dog · Jul 21, 2026, 07:43 PM

Sometimes if you hop around on the Tor browser you can find a location that is not blocked. I'm usually able to get to them directly, and do not have to play that game.

EN.IRNA.IR • 2026-07-21

Schumer: Trump without doubt most corrupt president in US history

Chuck Schumer asserted that Trump “is without a doubt the most corrupt president in American history,” adding that he “has used the highest office in the country not for the interests of America, but to fill his bank account, and has betrayed the American people.”

Iranians know more about Americans than Americans know about Iranians.

K-Dog · Jul 22, 2026, 04:42 PM

TRADERSUNION.COM • 2026-07-22

European gas prices near Iran war highs as winter supply risks mount

A sharp rise in European gas prices is intensifying pressure on energy markets as summer heat and tighter global supply leave the region more exposed ahead of winter. The benchmark Dutch TTF contract has climbed nearly 50 per cent in the past month, while lower LNG deliveries and slow storage refilling are adding to concerns.

RE · Jul 22, 2026, 07:43 PM

FOREIGNAFFAIRS.COM • 2026-07-22

The Iran Cease-Fire Was Doomed to Fail

In many ways, the current moment resembles the lead-up to World War I, when ambiguous commitments, an aversion to consultation, a reliance on personal diplomacy, and shortsightedness produced a global catastrophe.

No, really? Who cooda node? 🙄

A long and very historical/academic analysis of the current approach to diplomacy being pursued by Trumpolini and his crew of syncophants, which was Doomed to fail not just because the approach is short sighted, but because the people negotiating it have no goal other than finding ways they can profit from the mayhem. Once you grasp that Trumpolini's goals are all directed by self-enrichment, everything becomes predictable.

His latest deal allowing the Saudis to develop their own Nukes is a case in point. These are the same folks who flew planes into the WTC. They are more trustworthy to have their own Nuke weapons than the Towel Heads in Tehran? The difference? The House of Saud will happily invest in Chump's Casinos, or whatever his latest scheme is for laundering money. The Saudi Princes are just as corrupt as His Royal Trumpness, and they all get along famously. The only substantive difference is the Saudi's can legally marry the 9 year old concubines in their harems if they so choose.

Far as the long term prospects for Peace in MENA, it's irrelevant who is POTUS on that score. One simple principle is all you need to know:

As long as their is econmically profitable Oil & NG to be extracted from beneath the desert sands of that neighborhood, there can never be Peace.

The battle for the Oil in MENA has been under contest either through overt military action or covert assasinations and regime changes continuously from before WWI began until the present. Capitalism always requires the use of force to take ownership of resources out of the Commons and into Private hands. For different ideological reasons, neither the Ruskies or the Iranians have been willing to play ball with the Rockefellers and their successors, and now as the last of the cheap oil is running thin, the battle has gone hot again. The math is simple. Raise the cost of the cheap oil left in Iran and Russia by creating wars and the expensive oil trapped in shale can be profitable.

Problem there of course is it's only profitable if Konsumers can afford to buy it, and ever increasing numbers can't.

That won't stop the wars though.

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RE · Jul 23, 2026, 05:03 AM

THEGUARDIAN.COM • 2026-07-23

Why would Trump agree to the Saudi nuclear deal?

Revelation of the Saudi deal comes as the Trump administration is trying to persuade Congress to fund a deeply unpopular war that it had no say in launching. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth says it has cost $37.5bn so far. That is about what it would cost for, say, a year’s rental assistance for 2.3 million low-income people, or to enable about 7 million people to maintain their health insurance.

EVERYBODY KNOWS the answer to that question. Just follow the $MONEY$ !! 🙄

Chump knows at best he only has 2 more years to grift as much money as he can from the FSoA Taxpayer and other corrupt Dictators he is pals with. He'll make any deal that will in some way transfer $BILLIONS$ into his pocket before he leaves the WH. He's jealous that so far Elon holds the record for most successful grifter of the FSoA Taxpayer and wants to catch him before leaving the Oval Office.

Far as the Saudi Nukes go, I already mentioned how it effectively Torpedos any justification for not letting the Iranians have their own Nuke program. You can kiss off Nuke Non-Proliferation, everybody and his brother is gonna want their own Nukes now. As I've mentioned before also, there's nothing secret or technically that difficult about building a Fission bomb. Anybody with a degree in Theoretical Physics from a decent University knows the principles and the engineering isn't very complex. Main problems are getting enough Uranium and Heavy Water to do the enrichment without accidentally starting a chain reaction during the processing.

Besides the Saudis and Iranians, folks currently without Nukes who could start building them who I'm sure have the technical wherewithal to do it right now are the Germans, Italians, Japanese, South Koreans, Brazilians, Argentinians, Egyptians, South Africans, all the Scandinavians and Baltics, Poland, Czechia, Australia and possibly Turkey.

I also could easily see a non-state actor with good financing producing a Turnkey "Suitcase" Nuke Prefab where all you need to do is Add U-235 and it's Ready to Blow. Not big enough to vaporize a whole city, just say lower Manhattan below Canal Street. lol. Pick up the Suitcase for $1M from an International Arms Merchant and another $1M for the Uranium. Or Plutonium, once somebody builds a Breeder reactor and wants to make extra money on the side.

Anyhow, one can only hope this Deal Fuckery by Dimwit Don is the final nail in the coffin and the Repugnants get thoroughly DEMOLISHED in November and lose both Houses of CONgress by a wide margin. Not counting on it, but one can only take a deep drag off the Hopium Bong.

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K-Dog · Jul 23, 2026, 06:07 AM

I saw one of these pictures yesterday, and I had to click away quick before I lost my shit.

POLITICO.COM • 2026-07-22

Trump's Saudi nuclear deal risks igniting a Middle East arms race, lawmakers warn

The agreement, which could let Riyadh enrich its own uranium within a decade, is sparking warnings that Turkey, Egypt and others could soon demand the same deal, unraveling years of U.S. nonproliferation policy.

So the country that flew jets into the Trade Towers and started the war on terror which completely changed the fabric of American life gets to have nukes. The same regime that cut Jamal Khashoggi into chunks small enough to put into a Safeway shopping bag gets to have nukes.

Do I have this right?

While another country with advanced medicine and who makes their own cars can't have nukes and must be Annihilated from the face of the earth because, if they had nukes it is a known fact they would let one of their nutcases use them.

Do I have this right?

QuoteWashington has spent decades enforcing severe economic sanctions, kinetic strikes, and intense military pressure against Iran specifically to dismantle its domestic uranium enrichment capabilities and block any path to a weapon. The official U.S. stance has long maintained that allowing regional states to master the nuclear fuel cycle introduces unacceptable proliferation risks.

The bullshit excuse to invade Iran no longer is needed apparently. That makes sense since Trump does not have a way to stop the war an excuse to keep it going is not needed.

And the Iran war is now old enough that most of America can be convinced that Biden started it anyway.

Those fucking Dems.