https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-strikes-defence-minister-tehran-middle-east-live
Reports stating that Israel have launched an attack against Iran
Rubio has admitted it was because Israel attacked. It wasnt the US driving it. Shows the state the US is in.
Iran had it coming for a long time.
We will be absolutely fleeced renewables or not. Market price rise is always an excuse to jack prices up. When price go down you never hear a beep.
We have gone from Iran was preparing a nuke to Israel made us do it.
Rubio was out yesterday contradicting everything Trump said since he appeared from his golf course in a hat.
Shows what level of thought went into this when they can't even come up with a reason for doing it or stay on message for what their goals are.
Trump is already bored with it, he said yesterday he doesn't get bored easily, which means he is already bored and is done with it.
The ones with vast oil reserves usually do.
Shield forces from Saudi Arabia entered into Bahrain last night as protests intensify within the 80% shia population with calls for the removal of the autocratic regime. Protests are illegal in both regimes and have not been deployed since the Arab spring protests.
Trump will no doubt send out another warning for them not to shoot protesters or they will face severe consequences.
They have complete air superiority, just shows how “good” Russian and Chinese equipment turned out to be (yet again)
In the medium term this is gonna turn into a blockade of the country probably enforced from sea and air by the dozens of countries Iran bombed, countries that are now pissed as their whole economic and political future now depends on regime change in Iran
In the long term Trump will get bored and abandon the gulf states, something along lines of “we shared the burden for too long, yada yadda” just like he done with Europe and Ukraine and the Russian imperial war of colonial conquest
Ah very cute, I see what you done there 🤓
zoom out
Shows what is possible over 18 months doesn't it when an energy crisis starts ?
Which is why dozens of western countries united to liberate Kuwait, for the good of the rest of us.
Could you not keep spamming the thread with these dodgy sources please?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/iran-school-bombing-death-toll-us-israel-strikes
Why is not being reported on? Why isn't rte reporting this?
There only Irish outlet covering it is the journal
https://www.thejournal.ie/what-we-know-about-the-blast-in-the-girls-school-in-minab-iran-us-israel-strikes-children-death-toll-6972038-Mar2026/
Except this time dozens of countries have discovered the infinite oil and gas glitch of getting free energy and tankers from the Russian dark fleet conveniently sent our way, for free, and have Putin pay for it.
Just two days ago
I also noted how you celebrated the attempted sinking of a tanker by Iran in gulf only to go quiet when I pointed out it was sanctioned Russian tanker
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/international/us-sanctioned-tanker-with-15-indians-hit-off-oman-coast-4-crew-injured
Prices will go up but I suspect in this “multi polar” world the CRINKS wanted the market will be split and it’s terrible news for China who got most of their oil and gas from Venezuela and Gulf, while their Russian buddies have a bunch of smouldering energy and refinery infrastructure
It was mentioned on the RTE 9pm TV news last night.
That turned out well for a finish, didn't it?
Yeah, taught people like Saddam not to invade little countries like Kuwait again.
And kept the price of oil relatively low for the west.
Like wall street journal, bbc, irishtimes, guardian, telegraph etc I posted? Do you only want Grayzone {and checks notes, Tucker Carlson} articles to reinforce your echo chamber where Iranian regime didn’t kill 36,000 of its own for protesting /S
Iran made the mistake of attacking dozens of their neighbours many of whom are pissed
Here are the beginnings of a coalition being formed to put boots on the ground, the Kurds were instrumental in bringing down the Syrian regime and ISIS
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/02/trump-iran-war-kurds-iraq
Russia has said multiple times it's nuclear war time if they are attacked.
It is all about Greater Israel. The latest war is an opportunity to weaken neighbouring countries, encourage civil war in them, prevent the US replenishing the anti-missile stocks in them, and steal land and steal land and steal land.
US political commentator and journalist Tucker Carlson claimed on Monday that Saudi Arabia and Qatar had caught and “arrested Israeli Mossad agents planning bombings in those countries”.
“Why would the Israelis be committing bombings in Gulf countries, which are also being attacked by Iran?” Carlson said on his show. “Aren’t they on the same side?”
“Israel wants to hurt Iran - and Qatar, and the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, and Oman and Kuwait,” he added.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-stonewalling-requests-gulf-states-replenish-interceptors-sources-say
Price gouging and opportunistic suppliers, all of whom have massive profits as things stand now.
Dehumanisation: Tick
Invading other Countries: Tick
Propaganda/Lies: Tick
Settler Superior Race: Tick
Genocide: Tick
Lebensraum: In Progress
It was also in the Irish Times. That newspaper is doing a "rolling reportage" of events in the Middle East, so there wasn't a dedicated headline to the school bombing (that I could see), but it was reported.
So who’s “winning” so far? Looks like China is😀
“Some analysts believe that Trump’s decision to open a new military front at a time when the US is still dependent on China for a crucial defence industry commodity will strengthen China’s hand for the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/trump-us-iran-middle-east-china
Dozens?
Anyway, whether it is a mistake or not, time will tell.
Iran were clear that they would be attacked and it's actually a very good strategy.
It is already reported that the Gulf states are in the red with defensive capabilites and they are putting pressure on Trump to end it now.
Mod: Hysterical thread on the school bombing in Iran merged into this discussion, as it's part of the same conflict. Please don't start other threads on this we have enough duplication as it is.
Western media are afraid to report atrocities being committed by US and Israel. Is it even clear whether it was the US or Israel that bombed the school?
Pentagon says there was no need for the war.
https://www.newarab.com/news/pentagon-says-no-intelligence-iran-planned-attack-us-first
Iraq - multiple locations including Kurdistan, was neutral and did not participate in US attack
Israel - main instigator of the war
UAE - neutral, did not permit us to use its bases for the war, still had its cities bombed by Iran including Dubai that is hundreds of KM from airbase in Abu Dhabi
Kuwait - did not give permission to attack Iran, still got bombed heavily including main airport
Qatar- hilariously enough helped Iran launder money over the years, got attacked
Saudi Arabia - gave no permission to attack Iran, got attacked repeatedly
Bahrain - Told US to leave, got attacked including infamously now drone attacks on civilian buildings
Jordan - did not give permission for use of air bases, still got attacked
Oman - Famously acted as a mediator and a neutral state, has no us bases, got attacked
France - done everything to distance themselves from Trump, base in UAE got attacked
Cyprus and UK - neutral, distanced themselves from Trump, still got attacked
And we are only 2-3 days in
Turkey are moving troops to border, Azerbaijan already had border closed and Afghanistan and Pakistan (previously bombed by Iran) are at each others throats
All the Gulf states are now coming to terms that unless there is a ceasefire soon their own existence depends on Iranian regime being eradicated
Nuclear, fossil fuel etc energy systems are examples of low entropy/high order systems. Renewable energy systems are high entropy systems.
It appears to me the difference between generations systems is not only lost on the general public but any energy minister I've ever heard speak.
Its not lost on the people buying energy for industry or indeed those selling to commercial and residential sectors; hence the price variability when the low entropy supplies are "uncertain".
Our troubles as a country and as apart of a European union are partly driven by the stupid decisions made around Net zero (and the subsequent over reliance on Russian energy). It led to close to a Trillion euros being sent to Russia between 2014 and 2022 while Russia was already occupying part of Ukraine. It also lead to high energy costs which is not compatible with heavy industry and maintaining an adequate military
Noticed wasn’t mentioned that Amazons data centers in Dubai (which is nowhere near any military installations) was attacked and now down for several days
It’s now saying several days for restoration
https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
edit: last update on Amazon site states two datacenters directly hit
Iran are determined to not only destroy UAEs energy and tourism and transport sectors but tech for whole region too
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