US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

this seems to be targeting the Axis of Resistance. The main allies appear to be Russia and Afghanistan. Al Jazeera is not nailing its colours to either side of the mast, but seems to caution that the attempt could seriously backfire on the US

US oil companies will benefit. The average US citizen will get squat despite the cheerleading from the moneyed class.

Israel is getting friendly with Modi. Lord knows what Netanyahu will suggest against Pakistan. The prospect of a war in South Asia has just ratcheted up - it doesn’t need much help at the best of times.

When Trump says Iran will never have nukes, he better factor in the possibility that Pakistan or China may park a few there in the future.

“I think they were going to attack first.” What an absurd liar Trump is. Does anybody believe this rubbish?

He’s a natural ally of Israel. He’s spent a whole lifetime hating Muslims.

Imagine having a leader in time of war who has to reassure his citizens he’s not going to get bored with the whole thing!

but with Pakistan supporting the US/Israel?

This may be the answer on how it all started…

There is actually a gag order forbidding the discussion of Israel’s nuclear weapons by American government agency employees:

IRmep has filed a 39-page federal lawsuit (PDF) challenging the secrecy of a gag order—WNP-136 (PDF)—that forbids all U.S. government agency employees and contractors from discussing Israel's nuclear weapons program.

The classification bulletin, which took effect on September 6, 2012, forbids covered persons from making any comment on U.S. government information or information in the public domain about Israel's nuclear weapons program. The classification bulletin's first known use was against former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear policy specialist James Doyle after he wrote the following sentence in an article titled "Why Eliminate Nuclear Weapons?" which had been security cleared by his employer and published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Nuclear weapons did not deter Egypt and Syria from attacking Israel in 1973, Argentina from attacking British territory in the 1982 Falklands War or Iraq from attacking Israel during the 1991 Gulf War." 

After an unknown congressional staffer read the article and demanded a review, it was referred to classification officials for a second review. Doyle's pay was then cut, his home computer searched, and he was fired.

@Grok is this true?

If the energy crisis got really bad would more European countries look to Russia for oil I wonder

Looking at Channel 4 News tonight, it’s clear no one knows the real reason why Trump started the current Iranian conflict - and that includes his own cabinet and henchmen

The Venezuelan attack doesn’t seem random and the Axis of Resistance is being picked off one-by-one. Putting this all together makes me believe that it was not random.

Speculation from analysts is that he may have thought he could 'do a Venezuela' and somehow topple Iran over the space of a weekend (under prompting from the Neocon nutcases and Israel). But it's still very unclear what his endgame was and how he saw the future of Iran playing out after this.

Starmer is a self confessed and proud Zionist with a Jewish wife. He is not going to come out and criticise Israel. Remember he said it was ok to cut off water and electricity to Gaza. In my eyes that makes him an odious monster like Shatter who denies their is an ongoing genocide in Gaza.