US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

Fair play to NYT reporter, Shawn McCreesh, for putting Trump on the spot regarding the school strike:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVtTeQIACCq/?igsh=ejJpaG11OTQ0ejFl

If Trump has his way journalists like this will be weeded out from the press corps.

Caught a bit of the bbc news earlier. Former British naval commander said the the US taking out their mining boats is pointless as they’ve got thousands upon thousands of boats to lay mines disguised as just regular trawlers etc.

UAE and Qatar accusing Israel of falsely attributing strikes on Iran to them in order to drag them into the war, according to TLDR Global on Youtube.

ABC is going into more detail.

Actually Trump playing down the threat. Asked if hes worried about a domestic terror attack backed by Iran. He said hes not.

Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) on ABC news not ruling out a supplemental (funding) but says that after the existing $1 trillion Pentagon funding already it would be a high bar to request more. She says so far, the Pentagon has not requested a supplemental.

Trump skips dignified transfer for the 7th American soldier killed in the war, following criticism of him for keeping his baseball cap on during the last one.

The Christian Zionists in the US would interpret the use of a nuclear weapon as a fulfillment of biblical prophest of Armageddon. They really are just as extreme in some respects as the Islamists. It's just that they wear expensive suits instead of turbans and Eastern dress. They are an apocalyptic sect, as are "Third Temple" extremists in Israel.

This Evangelical church Hegseth has tweeted videos of includes people who have called for the repeal of the 19th Amendment that allowed women to vote. Some of them say that "households" should vote according to the wishes of the Husband/Father. This has echoes of Islamic Guardianship in countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia. It's true that Franco's Spain had a kind of Catholic guardianship for women.

That is a very one-eyed view of the world.

Israel is not firing on the Gulf, Iran is. The more logical conclusion is that current US defence is not sufficient to defend from Iran, therefore something more needs to be done about changing Iran. The Gulf depends on tourism and foreign nationals, it won't want unstable mullahs on its borders.

This could be good for Ukraine as they can defend from Iranian drones, but also it could mean a hardening against Iran across the region.

Religion was used to justify slavery in the American South. In the film "Twelve Years a Slave" the priest gives a sermon telling slaves to obey their masters 'with fear and trembling'. St.Paul was often invoked historically to justify slavery, such as when he told slaves to obey their masters like God.

Really shows how unreliable an ally America is. Say they are going to protect shipping but seem not to follow it up with any action.

It does seems a dumb idea of Trump to initiate a war in an election year.

Does anyone think this is a plot by the WH to help Putin by making us buy Russian oil?

Like I said before, they are an expansionist colonial regime. The posters here who try to justify it are either complicit in it, or are just completely ignorant of the political realities of the situation.

Once again, no link to the original source.

Really struggling to see the relevance to Iran.