US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

Until we start to get other middle eastern countries to focus on building rather than destruction, this tit-for-tat sectarian violence will continue.

The scum that is Israel are even more brazen and yet the west looks the other way and shouts squirrel… this emboldens the scum even more

Do you really think that is the core of the problem, the west ?

Saudi Arabia is so interwoven and beholden to the US military and they host plenty of US war assets and you think they are the good guys in the middle east?

How embarrassing for MBS listening to Trump telling the world he is now kissing Trumps *ss. Sells oil in USD for US protection, invests profits to buy US debt, spends billions on US weapons, puts bases on it's land and gets made to look like a weak vassal for his trouble.

"To be a friend of the US is dangerous to be an ally is fatal"

Iran is not the Middle East

in case it escaped your attention it’s not the “west” who attacked Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Azerbaijan which is almost everyone in the Middle East

Please stop replying to my posts, especially when you're just deliberately mispresenting what I have said.

You know what you need to do

lol. Unfortunately the MAGA people running the US are worse than that caricature.

First there's the open and unashamed corruption in government. I think the old right wing Cold warriors on alert for internal "pinkos" and subversives would have actually considered that emblematic of what they were fighting against!

Also with their "Secretary of War" (Hegseth) I detect a kind of nastiness + cruelty and nihilism there, perhaps love of violence and death for its own sake without any actual goal which is I think a new departure for the US military leadership and government.

no. Israel is

The indicators are… indicating

Jane Fonda, recently called out Trumps invasion of Iran, as (I paraphrase here) more Neo-Con Vietnam influenced bullshit, and said that Trump is unstable. At an anti‑war rally in Los Angeles, Fonda condemned the strikes as “dangerous and insane” linking them to past wars fought on false premises and warning that new conflict, risks spiralling into regional wars with many American casualties. Calling Trump “unhinged” and “at war on many fronts” was an even sharper critique by Fonda in other appearances. 

Trump and the Neo-cons who back him, see the U.S.as honouring the lives of those vets who served in ‘Nam and still remain alive to this day, vets and war heroes, who want to know they didn’t fight for nothing, and that their sacrifice meant something for American and global security. I have a tendency to sympathise with these men and women and this view somewhat. Those of us, who have connections to America outside of business, or have been to Arlington Cemetery, or went there in our youths and stayed with welcoming hosts, invited into their homes, as many Americans so often do with strangers from abroad, know this to be a great honour for Americans – to serve their country and fellow countrymen and women as a the highest honour. It brings the argument back to the point, and reduces it down to a right versus left debate, of non-interventionism on the left, to the geo political great game of chess on the right, where Russia, socialism and the left are the opposing, dominating force in the world which the right must confront. 

Let us analyse Trump, Hegseth’s and this Irish government’s positions, on the bombing and ongoing war with Iran and Gaza. Firstly, there was the Oct 7th attacks in Israel which lead to Ireland, very vociferously on the world stage denouncing Israel and its governments actions. Now, the same is happening with the Trump administration and it’s bombing of Iran. What that means is that every time, socialists or people from traditionally left-wing parties, speak out act out against the right, it feels cornered and will push back militarily, or more accurately, Trump, or his generals, or his Administration, will advise those countries to do so. It also includes Trump supporting Israel’s supposed retaliatory strikes to global criticism.

What we had with Iran, was enrichment levels rising to 60%, 10% below nuclear warhead level enrichment. So, if a strike were to happen on Iran it would be 10% off having a warhead with nuclear capabilities and this was on quite a large scale with many warheads at that level. We have seen in the past, the US delegation going to Iran to craft JCPOA and its removal of weapons grade uranium/enrichment, but time and again Iran have breached this agreement. In fact, Trump believed, there was little to no choice left for his administration. However, the factual picture is more complicated. International monitoring groups, and U.S. intelligence assessments reported, that Iran’s previously enriched uranium stocks were buried after earlier strikes, making rapid bomb production unlikely. They also found little evidence that Iran had resumed active weaponisation work. But enrichment alone does not equal a functioning nuclear weapon. Public intelligence assessments in early 2026 concluded that Iran was not on the verge of building a finished warhead, even if its completion period had shortened.

In Gaza, the argument that Irish criticism “motivates” Trump to push back militarily is more interpretative than factual. But the point remains and stands- every time there is shouting and opposition from Ireland, to Gaza and the Iranian wars on the world stage by Irish politicians and representatives, this motivates Trump and his allies to push back militarily, to defend their position as though they are cornered. What we can say is that Trump has reacted aggressively to European leaders who challenge him through back channels in a calm manner, which is very underhand way of dealing with dissent, as has been seen often in Irish institutions and private organizations in many cases in the past. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has called the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign a “violation of international law” prompting Trump to threaten cutting off all trade with Spain.

Scumbag

Trump says he wants to ‘take the oil in Iran’

US President Donald Trump has told the Financial Times newspaper that he wants to “take the oil” in Iran and said Washington could capture the Iranian export hub on Kharg island.

Trump compared the potential move to the US approach in Venezuela, where he noted Washington’s intention to control the oil industry “indefinitely” following the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro in January.

“To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people,” he said.

“Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,” Trump told the FT. “It would also mean we had to be there [in Kharg Island] for a while.”

When asked about the state of Iranian defence on Kharg Island he said: “I don’t think they have any defence. We could take it very easily.”

Link

https://aje.news/p0huh8?update=4445138

Actually for YEMEN you can probably throw in the Portuguese, Jews, Ottomans, Egyptians, Russians, Saudi’s, English, and thats before you look at their ancient history, they actually ruled as far north as Makkah. Unfortunately I don’t think that they have ever known an era of peace and definitely not since the north south fighting began in the 60’s. But why in a country that ranks as the worlds least peaceful country and is extremely high in the food stress lists, are we seeing advanced intercontinental missile technology, why can’t these countries just invest in their own people and for once in their lives give them an opportunity.

It’s a long time since i visited Aden, but it was a beautiful city with amazing architecture, the countryside is even better judging by online blogs.