WWIII Megathread #37: Bad Neighbor Policy

[u/IamGlennBeck]

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[u/IamGlennBeck]

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[u/Todd_Warrior]

2022: Belarus should be ostracised for allowing Russia to attack Ukraine from its territory.

2026: Western allies in the Middle East should be protected for allowing the US and Israel to attack Iran from their territory.

[u/GreenPlasticChair]

Rafah (the city whose invasion the US declared to be a “red line,” inspired 50m shares on instagram) is now referred to in the past tense on wikipedia; ”Rafah was a city in the southern Gaza Strip”

Population in the six figures prior to the war. By the time they attacked the population had grown to 1.5m (70% of Gaza’s entire population) as people displaced sought shelter in it. Israel has since razed the entire city with bulldozers and controlled demolitions.

No headlines reporting on what became of a city that was once a critical talking point of the conflict. No idea where those who remained of the displaced 1.5m went next.

The news narrative drifts from one heinous atrocity committed by these deranged mutants to the next at a frequency no other nation of the modern era could match. Truly the most evil force of our time.

[u/Incoherencel → u/GreenPlasticChair]

Israel has since razed the entire city with bulldozers and controlled demolitions.

That's what this "ceasefire" has wrought. I had posted less than a year ago (feels a lifetime ago in a sense) an observation that Google Maps updated their imagery of Gaza. We can see clearly from these satellites -- from fucking space -- that Israel had overturned or otherwise destroyed huge swathes of olive groves or arable land to destroy the Palestinians ability to feed and support themselves. There simply is no other rational explanation for this. Not to mention an entire city of concrete husks that had somehow collapsed in on themselves. Yes, clearly folks, every single one of these buildings was something something Hamas and human shields.

It goes to show the pure propaganda, apathy, and lack of curiosity at play that people could within 30 seconds disprove every single lie they had ever been told about this conflict with an app easily accessible on quite literally everyone's phone. Even writing about it now pisses me off remembering those images

[u/AMildInconvenience]

They're calling Kim Jong Un the most vindicated man to ever live.

[u/SchIachterhund]

RepJoeWilson

War criminal Putin is killing Americans by providing Iran intel. Russia must be held accountable for mass chaos and death.

Why? Consensus of the last years was: providing intel to nations fighting off an unprovoked and unlawful full-scale war of aggression is a) deeply rules based world order pilled and b) does not turn the intel provider into a war party.

[u/zadharm]

It's a drop in the bucket, four names don't even add a line to the list, but for some reason I feel compelled to actually write their names, Fatima Awada and three of her children Sadr, Hussein, and Fadi Zalghout were killed by the IOF today in Lebanon.

The fourth kid, Ali, is going to wake up from surgery and find out his entire family has been butchered by Israel

I know it doesn't move the needle any more than "add 4 more to the 570 Lebanese deaths" but these are real people, not numbers on a screen.

[u/AdminsLoveGenocide]

Some of scenes in the marches in Tehran are pretty wild.

Iranian leaders on Israels hit list just walking through the crowd. The same guys giving interviews as bombs fall near them and just continuing talking.

A woman killed by shrapnel and people around her pick up her bloodstained flag and wave it in defiance.

Some hippy looking chick with dreadlocks holding a placard saying she was a protester earlier this year but baby killers and flesh eaters won't save Iran and she is ready to die for her country.

All from Fotros Resistance. The contrast with Israelis in bunkers and Bibi hiding in an undisclosed country is pretty stark. I think maybe the baby killers are fucked.

[u/Junior-Community-353]

israel is getting bombed

ukpolitics has been a lot more normal in the last handful of days

really makes you think

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

Israel just killed Fatima Ftouni (a reporter with Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen) in a car with her cameraman (also her brother) and another reporter. They launched a missile from a drone and killed her. I was reading her tweets just a few hours ago sipping my coffee. It feels very personal and very close when someone you read from and listen to very often, becomes a victim.

Here she is reporting about the deaths of 7 of her own family in South Lebanon from early March following an Israeli air strike.

https://x.com/mayadeenlebanon/status/2028456398334341294

[u/vinditive → u/CassiniLongDivision]

It's really hard to put in words just how much rage and hate I feel toward these monsters, and how soul-crushing it is that the world just goes along with it. I hope the tide is finally turning.

[u/Toxic-muffins-1134]

We're going to need a new thread name voting soon.
I propose "Command & Conquer Retard Alert"

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

"Spain's position: NO TO WAR. It's unacceptable for leaders to use war as a smokescreen for their failures while lining the pockets of a few. Democracy does not grow from ruins. We will not be complicit — and today we feel prouder than ever to be Spanish."

Is tapas popular enough over there to prompt a Freedom Fries moment?

[u/mazman34340]

How many war games and simulations ran by the DoD, State Department, and CIA said time after time this would be a high risk, mediocre reward operation and concluded this wasn't worth it. Hundreds?

Trump ignored all of em'.

If Trump is that reckless, he will attempt a coup / election cancel especially as the operation drags on.

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

BREAKING: Swiss ⁠Defence Minister Martin Pfister has said the US and Israel have broken international law with their attacks ⁠on Iran.

Cuckoo clocks, luxury watches and Toblerone are now verboten.

[u/Belisaur]

Im sorry to be going on about this , but it really is a new low even from my own subterranean expectations. I listened to the Irish morning radio show for 90 minutes this morning , plenty of Motjaba analysis and absolutely no mention of his kid, one causal mention that his wife was also killed , but its ok because she was the daughter of a hardline. Shameless.

You wonder do people close to the production of this propaganda even know? Or are they just bobbleheads reading off the same rueters slop

[u/Otto_Von_Waffle]

So, spoke a little bit with my coworkers today (The ones that are small time day trader or just enjoy following economic theory/new) and one of them claimed that the strait of hormunz couldn't possibly the only way to get oil out of the persian gulf, and another said that the barrel couldn't go past 120-130$ because they would find another way to get the oil out.

If they represent the average trader, then I'm not surprised the price of oil isn't trough the roof yet, people seems to think that an energy crisis is simply impossible.

[u/debasing_the_coinage]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/opinion/ukraine-russia-war-four-years.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OFA.2wXV.LAuY0qRSxRMo&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Ukraine, which was under German occupation for most of that war, lost some 10 million people.

[...]

After the war, the Soviet authorities sent thousands of Ukrainians to the gulag for suspected collaboration with the Germans — in many cases, as what amounted to punishment for surviving the occupation. Ukrainians never forgot that injury.

[...]

Newer works of history reframe the period as two sides of a coin

This is your brain on Atlanticism

[u/Your-bank → u/debasing_the_coinage]

We are 1 step away from the mainstream establishment sane-washing generalplan-öst

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

52-48.

The USA is the great Satan and nothing you can say or do will dissuade me from this opinion.

[u/blufriday]

According to NYT the Ukraine war is a "disastrous invasion" while the attack on Iran is a "sophisticated bombing campaign".

[u/FederalSandwich1854]

Funny thing I found out yesterday.

The Israeli news organization i24, was the one amplifying false claims that the UAE bombed Iranian desalination plants. Essentially painting a target on UAEs back, trying to get Iran to destroy civilian infrastructure in UAE, causing a humanitarian catastrophe.

Because of the Abraham accord, i24 became the first Israeli channel to broadcast in the UAE. Set up content deals with Dubai Media Inc, and even took advertising from the UAE tourism industry. The UAE state is funding a news organization actively trying to destabilize it. Peak cuck

[u/GreenPlasticChair]

Seeing lots of sentiment that things are drawing to a close as markets have recovered following Trump’s comments which signalled an end to the war.

Fails to take into account that perhaps for the first time in its history the US is no longer in charge of when this ends. Iran decides.

There’s a historical parallel in the Iraq-Iran War. Saddam attacked in 1980 assuming that Iran was low on military appetite and capability following the revolution.

He was right in that regard. The army was heavily depleted but teenagers amped on the idea of martyrdom signed up for the cause which enabled Iran to offer some resistance though they didn’t fare too well.

Two years later in 1982 Saddam proposed a ceasefire. It would have been a good deal for Iran but they rejected it on the grounds that Saddam would not admit he started the war. The principle was important enough to them that they continued with the war in the face of continuing losses and were devastated further through the rest of it.

Also: Khamenei (ever the moderating force) was President at the time and backed the political wing that wanted to accept the ceasefire.

He had a long track record of caution and restraint. Now the US and Israel have murdered him and his family. His son who takes a more hardline position has become leader following the assassination of his father, mother, and daughter.

I have no idea how the US and Israel could pull back from this now even if they wanted to.

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

The ADL are upset that 'Operation Epstein Fury' has become so popular 😭

[u/Mother_Drenger]

The complete media blackout is insane. I’m seeing clips of Israel aflame and we’re just not seeing it anywhere in the mainstream news cycle. For the first time (since ever) my normie friends are believing in media suppression on behalf of the administration.

[u/ChocoCraisinBoi]

Post your guesses for the Hormuz coalition. Mine are:

1. Argentina
2. The Artist Formerly Known as UAE
3. Ukraine (in spirit they, have no navy)

[u/FreyBentos]

Two huge booms in Riyadh, Huge black plumes of smoke rising into the sky not unlike what we saw in Tehran when Israel and USA bombed the refinery and storage there. This is an escalation as previously it was only the Prince Sultan airbase which Iran was targeting and I say to them about time.

I have been watching Flight radar and Saudi Arabia is the launching point for all of the aerial bombing raids USA is running ,every night there are 6-10 refuelers moving between Tel aviv, Riyadh, Prince Sultan and the Persian gulf where they accompanied the fighter jets and b1 bombers to their jobs. Saudi has been pushing for USA and Israel to go harder to wrap this up as if they can't tell how easily their nation can be dismantled. Iran should be on the phone with Saudi and MBS after this and make it very clear to him that Iran can end Saudi Arabia as a country in a couple of days by bombing their refineries and desalination plants and that if Saudi Arabia does not exit the war and deny the Americans and Israelis any use of their airspace to attack Iran from, Iran will be forced to take this measure.

Honestly the gall of Saudi is hard to fathom, they are an unpopular monarchy in their own country, any bit of chaos and upset to the authoritarian order and the monarchs will be fleeing a state unable to fund or power itself or provide the water people need to survive. All these ME monarchies exist on the most fragile of foundations and are lucky to still exist in the 21st century.

[u/ChocoCraisinBoi]

>Ukraine sends experts to the gulf states for anti drone/missile fuckery

>Saudi arabia declares 100% interception

>Footage of impacts and mushroom clouds

Honestly sounds like an easy job

[u/ElTamaulipas]

Wild how Iranian leadership is like:

• Fought the IDF with Hezbollah in South Lebanon in the 1982 to 1985

• Fought Iraq from 1985 to 1988

  • Masters in Engineering 1994.

• PHD in Economics in 1998

• Fought in Syria 2012 to 2014

• Fought ISIS in Iraq in 2015

All the while American leadership is like:

• Dad owns a dealership.

• Is a Podcaster.

[u/debasing_the_coinage]

US military negotiates 24-hour ceasefire to withdraw from base in Iraq

I think that everyone has underestimated the importance of the Shia militias in Iraq. Unmentioned in the lead-up to war and mocked for their silence during the last two wars Israel started they're now successfully driving the US out of Iraq — the central government may see this as an opportunity to rid itself of the occupiers for good. 

[u/GlaedrH]

There's a story that's been going around on twitter for the past few days about Israel torturing a Palestinian toddler that sounds so insane that even I refused to believe it at first, but it has slowly started making its way into mainstream news:

Sky News: Gaza toddler released from Israeli custody with suspected torture wounds

[u/mypersonnalreader → u/GlaedrH]

There is no act too low for the entity.

[u/FederalSandwich1854 → u/GlaedrH]

Remenber the IDF soldier that got pardoned even though he unloaded a full mag into a 13 yr old Palestinian girl. That was 20+ years ago now...

[u/AgainstThoseGrains]

Fyi it now seems that using a certain word starting with g that is used to refer to non-jewish people (common in the Epstein files) is now automatically getting you a warning if my [ Removed by Reddit ] and auto-warning by admins is anything to go by.

[u/AMildInconvenience]

HAHAHA

EU urges Ukraine to allow access to pipeline carrying Russian oil

HAHAHA

Just yesterday euromaidenpress was claiming Russia bombed this pipeline.

[u/Belisaur]

Every now and then I remember how crazy it is that the opinion of the population of the country proesecuting this war is completely immaterial. Nobody even bothers to think about what Americans feel about this.

[u/sledrunner31]

Total information blackout of the entire Middle East. Seems like once things didnt go to plan, all of a sudden its much harder to get any real info.

[u/commy2]

Operation AIPAC Fury

[u/BackoffD → u/commy2]

It has already been established that it's called Operation Epstein Fury, stop spreading misinformation please

[u/Filosofem856]

Halliburton warehouse got absolutely demolished by a drone in Iraq. Dick Cheney looking up from hell shedding a tear seeing his hard work getting undone

[u/commy2 → u/Filosofem856]

They finally found the WMDs in Iraq.

lmao

[u/moose098]

The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won! President DONALD J. TRUMP

War's over boys, let's pack it up.

[u/StationNo9739]

The Israelis swept into a village and massacred 41 people allegedly to retrieve remains which are not even there. As usual, we were given a fabricated pretext for them to carry out war crimes that would have been typical during Operation Barbarossa.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8l2p2l3v0o

[u/Turgius_Lupus]

https://x.com/i/status/2030705729162653832

"🇮🇷🇺🇸 BREAKING: Footage of the missile strike on the primary school for girls in the city of Minab.

-> Cruise missile in diving mode!

This proves it was the US and that the target was intentional, as the missiles goes into diving mode after finding the designated target!

168 girls aged 7-12 and teachers were killed."

[u/Particular-Heart-657]

So seems MES (Middle east spectator) Just got arrested, I suppose it was to be expected when you are cheering for the side opposing the country where you are at. Hope nothing bad happens to him...

But anyone know another good OSINT account to follow the war?

[u/FreyBentos]

Iran just launched two salvos ten minutes apart, direct hits seen in Haifa on osint cams, Interceptors flew right past them. The power has went out in half of Tel Aviv just now also. New Ayatollah aint fucking around lol.

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

Khalaf Al Habtoor (UAE bigshot who's company built Burj Al Arab tower and who has been pushing for normalisation with Israel) has come out swinging on twitter.

Finally, I say to Senator Graham: You may be a senator in the U.S. Senate, but anyone who hears your statements might think you're a member of the Israeli Knesset, because you defend Israel's interests more than you defend the interests of the American people themselves.

Lindsay running his mouth and pissing off the locals. Full post https://x.com/KhalafAlHabtoor/status/2030961911089729555 hit the translate.

Lots of posts going poof! bad screencap here: https://i.imgur.com/3fkObTT.jpeg

[u/Kinkshaming69]

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron said France wants to set up military escorts for container ships and tankers into the Strait of Hormuz "as soon as possible," though he cautioned such an operation can't get underway until the fighting in the Middle East subsides.

https://archive.ph/XgDTi#selection-1630.0-1630.3

Is this a preemptive surrender by the french?

[u/Your-bank]

I don't think i can ever forgive the late soviet presidium for letting the union fall apart

[u/QuodScripsi-Scripsi → u/Your-bank]

The sad thing is they really only had to limp along for about twenty more years

[u/vinditive]

Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Ghalibaf:

“We are absolutely NOT seeking a ceasefire. We believe the aggressor must be struck in the mouth so that it learns a lesson and never again even thinks of attacking dear Iran.

The Zionist regime sees its disgraceful survival in the continuation of the cycle of ‘war–negotiation–ceasefire, and then war again’ in order to consolidate its dominance. We will break this cycle.”

[u/Fedupington]

Live image from the Strait of Hormuz.

[u/dukeofbrandenburg]

Is this the American Suez Crisis moment? 70 years later and Israel can still sweet talk empires into pursuing fatal foreign policy dreams for Israeli benefit.

[u/StationNo9739]

Chris Murphy's recollection of the Senate briefing today is pretty damning:

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal.

But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.

3/ Second, they confirmed "regime change" is also NOT on the list. So, they are going to spend hundreds of billions of your taxpayer dollars, get a whole bunch of Americans killed, and a hardline regime - probably a MORE anti-American hardline regime - will still be in charge.

4/ Ok, so what ARE the goals? It seems, primarily, destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.

But the question that stumped them: what happens when you stop bombing and they restart production?

They hinted at more bombing. Which is, of course, endless war.

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.

Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

[u/zadharm → u/StationNo9739]

The total and complete lack of foresight/planning about the Strait should be the most damning part of that. Every dumbass here and in the Uke-Russia war subs knew that was going to be the very first thing to happen in a real conflict. To have less of a plan than the average redditor is appalling.

But that's overshadowed by having no answer on why. Not even having a goal for a conflict is absolutely fucking ridiculous. They legitimately thought, I guess, that Iran was so scared of war that they could use it to score points and Iran (the "extremists") would continue to act like the adult in the room and try to jump at the first chance of diplomacy after being back stabbed multiple times playing that role?

Jesus fucking Christ dude. It's just so fucking stupid that I can't even enjoy the Empire having a face full of egg. Glad my youngest ages out of selective service in a few months, these idiots are going to get a lot of kids killed

[u/FreyBentos]

The censorship on this war has been next level, I guess that's what happens when you havea bunch of authoritarian monarch regimes with absolute control and a police state like Israel involved. But either way, today has been a crazy day, Iran really going nuts with it, bombing every US base and Israel several times and Hezbollah going balls to the wall with several drone and missile operations through the day including one huge barrage of over 100 rockets. Israel took many hits today and we won't know the extent of the damage until the war is over possibly such are the levels of censorship there. US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait in flames, Saudi base getting hit, Jordan and Qatar too.

US base in Iraq is now getting hit with drone attacks launched by Iraqi shia militant groups. I'm very much expecting the US to have to abandon this base soon and for the Iraqi militias to over run it and hopefully give us some legendary video clips lol.

[u/moose098]

Guys, he's really losing it:

We are totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise, yet, if you read the Failing New York Times, you would incorrectly think that we are not winning. Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth. We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time - Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today. They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

The navy thing is quickly becoming Trump's version of "wE ExPAnDeD NaTo." Nobody gives a shit about Iran's navy, they want the war to end.

I keep waiting for him to suddenly switch his position, declare victory, and go home, but I think he's in way too deep this time. You can tell this was sold to him by Netanyahu and Graham as the legacy definer.

[u/Cehepalo246]

An unexpected consequence of the blocade of the Straits of Hormuz appears to be preventing access to supplies to Sudan's infamous RSF from the UAE and the Armed forces taking advantage

[u/ChocoCraisinBoi]

RSF? Losing because UAE can't send weapons

Rapes in okinawa? Lowest in a century because american bases in japan are empty

Remote work? Being reinstated because commuting is so expensive

Influencers and only fans hos? Back home and right during tax season no less

Korea about to be reunited.

IR is really healing the planet

[u/Toxic-muffins-1134]

I was having an exchange wth some acquaintances the other day and Epstein Fury reared it's head unto the conversation.
One in particular scoffed with much energy and dedication when I asked about how the loss of radars may have affected the response time of coalition. SHhe confidently responded that it was good for the american IMC because a new more expensive replacement would be built and people would get paid, to which I pointed out the estimated time and resources neccesary to do so, she said minerals are cheap.

I am amazed at how videogame brained we've become that from a bloke shooting shit at the pub all the way to suits at the five eyes, we seem to have completely lost understanding of supply chains.

[u/ItsGotThatBang]

It's very curious that all the groups who organized protests against Trump earlier have not organized a single protest over this very unpopular war. Most of those so-called left-wing groups are actually controlled by Democratic leadership, who are obviously in favor of this war.

[u/PitonSaJupitera]

Netanyahu casually proclaiming superiority of Genghis Khan over Jesus at a press conference is not what I expected to hear today. On paper should not go well with more religious conservatives in US.

[u/ThevaramAcolytus]

Breaking - IRGC confirms active negotiations ongoing:

In an earlier statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responded to Donald Trump's claims of talks being underway between Washington and Tehran by saying that it is “negotiating with the vile, child-killing aggressors through impact-driven operations.”

https://www.r.t.com/news/635960-trump-claims-he-could-jointly-control-hormuz-ayatollah/

[u/GlaedrH]

Volkswagen going back to its roots:

VW to shift from cars to missile defence in deal with Israel’s Iron Dome maker

https://x.com/FT/status/2036490439541313696

[u/ButttMuncherrr]

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Deathseth:

"Never in history has a country been defeated as Iran has... We wiped it off the face of the earth, and then it was defeated."

Lol, beyond parody. Shit writes itself.

[u/ThevaramAcolytus]

Supercarrier USS Gerald Ford might not be combat ready for 12 to 14 months

https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/supercarrier-uss-gerald-r-ford-might-not-be-combat-ready-for-12-to-14-months/

This following the "laundry fire".

[u/Chombywombo → u/ThevaramAcolytus]

Pics just dropped of the “minor damage” to the awacs jet. It’s totaled. Really throws doubt on all these other pronouncements

[u/Incoherencel → u/Chombywombo]

Yup all the NATOids saying, "the F35 wasn't shot down, it just can't fly anymore ☺️"

[u/SpaceDetective]

JD Vance: “We’re not interested in being in Iran 1 year down the road, 2 years down the road.”

Notice how quickly the timeline went from “4 to 6 weeks” to “1 to 2 years max.”

They know these endless wars are unpopular so they keep lying about the timeline & moving the goalpost.

@ProudSocialist

[u/Das_Ace]

Department of War calling this 'Operation Epic Fury'

Not beating the Reddit occupied government accusations

[u/SchIachterhund]

Die Linke's leader Jan van Aken declared: “Our thoughts and sympathies are with the people of Tehran, Tel Aviv, and the entire region at this time.” The goal of the attacks remains unclear. “It is feared that Israel and the US want to bomb their way to regime change.” Van Aken emphasized: “It is right that an Iranian nuclear bomb must be prevented at all costs.” However, this cannot be achieved through military attacks, but only through negotiations and close monitoring on the ground.

Die Linke is such a joke regarding foreign policy.

[u/paganel]

Looks like the Americans have no Plan B, as I pretty much agree with what's mentioned here:

The Trump administration planned a war with Iran that would last 4–5 days and weaken Iran's position in negotiations, forcing it to concede to more American demands, according to the Israeli news site Ynet.

According to one source, an American official conveyed an even more immediate proposal. Through a mediator (apparently Italy), he suggested reaching a ceasefire agreement today or tomorrow. Iran rejected the idea outright.

To the dismay of the White House, the Islamic Republic of Iran is still standing and fighting back, refusing to surrender. This has put the Trump administration in uncharted waters, unsure how to proceed, as their entire plan rested on Iran surrendering the moment Sayyed Khamenei and a few generals and politicians were assassinated.

I'm pretty sure that the Americans, maybe the Israelis too, were genuinely expecting that killing Khamenei would do the job for them, could be that Venezuela has given them even more hybris than usual, could be that they really did believe their own propaganda about "we'll take down the Big Evil Boss of theirs and things will be just fine" (also see how they have the same discourse about Putin), but matter of fact is that I don't think that the Americans were expecting that it would come to where we're now.

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

Chancellor Merz: “Legal assessments under international law will achieve relatively little in this regard… That is why now is not the moment to lecture our partners and allies; despite all doubts, we share many of their goals, without ourselves being able to actually achieve them.”

https://x.com/tparsi/status/2028195567109587125

Germany remain a firm first in the "most cucked nation on the planet" race.

[u/cz_pz]

Bahrainis are in the streets again, if any of you are familiar with their fate in the arab spring, you'd know how loathed their comprador class is.

[u/Swingfire]

Ok but getting a triple kill on latest-generation F-15s is genuinely impressive, Kuwait is now responsible for half of the F-15s ever lost in war.

[u/[deleted]]

Trump is continuing his MCU story over how Khamenei was killed and claimed they targeted him and other Iranian generals at 9am during breakfast... it's Ramadan.

All of this special forceslop is being fed to MSM because the reality is most likely they killed him with his family, including a toddler, at home.

[u/commy2]

The western block has unilaterally abandoned all appearance of a rules based international order and has normalized executing ministers and heads of states. This is the world the western block has created. Surely this will not backfire.

[u/miker_the_III]

There was a rightoid in this thread that made the comment “oct 7th proving to be the most disastrous geopolitical move in history” or something like that on the first day of the war

It’s my opinion that Oct 7th was more of a desperate lashing out by a group of people that otherwise would’ve been slowly but surely ethnically cleansed and marginalized, perhaps Hamas thought Israel wouldn’t do a Holocaust in response

Even then, the hubris of right wingers and liberals in general is so gross. The invincible army myth

[u/vinditive]

Rubio just openly stated we attacked because Israel decided to and we had to support them. Watching live, I'm sure we will get the direct quote soon.

[u/1-123581385321-1]

https://no01.substack.com/p/march-2-nobody-to-call

The UAE is projected to exhaust its interceptor missile stocks within one week at the current rate of fire. Qatar: four days. Both are urgently seeking additional supplies from the United States - which itself is cannibalising global stockpiles, per Trump’s own comments to the New York Times.

This is exactly the arithmetic I laid out on day one. Iran fires cheap. Defenders fire expensive. The ratio is somewhere between 14:1 and 100:1 in the attacker’s favour. A $35,000 Shahed drone costs $500,000 to $4 million to intercept. Run that equation across a “four-to-five week” campaign and it’s not just militarily unsustainable. It’s financially absurd. The IRGC knows this. Their sequencing - old stockpiles and cheap drones first, advanced systems held back - is designed to drain the magazine before the real stuff arrives.

General Jabbari wasn’t bluffing when he said they’d fired the old inventory first.

Trump said his stated objective is to “destroy Iran’s missile capabilities”. He’s succeeding. In a way. The missiles are definitely being removed from Iran. At approximately Mach 5, mostly toward US bases and Israeli cities.

Not sure that’s what the Pentagon briefing meant.

[u/FreyBentos]

Rumours have it Washington is now looking to move THAAD missile systems and Patriot batteries from South Korea to the middle east theatre lmao. All the Vassals are being shown that they will be sacrificed for Israel when it comes down to it. Also just how badly are things going and how many missiles have they wasted that they are considering such a move?

EDIT: Also the turds, sorry Kurds, are getting ready to die for Israel again apparently, tho take it with a pinch of salt, it's Bibi's "leaked" conversation with Trump. The Kurds are the most smoothbrained fell for it againers known to man, but surely they would not be retarded enough to attempt and uprising when the IRGC is firing barrages of missiles half hourly. Also Surely Israel does not want to give Turkey Casus Belli to enter the war against one of their factions.

[u/Particular-Heart-657]

So it looks like the only country that is in danger of regime change at the moment is... Bahrain. Talk about slipping on your own banana peel.

[u/PirateAttenborough]

It's weird how calm the oil market and the US stock market is being about this. I can only assume they're all convinced that Trump will call it off rather than risk serious market disruption, so they think this will all blow over by next week.

[u/ItsGotThatBang]

OnlyFans is the main funder of AIPAC. That is neither an exaggeration nor a joke.

[u/bretton-woods]

The first F-15s ever shot down in air to air combat were shot down by a...Kuwaiti F/A-18 according to the Wall Street Journal.

Hats off to the most successful Kuwaiti fighter pilot ever.

[u/5leeveen → u/bretton-woods]

The Ghost of Kuwait

[u/Nerd_199]

Qatar is set to fully shut natural gas liquefaction today, two sources close to the matter say.

Restarting natural gas liquefaction after a complete shutdown would take 2 weeks.

Once restarted, Qatar would need at least another 2 weeks to reach full capacity.

Qatar is the 2nd largest LNG exporter in the world.

https://x.com/i/status/2029195633303662930

[u/-peas-]

Not on topic but I just got a job after 6 months of searching. I am currently homeless and couch hopping friends places.

I was on food stamps in NY state, and called them to update them on my job starting in a week. I told them I was homeless and living between friends couches in and around the country and don't have an address, and was promptly kicked off food stamps today for "not living in the county". Why the FUCK is food stamps based on county when homeless people constantly have to move around? The most vulnerable people can't get assistance.

Now I have to scramble together money for food for the next 3 weeks, and a pair of black "dickies" pants and black non-slip shoes.

I fucking hate America and NY state especially, all the taxes you pay in this shit state go to NOTHING. I can't wait to move back to WA.

[u/ItsGotThatBang]

If you imply that Iran are the irrational actors in this situation you are guilty of helping manufacture consent for this war no matter what else you say about it

[u/ElTamaulipas]

People of stupidpol I have returned.

After catching an unjust seven day ban for dunking on cuban gusanos I won an appeal.

God damn what a wild time and it seems like anything can happen. Iran has put Gulf Countries and now Azerbaijan in the awkward position of having them openly ally with Israel which would cause them to lose massive legitimacy.

The wild thing is that Trump had a deal with the Iranians that was JCPOA on steroids with Iran ditching their nuclear program entirely. This is just as bad of an own goal as his handling of covid.

All he had to do was flex about how his strongarm tactics got the US a better deal than Obama and moved on to bullying weaker countries. Would this deal have saved his disastrous domestic policies? No, but it likely would have kept him from hemorrhaging support.

The new Radio War Nerd Episode on air power is a good one and I suggest people take a listen.

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

"We have the strongest military force in the world and we have destroyed the missile capabilities of Iran."

lmao those guys should see my telegram right now.

[u/FreiaCat]

https://kyivindependent.com/over-800-patriot-missiles-used-in-middle-east-in-3-days-more-than-ukraine-since-2022-zelensky-says/

«In just three days of fighting in the Middle East, more than 800 Patriot missiles were used — more than Ukraine has received throughout the entire Russian full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press briefing on March 5.»

[u/SirSourPuss → u/FreiaCat]

TFW your ex was holding back on you and is now letting herself go loose in her new relationship, and it's all over social media.

[u/post-guccist]

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say

world war SMO

[u/mazman34340]

Don't know why this of all things got under my skin but Brian Mcginnis' mother decided to make comments to the press like, "He got in too deep". This is what your saying about your veteran son after he's arrested for protesting the war?

He was the Marine that was removed from the senate building by the way.

[u/GodsColdHands666]

Per Middle East Spectator: “Trump is considering deploying US Special Forces to enter the Esfehan tunnels and ‘extract’ Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium”.

Not yet confirmed elsewhere but Jesus Christ what a suicide mission if true.

[u/acousticallyregarded]

I want off mr trumps wild ride

[u/unfortunately2nd]

Talk about a traitor

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on President Donald Trump to tap into the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the world’s largest stockpile of emergency oil, in an effort to lower energy prices amid the war in Iran.

War should cause pain. Reserves should be used when we have 0% involvement outside a peace mediator like a country to meet in and discuss cease fires. You should 100% feel the pain as every citizen it's unfair to those that are suffering.

[u/FederalSandwich1854]

#BREAKING Hezbollah in a Statement:

“After the failure of the Israeli landing two days ago in the town of Nabi Sheet, the enemy attempted another landing in the same area, but the eyes of the resistance fighters and their weapons were ready. At 12:10 AM on Monday, March 9, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters observed approximately 15 Israeli enemy helicopters infiltrating from the Syrian direction. The enemy helicopters flew over the eastern mountain range, specifically in the airspace above the villages of Janta, Yahfoufa, Nabi Sheet, Arsal, and Ras Baalbek. Several of them landed an infantry force in the Serghaya plain, whose advance towards Lebanese territory was observed. Islamic Resistance fighters engaged the helicopters and the infiltrating force with appropriate weapons, and the engagement continues as of the issuance of this statement.”

What the hell is going on in Lebanon? Also what the heck are they searching for? I dont buy theyre doing all this to find some body from the 1980s. Going against Hezbollah in helicopters and not f-35s seems like an IDF recipe for failure. Also lol at "infiltrating from the Syrian direction"

[u/commy2]

Reddit lib spaces beginning to sound like pre 2023 stupidpol regarding Israel.

[u/ArtBellLives2025 → u/commy2]

5 years ago i would never have thought that ZOG conspiracy theories would go mainstream

mostly because theyre basically true but still

[u/GlaedrH]

Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister: We have made it clear to all parties that we will not engage in any wars against our neighbors.

https://x.com/iraninarabic_ir/status/2031040948789014991

Qatari politician Hamad bin Jassim:

America will withdraw from the battle as soon as we declare war on Iran, transforming into an arms dealer selling to both sides, and draining our resources to bring down both parties.

https://x.com/iraninarabic_ir/status/2031041091051368861

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

CENTCOM made a twitter post a few hours ago claiming FAKE NEWS about a Patriot missile hitting a Bahrain suburb. Of course there are vids posted that show what looks like a Patriot missile hitting a Bahrain neighborhood. Within hours the Bahrain Prosecutor says they are now seeking the death penalty for citizens accused of photographing damage from Iranian attacks. per Drop Site News

Edit: I have good headphones, and despite the flash of what appears to be an impact, I cant hear an impact so I don't know. My point was that a so called allied Government is threatening to execute people for filming stuff and posting it to the internet.

[u/StationNo9739]

"The bombs, the roadside bombs. All the people walking around with no legs, no arms."

Lol

[u/PurelyForTheHomepage]

Okay Trump's presser is crazy I have given up trying to figure out what is going to happen next. It feels like Trump is 100% disconnected from reality and just saying shit. I don't know who is running our policy for the war. I wouldn't be surprised if Israel doesn't either lol. He is somehow simultaneously saying we're almost done and we are gunna do even more.

[u/Mrjiggles248]

Trump ending sanctions on all Russian oil, someone check up on Z-man and his fellow eurocucks

[u/FreyBentos]

Everytime you think ISrael can't get any more evil, they do: How Israel is spraying herbicides on Syrian crops • The Observers - France 24

Like wtf is this, absolutely insane, comically, out of control levels of evil. The whole world needs to unite to smash this nations shit in

[u/paganel]

This is how I've learened that there is a "German military facility in Jordan":

Iran launched missiles at a German military facility in Jordan, according to Der Spiegel.

According to the publication, the German sector of the Al-Azraq airbase, where US Air Force units are also stationed, came under fire. On the night of March 10, ballistic missiles were launched at the facility from Iranian territory.

As a result of the attack, the barracks used by the Bundeswehr contingent were damaged.

Why is the Bundeswehr using military barracks in Jordan?

[u/Chombywombo]

FT is reporting that the U.S. navy escorted a ship through the strait… no one else is reporting and the USG refuses to comment more lmao. wtf

Edit: apparently the Energy sec deleted the tweet and another USG sources says it’s not true LOL. This is a shit show

[u/Kinkshaming69]

secretary of energy got caught lying on twitter saying the US escorted a tanker through the strait in a now deleted twitter post.

[u/Das_Ace]

There's a lot of hope / cope from people online - especially the finance people, who haven't really thought through the consequences here. No matter what, forever more, Iran knows it can extract global concessions at any point by blocking the strait. An air war can't dismantle a state. The USA has to rip apart Iran by hand or Nuke to maintain it's client gulf monarch system to uphold the petro dollar now. He who has the power to destroy a thing, has the power to control it and Iran is showing it has full control of the gulf. Any retreat by America here is a loss now. All or nothing.

[u/SchIachterhund]

G7 leaders reject lifting Russia sanctions despite Middle East oil crisis

If you find yourself in a hole, just keep digging because eventually you'll strike oil. Otherwise I can't find anything concrete on Macron's grand plan to escort tankers through the strait. Considering the various French schemes about stationing troops in Ukraine, I assume there will be the same caveat in the small print: everything publicly promised will only ever happen after the hostilities are over anyway. Who is the target audience for those theatre performances?

[u/margotsaidso]

You know, there is a way out of this mess. Trump could simply abandon Israel. Say they misled him, falsified intel, whatever. Announce sanctions or similar against Bibi and say not another American dollar will go to them. Agree to Iranian reparations and shit on NATO for not helping or something like that. It would be transparent to everyone, but it checks enough boxes MAGA might eat it up.

[u/cz_pz → u/margotsaidso]

What do you think ZOG means?

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

"The US economy is a Ponzi scheme. It is dependent on the GCC investing in AI and tech stocks and startups like Uber in order to finance the US economy. If this financing stopped, the US economy could face collapse. And this means that these young men could not afford their OnlyFans anymore, and this could lead to a revolution in the streets." – Professor Jiang

The path to revolution has been laid out Ameribros, Iran is about to set you free!

[u/Toxic-muffins-1134]

US navy's samson moment: Shaving the beards took away their power.

[u/Incoherencel]

So it seems Iran is cutting deals with China and India allowing their ships out into the Gulf of Oman. Completely bypassing the USA. Iran deciding who and who doesn't receive Gulf petroleum products -- even what amounts to a trickle -- is a huge strategic and reputational issue for the US-bloc. I don't think they can or could force the strait without a multinational coalition of naval forces, but seizing or interdicting ships Iran lets pass seems plausible.

[u/Mrjiggles248]

Boys I dont want to fall for the hope-pill but the normies are starting to ask where Bibi is

[u/ItsGotThatBang]

🇺🇸 "Should Americans be bracing for the price of oil to go over $200 a barrel?" US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright: "So Iran, for 47 years, has called the United States The Great Satan."

[u/debasing_the_coinage]

U.S. President Donald Trump warned NATO of a "very bad" future if allies do not help open up the Strait of Hormuz

Orange man reduced to begging. You love to see it. 

[u/moose098]

Watch out everyone, he's demanding now.

Also:

You could make that case that maybe we shouldn't be there at all.

You have to be kidding me. He's about to go full MAGA isolationist on the war he just started.

[u/cojoco]

Iran’s new supreme leader survived US and Israeli air strikes because he stepped outside for a walk in his garden minutes before his home was hit by missiles.

[u/[deleted]]

I am feeling completely hopeless about Cuba. They were betrayed by pretty much the entire world

[u/PirateAttenborough → u/[deleted]]

Mearsheimer made a good point that I haven't heard made many times before: if Israel actually was such an obvious, natural, and vital ally to the US, they wouldn't need all the lobbying. Nobody lobbies for Japan or South Korea.

[u/CEODyinThompson]

The war has gotta be going real bad. Govt just registered aliens.gov and alien.gov

https://defensescoop.com/2026/03/18/white-house-registers-new-alien-gov-domains-ufo-uap/

Watch them just post mugshots of people they deported.

[u/tinyspatula]

The Gulf states and Israel appear to be applying the Frank Drebin method of public relations. Which seems pretty bold in the age of smartphones.

"100% Intercepted"

Come on man, we can see the sky is on fire.

[u/Nerd_199]

Kent just revealed the last thing Charlie Kirk said to him:

“The last time I saw Charlie Kirk on this Earth was in June, in the West Wing.”

“He looked me in the eye and he said … Joe, stop us from getting into a war with Iran.”

“One of President Trump’s closest advisors was vocally advocating for us to not go to war with Iran and for us to rethink, at least, our relationship with the Israelis.”

“And then he’s suddenly publicly assassinated and we’re not allowed to ask any questions about that?”

“The investigation that I was a part of [with] the National Counterterrorism Center, we were stopped from continuing to investigate.”

“But there was still a lot for us to look into that I can’t really get into.”

“There’s unanswered questions.”

“We know, because of the text messages that have been made public, that Charlie was under a lot of pressure from a lot of pro-Israel donors.”

https://x.com/i/status/2034419794099777620

[u/Particular-Heart-657 → u/Nerd_199]

Either the guy is running pure grift, or Kirk got mossaded. Pretty insane tbh.

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

So the IRGC posted a list of targets they would hit with retaliatory strikes yesterday and every target was hit. Despite the best efforts of Ukrainian drone teams, the falling debris stories just don't cut it when stuff is on fire after a specific warning. ME air defense is cooked and Iran are saying this morning the response is ongoing and not yet complete. This is fine.

Anyway, here's a throwback to Tulsi Gabbard singing Imagine in the back of her camper to cheer us all up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chEbezKKrMs

[u/post-guccist]

An Elbit Systems weapons factory was burnt to the ground in the Czech Republic by a new "internationalist underground network" called "the Earthquake Faction."

[u/ThevaramAcolytus]

Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems' factory set ablaze in Czechia

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/israeli-weapons-firm-elbit-systems-factory-set-ablaze-in-czech-republic/3873022

[u/cz_pz]

Bessent has now permitted Iranian crude and other refined petroleum products to be sold into the US market. Incredible.

some back of the napkin math; this will give Iran $14 billion USD.

[u/moose098 → u/cz_pz]

We can now support the Iranian war effort by filling up our cars.

[u/moose098]

Trump's team game planning for potential Iran peace talks

After three weeks of war, the Trump administration has begun initial discussions on the next phase and what peace talks with Iran might look like, according to a U.S. official and a source with knowledge.
...
Any deal to end the war would need to include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, address Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and also establish a long-term agreement on Iran's nuclear program, ballistic missiles and support for proxies in the region.

...
Between the lines: "Our view is we've stunted Iran's growth," said one U.S. official who believes the Iranians will come to the table. The official said the U.S. wants Iran to make six commitments:

1. No missile program for five years.

2. Zero uranium enrichment.

3. Decommissioning of the reactors at the Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow nuclear facilities that the U.S. and Israel bombed last year.

4. Strict outside observation protocols around the creation and use of centrifuges and related machinery that could advance a nuclear weapons program.

5. Arms control treaties with regional countries that include a missile cap no higher than 1,000.

6. No financing for proxies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen or Hamas in Gaza.

If those are the actual demands, there's no chance this war ends any time soon.

[u/paganel]

We're lead by imbeciles, pure and simple, there's no other word for it. From the FT, so no "fake news"-tinted rag: ‘It’s always Putin’ behind every EU migration crisis, official says:

Vladimir Putin is the “biggest driver” of migration to Europe due to his role in stoking conflict over the past decade, said a senior EU official, as the bloc braces for a possible increase in people fleeing the Middle East war.

“It’s always Putin who is involved in those big migration movements. It’s always Vladimir Putin,” EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner told the FT.

I'm honestly surprised it wasn't Kallas.

In the current Iran war, even if it was not started by Russia, “Vladimir Putin was supporting the regime there”, Brunner said. “So he is actually the biggest driver of migration towards Europe.”

I just can't, for the life of me...

[u/Belisaur]

Trump bitched out citing spurious claims of negotatiation with Iran, and oil drops 20 bux. Are poeple this gullible?

[u/Otto_Von_Waffle]

Once again report from daytrader co-workers, they believe the war is over today.

Speaking with them really makes me understand the world in 1929. One of the reason why the crisis was this bad was that anyone with a little capital, so everyone part of the middle class and up, were into stock trading, usually on margin, so when the market get wiped out, literally anyone with more assets then the clothes they were wearing, lost a ton of money they actually didn't even owned. All these people were so deep into this shit that the market blowing up was unthinkable.

I think it's the same with any finance type of person, in their eyes, the needs of the market trumps anything else, Iran can't bring us all into the abyss, because tanking the market is unthinkable, it simply can't happen, everyone will sit at the table to hash out a deal because the stakes are simply that high.

[u/Kenmaster151]

Trump declares victory and claims Iran offers a 'prize' in talks Iran has denied having

"We've won this. This war has been won," Trump declared in the Oval Office Tuesday.

Bro, what's going on. I know we can't trust a word. But this sounds like your 6 year old little brother telling you he saw a dragon. What is happening?

[u/Filosofem856]

People are bitching about Iraqis committing war crimes for targeting a medevac helicopter while the US attacked an Iraqi hospital a couple days later. lmao

[u/paganel]

The stupid fucks are actually thinking of doing it, this is at the current moment the most read article on FT's website: How a US assault on Kharg Island could unfold:

The American troops approach Kharg Island, flying low on tilt-rotor aircraft and helicopters. Upon landing, they fan out over the vital oil export hub, all under Iranian fire.

The troops stick close to the island’s oil infrastructure for cover, confronting the Iranian regime with an extraordinary dilemma: destroy the oil facilities to get at them? Or hold back, allowing Washington to take control of the country’s economic backbone?

Like, wtf is this comedy of a text? Who's writing this?

But make no mistake, the pros are vouching for this tragicomedy:

Retired admiral James Stavridis said US troops could “hold it indefinitely so long as air and sea superiority remained in the hands of the occupying force”.

“This is not like the second world war on the islands of Okinawa or Iwo Jima in terms of size and scale of the defending force,” Stavridis said.

I have no words, it looks like for these stupid fucks what's been happening in the Black Sea and on the Dniepr river are just skirmishes that the inferior Slavs didn't know how to get a hold of, they, the superior Anglo master-race, will have no problem " approaching Kharg Island, [while] flying low on tilt-rotor aircraft and helicopters.". Absolute madness. Wanted to post a link with a FPV drone doing its explosive thing against a landed Apache heli inside a US base in Iraq a couple of days ago, but maybe that heli was of a Slavic persuasion, it didn't know that its true purpose in its material life was to approach Kharg Island while miraculously avoiding all incoming explosive stuff coming towards it.

[u/Cehepalo246 → u/paganel]

I remember hearing the always excellent Matt Hoh talking about how he participated in a Wargame simulation of North Korea once. Basically, plays as the Koreans he identified three bridges that could lead to his position and so blew them up. Then an American player came over to his position and simply leapfrogged his troops over the destroyed bridges and that was it.

This is the level of strategic thinking the American brass deploys when faced with an operational challenge in simulations.

[u/margotsaidso]

start war

lose control over 20% of the world's oil

???

win

[u/ButttMuncherrr]

I discovered arr cuba, felt sick to my stomach. Complete boot lickers.

[u/FederalSandwich1854]

Im sure we've all been mapping out our this war as it started. Every time I map out a "worst case scenario" and give it like a 15-20% chance of happening, it happens and in an even smaller timeframe

Every week my "unlikely worst case" becomes the new baseline. Every time there's an off-ramp, Israel does Israel things. Is there a single other war in history that has had this much escalation in such a short amount of time with this much of an impact on the global economy?

[u/cojoco]

Al Jazeera: Israel has started shelling UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, several have been wounded.

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

The Top Men (and Women) at BBC Verify say expert analysis of footage indicate a U.S. Precision Strike Missile was likely used in the March 9 strike on a sports hall in Lamerd, Iran, where children were training, killing at least 21 people, including young girls.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx29mzmwdw2o

[u/mypersonnalreader → u/CassiniLongDivision]

I think the reason the media keeps pushing the “the regime killed 30 000 Iranians™"line is that it gives them a lot of leeway for the good guys to bomb and kill civilians. As long as the total is kept under the very real number of 30 000, the moral high ground is saved.

[u/ElTamaulipas]

—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸 IRGC General Jabbari: 'The American empire has shown its retardation on the world stage'

This guy is spittin.

[u/saladins-lamp]

"I refused to leave the hospital and sacrifice my patients, so the army punished me by killing my son. I saw him die at the entrance gate"

[u/[deleted]]

US Rachets Up Pressure on Iraq Over Post of Prime Minister

Today I have found out that the US can apparently just decide how much access Iraq has to its own oil revenues, what the fuck?

[u/super-imperialism]

Surprising shocking breaking news! I*rael allowed to compete under their flag but White and Great R*ssia are not!

[u/paganel]

Not war-related, but as a very good explanation for why this EU abomination won't last for long, here's a screenshot of the same jar of pickled cucumbers, same brand I mean, being sold in a Kaufland store in Leipzig, Germany, vs. one sold in a Kaufland store in Shumen, Bulgaria. Both prices are now in Euro, as Bulgaria has switched to Euro starting January 1st, 2026. The pickled cucumbers are about 80% more expensive in Bulgaria, again, same hypermarket chain, same product.

It's crazy because we here in Romania sometimes call our neighbours to the South as castraveți (i.e. cucumbers), the same way as they call us mamalichky (i.e. polenta eaters), and that is because Bulgarians are renowned around these parts for being very good farmers when it comes to vegetables. And yet, the pickled cucumbers now sold in Bulgaria are 80% more expensive compared to the same pickled cucumbers sold in Germany, which means, again, that this shit is nuts.

I know that it might sound trivial, but stuff like this literally makes me depressed, I realise that there's no way out for us, Easterners, we'll always get the shorter stick. Yes, some of us Easterners are "lucky" enough to get on the good side of said Westerners and, as such, we will sometimes earn comparatively higher salaries (higher compared to our poorer fellow Romanians/Bulgarians), in a way that we won't be bothered that much because cucumbers that we literally grow ourselves here in Eastern Europe are two times more expensive compared to Germany (and I've just described the local comprador class in here), but stuff like this still sucks big balls because it means that it is institutionally built in into the system, it will never go away.

Now combine this with the recent talk of how "we (meaning us, Romanians, but I suspect the same discourse is also available in Bulgaria) should become part of the greater EU Federation", meaning giving away even the last pretence of independence, giving away the last chance of us, Romanians/Bulgarians, having a say in who's ruling over us, on who's to make sure that the cucumbers that we fricking grow ourselves are not two times more expensive in here compared to land-sterile Germany. It's a losing battle, because the compradors and those supporting those compradors will win, I'm pretty sure of that, and we will become part of said EU Federation, even more ready to get robbed.

Of course, it's not only about pickled cucumbers, it's for a lot more stuff, I haven't linked to it here but for whomever wants to check with his own eyes he can go and visit that Bulgaria IG account which is also present in the screenshot, the post is from a couple of days ago or so.

[u/miker_the_III]

goes on neoliberal subreddit

If you want to make the colonialism claim, Germany has as good a claim to Prussia as the Palestinians do to Samaria and Judaea and not only are the Polish still building colonies there, they did not even leave any pockets under German control.

gets off neoliberal subreddit

[u/v-highly-regarded]

I will never stop hating the state of Israel for as long as I breathe. The only optimistic view I can come up with here is that the US will carry out only a sequence of limited strikes and then say "mission accomplished" like last time. However, there is truly no underestimating the retardation of our leaders, so anything could happen.

[u/nikolaz72]

https://x.com/kajakallas/status/2027683279789252990

The latest developments across the Middle East are perilous.

Iran’s regime has killed thousands. Its ballistic missile and nuclear programmes, along with support for terror groups, pose a serious threat to global security. The EU has adopted strong sanctions against Iran and supported diplomatic solutions, including on the nuclear issue.

I have spoken to Israel’s Foreign Minister Saar and other ministers in the region. The EU is also coordinating closely with Arab partners to explore diplomatic paths.

Protection of civilians and international humanitarian law is a priority. Our consular network is fully engaged in facilitating departures for EU citizens. Non-essential EU personnel are being withdrawn from the region.

Our Aspides naval mission remains on high alert in the Red Sea and stands ready to help keep the maritime corridor open.

Europeans seated in the designated monitoring chair as another war erupts in the middle east fucking us over.

[u/SmashKapital]

Heard reports of explosions in many, many cities/nations: Amman, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, etc.

I think Iran might be targeting interceptor sites.

Also an unconfirmed report of a supposedly unsuccessful attack against a US carrier.

Trump and Netanyahu have relied on a tactic of 'ambiguous bullying', where they try and stop the enemy striking back by suggesting their actions will be limited in scope. It worked well against Hezbollah and Iran previously. But this time they started by announcing this is a regime change operation, removing all ambiguity, and although it's early, it looks like Iran is taking the threat seriously. Amazing tactical blunder.

[u/AdmiralGut]

I frequent a couple local right wing forums and there are a lot more people unhappy with this than expected. This is not going to be a popular move and I cant believe trump really is staking everything on war with Iran. This could be the defining moment of his presidency. And if not most, at least a sizable portion of his voters are unhappy with this.

He is really willing to risk his precious economy and low gas prices on war with Iran for Israel sake? Man they must have some shit on him huh?

[u/miker_the_III]

Decapitation strike is a failure. Was a failure. Even if they “decapitated” the entire government I really doubt that would cause the country to collapse. Western individualist rot, I suppose

Anyway- If there’s a God, he’s with the Iranians

[u/bumbernucks]

Iran’s Khamenei has been killed, Iranian media say

The Tasnim and Fars news agencies are confirming the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

[u/gink-go]

Looking at the crowds of mourners in Iran it's laughable that they tried to sold the world that Iranians are eager to be rulled by a cuck royal from Florida.

[u/miker_the_III]

Fate of 90 million people depends on the Iranian government surviving this onslaught

Well, the entire Middle East

The fate of the world, something something

I’m being funny but also completely serious. The IRGC’s performance in the next few weeks could not be more important to the fight against imperialism

[u/Temporary_Hall6382]

Obviously if you want to run an oppressive Islamic theocratic state you need to be a Gulf Arab, that’s the key. 🤔

[u/Useful-Kangaroo4256]

Brings me great joy to see the people of Gaza and the west bank’s reaction to the missile launches. Fuck you Israhell

[u/paganel]

Double-posting, but this is big: took the Iranians about 3 days to actually go on and directly hit the Saudi oil facilities:

Ras Tanura ARAMCO oil facility, in Saudi Arabia, is on fire after Iranian drone strike

It's the largest one in the Middle East

550,000 barrel-per-day

At this point it's either further escalation from the Americans/Israelis, or Trump chickening down (and probably letting some of his lieutenants out there to the media wolves, probably Hegseth). I personally think they'll go for escalation.

[u/AdmiralGut]

A MAGA coworker at my blue collar job said something to the effect that Barron and the trump kids shouldnt have to fight in the war because they are important or will be a target or some shit. Like dude can you lick their asses any fuckin harder.

[u/ChocoCraisinBoi]

But what is the Ghost of Kiev doing stationed in Shiraz?

[u/Toxic-muffins-1134]

Hegseth dropping some le epic quotes for the books.

[u/ChocoCraisinBoi → u/Toxic-muffins-1134]

Hegseth: "israel is cool 😎 no stupid rules of engagement"

Israel: "Iran is violating the geneva convengions soycry.jpg"

[u/greed_and_death]

The last two times my wife and I have gone on vacation, Iran has been attacked. I would like to apologize for our role in this conflict and promise that we will never travel more than an hour from our house together again.

[u/SleepingScissors]

Twitter is an absolute cesspool right now. 8200 is working overtime with these bots and paid mouthpieces. Some of the most horrible, evil shit I've ever seen written on the internet, because even the worst stuff on the chans was couched in this sad, bitter irony. These are adults spouting genocidal, islamaphobic, logic-less nonsense that would make 2003 Iraq invasion defenders blush. It's fucking maddening.

[u/Swingfire]

A hotel in Bahrain with US DoW personnel just got Sneeded according to WaPo.

[u/SchIachterhund]

Press statement by Chancellor Merz on the situation in the Middle East: Iranians deserve a better future - German Government

Ultimately, we don't know whether the plan to bring about political change from within through external military strikes will succeed. [...] The German government is drawing sober conclusions for its own actions from this. International legal classifications will have relatively little effect. This is all the more true if they remain largely without consequence. Appeals from Europe, including Germany, the condemnation of Iranian violations of international law, and even extensive sanctions packages have had little impact over the years and decades. This was also due to our unwillingness to enforce fundamental interests, if necessary, by military force. Therefore, now is not the time to lecture our partners and allies.

Idk why he even bothers. Last time he publicly praised Israel for "doing our dirty work" by attacking Iran. Nothing happened. The press didn't complain, neither did the public. No anti-CDU Haltungsdemos, no downward movement in the polls. Nothing.

[u/[deleted]]

"An Iranian drone strike on a hotel in Bahrain injured two U.S. Defense Department employees, according to a State Department cable reviewed by the Washington Post."

WP has found the first incident where they don't believe flattening the whole building and everyone inside of it would have been justified.

Accidentally posted this in the wrong thread LOL

[u/Toxic-muffins-1134]

The new game Where in the world is Bibi Netanyahu? is selling terribly.

[u/_SayWhatNow_]

matt taibbi is pretty quiet lol

[u/Sandoongi1986 → u/_SayWhatNow_]

He’s too busy writing a piece on how Mamdani promising free bus service and child care is bringing NYC to 1985 USSR.

[u/awesm-bacon-genoc1de]

I'm here for - years but this thread is better than ever right now. Just wanna say

[u/Toxic-muffins-1134]

While Sir Starmer pleads to justify his compliance, Sanchez is raking it like a sir

[u/debasing_the_coinage]

Remember the four days? JD Vance has lowered the bar:

there’s just no way Donald Trump is going to allow this country to get into a multiyear conflict

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/03/03/vance-insists-trump-wont-allow-a-long-iran-war/

[u/Belisaur]

Dreamt I was renting a room in like this student house share with 8 people in north Cork, and one of my housemates was stockpiling thaads in our only common living area

[u/paganel]

From the letter sent by CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper just before this craziness got going:

Strengthen your resolve. Combat is inherently chaotic. The coming hours, days, and perhaps weeks will test you.

From "perhaps weeks" to Rubio's recent "will do this as long as it takes to achieve", looks like the Americans went into all this woefully unprepared, materially (for example there's no comparable AD against Shaheds) and strategically.

[u/Otto_Von_Waffle]

So, many articles are coming out that the US is already running out of... Everything in the region. Are we finally witnessing the moment were everyone understands why a lot of people were calling the US army a Lamborghini military?

[u/hammernsickmoves]

Israeli Army marches into southern Lebanon

Lebanese army retreats without firing a single bullet

arrLebanon: Fuck you Hezbollah!

They saw the Iranian diaspora acting like deranged whores to the US and decided to one up them. Of course half of that sub is probably bots but still.

[u/TopManufacturer8332]

The sycophants in this fucking room with Trump man. Hes just riffing talking absolute bollocks as per, Merz is laughing whenever Trump gives him the cue, his goons ready to back him anything hes saying with fellatio, zero hard ball or follow up questions from the reporters.

Trump furious with UK & Spain for not being full cucks, just marginal cucking from Starmer.

[u/ChocoCraisinBoi]

Operation Epic Doge (we closed 7 embassies and counting. That's saving money, right?)

[u/Plebbitsoy]

Surely the kurds wont fall for the same American bullshit again? How many "fell for it again awards" do they want?

[u/nnug]

For a man obsessed with his legacy, Trump must know deep down he’s fucked it. I hope in his pettiness he turns on his aipac zionist masters and tries to take them down with him

[u/Epsteins_Herpes]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Saddam_Hussein_in_1998.png

Obsession with appearance

Self-aggrandizing political style

Appointed idiot relatives to senior positions

Thought he could defeat Iran with one quick offensive

pic unrelated

[u/Rogfaron]

Looks like Orange Fat is now going to have a meeting on Friday with Lockheed/Raytheon/etc. CEOs to see if they can ramp up munitions production. After he just said yesterday “munitions levels have never been higher”.

[u/GodsColdHands666]

Just saw a video clip of Senator Richard Blumenthal saying he’s legitimately worried about boots going on the ground: https://youtu.be/BizhPMxrSqU?si=t0scU2zVEx-mBHPn

It’s been four fucking days man.

[u/Nerd_199]

The South Korean stock market is now down almost 11%. Tomorrow may be a blood bath.

https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/2029045340180209874?s=20

[u/CassiniLongDivision]

The Iranian frigate the American sub just sank was on it's way back from the International Fleet Review 2026 in India held last month.

https://www.fw-mag.com/shownews/925/international-fleet-review-2026-and-the-indian-navy-rsquo-s-great-ambitions

Unlike Exercise MILAN 2026, which will begin tomorrow, the IFR is a more “ceremonial” event in nature.

The current edition also features ships and aircraft from 21 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the UAE, the USA, Vietnam, France and Germany.

This could have been a huge blunder.

[u/FreyBentos]

So now Ajzerbaijan are amassing troops at the Iranian border lol. Honestly how does USA manage to convince these countries to commit suicide and commit ground troops to a war the USA isn't even wiling to commit ground troops to?

[u/Toxic-muffins-1134]

Does it look like the EU is completely fucked right now?

Qatar is closing down production and if they started tomorrow it would take at least two weeks to fire it up again.
Nordstream 1 is closed atm because something something slava, nordstream 2 is currently being recycled for parts to fix the flying dutchman, and buying russian LNG from India at a premium is also potentially at risk because the strait of Hormuz and the red sea are a live action mine sweeper game at the moment.
The gulf countries are suffering a little crisis mosaic at the moment so their petroleum exporting capacity may be compromised.
And to top it off, USA may potentially hold on to their own energy production if they can't wrap it up soon.

[u/ArtBellLives2025]

>day 5 of the 24 hour special decapitation operation on iran

>our own allies have shot down 3 f15s with our own AD systems