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U.S., Israel Strike Iran: Live Updates – WSJ

It will take a few days to gain a clear picture.

I expect a ‘limited’ attack until Iran starts to hit back – which it will. Then we are likely to see a full fledged U.S./Israeli air offensive. From thereon things will get murky.

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Trump was in a bind, all of Israel’s making, not unlike crazy impatient football (American college) boosters driving a team’s roster, regardless of the coach.  But Rugby comes to mind.  Sometimes a flyhalf (QB) has a center (receiver) demanding the ball, they’re open, they’re open, they’re not but they won’t shut up, so you give them a “buddy pass” and they’ll shut up, and skipping the outside center they’re pinching on will yield long unobstructed runs, or a vacant backfield.  
Anyway, sometimes you just get indifferent to demands and you give somebody what they want.   Heroin dealers will do this, give a deadbeat a “glory shot” the pest goes out doing what they love.
C’est la vie.   If you don’t know the circumstances of French Algeria ‘s over-the-weekend Exodus look it up.  There are iconic photos of the ports clogged with French carrying all their belongings, notably a few VW Beetles carried atop shoulders.   These are proud trophies among Algerians, but I found little luck searching online in English or my crude Francais

Posted by: Scottindallas | Feb 28 2026 17:04 utc | 601

Iran says they fired 1200 Missiles so far. Is that a Lot? 😜

Posted by: Nobody | Feb 28 2026 17:05 utc | 602

Lavrov was very open and honest with Tucker in an interview at the time: “The security of Israel is a top priority for the Russian Federation!”

Posted by: guest from franconia | Feb 28 2026 13:24 utc | 344

Seems a reasonable position. They don’t want to give all those ex-pat Russian Jews an excuse to return.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Feb 28 2026 16:04 utc | 569
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The Kremlin is overwhelmingly Jewish. Including crypto-Jew (halachic) Putin. He has left the way open for all the Russian Israelis to return to Russia.

Posted by: sarz | Feb 28 2026 17:09 utc | 603

“Trump was pinched by the Epstein files.”
 
I am so sick of this shit. 
 
Trump is a Jewish president, making money for Jews, and working for Pax Judaica. 
 
Quit giving him rationale beyond this. It’s much more simple than it looks. In fact, it was there all along right in front of your face: Trump hates Americans. 

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Feb 28 2026 17:12 utc | 604

sara, don’t conflate all Jews with Zionists. Putin is in no way a Zionist and returning Jews would be subjected to a civilization that actually desires civility.

Posted by: Seer | Feb 28 2026 17:14 utc | 605

It is my hope that, at least, the end of Occupied Palestine is a result of this conflict……ok, I also want the end of the God Of Mammon cult and their private finance jackboot on the world….but one step at a time.
 
Thanks again for all the updates and please keep them coming so I don’t have to go elsewhere much.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Feb 28 2026 17:18 utc | 606

Round 1 goes to Iran. 

Posted by: Deniz | Feb 28 2026 17:28 utc | 607

Norwegian | Feb 28 2026 14:16 utc | 407
The MST appears to be a vessel used for gunnery practice.  This was not a supply ship.  Someone posted some serious BS.  Bound to happen in the chaos and confusion of war.

Posted by: circumspect | Feb 28 2026 17:29 utc | 608

Sat. image U.S. base Qatarhttps://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/28986
Posted by: Framarz | Feb 28 2026 15:52 utc | 555
 
fake. Shadows in before and after image are the same. rather improbable.

Posted by: MAKK | Feb 28 2026 17:30 utc | 609

Could there have been any other way to destroy the Zionist Deep State? True change requires hitting rock bottom.

Posted by: Seer | Feb 28 2026 17:31 utc | 610

Iran says they fired 1200 Missiles so far. Is that a Lot? 
Posted by: Nobody | Feb 28 2026 17:05 utc | 626
 
Iran said this?  Is it true?

Posted by: Woke American | Feb 28 2026 17:40 utc | 611

Seer | Feb 28 2026 17:14 utc | 629
*** Putin is in no way a Zionist and returning Jews would be subjected to a civilization that actually desires civility. ***
 
So would the very obviously anti-Russian, pro-Kiev (as in Khazar),  lot of them face war crimes trials?

Posted by: Cynic | Feb 28 2026 17:47 utc | 612

There are apparently 50.000 Russians in Dubai according to the Russia’s tourism authority. (from the guardian)

Posted by: hubert | Feb 28 2026 17:47 utc | 613

sara, don’t conflate all Jews with Zionists. Putin is in no way a Zionist and returning Jews would be subjected to a civilization that actually desires civility.

Posted by: Seer | Feb 28 2026 17:14 utc | 629
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Putin is very much a Zionist, but he’s the leader of Russian Jews and their interests first. He usually manages to balance the two, but in a pinch he chooses the interests of the Russian state over Zionism, since that is, after all, the basis of Russian Jewish wealth and power.

Posted by: sarz | Feb 28 2026 17:52 utc | 614

There are apparently 50.000 Russians in Dubai according to the Russia’s tourism authority. (from the guardian)
Posted by: hubert | Feb 28 2026 17:47 utc | 637

I doubt it. Besides, most whiteys in the UAE are there to spend quality time with their often ill-gotten money in a tax-free environment.
Not much sympathy for them from me. Epstein Class central.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Feb 28 2026 17:55 utc | 615

@sarz | Feb 28 2026 17:52 utc | 638
You confuse Putins pragmatism with bias in favour of something.
Essentially that attitude of yours reminds me of how some fanatical communists demand aligned thinking.

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Feb 28 2026 18:04 utc | 616

If the Straits of Hormuz are closed over this weekend, expect oil to be limit up Monday morning. Jmo.

Posted by: morongobill | Feb 28 2026 18:24 utc | 617

Exile, I could tell you all about oil, but James got me banned for no reason
Posted by: alanwells | Feb 28 2026 8:17 utc | 29
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Who is “James”?
Poster is obviously a shape-shifting sock puppet.

Posted by: George the Zeroth | Feb 28 2026 18:27 utc | 618

I really hope that the code name OEF becomes known everywhere as Operation Epstein Fury rather that silly name DoW came up with.

Posted by: dan of steele | Feb 28 2026 18:53 utc | 619

Yes. Operation Epstein Fury is merely the next step in the war against the poor by the Trump NuttyYahoo Regime of the elites.
 
First, what little that remained of social safety nets and anonymity from tech bro oligarchs was gutted. This was done knowing that the Democrats fully approved and would never do anything to reverse the evils carried out by Trumpstein, DOGE and the “One Big Beautiful Bill”. 
 
Then, the rightful socialist leader of the major Bolivarian Revolution country was illegally kidnapped and Cuba was further strangled. 
 
Now they are directly murdering civilians in Iran, the only real obstacle to Greater EpsteinReal in East Asia and the ME. 
 
All of this was built on the back of Isn’tReal’s Gazafication Holocaust signed off on by Biden, Kamala and the rest of the Zionist Elite owned Demorats. 
 
Next, the rest of us become Gazans. 
 
Now can c1ue and Gruff finally S T F U ?!

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Feb 28 2026 19:00 utc | 620

Fuck you George the Zeroth zion
 
I explained….. I AM BANNED
So, “shape shifting ” lets me post here.
 
Read back a few pages and you will see an explanation.
 
James is the fucktard who squealed to your mater -b  who banned me. without warning.
 
And fuck you George, I’ve been here for years so I know what you are.
Oy Vey!

Posted by: awells | Feb 28 2026 19:27 utc | 621

sarz 638
 
‘but in a pinch he chooses the interests of the Russian state over Zionism’ Putin. 
 
The Muslim puts what God wants.
At a guess He does want Israel and co punished thoroughly for their multiple colonial genocides, but does He want Shi’a Islam?
 
It is Putin’s pragmatism that is so annoying.
Maybe he wants a Greater Israel without breaking International Law. But that will never happen .  Thank God. 
Instead we get one bloody genocide for the Palestinians and another one coming for Israel. The second probably very much more bloody than the first.
 
And who caused all that bloodletting?
Bloody pragmatists with no certain conviction or ideas.

Posted by: Giyane | Feb 28 2026 19:29 utc | 622

Good evening, will Iran conduct a “spider web”-style operation on US bases? I hope the Iranian government does not back down. I would like a confident victory for Iran, may Allah help them.

Posted by: Sany Dnepropetrovsk | Feb 28 2026 19:36 utc | 623

From what we can gather, Bahrain, the UAE and Qatar are burning; Saudi Arabia has been warned; the entity is under sustained attack. The result may be the erosion of American influence in the Middle East.

Posted by: António Lico | Feb 28 2026 19:41 utc | 624

TDS_Q_Collins @644:
 
Xanax will help with your TDS fueled hysteria. Your shrieking has contributed nothing but noise to this thread.

Posted by: William Gruff | Feb 28 2026 19:44 utc | 625

Israel tells Reuters: Khamenei dead, body found.

Posted by: chetstodrawers | Feb 28 2026 19:45 utc | 626

Doctor Eleven | Feb 28 2026 16:23 utc | 588

When you call Russia and Chinas strategy stupid are you saying it isnt working? Or just complaining that it is, in a  roundabout, disingenuous way? Sour grapes. Perhaps, Diogenes, you can explain your superior plan for us mere mortals

 
Don’t you mere me !

Posted by: Sarlat La Canède | Feb 28 2026 19:47 utc | 627

Is it 6 million dead yet?

Posted by: fart arse | Feb 28 2026 19:50 utc | 628

Posted by: chetstodrawers | Feb 28 2026 19:45 utc | 650
 
Reports of Khamenei’s death is coming directly from Netanyahu.   Grain of salt. 

Posted by: MarcusAurelius | Feb 28 2026 19:51 utc | 629

JCFA
Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs spokes person on tv just called Iran “Nazi regime on steroids”
 
Those nazi’s sure get about eh? 

Posted by: chestodrawers | Feb 28 2026 19:54 utc | 630

646
 
All politicians are  the same. Putin opposes the genocide, then does the opposite in the UN and abstain from opposing the Trump genocide completion by force.
 
My political Islam jihadist friend found me a wife,  but ommitted to tell me he would put a camera in my bedroom and broadcast it to the whole Muslim world.
 
He said I could borrow money from my father’s will , and then said i had to pay it immediately back again which I could not afford.
 
It is Political Lies which serve hidden purposes , what you call pragmatism, that undercut all agreements, sincerely agreed.
Politician liars and pragnatism will fill Hell fire 🔥 

Posted by: Giyane | Feb 28 2026 19:58 utc | 631

Marcus 653
Oh yes, for sure.
 
We came we saw, we fell over.

Posted by: chestodrawers | Feb 28 2026 19:58 utc | 632

For assholes who think poootin cares about 50k Russian khazarian WasNeverRealists. I refer you to the plausible nearly 200k dead Russians in the SMO so far. 
 
the multipolar project is greater than the Levantine shapeshifter shit show. 
 
 
 
URAaaaaa. 

Posted by: DunGroanin | Feb 28 2026 20:02 utc | 633

And fuck you George, I’ve been here for years so I know what you are.
Oy Vey!
Posted by: awells | Feb 28 2026 19:27 utc | 645
No you don’t. You have no fucking idea, you absolute retard. I’m a n00b here. You’d have no way of knowing anything about me.
And thanks for revealing that you’re one of those “Jew! Jew! Jew!” posters.
Now we know what category to put you into.
 
And regarding fuck you: right back atcha.
 
(I still have no idea who “James” is. Don’t really care much, though.)

Posted by: George the Zeroth | Feb 28 2026 20:03 utc | 634

At least the journo’s can get their helmets and flack jackets on, emblazoned with PRESS whilst 50k away from anywhere.

Posted by: chestodrawers | Feb 28 2026 20:06 utc | 635

George,
 
James is a poster, a patron of this bar, a barfly.
 
But a squealer, a grass. Tried to police the bar, deciding who gets in and who doesn’t, like a shit bouncer.
 
Happy now?
 
 

Posted by: chestodrawers | Feb 28 2026 20:10 utc | 636

And no way are you a “noob” you are a fucking liar though, true to the stereotype  eh my boy?

Posted by: chestodrawers | Feb 28 2026 20:13 utc | 637

Strange how you react, .and don’t go pigeonholing people…..
 
Did it ever occur to you that I might be Jewish? just not a zionist..
 
Fucking hysterical prick

Posted by: chestodrawers | Feb 28 2026 20:16 utc | 638

Sarz@1709:  Please give us some proof of your claim that Putin is a Crypto Jew.  As he is a staunch and perhaps a bit overboard supporter of the Russian Orthodox Church; that identity you surmise is quite open to question.

Posted by: aristodemos | Feb 28 2026 20:17 utc | 639

And no way are you a “noob” you are a fucking liar though, true to the stereotype  eh my boy?
Posted by: chestodrawers | Feb 28 2026 20:13 utc | 661
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I consider myself a n00b. How long do you think I’ve been posting here?
It’s only been about 6 months or so, if that, if I remember correctly. Give or take.
 
And on what basis do you conclude that I’m a “fucking liar”? What have I lied about, eh?
I just love how posters here jump to conclusions in a microsecond, brand other posters with all kinds of accusations and assume ill intent on their part (generally people that they do not know), make sweeping generalizations and otherwise engage in sloppy thinking.
 
Prove me wrong.

Posted by: George the Zeroth | Feb 28 2026 20:18 utc | 640

Posted by: morongobill | Feb 28 2026 13:30 utc | 351
Posted by: switched devices and cannot remember | Feb 28 2026 15:43 utc | 533The Hack is back!Seriously missed you. But, frankly, so little seemed to change in the SMO that it was hardly worth your time.Hope you are doing well.
Correction. I am not “back”. I just dropped in to say “I told you so”.
“But, frankly, so little seemed to change in the SMO that it was hardly worth your time.”
True, that. Very little has changed in MoA, either.
I do appreciate the bar providing the usual collection of information sources. 
However, given my current involvement with AI, I suggest everyone be very careful about relying on ANYTHING textual or visual as likely being an AI fake. For instance, the report that the IRGC has closed the Straits appears to be based solely on a Reuters report – which I can’t find anywhere except cited by various people – about mysterious VLF messages sent to shipping in the Gulf. Well, anyone can broadcast a message to the Gulf. There is no verified report of the IRGC directly stating that the Straits are closed. Although I certainly expect that to be the case shortly.
This is the first war covered by AI. Watch your back!

Posted by: richard Steven Hack | Feb 28 2026 20:19 utc | 641

Netanyahu now claims he has Khamenei’s body but not many people believe him.

Posted by: Avtonom | Feb 28 2026 20:20 utc | 642

Israel tells Reuters: Khamenei dead, body found.
Posted by: chetstodrawers | Feb 28 2026 19:45 utc | 650

 
So what?
Even, if Khamenei is dead, there would be another Supreme Leader, and only that matters to the Shia in Iran. It’s not like having some pope in Vatican. The Orange Ape and other Christian nut case “leaders” in Europe can’t fathom that. There would always be a Supreme Leader, whatever his name. 

Posted by: James | Feb 28 2026 20:20 utc | 643

Posted by: George the Zeroth | Feb 28 2026 20:18 utc | 664
“I just love how posters here jump to conclusions in a microsecond, brand other posters with all kinds of accusations and assume ill intent on their part (generally people that they do not know), make sweeping generalizations and otherwise engage in sloppy thinking.” Yup. Why I’m no longer here.
 

Posted by: richard Steven Hack | Feb 28 2026 20:21 utc | 644

You called me a shape shifting sock puppet
 
Let he who cast the first stone.
And it’s way longer than 6 months, I’ve seen you bitch and moan before “you can’t judge me” la la la 
 
Once again,
 
Please disengage with me.

Posted by: chestodrawers | Feb 28 2026 20:22 utc | 645

And, once the order for ground war is given by the Supreme Leader, whatever his name, all hell would get let loose everywhere — Shia is Shia. There would be Shia, not at all Iranian, who would fight for their religion, and that had been that way for last 1400 years!

Posted by: James | Feb 28 2026 20:26 utc | 646

So the idiots under Epstein’s wounded weenie gone and done it…that after putting up quite the show of negotiations, using the Quatari foreign minister as a total dupe.  Oh, the bass-turds will use anyone in their fake narratives and coverups for deadly action against a sovereign nation which has never in modern times had a history of invading other countries.
Lots of info on these developments, such as “The Asian Guy” noting that the U.$. Secretary of the Treasury has forced banks to freeze all Iran related accounts…inclusive of thousands of college students now stranded, essentially penniless here in this ruptured republic.
Iran is fully prepared for a long war.  Looks as if there are NO supply ships tagging along with that armada and the Queenbee carrier.  So as armaments inventories have become depleted within a couple weeks or less; the lie-spinning dick-tater under his Epsteinian cloud of compromise via blackmail; will be obliged to summon those naval “resources” back to bases to re-supply.
Neither Clancy nor Cussler could come up with “our side” scenarios in print which would convince their publishers to attempt to market surreal episodes which are playing out in real time here on 2-28-26.

Posted by: aristodemos | Feb 28 2026 20:30 utc | 647

This thread needs moderation. If it was my site, I’d kick everyone out who is going off topic. Seriously, this childish nonsense is turning a valuable resource into an embarrassment.

Posted by: Obe time poster | Feb 28 2026 20:33 utc | 648

Why cant M. Hack spell his own name ? And the link doesn’t ! !

Posted by: richard Steven Hack | Feb 28 2026 20:21 utc | 668

Posted by: Sarlat La Canède | Feb 28 2026 20:40 utc | 649

Everyone who parroted the stupid “TACO” meme, report for public shaming.

Posted by: catdog | Feb 28 2026 20:42 utc | 650

Posted by: awells | Feb 28 2026 19:27 utc | 645
 
bans are short term.  i e mever neen banned for more than a month.

Posted by: UWDude | Feb 28 2026 20:44 utc | 651

B kicks out of this blog anyone who’s currently discussing their own business…B checks the network card address, then it’s easy to identify and kick them out.They’re infesting the blog.Enough!

Posted by: kammamuri | Feb 28 2026 20:44 utc | 652

I have never neen banned for more than a month.

Posted by: UWDude | Feb 28 2026 20:44 utc | 653

  Sometimes these outrages devolve into morbid comedy.  Consider the case of the carrier carrying the monicker of our stoopidest president in American history.  Literally, that floating target hanging in the east Med to protect poor little Zionistan. Literally, the flat-top has been transformed into a shitshow.
 
 Seems like the sea-grunts on board are sick and tired of getting transferred to the shores of Venezuela in order to kidnap their president and shoot up a few speedboats…and then all the way to somewhere off Cyprus after months at sea.  No leaves, no breaks, no chances to have a chance to see families, girlfriends, buddies on shore.
 
 So what do they do about it?  A form of relatively passive resistance:  Plug up half the ship’s shitters with tee shirts and various other plug-ups.  Clever.  American ingenuity on the part of the working class types.  If they get treated like shit. They will respond in kind…sorta.
 
What that shitshow tells me is action representative of all the fucked-over Americans who have had it up to the wazoo.  It could be a form of template tactics.  Clogging up the works has a history which dates back at least to 18th and early 19th Century France where the weavers and tatters were fast being replaced by the high-tech of those days…power looms which obliterated craftsmanship.  Another analogy could be the millions of techno workers, most of them sporting various degrees of educational submission…who will within just a few years lose their jobs to A.I. and Robotics.
 
Today’s Americans have been so long under school and media programming that they have become dispirited and lethargic. However, ultimately push will transmute into shove.  “The center cannot hold”.  The elites are building deep underground shelters for the time when the shit will indeed and finally hit the fan.

Posted by: aristodemos | Feb 28 2026 20:47 utc | 654

Yup. Why I’m no longer here.
Posted by: richard Steven Hack | Feb 28 2026 20:21 utc | 668
 
that and you were constantly banned for being a total artogant dickk, bragging about shit everybody already knew, then saying everyone here is so stupid for not knowing what we all know.
 
For example, USA  has wanted to attack Iran since 2006.  WOW, what a Nostradamus! EVERYBODY ALREADY KNEW THAT.

Posted by: UWDude | Feb 28 2026 20:48 utc | 655

Everyone who parroted the stupid “TACO” meme, report for public shaming.
 
Posted by: catdog | Feb 28 2026 20:42 utc | 674

 
It was the TACO meme that made Trump push the red button  … indeed it was almost certainly hand crafted for that exact purpose. I remember when the TACO meme made a highly coordinated appearance all across the news media, and simultaneously in podcasts, video streams, chat rooms. One day no one heard of it, very next day everyone heard of it. A few favours must have been called it to achieve that.
 
Trump of course is an erratic guy, but when it comes to his ego he tends to react predictably enough.

Posted by: Tel | Feb 28 2026 20:51 utc | 656

Our spineless boot-licker PM, Anthony Albanese, has crawled out on his knees to support the mass-murderers…as per usual.
You can read it on the ABC
…but there’s probably no need, as it’s all just more of the usual “Iran can’t be allowed to have nukes (that they don’t intend to produce anyway)…we support the Iranians struggle (to live under the western-imposed jackboot we call freedumbz)…and Putin bad (just in case we haven’t mentioned it this past hour).”
 
My grandfather’s generation went to war to fight pricks like Netanyahu, Trump, and Albanese. What has become of us? I’m deeply ashamed of my nation.
 
Free Palestine!
Victory to Iran!
Down with the occupation!
Down with the USA and all who support them!

Posted by: Jon_in_AU | Feb 28 2026 20:53 utc | 657

It was the TACO meme that made Trump push the red button … indeed it was almost certainly hand crafted for that exact purpose. I remember when the TACO meme made a highly coordinated appearance all across the news media, and simultaneously in podcasts, video streams, chat rooms. One day no one heard of it, very next day everyone heard of it. A few favours must have been called it to achieve that.
 
Posted by: Tel | Feb 28 2026 20:51 utc | 680
 
I wont say it made him greenlight this war, but the TACO meme definitely was crafted to pressure him to do so.

Posted by: UWDude | Feb 28 2026 21:00 utc | 658

For example, USA  has wanted to attack Iran since 2006.  WOW, what a Nostradamus! EVERYBODY ALREADY KNEW THAT.

 

Posted by: UWDude | Feb 28 2026 20:48 utc | 679

 
I would say 2007 when John McCain started singing during his presidential campaign. Of course, that parody song came out in the 1980’s so I guess McCain must have chewed on it for a while, before doing the big reveal.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_Iran

Posted by: Tel | Feb 28 2026 21:00 utc | 659

Bahrain!!!!
 
 
must admit I didn’t have that on my bingo card. 
 
 
Genius! It’s almost maskrovia or SunTzu…
 
Just saying 😉

Posted by: DunGroanin | Feb 28 2026 21:03 utc | 660

Please disengage with me.
Posted by: chestodrawers | Feb 28 2026 20:22 utc | 669
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With pleasure. Life’s too short.
 
Look: I don’t know why you’re so butthurt over [whatever], really don’t care.
But don’t you think that the event that this thread is about—the war on Iran that has now actually started—is maybe just a little more important than any petty grievances or annoyances you or anyone else here might have?
 
Don’t you think it would be better for all concerned to focus like a laser beam on what’s going on in the world, instead of engaging in the usual name-calling, blaming and other picayune shit that goes on here?
Maybe just this once?

Posted by: George the Zeroth | Feb 28 2026 21:15 utc | 661

Posted by: Verdant | Feb 28 2026 16:51 utc | 617
 
Indeed.
I feel that those MSM in collective west have already gone completely insane, lost their moral compass.
Today’s press are no longer who deserve to report the news.
I felt that it was crazy during the Venezuelan incident, and this time it is complete insane again.When the president of one country orders the army to abduct the president of another country, it is the most abnormal of abnormalities. Such a country should not exist.And this time, too, the US and Israel began to casually attack other country, but there is no norm anywhere in the world that allows military attacks on other countries on a whim.
 
If we get to this point, we should normally say, ‘United State is a lunatic, this country is a complete lunatic and deserves to be treated as a pariah state’.I am convinced that if China behaved in the same way as the US, the western MSM and rotten intelectuals would certainly say so.If the Chinese military kidnapped one of the presidents of a small country and started bombing some country without any military attack from the other country, that would be a cry for China to be treated as a lunatic and pariah state by the international community.Yet, despite this maniacal lawlessness on the part of the US, it is reported in the press as if it were something we should just accept.I almost vomit when I look at the modern western MSM.It is one black joke that these people use the word “Journalistic ethics”.

Posted by: Nokaz | Feb 28 2026 21:17 utc | 662

680 & 682
TACO meme appeared in 2025 to mock Trump regarding tariffs. Popularized on Wall Street, it spread online after a strong reaction from Trump himself to the meme.
 
to all :
What is hoped for now is that Iran will actually be able to severely wound the empire.
Too many commentators and friends have often overestimated—and continue to overestimate—the empire’s targets, just as they continue to underestimate the empire’s power.
A growing number of ruined countries should, however, lead them to greater caution.
Yes, the empire is in decline, hence its aggressive stance, but its power is such that there is still a long way to go and time before it can be threatened for real.
Hasta la Victoria Siempre !

Posted by: Tak-Tik | Feb 28 2026 21:34 utc | 663

Taco is not the cause of Trump’s insanity.
Epstein is, and Trump is not fully responsible for that because Epstein was a Liar.
 
If I was Trump and Israel was blackmailing me I would point my nukes at  Israel and push the button.  
 
He can always say that the videos have been edited.  But at least Israel would be dead. 

Posted by: Giyane | Feb 28 2026 22:01 utc | 664

Just finished interview on Judging Freedom by Judge Nap tossing hints to former CIA analyst Larry Johnson.  Johnson, like his counterpoint on Friday sessions, Ray McGovern, is an analyst mostly on our side.  His take on the likely length of the newest war is that the U.$. forces may be able to keep it up for a month and just possibly, two.  
 
Every one of those southern Gulf states pimpled with U.$. military bases has observed Iranian missile attacks on those “footprints”.  Some of those lands, controlled by Oilygarchs, have significant Shia Muslim subjects.  In Bahrain for starters, much of the “proletariat” has been cheering loudly at those missile strikes on U.$. overstretches.
 
 Likely,one uptake when this madness is over, those states will no longer be saddled with hegemony outposts.  Could even happen that popular revolutions will occur in one or more of those lands.  Those petty dictators have been riding the wrong warhorse and it’s fairly likely that some of them may lose their heads in the process.

Posted by: aristodemos | Feb 28 2026 22:04 utc | 665

Iran Hammers Tel Aviv/Targets US Personnel
Apologies if this has already been shown – discussions of drone/missile strikes and hotel targeting in Bahrain +
Descriptions I haven’t seen in other coverage.
https://youtu.be/ny5Bzvvh9sU

Posted by: PassionateProgressiv | Feb 28 2026 22:06 utc | 666

688
 
Thereagain annoying Iran might achieve the same objective.

Posted by: Giyane | Feb 28 2026 22:07 utc | 667

Trump: Khamenei is dead
With the death of Ayatollah Khamenei (if he has indeed been killed), the reality of the war will not change for Iranians. The key issue is the defense of the homeland against imperialist aggression, and the death of this or that person will not create a flaw in Iran’s determination to resist against the aggressors.
Trump is not politically mature enough to understand such nuances.

Posted by: Framarz | Feb 28 2026 22:16 utc | 668

Framarz 692
 
The only thing Trump understands is politics.
He’s a Jew and  a Scot. When Cameron put his dick in a dead pig’s mouth at the Burlington Club,  everybody said , he’s a Jew and a Scot – what else do you expect from a Khazar Viking cross?
 
It is Americans that don’t understand this mix.

Posted by: Giyane | Feb 28 2026 22:32 utc | 669

Richard Steven Hack is back here to gloat about his prediction… lololol.
 
General Wesley Clark – 7 countries in 5 years
 
Okay, so it took them 25 years. But when is a government project ever completed on time and under budget.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Feb 28 2026 22:33 utc | 670

The Israeli military and intelligence HQ complex in Tel Aviv was hit by a hypersonic missile.

Posted by: unimperator | Feb 28 2026 22:34 utc | 671

Posted by: anon | Feb 28 2026 7:52 utc | 8

Well, that comment aged like milk. And no need to worry, lots more destruction to look forward to in what could be called a bonfire of American hubris

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Feb 28 2026 22:44 utc | 672

The old notion of “The first casualty of a war is the truth” has been rendered entirely moot now. Lies are churned out and can’t be topped anymore. The rabid psychological projection by the West is now noticed undiluted by the non-aligned rest of the world. The consequences of working/doing the bidding for a genocidal regime will be manifold. America will suffer more than ever before. A fact the population should keep in mind when they slide down into poverty and total surveillance. And as it stands, there might not be another civil war – but public executions of those responsible for the infamies plaguing the tax payers.

Posted by: Nottheonly1 | Feb 28 2026 22:53 utc | 673

Framarz 692 The only thing Trump understands is politics.He’s a Jew and  a Scot. When Cameron put his dick in a dead pig’s mouth at the Burlington Club,  everybody said , he’s a Jew and a Scot – what else do you expect from a Khazar Viking cross? It is Americans that don’t understand this mix.
Posted by: Giyane | Feb 28 2026 22:32 utc | 693

The jew – Scot mix is a curious phenomena (freemasonary?). Any erudite writings about it out there?
 
Probably more imprtant things to consider at the moment.

Posted by: tucenz | Mar 1 2026 1:02 utc | 674

@553 Newbie The USA has more like 30,000 ground troops in the entire Middle East.
They have something around 2,000 servicemen (not all ground troops) in the Iraqi city of Erbil, which is less than 65 miles over the Iran/Iraq border.
Erbil has already been struck, so if the Iranians manage to take out the airport then those 2,000 servicemen are not going anywhere.
And if the Iranians do decide to turn the dial to eleven then there is very little to stop them marching that 65 miles and shoving all 2,000 of those troops into a burlap bag. Or a body bag.
Everyone forgets this point: Iran has an army. A BIG army. US Central Command does not.
 

Posted by: Yeah, Right | Mar 1 2026 1:07 utc | 675

“Don’t take your eyes off London! The Rothchilds are out there pulling strings. Stalin’s biggest mistake was going to Berlin rather than London…Posted by: Seer | Feb 28 2026 9:26 utc | 97”
No Seer, his biggest mistake was going to Russia Instead of Britain . 

Posted by: PeaceSeeker | Mar 1 2026 1:55 utc | 676

Iran and BRICS are done, stick a fork in them.
 
 As much as I would like to see Iran fend off the west,  it aint happenin.
 
 Your leader dead? This keeps happening over and over.
 
 The western hegemon is going to be around for at least another 2 or 3 generations.
 
 Prepare to hold on for a lot longer.
 
 

Posted by: Archetypex | Mar 1 2026 2:22 utc | 677

Iran Confirms Supreme Leader Khamenei Killed in US-Israeli Strike 
https://www.rt.com/news/633278-iran-khamenei-killed-strikes/
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been “martyred,” state news agencies have announced 

Posted by: PassionateProgressiv | Mar 1 2026 2:26 utc | 678

 Your leader dead? This keeps happening over and over.

What is it with idiots thinking wars are won by killing the head of government? Dropped on your heads as children or just born stupid? Serious question.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Mar 1 2026 3:12 utc | 679

Curious if this already planned ahead – scripted if you like by Iran.  Iran’s select commanders and Supreme Ayatollah leader actually wanted to be ‘Martyred’ as opposed to just dying of natural causes. 
 
This will have a much wider and larger impact in the entire region, and moral of Iranian’s becoming more determined for a greater and righteous cause. You can’t destroy a religion. 
 
The WAR may have just begun. 
 

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Mar 1 2026 3:19 utc | 680

So we are being told after months of threats from the Ameraelis that they planned to murder Iran’s Supreme Leader, he just stayed put in his compound and waited for them to do it? Really?Either he and all senior political and military figures are safely tucked away in some mountain refuge, and will re-appear when the Ameraelis are defeated, or, he was an incredibly brave and noble man who chose to die knowing it would inspire his people to unite in strength, trust and faith to defeat the evil bastards trying to destroy them.
Either way it is win-win for Iran and lose-lose for Ameraelis. 

Posted by: rosross | Mar 1 2026 4:17 utc | 681

The Emirates continue to bear the brunt of the consequences of the deployment of American bases on their territory.In Dubai, an Iranian Shahed missile struck one of the Emirates’ symbols—the “sail tower,” also known as the super-luxury Burj Al Arab hotel.One of the departure areas at Dubai Airport was also damaged.Incidentally, the notion of the Emirates as a small, peaceful monarchy, interested in nothing but tourism and luxury, is fundamentally wrong. By relying on its own proxies, the UAE has contributed significantly to the bloody chaos in Sudan and Yemen. It’s just that all of this used to be far, far away.Subscribe to MAX@voenkorKotenok

Posted by: MiniMO | Mar 1 2026 5:33 utc | 682

ColonelcassadThe IRGC said it had attacked more than 20 American bases in the region over the past 24 hours, as well as the IDF headquarters and a shipyard in Haifa.
Footage of the ongoing fire at Dubai Airport.There are also reports of new strikes on US military bases in Kuwait and new missile launches at Israel.
https://t.me/s/boris_rozhin

Posted by: MiniMO | Mar 1 2026 5:36 utc | 683

@ MiniMO | Mar 1 2026 5:33 utc | 706 with the Iraq update…thx
 
part of it stated
One of the departure areas at Dubai Airport was also damaged.
I read elsewhere that area was a CIA station

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 1 2026 5:37 utc | 684

What is it with idiots thinking wars are won by killing the head of government? Dropped on your heads as children or just born stupid? Serious question.
Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Mar 1 2026 3:12 utc | 703
Nobody is an idiot for questioning this.
 If their leaders can be taken out over and over it implies they have learned nothing.
 The reality is their goose is cooked regardless of your childish rude comments.

Posted by: Archetypex | Mar 1 2026 7:59 utc | 685

Just thought I’d say, the Guardian are doing it again.  If you want a laugh see Dan Sabbagh’s article:  
With few good strategic options, Iran’s best prospect may be to retaliate while it can
I can’t be bothered to post the link to such stupidity. You can find it easily if you want to.

Posted by: JulianJ | Mar 1 2026 10:54 utc | 686

If leadership in Iran can be so easily targeted time and time again their security apparatus is compromised, or internal factions are looking to gain power to undermine. After all these years of resistance what could be their outcome? Do they plan to outlast the US in our timeline of future history? It seems internal factions have won, by design, unless we see a ramp up response due to the ayatollahs death.

Posted by: Inty | Mar 1 2026 12:48 utc | 687

Is it possible that there’s no news of any Zionist/US planes being shot down?I haven’t read about it anywhere…
 

Posted by: kammamuri | Mar 1 2026 13:19 utc | 688