Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Mar 23 – War On Iran: Trump Chickens Out – Who Lobbied For War – The Energy Dominance Aim
- Mar 24 – War On Iran: – Trump Cashes Out – Social Unrest – Arabs Joining The War – Iran Invasion
- Mar 25 – War On Iran: – U.S.-Iranian None-Talks – The Battle Continues – Bad U.S. Options – Proxy War Escalation
- Mar 26 – War on Iran: – Just A Few Links …
- Mar 27 – War On Iran: Exorbitant Munition Spending + Lack Of Success = Iran Is Winning
- Mar 28 – On The Failure Of Shock And Awe In Iran
Related:
– Israeli Sources Confirm Iranian Missile Strikes Have 80 Percent Success Rates – Military Watch Mag
– A Toothless Iran? Missile and Drone Strikes Show It Can Still Inflict Pain. (archived) – NY Times
– Iran activates its ‘resistance economy’ to survive the war (archived) – FT
– Pentagon prepares for weeks of ground operations in Iran (archived) – WaPo
– To End the Iran War, Trump Must Divorce Israel – American Conservative
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Other issues:
Department of Lunacy:
- By invoking his faith in wartime, Hegseth breaks with history (archived) – WaPo
The defense secretary is upending decades-old norms, and current and former leaders say his proselytizing violates the Constitution and undermines troop cohesion. - Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officers – NPR
- Pentagon Adopts New Limits for Journalists After Court Loss (archived) – NY Times
- Iraq accuses U.S. of killing 7 soldiers in clinic strike (archived) – WaPo
As Iraq claimed “heinous aggression,” the U.S. denied it targeted a clinic. The incident threatens to sour relations between the countries amid the Iran war. - The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm. (archived) – NY Times
The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.
Europe:
- When dependence on America becomes a vulnerability (archived) – FT
Allies have learnt that partnership with Trump’s US can endanger them - US warns EU to pass trade deal or risk losing ‘favourable’ access to LNG (archived) – FT
European parliament set to vote this week on whether to ratify Turnberry agreement signed last year - The Spanish Revolt: The European Leader Who Says No to Trump (archived) – WSJ
Pedro Sánchez has become the standard-bearer for Western political opposition to the U.S. president
Funny Money:
- The Private-Credit Industry’s Trouble: Surging Redemptions, Slower Fundraising (archived) – WSJ
Investors debate what the data shows about the health of private credit - Apollo caps investor withdrawals from flagship private credit fund (archived) FT
Investor uncertainty intensifies as AI impacts on the enterprise software industry emerge - Private credit’s stale pricing problem (archived) – FT
More frequent asset valuations can boost market resilience and investor confidence - Private credit’s moment for a healthy reset (archived) – FT
Recent ructions highlight the case for better scrutiny of the asset class - Everything you always wanted to know about credit (but were afraid to ask) (archived) – FT Alphaville
More issues:
- The London Ambulances Attack: Of Course It Was A False Flag – Craig Murray
- The Factory Was Always the Target – Ali Kadivar
The 80 years long war against Iran’s industrialization - The Busker by Dr. Rob Campbell with weekly Iran and Ukraine war updates.
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Iran) thread …