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March 6, 2026
War On Iran – Trump Ups Demands

Things ain’t going great for the U.S. in its war on Iran.

A good time then to up the demand to the site that seems to be winning (by not losing).


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(No direct link as Trump’s Truth Social no longer works with Mozilla)
From no enrichment, to no missiles, to regime-change, to now UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER – in caps.

Who or what might stop Trump from further digging the deep hole he is already in?


Some relevant links:

Qatar energy minister warns war will force Gulf to halt energy exports within weeks, FT saysReuters
Qatar warns war will force Gulf to stop energy exports ‘within days’ (paywalled, no archive) – Financial Times
The Iran War Is Jeopardizing the Entire Global Economy (archived) – Foreign Policy
   The fallout from conflict in the Gulf will be much bigger than just oil.

The Invisible Siege: How Insurance Markets, Not Missiles, Closed the Strait of Hormuz – Shanaka Anslem Perera
   And Why the Disruption Will Last Four to Sixteen Months Longer Than Any Model on Wall Street Currently Prices
We are experiencing the largest loss of oil supply in history (3X bigger than the 1973 Arab oil embargo). The level of complacency to me is staggering. Prior playbooks do not apply! – Eric Nuttall
He’s right. But he’s describing the math. The math is the easy part. … – Waymo’ problems

Putin says Russia may halt energy supplies to Europe, redirect them to AsiaAnadolu
Gulf states could review overseas investments to ease financial strains caused by Iran war (archived) – Financial Times

Israel and America want the Kurds to join the fight in Iran (archived) – Economist
Whenever there is talk about Kurds, people tend to accept Kurds as a single entity, … – Dunya Basol

Of Course Trump Bombed Iran (archived) – NYT op-ed
86% of Trump 2024 voters approve of Trump’s war on Iran, … – Michael Tracey
The dry and the wet burn togetherLRB

Comments

Things ain’t going great for the U.S. in its war on Iran.
Oh? What happened? Was the leadership of the US blown up? Was the entire US navy sunk? Has the US been forced to close its critical coastal trading routes? Are American schools and hospitals being bombed? 

Posted by: catdog | Mar 6 2026 21:00 utc | 301

Posted by: catdog | Mar 6 2026 21:00 utc | 314

You seem anxious. The best things come to those who wait. Heinz wisdom.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Mar 6 2026 21:01 utc | 302

Kudos to whoever predicted $93 crude by Friday,
3 or 4 days ago.
It may not be quite there, but much closer than I thought it would be.
 

Posted by: Whipping Post | Mar 6 2026 21:01 utc | 303

Framarz | Mar 6 2026 20:55 utc | 311
*** Those assets were frozen by UAE as part of the regime change operation back in January. This is simply dirty play by UAE to connect it to the “Retaliatory Strikes” ***
 
A few thermobaric warheads might help with defrosting.
 

Posted by: Cynic | Mar 6 2026 21:01 utc | 304

Between the lines …
 
UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed discussed regional tensions, stressing diplomacy to prevent escalation and reaffirming cooperation between the UAE, willing to mediate between Mossad, Baghdad, and the KRG.
 
Frustrated by slow pace of “success,” Trump has invoked Operation Linebacker III … B-52 fortresses dropping their dumb, dumber, dumbest bombs above civilian areas of Tehran.

Posted by: Oui | Mar 6 2026 21:05 utc | 305

Posted by: catdog | Mar 6 2026 21:00 utc | 314
 
You should apply right now for blind and deaf benefits – if they have such a thing in whatever dismal cratered wilderness you call your home.

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Mar 6 2026 21:05 utc | 306

regional tensions, stressing diplomacy to prevent escalation and reaffirming cooperation between the UAE, 

Posted by: Oui | Mar 6 2026 21:05 utc | 307

I am hearing that Russia is providing intel to Iran to hit American forces, despite what Peskov has said. So, Russia and China are providing ISR.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:07 utc | 308

indi.ca’s daily dose if Global South reality:
Economic Crash Incoming
 

Posted by: ChatNPC | Mar 6 2026 21:09 utc | 309

RE:
“Khameini didn’t choose to die. He chose to become a martyr.”
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 19:42 utc | 243
 
LIVING the faith, and dying in it, is martyrdom.
 I don’t see Ali Khamenei any braver than a lad of Hezbollah waiting in his hidey hole for service and being bombed. He was a martyr also.
 
Was Ali Khamenei living is faith, under threat and chose to go about his normal duties, in normal places?  Yes.
But even he wouldn’t want to be revered as more special than a Hezbollah lad in a tunnel.
 
Just my thoughts on it all. 

Posted by: Trubind1 | Mar 6 2026 21:09 utc | 310

@Tom_Q_Collins | Mar 6 2026 17:02 utc | 113
 
Whatever’s in those Epstein files must be horrifying.
 
I was planning to make that comment…
 
Posted by: Norwegian | Mar 6 2026 17:24 utc | 138
 
Herd. Then again…. the file has been through both red and blue houses.  Some anti human things for sure…..blow up the world type of distraction needed? After both houses? Seems hmmmm.  Have all the zionests cards been called and they use it or lose it? Not nuke… the power the file weilded will be gone soon.

Posted by: Tannenhouser | Mar 6 2026 21:10 utc | 311

see the 2:48 video at the first link
 
see the photo at the second/third link. 
 
 
 
https://x.com/tiberiusfiles/status/2030003189102068197
Tiberius @tiberiusfiles 
 
This interview is wild  The US left their bases in the Middle East exposed, and their allies, and their personnel — to send the defence systems to Israel 
US troops died so the US could protect foreign citizens instead 
 
What is this if not treason?
 
—————-
 
https://x.com/ayesha4t/status/2029598011664240973
Ibn Batista @ayesha4t 
 
this kid was someone’s whole world 
when you think of each kid that was killed by america and israel, you have to imagine how many worlds they killed and the generations of trauma they created 
 
if it happened to americans or israelis, they wouldn’t shut up about it for 100 years
 
 
https://x.com/clashreport/status/2029532916196274578
Clash Report  @clashreport 
 
📸 The last photo of Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, a third-grade student killed in the reported U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab, Iran. 
 
He is waving goodbye to his mother.
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Mar 6 2026 21:10 utc | 312

In response to

Iran’s Financial Hub, The UAE, May Freeze Billions In Assets Over Retaliatory StrikesPosted by: psychohistorian | Mar 6 2026 19:51 utc | 249 Those assets were frozen by UAE as part of the regime change operation back in January. This is simply dirty play by UAE to connect it to the “Retaliatory Strikes” 
Posted by: Framarz | Mar 6 2026 20:55 utc | 311

 
What if Iran decides to move its banking to China and gives China the records of holdings in UAE…….what is UAE going to say when China comes knocking and asks for the funds they have records of them holding for Iran?

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 6 2026 21:11 utc | 313

“The markets can remain irrational for longer than you can stay solvent” someone once said somewhere…
 
Nobody ever asked if the markets can stay irrational for longer than US military stockpiles last…
 
All that stuff is going to need replacing… But at what cost ?

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 6 2026 21:11 utc | 314

I am hearing that Russia is providing intel to Iran to hit American forces, despite what Peskov has said. So, Russia and China are providing ISR.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:07 utc | 321
 
I posted it in the Ukraine thread some hours ago (with link)

Posted by: Newbie | Mar 6 2026 21:12 utc | 315

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Mar 6 2026 20:51 utc | 307
 
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I don’t know what some folks’ definition of civilized is, but there is almost nothing in American or European culture today that could be deemed civilized.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:15 utc | 316

I see others are noting the perversion of Lavrov’s Dog LD

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:07 utc | 321 I posted it in the Ukraine thread some hours ago (with link)
Posted by: Newbie | Mar 6 2026 21:12 utc | 328

 
Thanks for pointing it out yet again

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 6 2026 21:17 utc | 317

Posted by: Newbie | Mar 6 2026 21:12 utc | 328
 
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Thanks for that.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:18 utc | 318

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 6 2026 21:11 utc | 327
“All that stuff is going to need replacing… But at what cost ?”
 
That phrase is copyright Western Media Inc. as I’m sure you knew. 🤑
No cost at all to the warmongers. The citizens will be taxed accordingly. Only problem arises when the Government bonds stop selling – kaboom, then! Roll on the day.
(Just putting into words what you imply, for the benefit of ‘catdog’ who appears to have learning difficulties).

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Mar 6 2026 21:20 utc | 319

From Marine tracker it looks as if the Suez  is a no go area. There is no traffic reported in the canal. Now possibly it is communications that have gone silent, but if not by the look of it for some reason the canal is shut.

Posted by: watcher | Mar 6 2026 21:21 utc | 320

RE: Posted by: Cynic | Mar 6 2026 21:01 utc | 317
 
Honestly, wasn’t it through U.A.E. or Bahrain that Bessent did the “crash Iran currency manipulation” thing in December that he was bragging about?
 
These shits have no control over their finances or assets.  Think of Qatar & Hamas holdings.
 
They can do nothing, only write condemnations as they are told to & stand around looking stupid. Think EU leaders… same monetary vassalage.
 
I’m quite certain it is not a surprise to Iran…
 
And the black market financial system is alive and kicking.  N. Korea knows all the spigot money hidey holes.  Iran will be ok… poor as crap population for yet awhile longer, but the harvest will come soon for them (I hope).

Posted by: Trubind1 | Mar 6 2026 21:24 utc | 321

“Israel’s true secret weapon cannot be exported – opinion

But the true formula behind Israel’s strength is its human DNA that cannot be exported.


(The writer is a retired IDF colonel.)
https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-889103
 

Posted by: BlindSpot | Mar 6 2026 21:24 utc | 322

Listening to bbc radio news at 5pm….
 
Discussing how long this Iran  war by israel and US is going to last,…..
 
‘An expert on milatary matters said ” america has tens of thousands of missiles but,  only 1600 intersepter missiles. ”   “in his opionion the war could only last weeks not months”
 
The flaw in my opinion is that Iran arent just going to stop becouse america is running low  on ammo. Far from it, thats when the real fun will begin, good bye israel.
 
Could that intersepter figure really be that low  ?

Posted by: Mark2 | Mar 6 2026 21:25 utc | 323

The markets are finally starting to wake up to the danger. WTI is up 12% today, over 90 a barrel. Everything Iran can do to raise that should be their priority. Get it high enough and it will break the west. 

Posted by: Maverick | Mar 6 2026 21:25 utc | 324

I cannot confirm the authenticity of this video and picture. If it is real, then it seems the USA/Israel is diligently destroying “paintings”.

 
Attack on a Mil-Mi 17 – video

https://t.me/bomber_fighter/24489?single#

 
Attack on F-4’s – picture
https://t.me/bomber_fighter/24490?single#
 

Posted by: NoName | Mar 6 2026 21:27 utc | 325

RE: Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 6 2026 21:11 utc | 327
 
That’s an excellent saying.
 
I’m wondering if this isn’t the Big RESET game that’s been taunted.  Finally rolling it out?
Time will tell I guess.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Mar 6 2026 21:27 utc | 326

Posted by: Tannenhouser | Mar 6 2026 21:10 utc | 324
I would bet good money that there is a copy somewhere in the bowels of the deep state, unmolested by red or blue political hacks, ready to be wheeled out in times of distress.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Mar 6 2026 21:27 utc | 327

RE: Posted by: Mark2 | Mar 6 2026 21:25 utc | 336
 
Kinda not buying the missile thing.
At least Tomahawks & JDAMs,  as last year, Trump was told our stocks were low.
They could have 1000s, but doubt 10s of 1000s
 
Course, they could go and rob Taiwan & Philippines & steal to paid for ones they have…

Posted by: Trubind1 | Mar 6 2026 21:31 utc | 328

What if Iran decides to move its banking to China and gives China the records of holdings in UAE…….what is UAE going to say when China comes knocking and asks for the funds they have records of them holding for Iran?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 6 2026 21:11 utc | 326

 
China is not going to do that. UAE + SA have much more importance for China then Iran. 
… and no, don’t start arguing with me about China and Russia. I consider “Multipolar World” and “Alliance” discussions OT and meaningless.

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 6 2026 21:31 utc | 329

As I said many a time, cluster munitions can exhaust iron doom and all other air defenses many times faster. 
 
After 15 days of war in 2025 and 2026 Iran has finally realized it. Should have done on day -1 in 2025.
 
Azerbaijan must be fully taken over by Iran and Russia. This Turkish and Epstein  outpost is a cancer in the region. That can save Kazakhstan and others from the cancer.

Posted by: Jason | Mar 6 2026 21:31 utc | 330

Don’t believe *anything* that comes out of the mouth of Trump, or the zionists in general.
They are lying. Always.

Posted by: Verdant | Mar 6 2026 21:35 utc | 331

Posted by: NoName | Mar 6 2026 21:27 utc | 338
 
####I think they are legit, I posted similar ones yesterday. In the 12-day war, the Iranians used a lot of decoys of launchers and trucks.
 
Now that the Pedophiles have handed over targeting to AI, there will be many more opportunities to use decoys.
 
They actually attacked a city park (like a one-block park with benches and a tree) because it was named “Police Park”.
 
AI scares some people, and it should, because it relieves the operators of guilt and responsibility, just like in the Milgram Experiment, which supposedly provided insight into the Holocaust. How people will commit unspeakable acts under “orders” because it allows them to dissociate from the moral choices.
 
Just following JESUS Trump. LOL

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:37 utc | 332

Trubind1 @ 341
 
Yep agreed,  with bbc we need to see the hidden missinfomation agend always.
 
But none the less  mmmmm,  it would explain americas and trumps massive bluster at the momment   covering up their weakness and  vonrabilty, now that i can  beleave.
Cheers

Posted by: Mark2 | Mar 6 2026 21:38 utc | 333

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Mar 6 2026 20:48 utc | 304  I have argued much more with All Under Heaven than the Trotskyite wrecker. I have even demonstrated All Under Heaven may quote Lenin even when Lenin says something different. The pretense to Marxism is no more enraging when All Under Heaven does it than when the wrecker does. But no Democrat cries “Marg bar Amrika!” Whatever sins may be charged to All Under Heaven,  being a Democrat is not one of them. The wrecker is one of Trump’s self appointed hammers, though. Trump’s hammer sees all disagreement as Democrat because that’s what you do if you’re Trump’s hammer. I suspect that the wrecker and All Under Heaven are equally  revisionist, ignorant and indifferent to Marxist political economy.  

Posted by: steven t johnson | Mar 6 2026 21:38 utc | 334

Posted by: Jason | Mar 6 2026 21:31 utc | 343
 
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Apparently, Azerbaijan has one oil facility without which the country would be finished.
 
If true, what are the odds it has any AD protecting it?

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:39 utc | 335

I don’t know what some folks’ definition of civilized is, but there is almost nothing in American or European culture today that could be deemed civilized.
 
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:15 utc | 329
 
 
The sentence
“I don’t know what some folks’ definition of civilized is,”
suggests that you have a different definition, on the basis of which you claim
“but there is almost nothing in American or European culture today that could be deemed civilized.”.
 
In order to engage in dialogue, it would be helpful to explain your reasoning. 
 
Show your understanding of the culture of conversation!
 

Posted by: BlindSpot | Mar 6 2026 21:39 utc | 336

Posted by: BlindSpot | Mar 6 2026 21:39 utc | 349
LD just hates white people. That’s really all there is to her.

Posted by: catdog | Mar 6 2026 21:44 utc | 337

The low budget DEI hire replacement for Louis Proyect considers me a “wrecker”. Considering the source is a dembot, I think I rather like that.

Posted by: William Gruff | Mar 6 2026 21:47 utc | 338

Trump has clearly shifted from being a chronic narcissist presiding over a narcissistic US administration to now being a deluded megalomanic who lives in a world of confabulated fantasy.  He has always lived in a make-believe world about himself which he has been allowed to develop since he was a child, but now we are witnessing folly and delusion on a grand scale.
 
It reminds me of Hitler and the downfall where he is equally incapable of seeing reality and does not accept the truth of his situation. The result is that he pretends it does not exist while reacting like a 2 year old expressing anger and projecting blame on everyone else. 
 
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/157665
 
MIGA? Making Idiocy Great Again, while attempting to Make Israel Great Again. 
 
Anyone seen Netanyahu BTW? Any confirmable sightings?
 

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Mar 6 2026 21:52 utc | 339

This whole situation is spinning out of control, and rapidly so…………on so many fronts…….
 
Bibi plan for chaos is being realized……………many folks on this board predicted this outcome.
 
We are now at the mercy of events beyond anyone’s control…………..buy gold, buy extra freeze died supplies, hoard some cash……and hunker down…….this is not going end well……….

Posted by: tobias cole | Mar 6 2026 21:53 utc | 340

I am hearing that Russia is providing intel to Iran to hit American forces, despite what Peskov has said. So, Russia and China are providing ISR.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:07 utc | 321

Was this even in dispute?  China released all of that targeting data a few weeks ago.  And where do you think Iran is getting all the satellite damage assessment images they’ve been releasing?  And what do you think the Russian and Chinese intel ships are doing in the Arabian Sea?  (By you, I don’t mean LoveDonbass, he gets it).

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 21:54 utc | 341

Posted by: BlindSpot | Mar 6 2026 21:39 utc | 349
 
######
 
Do you think OnlyFans is civilized?
 
Do you think Trump is civilized?
 
Do you think bombing schools is civilized?
 
Do you think Nazi Ukraine is civilized?
 
I think it was Justice Scalia who said about pornography, you know it when you see it. That’s how you know what it is.
 
So I am trying to test if the characteristics of the West align with what readers think is civilized.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:55 utc | 342

Paraphrasing the Bronx Tale:
“Iran: Now yous can’t leave.”
With the bulk of the missile defense radars destroyed, Iran has started using the Khorramshahr missile with the 3,000 k.g. war head.  That’s a block buster weapon.

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 21:56 utc | 343

Was this even in dispute?
 
Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 21:54 utc | 354
 
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My brother Arch and some others were indicating that Russia would do nothing to assist Iran. That is why I posted that.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:58 utc | 344

sock it to ’em
 
see the 1:03:41 video at the second link
 
 
 
https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2029967673510219944
MenchOsint  @MenchOsint 
 
⭕️ IRGC:  The 22nd wave of Operation True Promise 4 was carried out with a massive launch of the IRGC’s new generation missiles: 
 
🔹🇦🇪 1) Targeting the US-operated “Al Dhafra Air Base” with various drones and precision missiles, in addition to destroying the ultra-advanced early warning radar of this base, the hangars for maintenance and repair of advanced MQ9 drones and the American U2 spy plane were destroyed and are still burning. 
 
“The attack on the Shajra Taybah school and the martyrdom of 165 female students was carried out from this base.” 
 
🔹 🇰🇼 2) Targeting the US “Ali Al Salem Base” with Cruise and Ballistic missiles, during which the ultra-advanced early warning radar of the base and its auxiliary facilities, along with Fuel Tanks for American aircraft and also the two runways of this base airport, from which American aircraft have launched their missiles and bombs onto our country since the beginning of the brutal aggression, were destroyed. The very thick and widespread smoke can be seen throughout the region. 
 
🔹 🇶🇦 3) Last night and today, the warriors of Islam completely destroyed the radar and air traffic control facilities, satellite stations, and fuel supply facilities of the Al Udeid Air Base of the American terrorists with destructive drones and cruise and ballistic missiles in two waves of combined attacks.
 
———–
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Yo-Ez-xzk
Iran & Hezbollah’s Missiles SLAM Israel, Trump PANICS | Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
Danny Haiphong  590K subscribers
 
Col. Larry Wilkerson:  “….I wouldn’t be surprised. I just listening to Doug uh on Judge’s show on the Judge’s show and he’s worried about the same thing I am, that Netanyahu is going to upload three or four nukes and he’s going to have them ready and he’s going to use them. Uh because Israel is going down the rat hole with this. So that’s the biggest concern I have and I haven’t even talked about the misappreciation of what it’s going to do economically.  not just to our allies and friends and potential enemies, but also to us ultimately. Let’s look at what Trump did with the strategic petroleum reserve for us. He kept guaranteeing through his first term and then into the politicking  for the second term and then into the first month of the second term. He promised to refill the strategic petroleum reserve which is now at dangerously low levels. He hadn’t put a jot of oil in that reserve. India’s is  not in good shape. China’s is in great shape……”
 
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Mar 6 2026 21:58 utc | 345

Great news, at least I think so. Putin has finally been forced to bring back General Surovikin and put him in charge of the war. 
 
As Russian media reported, President Putin received him during the night and, after a detailed and confidential conversation, appointed him field commander of all Russian troops in the Ukraine conflict, and thus the main military authority, even ahead of the bureaucratized General Staff.
 
Surovikin in his own remarks basically stated, the gloves are coming off. He specifically mentioned the bridges over the Dnieper and all the other targets I have criticized Putin for not hitting for years. Finally Putin has been forced to actually wage war. A major escalation in Ukraine would be a tremendous help to Iran by tying up resources and forcing the US to actually deal with a two front war. 

Posted by: Maverick | Mar 6 2026 21:58 utc | 346

Last week the market concencus was that oil prices would go to about $90 due to the war.  We are already at $90 and there is no supply shock. I expect we have about 3 weeks for a major market crash to hit. 

Posted by: Deniz | Mar 6 2026 22:00 utc | 347

SAUDI ARABIA HAS INTENSIFIED DIRECT LINE TO IRAN TO DEFUSE WAR

 
https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/2030001592645423462

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:00 utc | 348

catdog @350
 
LoveTDS is as white as they come. Middle-class Millennial American living in mom and dad’s basement and covertly shilling for Empire disguised as a Muslim lover of post Soviet rustbelts. 
 
Of course, you are also right that he hates white people despite being white himself, just as he hates men despite technically being male. It’s a terrible contradiction that many younger folk find themselves in these days and helps explain the explosion of mental illness among that cohort. Self-hate over things beyond their control is quite the crippling mental wedgie the recent generations have been programmed with from infancy. A kind of secular replacement for original sin.

Posted by: William Gruff | Mar 6 2026 22:01 utc | 349

⚡️JUST IN:
 
A U.S. official told Al Jazeera the USS Gerald R. Ford has left the eastern Mediterranean, transited the Suez Canal, and is now operating in the Red Sea.

 
https://x.com/SuppressedNws1/status/2030011881675706700
 
Ansar Allah is up!

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:02 utc | 350

So I am trying to test if the characteristics of the West align with what readers think is civilized.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:55 utc | 355

There is no West.  There is the Former West.  If the UK were Western, there would have been a lot of lynchings right now, both the rape gangs, and the government/cops that covered it up or facilitated it.
Even “democracy” is not Western.  The US was an aristocratic republic.  Only European men who owned land could vote.  The States sent electors to pick the President, and the States sent 2 Senators to Congress.  Even in the “democratic” House, only the aristocrats could serve, and only the aristocrats could vote.
And the US was considered very liberal.  That’s just government.  Then there was the whole Christian moral order.  They used to have stocks and whipping posts for degenerates, and sodomy was a capital crime.
The Former West hasn’t been Western for some time.  The fall started with the French Revolution.  Elimination of usury laws, paper money, and allowing women to vote were nails in the coffin.

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 22:02 utc | 351

Apparently, Azerbaijan has one oil facility without which the country would be finished.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:39 utc | 348
 
There’s been some “curiosities” around Azerbaijan oil previously.
 
The Russian hit on refineries in Kremenchug, that turned out to have connections with the Aliyev regime; then we had oil from Azerbaijan being rejected by Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria due to contamination with organo-chlorides (I posted about this at the time but it didn’t gain any commentary traction).
 
Azerbaijan is an artificial entity, much like Ukraine, and those that have carved themselves an exploitational niche won’t give it up easily.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 6 2026 22:03 utc | 352

Posted by: Maverick
Indeed if Russia escalates the SMO will be great news. Hope that will happen the soonest possible.

Posted by: António Lico | Mar 6 2026 22:03 utc | 353

To the Arab leaders the United States are an expensive bodyguard. And the Iran war is making them reconsider whether the bodyguard is any good.

Posted by: The Far Side | Mar 6 2026 22:03 utc | 354

“Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Mar 6 2026 20:49 utc | 305
 
I agree completely, but you’re wasting your time responding to Dumbass. He thinks his delusional mythology is infinitely superior to the other delusional mythologies.

Posted by: Dalit | Mar 6 2026 22:04 utc | 355

⚡️⭕️ The Iranian Armed Forces Spokesperson:
 
We have not used all our capabilities yet; because we are preparing for a long war.
 
– We targeted 14 American bases, some of which have been reduced to rubble, and will not be rebuilt in less than 5 years, and we will strike American targets whenever we want in this war.
 
– Our military sites suffered less damage compared to America and “Israel”, and we must make the Americans desperate, and they should never think of attacking us.

 
https://x.com/ME_Observer_/status/2030012504106000621

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:06 utc | 356

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:02 utc | 365
OK so now we have an explanation for the marine tracker data. A dirty great aircraft carrier and presumably its escorts were travelling the canal. (Naval vessels usually do not show on the tracker)

Posted by: watcher | Mar 6 2026 22:07 utc | 357

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 22:02 utc | 366
 
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Pedantry is a way to back out of an awkward conversation.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:08 utc | 358

Anyone who talks about BRICS being divided are just idiots.  So what? It’s not the SCO.
 
It’s like saying “Oh no, the UN is divided, waaaaaa!”. FFS
 
Russia unleashed the Electric War, will Iran unleash the Water War? Only a couple of months ago,  the region was laughing at Iran’s drought issues. 
 
Roughly 80% of Isntreal supply depends on desalination. Same if not more for the GCC.
 
Waiting for the mofo Aliyev to make a mistake, time for Iran to reclaim its eastern Aziri province. 
 
Oh! Blackrock just shut its gates. No one can access their funds for withdrawal. 
 
Boom, always follow the money.
 
Relying on the financial literates here to keep the bar informed. 
 
 
 
 

Posted by: Suresh | Mar 6 2026 22:09 utc | 359

Posted by: William Gruff | Mar 6 2026 22:01 utc | 364
 
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I don’t hate white people. I hate pedophiles. Do you?

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:09 utc | 360

Framarz | Mar 6 2026 21:31 utc | 342
 
Thanks for confessing your fantastic level of ignorance–almost as bad as Trump’s.

Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 6 2026 22:10 utc | 361

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇺🇸⚡— Sky News reporter admits that the Occupation had to withdraw from the blue line because of Hezbollah fighters.

 
1-minute 20-second video . 
https://x.com/ALERTX360/status/2030012819022995747

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:11 utc | 362

Who’s going to negotiate with the US in the future, when America’s only purpose seems to be facilitating sneak attacks on their leaders, an example being Trump fixing Putin’s position for a Ukrainian assassination attack on Putin……

Posted by: pyrrhus | Mar 6 2026 22:13 utc | 363

Pakistani anime for girls in Minab

 
1-minute video . 
https://x.com/TehranTimes79/status/2030012984735518966

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:14 utc | 364

🇧🇭🇺🇸⚡— Bahrain arrests bus owners for refusing to transport American soldiers to Saudi Arabia.

 
https://x.com/ALERTX360/status/2030014118951039260

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:15 utc | 365

Surovikin news sounds like disinformation. 
 
Marat, RT or any other reliable sources hasn’t reported any such nonsense. Another Khamenei Junior type click bait bs.

Posted by: Suresh | Mar 6 2026 22:18 utc | 366

🚨The Son Of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich Was Injured By Hezbollah
 
This is a video of Smotrich bidding farewell to his son yesterday, after which he asserted that Beirut would be turned into Khan Younis in Gaza.
 
Some reports indicate his son is dead.

 
https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2029898809799499911

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:19 utc | 367

Why in heck would the USN transit the Ford CSG through the Suez and the Red Sea, and past the Houthis anti ship missile batteries?
 
Is this hubris, stupidity or bravado?

Posted by: tobias cole | Mar 6 2026 22:20 utc | 368

🚨☦️🇷🇺 Russian Orthodox Archbishop Savva on the war in Iran:
 
screenshot image . 
https://x.com/SlavaRossii_/status/2029997541618581709

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:21 utc | 369

Why in heck would the USN transit the Ford CSG through the Suez and the Red Sea, and past the Houthis anti ship missile batteries?
 
Is this hubris, stupidity or bravado?
 
Posted by: tobias cole | Mar 6 2026 22:20 utc | 384
 
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The Empire is getting really scared about the markets and oil. The Blackrock news was posted earlier.
 
America and Europe are going to throw everything at Hormuz to keep the Vampire Ball going.
 
I don’t think it will work, but they don’t really have a choice.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:23 utc | 370

Smotrich is a fanatic……he publically stated yesterday that we wished to turn Beirut into Khan Yunis (which is being destroyed in detail by IDF demo teams as we speak).  The entire city no less, including Christians, Muslims and Druze…………he wishes to destroy.  Herold has returned!
 
In other words, much like German Army Group Center in 1944, which turned the Ghetto of Warsaw into a free fire zone, Smotrich is emulating the Nazis!

Posted by: tobias cole | Mar 6 2026 22:26 utc | 371

The Son Of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich Was Injured By Hezbollah
 
This is a video of Smotrich bidding farewell to his son yesterday, after which he asserted that Beirut would be turned into Khan Younis in Gaza.
 
Some reports indicate his son is dead.
 
 
https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2029898809799499911
 
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:19 utc | 383
They should understand that old testament, eye for an eye.  No biggie.  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Mar 6 2026 22:26 utc | 372

Hi All. Just popping in. Ta for some useful updates and comments.
 
I note that the Chief Agnotologist continues to wear the leather off the bar-stool at the centre of the bar. And that tiresome ‘blame Russia blame Russia’ claque are still around. 
 
Think I’ll move into the snug. Dangerous times. 

Posted by: Don Firineach | Mar 6 2026 22:28 utc | 373

Hormuz is the Empire’s jugular, with a thumb currently pressed against it. Beware that thumb becoming a heel.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 6 2026 22:30 utc | 374

The low budget DEI hire replacement for Louis Proyect considers me a “wrecker”. Considering the source is a dembot, I think I rather like that.
 
Posted by: William Gruff | Mar 6 2026 21:47 utc | 351
 
Definitely a badge of honor.  I really savor STJ’s denunciations of me as a “Trotskyite wrecker”.  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Mar 6 2026 22:30 utc | 375

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- A drone strike and assassination attempt on US army officers residing in a hotel, in Erbil.

 
28-second video . 
https://x.com/MonitorX99800/status/2030018918060802399
 
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🇺🇸🇧🇭🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian Army: “Today we had a surprise for the Americans in Bahrain, the details of which we will announce tomorrow”

 
https://x.com/MonitorX99800/status/2030018945432842297
 
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🇺🇸🇱🇰🇮🇷⚡️ — The U.S. is urging Sri Lanka not to repatriate the survivors of the Iranian warship it sank and the crew of a second Iranian vessel, IRIS Booshehr, now held by Sri Lanka, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.
 
The message said U.S. diplomats asked Colombo to avoid sending the sailors back to Iran and limit Tehran’s ability to use them “for propaganda.” The cable also noted discussions about whether there had been any effort to encourage the detained crew members to defect.

 
https://x.com/ALERTX360/status/2030019145128177933
 
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇦🇿⚔️🇮🇷Israeli regime’s radio and television organization: The Republic of Azerbaijan will likely actively join the military coalition to attack Iran
 
https://x.com/dana916/status/2030019540416131254

 
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Israeli opposition leader calls for ethnic cleansing of southern Lebanon
 
As if the Israeli military occupation of territories in southern Lebanon was not enough, Yair Lapid has now called to wipe out whole settlements to create a “sterile zone,” all for the sake of Israelis’ comfort.
 
“Yes, it would be unaesthetic,” Lapid admits. “It may not be pleasant to scrape off two or three Lebanese villages, but they brought this on themselves.”

 
45-second video . 
https://x.com/SprinterPress/status/2030019881140092956

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:32 utc | 376

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Yo-Ez-xzkIran & Hezbollah’s Missiles SLAM Israel, Trump PANICS | Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence WilkersonDanny Haiphong  590K subscribers. . .  .
Posted by: michaelj72 | Mar 6 2026 21:58 utc | 359
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Does panic or psychosis explain the following?
Is this for real? If so, call the white coats immediately!
https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/2029860273855811795

Posted by: Jane | Mar 6 2026 22:32 utc | 377

Col. Larry Wilkerson: “….I wouldn’t be surprised. I just listening to Doug uh on Judge’s show on the Judge’s show and he’s worried about the same thing I am, that Netanyahu is going to upload three or four nukes and he’s going to have them ready and he’s going to use them. Uh because Israel is going down the rat hole with this.

Get’s back to what I’ve been trying to figure out: What’s the end game?  In the 12 day war, Israel crawled to Trump and begged him to get them out of the war.  So Trump arranged a fake strike with Iran in exchange for a fake retaliation strike on Qatar, both sides declared victory, and it was over.
I can see Iran doing the same approach.  Slowly raising the pressure on Israel until they tell Trump to end it.  However what’s the off-ramp for Trump to declare victory?  There isn’t one.  Trump had a week to convince markets he could open the Strait.  He can’t, so S&P just BARELY started to crash.  Brent over $90.  Huge political damage, 20% of his MAGA base oppose him, that’s a huge number that means he’s getting impeached and possibly convicted.  He has to declare victory some how, and I’m not seeing it.
So you are back to Israel using nukes and Trump going to open genocide, hitting power plants and water plants.  Wilkerson is seeing the same thing.
However with radars down, the only thing Israel has got are Naval based radar.  Which are good, however the warning window is a lot smaller.  And they can do CAP from Cyprus to try to spot drones.  I’m sure AWACs is up, so they can spot the low altitude stuff, depending on terrain.  Still, I can see Iran using El Jumbo missiles from time to time, and just sending over swarms of drones.  Iron Dome and jets are decent against drones, but Iron Dome missiles eventually run out.  I’m rambling because I can’t figure out end game, except WW3.

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 22:32 utc | 378

Why in heck would the USN transit the Ford CSG through the Suez and the Red Sea, and past the Houthis anti ship missile batteries? Is this hubris, stupidity or bravado?
Posted by: tobias cole | Mar 6 2026 22:20 utc | 384

Shortage of airframes in theatre, or airstrips or fuel for them?
Maybe with those tankers going bang at Ben Gurion meant they could not operate from the Med?
Evacuation of dead and wounded by heli?
Whatever it is, it must be worth the risk.
Hope the crappers don’t give out again.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Mar 6 2026 22:32 utc | 379

Thanks for confessing your fantastic level of ignorance–almost as bad as Trump’s.
Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 6 2026 22:10 utc | 376

 
Karl, you still owe me an answer to a question. Do you remember how many times I’ve asked here over the past three years about what happened to the Su-35 jets that Iran purchased and why they haven’t been delivered? Some of you here, who have kept your flags raised high—unmoved by the Gaza Genocide, the fall of Syria, the 12-day war, the Yankees’ gangsterism in Venezuela, or the ongoing imperialist aggression against Iran—have now become so shameless that you accuse others of being dogmatic.When was last time you checked the meaning of “Alliance” in a dictionary?
 
Over the past two hours, I’ve been reading news about mediation of your friend Putin that is far from pleasant and if true will come at a heavy cost for Iran. I hope IRGC  does not allow further development in that direction. Follow the news stream more carefully.
 
 

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 6 2026 22:34 utc | 380

A major escalation in Ukraine would be a tremendous help to Iran by tying up resources and forcing the US to actually deal with a two front war. 
Posted by: Maverick | Mar 6 2026 21:58 utc | 361
 
There has been a lot of material on trains going eastwards from Germany. Looks like Boxer vehicles, but I’m not knowledgeable when it comes to that. Probably for some spring offensive or they are forward-deploying and moving in with troops…
 
I told you, that something feels off here in Germany.

Posted by: Zet | Mar 6 2026 22:34 utc | 381

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Mar 6 2026 20:51 utc | 307
 
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I don’t know what some folks’ definition of civilized is, but there is almost nothing in American or European culture today that could be deemed civilized.
 
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:15 utc | 329
The defense of Gaza that had to be beaten into submission, perhaps?  
You’re accepting the Zio Imperialist propaganda about Europe and America and by regurgitating it uncritically, aiding their efforts.  They want the world to think that master and slave have joined hands in the West to uniformly support genocide and war on Iran.  
Try harder.  The ideological front is critical.  Don’t just hand it to them, trigger.  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Mar 6 2026 22:35 utc | 382

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 22:02 utc | 366####Pedantry is a way to back out of an awkward conversation.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:08 utc | 373

Cope.

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 22:36 utc | 383

Do you think OnlyFans is civilized?
 
Do you think Trump is civilized?
 
Do you think bombing schools is civilized?
 
Do you think Nazi Ukraine is civilized?
 
I think it was Justice Scalia who said about pornography, you know it when you see it. That’s how you know what it is.
 
So I am trying to test if the characteristics of the West align with what readers think is civilized.
 
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:55 utc | 355
 
 
Yes, of course, that only happens in civilisation. Where else? (Rhetorical question)
 
Your answer is what I expected. It’s surprising that you treat bar patrons as subjects of study, especially since you yourself should be the focus of your interest.
It seems as if you are a communication vigin who does not dare to ask questions directly in the open thread. I hope that you will also statistically include the sympathy factor in your evaluation of the responses to your comments. That would be professional.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Posted by: BlindSpot | Mar 6 2026 22:39 utc | 384

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 22:32 utc | 396
Yes, which would explain why nobody in the US cared enought to put a real war plan in place.  It was never their intetion to win a converntional war.
If Iran has been planning a war with the US for the past 40 years, they certainly would have considered nuclear weapons.  Hopefully they have one too.  
 

Posted by: Deniz | Mar 6 2026 22:39 utc | 385

I am hearing that Russia is providing intel to Iran to hit American forces, despite what Peskov has said. So, Russia and China are providing ISR.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 21:07 utc | 321
 
My feeling is:  China has been doing the heavy lifting on these kinds of things.  Russia provides aid only at China’s request to cover Chinese deficiencies.  Russia needs to focus on NATO.  China needs to keep Iran alive and thriving.

Posted by: Woke American | Mar 6 2026 22:42 utc | 386

… and no, don’t start arguing with me about China and Russia. I consider “Multipolar World” and “Alliance” discussions OT and meaningless.
Posted by: Framarz | Mar 6 2026 21:31 utc | 342

Fortunately Russia and China follow long term strategies which unsurprisingly are black magic for average framarz but somehow it doesn’t stop framarz from voicing mostly failed opinions in public

Posted by: Cptdkhd | Mar 6 2026 22:42 utc | 387

404,
good point. And China can easily outproduce the US.

Posted by: Marcus | Mar 6 2026 22:44 utc | 388

The least of the problems, but what does FIFA do with its tournament if this war continues into June? Postponement? Re-schedule all matches to Canada and Mexico?
 
“Iran has qualified for the tournament, which begins June 11, and is in Group G with Belgium, Egypt and New Zealand and is scheduled to play matches in Los Angeles (June 15 and 21) and Seattle (June 26).”
 
Certainly the Iran matches will have to be moved out of US to avoid visa issues directed against players and coaches. This will extend uncertainty to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. A soft-power disaster in the making.

Posted by: jayc | Mar 6 2026 22:44 utc | 389

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 6 2026 22:34 utc | 398
 
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Uhm, I believe a video was posted recently of one flying over Tehran once this conflict got going.
 
But I believe they may be based at Eagle-44 in the mountains.
 
They want to draw the Pedophile planes into Iranian airspace so they can shoot them down, not engage in dogfights.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:45 utc | 390

Posted by: BlindSpot | Mar 6 2026 22:39 utc | 402
 
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keine Antwort ist auch eine Antwort

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:47 utc | 391

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 6 2026 22:34 utc | 398
The commenters here are unable to accept reality and live in a constructed one. China will swoop in any minute to save Russia and Iran, they fantasize.

Posted by: catdog | Mar 6 2026 22:47 utc | 392

In fairness, I love Love’s contributions.  Him, Arch, James, U dub, Suresh and Karl really make this bar interesting.  I definitely don’t agree with everything these old salts say, but it’s always interesting.
Cheers to my boys and anyone else I’ve forgotten.  It’s Friday and Iran looks like it’s poised to hold out and torture the Zio Imperialists.  That’s enough for me at the moment.  
Drinks all around!

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Mar 6 2026 22:47 utc | 393

INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern : Weekly Wrap for 6-March
Judge Nap – Johnson has some interesting info in his opening comments.
Lots of injured indicated.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Mar 6 2026 22:48 utc | 394

The demand for “unconditional surrender” is an admission that a quick walk-away for a PR win was a fantasy. If the U.S. decided to end strikes now, Iran doesn’t have to. 
Iran’s interest is best served by prolonging the conflict so that the pain sets in more fully. Even when their offensive abilities degraded over time, they can intermittently lob missiles at a wide variety of assets in the region that can’t all be fully protected for years to come. 
There are no rational concessions that they would agree to at the moment. They have decisive evidence that demilitarization is not an option. Because there is no path to a short-term media win for the U.S., this forces the issue on an attempted regime change.
The FT piece on investment flows is significant. Large U.S. capital projects in private and public markets assume middle Eastern capital. Aside from the lost of trust, sovereign wealth funds in the region now also have compelling reasons to reinvest at home. The damage will outlast the conflict. Markets have been slow to recognize that things aren’t going back to “normal.”

Posted by: CallSaul | Mar 6 2026 22:48 utc | 395

Posted by: Woke American | Mar 6 2026 22:42 utc | 404
 
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The Iranians are very prideful (dignity before death) and still remember the USSR helping Saddam during the Iraq/Iran war. They will work with Russia, but they don’t want to be dependent on anyone if they can help it.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Mar 6 2026 22:49 utc | 396

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 22:32 utc | 396Yes, which would explain why nobody in the US cared enought to put a real war plan in place. It was never their intetion to win a converntional war.If Iran has been planning a war with the US for the past 40 years, they certainly would have considered nuclear weapons. Hopefully they have one too.
Posted by: Deniz | Mar 6 2026 22:39 utc | 403

It’s worse.  You saw it with the Ukraine War.  The Strategic objective was to impose sanctions.  This would supposedly collapse Russia, and then Browder could go back in and restart the looting operation, and Russia would have been forced to remove its military from Syria (Syria eventually fell anyway).
The Strategic Objective in Iran was to kill the Shia religious leader, and a good chunk of the government, then all those millions yearning for liberalism would rise up and create a new zio-State.  The neo-cons cand DC wonks actually believed this.  Don’t know about the whack job judeo-Christians.  They might have known this would be the outcome, and since they are trying to bring about the rule of anti-Christ, they don’t have a problem with the outcome at all.
So fellahs, what’s Plan B?  Plan B?  We don’t have a Plan B.

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 22:49 utc | 397

Posted by: JackG | Mar 6 2026 22:32 utc | 396  The US only faked bombing IRI in June? Is that you c1ue?

Posted by: steven t johnson | Mar 6 2026 22:50 utc | 398

The demand for “unconditional surrender” is an admission that a quick walk-away for a PR win was a fantasy.
Posted by: CallSaul | Mar 6 2026 22:48 utc | 414
It’s just Trump running his dumb Boomer mouth, remembering seeing “unconditional surrender” mentioned on History Channel twenty years ago, related to some war or another, and thinking it’s a good line. He probably doesn’t even know the meaning of the term and it shouldn’t be taken as a serious demand.

Posted by: catdog | Mar 6 2026 22:52 utc | 399

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 6 2026 22:34 utc | 398

Do you have seen the purchase documents for Su-35? Any official confirmation regarding numbers, time and conditions of delivery?
So far, I have seen only rumors. But on the other hand, also rumors about purchase of J-10, J-20, and Su-57 by Iran. They can’t hardly be true all of them? There was only the recent report by OAK about a “customer from Middle East” who has signed a purchase of Su-57. Best guess, this could be about Iran.
How long did the rumors last until Mi-28 appeared? Or weren’t there any rumors at all?
Same questions for Yak-130.

Posted by: BG13 | Mar 6 2026 22:53 utc | 400