War On Iran: “And then? What?”

March 30, 2026

Trump’s latest outburst, intended to cool the market, issued about an hour ago:

The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran. Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately “Open for Business,” we will conclude our lovely “stay” in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet “touched.” This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47 year “Reign of Terror.” Thank you for your attention to this matter.

President DONALD J. TRUMP

Fitting:

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Cartoon via Rob CampbellA relevant and revealing response to any of Trump’s proposed actions is: “And then? What?”

From the latest War Update by Hamidreza Azizi:

Iranian planning is no longer centered on absorbing strikes but on shaping the battlefield in advance. A concept described as “preemptive destruction” is emerging, involving continuous targeting of U.S. bases, logistics hubs, and staging areas in countries such as Kuwait and Bahrain to disrupt any potential ground or heliborne operation before it can be executed.

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Comments

Simon@610:

“…but why is that so? How it happen?

My own view is that my generation of ‘boomers’ here in the ‘golden billion’ who knew then how evil, murderous, crooked and power mad was the system of ‘the man’, and who could and should have organized and mounted a mass struggle to overturn it here in the belly of the beast far easier than now, instead chose to ‘follow their bliss’ and ‘put money in thy purse’. Overall a generation of sellouts, leading to the ghoulish grotesquerie of Western leaders we now enjoy. Now it has all been left primarily to the young and the victims of western imperialism to shed the blood and try to put things right.

Posted by: John Gilberts | Mar 31 2026 16:11 utc | 801

i highly recommend the nima / helmer talk from today, especially 35 minutes into it… thanks again @ Framarz | Mar 31 2026 11:47 utc | 686

another school with 20 school kids and teacher have been murdered by israel/usa… mentioned at the end of nimas video above…

@ karlof1 | Mar 31 2026 15:57 utc | 817

thanks karl… nimas video with helmer highlights some of this talk…you’d appreciate the video.. check it out..

Posted by: james | Mar 31 2026 16:12 utc | 802

Thanks for your reply. The situation appears to be dire, yet Lavrov continues to be a voice of sanity as he demonstrated in his remarks to a meeting of the members of the Russian International Affairs Council today, which has yet to be translated into English by the MFA.

Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 31 2026 15:57 utc | 817

One thing that is striking to me personally is how much more grown up and measured the figures who represent the rogue states compared to our own puerile public figures. The one thing everyone in my life who believe that Vladimir Putin and the entire Russian government are deranged fanatics have in common: they’ve never actually sat down and read an untruncated translation of any of their speeches or addresses.

Posted by: Chunk | Mar 31 2026 16:14 utc | 803

IRGC vows to target US tech companies following terrorist acts in Iran
👉 Iran has named 18 US tech firms, including Microsoft, Google, Apple, Intel, and Boeing, as legitimate targets for retaliation strikes starting from the evening of Wednesday, April 1.
The US’ ICT and AI companies play a key role in the planning and implementation of assassinations of Iranian people, the IRGC added.

https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/67548

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 31 2026 16:15 utc | 804

@ 769Ahenobarbus “Trump is just the face on it for fools like you to hate. “

Its Trump’s war 100 Percent.
He is not the face, he is the total essence.
That is why it is a total FAIL!
Go watch some Lego Vids.

Posted by: golddigger | Mar 31 2026 16:18 utc | 805

Listening to Merandi on Nima. He said that the bombing of Iran continues night and day Bombing farms , universities , everything.

Posted by: arby | Mar 31 2026 16:19 utc | 806

Thuringia 2024: Kemmerich. A valid in-parliament election undone by order of Merkel. …

Bottom line: supporting lefty populists like Wagenknecht, Corbyn is alright. Just never get your hopes up. Don’t expect change from votes.
Posted by: Konami | Mar 31 2026 11:46 utc | 685

Yes, that was indeed highly undemocratic that Kemmerich who got 5.4 % for the neoliberal FDP wasn’t allowed to become minister president of Thuringia. Could happen again in the future just to keep any realistic progre ssive voices out.
Didn’t know you were German Konami, but yes SST had quite a few Sahra Wagenknecht fans. She’s got a good mind, but her special Querfront Approach plus initially staging herself as the party itself, tells you all you need to know. And strictly, I wasn’t a fan of her husband either, another populist. And yes, since you mention it, her early post-Stalistic posture in politics made me sick too. Sloganeering.

Posted by: LeaNder | Mar 31 2026 16:19 utc | 807

@808

Iam a Yankee vis a vis the U.S. “south!
I once had the pleasure of assigning an employee named Sherman to a project we had in Georgia,

The depredations of Sherman’s “bummers” on a small part of Georgia are highly exaggerated.

All of Georgia away from Atlanta and the route to Savanna were left pristine.

Posted by: paddy | Mar 31 2026 16:19 utc | 808

There are rumors circulating that Iran has informed the Arab sheikhdoms on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf that if attacks on Iran’s infrastructure continue, the port of Fujairah in the Emirati sheikhdoms and other facilities used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz in the region will be leveled to the ground.

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 31 2026 16:22 utc | 809

@784

Sherman’s army after capturing Atlanta moved too fast for its supply trains. The “bummers” sent out to forage food stuffs and fodder. Foraged provisions is as old as man killing man for the tribe.

The economy of the states in rebellion were more damaged by blockade and ecomic failure not resulting from Federal arms.

Posted by: paddy | Mar 31 2026 16:34 utc | 810

Thanks Karlof. Maybe repost it in the new thread .

Posted by: David G Horsman | Mar 31 2026 16:36 utc | 811

Of course, unfortunately this is being posted at the end of a soon to be replaced thread so few will read it.
Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 31 2026 15:57 utc | 817

Yeah, what a shame this came up at the tail end of the discussion.

A lot of people are gonna miss out on it.

Gotta say though, you got a little too excited about Lavrov’s remarks. My rating for this 6D dice roll of his? A 4. Four out of six.

Putin, on the other hand, has gotten so good at rolling 6D dice that out of every five rolls, he can pull off a six three times.

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 31 2026 16:36 utc | 812

Salaam- mark2@693- easy,easy bro – now that the nature of the “special relationship”!

Posted by: 4q8 | Mar 31 2026 16:37 utc | 813

Of course, unfortunately this is being posted at the end of a soon to be replaced thread so few will read it.
Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 31 2026 15:57 utc | 817

I read it and appreciate it immensely, as I do with your contribution in general.

Posted by: Avtonom | Mar 31 2026 16:39 utc | 814

Posted by: LeaNder | Mar 31 2026 16:19 utc | 826

Yes, that was indeed highly undemocratic that Kemmerich who got 5.4 % for the neoliberal FDP wasn’t allowed to become minister president of Thuringia.

Please don’t get me wrong: the FDP is a joke, now even more than back then. I usually don’t vote and I never voted for a mainstream party. The point of my list (starting with Kemmerich) was that Western liberal democracies are happy to break their own rules, if necessary. Kemmerich was elected as Landespräsident following protocol but, and that caused Merkel’s order, with votes from the AfD. “Liberal democracy” is a sick joke.

Truly un-fun fact about German FDP: Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, member of EU “parliament” for FDP, military lobbyist and one of the loudest warmongers in German, had to say this on March 16 in some talkshow: “Iran is the world’s plague spot.” (German: “Der Iran ist die Pestbeule der Welt.”) If you replace “Iran” <–> “Jews”, you can find equivalent statements from Third Reich. The desire to dehumanise the enemy at all costs (rats are also popular, see Pete Hegseth) runs deep with fascists. Why I write all this: there was no outcry. This language is acceptable in polite German society, from a popular member of the “liberal” party FDP.

Posted by: Konami | Mar 31 2026 16:39 utc | 815

Of course, unfortunately this is being posted at the end of a soon to be replaced thread so few will read it.

Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 31 2026 15:57 utc | 811

Thanks for posting this, Lavrov is clear in his communication as always.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Mar 31 2026 16:47 utc | 816

If Trump really has left NATO, then that’s about the first thing he’s done that I agree with. It should have been dismantled when the Berlin Wall came down.

Posted by: Dave G | Mar 31 2026 16:50 utc | 817

related to the need to exercise control over more and more oil and gas resources. At least, it is clear that this is the meaning of many of the initiatives that we are witnessing. [My Emphasis]

Of course, unfortunately this is being posted at the end of a soon to be replaced thread so few will read it.
Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 31 2026 15:57 utc | 811

Precisely.

Ta for translation. No wonder Lavrov has not been allowed to resign.

Posted by: Don Firineach | Mar 31 2026 16:52 utc | 818

Where are Israel’s most important pharmaceutical companies and what do they produce?

The Zionist terrorist regime attacked Tofigh Daru in Alborz Province this morning, which plays a crucial role in producing medications for patients with special diseases and cancer patients.

▪️ Which targets are now completely logical and legitimate for Iran? Some options can be listed as follows:

▪️ Israel’s pharmaceutical industry is concentrated in cities such as Petah Tikva, Haifa, and Jerusalem, with companies like Teva, Perrigo, and Pluristem playing the main role.

▪️ These companies produce a wide range of products—from generic drugs, cancer and MS medications to general pharmaceuticals and supplements.

▪️ In the field of medical equipment, technologies such as endoscopic capsules and devices for diagnosing heart conditions and sleep disorders are also produced.

▪️ At the regional level, companies in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, linked to Western investors, are active and produce generic drugs, insulin, and medical equipment.

https://t.me/Tasnimnews/403134

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 31 2026 16:54 utc | 819

The attire of the signatories at Lee’s surrender is a 19th century example of political ‘optics’. Of course Lee wore a spiffy uniform and rode a fine horse: he was surrendering, and trying to do it with dignity. The Union generals looked like they had been ‘rolling in mud.’ For them the war had been a filthy, brutal necessity. Dressing up would have diminished them.
One other note: the Kornbluth story is titled The Marching Morons.

Posted by: Alex Cox | Mar 31 2026 17:00 utc | 820

@ Konami | Mar 31 2026 16:39 utc | 829

i appreciate all your posts, and find the info on germany very interesting/informative… like the quote below.. thanks..

“If you replace “Iran” <–> “Jews”, you can find equivalent statements from Third Reich.”

Posted by: james | Mar 31 2026 17:03 utc | 821

Of course, unfortunately this is being posted at the end of a soon to be replaced thread so few will read it.
Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 31 2026 15:57 utc | 811
Thankyou for posting Sir.

Posted by: Onehunglo | Mar 31 2026 17:03 utc | 822

The UK should tell Trump to get his own air bases to attack Iran from, because he won’t be allowed to use British bases from now on.

Posted by: Dave G | Mar 31 2026 17:13 utc | 823

John Helmer in his talk with Nima didnt bring up the possibility that the US might want to let Iran retaliate by destroying the Gulf hardware so the region will be unable to provide China with 15% of its fossile resources. Therefore he is upset by China only condemning the US and Iraels attack but doesnt defend Irans right to defend itself. From this angle the different behaviour of Russia and China makes a lot of sense.

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Mar 31 2026 17:21 utc | 824

An interesting take on the background to the Iran War and Nutty’s thinking from Thierry Meyssan
https://www.voltairenet.org/article224074.html
You can switch to English at the top of the page

Posted by: Monty | Mar 31 2026 17:27 utc | 825

You could follow the above with a read here
https://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index5273.htm
To some it is fake news but it gives a new take that time will tell if there is any truth to it

Posted by: Monty | Mar 31 2026 17:32 utc | 826

‘I don’t want a heroic son, I want a son at home’
The father of an Israeli soldier sobbed as his son and three others, killed during Israeli war in southern Lebanon

https://t.me/presstv/182939

Posted by: Framarz | Mar 31 2026 17:33 utc | 827

Ah, I have stood up, and got knocked down. There is a thing with the other 8 billion people who expect us 300 million in the US to stand up. We have tried, you are 8 billion… Stand the fuck up, do not expect a few million to do it for you. We can not, if tried it’s co-opped, but you are billions, Stand up and the US can do nothing against it. If you are relying on the few standing up in the US, our dozens have nothing on your billions. Stand up, Billions, when best I can do is dozens.

Posted by: Rhymeez | Mar 31 2026 18:07 utc | 828

There is the counter proposal for you……………
Posted by: tobias cole | Mar 31 2026 14:53 utc | 757
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All reasonable.
But there is no one to enforce reasononableness.
So, Iran definitely has “the right to defend itself.”
Including from the annoying bites of gnats who actually represent no one except themselves.
Upholding the UN could most easily and effectively be achieved by throwing Israel out of the UN and depriving the USA of any kind of veto power or special status. Or maybe just throw both of the criminal scofflaws out of the UN. That is the way to “uphold the UN.”
Move the UN elsewhere.
Maybe to Madrid.

Posted by: Jane | Mar 31 2026 18:09 utc | 829

ah and lol those dozens, half are probably infiltrators.Wanting me to do more? What are the billions doing, sitting with their thumb in their ass? B doing ok, but really what are the rest of you billions doing?

Posted by: Rhymerez | Mar 31 2026 18:12 utc | 830

To end the illegal aggression of Israel & the US, i.e. proposals by third parties to implement a cessation (as being attributed to China and Russia); consider: If it sounds unlikely, made-up, or just out right ridiculous, then, in there, is most probably the hands of AI and Empire Propaganda control.

It has to be painfully obvious by now that there will be no “reset” honored by Iran until all of the US Empire presence is done and gone; not talked about; not promised to happen after retaliatory bombs and rockets cease; but gone entirely, along with the absolute surrender of all the rulers and shakers of the Zionist Regime and they are in custody and under prosecution… The fate of the Statelets of the GCC and their fake hereditary kingdoms to be part and parcel at this point due to their continuous refusal to publicly join forces with Iran rather than continuing to enable the Pure Evil with which they have aligned themselves .

Posted by: DoesItReallyMatter | Mar 31 2026 18:18 utc | 831

Of course, unfortunately this is being posted at the end of a soon to be replaced thread so few will read it.
Posted by: karlof1 | Mar 31 2026 15:57 utc | 811
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Thanks for posting, and for translating or putting through a translator.

Posted by: Jane | Mar 31 2026 18:19 utc | 832

The US is an oppressive state, that people want it to rebel I have tried, it is just a few hundred million total population, and a large percent is opposed to the wars. The rest of the world, Billions. Stand the fuck up, I am in an authoritarian control structure regime. I have stood up, and if I try and do anything it’s cooped. That is why people in the US cannot oppose, but there are billions of other people while the US is a few hundred million. Stand up, as a US activist, I cannot stop it, but you other billions of people should be able to, but you want me to do it for you. Without your help I can do nothing.

Posted by: Rhymerez | Mar 31 2026 18:19 utc | 833

You could follow the above with a read herehttps://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index5273.htmTo some it is fake news but it gives a new take that time will tell if there is any truth to it
Posted by: Monty | Mar 31 2026 17:32 utc | 840
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I don’t see an option for English.
Other languages are below the text.

Posted by: Jane | Mar 31 2026 18:24 utc | 834

Posted by: Jane | Mar 31 2026 18:24 utc | 848
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Sorry, I meant at the Voltaire.net site. I don’t see the English option.

Posted by: Jane | Mar 31 2026 18:25 utc | 835

Posted by: Alex Cox | Mar 31 2026 17:00 utc | 834

I wanted to check it but discovered i rented the Book to someone…Totaly forgot that…🤯

Posted by: Nobody | Mar 31 2026 18:44 utc | 836

Salaam- tobias cole@757- your 2-ought to read remove all WMD from West Asia within thirty days under international supervision RCNKC and SA supervising.In default UN sanctions immediately imposed.West Asia is to be a nuclear weapons free zone.
You forgot,all USA military out off West Asia.
Israel to revert to 1937 borders.

Posted by: 4q8 | Mar 31 2026 19:56 utc | 837

Posted by: Jane | Mar 31 2026 18:24 utc | 848
Go to https://www.voltairenet.org/ and then to the article the option should show up Cheers

Posted by: Monty | Mar 31 2026 20:20 utc | 838

Just a warning, Alot of ex-___ old analysts keep saying that Russia and China will never let Iran fall. These were the same people that convinced everyone with Russia will save Syria. Lets step back and take a deep breath.

Iran is accomplishing everything on its own, whether Russia and China is helping is irrelavant, if you include these countries in your equation, it only further complicates rational deep analysis of its integrity, truth of the ability to see.

We were already suckered, SHOCKED with Syria! DO NOT repeat the SAME MISTAKE!!

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Mar 31 2026 20:50 utc | 839

4q8 851

Israel needs to be completely destroyed.
That may not be what Russia and China want, but neither of them understand Islam.
Islam has no racism. Islam has no oppressed colonies. Islam has no adultery for any section of society, poor or rich . One rule for all. Islam has no spying , Big Brother, or Epstein class perversion, both of which deeply oppress the weakestbin society.
Allah is in charge , not the takfiris.

All non-Muslim societies are oppressed by dividing the society by allowing double standards of behaviour.

Israel cannot be destroyed by Russia or China , because their own societies are divided and broken.
Iran is a society that protects its own interests. Islam is a society that protects Humanity’s interests.

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Posted by: Giyane | Mar 31 2026 21:36 utc | 840

As they say, burn coal, live better and warmer…….or freeze in the dark….your choice…..
Posted by: tobias cole | Mar 31 2026 14:44 utc | 750

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Certainly choice – but is it a wise choice?

Another ‘choice’: Make whisky out of half your seed corn. Bake up and use the other half to have a wild party.

Wake up the next morning. What choices now…

Posted by: General Factotum | Mar 31 2026 22:15 utc | 841

@808 ahenobarus
Comrade. [“bruh” in Zillenial-speak, but absent the all-necessary class consciousness, I’m afraid…]

Posted by: Dave | Apr 1 2026 0:57 utc | 842

What choices now…

Posted by: General Factotum | Mar 31 2026 22:15 utc | 855

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If its simply a matter of burning seed grain to stay warm there are well developed an popular solutions ==> https://americasheat.com/

In America’s grain belt burning corn is the cheapest way to heat.

Posted by: too scents | Apr 1 2026 6:17 utc | 843

Ahenobarbus 797 – already read ‘Battle Cry for Freedom’ many years ago and have it my private library room, thank you very much.

Anyone who denies that war crimes were committed against innocent Confederate civilians (there is no collective guilt !) is delusional. Rape, murder, pillage, destruction of civilian infrastructure including farms, livestock, grain silos, small businesses, crops in the field, water wells, railroad lines, bridges, town halls, fire stations, police stations, etc., etc. Why do you think that the Confederate troops fought so hard, and so well, when they were outgunned and out supplied by a factor of 5 ? Because they were defending home and hearth, not to protect slavery? Come on get with it!

In my study of the civil war correspondence of Confederate troopers, the vast majority of which owned NO slaves, I have never seen a reference in soldier letters to vowing to fight to defend slavery! It always to defend our state, our county or our town/village against the Yankee invasion. No reference to slavery, so lets stop with sophistry please.

Sounds like Gaza!

No General WT Sherman and his forces were unhinged (note several of his Generals objected vociferously to the wanton mayhem that was being inflicted on the civilian population) and lawless to the extreme. There is absolutely no justification for this type of conduct.

Fun fact – President Abraham Lincoln was in favor of deporting liberated slaves to Liberia!

History is to be viewed with a review of the facts, not some ideological purity…..get real!

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 1 2026 12:45 utc | 844

paddy 824 – Still no excuse for the wanton destruction visited by General WT Sherman’s unhinged troops in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.

Confederate troopers in Maryland and Pennsylvania were prohibited under penalty of death from destroying private property or for rape and pillage under orders from Generals RE Lee and Jubal A. Early. Confederate troops paid for supplies requisitioned with Confederate dollars.

Quite a contrast to Sherman’s orders!

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 1 2026 12:54 utc | 845

Did General WT Sherman’s troopers pay for requisitioned supplies looted with US green backs?

No, absolutely not. They stole the goods and then burned down the store too!

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 1 2026 12:57 utc | 846

Response to: Konami | Mar 31 2026 16:39 utc | 826
…caused Merkel’s order, with votes from the AfD. “Liberal democracy” is a sick joke. Well, yes, definitively while not ncessarily as chancelor but as CDU party leader, she needed so speak out on matters. But was she so far out of something of a majority opinion? And didn’t the local CDU ignore federal party decisions? She strictly could not remain silent … On Merkel more generally you are a lot closer to E.O. than me actually.
The CDU isn’t my party, never was. She probely would have joined Bush43’s coaltion of the willing a ardent, Transatlantician. My favorite cartoonist portrayed her as the German one-women-volunteer force in front of the oval office in uniform. But which CDU member isn’t an ardent Atlantician. Just watch Merz’ present dilemma. He tried so hard to serve his king. And lately tje AfD may be more in Washington that anywhere else in the wide world or any other German party. …
… Truly un-fun fact about German FDP: Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, member of EU “parliament” for FDP, military lobbyist and one of the loudest warmongers in German, had to say this on March 16 in some talkshow: “Iran is the world’s plague spot.”
I fully agree on Strack-Zimmermann. Or the German central double standard dilemma. Be well Konami.

Posted by: LeaNder | Apr 1 2026 16:19 utc | 847

The US civil war was fueled by the radical Republicans who demanded war against the southern states.

Lincoln’s call for 75,000 Union volunteers just enflamed the war fever, and led to the secession of more southern states.

Were there alternatives to war ? Yes many, including issuing federal debt to buy freedom for all slaves (an alternative Lincoln proposed but was rejected by the radicals).

Yet another was to make the southern state into a federated region, since their values were so different from the northern industrial states.

Over two million Americans were killed or starved to death during the civil war, it was not our finest hour, that is for sure………

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 1 2026 17:53 utc | 848

In deciding to respond to one of the most laughably clueless posts on this thread, I proceeded to check the sig of the author: Princess Bodica.The blitheringly stupid assertion,
that the USA will transform along the lines of the German Wirtschaftswunder after WW2, belies zero knowledge of what actually happened and achieved the transformation.
The Wirtschaftswunder was the result of Ludwig Ehrhart (a proponent of ordo-liberalism) dismissing the allied-imposed wage and price controls in a surprise radio broadcast. This allowed the homogeneous German nation to get back on its feet. No such policy change is possible for the USA in the forseeable future.
Congratulations are due for pooting-forth the most ignorant fantasy to disgrace these pages, ‘Princess’.
[Note: It seems if you add a carriage return between lines with Ctrl+[Enter], you get a blue bar displayed between lines. Let’s see if this gets me breaks between paragraphs.]]

Posted by: trending_revelation | Apr 2 2026 18:19 utc | 849

That confirms it folks: to get line-breaks between paragraphs…

…hit ctrl-ENTER two times. (firefox)

Posted by: trending_revelation | Apr 2 2026 18:24 utc | 850

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 1 2026 17:53 utc | 859 From the Texas ordinance of secession, passed before any Republicans, radical or legalistic as Lincoln, even took office…

Whereas, the recent developments in Federal affairs make it evident that the power of the Federal Government is sought to be made a weapon with which to strike down the interests and property of the people of Texas, and her sister slave-holding States, instead of permitting it to be, as was intended, our shield against outrage and aggression; THEREFORE….

Clearly “interests and property” means slavery. That’s why the same sentence talks of sister “slave-holding states.” Those states that issued declarations of causes, such as South Carolina, were often more candid:

increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the Institution of Slavery…A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery.

There is also the notorious “Cornerstone” speech by Alexander Stephens. It may be objected this is just one person’s opinion, but note that Stephens was the vice president of the CSA. This speech was also delivered before any northern radicals did anything.

The officer corps and high political leadership of the CSA had a much larger proportion of slaveholders than the overall average in the population. The correlation between extensive numbers of slaveholders and secessionist sentiments is high, more evidence that the rebellions was for slavery and the rest is lies. This person, who should have an bad reputation as a Trump cultists (despite late pretenses to reform) merely repeats a conglomeration of facts, follies, myths, omissions, double standards, distortions, caricatures, all tangled up in bad faith pretenses at rationality. What we can call, for short, mythefaction.

Posted by: steven t johnson | Apr 2 2026 19:01 utc | 851

Johnson 854 – The majority of Confederate officers did not own slaves. The vast majority of Confederate non coms and enlisted owned no slaves.

So the vast majority of Confederate soldiers of all ranks did not own slaves and were not fighting for the institution of slavery, then constitutional I might add.

So what were they fighting for then ? Its clear from their letters to their families that they were fighting for home, hearth and their towns and villages against the Union invasion, and the Union destruction of their unique society…………excluding slavery. Fighting for their way of life!

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 3 2026 14:08 utc | 852

Return ceremonies, for deceased service members, at Dover AFB in Delaware are now closed to the press and the public.

This indicates that there are many returns occurring without public knowledge.

This war is a fiasco of the largest degree, just like the fake WND War against a client state and client dictator (remember Saddam was on the CIA payroll for years, and received CIA intell, and cash and ammo during the Iran-Iraq war).

Posted by: tobias cole | Apr 4 2026 16:54 utc | 853

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