About that big blast in occupied Palestine…
 
Mahmood OD: Israeli Treasure Evaporates!
 
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD/videos
 
“Arrow-3, Sat launchers, Air-Defense & Nuclear Missile Engine facility DESTROYED.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | May 17 2026 14:48 utc | 3

Arrow-3, Sat launchers, Air-Defense & Nuclear Missile Engine facility DESTROYED.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 17 2026 14:48 utc | 4
 
When will we know how this ” incident ”  actually happened?
Sounds very iffy!

Posted by: jpc | May 17 2026 15:02 utc | 5

May 16: Iran Defines Post-War Strategy Amid Failing US Pressure & Rise of Multipolar Order
 
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/05/16/768749/may16-iran-defines-postwar-strategy-failing-us-pressure-new-world-order
 
“Iranian officials on Saturday framed the country’s post-war stance as a phase of strategic consolidation and deepening international realignment, under-scoring the failure of US pressure and the accelerating shift in the global order.
 
Key developments on day 78 of the war, the 38th day of the ceasefire…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | May 17 2026 15:26 utc | 7

see the 14-second video at the first link
 
see the photo at the second link.
 
 
 
https://x.com/xIsraelExposedx/status/2055746245956649129
Israel Exposed  @xIsraelExposedx 
 
There are so many massacres of children by Israel that it is impossible to count them all.
 
————————
 
https://x.com/jamiemcintyre21/status/2055882738113355889
jamiemcintyre  @jamiemcintyre21 
 
Can anyone explain to me why Israel and only Israel is able to order people from another country to evacuate their home? Anyone? 
 
Israel has issued an evacuation order for Tyre, Lebanon, displacing 200,000 more people. Tyre is an ancient Phoenician city with Roman ruins and a hippodrome.
 
———————
 
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iraqi-officials-reveal-another-secret-israeli-base-in-desert
Iraqi officials reveal another secret Israeli base in desert: NYT
A New York Times investigation reveals another covert Israeli military outpost inside Iraq’s western desert, raising questions over Iraqi sovereignty and US awareness of the operations. 
 
A New York Times investigation has revealed the existence of at least two covert Israeli military outposts operating inside Iraq’s western desert, after the killing of an Iraqi shepherd who reportedly discovered one of the sites. 
 
According to the report, 29-year-old shepherd Awad al-Shammari was killed on March 3 after encountering unusual military activity near al-Nukhaib in Iraq’s western desert. 
 
Witnesses cited by the NYT said Shammari’s pickup truck was pursued by a helicopter and repeatedly fired upon after he reportedly informed Iraqi military authorities about soldiers, helicopters, and tents surrounding a desert landing strip. 
 
Family members later found his burned vehicle and body after losing contact with him for two days……….
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | May 17 2026 16:26 utc | 9

Syria: Israeli Forces Advance into Western Daraa Countryside
 
https://sana.sy/en/syria/2317343/
 
“Israeli forces advanced Sunday into the Wadi al-Raqad area near Jamlah village in Western Daraa countryside, in what residents described as a new escalation along Syria’s southern border…”
 
Iran should not have been persuaded by other powers to cease their war against the ever-expanding Genocide state. Now I fear the opportunity to eliminate Zionist USrael has come and gone.

Posted by: John Gilberts | May 17 2026 16:41 utc | 11

Lies of the American war on Iran 
 
 
Access the full, growing list of the Lies of the War on Iran here:
 
https://vk.com/id818593619?z=article_edit818593619_348108
 
 
(a work in progress)

Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 17 2026 16:53 utc | 13

see the photo at the first link. An eternal curse upon israel and all the zionist neo-nazis
 
 
 
 
https://x.com/shaunking/status/2055801898981019898
Shaun King @shaunking 
 
Israel and the United States slaughtered this sweet young boy in Gaza today. 
 
He spent nearly his entire life in this genocide. 
 
Do you know how hard it must have been to keep him alive for nearly 3 years? 
 
Fed, groomed, cared for, protected. 
 
Then slaughtered in a “ceasefire”
 
——————
 
https://x.com/CMArchibald/status/2055384330084528145
Cory Archibald  @CMArchibald 
 
They were caught on video doing it. When the video was leaked to Israeli media, Israelis stormed the prison and demanded the release of the soldiers who did the raping. Israeli media then turned the rapists into television stars. All of that happened. On camera.
 
 
https://x.com/HilzFuld/status/2054976585803993549
Hillel Fuld @HilzFuld 
No IDF soldier has ever raped any Palestinian. Period. End of story.  And if you think a dog can rape a person, you’re different level ignorant. The entire blood libel of sexual violence by the IDF is the mother of all projections.  Like many other things, want to know what Israel’s enemies are guilty of? Look what they accuse Israel of. Full stop. It never happened and never will. – The end
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | May 17 2026 17:21 utc | 15

Iran is the last remaing LOCAL obstacle to the Planned Expansion of the Pissant Parasite Statelet and its Looney Jews.
 
Iran.gov should be launching daily attacks on Tel Aviv and pleading with its so-called Allies for stocks of suitable weaponry for an open-ended campaign.
 
P.S. “Israel” hasn’t got any Nukes. It’s run by Greedy Jews who stole the Nuke Budget money to buy up-market Real Estate in Monte Carlo and Florida and Own most of the pseudo-Christian West’s Donor-seeking Politicians.
In Oz, for example, the Liberal and Labor pseudo-Parties are Good Friends and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of “Israel”.gov. 
 
Oz.gov recently passed a law declaring anti-Semitism illegal – conveniently ‘forgetting’ that Jews are not Semitic, and that, strictly speaking, anti-Semitism is what Genocide Jews have been doing to Middle East Arabs since the late 1940s.
 
Oz Supreme Court recently repealed all Laws regulating Political Donations – obliquely suggesting that Oz Judges are just as For Sale as Oz politicians.(?)

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | May 17 2026 18:06 utc | 17

US Links Toronto Consulate Shooting to Alleged Iranian-Backed Commander
 
https://globalnews.ca/11853087/toronto-consulate-shooting-terrorism/
 
“An Iraqi national charged in the US with terrorism offences has been linked by prosecutors to the shooting outside the US consulate in downtown Toronto back in March.
 
US prosecutors allege Mohammad Baquer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi and others were behind the Toronto attack, as well as a second attack targeting a synagogue in Canada, while also coordinating nearly 20 attacks across Europe tied to an Iranian-backed militant network.
 
Outside court Friday, defence lawyer Andrew Dallek argued his client is being subjected to a ‘political prosecution’.
 
‘We wanted to relate to the court that it’s very important for him that the court is aware that he’s essentially being subjected to a political prosecution and that he’s a prisoner of war and should be treated as such,’ Dallek told reporters.
 
Dallek also questioned the circumstances surrounding Al-Saadi’s arrest in Turkey and transfer into US custody, saying it appeared his client had been brought to the US ‘without any kind of extradition proceedings overseas.”
 
Distinctly fishy. Likely an attempt to damage growing public support for Iran’s cause against USrael.

Posted by: John Gilberts | May 17 2026 18:47 utc | 19

20 corrected:
https://globalnews.ca/news/11853087/toronto-consulate-shooting-terrorism/

Posted by: John Gilberts | May 17 2026 18:51 utc | 21

Reminder:
 
We don’t just kill them, we also rape them.
 
 
https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2023032260341985405
Quds News Network  @QudsNen 
 
“We don’t just kill them, we also rape them.” 
During a livestream on TikTok with American YouTuber Jeff Davidson, an Israeli soldier who committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip described acts carried out against Palestinian civilians, including the killing of women and children, and shockingly boasted about committing sexual abuse as well.
 
 

Posted by: Exile | May 17 2026 20:16 utc | 23

US is already drawing down crude oil from both Strategic Petroleum Reserve and commercial stocks!
 
In about 60 days US stocks will be seeing how much tank bottom can be used!  EU is likely much worse and east Asia even more trouble.
 
Iran has all the time in the world!

Posted by: paddy | May 17 2026 20:26 utc | 25

Still waiting for the head count of lost IDF aircraft during the Iran/US/Israel war.  According to the IDF zero aircraft were lost….yea sure!
 
Reports are that the US has lost 40 aircraft, including KC135 tankers, A10 Warthog ground attack planes, F16’s, F15 Fighting Eagles, HH60 helos, C130’s, E3 Recons, RC135’s, and various Little Boy helos, plus 54 MQ9 Reaper and Recon drones.
 
But……according the MSM Pentagon approved Orwellian News Services, Iranian AAD has been obliterated! LOL

Posted by: tobias cole | May 17 2026 21:23 utc | 27

Arrow-3, Sat launchers, Air-Defense & Nuclear Missile Engine facility DESTROYED.”Posted by: John Gilberts | May 17 2026 14:48 utc | 4 When will we know how this ” incident ”  actually happened?Sounds very iffy!
Posted by: jpc | May 17 2026 15:02 utc | 6
 
The thing to note that it happened on Sabbath, and at night.
 
These two facts indicate scaled up production possibly 24/7. In cases when a particular industry scales up unexpectedly, the weakest link is always inexperienced staffing, followed by wear and tear of equipment/production shortcuts/slack H&S procedures.
 
The simple explanation will be industry incident based on the any one or all of the above.

Posted by: Suresh | May 17 2026 21:43 utc | 29

Looks like the war resumed. Yemen announced downing another MQ-9 Reaper drone today, and strikes reported in Tel Aviv. In addition to the rocket engine factory and another base in Israel were hit earlier today.

Posted by: unimperator | May 17 2026 21:49 utc | 31

29 – as an addendum, over 100 USAF and USN have been damaged, to what degree is now unknown.

Posted by: tobias cole | May 17 2026 22:31 utc | 33

Note two F18 E Super Hornets lost at an airshow collision in Montana……………

Posted by: tobias cole | May 17 2026 22:38 utc | 35

@ 37  F 18 crash
 
The crash was at Mountain home AFB in Idaho. Mountain Home has had some bad luck with air shows over the years.
 
More info and vid.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/two-ea-18-fighter-jets-have-crashed-during-an-airshow-at-mountain-home-air-force-base/ar-AA23qnY9

Posted by: golddigger | May 17 2026 23:00 utc | 37

Mahmood OD: ‘UAE & Saudi Under Attack’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD/videos
 
“Israel: 7 days left for Iran war| UAE nuclear plant & Saudi Arabia under attack.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | May 17 2026 23:57 utc | 39

I can recall when Kennedy drew a line in the carribean, and GW Bush laid down the final demand to Iraq in 2003. They were clearly major threats of violence. But they were nothing like the bile spewing from Trump’s Truth Social and Pressers the last 15 months or so. 
 
“For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!”   
 
This repetitive rhetoric is psychopathic. It’s toxic to all people around the world who keep hearing being spoken by a US President.  It gets in and is extremely difficult to process it. 
 
That it also reflects the broader pathology and narcissistic attitudes of a majority (?) share of the US population who cheer it on at all levels of that society should give everyone else pause. 

Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 18 2026 0:07 utc | 41

LIVE: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi Holds News Conference in New Delhi After BRICS

Posted by: Spark | May 18 2026 1:32 utc | 43

That it also reflects the broader pathology and narcissistic attitudes of a majority (?) share of the US population who cheer it on at all levels of that society should give everyone else pause. 
Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 18 2026 0:07 utc | 43
 
The ‘event’ that will bring pause- is to have skin in the game. The Russians know this. The Palestinians know this. The Lebanese know this. Anyone who has fled a burning house, or pulled their dead family out of the bombed rubble know this.
 
Should it ever befall the US population to experience this horror, this profound sorrow- the cheering will stop.

Posted by: Original Newbie | May 18 2026 1:59 utc | 45

 “Iran can now build 10-20 nuclear weapons – US must negotiate.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 18 2026 1:11 utc | 47

 
I believe that, in the age of missiles, a potential nuclear weapon (one that can be built underground in a few days, to retaliate against a nuclear strke) is actually better than an existing declared nuclear weapon.
 
When Iran gets (maybe with NKorea’s help, or with their own engineers) long-range missiles able to reach the continental US, it can then deliver conventional strikes on US bases, infrastructure, petrol depots, etc. These launch wouldn’t trigger an automatic in-flight nuclear response (MAD type), as it will be acknowledged as a conventional strike.
 
Somehow, Iran doesn’t need to negotiate with the US now. Trump administration gave them the pretext to hold the US accountable. It’s a matter of time until the US distance and surrounding oceans is not a protection anymore.
 
Aging infrastructure and a divided population unable to live without AC is going to make them eager to asking peace with all the countries they have bombed and plundered. They’d better not add one more (Cuba).

Posted by: Asian Frog | May 18 2026 2:10 utc | 47

@53 Asian Frog

“These launch wouldn’t trigger an automatic in-flight nuclear response (MAD type), as it will be acknowledged as a conventional strike.”

!

The US would have no way to know if a nuclear weapon had been assembled, or might claim that, and might decide to react as if it were.

That is more or less where we are at now, in spite of the fatwa.

What the US knows, or knows it doesn’t know, is beside the point, because it cannot be sure, or is able to claim not to be sure:

Except by regime change with full integration of US command and surveillance.

The only way I can think of around this is an accord where US inspectors are allowed freedom to inspect anywhere. They would be voluntary permanent hostage, unable to share information except pertinent , being instructed by US intel, as well as devising own inspection regime. Every now and then a new inspector would be added, to verify that existing inspectors were not compromised. Hard to imagine that working though.

Posted by: Ornot | May 18 2026 3:16 utc | 49

LITTLE MARCO! | New LEGO Video from AI IRAN
 
 

Posted by: Spark | May 18 2026 4:17 utc | 51

Why isnt Iran helping Russia?  OMG.

Posted by: UWDude | May 18 2026 4:25 utc | 53

You can be sure that NATO bases in Ukraine would be pulverized and Kiev and Lviv would be flattened. US and NATO would be begging Pootin for a ceasefire.
 
Posted by: Surferket | May 18 2026 4:50 utc | 60
 
You can be sure Iran isnt helping Russia.
Though every day of the Iran war we had asshats telling us Russia must help, or Iran would fall, and that Russia was obligated to help Iran, because of a srategic understanding they had.
 
Of course I pointed out how strange an alliance this was, since Iran doesnt ever help Russia, but Russia is obliged to help Iran…
 

Posted by: UWDude | May 18 2026 4:55 utc | 55

@19    “Oz Supreme Court recently repealed all Laws regulating Political Donations – obliquely suggesting that Oz Judges are just as For Sale as Oz politicians.(?)”
There is no entity called the Supreme Court in Australia.
Laws are not repealed by the judiciary.  It requires Parliament to go through a similar process to law creation.    The High Court of Australia doe not have a role in that process.

Posted by: yarpos | May 18 2026 6:51 utc | 57

Why isnt Iran helping Russia? 

 
[Posted by: UWDude | May 18 2026 4:25 utc | 56]
 
Riiiiiiiight, the Geran was invented by Russia,  it’s not just a renamed and later upgraded Iranian HESA Shahed.

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | May 18 2026 7:20 utc | 59

Posted by: yarpos | May 18 2026 6:51 utc | 60
 
You are correct, the High Court is supposed to be quite separate from the politics, however High Court judges in Australia are appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Attorney-General, following consultation with the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
 
Supreme courts are the highest level at the state and territory level in Australia handling serious civil and criminal cases.  The High Court has broader jurisdiction, including interpreting the Australian Constitution and hearing appeals from state Supreme Courts. It is the highest court in the country, serving as the final court of appeal for both federal and state matters.
 
The issue of the political donations was moreover between the two biggest parties that have a chance to be elected – the Labor Party or Liberal-National Party – who sided together to to basically push through with the dirty business of accepting political donations from corporations and powerful individuals. Some other smaller parties and independents argued against it.  In my view this is anathema to better democracy, and the reason why politicians even in Australia are only partly there for the people. Same for imbalanced lobbying as we see with the impact Israel has on politicians minds.
 
 
 

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | May 18 2026 7:30 utc | 61

https://t.me/CIG_telegram/75582
 
Against the backdrop of the severe manpower crisis and ongoing fighting, the IDF presented worrying data to the political echelon about the shortage of fighters. According to the data, the army is missing about 12,000 soldiers in compulsory service, of whom about 6,000 to 7,500 are fighters.
 
The army described a reality of “deep burnout among regular and reserve soldiers,” stemming from the operational need to conduct combat on seven fronts simultaneously – alongside thousands of casualties that have been deducted from the manpower and the combat array in particular.

Posted by: UWDude | May 18 2026 8:27 utc | 63

The Republican Jewish Coalition Victory Fund has filed another $470,000 in spending against Rep. Thomas Massie.
 
Outside spending in the race has now surpassed $20 million, making it the most expensive House primary in U.S. history.
 
https://x.com/europa/status/2055934169960607782?s=20

Posted by: UWDude | May 18 2026 8:29 utc | 65

Iraqi farmer killed by Israeli forces after stumbling on secret base: NYT investigation 

Sunday, 17 May 2026 7:01 PM  [ Last Update: Sunday, 17 May 2026 7:01 PM

he New York Times has reported that an Iraqi farmer was likely killed by Israeli forces after stumbling on a secret Israeli military base in the Muslim country.
Media reports on Sunday cited a NYT investigation revealing the Israelis had set up a covert outpost in Iraq’s western desert during the US-Israeli war on Iran. The site was reportedly used by Israel to support air strikes and housed special forces units.
 
Awad al-Shammari, who was on his way on March 6, 2026, to buy grocery supplies, stumbled upon the Israeli military units and informed the local security forces that he had sighted suspicious activity in the Najaf-Karbala desert.
 
Hours before the Iraqi troops would arrive, al-Shammari and two soldiers engaged the Israeli forces, resulting in his vehicle being targeted in a helicopter airstrike, killing him and wounding two soldiers.
 
The Israeli forces deployed in the desert had apparently monitored al-Shammari’s communications through their surveillance systems, tracked his phone, and targeted him.

More…
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/05/17/768818/iraqi-farmer-killed-hide-evidence-two-Israeli-bases-country
 

Posted by: Menz | May 18 2026 8:39 utc | 67

I see some people keep saying there’s a military alliance between Russia and Iran. It’s is not, the only military thing found in the published treaty was to not help the attacker in case one of them is attacked. You can easily find it on Tass.
What this means exactly was not explained in the news. Probably means weapons exports. Which US doesn’t need, so Iran signed a useless thing. Russia provides US with any other type of resource they want, Kirill offers technology transfer to US for the Arctic. After Anchorage there are no limits. China does the same with US and Israel, breaking trade records each month according to UN data to help Trump and Bibi erase Gaza and Iran faster.
Iran should have hired better lawyers for the Russian documents and simply avoid the Brics trap: a million rules for you but we support your attackers with unlimited resources because “free trade” and you must give us your uranium to keep it safe.

Posted by: rk | May 18 2026 10:52 utc | 69

Since the US war on Iran China-Iran freight railway surges 3x times.
So no, Iran is not dying from US blockade.

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/N8qhcm_99pqQzcfnRKAevQ

China has repeatedly condemned the Hormuz Straits blockade as a result of USRaeli aggression against Iran.

Posted by: Surferket | May 18 2026 11:20 utc | 71

How does the West still manage to keep oil prices not to explode?
Posted by: Simon……….
 
Despite a tidal wave of oil releases from strategic reserves; the cost  of a barrel of oil has nearly doubled from ~$60 to ~$100.  that‘s skyrocketing
 

Posted by: Exile | May 18 2026 13:10 utc | 73

How does the West still manage to keep oil prices not to explode?
Posted by: Simon | May 18 2026 11:53 utc | 76

 
How about creating a fake plandemic and locking up the population in their own homes. Boom, less demand for gas, oil or food for that matter.

Posted by: unimperator | May 18 2026 13:22 utc | 75

Posted by: Winter | May 18 2026 13:46 utc | 80
 
What was the WHO’s definition of a COVID death? If, after a ‘positive swipe test’ a person died for ANY reason over the next 30 days, including drowning or being hit by a bus, the reason for death was always to be marked as COVID.
 
Hence millions of causes of deaths were moved from other categories to COVID category. So hence there were ‘millions of COVID deaths’.

Posted by: unimperator | May 18 2026 13:56 utc | 77

OOps put the wrong post number  Was responding to Post 77 by Exile in my above post

Posted by: golddigger | May 18 2026 14:09 utc | 79

The IDF intercepted several of the Humanitarian ships headed for Gaza.  These ships were heading to Port Gaza to provide food and medical aid to the 2.1 million starving Gaza citizens.
 
Over 15 Irish citizens are being illegally detained by the IDF, including the sister of Irish President Connolly.
 
More international piracy on the high seas by the IDF.
 
Remember the USS Liberty!

Posted by: tobias cole | May 18 2026 14:12 utc | 81

Posted by: Avtonom | May 18 2026 14:13 utc | 86
Neither of you remember jack shit.
 
Disease will never interrupt your death wish. 
 
The idea that capitalism is capable of responding to ANY public health threat is delusional.
 
Now back to work, you slaves! Cuz you are rebelling against a Fauci plot.
 
A plot to use covid to promote war with China while destroying public Healthcare.
 
Just look at the white house website.
 
The number killed by covid is vastly undercounted. 
 
Kind of like with war. 
 
Now back to war! There is no disease. There is no global warming. There is only war.

Posted by: Duck n cover | May 18 2026 15:15 utc | 83

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the white knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen’s lost her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head

Posted by: golddigger | May 18 2026 15:38 utc | 85

The Republican Jewish Coalition Victory Fund has filed another $470,000 in spending against Rep. Thomas Massie.
 
Outside spending in the race has now surpassed $20 million, making it the most expensive House primary in U.S. history.
 
https://x.com/europa/status/2055934169960607782?s=20
 
Posted by: UWDude | May 18 2026 8:29 utc | 68
Several great contributions in a sea of trolls.  Thanks again, UW.  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 18 2026 16:24 utc | 87

Posted by: Lavieja | May 18 2026 2:55 utc | 51
 
Tomahawks can be launched from 533cm NATO standard torpedo tubes, MK-41 vertical launch systems, and the no longer in service or production box launcher. It is not designed or provisioned for air launch. The USAF has its own long range ALCM for nuclear strikes and JASSM-ER for standoff conventional strikes. It has no TLAMs. They are too long and narrow for the layout of the bomb bays or to be attached to external hard points as they were designed to be launched from a torpedo tube not an aircraft.

Posted by: Badjoke | May 18 2026 16:58 utc | 89

“Larry Johnson: Giant Mushroom Cloud Blasts Over Israeli Defense Company – What We Know”  (??????????)
 
Is this for REAL ? Or just “clickbait’ ?  I consider Larry Johnson (SONER 21) & Nima Alkorshid (“Dialogue Works”) to be reliable sources for information on the wars in the Ukraine and the Middle East. They cite information from Andrei Martyanov (also known for not producing “clickbait”).
 
Is this a perfect hit by iranian missiles ?? Are Iran & Israel still busy “exchanging fire” or is this the result of something else ? I could imagine that as a result of the wars  (Ukraine, Iran & Israel) defense companies have (sharply ???) increased their production to meet the sharply increased demand for “military equipment”. And then with the increased hurry (& haste) the producers are “cutting corners”. Well, then it’s more likely, no wonder that “accidents happen”. The factory, facility was producing drones (???) rocket boosters (???), ……….. ???
 
There was a video on YouTube in which israeli airdefense missiles were “malfunctioning”. Some attibuted this to an iranian computer virus. I think this was due to the haste with these missiles were produced. I also heard a story that in the US there was also “an accident” in a factory which was producing (155 mm shells ???) for the US government to be sold (to the Ukraine ?? Israel ??). I’ll see if I can find that video again on YouTube.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIlLKqPzY8Y  (lenght: 60 minutes, in the 1st say 10 minutes the news of that explosion was mentioned / discussed.) Will watch the entire video at a later time.

Posted by: WMG | May 18 2026 17:07 utc | 91

Iran War Lies 21 – 73
 
The litany continues …

 
 
 
21. Iran will collapse in the first round of strikes by America and israel.

22. Iran is weeks away from a nuclear weapon.
23. A US warship was disabled due to clogged toilets.
24. No foreign media is allowed to report from Iran.
25. The son of Shah Pahlavi would be welcomed by Iranians as the new monarch of democratic Iran 
26. Mossad was not involved in the Iranian peaceful protests 
27. CIA was not involved in the peaceful protests 
28. No foreign agitators were involved in the peaceful protests 
29. The Americans only struck military targets during the attack on Iran 
30. The Americans obliterated the Iranian military.
31. American has control of Iran’s air space.
32. israel has control of Iran’s airspace.
33. America is capable of a ground occupation of Iran.
34. israel is capable of a ground occupation of Iran.
35. America won the war on Iran.
36. israel won the war on Iran.
37. Upon conclusion of the war, America would open the straits of Hormuz.
38. The Iranians were begging for a ceasefire.
39. The bombing of Iranian civilians was “worth it” to bring the monarchy back to Iran.
40. American military superiority over Iran on Iranian territory.
41. American naval dominance over Iran in the Persian Gulf, Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.
42. Iranian women are oppressed by the State.
43. Christians are a persecuted minority in Iran.
44. Jews are a persecuted minority in Iran.
45. The Iranian military is weaker than the IDF.
46. The Iranian military is weaker than the US Army.
47. US air defense is effective against Iranian missiles.
48. israeli air defense is effective against Iranian missiles.
49. America is able to open the strait of Hormuz with military force.
50. The location and assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a grand intelligence success backed by months of covert tracking to identify his whereabouts.
51. The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would result in the collapse of the Iranian state.
52. The destruction of Iranian civilian energy facilities would result in the collapse of the Islamic Republic.
53. The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would result in an American victory.
54. The US is a guarantor of security in the Gulf region.
55. The Gulf states are neutral bystanders in the war against Iran.
56. The Gulf states are victims of the war against Iran.
57. Iran attacked the Gulf states first, then the Gulf states defended themselves.
58. Iran’s attack on the Gulf states was unprovoked.
59. America is able to defend the gulf states against Iranian attacks.
60. An American attack on Iran would benefit the Gulf states.
61. Iran has abandoned the axis of resistance.
62. Hezbollah has been neutralised.
63. Iran’s supply lines to Hezbollah have been cut.
64. Iran is isolated from trade with the global South/RoTW.
65. The Iranian nation is afraid of America and israel.
66. Iran mined the straits of Hormuz.
67. Decapitation strikes are effective (against Shi’a nations and military actors.)
68. The West can attack Iran without direct military consequences.
69. The US navy is effective in the Persian Gulf.
70. The Gulf states are not dictatorships.
71. The Gulf states are supported by their people.
72. The Gulf Arab states are sovereign.
73. The Gulf Arab States do not directly support and supply israel over land and sea.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 18 2026 17:32 utc | 93

Note – Cheveron works closely with the Likud

Posted by: Exile | May 18 2026 17:55 utc | 95

Whole picture is looking increasingly dirty, which is saying something.

@ Watcher

Would have replied to your ‘state of world war’ , did write but not post … I had then thought most of anything would be completely outdated if events shifted by the sort of margins that are possible.

Posted by: Ornot | May 18 2026 18:27 utc | 97

Posted by: Sebgo | May 18 2026 18:48 utc | 104
 
Good post–thumbs up

Posted by: arby | May 18 2026 19:14 utc | 99