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June 11, 2026
Iran Open Thread 2026-123
News & views related to the war on Iran …
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Hersh: Trump discussed the possibility of using nuclear weapons against IranBy Anti-SpiegelJune 10, 2026, 11:05 PM Posted by: smartfox | Jun 11 2026 13:21 utc | 1 Where is the “U.S. stockpiles are running dangerously low” crowd these days? Posted by: CallSaul | Jun 11 2026 13:21 utc | 2 I also support USRaeli use of nukes to end the impasse. Use it or lose it. Time for freedom of navigation depending on USA. Posted by: Surferket | Jun 11 2026 13:25 utc | 3 Good news for all Mankind. Remember the date! “According to CCTV news, on June 11 local time, US President Donald Trump said in a post on the social platform “Real Social” that the United States would implement a “strong strike” on Iran that night. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/_sMBPQGyeGmmMG9e6HIh0w Posted by: Surferket | Jun 11 2026 13:26 utc | 4 Congress and MIC make money (short term) out of busted planes and spent Patriots. And even if not enough skilled US workers, Israelies will move factories, set up shop in America, and acquire American military tech. There’s thus less incentive (on both sides) to end war, and more quiet incentive for endless war, enriching friends & family. Look: it’s the Broken Window fallacy in economics. But, like all very organized crime endeavors, this is detrimental to the long-term health of America and the world. Karma: Do wrong, and things turn out very wrongly. Posted by: Imagine | Jun 11 2026 13:32 utc | 5
— M.E.S Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jun 11 2026 13:32 utc | 6 Where is the “U.S. stockpiles are running dangerously low” crowd these days? Posted by: pinche | Jun 11 2026 13:35 utc | 7 HOLY SHT !
15 minutes ago: Posted by: Otto Penn | Jun 11 2026 13:36 utc | 8 US President Donald Trump said the United States will carry out a heavy attack on Iran on the night of the 11th. In the near future, the United States will occupy Hark Island and other oil infrastructure and fully control Iran’s oil and gas markets.”
— Robert Burns Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jun 11 2026 13:36 utc | 9 A lot of bullshit has been flying around for the last 100 days, like the “Israel will be destroyed in two weeks” Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jun 11 2026 13:40 utc | 10 Where is the “U.S. stockpiles are running dangerously low” crowd these days? Posted by: smartfox | Jun 11 2026 13:43 utc | 11 Posted by: CallSaul | Jun 11 2026 13:21 utc | 2 Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 13:46 utc | 12
Posted by: CallSaul | Jun 11 2026 13:21 utc | 2 Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jun 11 2026 14:00 utc | 14
Let me introduce you to the concept of the Uniparty and how US policy does not change no matter which red/blue criminal gang occupies the government… Posted by: AmericanIconoclast | Jun 11 2026 14:13 utc | 15 Quotes from various Robert Barnes interviews yesterday.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 14:28 utc | 16 Posted by: AmericanIconoclast | Jun 11 2026 14:13 utc | 15 Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 14:30 utc | 17 More from Barnes on Nima:
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 14:34 utc | 18 @ Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 14:34 utc | 19 Posted by: chunga | Jun 11 2026 14:42 utc | 19 Mahmood OD: ‘US Operation to Occupy Kharg’ Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 14:43 utc | 20 The world cowardliness is groundbreaking. The US shoots civilian ships and killed one Indian sailor. Why spend billions on defense when you are not defending yourself? In the whole world only Iran called them out. India should always stay retarded, betraying BRICS for Israel to get killed. All others stay silent as the global economy crashes. What happens in Belfast should soon be happening all over the west, and not a single one must left be alive. Posted by: Ramon | Jun 11 2026 14:55 utc | 21 When you have Barnes and Kent, both intimately acquainted with Trump administration decision making saying “Israel” is effectively calling the shots for Trump what do people still do? Cry antisemitism and “explain” empire. Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 14:56 utc | 22 Posted by: Ramon | Jun 11 2026 14:55 utc | 22 Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 14:58 utc | 23 Daniel Davis: Alastair Crooke Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 15:07 utc | 24 DW: Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 15:14 utc | 25 More on the oil cliff and Trump administration from a comment at NC. Reposted in its entirety:
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 15:15 utc | 26 https://x.com/mcdunban/status/2064862783825400041?s=20 Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 15:26 utc | 27 R2R: ‘Genocide in Lebanon’ Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 15:27 utc | 28
Check the weekly drawdown from the Strategic Oil Reserve for the US. It’s decreased from previous weeks. It is still going down but not as rapidly. So they are sneaking some oil through. Posted by: bored | Jun 11 2026 15:28 utc | 29 Sean Foo: ‘Financial Panic’ Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 15:36 utc | 30 Posted by: bored | Jun 11 2026 15:28 utc | 29 Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 15:37 utc | 31 bored | Jun 11 2026 15:28 utc | 29 Posted by: Caliman | Jun 11 2026 15:38 utc | 32 bored | Jun 11 2026 15:28 utc | 29 Posted by: smartfox | Jun 11 2026 15:39 utc | 33 Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 15:37 utc | 31 Posted by: bored | Jun 11 2026 15:40 utc | 34 A focus on oil is probably too narrow, there are lots of other products either not coming out of the Gulf at all, or at least in greatly-reduced quantities, with knock-on effects across all kinds of supply chains. Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jun 11 2026 15:52 utc | 35
Nice cope kiddos. Do you think America can make armaments appear out of thin air? Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Jun 11 2026 15:52 utc | 36 Posted by: bored | Jun 11 2026 15:40 utc | 34 Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 15:53 utc | 37 All of this said it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Exxon et. al post record profits this FY. Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 15:55 utc | 38
I guess time will tell if your confidently asserted bullshit is true or if my reasonable unbiased assessments are. But I dont see a strategic victory of any kind for Maerica in the cards. I see humiliation and precipitous economic decline. Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Jun 11 2026 15:56 utc | 39 Posted by: michaelj72 | Jun 11 2026 15:57 utc | 40 Syriana Analysis: Mohammad Marandi: ‘The Bomb Ready?’ Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 15:57 utc | 41 Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jun 11 2026 13:36 utc | 9 Posted by: e-dog | Jun 11 2026 16:02 utc | 42 To take Kharg Island, or open the Straight of Persia, older Americans will have to sacrifice their children in the military. Their surest insurance for real happiness and contentment. No billionaire has to make this sacrifice. Posted by: e-dog | Jun 11 2026 16:06 utc | 43 The Electronic Intifada Weekly: ‘Everybody Hates Israel’ Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 16:11 utc | 44 If a military operation set out with the intent of recreating the worst aspects of Gallipoli, Iwo Jima and Market Garden combined, then an attempt on Kharg Island looks a good candidate. Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jun 11 2026 16:12 utc | 45 Posted by: smartfox | Jun 11 2026 13:21 utc | 1 Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jun 11 2026 16:13 utc | 46 Netanyahu’s favorite marching song; Posted by: Exile | Jun 11 2026 16:15 utc | 47 I also support USRaeli use of nukes to end the impasse. Use it or lose it. Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jun 11 2026 16:15 utc | 48 all I can say if Trump goes nuclear so too might North Korea, Russia and China.. this talk, this kind of thinking could end most of civilization.. Posted by: snake | Jun 11 2026 16:17 utc | 49 Posted by: smartfox | Jun 11 2026 15:39 utc | 33 Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jun 11 2026 16:19 utc | 50 Posted by: bored | Jun 11 2026 15:40 utc | 34 Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jun 11 2026 16:20 utc | 51 Posted by: michaelj72 | Jun 11 2026 16:21 utc | 52 bored | Jun 11 2026 15:28 utc | 29 Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jun 11 2026 16:22 utc | 53 rt Posted by: Jo | Jun 11 2026 16:23 utc | 54 Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jun 11 2026 13:40 utc | 10 Posted by: stranger | Jun 11 2026 16:25 utc | 55 US President Donald Trump has called on Republicans in Congress to pass a $350 billion military spending package that would also impose sweeping new national voting rules before the midterm elections. Posted by: Jo | Jun 11 2026 16:44 utc | 56 John Gilberts 24 Posted by: Giyane | Jun 11 2026 16:45 utc | 57 NB a@ Arch Posted by: stranger | Jun 11 2026 16:45 utc | 58
Where is the “U.S. stockpiles are running dangerously low” crowd these days? I also support USRaeli use of nukes to end the impasse. Use it or lose it. What a couple of Zio Bots. Posted by: kupkee | Jun 11 2026 16:46 utc | 59 Nice cope kiddos. Do you think America can make armaments appear out of thin air? America has already lost the war in Iran. Its just too stupid to realize it as yet. I suppose that includes you. Posted by: pinche | Jun 11 2026 16:46 utc | 60 Posted by: CallSaul | Jun 11 2026 13:21 utc | 2 Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 16:53 utc | 61 Just like Iran is from dispatching the US from the gulf and middle east. Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jun 11 2026 16:57 utc | 62 re: the unrelenting battle between US/Israel and Iran Posted by: Chu-Teh | Jun 11 2026 17:00 utc | 63
Please define winning in this context. Do you mean stealing as much as they can before they bust the place out – that is, the American economy? For it seems to me thats all the winning they are doing. Short term profiteering and deliberately tanking their own economy mistakenly thinking it will stall Chinas rise. Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Jun 11 2026 17:01 utc | 64 For it seems to me thats all the winning they are doing. Short term profiteering and deliberately tanking their own economy mistakenly thinking it will stall Chinas rise. Posted by: smartfox | Jun 11 2026 17:07 utc | 65 TRT World: Mouin Rabbani Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 17:08 utc | 66 Kharg Island is still on the table !That idea has to be an Israeli idea. Has to be. Posted by: wagelaborer | Jun 11 2026 17:26 utc | 67 @60 Posted by: paddy | Jun 11 2026 17:26 utc | 68 Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Jun 11 2026 17:01 utc | 64 Posted by: stranger | Jun 11 2026 17:27 utc | 69 Posted by: bored | Jun 11 2026 15:28 utc | 29 Posted by: Badjoke | Jun 11 2026 17:29 utc | 70 currently WTI Oil falls like a stone, from 92 to 88 in 1 min. Posted by: smartfox | Jun 11 2026 17:34 utc | 71 Reading from the bottom up… “…in regards to the Strategic Oil Reserve. Apparently, it doesn’t have to hit 0/empty for the US to be in trouble. There’s a certain minimum that must be maintained or the salt pits that hold the reserve will collapse. Once that minimum is reached, no more oil can be drawn.” Posted by: suzan | Jun 11 2026 17:36 utc | 72 US Pocketed $15B Oil Windfall During Middle East Conflict Posted by: smartfox | Jun 11 2026 17:40 utc | 73 It would appear that those on this column supporting US action and belittling Irans capabilities are deliberately ignoring known facts. Posted by: Fisher | Jun 11 2026 17:40 utc | 74 @71 Journalist Suhaib Al-Masalma “Trump cancels today’s strikes on Iran” :-/ Posted by: Ornot | Jun 11 2026 17:42 utc | 75 ON: Toronto Crawls With Israel Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 17:43 utc | 76 Journalist Suhaib Al-Masalma “Trump’s tweet on the Truth Social platform in full: Subject to negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran reaching and agreeing to the highest levels of Iranian leadership, I, as President of the United States of America, announce the cancellation of the planned strikes and bombings against Iran tonight. The negotiations and final points were approved in principle and detail by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others. The naval blockade will remain in effect until the agreement is completed. The date and location of the signing will be announced soon.” Posted by: Ornot | Jun 11 2026 17:44 utc | 77 🙂 Is this the part where humans hoard consumables through panic buying?, things like milk, sliced bread, and toilet paper — in a fit of pique! 😀 (I hope I used that correctly in a sentence.) Posted by: titmouse | Jun 11 2026 17:45 utc | 78 President Donald Trump says he has cancelled planned strikes and bombings against Iran after discussions were allegedly approved by the “highest level” of the Iranian leadership. Posted by: arby | Jun 11 2026 17:45 utc | 79 Journalist Suhaib Al-Masalma Posted by: smartfox | Jun 11 2026 17:47 utc | 80 ℹ️ Claims not independently verifiable Posted by: michaelj72 | Jun 11 2026 16:21 utc | 52 Posted by: wagelaborer | Jun 11 2026 17:47 utc | 81 Thanks to one and all. For the information and thoughts(insights). It rises above the ordinary. Posted by: Upsidedowndingo | Jun 11 2026 17:49 utc | 82 Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Jun 11 2026 15:52 utc | 36 Posted by: duck n cover | Jun 11 2026 17:52 utc | 83 Trump’s True Social post Posted by: Monty | Jun 11 2026 17:52 utc | 84 @81 Posted by: paddy | Jun 11 2026 17:53 utc | 85 @77 Ornot Auto-translate error, original text starts : “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States…” Posted by: Ornot | Jun 11 2026 17:53 utc | 86 Looks like last nights bombings caused serious damage, Iran agrees to high level talks according to Trump. Posted by: bored | Jun 11 2026 17:54 utc | 87 ‘China and Russia are watching the US disarm themselves. Unfortunately that will promote nuclear options.’ So the obvious next question would then be why would Russia and China promote nuclear options as they are obviously well aware of this situation themselves? This of course assumes the underlying premise that the US has few weapons left but frankly no one knows how many weapons the US has left and this may well be a case of the devil making people believe he is less powerful than he really is at this point in time. And this still allows for the premise that the empire may in fact be much weaker than it was previously and may in fact have substantially less weapons and less weapon-producing capability than it previously had. Both can be true. As for Russia and China: ‘when did countries cut all diplomatic and business ties with nazi germany?’ By the end of 1941, most nations opposed to the Axis powers had severed ties completely SEVERED TIES COMPLETELY ‘do russia and china stilL maintain diplomatic and business ties with israel despite its constant warring and genocide?’ Yes, Russia and China still maintain diplomatic and business ties with Israel, although these relationships have been strained due to ongoing conflicts and criticisms of Israel’s actions. Both countries have refrained from taking significant punitive measures against Israel, opting instead to maintain the diplomatic and economic status quo. OPTING TO MAINTAIN THE DIPLOMATIC AND ECONOMIC STATUS QUO Posted by: Agonizing Reappraisal | Jun 11 2026 17:54 utc | 88 @85 Posted by: paddy | Jun 11 2026 17:59 utc | 89 Rock the Cradle, Ep 29, Pravin Sawhney Posted by: John Gilberts | Jun 11 2026 18:17 utc | 91 The Unz Review has published a well-sourced article on the Soviet concentration camps (GULAG). Posted by: Anna | Jun 11 2026 18:19 utc | 92 According to BBC World Service 10 minutes ago Trump has slithered into TACO Mode for Iran. Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Jun 11 2026 18:30 utc | 93 UPDATE: As Expected, An Agreement In Principle On A Framework For A Deal Has Been Reached Without Any Official Iranian Approval Posted by: Jo | Jun 11 2026 18:31 utc | 94
Exactly. Once in a while you have to take a step back and reevaluate who’s perspectives have real-world predictive value. Posted by: CallSaul | Jun 11 2026 18:32 utc | 95 ultimately, its every rat for itself. Posted by: Not Ewe | Jun 11 2026 18:32 utc | 96 Thinking Trump’s personality is significant is a trap. Posted by: Rae | Jun 11 2026 18:35 utc | 97 There must be an intellectual elite at work behind US policy? Posted by: petergrfstrm | Jun 11 2026 18:35 utc | 98 As of 2:15pm est the US stock market up over 700 points as oil magically goes down when Drumpft announces no attack tonight. Wanna bet the 1% placed some bets on futures or options this morning? Posted by: DR | Jun 11 2026 18:37 utc | 99 Trump can blather on as much as he wants, Iran is obviously driving the plot. I suspect the Iranian plan to let the Western economy implode is working, Trump tried to restart the war and Iran’s military response caused Trump to panic, 1st threatening to invade all of Iran before being talked off the ledge by the pentagon and now Trump is saying everything is fine, the Iranians have agreed to everything and will sign the documents “soon” but until they do Trump’s blockade will continue. So in other words exactly what we had last week. Posted by: Kadath | Jun 11 2026 18:38 utc | 100 |
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