News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

• Mar 2 – U.S.-China And The Four Week Time-frame For The War On Iran
  Related:
  – Beijing’s Red Line: Can China Defend Iran Without Going to War With America? – Modern Diplomacy
  – Deep Dive: The GCC-Russia battle for Chinese energy markets – Amwaj

• Mar 3 – War On Iran – Regional Participation – U.S. Blames Israel
• Mar 4 – War On Iran – Hormuz Escorts, Kurds, Time-frame
• Mar 5 – The U.S.-Iran War Of Attrition – A Global Depression To Counter Total Destruction
• Mar 6 – War On Iran – Trump Ups Demands
• Mar 7 – War On Iran: – No Missile Defense – AI Targeting – Local Retaliation
  Related:
  – Iran is gearing up for a long war of attrition against Israel and the US – MEE
  – How High Could Oil Prices Go? A Reality-Based Look At The Ceiling – Forbes
  – Trump’s “Warflation” Has Just Begun – The Bulwark

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Other issues:
Cont. reading: The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-052

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

News & views not related to the wars in Ukraine …

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

• Feb 23 – Lunatic Voice Of The Day
  Related:
  – Russia drops record number of guided aerial bombs in Ukraine – Defence Blog
  – Russia Weighs Halt to Peace Talks Unless Ukraine Cedes Territory (archived) – Bloomberg (likely disinformation!)
  – Thinking Backwards. And hoping for miracles. – Aurelian
  – Ukraine Is Losing the War (archived) – Foreign Affairs
  – How the Ukraine war ends – A multipolar world is coming – Thomas Fazi / Unherd
  – Four years into the Ukraine war, Moscow sees vindication, not failure – Leonid Ragozin / AlJazeerah
  – ‘Something has to give’: EU weighs options to lift Hungarian veto on Ukraine loan – Euronews

• Feb 24 – Despite Four Weeks Of Build-Up Trump’s Choices On Iran Are Still The Same
• Feb 26 – Iran – U.S. Negotiators Block Progress With Unreasonable Demands
• Feb 27 – U.S. Middle East Build Up Continues
• Feb 28 – U.S., Israel Are Waging War On Iran
• Feb 29 – U.S.-Iran – A War Of Aggressions Which Aims Can Not Be Achieved
• Mar 1 – RIP Ali Khamenei
  Related:
  – Push from Saudis (!), Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran (archived) – Washington Post
  – Trump: ‘Freedom’ for Iran is goal of ‘major military operation’ (archived) – Washington Post
  – Insurers to cancel policies and raise prices for ships in Gulf and Strait of Hormuz (archived) – Financial Times
  – Hundreds of ships drop anchor in Gulf water as Iran war escalates – Strait Times
  – U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run Out (archived) – WSJ
  – Trump (offers ceasefire,) seeks swift end to Iran operation – Ynetnews

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Other issues:
Cont. reading: The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-048

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

News & views not related to the wars in Ukraine …

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

• Feb 16 – U.S. Calls For New Colonial Era
  Related:
  – The West’s Last Chance – How to Build a New Global Order Before It’s Too Late (archived) – Alexander Stubb / Foreign Affairs
  – The Dream Palace of the West – A Response to “The West’s Last Chance” (archived) – Kishore Mahbubani / Foreign Affairs !!!
  – The Multipolar Delusion – And the Unilateral Temptation (archived) – Foreign Affairs

• Feb 17 – Duplicate Propaganda For War On Iran
• Feb 19 – U.S. – Israel Ready To Strike At Iran
  Related:
  – As War With Iran Looms, Israel Is Not Watching U.S. Plan Strikes From the Bleachers (archived) – Haaretz
  – Inside Iran’s Preparation for War and Plans for Survival (archived) – NY Times
  – Iran War Watch: Why Trump Looks Primed to Proceed Despite High Odds of US Failure – Naked Capitalism

• Feb 20 – Ukraine Is Exhausted But Plans For More Years Of War
• Feb 21 – Energy Glasshouse – Ukraine Attempts To Blackmail Hungary, Slovakia Destined To Fail
  Related:
  – Exhausted soldiers battle their terror in Ukraine with no end in sight (archived/A>) – The Times
  – Spook dictators rising – Biletsky, Budanov, Poklad. – Events in Ukraine
  – “Istanbul-2014”. Why did Yanukovich’s agreements with the opposition break down 12 years ago and what did it lead to (in Russian) – Strana
  – US Department of Justice & FBI “advised” & “mentored” National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine & Special Anticorruption Prosecutor Office in Ukraine on investigation of large scale corruption in Zelensky’s inner circle. – Ivan Katchanovski
  – One suspicion after another: why Zelenskyy’s been forced to swap five or six of his “managers” for Team Ukraine Ukrainska Pravda

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Other issues:
Cont. reading: The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-044

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

News & views not related to the wars in Ukraine …

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

• Feb 9 – ‘Trump Administration Asserts Ambition To Dominate Energy Sector’
  Related:
  – Marco Rubio Is Rebooting the Neocons for the MAGA Era (archived) – Bloomberg
  – Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference – Dep. of State
  – US undermines democracy to promote Maga to the world (archived) – Financial Times

• Feb 10 – Smearing Chomsky For His Friendship With Epstein Is A Disgrace
  Related:
  – How Jeffrey Epstein Got So Rich – Forbes
  – How Jeffrey Epstein Got So Rich: Two More Billionaire Clients – Forbes
  – Noam Chomsky Was Right About Epstein – Michael Tracey / Compact Mag

• Feb 11 – NY Times Reports Russian Capture of Ukrainian Cities Months After It Happened
  Related:
  – Zelensky Makes His Pitch to Trump – Simon Shuster / Atlantic

• Feb 12 – Russia’s ‘Collapsing’ Economy
• Feb 14 – Poison Dart Frogs Killer
  Related:
  – The Calculus of Conflict: How Russia’s Military Doctrine is Reshaping Modern Warfare [i] – Black Mountain Analysis
  – New Western Reports Reveal Vast Russian Expansion in Barrel and Shell Production – Simplicimus
  – Russia’s war in Ukraine has made its formidable air defenses an even tougher challenge – Business Insider

• Feb 13 – WSJ Debunks NYT’s “Ragtag Network Of Activist” Propaganda
  Related:
  – Leading Papers Call for Destroying Iran to Save It – FAIR
  – U.S. Aircraft Carrier Will Be Sent to the Middle East From Venezuela, Officials Say (archived) – NY Times
  – Iran Has More Options Up Its Sleeve Than Trump and Netanyahu Assume – Naked Capitalism
  – Bloomberg’s $108 Oil as Worst Case Iran War Scenario: Too Optimistic? – Naked Capitalism

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Other issues:
Cont. reading: The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-040

News & views related to the war in Palestine …

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

News & views not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine …

News & views related to the war in Palestine …

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

• Feb 2 – Trump TACOs on Iran Through Negotiations
• Feb 6 – U.S.-Iran Talks Up To A ‘Good Start’
  Related:
  – Israel’s push, Trump’s pause…The Iran dilemma – M K Bhadrakumar – Deccan Herald
  – Iran FM: No date set for next US talks; slams Israel’s ‘domination’ – Times of Israel
  – Trump Reverts to Diplomacy With Iran, but the Road Is Narrow (archived) – NY Times

• Feb 3 – Ukraine – ‘Security Guarantee’ Details – Why The Energy Ceasefire Ended
• Feb 7 – Ukraine – Long-term Countrywide Blackouts – U.S. Presses For Peace Agreement
  Related:
  – Ukraine’s coldest winter: Russia’s energy strikes collide with waning supplies – The Hill
  – Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S. (archived) – Washington Post
  – Killing the negotiators – Assassination attempt on Russian military intel general. – Events in Ukraine
  – The steel porcupine: How Ukraine plans to defend itself after the war – Politico
  – Why EU Leaders Are Having Second Thoughts About Admitting Ukraine (archived) – National Review

• Feb 5 – How Arms Control Went Out The Window
  Related:
  – Trump Says US and Russia Should Negotiate New Nuclear Treaty Instead of Extending New START – AntiWar
  – U.S. accuses China of secretive nuclear test as arms-control agreements lapse (archived) – Washington Post
  – A few (ok, many) thoughts on possible Chinese nuclear testing … – Jeffrey Lewis
  – China, U.S. Intelligence, and Nuclear Weapons Testing – Ankit Panda

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Other issues:
Cont. reading: The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-034