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If you want to better understand Iran and the Resistance, these are the two best books I know of in English:
'Going to Tehran' by Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett
'Resistance' by Alastair Crooke
Alastair Crooke (@AWCrooke): “Serious commentators in Russia are writing that Russia has to understand that the attack on Russia from Europe, particularly Europe and the US, but particularly Europe, is not about regime change. It’s not about pushing Putin out of office; it is to finally destroy Russia, to break it up, and to destroy it as a powerful state.
So the lessons are sort of widening, and the results are coming back to us in different ways. That’s why the Russians are being so tough now and warning the Europeans and warning others that you can’t go on. You can’t just go on firing your missiles, Britain giving Ukraine 120,000 drones and some long-range missiles to fire deep into Russia to kill our people. And you think that you can do this with impunity, and you just do more and more and more and ratchet it up further and further. They say that’s just not acceptable.
And I think the turning point came with the destruction of that dormitory with all those young teenagers who were killed. Twenty-one of them were killed. They said that’s the last straw; we’re not going to tolerate this, and if you don’t get it, we’re going to follow the Iranian pattern. You’ve got some vulnerable assets in different places. Using conventional weapons, we may have to hit those. Later, if you still don’t get the message, then it may turn to tactical nuclear weapons.
And the Iranians understand this. That’s why they say we will only believe that the blockade on the Strait is lifted when the naval vessels are removed from the Gulf altogether, not just moved back a little bit and not just half done, and no promises about relief or your frozen assets coming. We’ll believe it when we see it in the bank account. Until then, we believe nothing.”
❗️🗣 Analista britânico alerta: Europa quer envolver os EUA em conflito com a Rússia
🤔 O ex-diplomata britânico Alastair Crooke afirmou que lideranças da União Europeia e do Reino Unido estariam apostando em um eventual envolvimento mais direto dos Estados Unidos no conflito ucraniano.
👀 Segundo Crooke, a questão ucraniana tornou-se uma das principais prioridades políticas de Bruxelas, e parte dos dirigentes europeus acredita que, em um cenário pós-Donald Trump, seria possível convencer Washington a ampliar seu engajamento diante do que consideram uma posição mais vulnerável de Moscou.
Former British Diplomat Alastair Crooke on Israel’s strategic overreach:
“They’re stuck in [an] unwinnable war with not enough troops and no particular way out of it.”
Former British Diplomat Alastair Crooke on the Gulf states after the US-Israeli war on Iran:
“The Gulf States understand that they’ve been abandoned by the US.”
As their hegemony project falters, Israel-US are fanning mini wars
A compilation tracking consequential observations -- Analysis & reports from regional commentators, 26 May 2026
https://t.co/M5MDo0oxdQ
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Dragging the United States into a massive, full-scale regional conflict is an entirely different beast when local allies shut down their airspace.
Analysing the limits of foreign military intervention, ex-MI6 officer Alastair Crooke stresses that Israel simply cannot launch a war against Iran alone due to severe refueling and logistical dependencies.
Because countries like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are blocking overflight access, Crooke suggests the Pentagon is facing an incredibly complex operational nightmare trying to find alternative routes.
@AlastairCrooke
As their hegemony project falters, Israel-US are fanning mini wars
A compilation tracking consequential observations -- Analysis & reports from regional commentators, 26 May 2026
https://t.co/M5MDo0oxdQ
⚠️ “War, war, war — prepare for war with Russia.”
Alastair Crooke warns Europe is pushing a crisis it cannot fight, even as leaders claim “we may have war even by 2027.”
He notes Europe “hasn't got the money… hasn't got the troops” for a Russia conflict — yet still tries to provoke Moscow through Ukraine and the Baltic states.
The goal? Force the U.S. back into Europe after Trump “has been taking NATO and America away from Europe.”
This is a dangerous geopolitical gamble with global consequences for U.S. strategy and the Middle East conflict.
👉 Watch the full clip — essential context for understanding the road to war: https://t.co/z7xA3Alh45
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