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[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@DanielLDavis1 It is just propaganda designed to establish a narrative of victory amongst the US electorate, with the aim of enabling the US to walk away from the conflict.

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@AJEnglish This is very weak messaging by the US. If the US was capable of destroying whatever nuclear weapons capability Iran purportedly has, why did it not do so during the kinetic phase of the war? The answer is either that said capability does not exist, or the US cannot destroy it.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇮🇷 Iran's elected officials are all suddenly talking about ending the war, and the IRGC is almost certainly the reason

Pezeshkian, Ghalibaf and Araghchi have each said in recent days that Tehran must address poverty, inflation near 80 percent and a public that has run out of patience.

Nobody in that system speaks that way against the Guard.

The likelier read is the IRGC letting the civilians carry a message it wants delivered, buying time and testing whether a strait arrangement can be had.

Watch the other move alongside it.

The Guard has been keeping the clerical establishment out of intelligence appointments, arguing theology isn't a qualification.

Something is being rearranged in Tehran while everyone in Washington watches the sanctions list.

Source: Reuters, Wall Street Journal / Writer: Daniel

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@Jerusalem_Post Then why does the SoH remain such an issue, why is Trump still trying to get it open? And it is not just about oil. You deliberately overlook the fact that c33% of the worlds fertilizer comes through there.

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@MarcoFoster_ @TheGoodLiars @jasonselvig A fundamental problem with democracy has always been the abject stupidity of some voters.

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

So new social housing is only needed in the North and Midlands? He needs to get around the UK a bit more and see what things are like in other parts of the country.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump's own intelligence director told him before the war exactly how it would go, and every prediction landed...

-Tulsi Gabbard warned in the Oval Office that killing Iran's supreme leader would likely produce a MORE hardline regime open to acquiring nuclear weapons

-She said Tehran would rush to close the Strait of Hormuz and destabilize global energy markets

-She said Iran would strike U.S. forces and partners across the region

-Military leaders separately warned of casualties, munitions shortages and readiness problems for an overstretched force

-Trump DISMISSED the concerns in those meetings, and Hegseth and Caine said repeatedly they would navigate any complications...

-The tally at the 6 months: an estimated 3,000 Iranians and 18 American servicemembers dead, 756 U.S. troops wounded, damaged bases, drained oil reserves and shrunken stockpiles

-Bessent announced the goal is to collapse the regime under a campaign named Operation Economic Outcast

Go down that list line by line.

The IRGC now runs Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei sits above it with hardliners in every security post, parliament is drafting NPT withdrawal legislation, and the strait carries a fifth of its prewar traffic.

That is literally Gabbard's briefing, delivered in order, and right on schedule.

Vance argued for the other path, telling Trump that Iran might trade away its nuclear program at the table and that failure there would only strengthen the case for striking later.

He lost the argument to a Pentagon promising "decisive options."

Asked in June why he took a temporary deal, Trump pointed to internal polling showing nearly 80% of Americans wanted the war over REGARDLESS of terms.

Six weeks later, support sits at 31%, gas is a dollar higher, and the strategy is still unclear, seemingly fluctuating between Truth Social tantrums and confused aides leaking contradictory reports, with no real end in sight.

Source: The Wall Street Journal / Writer: Daniel

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@MarkSeddon1962 Is the difference that US hedge funds own Thames water, and Trump will sanction the UK for hitting US companies. Mind you, I am mildly surprised China did not sanction the UK regarding British steel.

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@Channel4News The Ukraine war will bleed Western arsenals dry of hi-tech weapons if we let it, just as the Iran war has bled US arsenals. The only scenario in which it makes sense to open Western arsenals to Ukraine is if it would lead to a quick & decisive victory.

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@Globalsurv Ukraine is so corrupt, that information will all be in Russia's hands before long. Bear in mind though that Storm Shadow is a relatively old weapon, so Ukraine may not be getting the specs of any upgrades that might have been introduced.

[Anadolu English @anadoluagency]

🚨 Israeli occupier attacks elderly Palestinian amputee in Hebron

Footage shows the assailant beating the elderly man with a club

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@AJEnglish Soon they will be equipping it with an AI brain and a gun, what could possibly go wrong! Watch the Terminator franchise, it tells us all we need to know.

[Anadolu English @anadoluagency]

Israel’s Chief Rabbi David Yosef denies Palestinians exist as a people and says they 'have no rights'

📍 At a Jerusalem event, Yosef calls for Gaza’s destruction and Jewish settlement in Gaza and the occupied West Bank

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@Currentreport1 Exactly. It is all performative. It suits the political interests of both Erdogan and Netanyahu to manufacture this "confrontation", when neither actually wants a military confrontation.

[MintPress News @MintPressNews]

Israel Spent $1 Million Through NY-based Firm Piro To Influence AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT & Perplexity On Gaza Related Responses

The PR initiative used the marketing firm, Piro, to set up a Pseudo think-tank called the Hanover Institute. This project then published 100+ reports that were specifically formatted to be indexed and referenced by LLM Chatbots.

This is part of a wider Israeli propaganda effort that seeks to manipulate AI Chatbots in order to have them cite IsraelI State-funded propaganda to educate responses to users.

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@AJENews He is correct, but Iran needs a peace agreement which acknowledges and maintains that position of strength. The US remains unwilling to concede such a deal.

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@i24NEWS_EN The notion that Turkey would ever go to war with Israel is laughable. Turkey is driven by neo-Ottomanism and a desire to be the dominant Muslim player in the region, rather than any desire to confront Israel.

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@EliAfriatISR Which was/is worse for Israeli national security: Syria under Assad, or Syria under Turkish control. Just another example of trying to solve one problem by creating a new one.

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@Jerusalem_Post True accountability is more than just investigations, it requires a robust legal process and proportionate prison sentences for anyone found guilty. Is Israeli society prepared to see its troops go to prison for crimes committed against Palestinians?

[BEN Cole @BENCole1139477]

@MarioNawfal This represents the absurdity of the liberal-minded people who support mass immigration from countries states where regressive social attitudes prevail. I suspect they don't actually have any of these migrants living near them. It is the reason my city has turned to the right.