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Israel signed a US-brokered agreement to withdraw from southern Lebanon. It is now shelling the same villages it agreed to hand over, bulldozing farmland, and razing olive trees.
ISRAEL SUFFERS FROM A SEVERE TRUST DEFICIT.
https://t.co/34lnGVYJu2
In the merging of the US and Israeli military forces, it is quite clear that the President of the United States SHALL be the SOLE executive authority. This in turn, mandates that Israel must relinquish 100% of its nuclear weapon capabilities, or it may NOT be, in any way, “integrated” into the United States command structure.
The US Constitution bitch slaps anyone who says otherwise.
@OunkaOnX My money says he’ll never show up in New York. They’ll invent an excuse last minute that he would if he could—just like he dodges court back home.
Netanyahu: "I will come to New York for the UN General Assembly. I am not concerned about anything."
He knows the only court that matters is the one in Washington.
And he's already bought the judges.
With the viral footage of Lindsay Graham bragging about how he convinced Trump to attack Iran, and how Trump “loves to blow things up”, there are a couple takeaways that I find notable.
First… if you want people to not trash you when you’re dead, don’t be trash while you’re alive.
Second… we have a President incredibly susceptible to influence. Both foreign and domestic. This should be significant cause for concern given the precarious and volatile situation in the Iran War.
At a time when the world is at risk of a significant economic crisis, a significant humanitarian crisis, and on the verge of an escalation that could see thousands and thousands killed, having a President so easily manipulated should make everyone question the durability of any peace deal… if one can even be reached at all.
As we saw during the first MOU, the U.S. and Iran were able to make a deal, only for Trump to promptly rip it up and return to war, heavily influenced by those around him that yearn for the Iran War to continue.
The ease of manipulation will be cause for concern for Iran, who continues to see Trump as someone unable to be trusted to see a deal through to its end.
This could very well see Iran incentivized to take the global economy off the cliff FIRST so that Trump is left without the ability to resume the war even if goaded into it because it would immediately create a crisis. Not a potential one, not a future one, but an immediate collapse.
This is the danger of a President so easily manipulated.
Tomorrow is Lindsey Graham's funeral.
Here is some previously unseen footage of his monstrous reaction to Trump starting the illegal war with Iran.
[laughing]
- We have done it!
[more laughter]
- I almost cried! [of happiness]
- How long have we pushed this?
Just because you lobbied to have the man who issued the war crimes taken down doesn’t mean the war crimes disappear or your guilt is assuaged. You will not outrun justice. You will not lobby history. You are a murderous maniac Benjamin Netanyahu. You will always be remembered as such.
Let us #PrayTogether for all those peoples throughout the world who are suffering because of war. May the Lord touch the hearts and enlighten the minds of those in power, so that reconciliation and #peace may soon prevail.
I likewise renew my plea regarding the situation throughout the #MiddleEast, where the intensification of military operations has again wreaked violence and destruction, endangering the lives of countless civilians and further aggravating the shortages of drinking water and electricity. From the depths of my heart, I exhort all parties involved to suspend the attacks and urgently reopen paths of dialogue and diplomacy, so that the longed-for peace for the entire region may be achieved without delay.
I continue to follow with deep concern the ongoing and escalating violence in the #HolyLand, where, in recent days, many civilians, both in the West Bank and in Gaza, have once again fallen victim. I make a heartfelt appeal for a return to negotiations to achieve a just political solution, founded on the equal dignity and equal rights of every human person. At the same time, I urge the rejection of further military actions and unilateral decisions, especially those that violate the respect for and the status quo of the holy places of every religion.
I spoke with @MarioNawfal on Trump’s WAR OF CHOICE on Iran:
“Thanks to Trump, the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait are closed. No oil tankers have been leaving the Middle East for several days now. As a result, the price of crude oil is soaring.”
https://t.co/yGXBR3RGJi
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Both of the region's oil chokepoints are now throttled at the same time.
Bab el-Mandeb saw just 11 commodity vessels today, the lowest in months, after the Houthis struck Aramco sites at Jizan and Yanbu. Hormuz ran under 10 a day all weekend, even with US and Iran pausing strikes.
The Red Sea route was the escape hatch. As Iran choked Hormuz, Saudi Arabia pushed crude overland to Yanbu and out through Bab el-Mandeb. 3.5m barrels a day in June, up from 240,000 a year earlier.
That valve is now closing too. Tankers are turning around mid-Red Sea and rerouting the long way around Africa.
Neither strait is fully shut. Both are just costly and frightening enough that traffic is draining out of each.
When both exits narrow at once, where does the oil actually go?
Source: Reuters / Writer: Oliver
It is pitiful that after 18 months they act as if everything is someone else's fault. This will be the excuse they use next year and the year after. Who in this administration is prepared to take responsibility for a botched war?