JRadwan

just venting..

[Michael T. Lester @MichaelTLester]

Israel got the war.

America got the bill.

The U.S. fired more than 200 THAAD interceptors defending Israel during Operation Epic Fury. That's roughly half of the Pentagon's entire inventory of that system. We also fired more than 100 SM-3 and SM-6 interceptors from Navy ships in the eastern Mediterranean.

Israel fired fewer than 100 Arrow interceptors and about 90 David's Sling interceptors.

One U.S. government official told the Washington Post that America fired roughly 120 more interceptors than Israel did and engaged twice as many Iranian missiles.
Each THAAD round costs $13 million. Lockheed Martin makes 96 of them a year. Replacements won't arrive until 2028 at the earliest.

Now here's the part that should make you stop.
Israel's defense budget is roughly $44 billion. That sounds like they're pulling their weight. What that number doesn't tell you is that the United States provided nearly $18 billion in military aid to Israel in a single fiscal year. Much of what Israel "spent" on this war was bought with American money, on American weapons systems, made by American defense contractors.

We funded their military. We burned through our missiles defending them. And now Congress is writing a $10.6 billion check to replace what the war consumed.
And while you were watching the war, Congress quietly passed Section 224 out of committee. It now goes to the full house. It would permanently merge U.S. and Israeli defense research, production, and procurement into a single structure, permanently, buried in the must-pass NDAA, shielded from the annual vote that currently gives Congress any leverage at all.

Israel got the war they lobbied for.

America got the bill.

And Congress is making sure we keep paying it forever.

That's not where I want my tax money going. How about you?

[JRadwan @jradwan]

@RyLiberty I am sure Iran would have something to say!

[JRadwan @jradwan]

@EthanLevins2 When u have no culture of your own.

[Alexander Dugin @AGDugin]

https://t.co/zePWHmlWgb

[JRadwan @jradwan]

@_ZachFoster So Trump is capable of telling a truth!

[Angelo Giuliano 🇨🇭🇮🇹 @angeloinchina]

Do You Remember Bangladesh’s Colour Revolution? The Same Playbook Is Unfolding in Indonesia…
These protests almost always begin with genuine grievances >>> economic pressures, governance issues, youth frustrations that exist in every country. In Bangladesh 2024 it started with job quotas. But organic sparks are regularly hijacked by well-funded regime-change networks tied to NED, USAID, Open Society Foundations and local partners. Training, financing, media amplification and symbols turn discontent into directed political turnover.
Brian Berletic exposed this in detail: years of US infiltration into Bangladesh’s media, education and networks. Student leaders had ties to Western-funded groups.
Key piece: “US Regime Change in Bangladesh” → https://t.co/sLOeK0b2V6
Grayzone article: https://t.co/k6mvCXCjI9
Under the previous government, Bangladesh followed “friendship to all, malice to none” and refused deeper US military pacts like GSOMIA to preserve neutrality. Post-2024, negotiations on GSOMIA/ACSA gained momentum alongside the February 2026 Reciprocal Trade Agreement and economic incentives. By May 2026 active defence talks were confirmed. Regime change delivered the strategic access previously blocked.
This is the core objective: replace resistance with compliance on defence pacts, overflight rights and alignment, framed as “democratic progress.”
The US uses the same approach even on relatively friendly governments. Friendly is never enough — the goal is deeper integration like Japan and the Philippines.
Indonesia is a prime target. It controls the Strait of Malacca, the vital chokepoint for energy flows to China. Its size, resources and ASEAN role make it central to US containment strategy. Washington pushes blanket overflight access for US military aircraft and inclusion in trilateral frameworks. As The Diplomat noted in April 2026: https://t.co/0Mf21fRBh6 — this risks eroding sovereignty and inviting more demands.
I flagged the repeating playbook in my detailed analysis:
• “Indonesia Color Revolution Attempt Fully Exposed” (long thread on Soros/OSF funding, same symbols and tactics) → https://t.co/R1MAmo7wSj
• In-depth thread: “The Color Revolution Playbook Doesn’t Spare ‘Allies’ – Indonesia’s Lesson in Sovereign Realism” → https://t.co/PrHkwqADM7
Berletic connects the regional wave: identical “Gen Z” tactics and funding against any independent balancing, especially with China.
Legitimate issues provide the entry. External actors amplify and direct. Change opens the door. Then come the pacts and alignment. Bangladesh shows the result. Indonesia is at the earlier stage.
The ultimate goal is foreign strategic control — containing rivals and reducing sovereign hedging. Sovereignty is hard to reclaim once signed.
To be clear: I don’t judge internal affairs. I only expose foreign interference and its purpose. I wish all Southeast Asian countries true self-determination >> free from interference and colonial mentality >> the real path to freedom and democracy.
Watch the patterns. They are rarely original.

[Living Tricks @LivingTricks_]

📊 Extreme Poverty by Country (1992–2026)

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Betore Rome, there was Carthage. Before Carthage, there was Tyre.

Europe, Princess of Tyre, gave her name to the continent of Europe, to those who, today, let Israel destroy her city, Tyre—a city more than 5,000 years old—by European weapons without saying a word.

What you see in this image are not merely ordinary columns; they are the historical columns of Tyre in southern Lebanon are iconic Roman architectural remains. They are part of an ancient Phoenician city-state that is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.

I could not identify any military targets that would justify striking a UNESCO World Heritage protected site. We are watching history beirg erased in real time by Israel.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

“If you asked me how many times you came into my mind, I would say once. Because you came and never left.”

- Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish is widely regarded as one of the most important poets of the modern age, celebrated for his ability to weave themes of love, exile, memory, loss, and identity into deeply moving verse.

Born in Palestine in 1941, Darwish became a powerful literary voice for those living with both displacement and hope. His poetry often reflected the ache of separation, the longing for home, and the enduring bond between people and place. At the same time, his work reached far beyond political themes, exploring love, solitude, beauty, hope, and the fleeting nature of life itself.

Through rich imagery and elegant language, Darwish transformed personal experiences into reflections on universal human emotions. His poems continue to resonate with readers around the world because of their honesty, depth, and emotional clarity.

Today, Mahmoud Darwish remains an enduring symbol of remembrance, poetic expression, and the ability of words to preserve both identity and the most profound aspects of the human experience.

[JRadwan @jradwan]

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[JRadwan @jradwan]

@DD_Geopolitics And yet we still import oil, factor that in your next post!

[Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat]

When people of the Jewish faith tell the world that this is not ok...
TO BE GENOCIDAL BASTARDS

Jewish actress Miriam Margolyes Reflects on Her 2012 Visit to Israel and How It Shaped Her Views on Palestine

[JRadwan @jradwan]

@DD_Geopolitics @GwynethPaltrow a hallow shell of a human being.

[JRadwan @jradwan]

@dwword83 @EthanLevins2 here u go... https://t.co/opieqLIobl

[JRadwan @jradwan]

@alon_mizrahi Thank u Alon, your unique background and perspective been a light of hope in the eternal darkness of mass media coverage.

[Tamer Nahed @Tamer_Alnoaizy]

One of the most horrifying scenes in human history has been revealed.

When Israel forced thousands in Gaza to collect flour mixed with sand due to severe famine.

A moment the world must never forget.

[Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn]

The war in Iran "is very much turning into Trump's Vietnam," former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta tells me.

[JRadwan @jradwan]

@ggreenwald To say "stateless people" when they hold US or other citizenships should be considered treason.

[JRadwan @jradwan]

@tparsi You have to be delusional or living in a bigoted bubble not to see what Israel with *full* US support has done for the last 2 years.

[JRadwan @jradwan]

@RyLiberty Private vs public ownership, but very doubtful even if the government controlled these resources it would trickle down to the average citizen.