Ron Paul was booed at the Republican debate for saying Iran didn't have a weapon (they didn't).
Then he made one of my all time favorite debate moments:
"If they're so determined to go to war, the only thing I plead with you for if this is the case, is do it properly. Ask the people and ask the Congress for a declaration of war. This is war! People are gonna die and you gotta get a declaration of war!"
Oh no, the poor hasbara machine is sputtering.
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett just admitted the quiet part out loud: “We have lost the United States. We have lost the world.” Israel’s standing? Lowest since 1948. Tragic. Truly heartbreaking.
So what’s the solution? Create a brand-new “Unit 8300” under the Prime Minister’s Office to wage war on… global public consciousness. Because clearly the problem isn’t the livestreamed destruction of Gaza, the mass graves, the starving children, or the endless settlements. No. The real enemy is Qatar, Iran, and anyone who refuses to keep swallowing the official script.
Nothing says “moral high ground” like launching a dedicated psychological operations unit to gaslight the entire planet after the planet finally stopped buying the product.
Congrats on the lowest approval rating in history. Maybe next time try not committing the acts that made the world look away in the first place.
#FreePalestine
Trump threatens penalties on any country aiding Iran in "economic D-Day": Trump has threatened economic penalties against any country whose banks, businesses, airports or government bodies give Iran a lifeline, a day after the UAE… https://t.co/0OqRze16Nr Follow for news
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran raised the stakes: lift the blockade or face a wider war.
Washington has stepped back from immediate military action, the new approach is a drawn-out campaign of sanctions and blockades designed to slowly choke Tehran’s economy and strategic room to move.
Iran is not waiting, they're using the pause to restructure its military command, expand missile and drone production, strengthen counterintelligence, and keep its regional network ready for escalation.
14 ship attacks were reported in August, and none drew a U.S. response. Regional allies are already asking whether that restraint is being interpreted as permission, and whether it could encourage Tehran to push harder in the Strait of Hormuz.
The strategic dilemma is sharp: Keep waiting, and the pressure may eventually grind Iran down.
But wait for too long, and Tehran gains the time to rebuild, choose the moment, and decide where the next confrontation starts.
Analyst Muhammad Hassan Sanges put the thinking inside Iran this way: “There is also a widespread view in Iran that the main war has not yet begun.”
Source: Preston Stewart YT / Writer: Val
🚨🚨 CHINA IS ON ITS KNEES… BEGGING IRAN TO SURRENDER! 🚨🚨
President Trump just DESTROYED Iran’s oil empire.
Billions gone. Exports CRUSHED. Tehran is bleeding out.
And Beijing? They’re panicking.
Xi Jinping is so desperate he sent Trump a full-blown LOVE LETTER begging for the war to end.
The Chinese are screaming at Iran: “GET BACK TO THE TABLE NOW!”
Why?
Because America just stole the entire global oil game.
🇺🇸 US crude exports EXPLODED to all-time record highs — over 5 MILLION barrels a DAY.
Over 100 massive tankers are lined up off the Gulf of America like starving animals, fighting for our sweet, sweet crude.
Gas. Jet fuel. Diesel. Everything is flying out at record levels.
We’re even pulling a million barrels a day from our new best friends in Venezuela.
Beijing can’t get its cheap sanctioned Iranian oil anymore.
Every single Chinese trade route to the West? Controlled by the U.S. Navy.
They have two choices:
Buy American… or watch their economy choke.
Oil futures already crashed into the 80s.
Pump prices are falling FAST.
This isn’t politics.
This is America dominating the world stage while China and Iran scramble for scraps.
Trump just flipped the entire energy map.
And the world is watching.
🔥 Who’s feeling the heat now? 🔥
FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING
🇺🇸Trump officially changes 🇮🇷 Iran strategy. US shifts strategy from “hammer Iran ” to long-term economic strangle.
And for the first time in History… 🇦🇪UAE just officially halted all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran.
After 🇨🇳China 🇦🇪UAE is the biggest trade partner of Iran.
Opinion: This looks like a smart two-sided move: America keeps squeezing Iran while UAE cuts off one of Iran’s most important ways to buy and sell goods. If it continues, Iran will find it much harder to get money and supplies.
Writer: W James
MONOLOGUE: We are at war with Russia
Says Britain's unelected leader (hey, that's democracy!) Andy Burnham. The Mother Of All Energy Crises is coming down the (dry) pipe. And on this day, recalling the bloody British coup against the democratically elected Iran government
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷President Trump:
People are finding alternatives to Hormuz.
You know the alternatives: Texas, Alaska, Louisiana.
They are coming to the U.S. for oil. It is what it is.
🚨 BREAKING: Trump says U.S. has 'complete control' of Strait of Hormuz, the world's key oil chokepoint. Oil prices set to spike as Middle East tensions escalate. Is this a tactical bluff or a prelude to a major conflict? Markets on edge.
Trump put one blockade on Iran and their entire economy is collapsing.
The full breakdown of what this does to markets is inside https://t.co/qmOq8xVc7a. Link in bio, a dollar a month.
Iran demanded that America pay them compensation. Trump turned it around and said America should be paid instead, for the USS Cole and for the people Iran has killed.
Their only real card was the Strait of Hormuz. They control the water, the world's oil moves through it, and holding it hostage pushes prices up on everybody.
Then the Navy answered. Trump calls it a Wall of Steel. Carriers, destroyers, and Marines boarding any vessel that does not comply. CENTCOM has redirected 55 commercial ships, disabled 2 and boarded 2. Nothing goes into Iranian ports. Everyone else sails.
Here is the part nobody says out loud. 89% of the oil that moves through that strait goes to Asia. Only 2% of what America actually uses comes through there. The squeeze lands on them, not on us.
Meanwhile their inflation is the worst it has been since 1942 and their economy is shrinking. They got so desperate they moved into stablecoins to protect their money, and America froze that too.
It is a game of chicken where the car they are driving is up against a tank.
And the crazy part is the stock market just hit an all time high and Bitcoin has not moved.
يقول الجراح الأمريكي مارك بيرلموتر إنه قام ببتر ساق فتاة تبلغ من العمر خمس سنوات في غزة بدون تخدير، حيث كان الأطباء يغنون لها بينما كانت مستيقظة أثناء العملية.
Main thing iran excluded israel from where the majority of attacks on iran are carried out. USAF shifted assets to Israel
If iran doesn't attack usaf present at israel then its means this war is against the GCC.
If you haven’t been paying attention, now is the time.
SHIT IS ABOUT TO GET REAL.
Trump started war with Canada. Canada banned all US military contacts including Elon Musk’s Starlink. Trump’s going to order attacks on Mali in Africa. He threatened to attack Iranian power plants and bridges again today.
The Houthis have struck 2 Saudi tankers in the Red Sea as part of their promised blockade. And it’s only Wednesday.
Yemen’s Houthis announce that they have struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, ENCELIA and LAYLA, with multiple ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, causing massive fires on both, and declare the Bab El-Mandeb fully closed to all Saudi tankers, per Houthi spokesman Yahya Sareea.
Nearly 10 additional ships were forced to abandon their routes and return, with the Houthis reaffirming the "blockade in exchange for blockade" equation and continuation of naval operations against Saudi Arabia.
The Yemeni Armed Forces warn any attack against Yemen will be met with "extensive operations deep inside Saudi territory," including oil refineries.
A Saudi ship that violated Sanaa's maritime navigation ban decision is seen on fire following strikes from Yemen.