Trump’s framing of war as Iran’s barbarism vs civilised West is a huge lie

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Peter Oborne and Irfan Chowdhury  Two conceptual fallacies lie at the heart of the illegal American–Israeli assault on Iran. The first is the idea that Iran is a barbaric country, stuck in the Middle Ages, and incapable of fitting in with the modern world. As Trump put it when asked why striking Iranian bridges and power plants would not be a war crime. He replied: “They’re animals.” The second mistake concerns the belief that the United States represents western civilisation. In this article we subject these basic assumptions to scrutiny by examining the intellectual accomplishments and capacity of leading figures on…

Aearnur’s Newsletter, TRUMP HAS TWO RAZOR-SHARP KNIVES AT HIS THROAT

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AEARNUR’S NEWSLETTER There is no way Trump can escape his fate. One way or another, he is a dead man walking… Trump is joined at the hip to Netanyahu and the Israel lobby. He is fixed there by the strongest superglue ever developed. It can’t just be his sex crimes via Epstein, it is a much stronger adhesive than that. Trump’s commitment to Israel without doubt goes back many years before even his first presidency. Now Trump is no genius, no matter how many times he says he is. He…

Kevin Barrett, Has Israel Hijacked America’s Brain?

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Kevin Barrett [Editor’s note: I have added “Max Blumenthal: ‘Israel First’ in Iran War Sparks MAGA Civil War” as an appropriate supplement to Kevin’s articles.] “Top Israeli leaders rape their own daughters with snakes to bring on their messiah.” -Shoshana Strook, abuse survivor (d. March 15, age 38) “You were using biological metaphors! Biological metaphors!! To describe an entire group of human beings! That is sick! Disgusting! Uncalled for!”        -Webster Tarpley, screaming at Greg Felton, author of The Host and the Parasite: How Israel’s Fifth Column Consumed…

Six Non‑Negotiable Terms from international Scholars and Former Officials from 30 countries to End the U.S. War on Iran Amid Trump’s Threat of War Crimes

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 Six Non‑Negotiable Terms from international Scholars and Former Officials from 30 countries to End the U.S. War on Iran Amid Trump’s Threat of War Crimes   The conscience of humanity resists “everything for us, nothing for others,” the creed of the predatory empire erected on the corpses of nations. The shameless rapacity and insolence have reached their zenith, and Trump’s threats illustrate the depraved spirit of a decaying civilization. We must not be passive witnesses, but active architects of a new world where arrogance crumbles and righteousness prevail.   A…

Press TV Exclusive: US suffered major strategic defeat in failed Isfahan operation

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PRESS TV Information obtained by Press TV regarding the recent operation by the US-Israeli coalition in the central Isfahan province reveals a major strategic defeat for the enemy. US President Donald Trump’s frantic threats in the past few days to target Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including power plants and bridges, are a direct consequence of the heavy defeat suffered by the US forces in the Isfahan operation. The failed raid was carried out after the enemy conducted extensive aerial reconnaissance operations in the days leading up to the attack, according to the exclusive information. During those initial…

Ron Unz, Is Donald Trump Facing a Military Mutiny Over His Losing War with Iran? 

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Ron Unz   Over the last couple of weeks there have growing media reports that we were preparing to launch a ground invasion of Iranian territory even as more and more American troops were brought into the region. But at this very moment, the Trump Administration suddenly fired Randy George, America’s top Army general, along with a couple of others also of very high rank. It seems implausible that these important developments were totally unconnected. Conducting such a military purge in the early stages of a major war seemed unprecedented…

Patricia N. Saffran, NYC Placing Homeless Shelters in Residential Neighborhoods Without the Public’s Consent

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Patricia N. Saffran New York City in many places looks distressed from a post-Covid depression where many still work at home or moved away. Even in the best neighborhoods such as on the Upper East Side there are many empty stores and restaurants. The City has also allowed food carts with cooking odors to be placed on corners of Madison Avenue, adding to the degradation of the luxury aura. Given this bleak picture and to the utter dismay of residents, the City is proceeding full speed ahead with controversial homeless…

Anand Giridharadas, The Philosopher And The Pedophile

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Anand Giridharadas Jeffrey Epstein’s associates insisted they were ignorant. An extraordinary email suggests a more complicated — and troubling — reality. For friends and associates and collaborators of Jeffrey Epstein, the go-to plea has been the “slice of life” defense: “I knew him only as the Wall Street Guy, not the Rape Island Guy. I knew him only as a party boor, not a child trafficker. I knew him only as a donor, not a convicted pedophile…” In some cases, the Epstein files undercut this defense. Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary and Harvard…

Jack Mullen, The Sun Sets On Last European Super Power

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Jack Mullen   A power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drumbeat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.– Daniel Webster Bee warned, yow stage-strutters all, Least yow again be catched, And such a burneing doe befall, As to them whose howse was thatched; Forbeare your whoreing, breeding biles, And laye up that expence for tiles. Oh sorrow, pittifull sorrow, and…

Gordon Duff, A Declaration to the Conscience of Humanity

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Gordon Duff  [Editor’s note: This blog begins with a statement that many (including me) have signed. Gordon Diff’s Personal Addendum follows.] To the peoples of the world, to thinkers, to scholars, and to those who believe in justice: A specter now haunts the conscience of humanity—the return of predatory power— and it shall no longer go unchallenged. For 249 years—spanning the entirety of its existence since 1776—the United States built a record of atrocity that belonged to a darker, pre-civilised age; predatory empire erected on the corpses of nations; from…