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Fog of war and "false flag" operations…
U.S. President Donald Trump must have realized once again that you can't lower a bucket into a well with a rope tied to a genocidal maniac like Netanyahu. But he's late to the game. Netanyahu had convinced Trump that a joint U.S.-Israel operation—similar to what happened in Venezuela—could finish off Iran within a set timeframe. Now, it's become clear once again that ending a war is much harder than starting one. Having lost control of the situation, Trump has fallen into the "escalation trap."
19 March 2026
Which messiah are they fighting for?
Earlier this month at the White House, Evangelical Christian priests held a so-called prayer session blessing US President Donald Trump and his war against Iran. Reports appeared in the American media about some commanders telling their soldiers that the war with Iran was part of God's divine plan, quoting biblical texts referring to "Armageddon" and the "Second Coming of Jesus Christ." A non-commissioned officer even revealed that his commander told them Trump was appointed by Jesus to initiate
16 March 2026
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Trump's Iran options
As the second week of America's war with Iran comes to a close, signals from the White House indicate that the attacks will continue. The lack of a clearly defined political objective for the war makes it difficult to predict at what stage Trump will declare victory. Trump's statement that they have already largely achieved their goals and that the war could end very soon appeared aimed at calming markets spooked by the spike in oil prices. At the same time, by saying America is winning the war,
12 March 2026
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The US first sold out Europe, and now it's selling out Gulf countries...
The US could not protect any of its allies in the Middle East. It could not protect Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, or Jordan from Iranian missiles. The US could not even protect the military bases it spread across many countries in the Middle East. US military bases, naval bases, and intelligence bases located in the aforementioned countries suffered heavy attacks. It became clear that the US does not even have the capability to protect its own bases in such a war. All of them, including
11 March 2026
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Is Iran capable of winning the war?
Yes, it can. If it sustains the war on the economic front... The West had been waging an economic war against Iran for over 40 years. They wore Iran down, they frayed it, but they couldn't force it to surrender. Now they've turned it into a military war. This is actually a sign of confusion for the West. Theoretically, they were supposed to fight China militarily and Russia economically. They messed that up too. But thanks to this confusion, Iran has, for the first time, seized an opportunity for
11 March 2026
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Who will win the war?
How much of the life we live is truly real? Weighing civilizations on this scale reveals very striking dimensions. We witness that the facts of life we consider concrete do not remain so real when their roots are grasped. Concrete works, transactions, or more generally our actions, essentially rest on fictitious (fiktif) assumptions that are not concrete at all; they originate from there. Where fictitious values collapse, chaotic environments arise that we struggle to escape. This chaos continues
11 March 2026
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A war with no winners...
It's not surprising that Trump, less than two weeks into the war, says it will be over 'very soon.' Oil prices soaring above $100 per barrel was the most significant trigger for this statement. The ambiguity of a military intervention he struggles to explain politically and entered into due to Israel's 'provocation' gives Trump flexibility in declaring victory, but this conflict, which the American people do not support, has no benefit other than generating political costs for him. At this stage,
11 March 2026
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Notes from the Iran war: what's going on behind the scenes?
What's happening on the ground isn't going the way the US and Israel wanted. In the previous war (June 2025), they applied strategic paralysis, caught Iran off guard, and got what they wanted. This time they're attacking with higher capacity, but Iran is surprising them. By spreading the conflict across the region, Iran is influencing world public opinion. Iran has turned this war into a US-Israel problem. The US and Israel couldn't have possibly thought Iran would be an easy target like Venezuela.
10 March 2026
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The Neocons' old scenarios..
Israel, using America's power as its own, is orchestrating a very dangerous game in our immediate neighborhood. This game, which aims to divide the region along ethnic fault lines, fragment it, and keep it in a state of chaos, seems designed with the delusion of making Israel a 'regional hegemon'. It appears that Israel, which wanted to do this in Syria but failed, now intends to arm certain groups and deploy them as "Goyim soldiers" into the Iranian arena. The war the US and Israel have opened
09 March 2026
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Can the pagans break the Muslim resistance?
There is no benefit for anyone in analyzing the extraordinarily destructive attacks by the US, the UK, and Israel on Iran through a religious or sectarian lens. Analyses conducted in this manner and the ideas put forward will only distance us and the entire world from reality. Unfortunately, after Gaza, the US, the UK, and Israel have turned towards Iran and revived the colonial concepts of the nineteenth century. Concepts that, just a few years ago, we only read about in books—used by the Anglo-Saxons
09 March 2026
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Who pays for Israel's wars?
Israel has been raining tons of bombs on our region for years. America has been raining tons of bombs on our region for years. Yet their economies are in better shape than all the other economies affected by the chaos they create. First of all, this points to who owns the global financial system. There's no denying it. Israel, bombed daily and walking toward its end in its promised graveyard, hasn't seen its currency lose value, its index crash, or its companies collapse. How does that happen? Who's
08 March 2026
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Türkiye could be balancing factor: Israel–US's Iran war to radically change Gulf geopolitics
The US–Israel–Iran war that has begun in the Middle East is not merely a military conflict. This war represents a new geopolitical situation in which the Gulf security architecture established after the Cold War is undergoing a major upheaval. For thirty years, the region's security has largely been shaped under the US military umbrella. However, current events show that this order is entering an uncertain phase. When this war ends, two possibilities may emerge. If Iran suffers a heavy defeat and
07 March 2026
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Trump's Iran war predicament...
U.S. President Donald Trump tells a different story every day about the reasons for the war he and Israel have started against Iran. Meanwhile, this pile-up of narratives sheds light on how Trump is being dragged along by Netanyahu. Netanyahu, along with the Neocons, has been the architect of the "war with Iran" scenario for decades. American presidents before Trump had avoided playing out this scenario. If Netanyahu's lies had any connection to reality, Iran would have had hundreds of nuclear weapons
07 March 2026
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For Türkiye and Erdoğan...
America and Israel, not content with bombing Iran, have activated a plan to directly "decapitate" the regime by targeting the country's religious leader and senior commanders. Next will come moves to "force" the people into "change." According to experts, the US is expected to continue its strikes, hitting strategic targets in Iran. This means a "policy of intimidation" has been put into effect. Again, experts are speaking with bated breath when interpreting this new form of warfare. We have seen
05 March 2026
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The definition of victory in a war with Iran: military superiority or regime change?
The severity of Iran's retaliation within the first 48 hours of the US-Israeli attack indicated that Israel and the Gulf countries were facing a significant cost. Iran's striking of Israel, targeting American bases in the Gulf, and effectively ending tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz signaled that the war was about to become regional. By demonstrating that it could continue fighting even if Khamenei and senior Iranian leadership were eliminated, Iran conveyed the message that it would not easily
05 March 2026
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What if Iran launches a nuclear retaliation? Will Pakistan be the next target?
Iran's retaliatory strikes against Israel are being applauded across the entire region. Every missile, every drone that finds its target, no matter which country it's in, sparks huge celebrations on the streets. Because the anger towards Israeli aggression and US arrogance trumps everything else. There are the decades of costs paid because of Israel, countries reduced to rubble, hundreds of thousands who have lost their lives. Across the region, the common consciousness operates on a scale of: "Whoever
05 March 2026
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Has World War III begun? Every form of attack on Israel is a must
The world failed to stop this barbaric state, and by attacking Iran, Israel has essentially started a kind of World War III. The U.S., foolishly and stupidly, has hitched itself to Israel's wagon, waging a war under Israel's tutelage without even being able to foresee where it will lead next. Iran, subjected to a merciless assault, is perhaps fighting its "final war." Those who predicted Tehran would capitulate were wrong. It did the opposite; with a reaction the U.S. and Israel never expected,
04 March 2026
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Days like this are why we do the work
The world feels louder on days like this. Headlines move fast. Timelines move faster. Opinions move fastest. Facts take time. When tensions rise — whether it’s Iran, Israel, the US, or anywhere else — information becomes a battlefield of its own. That’s when journalism matters most. Not to shout. Not to speculate. Not to dramatize. To verify. To slow things down when everyone else is speeding up. Real journalism is discipline. It’s making the extra call. It’s checking the second source. It’s holding
03 March 2026
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Same old story on the Western Front
There were opinions that the US military buildup in the Gulf would be used as a tool of pressure in negotiations with Iran. Yet the nature of the buildup was a clear sign that an attack against Iran was being planned. In my article titled "Chekhov's Gun," I had included the saying: "If in the first act of a play a gun is hanging on the wall, then in that play it must eventually go off!" That gun has gone off. Immediately after the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford reached Israel, the US and Israel
02 March 2026
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The Strait of Hormuz and energy supply security
A war between the U.S.-Israel and Iran has the potential to fundamentally reshape the global economy, energy corridors, logistics routes, energy markets, and consequently, the entire oil and gas equation. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ FOR ENERGY The Strait of Hormuz represents the most critical link in energy supply security. This is because the Strait of Hormuz is located at a vital transit point for oil and gas producers in the region and for consumer countries in Asia and Europe. Approximately
01 March 2026
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