On Sunday, 22 June we woke up to the surreal news that US President ordered an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, including Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan.
I was telling someone EXACTLY THIS earlier today even BEFORE I heard Ritter's analysis and had concluded that, indeed, perhaps this is "political Theater" of the highest (or lowest) order. "By way of deception thou shalt make war". Where have we heard this before? So many lies to unravel in this scenario that I can indisputably conclude only one thing - the entire plotline is designed to keep us confused and distracted while SOMETHING ELSE is being diabolically constructed behind the scenes. As Ray McGovern would say, "cui bono"? Beyond all those bottom feeders who will profit from oil futures and weapons sales?
Absolutely Lorrain and the greatest distraction of all time is Forest Gump-Trump. Deliberately inserted for this very reason.
That said half the world woke up after covid and the subsequent injections, this too will have people finally starting to question and verify everything. In other words it's going to become a lot harder when it comes to the subterfuge. Fool me once . . . .
I can't wait for that popcorn fart Marco Rubio to run for the hills - this Little Piggy went wee-wee-wee all the way home. The day that man speaks his own mind he'll become a deaf mute.
Alex, I follow your work and rarely miss one of your podcast appearances, so I understand your thinking. I would only challenge this by asking whether Israel would be required as an actor in this theater (I think they would, as they are the ones taking incoming fire) and whether Bibi would go along with a ruse like this, which directly contradicts his decades of lusting for this very war.
P.S. do you have a page with links to your online appearances? If not, it would be a fantastic resource for us!
I'm not sure; I suspect that Israel (+ its creator and main political sponsor, the UK) is the dupe in this game of deception. I believe there's awareness among many people in US political class that Israel is done, that it can't be saved, so it could be that the intention is to get rid of the Zionist project.
Thank you for this, and after giving this a lot of thought, I believe that you're right. If this really is a strategic plan of the highest level, the optimal game is played with the least intervention, i.e., letting Bibi be Bibi. His gloating, his effusive praise for Trump, going along with the lie that the U.S. strikes had an impact, etc.
Much in the way that Trump could have compelled Ukraine to settle for peace--and still can--by cutting off U.S. intel, the USA could have stopped the June 13th attack by withholding support to Israel preemptively. Instead, by "going along" with the European position of striving for the defeat of Russia, the result will be a Russian victory that once and for all eliminates Ukraine as a pressure point in the future. Bonus: it ends NATO as a viable entity.
As for Israel, if Trump actually were able to secure an agreement with Iran not to escalate against the USA, then the promise to both Russia and Iran is the same: let me do my thing, and ignore the bluster, and I'll let you have your way with your enemy. Trump will have done his part to show support for the forces using both Ukraine and Israel in their attempt to extend Western hegemony; brought his domestic neocon opponents on-side; and eliminated two bulwarks of that hegemony.
The cost of this is substantial, of course--not only in lives lost in Israel and Ukraine, but the reputational damage to the USA as a credible negotiating party. But if it works, then those costs will ultimately be trivial under a new and more stable global political order after the dust settles. We can only hope that this is really what's going on in the Trump administration.
At least you said Israel, and not the JOOS. But you should have said it clearly that it will turn more against the ILLEGAL STATE of the Israel GOVERNMENT.
Thank you for giving me and others the opportunity to make an important point to expose the brainwashing being done to humanity.
Alex, I thoroughly enjoy your Substack, and am an avid reader...However, I disagree with this entirely... "But what’s worse, it is likely that the attacks Trump ordered were illegal, both under International and American laws."...
Sorry, but no...
An American war in Libya without direct congressional authorization, an American war in Yemen without direct congressional authorization, an American war in Syria without direct congressional authorization... just to name the ones that come immediately to mind.
This is a show... This is "Theatrics"... Nothing more... Nothing less.
The 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force is still in effect, and still being implemented beyond its original intent and purpose, but Congress still hasn’t repealed it. A Congress that wished to restrain presidential military action in the Middle East would no doubt stop it there, and they haven’t.
We are being led by our nose... It's time to look where we're being distracted from looking.
I don't disagree with you. Trump didn't cross any lines that weren't crossed before, but he did make a massive political gamble and made himself vulnerable to yet another impeachment process as Occasi0-Cortez already demanded.
One more thought... What I adamantly disagree with is putting American lives (the crews of those B2 bombers and their support aircraft) at risk for political theater... and that, in the final analysis, is exactly what I believe this is. I could be completely mistaken... time will tell.
and just to put a fine point on it... I am sick and phucking tired of constant war!~
Well, Mr. Trump is a political risk taker... with a huge ego... and it's not that I agree with his actions... Just to be clear, I don't. But having said that, I am not privy to the back channels of discussion(s) that no doubt have been taking place with other Arabic leaders of the region either. I seriously doubt if any of the regional states, let alone Israel, wants Iran to have nuclear capabilities. It's a foregone conclusion that if the Arabic world didn't have the West to quarrel with, the Sunnis and the Shiites would be fighting among themselves. Makes me think of Rodney King... "Why can't we all just get along?" ;)
And wrt the congressional bartender... People in hell want ice water.
Alex, your question who is the real target of Trump's attack, implying that the closure or impairment of passage through the Strait of Hormuz would probably hit Western Europe hardest, is fascinating.
If the conventional view were correct, namely that it's the USA, Canada, Western Europe, and Israel against Iran, Russia, and China, then closing the Strait of Hormuz would probably be suicidal for Iran. It's somewhat like the very high risk that Iran would take by killing American servicemen in retaliation for the supposed attack by the USA yesterday.
By contrast, in recent days I think something should be getting clearer for many observers, namely that one of Iran's strategic goals is to cause Israeli society to fail and therefore the Zionist project to fail. This is closely related to their goal of resisting and ideally vanquishing the empire whose true headquarters is London.
It does seem possible that Trump understands these problems and that he too would like to solve them. I referred to the "impairment" of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz above because Iran would probably want to avoid harming China. As you say, the USA has an energy cushion, and of course Russia does, too. China does not, so maybe what we will see is Iran managing traffic through the Strait so as to mitigate harm to China, inflicting a limited amount of harm on the USA and Russia, devastating Western Europe, and presumably adding to the devastation it is inflicting on Israel. In service of goals that Trump might actually share.
I think it goes to his credibility, hours after others such as Scott exposed the ruse, Doug was still peddling the lies and narrative. Saying the USA was now at war with Iran. I had my doubts about him, but he solidified them today.
Thanks BJ- he is such an inside outsider that I began to question him gradually then stopped relying on his narrative. A military lifer with a previous position in Trump’s first term- always linked to the higher echelon. His whole world is all things US military - probably worked on setting up some of these war games now being implemented.
Something else stood out. I enjoy the show Dialogue Works with Nima. Although I'm not always fond of all of his guests per se, some are extremely informative sans ulterior motives.
noticed Doug has never been on his show, which spoke volumes. I think Nima is the real deal, he never promotes anything, always extends the utmost courtesy and respect to all his guests, never interrupts, gets to the point, asks the questions and shuts up. No grandstanding, no background theater, hence why I find him credible even if some of his guests are questionable.
Watch the interview with Laith Marouf who I've never seen elsewhere.
I am stepping back from all the talking heads my trust in all
Is shaky - feel like I am being
played over and over.
Professor Marandi is okay - haven’t seen Laith Marouf. But the more these guys dominate the airwaves I have begun to question their
real motivation - selling books, spokespersons for whom- are they paid - older, retired , ex military, ex CIA, ambassador, professors big time government players in their day now spending a great
deal of their time
creating a platform for their
perspective to be heard - why
when there is little hope for change and they offer no
is an expert- we are propagandized from every side- wait 10 minutes and a new update from DJT spews forth we have all become his puppets- he must be on meth to be able to go go go at 79 or has 24 stand ins doing the DJT stick -dumb Americans they’ll never know - throw em another bone- the alternate media will respond to verbal bait and the cycle continues- the world waits in fear because the US at some level
owns many countries given their sheer presence with all the various military bases they have-
the western world was captured long ago. Yet our president’s words are hollow and cannot be followed up - we are bankrupt and soon to be lacking weapons to continue.
Life may change due to
weapons not able to be built due to lack of necessary
I've come to dislike Nina as he laughs with his guests about his viewers while at the same time milking us for views. His strangulated questions are unbearable to me now and I suggested he take some time off to learn English. He'll let Escobar waffle on for hours pretending to answer a question while he checks his income streams, Ugh.
Laith Marouf is as presented (and has been on many podcasts etc) and his despair at what has happened to Hezbollah as part defenders of Northern Palestine and the mass murder of innocents is clear and profound.
Professor Marandi has not had anything new to say really for some months but has become a totem of sorts.
> ... he laughs with his guests about his viewers while at the same time milking us for views.
I have not seen him laughing about his viewers.
As for milking **us** for views: has he ever consulted with you or any of your friends and connections about your views?? If so, please expound a little.
> .... I suggested he take some time off to learn English.
If you have trouble understanding his good English I suggest you take some time off to cool down.
The Colonel told us repeatedly that Erdogan was going to swoop down and save the Palestinians. He also insisted Hezbollah and Hamas were infiltrating the US through the border with Mexico - clear nonsense.
It has nothing to do with position, look at the Americas ruling party and White House inhibitors , it has to do with knowledge , logic and real love for this country.
Alex Krainer. My hat is once again off to you. We all have a perspective of the world we experience through our lives. And many people are learning that what their media has told them hasn't been true.
And those that once held the deception of mind control have come out in droves, well sorta because of you, at this time. We all stand on the shoulders of Giants in the fight for Truth and Liberty that have fought since the beginning.
Dark>Light was posted in the Q drops, but I knew at least a decade before Q posted that JFK assassination, Ruby Ridge, Oklahoma City Bombing, Boston Marathon Bomb, wouldn't survive public scrutiny if discussed publically.
I'm older than you Alex, and the internet allowed me to Love Patiots like you. (Even though I've traveled enough to know a few beforehand on my sailboat.)
Remember what the wef told the world in 2019 ? “you will own nothing and be happy”
How else can they even try to achieve it without crashing the stock market and the world’s economy?.
Tariffs? More money for nato military spending? And let’s not forget the US bmbng of the Russian Gas pipeline which was bringing cheep Gas into Europe and which instead of getting the EU to impose sanctions on the US and to demand it pays reparations it saw it joining it for war against the gas provider “Russia ”.
The apartheid wannabe state is a bust business which has lost all morality and credibility, costs too much to states of which’s people don’t want to pay for and which no one beside eugenists and supremacists Genocidaires wants to be associated with.
100% Alex, the goal of weakening Europe is what this is about for the US, not Israel which is f#cked. Closing the strait weakens Trump's real enemies, the globalists.
The entire episode definitely reeks of theater. It seems that officials in the military were talking about the limited damage of the strikes while Trump was on social media bragging about 'obliterating' the very same sites. Trump clearly does not want to be embroiled in Iran, but owes the Israel lobby $200,000,000+ in favors which seems to be why he can't just make Bibi behave.
Trump also created the mess with Iran because he wanted to look better than Obama or Biden, so he is personally vested in resolving the crisis for the service of his image which is of course, incredibly dangerous.
What seems to me to be the biggest tell, is that I cannot believe the world would allow Trump to get away with destroying nuclear sites and causing a nuclear catastrophe. No other leader in the world, no matter how brutal and authoritarian, would do such a thing. So I think had there been anything at any of the sites that the Admin could actually bomb, Trump would have avoided it so as to not be the face of a nuclear release. Of course, maybe he is that crazy; our media is so compliant with the Military agenda that this entire line of questioning has not even crossed their minds.
Most interesting is whether or not all of this was actually coordinated with Iran; they obviously do not, and cannot trust America so I do not think they would go along with allowing America to bomb any part of their country. Worse, even if somehow this kind of agreement was possible under the current circumstances, Iran wouldn't bother because Israel would find a way to leak this information and this would probably collapse the regime to imagine that the Supreme Leader would allow America to bomb them on purpose.
I have some thoughts on this if you are interested; I personally find the entire description of the raid by the Administration to be impossible.
In fact, after having read Hiroshima Revisited I seriously doubt nukes exist at all. The testing videos were all faked by Hollywood. So do we have any evidence that nukes exist? Nothing I have seen is convincing.
I do believe the "attack" is a showpiece, and most of the undisclosed part of the "negotiation" is about this show rather than the impossible compromise. Israel will bear the limited retaliation for this specific attack. Otherwise, the "normal" exchange of missiles nightly between Israel and Iran will continue for a while. At least, if Israel launches missiles into Iran, Iran will respond. Iran (and indirectly Russia and China) now has a good case to study for bunker design and a thorough understanding of such bunker-buster weapons. a "show" also explains why Iran made no AD missile attack against the B-2s. What neither side said is whether Iran opened radar (GPS jamming obviously did not happen, and confirmed by USAF). USAF does not know if B-2 was detected. Iran knows if they had detected B-2 or not, but they are not going to say. Russia has one S-400 installation at a place where Russians are building a nuclear power plant for Iran. It is not clear if that specific S-400 installation has tried to detect the B-2s.
As for closing the Hormuz Strait, the Iranian Congress had voted to approve, but I heard that the decision is not final. Even if the IRGC is mining the Strait, they may not be WW2 dumb mines. Instead, these could be like the Claymore controlled mine (wired or wireless) -- will blow up only tankers belonging to the US, going to the US, or from the US. Ditto for Israel and other participants in Israeli attacks. If Iran wants to push it, they can build torpedo tubes with wired torpedoes (as most modern torpedoes are). These torpedoes can be redirected mid-swim or disabled or etc., by run-time control. The Oil to Japan, China, and India will flow through. Saudi Arabia has to use Red Sea ports to ship oil, if the Houthis sit idle.
A couple of years ago I also believed that Shi'ite in general and Iran in specific were to kill us all in launching a war against Israel. The events in the last 10 years (since the eve of 2014 Ukraine War first period) have convinced me that some Muslims still have honor (Iran and Houthis) but no politicians in the West has much, if any, honor or shame. At least, the voices of the good Westerners are not heeded, and not just on this event.
Even if this is all "theater," how many know that? How many nations of the world now look at Trump as an unreliable negotiating partner? How many don't trust him? How many hate the US even more?
And... how many of his voters has he turned away? He lied to the American public for no real reason. Yet he chose to do that, and people know it. I doubt his supporters will become Democrats, but they might choose not to support Republicans at the voting booth or via donations.
Very true. If your favorite sports team were found to play badly and lose a match, or pay another team to lose so it can win, how much longer can that team stay as your favorite? A significant chunk of the Republicans would turn independent in the 2026 mid-term election. And if Trump continues to play this kind of bully anywhere, the situation will get worse. The chance for a third party or a different American-centric movement will ensue.
In part because clearly there was no CW and everyone knew that at the time.
Just as there is no Nuclear weapon program in Iran.
One of the few buildings that was hit in the suburbs of Damascus turned out to be a baby milk powder producer that the US had claimed was a CW factory.
It would have been a truly Trumpian idiocy to target a CW factory in Damascus as punishment for Assad targeting his own population with ... CW.
As insane as it sounds, this is probably the most logical analysis if you ignore the rhetoric and simply focus on the tangible results. As for being "illegal and impeachable", it probably depends who is really in control. The "promotion" of four big tech head honchos to "US military lieutenant-colonels" could very well be a clever trap to automatically put them under military law and away from the protection of the openly corrupt civilian judicial system. But then again, maybe it is all first degree 🤔
Really don’t think this was theatre, I think Trump has found himself once again ( covid 2.0 ) in a trap of the globalist, and having had such great financial support from the jewish community has now come to realize that nothing is free. May he get what he wants diplomatic discourse and peace.
I was telling someone EXACTLY THIS earlier today even BEFORE I heard Ritter's analysis and had concluded that, indeed, perhaps this is "political Theater" of the highest (or lowest) order. "By way of deception thou shalt make war". Where have we heard this before? So many lies to unravel in this scenario that I can indisputably conclude only one thing - the entire plotline is designed to keep us confused and distracted while SOMETHING ELSE is being diabolically constructed behind the scenes. As Ray McGovern would say, "cui bono"? Beyond all those bottom feeders who will profit from oil futures and weapons sales?
Absolutely Lorrain and the greatest distraction of all time is Forest Gump-Trump. Deliberately inserted for this very reason.
That said half the world woke up after covid and the subsequent injections, this too will have people finally starting to question and verify everything. In other words it's going to become a lot harder when it comes to the subterfuge. Fool me once . . . .
There is going to be a lot of road kill in social media for the Zionist that work by deception. "Believe me".
I can't wait for that popcorn fart Marco Rubio to run for the hills - this Little Piggy went wee-wee-wee all the way home. The day that man speaks his own mind he'll become a deaf mute.
Alex, I follow your work and rarely miss one of your podcast appearances, so I understand your thinking. I would only challenge this by asking whether Israel would be required as an actor in this theater (I think they would, as they are the ones taking incoming fire) and whether Bibi would go along with a ruse like this, which directly contradicts his decades of lusting for this very war.
P.S. do you have a page with links to your online appearances? If not, it would be a fantastic resource for us!
I'm not sure; I suspect that Israel (+ its creator and main political sponsor, the UK) is the dupe in this game of deception. I believe there's awareness among many people in US political class that Israel is done, that it can't be saved, so it could be that the intention is to get rid of the Zionist project.
Thank you for this, and after giving this a lot of thought, I believe that you're right. If this really is a strategic plan of the highest level, the optimal game is played with the least intervention, i.e., letting Bibi be Bibi. His gloating, his effusive praise for Trump, going along with the lie that the U.S. strikes had an impact, etc.
Much in the way that Trump could have compelled Ukraine to settle for peace--and still can--by cutting off U.S. intel, the USA could have stopped the June 13th attack by withholding support to Israel preemptively. Instead, by "going along" with the European position of striving for the defeat of Russia, the result will be a Russian victory that once and for all eliminates Ukraine as a pressure point in the future. Bonus: it ends NATO as a viable entity.
As for Israel, if Trump actually were able to secure an agreement with Iran not to escalate against the USA, then the promise to both Russia and Iran is the same: let me do my thing, and ignore the bluster, and I'll let you have your way with your enemy. Trump will have done his part to show support for the forces using both Ukraine and Israel in their attempt to extend Western hegemony; brought his domestic neocon opponents on-side; and eliminated two bulwarks of that hegemony.
The cost of this is substantial, of course--not only in lives lost in Israel and Ukraine, but the reputational damage to the USA as a credible negotiating party. But if it works, then those costs will ultimately be trivial under a new and more stable global political order after the dust settles. We can only hope that this is really what's going on in the Trump administration.
Did Bibi know that this was theater or not?
Bibi does what he is told.
The tail does not wag the dog.
This nothing more than a trick that will turn even more against Israel, which is the end goal,
At least you said Israel, and not the JOOS. But you should have said it clearly that it will turn more against the ILLEGAL STATE of the Israel GOVERNMENT.
Thank you for giving me and others the opportunity to make an important point to expose the brainwashing being done to humanity.
Alex, I thoroughly enjoy your Substack, and am an avid reader...However, I disagree with this entirely... "But what’s worse, it is likely that the attacks Trump ordered were illegal, both under International and American laws."...
Sorry, but no...
An American war in Libya without direct congressional authorization, an American war in Yemen without direct congressional authorization, an American war in Syria without direct congressional authorization... just to name the ones that come immediately to mind.
This is a show... This is "Theatrics"... Nothing more... Nothing less.
The 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force is still in effect, and still being implemented beyond its original intent and purpose, but Congress still hasn’t repealed it. A Congress that wished to restrain presidential military action in the Middle East would no doubt stop it there, and they haven’t.
We are being led by our nose... It's time to look where we're being distracted from looking.
I don't disagree with you. Trump didn't cross any lines that weren't crossed before, but he did make a massive political gamble and made himself vulnerable to yet another impeachment process as Occasi0-Cortez already demanded.
One more thought... What I adamantly disagree with is putting American lives (the crews of those B2 bombers and their support aircraft) at risk for political theater... and that, in the final analysis, is exactly what I believe this is. I could be completely mistaken... time will tell.
and just to put a fine point on it... I am sick and phucking tired of constant war!~
Well, Mr. Trump is a political risk taker... with a huge ego... and it's not that I agree with his actions... Just to be clear, I don't. But having said that, I am not privy to the back channels of discussion(s) that no doubt have been taking place with other Arabic leaders of the region either. I seriously doubt if any of the regional states, let alone Israel, wants Iran to have nuclear capabilities. It's a foregone conclusion that if the Arabic world didn't have the West to quarrel with, the Sunnis and the Shiites would be fighting among themselves. Makes me think of Rodney King... "Why can't we all just get along?" ;)
And wrt the congressional bartender... People in hell want ice water.
Alex, your question who is the real target of Trump's attack, implying that the closure or impairment of passage through the Strait of Hormuz would probably hit Western Europe hardest, is fascinating.
If the conventional view were correct, namely that it's the USA, Canada, Western Europe, and Israel against Iran, Russia, and China, then closing the Strait of Hormuz would probably be suicidal for Iran. It's somewhat like the very high risk that Iran would take by killing American servicemen in retaliation for the supposed attack by the USA yesterday.
By contrast, in recent days I think something should be getting clearer for many observers, namely that one of Iran's strategic goals is to cause Israeli society to fail and therefore the Zionist project to fail. This is closely related to their goal of resisting and ideally vanquishing the empire whose true headquarters is London.
It does seem possible that Trump understands these problems and that he too would like to solve them. I referred to the "impairment" of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz above because Iran would probably want to avoid harming China. As you say, the USA has an energy cushion, and of course Russia does, too. China does not, so maybe what we will see is Iran managing traffic through the Strait so as to mitigate harm to China, inflicting a limited amount of harm on the USA and Russia, devastating Western Europe, and presumably adding to the devastation it is inflicting on Israel. In service of goals that Trump might actually share.
Lt. Col. Douglas Macgregor is a demotion. He was (is) a full colonel.
Who cares!
I think it goes to his credibility, hours after others such as Scott exposed the ruse, Doug was still peddling the lies and narrative. Saying the USA was now at war with Iran. I had my doubts about him, but he solidified them today.
Thanks BJ- he is such an inside outsider that I began to question him gradually then stopped relying on his narrative. A military lifer with a previous position in Trump’s first term- always linked to the higher echelon. His whole world is all things US military - probably worked on setting up some of these war games now being implemented.
Something else stood out. I enjoy the show Dialogue Works with Nima. Although I'm not always fond of all of his guests per se, some are extremely informative sans ulterior motives.
noticed Doug has never been on his show, which spoke volumes. I think Nima is the real deal, he never promotes anything, always extends the utmost courtesy and respect to all his guests, never interrupts, gets to the point, asks the questions and shuts up. No grandstanding, no background theater, hence why I find him credible even if some of his guests are questionable.
Watch the interview with Laith Marouf who I've never seen elsewhere.
Thx for your insight
I Like Nima too - he
Is Iranian by birth
living in Brazil- bit of
a Cipher but I observe
that
he is not really hip to
American culture- formal
affect, respectful, doing
a job - the focus is the guest
not him- thus we trust him
with little or no info- right
now
I am stepping back from all the talking heads my trust in all
Is shaky - feel like I am being
played over and over.
Professor Marandi is okay - haven’t seen Laith Marouf. But the more these guys dominate the airwaves I have begun to question their
real motivation - selling books, spokespersons for whom- are they paid - older, retired , ex military, ex CIA, ambassador, professors big time government players in their day now spending a great
deal of their time
creating a platform for their
perspective to be heard - why
when there is little hope for change and they offer no
solutions- none - a new day
feed the 24/7 cycle - controlled opposition?
Another factor - everyone
is an expert- we are propagandized from every side- wait 10 minutes and a new update from DJT spews forth we have all become his puppets- he must be on meth to be able to go go go at 79 or has 24 stand ins doing the DJT stick -dumb Americans they’ll never know - throw em another bone- the alternate media will respond to verbal bait and the cycle continues- the world waits in fear because the US at some level
owns many countries given their sheer presence with all the various military bases they have-
the western world was captured long ago. Yet our president’s words are hollow and cannot be followed up - we are bankrupt and soon to be lacking weapons to continue.
Life may change due to
weapons not able to be built due to lack of necessary
resources to configure them - what irony.
I've come to dislike Nina as he laughs with his guests about his viewers while at the same time milking us for views. His strangulated questions are unbearable to me now and I suggested he take some time off to learn English. He'll let Escobar waffle on for hours pretending to answer a question while he checks his income streams, Ugh.
Laith Marouf is as presented (and has been on many podcasts etc) and his despair at what has happened to Hezbollah as part defenders of Northern Palestine and the mass murder of innocents is clear and profound.
Professor Marandi has not had anything new to say really for some months but has become a totem of sorts.
> ... he laughs with his guests about his viewers while at the same time milking us for views.
I have not seen him laughing about his viewers.
As for milking **us** for views: has he ever consulted with you or any of your friends and connections about your views?? If so, please expound a little.
> .... I suggested he take some time off to learn English.
If you have trouble understanding his good English I suggest you take some time off to cool down.
Marandi the only pundit actually in Iran - so I gave him a pass - who knows he may be a plant to dissemble as well. Who is Nima’s real sponsor ?
He doesn’t have the gravitas needed to helm a show with the word Dialogue in the title. Plus the same players continue to show up
- no new perspectives- Am taking a hiatus from this blather.
The Colonel told us repeatedly that Erdogan was going to swoop down and save the Palestinians. He also insisted Hezbollah and Hamas were infiltrating the US through the border with Mexico - clear nonsense.
Thanks for pointing
this out - reaffirms
my perception of the Colonel.
It has nothing to do with position, look at the Americas ruling party and White House inhibitors , it has to do with knowledge , logic and real love for this country.
Alex Krainer. My hat is once again off to you. We all have a perspective of the world we experience through our lives. And many people are learning that what their media has told them hasn't been true.
And those that once held the deception of mind control have come out in droves, well sorta because of you, at this time. We all stand on the shoulders of Giants in the fight for Truth and Liberty that have fought since the beginning.
Dark>Light was posted in the Q drops, but I knew at least a decade before Q posted that JFK assassination, Ruby Ridge, Oklahoma City Bombing, Boston Marathon Bomb, wouldn't survive public scrutiny if discussed publically.
I'm older than you Alex, and the internet allowed me to Love Patiots like you. (Even though I've traveled enough to know a few beforehand on my sailboat.)
God Bless you Brother
Thank you! =)
Remember what the wef told the world in 2019 ? “you will own nothing and be happy”
How else can they even try to achieve it without crashing the stock market and the world’s economy?.
Tariffs? More money for nato military spending? And let’s not forget the US bmbng of the Russian Gas pipeline which was bringing cheep Gas into Europe and which instead of getting the EU to impose sanctions on the US and to demand it pays reparations it saw it joining it for war against the gas provider “Russia ”.
The apartheid wannabe state is a bust business which has lost all morality and credibility, costs too much to states of which’s people don’t want to pay for and which no one beside eugenists and supremacists Genocidaires wants to be associated with.
Iran is perfect excuse to force its people out.
Anyhow thank you for sharing
Alex, from Naked Capitalism. Maybe of interest: “Asia would be most impacted by the lack of crude exports,” analysts at Rystad Energy said.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/06/trump-talks-up-regime-change-brays-about-iran-nuclear-site-success-as-israel-taking-increasing-toll-from-attacks-iran-puts-pieces-in-place-for-strait-of-hormuz-closure.html
I know Rystad. He's CIA.
Here is another report about Iran that compliments your and Simplicius analysis. I am holding to this in desperation! https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran-filled-in-nuclear-site-tunnels-ahead-of-us-airstrikes
100% Alex, the goal of weakening Europe is what this is about for the US, not Israel which is f#cked. Closing the strait weakens Trump's real enemies, the globalists.
The entire episode definitely reeks of theater. It seems that officials in the military were talking about the limited damage of the strikes while Trump was on social media bragging about 'obliterating' the very same sites. Trump clearly does not want to be embroiled in Iran, but owes the Israel lobby $200,000,000+ in favors which seems to be why he can't just make Bibi behave.
Trump also created the mess with Iran because he wanted to look better than Obama or Biden, so he is personally vested in resolving the crisis for the service of his image which is of course, incredibly dangerous.
What seems to me to be the biggest tell, is that I cannot believe the world would allow Trump to get away with destroying nuclear sites and causing a nuclear catastrophe. No other leader in the world, no matter how brutal and authoritarian, would do such a thing. So I think had there been anything at any of the sites that the Admin could actually bomb, Trump would have avoided it so as to not be the face of a nuclear release. Of course, maybe he is that crazy; our media is so compliant with the Military agenda that this entire line of questioning has not even crossed their minds.
Most interesting is whether or not all of this was actually coordinated with Iran; they obviously do not, and cannot trust America so I do not think they would go along with allowing America to bomb any part of their country. Worse, even if somehow this kind of agreement was possible under the current circumstances, Iran wouldn't bother because Israel would find a way to leak this information and this would probably collapse the regime to imagine that the Supreme Leader would allow America to bomb them on purpose.
I have some thoughts on this if you are interested; I personally find the entire description of the raid by the Administration to be impossible.
https://jlashley.substack.com/p/an-absolute-insane-campaign-of-lying?r=39ttpn
I don't disagree. It is all Kabuki Theater.
In fact, after having read Hiroshima Revisited I seriously doubt nukes exist at all. The testing videos were all faked by Hollywood. So do we have any evidence that nukes exist? Nothing I have seen is convincing.
I do believe the "attack" is a showpiece, and most of the undisclosed part of the "negotiation" is about this show rather than the impossible compromise. Israel will bear the limited retaliation for this specific attack. Otherwise, the "normal" exchange of missiles nightly between Israel and Iran will continue for a while. At least, if Israel launches missiles into Iran, Iran will respond. Iran (and indirectly Russia and China) now has a good case to study for bunker design and a thorough understanding of such bunker-buster weapons. a "show" also explains why Iran made no AD missile attack against the B-2s. What neither side said is whether Iran opened radar (GPS jamming obviously did not happen, and confirmed by USAF). USAF does not know if B-2 was detected. Iran knows if they had detected B-2 or not, but they are not going to say. Russia has one S-400 installation at a place where Russians are building a nuclear power plant for Iran. It is not clear if that specific S-400 installation has tried to detect the B-2s.
As for closing the Hormuz Strait, the Iranian Congress had voted to approve, but I heard that the decision is not final. Even if the IRGC is mining the Strait, they may not be WW2 dumb mines. Instead, these could be like the Claymore controlled mine (wired or wireless) -- will blow up only tankers belonging to the US, going to the US, or from the US. Ditto for Israel and other participants in Israeli attacks. If Iran wants to push it, they can build torpedo tubes with wired torpedoes (as most modern torpedoes are). These torpedoes can be redirected mid-swim or disabled or etc., by run-time control. The Oil to Japan, China, and India will flow through. Saudi Arabia has to use Red Sea ports to ship oil, if the Houthis sit idle.
A couple of years ago I also believed that Shi'ite in general and Iran in specific were to kill us all in launching a war against Israel. The events in the last 10 years (since the eve of 2014 Ukraine War first period) have convinced me that some Muslims still have honor (Iran and Houthis) but no politicians in the West has much, if any, honor or shame. At least, the voices of the good Westerners are not heeded, and not just on this event.
Even if this is all "theater," how many know that? How many nations of the world now look at Trump as an unreliable negotiating partner? How many don't trust him? How many hate the US even more?
And... how many of his voters has he turned away? He lied to the American public for no real reason. Yet he chose to do that, and people know it. I doubt his supporters will become Democrats, but they might choose not to support Republicans at the voting booth or via donations.
Very true. If your favorite sports team were found to play badly and lose a match, or pay another team to lose so it can win, how much longer can that team stay as your favorite? A significant chunk of the Republicans would turn independent in the 2026 mid-term election. And if Trump continues to play this kind of bully anywhere, the situation will get worse. The chance for a third party or a different American-centric movement will ensue.
Yes Syria 2017 does come to mind.
In part because clearly there was no CW and everyone knew that at the time.
Just as there is no Nuclear weapon program in Iran.
One of the few buildings that was hit in the suburbs of Damascus turned out to be a baby milk powder producer that the US had claimed was a CW factory.
It would have been a truly Trumpian idiocy to target a CW factory in Damascus as punishment for Assad targeting his own population with ... CW.
Safe to say they knew there were no CW factories.
As insane as it sounds, this is probably the most logical analysis if you ignore the rhetoric and simply focus on the tangible results. As for being "illegal and impeachable", it probably depends who is really in control. The "promotion" of four big tech head honchos to "US military lieutenant-colonels" could very well be a clever trap to automatically put them under military law and away from the protection of the openly corrupt civilian judicial system. But then again, maybe it is all first degree 🤔
Alex there was no declaration of war. I
Really don’t think this was theatre, I think Trump has found himself once again ( covid 2.0 ) in a trap of the globalist, and having had such great financial support from the jewish community has now come to realize that nothing is free. May he get what he wants diplomatic discourse and peace.
The strike was not illegal under U.S. law, and any long range assessment of damage, physical or strategic, is to be taken with a grain of salt