"Why Trump & Netanyahu are the most dangerous men on the planet".
"As Iran stands firm, there is no clear exit strategy from a war driven by one man's ego & another's messianic vision".
"But in the meantime, this war can go a lot further in wrecking nations, destroying oil fields, burning Gulf wealth & killing thousands of innocent civilians."
~David Hearst
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-trump-and-netanyahu-are-most-dangerous-men-planet
"Governance in the rubble – why Hamas still holds Gaza"
Internal Israeli military assessments say:
* "Hamas is advancing steps on the ground to preserve its grip from the bottom up.”
* "13 of 25 municipalities have resumed operations": Taxes collected; salaries paid; governors appointed; police stations reopened; markets regulated.
"This is not the language of eradication. It is the language of administrative recovery."
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260310-governance-in-the-rubble-why-hamas-still-holds-gaza/
While #Maga and its European allies are complaining about mass-immigration in Europe, US #foreverwars are forcing people to move. After 10 days of war, there are already 780,000 displaced in #Lebanon. #USpol #EUpol
@tazgetroete "Der Planet der Affen" lässt grüßen
#depol #eupol
Report: Millions of Israelis are spending sleepless nights in bomb shelters.
Israel’s radar systems have reportedly been jeopardised, making "it difficult to know when a missile has been launched from Iran."
In addition, "Hezbollah has developed a new long-range missile", one of which fell in Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem, "provoking anxiety among the Israeli public."
https://aje.news/apjw94?update=4387675
Not as many sleepless nights & anxiety as Palestinians have had & still are.
"They want our oil, to Balkanise Iran. But they’re failing miserably"
"Washington’s strategy echoes older imperial policies... They want to rule the Persian Gulf like the British did in the 19th C."
Trump "wants to take out the oil-rich southern part of Iran, disintegrate Iran... create a new state in southern Iran & use it to control oil resources while increasing pressure on China & expanding Israeli influence in the region."
~Foad Izadi
UK lawmakers join renewed calls for a formal British apology over the 1917 Balfour Declaration
"During its occupation of Palestine, Britain violated a series of international laws [& created] the conflict we witness today".
"Successive governments have refused to acknowledge this record or offer a formal apology."
#UKPol #Balfour #USpol #EUPol #news #IsraelPalestineConflict #racism #imperialism .
"Iran is the weaker party, but it has the capability to create a much longer mayhem than envisioned by the US & Israel."
"We already are in a scenario where the US has lost control of this war".
~Vali Nasr
#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #USImperialism #news #USIsraeliCrimes .
So, listen, Bibi, stop bombing Iran's oil...
"When this regime goes down... we are going to make a tonne of money."
~Sen. Lindsey Graham
On his trips to Israel, Graham coached Netanyahu "on how to lobby President Trump for action".
"Venezuela and Iran have 31 percent of the world’s oil reserves. We’re going to have a partnership with 31 percent of the known reserves", said Graham.
"Which US & Israeli military companies are profiting from the Iran war?"
"Defence stocks reach all-time highs, driven by need to produce billions of dollars of weapons systems."
"The biggest defence companies in the US have agreed to “quadruple production” in a meeting attended by "RTX (fmr Raytheon), Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, L3Harris Missile Solutions & Honeywell Aerospace."
Report shows how badly the UK media is biased against Muslims
The Centre for Media Monitoring assessed 40,000 articles from 30 outlets. More than 2 in every 3 linked "Muslims or Islam with negative aspects or behaviours."
“Extensive research has shown correlations between negative portrayals of Muslims & rising hate crime, employment discrimination, & support for restrictive policies."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/9/uk-media-bias-muslims
#USPol #EUPol #islamophobia #UKMediaBias #news #UKPol #UKHateCrimes .
Analysis: "The Iranian Revolutionary Guard is reverting to its guerrilla roots & is operating with something like a cell structure."
"Iran is fighting a techno-guerrilla war, [while] the US & Israel fight a conventional one".
Not only US war failure, but killing civilian leaders is a war crime & unprecedented in modern warfare.
Under rules of war, even Putin hasn't targeted Zelenskyy (covert assassinations not the same thing).
https://www.juancole.com/2026/03/fighting-guerrilla-conventional.html
"American sanctions from 1971 to 2021…murdered 38 million people.”
"Political scientist John Mearsheimer criticised US foreign policy & cited a report by The Lancet that says US sanctions have killed 38 million people worldwide."
#USPol #EUPol #IranSanctions #USSanctions #news #racism #USImperialism .
Nearly two thirds of NYC voters support Mamdani's proposal to increase tax on the rich.
72% of dems statewide support it. Across the state, 54% support the proposal to 29% opposed.
Mamdani inherited a $5.4 billion budget gap, increased by Trump’s gutting of federal assistance.
"Mamdani needs Hochul’s cooperation to implement his proposed millionaire’s tax but she has thus far refused".
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/nyc-mamdani-millionaire-tax-hochul
#NYC #USpol #EUPol #NYTaxes #TaxTheRich #news #USEconomics #Mamdani #Hochul .
Interview: "Trump & Hegseth & Rubio have completely misjudged the nature of this war".
And "the lies that the American mainstream media..are telling the American people.. are putting us in jeopardy in a real substantive sense"...
"because the American people have no way of judging just how foolhardy, how stupid, how unwise, how violative of international dictum & rule this war is."
~Ret Col Lawrence Wilkerson
Interview: U.S. Commanders Accused of Promoting Holy War: Trump anointed by Jesus
"Hegseth is viewed by senior leadership as a bully & a poser. He is nothing but a Christian nationalist lackey."
"Hegseth has created a template that the only approved member of the U.S. military is to be straight, white, Christian nationalist & male."
~Mikey Weinstein, Military Religious Freedom Foundation
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/9/military_religious_freedom
#USPol #EUPol #ChristianNationalism #USMilitary #IranWar #Islamophobia .
Iran’s plan for a long war with the US & Israel:
"Tehran built a doctrine to absorb shock, survive decapitation strikes & turn time into a weapon".
"In any war with the US or Israel, Iran may lose senior commanders, key facilities, communications networks & even centralised control, but must still be able to keep fighting."
