>>2358683>didn't add 39 to the archive list>made the thread before 39 was fulloh god it's the shitty baker who's gonna get himself banned and then get the thread deleted and then cry oppression
Remember, when I make the threads they never get deleted because I'm not retarded.
>>2358697the iran-israeli thread I made was the best ever
it was the one which replaced the deleted thread of banned-retarded OP
>>2358698ww2 WAS a nothingburger
wypipo were still alive after it
39 archive
https://archive.is/TEjCPshould be done in 3-5 mins
>>2358697I don't get why there isn't some sort of safety feature on that button
Or maybe just a removal of it since jannies consistently can't be trusted with it
>>2359125Mountain council
Mountain communes
>>2359104The no fly zone over Iraq was specifically to protect the Kurds. That was the major tip off what American plans for Syria were, when they started talking about a no fly zone to protect the Kurds.
Not my fault idiots have no memory or knowledge of history.
>>2359562you lot have been saying how the kurds are over and done every year since leftypol existed.
Dosen't there come a time when you reconsider the shit you believe?
>>2359564Oh you're talking about Ba'athist Iraq.
I thought MLs hated those guys are team IRGC now.
Update on Iran’s Targeting of Israel’s Defense Industry
https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/update-on-irans-targeting-of-israels
>Israel is doing a damn fine imitation of Lt. Frank Drebin, a character played by Leslie Nielsen in the 1988 comedy film The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! In an iconic scene, Lt. Drebin stands in front of a fireworks explosion and chaos while trying to calm the crowd by saying:
<“Nothing to see here, please disperse! Nothing to see here!”
>Despite the absurd mayhem behind him, he earnestly pretends that nothing is wrong—a hallmark of the film’s slapstick, deadpan humor. That’s exactly what Israel is doing in the wake of 12 days of Iranian missile attacks all across the length of Israel. According to the IDF, Iran was only able to hit 36 targets out of over 500 missiles and 1000 drones fired by Iran. Right. Israel’s Channel 13 says otherwise:
>Iran claims it attacked almost all scientific, research, and academic centers, factories and industries affiliated with Rafael and Elbit Systems, as well as other arms manufacturing and artificial intelligence factories. For example, Iran claims it destroyed Intel’s chip manufacturing plant, located in the occupied settlement of Kiryat Gat south of Tel Aviv. If true, this will have inflicted as much as $5 billion in losses on the Zionist regime. Facilities and factories of other US companies in Israel, which include Intel, Microsoft, Tesla, Google, and Apple, also were targeted by Iran.
>Rafael and Elbit Systems are deeply integrated into Israel’s defense, academic, and industrial landscape. Rafael has strong ties with Ben-Gurion University and maintains multiple R&D and production sites across Israel, while Elbit Systems leads national research consortia and operates numerous factories, including those acquired from IMI Systems. Both companies maintain extensive collaboration with the Israeli Ministry of Defense and partner with a wide range of academic, governmental, and industrial entities.
>Here’s a summary of the affiliates:
>Rafael Advanced Defense Systems: Affiliations
>Academic and Research Centers<• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU): Rafael has a significant research and development branch at the Advanced Technologies Park (ATP) adjacent to BGU in Beer-Sheva. This partnership allows Rafael to tap into BGU’s engineering talent and research, particularly in fields like cyber security, robotics, and high-tech engineering.>• Other R&D Centers: Rafael maintains research and development centers in Haifa (its headquarters), Hadera, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Be’er Sheva.
>Industrial and Production Facilities<• Haifa: Main headquarters and primary R&D and manufacturing site.>• Shlomi: New production branch opened in 2021, near Israel’s border with Lebanon.<• Other Locations: Expanded operations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Beer Sheva.>• International Joint Ventures: Rafael has a joint venture with Raytheon in Arkansas, USA, for production of Tamir interceptors for the Iron Dome and its U.S. variant, SkyHunter.
>Industry Partnerships<• Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD): Rafael was founded as Israel’s national R&D laboratory for the MOD and maintains a close relationship, with about half its sales to the MOD.>• Over 100 Governmental, Aviation, Space, and Defense Organizations: Rafael collaborates with numerous entities in Israel and abroad, leveraging mutual technological strengths.
>Elbit Systems: Affiliations
>Academic and Research Centers<• Israel Innovation Authority Consortium: Elbit Systems leads a consortium approved by the Israel Innovation Authority, focusing on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) technologies. This consortium includes leading robotics companies and academic researchers specializing in artificial intelligence, computer science, and behavioral sciences.
>Industrial and Production Facilities<• Headquarters: Based in Israel, with multiple subsidiaries and production facilities across the country.>• IMI Systems (formerly Israel Military Industries): Acquired by Elbit in 2018, expanding its industrial base.
>Industry Partnerships<• Israeli Ministry of Defense: Elbit is a major supplier to the MOD, recently signing significant contracts for domestic production of munitions and raw materials.>• Subsidiaries: Includes Elisra and other notable Israeli defense technology companies.
>I do not know if we will ever get a genuine, truthful battle damage assessment out of Israel, but I think that Israel’s quick embrace of the ceasefire signals that many of the installations listed above were hit by Iranian missiles. Iran destroyed the myth of Israeli invincibility.
>Meanwhile, back in Washington, Donald Trump continued his Triumph the Insult Comedy Dog act, by unloading on Ayatollah Khamenei:
>Maybe Trump should consider taking his own advice… i.e., get more with Honey than you do with Vinegar. Trump’s tirade elicited this response from Iran’s Foreign Minister:
<The complexity and tenacity of Iranians is famously known in our magnificent carpets, woven through countless hours of hard work and patience. But as a people, our basic premise is very simple and straightforward: we know our worth, value our independence, and never allow anyone else to decide our destiny.
<If President Trump is genuine about wanting a deal, he should put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran’s Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, and stop hurting his millions of heartfelt followers.
<The Great and Powerful Iranian People, who showed the world that the Israeli regime had NO CHOICE but to RUN to “Daddy” to avoid being flattened by our Missiles, do not take kindly to Threats and Insults. If Illusions lead to worse mistakes, Iran will not hesitate to unveil its Real Capabilities, which will certainly END any Delusion about the Power of Iran.
<Good will begets good will, and respect begets respect.
>If Trump is trying to woo the Iranians back to the negotiating table, he may want to change his use of insults and character assassination. Just saying. Based on this latest exchange of messages, I think substantive talks between Iran and the US are unlikely.https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/israel-iran-the-denouement
>The $3B quoted above does not take into account actual missile and military expenditures, but strictly damage caused. In the same article, infamous Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich actually named the war cost’s highest ceiling at $12B:
<Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told a press conference the total cost of war could be as high as $12 billion, while Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron put the figure at about half that when speaking to Bloomberg TV on Wednesday. Whatever the final figure, that presents a challenge to an economy already strained by 20 months of wider conflict.
>This is only from a 12-day span—imagine if this had dragged out to months, or even a year. Recall we were told the war was costing $200-300M per day just in military expenditures, if you add the above higher figure of $12B in non-military damage, total they represent $1.3B per day, at the highest end. Israel’s defense budget is around $45B, which means the war would eat the entire budget in a mere month, and the entire country’s GDP in a year and change.
<“This is the greatest challenge we’ve faced — there has never been this amount of damage in Israel’s history,” Shay Aharonovich, the director general of Israel’s Tax Authority who’s in charge of paying out compensation, told reporters.
>The article further confirms that Israel was almost entirely economically shut-down during the duration of the war, as we had reported last time:
<During the 12-day campaign, the Israeli economy was almost completely shut down, with schools and businesses closed barring those designated essential. The government will pay compensation to businesses, estimated by the Finance Ministry at as much as 5 billion shekels.
>It further admits Israel’s largest oil refinery in Haifa was ‘badly damaged’, and that the brief war against Iran cost far more than both conflicts against Hamas and Hezbollah from October 2023 onward—which is shocking when you think about it.
>In short, Iran did massively more damage than we were led to believe. […]
>In fact, some reports now indicate up to four of the Iranian generals claimed as ‘killed’ have resurfaced unharmed, though—besides Ismail Qaani—as of this writing it remains unverified: >>2359997hahah you notice my silly little name tag, when
will you little miscreants learn to behave? 😄😄😄😁
>>2360004oh,
do punish me 😣 ive been such a little brat~ 😰😟😳😳🥵
>>2359965The Israelis genuinely thought they'd get away with a hit and run strike on Iran and face zero retaliation. Even at the start of the war people were saying Israel wouldn't survive another month or two of Iranian missile strikes because their economy would collapse. Seems they quickly realized this and capitulated.
They're probably fuming over being bitchslapped so hard.
>>2359573As I explained in my Dialectical Materialist Analysis of the Kabuki Theatre Conflict between the “Islamic Republic of Iran” and the Zionist State in my effort post at
>>2358233 in the previous thread, Saddam Hussein was a Based Baathist Secular Leftist Arab Nationalist (The greatest modern Arab leader) who was 100% justified in his valiant effort to liberate Arabistan from the Mossad Mullahs originally used by the U$/Zionist State to begin destroying Baathist Iraq with U$/Zionist weapons in the Iran-Iraq War in order to prevent the unification of the Arab Nation into one state under the leadership of the magnificent Saddam Hussein, who would have forced the Zionists to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza decades ago, with this also being why despite all of the phony threats, the Mossad Mullahs will never shut down the strait of Hormuz or Bomb Saudi Oil fields, only Saddam had the balls to do this, and that’s why (along with the fact that Saddam was the last Arab leader who wanted to reunify the Arab Nation into one State and liberate Palestine from the Zionist State) the U$ Invaded Iraq and murdered him and a million other Iraqis, and I think it is becoming clear that the Shah handed power to the Ayatollah on purpose (under U$/Zionist orders), knowing that it would spark the Sunni-Shia conflict that fractured the Arab Nation, destroyed the Baathist movement, and doomed Palestine, as part of an elaborate U$/Zionist operation which included the October Surprise (HW Bush told Iran to hold the hostages until after the election in order to make Reagan beat Carter in 1980, thus sparking the rise of Neoliberalism and the Christian Zionist Evangelicals which culminated in the current Fascist MAGAtard regime), Iran-Contra (The U$ using illegal weapons sales to Iran through the Zionist State to fund the Anti-Communist Contras in Central America and spark the exaggerated “Crack epidemic” to throw millions of Blacks/New Afrikans in Prison, stop Communism in Central America, and destroy Baathist Iraq and save the Zionist State from a United Arab Nation by promoting Sunni-Shia conflict and Islamist Reactionary Retardation from both Iran and Saudi Arabia), and Project Hammer (the final destruction of the USSR by the bribed Revisionist clique of Gorbachev/Yeltsin in coordination with the CIA/Mossad, and the hidden cause of Bush’s 9/11 CIA/Mossad False Flag attacks to provide the Casus Belli for the Genocidal U$ Imperialist Invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and probably Putin’s GRU/FSB False Flag Moscow Apartment Bombings to provide the Casus Belli for the Genocidal Russian Imperialist Invasion of Chechnya as well), 😂🤣🤢🤮! I also decided to repost my Map of the SSRs and SFSRs of the future Global USSR in the Middle East/West Asia, in order to generate some interesting Intellectual discussion, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
>>2360250>>2360250You have to admit that my Maps make a Million times more sense then Gunthers “Maps”, as I draw all of my borders solely based on the Ethno-Linguistic demographics of each region, in line with the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist principle of Self-Determination of all Oppressed Nations in their own SSR as articulated in Stalin’s “Marxism and the National Question”
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm and Lenin’s “The Socialist Revolution and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination”
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/jan/x01.htm , along with the National Delimitation Policy of the USSR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_delimitation_in_the_Soviet_Union , while Neoliberal/Neocon Schizo Gunther (I will admit that despite his despicable/odious politics, the guy is quite funny as he is essentially a living Meme, 😂🤣!) combines giving Self-Determination to real Nations/Ethnic Groups with creating “Countries” with absolutely Zero National basis in Ethno-Linguistic demographics, such as his maps of Russia and China which literally make every Oblast/Province its own “Country” despite the fact that the vast majority of them are overwhelmingly populated by Ethnic Russians and Han Chinese, thus severely violating both the National Delimitation Policy of the USSR, and quite frankly, the basic common sense of what should be a “Country” or not, as it is almost like Gunther has a strange fetish for Retarded “Holy Roman Empire” tier Feudal border gore, where every tiny region/town is its own sovereign state despite most of them speaking the same language (or at least a mutually intelligible dialect continuum) and being essentially the same Nation/Ethnic group, so I hope I have at least clarified that my Maps are of several orders of magnitude higher quality then Gunthers “Maps”, due to both aligning with Ethno-Linguistic Demographics (Gunther often divides the same Nation/Ethnic group into dozens of unnecessary “Countries”) and being rooted in the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage of Marxism (Gunthers “Maps” are purely rooted in the Neocon desire to screw over countries the U$ has bad relations with, not any legitimate support for the Self-Determination of Oppressed Nations), ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
>>2360292I have never been a Dengist since I first started posting on Leftypol 5 years ago (I was a Dengist before I came here and embraced Maoism, and before supporting Dengism, I was a Berniebro SocDem during the 2016 election, and before that I was apolitical), as I am a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, but I do “Critically Support” the PRC against U$ Imperialism, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
>>2360341China is controlled by the U$-dominated Global Capitalist-Imperialist System which China has been fully integrated into since the Revisionist Capitalist Deng Reforms, while the Democrats are controlled by the same Zionist Haute Bourgeois Wall Street/Silicon Valley Donors that fund the dominant Republicans, and finally the Mossad Mullahs who run Iran are controlled by the U$/Zionist State, as detailed in my Dialectical Materialist Effort Post at
>>2360239 , 😂🤣🤢🤮!
>>2360346I am not a Fascist, I embrace the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage of Marxism, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
>>2360351If we had a Time Machine, it would have been much better for everyone involved if the Zionist State was never created, the Nakba never happened, and the Jews were able to peacefully integrate into the various countries of Europe (this would have required no Frankenberger regime, no World War II, and no Holocaust), but unfortunately that ship has sailed and even Hamas and the PFLP support a Two-State Solution now, so it seems fair to both sides to create a Jewish SSR inside the 1967 borders with 1:1 land swaps, while the West Bank and Gaza go to the Arab SFSR, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
>>2360355I draw all of the borders of the SSRs and SFSRs of the future Global USSR solely based on the Ethno-Linguistic demographics of each region, in line with the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist principle of Self-Determination of all Oppressed Nations in their own SSR as articulated in Stalin’s “Marxism and the National Question”
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm and Lenin’s “The Socialist Revolution and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination”
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/jan/x01.htm , along with the National Delimitation Policy of the USSR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_delimitation_in_the_Soviet_Union , ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
>>2360360>even Hamas and the PFLP support a Two-State Solution now🙄 you are so full of shit. Hamas want a one-state solution. fuck you, zionist rat.
>I draw all of the borders of the SSRs and SFSRs of the future Global USSR solely based on the Ethno-Linguistic demographics of each region, in line with the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist principle of Self-Determination of all Oppressed Nations in their own SSR as articulated in Stalin’s “Marxism and the National Question” https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm and Lenin’s “The Socialist Revolution and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination” https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/jan/x01.htm , along with the National Delimitation Policy of the USSR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_delimitation_in_the_Soviet_Union , ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!yeah yeah yeah
that's a lotta fucking words when you could just admit you're a fucking zionist, you rat. you support a jewish state in palestine. fuck you. you've been exposed.
>>2360362Was Stalin a “Zionist Rat’ when he supported the OG Two-State Solution in 1947, 🤔?
>>2360365Right now, the tension between the U$ and China is still in the “Kabuki Theatre” stage, but it will probably escalate into a real conflict (World War III) at some point in the near future due to the inevitable escalatory nature of Inter-Imperialist Competition as seen with the buildup to World War 1, just like the phony 12-Day War between Iran and the Zionist State, and Yes, the Democrats are fully controlled by the Republicans, as they are funded by the same Zionist Haute Bourgeois Wall Street/Silicon Valley Donors that fund the dominant Republicans, 😂🤣🤢🤮!
>>2360372Stalin didn't have 100 years of foresight to know the Zionists would become a genocidal rogue state.
Though he probably should've known, since they were already openly engaging in terrorism against the Palestinians by that point.
>>2360378How is it “Genocide” to make a Map portraying all of the SSRs and SFSRs of the future Global USSR, in line with the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist principle of Self-Determination of all Oppressed Nations in their own SSR as articulated in Stalin’s “Marxism and the National Question”
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm and Lenin’s “The Socialist Revolution and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination”
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/jan/x01.htm , along with the National Delimitation Policy of the USSR, where the Palestinian Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza are placed in an Arab SFSR that includes all the Arab-majority regions of West Asia and North Africa, thus fulfilling the Baathist Dream of a reunified Arab Nation, while the Jews get an SSR inside the 1967 borders with 1:1 land swaps, with both of these States being Dictatorships of the Proletariat (One-Party Marxist-Leninist-Maoist States) in the Socialist Mode of Production (Centrally Planned Socialist Economies) inside of a Global Socialist Federation (the future Global USSR), that will place the Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World on the Shining Path to Communism, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️🤔?
I completely agree that the Jews should have stayed in Europe, and that the Naqba was a horrible Ethnic Cleansing/Genocide, but unfortunately we don’t have a Time Machine and the tragic Historical reality is that Frakenberger Fucked up the gradual process of Jewish integration/assimilation into the Nations of Europe with the Holocaust that murdered 6 Million Jews, and unfortunately both the USSR and the U$/British Empire (the latter signed the Balfour declaration in 1917, which already committed them to supporting the Zionist movement) decided to dump most of the survivors (most were in various refugee camps throughout Europe after World War II ended, with none of their home countries wanting to take them back) in the British Mandate of Palestine (many were also dumped there by Frankenberger himself with the Haavara agreement that saw Nazi Germany ship 60,000 German Jews to Palestine, thus showing Nazi collaboration with the Zionist movement in order to get rid of their Jewish population), which is combined with the obvious contradiction that if you support a complete removal of all Jews from the territory inside of the 1967 borders, you may as well advocate for the complete removal of all European descended populations from the Americas (including the Multiracial Latin Americans of partial European ancestry) and Oceania, due to them also being Settler-Colonists whose ancestors committed Genocide/Ethnic Cleansing of the Native Americans, and probably the removal of many, if not most, ethnic groups in the Old World as well (This is shown in the video I posted of the changing Ethnic Map of Europe over the Past 2000 Years) whose ancestors committed Genocide/Ethnic Cleansing (ie. should the English go back to Northern Germany and Denmark because their Anglo-Saxon ancestors Genocided the Celtic Britons during the Anglo-Saxon Migration, should the the Serbs, Croats, and other South Slavs go back to the Proto-Slavic homeland in Northern Ukraine, because they Genocided the Illyrians and Thracians, should the Bantus go back to West Africa because they Genocided the Khoisans, should the Indo-Aryans go back to Central Asia because they Genocided the Dravidians, should all Indo-European speaking ethnic groups go back to the Pontic-Caspian Steppe of Southern Russia/Eastern Ukraine, because they Genocides tons of indigenous ethnic groups, etc.), which is obviously an absurd and Reactionary position, 😂🤣!
>>2360859Iran does not need nuclear bombs for MAD. For starters, the continuous bombing of Israel showed that their air defense got very degraded after early depletion. And the state would have only run more costs, a total economic shutdown and probably a political collapse if this was sustained for longer. At the cost of what? A few dozen cheap drones and missiles every day for Iran(after the first salvos)?
Also, Iran can just attack all the hidrocarbon facilities around the gulf, which are not defended. And collapse the entire economies, in a matter of days , of most petrostates. And AND take with them the petrodollar along the US economy.
>>2360532Was the Baathist movement “crakkker orientalism” for wanting to reunify the Arab Nation in one State, 🤔? Honestly, I find it funny that uniting the Arabs in one country is “crakkker orientalism”, despite the fact that many prominent Anti-Western/Pro-Soviet Leftist Arab Nationalist leaders like Nasser, Qaddafi, and Saddam, supported uniting the Arabs in one country, while it was the Western Imperialists and their Monarchist puppets (ie. the Saudis) who divided the Arabs into 20 different Fake countries with the Sykes-Picot agreement and other colonial borders (those infamous straight line borders in West Asia and North Africa), and honestly this strange effort I keep seeing to deny the fact that the Arabs clearly constitute a Nation/Ethnic group according to Stalin’s definition that a Nation is any "historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture," when the Arabic-speaking populations of West Asia and North Africa clearly meet all these criteria, and thus belong in the same Arab SFSR of the future Global USSR, really reeks of Revisionist Postmodern Liberal Anarchist “Democratic Confederalist” bullshit which seeks to pretend that all Nations/Ethnic groups are fake, and thus don’t deserve Self-Determination, which in my opinion is the real Crakkker Orientalist position, as it both rejects the the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist principle of Self-Determination of all Oppressed Nations in their own SSR as articulated in Stalin’s “Marxism and the National Question”
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm and Lenin’s “The Socialist Revolution and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination”
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/jan/x01.htm , along with the National Delimitation Policy of the USSR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_delimitation_in_the_Soviet_Union , and it denies Agency to the Oppressed Nations by ignoring the fact that they want Self-Determination in their own State, or in the case of the Arabs, want to be reunified in one State, all in order to project the goals of Western Left-Liberalism onto them which despises the idea of Oppressed Nations getting Self-Determination in their own SSRs, because this doesn’t align with their vision of Socialism as a Hippie Commune and not the USSR and Maoist China, as it is in the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage of Marxism, 😂🤣✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
By the way, what do my fellow Comrades think of the Video of the changing Ethnic Map of Europe over the Past 2000 Years I posted at
>>2360468 , 🤔?
>>2360642I use the Naxalite flag in solidarity with the Maoist PPW in India, not because I am Indian (I am just some boring White Dude from California, so my Internet persona is much more interesting then who I am IRL), 😂🤣✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
>>2360999>"historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture,"Arabs have common language and that's it (although some arabic dialects aren't even mutually intelligible). Sudanese and Lebanese arab culture might have similarities but so does Norwegian and German culture, even though they're clearly different nations. Maybe you could argue Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan are one nation but including
all arabs is not congruent with reality.
>>2361029All Arabs speak the same Arabic language, have the same Territory of the Arabic-speaking regions of West Asia and North Africa, have the same Economic life centered on the Oil/Gas extraction industry and various trade routes for shipping Oil/Gas and goods from other regions (ie. the Suez Canal, the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab-el-Mandeb, etc.) highly integrated throughout West Asia and North Africa, have a very similar Culture centered around their Arabic literature, Poetry, Films/Television/Media, Music and the various Traditions of their ancestral Arab Tribes, and finally they are a “historically constituted, stable community of people” formed from the Arab Muslim conquests of the 7th century AD, which saw the Arab tribes spread out of Arabia and conquer the rest of West Asia and North Africa where they mixed with and assimilated the various Non-Arab populations of these regions (ie. Aramaic people, Egyptians, Berbers, Nubians etc.), thus forming the modern Arab Nation which meets all of the Criteria of Stalin’s definition of a Nation, and thus should be united in the same Arab SFSR of the future Global USSR, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
https://x.com/iwasnevrhere_/status/1939149271460102381
>Over 1,300 of Iran’s Sunni scholars and intellectuals have issued a unified call for Muslims across the world to confront Israel and its Western allies, framing the resistance as both a religious duty and a divine obligation. The statement, released Saturday, comes in the aftermath of Iran’s victory over Israel in the 12-day conflict, during which Tehran launched precision missile strikes on Israeli military and industrial infrastructure, forcing Tel Aviv to accept a unilateral ceasefire under U.S. pressure.
>The scholars sharply condemned the foundation of the Israeli regime, calling it an illegitimate entity born out of British and American policies and sustained through violence. They labeled Israel a “cancerous tumor in the body of Muslim countries” and asserted that the recent Israeli-American aggression against Iran has exposed the strategic failure of the Zionist-Western axis in the face of the resistance front.
>The statement also issued a stark warning: the war’s consequences may not remain limited to Iran but could spill into other Muslim nations if the Zionist project continues unchecked. They urged Muslim youth, leaders, and scholars globally to move beyond silence or symbolic gestures and to take clear and practical stances in support of the Islamic front.
>Referring to Israel’s ongoing war crimes against Palestinians, especially the killing of women and children, the scholars lauded Operation al-Aqsa Flood as a historic milestone. They called it a “unique epic” that shattered illusions of Israeli superiority, marked the beginning of Zionist military and economic erosion, and galvanized the resistance axis.
>The statement concluded by condemning Israeli and American operations targeting resistance leaders across Muslim countries and demanded a decisive, coordinated Muslim response to hold these powers accountable and protect Islamic sovereignty. >>2361035Baathist Syria was not Socialist, as they were not a Dictatorship of the Proletariat (One-Party Marxist-Leninist State) in the Socialist Mode of Production (Centrally Planned Socialist Economy), with the only surviving Post-Cold War Socialist States being Cuba and the DPRK (albeit, both are Revisionist, and are roughly equivalent to the Revisionist Post-Stalin USSR and Eastern Bloc States, and not the Anti-Revisionist Pre-Khrushchev USSR and Maoist China, though unlike Post-Mao China, they did not completely transform into a State Capitalist Social Democracy with Private Corporations, Stock Exchanges, and Billionaires), but they were a Progressive Anti-Imperialist Social Democracy, that made the fatal error of believing that the Mossad Mullahs and Cucktin would save them from Pro-U$/Zionist Sunni Islamist regime change, as Assad was too gullible to figure out that Russia is run by Duel Citizen Zionist Oligarchs and that the Shia Islamist Iranian Theocracy has been in a Kabuki theatre conflict with the Zionist State (he should have read up on Iran-Contra and the 1980 October Surprise to find out who really runs the Mullahs), and I think this goes back to the fact that the Assad family always represented the more Revisionist, Opportunistic, “Khrushchevite/Dengist” wing of Baathism, while Saddam represented the Anti-Revisionist “Maoist” wing of Baathism, if we compare Baathism to Marxism-Leninism, so it is not surprising that Assad was overthrown, and probably killed (I suspect his plane was shot down, but Russia covered it up for PR reasons), in a strange backstab/Coup scenario, where his Army all but surrendered without a shot fired (the rumor is that they were bribed by the U$/Zionist State/Turkey/GCC, with Russia and Iran giving the green light to throw him under the bus by doing nothing to stop it), while Saddam was overthrown and killed, alongside a Million of his compatriots in a Genocidal U$ Imperialist Invasion where his country valiantly fought tooth and nail against impossible odds, but were quickly overwhelmed due to U$ “Shock and Awe” Air Supremacy, 😂🤣🤢🤮!
>>2361117socialism in one country? what about Wahhabism in all countries!
>>2361103 (yadda yadda, revisionism, yadda, yadda), what about that?
>>2361171your obfuscating unnecessary attack on AES and the upholders of socialism across the world don't need further analysis. You have been informed that you behave like a cia troll multiple times in the ukranian thread, comparing progressive anti-imperial forces that fight the superempire of the US as if they were two sides of the same coin.
you would be an uncle Tom any time, any day, and you would be the person crying because the cotton-field-picker slave killed your master because the beautiful masters gave you the job of cleaning their shoes and gave you a straw mattress inside the house instead of giving you the hardships of picking cotton under the sun and forcing you to sleep on hard floor in some putrid shack.
>>2361256 (nta)
in fact, I further expand your post, and leave the eternal needed posts to remind people to not engage with king skitzo.
>>23612813 years later it has been confirmed that I was mostly right that Russia would not really “Invade’’ Ukraine because it has become clear that the Ukraine War is a Kabuki theatre staged by two U$ Puppet States controlled by duel citizen Zionist Oligarchs who have raped the vestiges of the USSR, and use this phony War to slaughter Proles on both sides and keep the Workers and Oppressed Nations of the former USSR corralled under their Reactionary Comprador Capitalist rule, 😂🤣🤢🤮!
>>2361239You actually believe that I am a Uncle Tom for upholding the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage of Marxism (tell the prominent Maoist Black Nationalist YouTuber Black Red Guard, the greatest living U$ Communist, that upholding the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage off Marxism, is being an Uncle Tom, 😂🤣), and upholding the Maoist PPWs in India, the Philippines, Turkey, and Peru, which when the inevitable World War III between the U$ and PRC escalates into a Global Nuclear War that will destroy the entire Global Capitalist-Imperialist System, thus allowing for a World Maoist PPW to create a Global USSR that will place the Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World on the Shining Path to Communism, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️! In Reality, Revisionists like you are the Uncle Toms for refusing to support the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage of Marxism, and instead participating in Inter-Bourgeois and Inter-Imperialist Kabuki Theatre and believing that Capitalism, Social Imperialism, and Social Fascism, are the same as Socialism, Anti-Imperialism, and Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, so I advise you read these introductory Maoist texts to help get you started on embracing the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage of Marxism,
https://www.marxists.org/subject/india/cpi-maoist/s01-basic-course-revised-14th-printing.pdf ,
https://www.massline.org/Politics/ScottH/Fascism-MLM-Conception.pdf , and
https://www.bannedthought.net/India/CPI-Maoist-Docs/Books/China-Social-Imperialism-CPI-Maoist-2021-Eng-view.pdf (You should still “Critically Support” the Lesser Evil of Social Imperialist China against the Greater Evil of Hegemonic U$ Imperialism, but I include this text just to remind people of the uncomfortable fact that the Deng reforms transformed China from a Socialist and Anti-Imperialst country to a Capitalist and Social Imperialist country, with the massive caveat that a Maoist faction taking over the CCP and purging the Dengists could place China back in the Socialist Mode of Production on the Shining Path to Communism without another Maoist PPW there), ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!
>>2361368What is your Intelectual Critique of my Dialectical Materialist Analysis Effort Posts at
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>>2360239 , which justifies “Purging” Me, 🤔? By the way, what do my Fellow Comrades think of the Video of the changing Ethnic Map of Europe over the Past 2000 Years I posted at
>>2360468 , 🤔?
>>2361543Why, just because I disagree with the forum consensus on certain key issues (ie. I believe that China, Russia, and Iran are Bourgeois Controlled Opposition to Hegemonic U$ Imperialism inside the Global Capitalist-Imperialist System, just like the Democrats are Bourgeois Controlled Opposition to the Dominant Crypto-Fascist Republicans in the U$, that all Inter-Bourgeois and Inter-Imperialist “Conflicts” are Kabuki Theatre, with the caveat that even Kabuki Theatre has a tendency to escalate over time into real Conflicts once the Controlled Opposition outlive their usefulness due to intensifying contradictions in the Global Capitalist-Imperialist System like what happened during World War I, that the only pathway to Global Communism is a Global Nuclear War destroying the Global Capitalist-Imperialist System, thus allowing for a World Maoist PPW to create a Global USSR, with every Oppressed Nation getting Self-Determination in their own SSR, thus placing the Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World on the Shining Path to Communism, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚀☢️!), mainly as a result of the fact that I am a Maoist and their are not many Maoists here, 🤔?
>>2361631I actually wasn’t posting that much (maybe once or twice a week, though I lurk here for a few hours every day) for a while, but since the Iran-Zionist Kabuki War happened, I have been posting a lot more frequently then normal, and I will admit that I have been in a big posting barrage today, because this is the first time in a while that I have gotten much engagement with my posts, 😂🤣✊😜! The good news for those tired of seeing my In-Depth Dialectical Materialist Effort posts, is that with the Middle East Kabuki “Happening” over (for now), I am probably going to reduce my posting rate a little bit, with the caveat that at some point in the near future (definitely by the end of Summer at the latest) I plan on posting an updated version of my World Map of SSRs and SFSRs in the Global USSR (I will finally divide Sub-Saharan Africa into an appropriate number of SSRs based on its Ethno-Linguistic Demograohics), this is because I am going to start spending time doing some other things, particularly trying to seriously improve my Guitar playing so I can play some Green Day songs, ✊😜🎸!
>>2361035I was talking about Iran.
Islamists won in Syria when Hezb took over.
>>2362109I have never seen a single instance of such bullshit "the emperor has no clothes" as I do with Trump. It's what I expected. It's what I wanted. It's what America deserves. I fucking
hate it.
>>2362895No, he didn’t. He killed a German rat who deserved it.
The only good German is a dead one
>>2363287And they are dancing, the board floor slamming under the jackboots and the fiddlers grinning hideously over their canted pieces. Towering over them all is the judge and he is naked dancing, his small feet lively and quick and now in doubletime and bowing to the ladies, huge and pale and hairless, like an enormous infant. He never sleeps, he says. He says he’ll never die. He bows to the fiddlers and sashays backwards and throws back his head and laughs deep in his throat and he is a great favorite, the judge. He wafts his hat and the lunar dome of his skull passes palely under the lamps and he swings about and takes possession of one of the fiddles and he pirouettes and makes a pass, two passes, dancing and fiddling at once. His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.
More than 250,000 Afghans left Iran in June, UN saysMore than 256,000 Afghans left Iran in June alone, marking a surge in returns to Afghanistan since Tehran set a hard deadline for repatriations, the UN's migration agency has said.
The number of Afghan refugees in neighbouring Iran has swelled since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, many of whom live without legal status.
The IOM said more than 700,000 Afghans had left Iran since January, with spokesperson Avand Azeez Agha telling news agency AFP that 70% had been "forcibly sent back".
The surge in repatriations - and the deadline - have come since Iran and Israel engaged in direct conflict with one another, beginning with Israel attacking nuclear and military sites in mid-June. A ceasefire has since been brokered.
As the two exchanged daily strikes, the Iranian regime arrested several Afghan migrants it suspected of spying for Israel, state media reported.
Following these claims, a new wave of deportations began. The semi-official Iranian Mehr news agency reported that police had been directed to accelerate deportations, though the police later denied this.
"We're scared to go anywhere because there's always the fear they might accuse us of being spies," one Afghan migrant in Iran, who we are not naming to protect their identity, told BBC Persian.
"At the checkpoints, they do body searches and check people's phones. If they find any messages or videos from foreign media on social networks, it could literally put someone's life in danger.
"Many Iranians insult us, saying things like: 'you Afghans are spies' or 'you work for Israel'."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzzxk5p38o >>2363425My relatives from Iran mostly think Israel attacked them for no reason and that Iran was completely victorious in punching back at the Zionist Entity.
I don't have proof of this but I'd imagine morale in Israel is much lower than Iran right now. Not only did they lose the war but the US refused to join the war on their behalf, completely fucking over Netanyahu's plans.
>>2363436it seems like Israel was expecting a lot more from the initial blitzkrieg, much more elaborate decapitation of the leadership and societal collapse, but they were only partially successful. then they were stuck in an attrition were they weren't prepared for and couldn't win. The US jumped in with a face-saving strike and declared a ceasefire to get them out of it, rather than going to full war on behalf of Israel to save it. They will rebuild Israel's capabilities and air defenses and try again down the road, while continuing to try targeted assassinations in the meantime. Iran needs to prepare because they won't stop.
I've also been seeing news that Iran took out of lot of generals and mossad and scientists in Israel during its missile strikes too, much of it not reported at the time due to Israeli info-control, even while the cuck/doom-posters here were whinging about how Iran was only hitting empty buildings and fields because they were cucks.
>>2363436>I'd imagine morale in Israel is much lower than Iran right nowyeah the situation isnt great in israel, rioting settlers are fucking pissed and they attacked an idf military base lol
>Dozens of Israeli settlers rampaged around a military base in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, setting fires, vandalizing military vehicles, spraying graffiti and attacking soldiers, the military said. More than 100 settlers on Wednesday evening entered the West Bank town of Kfar Malik, setting property ablaze and opening fire on Palestinians who tried to stop them, Najeb Rostom, head of the local council, said. Three Palestinians were killed after the military intervened. Israeli security forces arrested five settlers.
>The footage showed security forces using stun grenades as dozens of settlers gathered around the military base just north of Ramallah. The Israeli military released photos of the infrastructure burned in the attack, which it said included “systems that help thwart terrorist attacks and maintain security.”https://apnews.com/article/israel-west-bank-violence-bengvir-f455273300795d29a150254855136a5b Women in Evin Prison warn against “imperialist liberation illusions”
In a powerful open letter, four incarcerated women activists held in Tehran's Evin prison have condemned Israel’s airstrikes on Iran and warned against the growing tendency among some opposition circles to place hopes in foreign-backed regime change. The letter, published by the Persian service of ANF News Agency, denounces both the Iranian regime and Western imperialist interventions as part of the same repressive system.
The signatories – Varisheh Moradi, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, Sakineh Parvaneh, and Reyhaneh Ansarinejad – described the Israeli bombing of Evin prison as a calculated escalation targeting defenseless detainees. They accused the Israeli state of committing war crimes in Gaza and systematically dismantling regional autonomy. The objective of these attacks, they argue, is not democracy but “a weak and submissive Middle East.”
“The idea that our liberation can come through foreign powers is a dangerous illusion,” the letter states. “These powers have never brought freedom – only exploitation, war, and new forms of domination. The only path forward lies in resistance from below, through self-organization and the power of society.”
<Resistance, not proxy politics
The political message of the letter is clear: neither Iran’s authoritarian regime nor the “imperial fantasies” of Washington or Tel Aviv offer a genuine path to democratization. The authors sharply criticized efforts – such as those by exiled figure Reza Pahlavi – to portray Israeli military aggression as an opportunity for regime change.
“Those who support this war are traitors to Iran, traitors to the peoples of the Middle East, and traitors to the decades-long struggle of the oppressed,” the women write. “Future generations will remember with shame those who stand on the corpses of the defenseless and trample them.”
<The signatories
The four women are among the most prominent feminist voices in Iran. Varisheh Moradi is a member of the Community of Free Women of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR) and previously fought against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Kobanê. For her advocacy of women's rights, autonomy, and Kurdish cultural identity – and her participation in the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” protests following the femicide of Jina Mahsa Amini – she was sentenced to death for alleged “armed rebellion.”
The other three signatories are serving sentences of several years for their involvement in women’s rights activism, labor organizing, and journalism. Together, they represent a generation of young activists confronting the intersecting systems of patriarchy and state repression.
<Condemnation of Israeli attack on Evin Prison
Evin prison was bombed by Israeli fighter jets on Monday, resulting in multiple casualties among prisoners, judicial staff, and visitors, according to Iranian authorities. Verified information remains limited. Evin is widely known as a symbol of political repression, housing numerous political prisoners including ethnic minorities, women's rights defenders, and dissidents.
In their statement, the four women called on international human rights organizations to reject the proxy-war narrative and instead prioritize the protection of detainees. Their demands include an immediate ceasefire and the release of all political prisoners.
<A struggle on two fronts
The letter from Evin is a clear rejection of a geopolitical logic that seeks to replace authoritarianism through militarized intervention. Instead, the activists articulate a grassroots, radically democratic vision driven by feminist, labor, and ethnic movements resisting all forms of domination – whether internal or external.
“Our hope lies not in drones or missiles, but in the resistance of our bodies, our voices, and our solidarity.”
>>2364354@TheIranMilitary
seems legit
>>2364354ly shit stay in /isg/ you worthless faggot, nobody cares what your faves are saying on your queer little nazi site.
go back. stay there.
>>2358971Nothing ever happens unless a global nuclear holocaust does and even then its not a big deal because we're all mortal and aren't allocating resources towards longevity research and development wholly and INTENTIONALLY cucking ourselves by depriving ourselves of methods of pain relief (recreational drug use).
Almost no difference between dying of old age at 90 or being annihilated by WMDs at 20-30 other than the latter might be better since it will prevent prolonged suffering.
>>2363545>which is real common the common position held by communists is that the Islamic Republic is in any way state anti- capitalist it is fiercely anti-communist and I would also add a detail which is not known also that it's neoliberal and deeply deeply capitalist especially since the 1980suh…….. I thought the Iranian commies I quoted were mossad, yet MLs can't find a single non-mossad Iranian commie to use as a token for their campism?
oggingyl31
>>2363451I don't think that's related, it's settler fundies chimping out and getting mad at the army, which they do all the time. I've read the attack on Iran has been popular among Israelis and it's really Gaza that they want to end and they're exhausted with it (at least most Israelis). Bibi is selling the attack on Iran as a big victory, and I suspect they'll make a deal now to wrap up the war in Gaza because it's a hornet's nest they've been stuck in for nearly two years, and this gives Bibi enough room to bail out, and then he'll call a snap election.
>>2363446>I've also been seeing news that Iran took out of lot of generals and mossad and scientists in Israel during its missile strikes too, much of it not reported at the time due to Israeli info-controlNah. The Israelis don't hide their casualties. People have said this over and over but it's not the case. There were a lot of wounded though and that's something that doesn't get emphasized in the reporting, but that matters. I also do think Iran hit more military sites and did more damage than the Israelis are letting on. I saw this watching some livestreams of the missile barrages, and you'd see a bunch get hit by interceptors, and then one hit in downtown Tel Aviv, and that's what everybody would talk about, but then several of them looked like they clearly impacted off in the distance somewhere, and we never heard anything about those. Well, they probably blew up something? Look up Tel Nof Airbase. There's also the HaKirya. I dunno though.
>>2364889mossad or pol
call it
>>2365270so lets not overthrow neoliberal shithole otherwise other neoliberal shitholes will turn it into another neoliberal shithole
I'm not convinced
>>2365339>not just another neoliberal shithole but a failed state with open air slave markets run by the ciaThis happened now, what, dozens of times?
It should be impossible to be this resistant to learning.
Yeah, you can not be convinced cause you have some disability.
Report: Removing Hamas from power a condition for Saudi normalization
Saudi Arabia is insisting that Israel finish the job in Gaza by removing Hamas from power completely in the coastal enclave as a precondition for a normalization agreement with the Jewish State, a Saudi source told i24NEWS.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410973According to the report, the Saudi government hopes the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, will be restored to power in Gaza after the fall of the Hamas government.
The report is the first indication that ending the war now instead of continuing until Hamas is completely defeated may jeopardize efforts to secure normalization accords with Arab and Muslim nations and the Trump Administration's efforts to expand the Abraham Accords.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/likud-ministers-urge-netanyahu-to-annex-west-bank-by-the-end-of-the-month/>>2367920Sure bud, top secret talks, can't forget the indispensable bro 'at megatron_Ron' on twitter. Sounds legit.
Why are you retard twitter addicts like this
>>2367465Its proven before. This is just the usual round of self validation.
The Zionist media runs cover for something until it's 99% formally demonstrable. And then Hareetz publishes an article citing IDF insiders to validate the claim and become the only credible source that western media can cite.
That way the inevitable confirmation still maintains the hermetic media coverage and the Zionists can once again limit the damage. A sort of limited hangout/disclosure by the perpetrators, not dissimilar to strategically declassifying stuff like the US does.
Israel and Syria in U.S.-Brokered Talks to End Border Conflict, Trump Envoy Says
Mr. Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, said in an interview with The New York Times that the administration wanted Syria to join the Abraham Accords, which established diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab states during Mr. Trump’s first term. But Mr. Barrack cautioned that this could take time because Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, could face resistance at home.
“He cannot be seen by his own people to be forced or coerced into the Abraham Accords,” Mr. Barrack said. “So he has to work slowly.”
Progress on democratization and inclusive government will not happen quickly, Mr. Barrack said, and are not part of the U.S. criteria.
American officials have expressed concerns about the thousands of fighters who came to Syria from abroad to take part in the war, mostly as part of jihadist groups.
Mr. Barrack said Washington realized that Syria could not expel those who remained and that they could pose a threat to the new government if they were excluded. So the Trump administration instead expects transparency about the roles they are given
Last month, he delivered a proposal from Mr. Rubio that Mr. Barrack said outlined to Lebanon’s government, with specific objectives and timelines, how to disarm Hezbollah’s forces and fix the country’s economy. He is expected to receive a reply next week.
Disarming Hezbollah would require “carrots and sticks,” he said, and involved the Lebanese Army searching house to house for weapons.
Such a process would likely generate pushback from the Shiite Muslim communities that have long seen Hezbollah as the defenders of Lebanon and as the “resistance” against Israel.
To give those Shiites a stake in the process, Mr. Barrack said, the United States was seeking financial help from Saudi Arabia and Qatar that would focus on reconstruction in parts of southern Lebanon battered during the war.
“If the Shiites of Lebanon are getting something from this, they will cooperate with it,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/world/middleeast/israel-syria-border-us-barrack.htmlThis stuff makes me mad to read
EXCLUSIVE: New Syrian government shifts from state bureaucracy to 'religious sheikhs'
Syria's de facto president is slowly dismantling the Syrian state in favor of extremist Sunni religious
Syria is currently being ruled by a system of religious clerics and figures – or sheikhs – rather than by the official bureaucracy of the state, sources speaking with The Cradle on 3 July revealed.
Syria has been divided into regions and sub-regions ruled by extremist Sunni Muslim religious leaders who exert control over virtually every aspect of decision-making, including negotiations with Israel regarding the fate of the occupied Golan Heights, the sources explained.
In the Syrian areas now fully controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), no transaction or service of the state is performed without the help of sheikhs, including the distribution of gas, flour, electricity, security at checkpoints, local disputes over real estate and land, and even legal disputes.
HTS, formerly known as the Nusra Front, was established in 2012 by Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The ISIS leader dispatched Abu Mohammad al-Julani to Syria to found the group as part of the broader CIA operation to topple the government of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
In December of last year, HTS ousted Assad and took power in Damascus.
HTS leader Julani, now known as Ahmad al-Sharaa, became Syria's de facto president.
The sources stated that each local sheikh is administratively linked to a higher Sharia council overseen by a little-known body that has become an administrative cover for a system of religious rule with authority over legislative and military decision-making.
A former employee of a local council in Idlib told The Cradle, “We had no real power. Appointments, funding, relationships with organizations, and even food aid go through the sheikh, not the state. The sheikh's decisions are more binding than any law.”
Since Ahmad al-Sharaa's rise from ISIS leader to the de facto ruler of Syria, he has been working to build his own authoritarian model, one that bears no resemblance to the previous Syrian state and is not subject to a democratic or civil system.
It is a model that excessively “religiously legitimizes” power, undermining modern structures in favor of a bureaucratic religious rule run by extremist figures who view Syria's minority religious groups as unbelievers who do not deserve equal rights with Muslims and can even be killed under certain circumstances.
In March, government-affiliated armed factions massacred at least 1,600 Alawite civilians over three days across Syria's coast.
A source close to the “Committee” told The Cradle, “Sharaa runs a kind of supreme religious council, coordinating between sheikhs in the judiciary, economy, and education. Even negotiations with foreign powers do not take place outside this framework.”
Perhaps most consequential is the control of this religious leadership over matters regarding Syria's sovereignty. With the gradual political shift under Damascus's authority after Bashar al-Assad's departure, reports emerged that Sharaa had begun – through intermediaries – opening channels of communication with Israel to negotiate the future of the Golan Heights.
European diplomatic sources confirmed to The Cradle that “Unofficial envoys close to Sharaa expressed, during closed meetings, their willingness to offer guarantees regarding the Golan Heights and open a conditional negotiation process in exchange for international recognition of Sharaa's rule as an independent transitional authority.”
Israeli media reported on 28 June that Tel Aviv and Damascus will sign a peace agreement before the end of 2025.
“Under the terms of the agreement, Israel will gradually withdraw from all Syrian territories it occupied following its incursion into the buffer zone on 8 December 2024, including the summit of Mount Hermon,” i24NEWS wrote, citing Syrian sources.
https://thecradle.co/articles-id/31743Cool
US prepares UN resolution to lift sanctions on Syria and its leaders
The US is preparing to circulate to the UN Security Council a draft resolution calling for the lifting of sanctions on Syria’s leader Ahmad Al Shara.
Discussions are already under way between the Security Council's permanent members – the US, France, UK, China and Russia – to potentially delist Mr Al Shara, his Minister of Interior Anas Khattab and Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), the group that forms the backbone of the Syrian government, as part of broader efforts to ease economic recovery, sources said.
A UN diplomat told The National that discussions will be “complicated” and require a targeted approach rather than a blanket lifting.
The diplomat also noted that China has expressed reservations, particularly over easing restrictions on certain groups, including foreign fighters.
Maya Ungar, a UN analyst at the International Crisis Group, told The National that Mr Al Shara was initially listed by France and the UK in 2014, while Interior Minister Anas Khattab was designated by the US and HTS was designated as an entity by Syria itself.
Any delisting would require consensus among the Security Council’s 15 members, some of which have previously opposed easing sanctions on Syrian groups.
UN sanctions on HTS and Mr Al Shara are rooted in the group’s deep ties to Al Qaeda and its role in the Syrian civil war.
“In January 2017, Nusra Front created Hayat Tahrir Al Sham as a vehicle to advance its position in the Syrian insurgency and further its own goals as Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria,” the UN sanctions list states.
HTS traces its origins to Jabhat Al Nusra, or the Nusra Front, which was Al Qaeda’s formal affiliate in Syria and was actively involved in planning, financing and executing attacks on behalf of the global network. In January 2017, Nusra Front rebranded itself as HTS, claiming it was separating from Al Qaeda to better position itself within Syria’s fractured insurgency.
Despite the rebranding, HTS remained under UN Security Council sanctions for its association with Al Qaeda and for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating” acts of terrorism.
“The UN sanctions on Al Shara, Khattab and HTS are strictly related to their involvement with Al Qaeda and ISIS, so discussions about lifting them should just be related to their break from these groups,” said Ms Ungar.
“However, the decision to delist is obviously political and focused on how to ensure that Syria is given a fighting chance to recover," she added.
She noted that the recent suicide explosion at a church in the Syrian capital of Damascus is a “worrying indicator of potential future violence given challenges within the authorities ideological centre”.
No group has claimed responsibility, but Syrian authorities said it was carried out by an ISIS cell.
Ms Ungar said Mr Al Shara and his government have taken tangible steps towards fighting ISIS in Syria, including arresting and publicly executing some members.
Countries such as the US, she explained, have made it clear they are interested in engaging more with the authorities on counterterrorism.
“In order to do so, Al Shara must have the resources and authority to conduct counterterrorism operations,” said Ms Ungar.
The UN sanctions have frozen assets, blocked arms transfers, and imposed travel bans on Syrian leaders and HTS, complicating Syria’s engagement with foreign counterparts. However, there has been some flexibility: the council allowed Mr Al Shara to visit Saudi Arabia in February and Paris in May.
Mr Al Shara is also expected to attend the UN’s annual General Assembly gathering in New York in September.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025/07/03/un-syria-sanctions/So cool
>>2369681>the svppqrt meme againreminder you need to send troops, money, weapons, provisions, or something material otherwise it's immaterial support AKA cheerleading, at which point it doesn't matter if the tone is critical or uncritical
>Muh MLs this Muh MLs thatsectarian seething like this is against rule 14 f
>MLs would support MBSno because Saudis took billions from burgers and bombed yemen
>>2369947Another day of seething about 'leftists' and 'tankies' on www.leftypol.org?
Everyone in your life must be so proud of what you have become, everything you've accomplished.
>>2370620Saudi Arabia has more nationalized oil industry than Iran btw
They're just now thinking about privatizing while most of Iran's is privatized
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/narrative-shift-israeli-us-strikesNarrative Shift: Israeli-US Strikes Strengthen Iran's Resolve
>One under-appreciated aspect of the Israeli-Iranian conflict was how it has galvanized the hardliners in Iran, with some believing that it effectively centralized power around the military hawk faction, rather than fomenting discord and disarray as the West had hoped.
>The Economist most recently delved into this:
>We saw that during the conflict, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei delegated war decisions to an IRGC shura council, allowing them to make all necessary military responses without his immediate oversight.
>Now Economist writes how the Israeli—and previous American—strikes actually helped wipe out the ‘moderates’ and install a far hardier class of military commanders:
< As the IRGC gains control its elite is being transformed at speed by Israel’s assassinations. Gone are the veteran commanders who for years pursued “strategic patience”, limiting their fire when their totemic leader, Qassem Soleimani, was assassinated in 2020, and holding it when Israel battered their proxies, Hamas and Hizbullah, in 2024. Now a new generation, impatient and more dogmatic, has taken their place and is bent on redeeming national pride. “The maximalist position has been strengthened,” says an academic close to the reformist camp. He claims the decision-makers in place before the war were debating whether to ditch their anti-Israel stance. But “everyone is now a hardliner”.
>They even declare that for the first time since the 1979 revolution, the military has gained supremacy over the ‘clerics’, which could explain why Khamenei had notably gone ‘absent’ during the latter half of the brief war.
< But in the medium term it could signal that the regime becomes more extreme, not more pragmatic, under the pressure of a devastating military campaign.
>What’s more is that Iran’s elites appear to be ‘coalescing’, whereas a year ago there was great infighting and disagreement on the direction of the country vis-a-vis international pressures; now the ‘moderate’ faction is silenced in favor of the bold patriots. This is similar to the natural selection process which took place in the Russian elite circles around the time of the SMO. This was most obviously seen when the Majlis declared its unanimity in closing the Strait of Hormuz, which we’ll get to in a minute.
>Most eye-opening was the Economist’s admission that Israel’s strikes on civilian targets had actually served to unite Iranian society. This alone flies in the face of daily narratives we’ve been fed about Iran being in tatters, and that disillusioned citizens are waiting with open arms for Reza Pahlavi to depose the ‘theocratic regime’. One supposes Iranian citizens didn’t particularly enjoy scenes like this one released today for the first time, showing an Israeli strike on central Tehran during last month’s attacks:
>From the article—speaking on Iranian citizens and dissidents:
< Early admiration for Israel’s military prowess has turned to outrage as its targets have widened and the death toll has mounted. Scorn for the IRGC’s haplessness has turned to pride at the speed with which it has reconstituted. Iranians who fled the capital are coming back. Those who once championed Israel are now handing over suspected Israeli agents to the police. Female political prisoners, the mothers of executed protesters and exiled Iranian pop stars have all issued calls to rally to Iran’s defence. “It’s backfired on Bibi,” says a former official turned dissident…
>The Economist’s sources are convinced that Israeli strikes have made it certain that Iran will now “dash” to get the bomb—and why shouldn’t it?
>Just compare Iran’s new Chief of Staff, Major General Mousavi (left), to his predecessor Mohammad Bagheri (right) who was killed in the Israeli strikes:
< “Should the need come for a military response, it will be stronger and more crushing than before.” — Iran’s new Chief of Staff, Maj. General Mousavi
>Now it has come to light that the possible real reason for why the US decided to pull the plug on mission Iran so fast was because after the affirming parliamentary vote, Iran did in fact begin loading up ships with naval mines in preparation to close the Strait of Hormuz.
>Summary:
< The U.S. was seriously concerned about a potential blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports, citing sources. Following Israel’s first missile strike on June 13, Iran reportedly loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Persian Gulf.
< A blockade of this key global shipping route could have dealt a major blow to international trade and driven up energy prices, as roughly 20% of the world’s oil and gas supply passes through the strait.
< However, U.S. officials acknowledged it may have been an Iranian bluff.
>Sure, we know the prevailing excuse that only 11% of US oil comes through Hormuz, and such a blockade would have affected China and its spheres more. This is a simplistic projection, as secondary effects on the global markets would have still resulted in major repercussions for the US economy via supply chain disruptions, manufacturing cost spikes, massive political pressure and perceived weakness of US’ capabilities as regional enforcer, etc.
>M.K. Bhadrakumar corroborates that Iranian elite are ‘hardening’ in their positions:
< While diplomats are doing their job, Iran's position hardening like nobody's business after US air strike. Trump badly misjudged Iran's national mood, psyche. Broujerdi a hugely influential politician & veteran diplomat [is] articulating majority opinion in the Majlis.
< US seems to factor in collision course/ confrontation/conflict with Iran, having played out all its diplomatic cards. Politico, New York Times report US is holding back supplies of ammo, air defence, etc. for Ukraine as Pentagon stocks are running low & Israel gets priority.
>He refers to Iranian MP and member of the National Security Committee Broujerdi who states below that Iran will now enrich uranium to whatever level it sees fit, including 90%:
>Iran has likewise continued to stay defiant against the criminal IAEA, suspending cooperation with them and banning director Rafael Grossi from its nuclear sites. It seems Iran is confident of the deterrence gained by the damage it served upon Israel with its strikes, and is not willing to bow or kneel to further pressure.
>Interestingly, there are now unverified reports that claim Israel is secretly urging Russia to intervene:
<-"Israel is holding quiet high-level talks with Russia to pursue a diplomatic solution on Iran and Syria, as the ceasefire with Iran remains in effect," - Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.
>Israel has outlined its desire for a status quo where it gets to merely bombard Iran at will, any time it chooses, in order to “enforce” the made up regulations it pretends to impose on Iran; i.e. the same status quo now accepted as normal with regard to Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine—where Israel can bomb at its whim.
>Just read this stunning new revelation from the Israeli Ma’ariv paper:
< JUST IN:
< IAF Dropped leftover Interception munitions on Gaza, It was first voluntary then it became a policy.
< During Israel’s 12-day war against Iran, Israeli Air Force pilots returning from intercept missions still carrying unused munitions asked to drop them on Gaza instead of landing fully loaded.
< This began as a ‘local initiative’ but quickly became a routine. Pilots dropped leftover bombs in Gaza to ‘support ground forces in Khan Younis and northern Gaza’. Air Force Commander Tomer Bar approved expanding the practice to all squadrons. As a result, Gaza was hit with intensified airstrikes daily, with dozens of jets dropping hundreds of munitions on Palestinians without needing extra deployments. A military official said this strategy boosted the Air Force’s efficiency, saving resources and increasing firepower across multiple fronts. Source: Hebrew Maariv.
>The problem is, each time it does this Iran will likely respond with another round of crushing blows on Israeli cities which will not go over well with the frayed citizenry.
>It will be politically disastrous as the populace will see the government’s “unnecessary” provocations on Iran as greatly endangering them for no tangible benefits.
>Where things stand now is Iran—via FM Araghchi—demands some kind of guarantee that any future negotiations would not be used as another ruse to attack Iran, as was just done twice in a row by Trump. But at this point, who can trust the US’ word?
>The US appears to be acting out of a greater sense of desperation to restart talks than Iran, which is in no hurry:
< London Times article with Washington dateline, apparently well sourced, says that Witkoff is "frantically" communicating with Iranian officials "through direct and indirect channels" to get talks restarted; the "race is on" to secure a nuclear deal urgently despite Trump's insistence to the contrary; Witkoff can offer sanctions relief as inducement to Iran to negotiate and "signing up to a long term deal to replace" the 2015 JCPOA, which is expiring in October.
>Even as of this writing Iranian government planes have reportedly returned from Oman, which signals possible talks with US counterparts. We can only hope that behind Trump’s outward bluster, the US has some sense and is able to compromise toward a broader Mideast deal.—
>As a corollary, here’s CNN stunned by the latest polls showing the sea change in Democrats’ perceptions of Israel:
>This is a major reason for why Israel is in such dire straits—the next generation of Americans will no longer support Israel’s domination of the US Congress. Israel will have no choice but to come up with inventive new methods or false flags to keep Americans in line, because without the US’ support, Israel will cease to be as a nation in the Middle East.
>But Israeli hardliners know this, and it’s one of the reasons they have chosen to destroy or break up Iran now, before it’s too late. >>2371148>meme criteriaYeah, petrodollar isn't real, and dedollarization is limited and already happening. :^)
You massive fucking dumbshit.
>>2371354radlibs support iran
>slave laboryou're talking to people who support sweatshops because brown workers are not human according to them
>>2371522>hello, I'm a third-world prole, I am totally against third-worldism>proof?>nok, then
At least you're not doing obvious projection by claiming "umm, actually, you're white suburbanites". You just straight up lie, instead.
>>2371534>claim to be a third-world prole>posts like an AmericanThere are over a dozen non-Westerners around here, that are completely over Western "leftists" or even talking to them, nevermind have hope for them to actually do something.
You have the potential to actually break a pattern.
>>2371537>posts like an American*African American prole
I <3 internationalism
>that are completely over Western "leftists" or even talking to themso am i
1- over all leftists
2- most leftists (liberals) tend to be westerners like you
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-trump-would-let-israel-resume-war-despite-ceasefire-reportSecret Trump letter would let Israel resume war despite ceasefire: Report
<Israel pushes for backdoor deal with Trump to restart on Gaza war on its terms
>Israel is reportedly seeking written assurances from US President Donald Trump that it will be allowed to resume military operations in Gaza if its demands are not met, even as talks over a 60-day ceasefire continue.
>Citing a "member of the political echelon" - a phrase often used to signal deliberate leaks by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - Israel’s Channel 14 reported on Wednesday that the current proposal includes a side letter from Trump.
>The document would give Israel the green light to "renew the fire if our demands with regards to the disarmament of Hamas and the exile of its leaders are not met". Israel would be able to interpret, define and make a judgment call on these terms.
>In March of this year, Israel broke the ceasefire agreement and resumed military operations. However, many analysts at the time noted that Tel Aviv did not want the negotiations to continue.
>The latest developments come despite claims of public optimism from both Israeli officials and Trump.
>On Tuesday, the US president said Israel had accepted the necessary terms for a 60-day ceasefire and that during this pause, the parties would "work on ending the war".
>"The Qataris and Egyptians, who have worked very hard to help bring peace, will deliver this final proposal," Trump said.
>But Israeli media reports suggest the talks remain fraught. Serious challenges persist behind the scenes, especially over what will happen after the truce.
<'New Middle East'
>Israeli military reservist, Amit Yagur, formerly deputy head of Palestinian affairs in Israel’s military, told the pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 that Trump’s broader push for a “new Middle East” was increasing pressure on regional actors - particularly Qatar, where many senior Hamas officials are based.
>The focus must be on the new Middle East," Yagur said. "The new regional architecture being discussed creates pressure among all the players. Its power lies in shaping a new reality on the ground, including the deal and how far Hamas will agree."
>During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday evening, Netanyahu vowed that any deal would guarantee the destruction of Palestinian resistance. "[We] have to kill anyone who is holding a weapon," he said.
>Military analyst Amos Harel wrote in the Israeli daily Haaretz that Netanyahu may be staging the appearance of compromise for Washington, while signalling to Hamas that his core demands remain unchanged.
>"For Hamas, the most critical demand is ending the war," Harel wrote, adding the group wants US guarantees to prevent Israel from sabotaging any future phase of the deal.
>Netanyahu, he said, remains caught between striking a truce and maintaining support from his far-right coalition allies. >>2371529This picc is the most labour-arisrocratic shitz ever.
Are you even self-conscious?
>>2371532kys
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>>2371539You are, objectively, a racist.
Deal with it.
https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/usisrael-versus-iran-round-oneUS/Israel Versus Iran - Round One
>My summary assessment of the missile war over Israel during the 12-day-long first act of the ongoing war between Israel et alia and Iran et alia:
>The first Iranian counterstrike against Israel (14 June) began with a few hundred drones and relatively antiquated subsonic cruise missiles, whose primary mission was to soak up air to air and Iron Dome magazine depth.
>Additionally, the IDF claims the Iranians fired over 200 ballistic missiles on 14 June. I think that is probably an exaggeration. But, in any case, the overwhelming majority were older Iranian missile stock and purpose-built decoys.
>My sense is that no more than about three dozen strikes in the 14 June attack were carried out by later generation Iranian ballistic missile models. Most, if not all, got through unscathed.
>Over the next week (15-21 June), in addition to continuing drone strikes, Iran fired, on average, ~25 ballistic missiles per day (again, according to the IDF).
>By this time, reports began swirling in Israeli and western analytical circles that US/Israel air defenses had been severely attrited and were proving to be far less effective than advertised.
>US land-based THAAD, SM-3 and SM-6 from US ships in the eastern Mediterranean, and Israeli Arrow anti-ballistic missile interceptors were being consumed at a prodigious rate, but achieving few, if any, interceptions of the few dozens of upper-tier ballistic missiles fired from Iran.
>On 22 June, a large Iranian counterstrike took place, including ~100 ballistic missiles.
>By this stage of the battle, the Iron Dome had been significantly depleted, and even the slow-flying Iranian drones were defeating it in many instances. THAAD had more or less disappeared, and the Israeli Arrow systems were attesting multiple “malfunctions” and what (based on OSINT video evidence) appeared to be almost frantic firing patterns against single-digit salvos of Iranian hypersonic missiles.
>A half-dozen or more Israeli missiles were being fired without success against individual incoming Iranian missiles, which blew right through them, their plasma envelope glowing brightly in the night sky as they streaked down to their targets.
>By the time a ceasefire was agreed on 24 June, Israeli and American air defense capability in the theater of battle had reached near-exhaustion, even as the Iranians had begun to employ modest but increasing numbers of impressively capable higher-end strike missiles.
>There is no doubt the Iranians welcomed a break in the fighting in order to catch their breath and reorganize their own defenses. But it was the Israelis who were, by far, most desperate to stem the tide of events.
>The Israelis suffered damage far in excess of anything inflicted upon them in their history. They also expended long-developed on-the-ground sabotage and intel assets within Iran, and the round-up of those exposed assets continues.
>The Iranians have proven beyond dispute that they are capable of delivering large-warhead hypersonic strikes with high accuracy (<10m CEP). And while it remains to be seen how many of these top-shelf missiles they truly possess and what their rate of production is, the bottom line is that Iran has achieved a major strategic victory which carries a strong deterrence effect in its wake.
>With each passing month, the Iranians will grow stronger – and the Israelis will become more desperate to try to do something about it.
>I doubt making peace will be on their agenda. I smell the bodies, I can’t take it anymore": Daniel Edri (24) ended his life yesterday
Haunted by the horrors of war and the loss of his closest friends, 24-year-old Israeli reservist Daniel Adri took his own life in a forest near Safed. His tragic death lays bare the silent, growing toll of psychological trauma among soldiers returning from the battlefield.
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/israeli-soldier-trauma-suicide>>2374932trauma, regret and suicide is his punishment for committing genocide.
if you don't want to end up like him then don't commit genocide. simple as.
>>2377605THE DIALECTICS ARE IN MOTION
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