First for death death to the IDF
>>2744270Can't you be arrested in "Israel" and the Gulf states for taking pictures and video of strikes these days?
>>2744271They are allowed to film anything that's not related to direct target of strike. This makes it feel like Iran is missing the target
>>2744271>>2744272they're probably a-okay with taking pictures of things that can be passed off as civilian damage to make it look like le evil iran is deliberately doing terror bombing.
>>2744271Most arrests happen when people are very obviously recording it in the moment. If you manage to record it without getting caught (first and second videos) it's possible to then upload it online anonymously and get away with it. It's not really possible for authorities to figure out who exactly recorded it.
everyone's always talking about the Strait of Hormuz but what about the gays of Hormuz
Has Iran actually inflicted new damages onto Israeli targets in the past few days
>>2744278They won't put in effort to go after based retards chasing social media likes.
>>2744284On a psychological, spiritual and metaphysical level? Yes.
On a material, physical level? No.
>>2744298>messiah could arrivelol
hear my great prophecy!!!! the messiah is coming!!!!! ᵐᵃʸᵇᵉ
>>2744311
Adl agent has arrived
>>2744320Band name: Rapespawn
Genre: Smooth jazz
>>2744320I don't know, I think only Jared looks remotely happy or comfortable. He kinda looks like you caught me in a funny moment, and everyone else looks kinda disturbed.
>>2744320>>2744326Don Jr.'s mouth is liked fucked up. Looks like bro's got dentures.
Don't do drugs kids.
>>2744329to be fair most rich people's top teeth look like that because dentists convince them pay for crowns on every tooth that has even the slightest wear and tear. and to put a crown on a tooth you have to shave it down to a little peg about 30-40% its original size
>>2744298>2 more days instead of 2 more weekshow bold
zamn. oil prices are going down.
>>2744334more like you are going down… on men heh heh
>>2744285i don't log into glowtube anymore. yt-dlp it and post it here
If you think about it, cracking open the oil reserve to "stabilize the market" is just another subsidy the government gives the booj, hoping they "do the right thing".
You know, like the CHIPS Act, when the US tried (and failed) to bring manufacturing back, gave billions to the industry, gave 8 billion dollars to create 8000 jobs, and they cut 8000, instead.
So the price of oil doesn't really matter right now, as they just buy up all the reserve, jack up the price at the pump anyway, and wait for the price to go up, and speculate with it, instead. That'd be comical.
>>2744331>richoids will even bog their own teethyikes
>>2744311
how have you not been banned yet
>>2744372>jack up the price at the pump anyway, and wait for the price to go up, and speculate with it, instead. That'd be comical.if I were thiel, I'd do it. what's what the burger are gonna do? rebel?
at best we get dancing furries or dancing 80 aerobics protests.
>>2744334back to pre-Feb 28? :^)
>>2744385The only thing I could see getting the American proles to revolt would be having no internet access for a few days. Not sure how you make that happen with smartphones allowing burgers to access the internet from a satellite using 5g. I guess cutting off power would do it once their phone batteries die out.
>>2744392like just look at the outcome of the Chicago district election, where this kat azzwhatever, next aocia-to-be lost. she lost against another milquetoast liberal, and she was the 'best alternative' for the left. mindless drones, I swear. the only one with some chance to be different because didn't give a fuck about ukraine and taiwan was Bushra Amiwala. and I saw pseudo-ultras influencers that would call Arabs countries cowards, etc. like this woman named blakeley calling for Amiwala to drop out the race.
Iran could raise the gas prices to up to $200 per gallon, and we still see these mindless drones voting for the next generation of joe bidens because her neighbor is a fucking gusanos that told him that everyone's else is bad except the US.
>>2744381One can be ultra reactionary as long as one posts with a leftcom flag here
>>2744388add a cope cage to the aircraft carrier
>>2744314
He didnt say its capitalism, though. He didnt point out shit
Permaban chagos
>>2744381it's kind of funny what gets you permabanned. posting ultra reactionary bait gets you 3 days to 5 weeks depending on the mod's mood. Someone complained in /meta/ about getting banned for 3 days, but having that ban become permanent because they called pasquale a cracker in the appeal message. So remember. Don't call the mod a cracker in the appeal message. That will get you a more harsh punishment than spamming /pol/slop.
>>2744411what an ugly city. modern cities are so ugly. the same rectangles copy pasted everywhere.
>>2744404the same way you keep posting.
or do you think the reactionary leftcom isn't switching VPNs, using dynamic IPs, etc.?
>>2744306sure they're antiseptic, but are they false?
War On Iran – Czech cruiser ‘Krteček’ – Larijani’s Martyrdom – Kent’s Resignation
<MoA - March 17, 2026
> The Trump administration as soon as this week plans to announce that multiple countries have agreed to form a coalition that will escort ships through the waterway, which runs along the Iranian coast, U.S. officials said. The U.S. and potential coalition countries are still discussing whether those operations would begin before or after the war ends.
>In other news the Israelis claim to have killed Ali Larijani last night. Sayed Larinjani led Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. He was a capable pragmatic politician with good relations to all power centers – IRGC, clerics, Bazaari – within the Iranian state.
>Larijani would have been the first high level person to contact for eventual peace talks[…]
>One Joe Kent, the director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, resigned today. In his resignation letter he blames Israel for pushing Trump towards the war on Iran[…]
>No. It wasn’t Israel (which Kent had promoted), that has dragged Trump into or launched the war. The sole person who did that was Donald Trump – in spite of all warnings about what a war with Iran would entail. The Israelis would not have dared such a move against Iran had Trump not agreed with them[…]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/03/war-on-iran-czech-cruiser-krtecek-larijanis-martyrdom-kents-resignation.htmlJoe Kent Hero… Tulsi Gabbard, a Contemptible, Craven Zero
<17 March 2026 by Larry C. Johnson 61 Comments
>Joe Kent resigned today as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the top U.S. government post responsible for integrating and analyzing terrorism-related intelligence because of his opposition to the war in Iran. Let’s hear it for the boy!!! Before taking this job, Joe served as a Army Ranger, as a Green Beret, as a member of a Top Secret special access program Army Intelligence unit and served with the CIA’s Special Operations Division. The man had 11 combat deployments and was awarded SIX bronze stars. And the despicable, loathsome Donald Trump had the audacity to call this man “weak” on security matters.
>Contrary to the smears being spread by the Trump sycophants about Joe Kent, Joe was the man in the intelligence community who had the most knowledge of terrorist threats and terrorist activities confronting the US. When he wrote in his resignation letter that Iran did not pose an imminent threat to the United States, he was not offering up a personal opinion… That is what the intelligence shows[…]https://sonar21.com/joe-kent-hero-tulsi-gabbard-a-contemptible-craven-zero/Iran War: No Uptake to Trump Plea for Help With Opening Strait of Hormuz; Israel Claims Assassination of Iran Security Chief; Iran Clarifies That Friendly Countries Can Transit, Strikes UAE Terminal at Fajarah, Trump Delays Xi Summit
<March 17, 2026 by Yves Smith
>The sort-of-good news for the day is that Trump still seems to be stuck on his current rung of the escalation ladder in the Iran war. He has doubled down on whinging about how none of America’s putative (ex-Israel) allies are willing to bail him out of the mess he created, by sending naval assets on a suicidal mission to try to open the Strait of Hormuz to all traffic. However, it is not as if that means he is interested in or able to retreat. Israel, in the face of more strikes by Iran, just claimed it has killed the Iranian security chief Ali Larijani. As we have seen (witness Hezbollah) and experts have confirmed, decapitation strikes do not stop anything other than trivial actors in a conflict. And Iran is not that.
>Mind you, Israel vowed to continue assassinations of Iranian top officials, including the Supreme Leader, so I do not see the latest attacks as escalation, as opposed to intensification. Others differ. The current Bloomberg banner headline:>War Escalates With Israel Targeting Top Iran Officials
>The rejection of Trump’s pleas for help confirm US isolation as its unprovoked, illegal war against Iran is already set to impose massive costs on the world, even if it were to stop now.
>But the Administration is successfully exploiting normalcy bias in its messaging, with investors and it appears a lot of public in the US and non-Asian advanced economies unduly complacent about how bad the downside could be. We’ll give some examples below of this syndrome.
>Even if Trump were to seek a way out (many have seen his recent confused messaging as proof that he is trying to find an off ramp), it’s not clear how he can. He and Pete Hegseth have been larding the armed services, who normally can and do check misguided civilian leader, which armageddon-loving Christian Zionist zealots. Hawks like Jack Keane and Lindsay Graham, who keep selling the line that Iran is on the verge of falling apart, still get plenty of air time on Fox. And Zionist billionaires are likely stiffening Trump’s spine in private. So the costs of the war, both economically and in further loss of what is left of the appearance of US primacy, will have to mount much higher before they could conceivably weaken the sway of these centrally-placed forces.
>Even though the Europeans have politely (or on the case of Germany, not so politely) failed to take up Trump’s request for support with forcing open the Strait of Hormuz, don’t expect them to do much in the way of applying any leverage to get Trump to climb down. Stanislav Krapivnik, in a new interview with former UK diplomat Ian Proud, explains how European weapons systems depend critically on US provided components. Given that the EU is committed to remilitarizing to defend itself against the marauding Russian bear, it can’t break with the US on anything as consequential as the Iran war, as opposed to engaging in mere passivity[…] The "Winning" Continues.
<March 17, 2026 - Andrei Martyanov'
> I am sure air travelers are grateful for Trump's non-stop victories.
> (The Associated Press) — Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies, putting cost pressure on airlines as the busy summer travel season approaches. Experts say it’s not a question of if airfares will go up, but when, for how long and by how much. The impact may be felt most on long-haul international routes, which burn significantly more fuel than shorter flights.[…]
>There will be, for sure, now some fanboys of laissez-faire and of the Wall Street, pointing out that whole two dozen people will get richer from it and that they will pay taxes (granted none of those profits get to the Cayman Islands, yes, sure, sure) and that will heighten everything like in height, widen in width, deepen in depth and capitalization will grow. In reality, that means a severe impact on both airlines and aerospace companies, such as Boeing. Domino effect, which is already in progress, will expand. I am talking here about REAL economy, not this Wall Street BS. This is a warmup. We ain't seen nothing yet(c). […]https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-winning-continues.htmlwww.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/03/iran-war-no-uptake-to-trump-plea-for-help-with-opening-strait-of-hormuz-israel-claims-assassination-of-iran-security-chief-iran-clarifies-that-friendly-countries-can-transit-strikes-uae-terminal.html
European Union presents conditions for participation in the war against Iran
<Peter Schwarz 3 hours ago
>The European Union (EU) has firmly rejected US President Donald Trump’s call to participate in a military operation in the Strait of Hormuz. “No one wants to be actively drawn into this war,” said EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Kaja Kallas following a meeting of EU foreign ministers held in Brussels on Monday. “This is not our war.”
>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other European heads of government also spoke out against participating in the war. “The question is not whether we will participate,” said Merz. “We will not do so.” Regarding NATO, he said it is “a defensive alliance, not an interventionist alliance,” and therefore its involvement here is not called for.
>US President Donald Trump had previously urged European allies to help secure the sea route, which has been blocked by Iran since the US-Israeli attack, and threatened consequences for NATO in the event of a refusal.
>“It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” Trump told the Financial Times. “If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response I think it will be very bad for the future of NATO.” He repeated this threat at a Monday press conference.
>Europe’s “no” does not mean a rejection of the criminal war against Iran, nor does it exclude the possibility that the Europeans will intervene in the conflict with their own troops. They are simply unwilling to get involved in a war over whose course and outcome they have no influence. They want to drive a hard bargain for their participation in the war[…]https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/18/pbcq-m18.htmlUS Marine unit steams toward Middle East amid growing threats of ground invasion of Iran
<Andre Damon - 3 hours ago
>The USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault carrier bearing the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, was tracked Tuesday transiting the Strait of Malacca on its way to the Persian Gulf. The warship departed Okinawa on March 11 and is expected to arrive in the Middle East by the end of March. Its deployment comes amid growing calls within the American media and political establishment for a US ground invasion of Iranian territory.
>Roughly 50,000 US service members are already in the Middle East, supported by two carrier strike groups—the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea and the USS Gerald R. Ford in the Red Sea—with a third, the USS George H.W. Bush, steaming toward the Mediterranean. The Tripoli and its Marine force will be the first ground combat-capable unit to enter the theater[…]https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/18/idvo-m18.htmlIsrael begins its long-planned ground invasion of Lebanon
<Kevin Reed - a day ago
>Israel’s US-backed war against Lebanon has entered a new and bloody stage with the start of a long-prepared ground invasion conducted under the umbrella of the widening imperialist war against Iran.
>Humanitarian and press reports confirm that Israel has moved from intensive air and artillery strikes into ground operations across southern Lebanon, expanding beyond the cross-border attacks it has conducted since late 2024.
>A humanitarian briefing from Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) on March 4 reports that Israel “initiated a military operation within Lebanese borders” on March 1, 2026, concentrating on southern Lebanon and deploying ground troops beyond at least five positions it has occupied since November 2024.
>TRT World, citing Reuters and Lebanese sources, has reported that Defence Minister Israel Katz publicly authorized incursions into Lebanon and stated that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered the army “to advance and take control of additional strategic positions in Lebanon in order to prevent attacks on Israeli border communities[…]https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/17/yvdv-m17.html Day 19: US Burning Through Munitions Amid Gamble to Topple Iran, Cut China Off From Oil with 1 War
<The New Atlas - Mar 17, 2026 - Eurasia/Middle East
>The US has burned through huge quantities of high-end weapons on Iran it had been stockpiling for war it sought to provoke with China in the Asia-Pacific;
>The US not only likely never had enough weapons for a war with China, but it will be unable to even replace what it has spent on Iran for years to come;
>The US war on Iran is thus likely an attempt to reduce or remove 2 obstacles to US primacy with one war, degrading or toppling Iran and the imposition of a global maritime oil blockade on China at its source (US capture of Venezuela, US strikes on Russian energy production, and now the incremental shutdown of energy exports from the Middle East);
>The US likely hopes it can emerge from the global economic crisis it is creating “stronger” relative to China;
>References:>CSIS - Iran War Cost Estimate Update: $11.3 Billion at Day 6, $16.5 Billion at Day 12 (Mar. 13, 2026): https://www.csis.org/analysis/iran-war-cost-estimate-update-113-billion-day-6-165-billion-day-12#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Defense,first%20days%20of%20the%20war>WaPo - Early Iran strikes cost $5.6 billion in munitions, Pentagon estimates (Mar. 9, 2026): https://archive.ph/VIDXT>Defense One - Shahed drone meets clone in US war on Iran (Feb. 28, 2026): https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2026/02/shahed-drone-meets-clone-us-iran-exchange-strikes/411785/>CNN - The Iran war’s troubling missile math (Mar. 4, 2026): https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/04/politics/missiles-weapons-stockpile-iran-us-war#:~:text=The%20American-made%20THAAD%20mobile,without%20increasing%20production%20to%20match>Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China (2018): https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review>NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992): https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html Trump Begs for Help, Europe Refuses: Why No One Will Save the US in Iran
<Carl Zha - 19 hours ago
>In this urgent episode of The Silk and Steel Podcast, Carlos is joined by French entrepreneur and geopolitical analyst Arnaud Bertrand (currently based in Malaysia) to dissect the catastrophic implications of Trump's Iran war from a European perspective.
>While Washington expected its allies to fall in line, something unexpected happened: Germany told Trump to go F* himself**, France is flip-flopping incoherently, and Spain is being threatened with embargoes for speaking out.
>But here's the problem Europe doesn't want to admit: this war is an existential threat to the European economy, and they're sleepwalking into disaster.
>We break down:
>Why Europe is more vulnerable to this war than the US (energy dependency, migration, economic fallout)
>The insane contradiction: EU countries are still seizing Russian tankers while energy prices explode
>How Macron tried to play both sides (pro-US and pro-China ceasefire initiative) – and failed at both
>The Qatar gas disaster: Europe's replacement for Russian energy is now completely offline
>Why China is actually BENEFITING from this crisis (85% energy self-sufficiency, EV exports about to boom)
>The desalination time bomb: How one missile could end life as we know it in the Gulf
>Why the "US is omnipotent" narrative on the left is actually pro-CIA propaganda
>What this means for US allies in Asia: if Iran can do this in 3 weeks, what can China do?
>Plus: The AI angle no one is talking about (David Sacks vs. Trump), why Gulf money is fleeing the US economy, and the terrifying reality of water wars in the desert.
>Arnaud Bertrand writes prolifically on China, international politics, and Europe-China relations. Follow him on Twitter and Substack under his name.
>⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction: Why a European perspective on the Iran war matters now 02:30 - Macron's incoherence: Pro-US one day, joint China initiative the next 05:45 - The French soldier killed in Iraq – what's really going on? 08:15 - Europe's ENERGY NIGHTMARE: 60% import dependency, Qatar offline 12:00 - The migration time bomb: Iran has 90 million people – Europe is next door 15:30 - Germany's defense minister tells Trump to "go F*** himself" (the actual quote) 18:45 - Why no European country will join Trump's "coalition of the willing" 22:00 - The schizophrenia of European media: From "Iran bad" to "Trump's quagmire" 25:30 - Mélenchon's tragic mistake: Parroting neocon narratives about China 29:00 - Sweden is STILL seizing Russian tankers – while energy prices explode 32:15 - China's 85% energy self-sufficiency: The numbers Europeans don't want to see 35:45 - The fertilizer crisis: China stops exports, global food supply at risk 39:00 - Trump's "off-ramp" strategy: How he'll declare victory and blame Europe 42:30 - David Sacks vs. Trump: The AI czar who dared to oppose the war 46:00 - The Gulf desalination nightmare: One missile = regional collapse 50:15 - Iran is single-handedly dismantling the US imperial system in West Asia 53:30 - Why the "US is omnipotent" leftist narrative helps the CIA 57:00 - The pivot to Asia? It's a pivot to WEST Asia (US stripping THAAD from Korea) 59:30 - Closing thoughts and where to find Arnaud's work
How the Iran War Will Cause a Global Financial Crisis (Yanis Varoufakis) | The Chris Hedges Report
<The Chris Hedges - Mar 16, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report
>Yanis Varoufakis says that even if the war in Iran ends soon — which it likely will not — the economic consequences will be devastating and prolonged.
The longer the war with Iran continues, the more the global economy is thrown into crisis. The Iranians have bottled up the Strait of Hormuz, where 20% of the world's energy supply is transited. 40% of the oil China imports passes through the straight. Crude oil is now over $100 per barrel, a 45% increase since the war began and climbing. Gasoline prices in the US have jumped by more than 65 cents per gallon. Jet fuel and diesel have surged by 25%. In parts of Asia, including Thailand, Pakistan, and Banglad, there are already shortages and long lines at gas stations. Government offices in the Philippines, have moved to a 4-day work week. Myanmar's government has imposed alternating driving days. Japan, which depends on the Middle East for 90% of its oil supply, is releasing a record 80 million barrels of oil, about 45 days of supply. India, although permitted by the Trump administration to buy previously sanctioned Russian oil, will be especially hard hit. It is already suffering from a severe shortage of liqufied natural gas.
>About 84% of the crude oil and 83% of the liqufied natural gas that passes through the straight goes to Asia. Nitrogen fertilizer, which cost between $460 to $480 per short ton before the war began, has jumped to $520 to $620. This means massive increases in food prices. And once strategic reserves of stockpiles of oil are depleted, oil could easily jump to two to $300 a barrel, triggering triggering crippling inflation and a global depression. Global economies will at this point go into freefall, unleashing widespread civil unrest.
>Adding to this crisis is that two nuclear powers are prosecuting the war. The United States with some 5,000 nuclear warheads and Israel with some 300 nuclear warheads. Israel, for the first time in its history, is suffering serious destruction from Iranian missiles and drones, the extent of which is not public because of heavy censorship. Israel, especially if the US decides to cut its losses and withdraw from the war, could see the government of Benjamin Netanyahu deploy a nuclear device and potentially a global conflration.
>Joining me to discuss the consequences of the war on Iran economically, politically, and militarily is Yanis Varoufakis, the Secretary General of the Democracy in Europe movement 2025 and the former minister of finance for Greece. I I want to begin Yanis with the consequences of economic dislocation uh in terms of societal unrest, political unrestI think back to my coverage of the war in the former Yugoslavia that was precipitated by aneconomic meltdown and hyperinflation which I believe contributed to the vomiting up of these Trump-like figures but this economic dislocation has always throughout history consequences that extend far uh beyond uh uh you know economic punishment and I just wondered if you can talk about that[…]
>>2744320Baron is walled already 💔
US/Israel-Iran War Analysis: Day 18 - False Flags, NATO Rejection & Strategic Backfire
<Willy OAM - Mar 17, 2026 Podcasts
>Good day, legends. I hope that you are having a fantastic day. So far, a brilliant start to your week. Today is day 18 of the war in Iran. Today, we'll be covering the 17 days up until this point. What we have seen up between our last update at 2 weeks and today, of course, you can go back and watch the videos that I've been doing with Sack, of course, spent 30 years in and around military and private intelligence. Mate, how are you? Uh, salutations. Uh, good. Thank you, Willie. Not getting as much sleep as I'd like, mate. I don't think any of us are. Look, thank you again for joining me. And as per usual, we're going to look at the updates over the past couple of days, tell you what they are, then break them down, analyze situations across the military, economics, the political fallout impacts, and then the overall strategic picture of what is going on in Iran[…]
>>2744446ha! this time
your late!
>>2744456sure is weird that they keep making AI generated nathanyahoo videos but I'm sure he's totally alive
so whose running Iran?
>>2744456man get a job please, if he's actually dead why hasnt Iran claimed him?
>>2744471if he's not dead why do they keep posting AI videos
>>2744470You have to be a trccn
I'm seeing people with this HOI4 ass view that simply replacing a leader with IRGC officers would keep Iran running without capitulation. Larijani was already practically running things even before the war and during it he was the man in charge. Iran may have a large pool of potential successors, but the vast majority of them lack real experience in holding government positions compared to those who were in charge before the war, for obvious reasons
IDF says Iran's intelligence minister has been assasinated
Is the US still letting Iran oil go to China? How do the people who think this is a 4D chess move to cut off China from ME oil explain this?
how do they keep assassinating these guys?
is it:
>carelessness about personal security
>martyrdom mentality
>internal treachery
>Israel hacked the computer systems
>>2744498Burgers and the entity have bet everything in intelligence, ai and information. Time will tell if it was a correct one.
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