Trump’s Kiss of Death

In what appears to have been a final effort to ensure that the comatose ‘peace agreement’ with Iran will never regain consciousness, President Trump just added a game-changing new condition to the US demand list: in order to sign onto the proposed regional peace agreement to end the war on Iran, Arab states supporting the… Continue reading Trump’s Kiss of Death

Persian Gulf; Signing Up or Signing Out.

PGSA Area of control May 21st

As I wrote in “Persian Gulf; Departure Point”, no further negotiations or mutual agreements can or will be made between Iran and its opponents. The constant flow of reports on ‘progress’ in talks and even suggestions that an agreement is close bear no relation to the reality, and is being generated by individuals and groups… Continue reading Persian Gulf; Signing Up or Signing Out.

BBC misses the Bridge; Bushra Sheikh finds it.

A month ago I speculated on the possible consequences of the US bombing of the Karaj bridge, an act of international vandalism and spite which could only be described as a war crime, given the bridge was unfinished and with no military significance. While we wait to see if ‘hostilities resume’ – or when they… Continue reading BBC misses the Bridge; Bushra Sheikh finds it.

An Open and Shut Case

HORMUZ STRAIT TRAFFIC 18 APRIL

In the end it has come down to this – an inability in the American mind to comprehend the most basic of truths about ‘the other’ – being that its assumed exceptionalism amounts to nothing in the mind of Iranians. The leaders of the hegemon simply cannot accept that their presence in W Asia is… Continue reading An Open and Shut Case

The Persian Gulf, right bank.

It seems that the Gulf between the opposing sides in this war on Iran is unbridgeable, both militarily and politically. This is entirely the fault of ‘the right bank’ (of the Euphrates/Tigris), defined as the states that launched the decapitation strike on Iran, and who now pretend to be ‘winning’. In anticipation of this final… Continue reading The Persian Gulf, right bank.

The BBC – purveyor of Imperial Delusions

THE 80TH WAVE

As the cheerleader for and mouthpiece of the British Empire and its minions, the BBC now excels itself with this report on ‘the Iran war from inside’, following ‘rare access’ to a BBC reporter in Tehran. In the first part below the presenter frames the situation in terms of ‘Israel’s’ and US alleged objectives of… Continue reading The BBC – purveyor of Imperial Delusions

Kiev’s pipeline hostage diplomacy

There is a long history of Ukraine and its foreign backers using their control over gas and oil transit as a weapon, either for economic blackmail or for political advantage. In the years before the 2014 Maidan coup, a long-running dispute with Russia over non-payment for Ukrainian gas was followed by a throttling of the… Continue reading Kiev’s pipeline hostage diplomacy

Putin’s Promise, 24th February 2022

I post here a series of recordings from Russia’s NTV Segodnya (today) programme, broadcast on February 24th 2022, where Vladimir Putin declares his resolve to launch a ‘special military operation’ to protect the residents of Eastern Ukraine – Donbas – from NATO and AFR aggression and invasion. The decision to launch this operation – effectively… Continue reading Putin’s Promise, 24th February 2022

Iranian Treachery

It won’t be the first time we went to war based on a lie, but it may well be the last if Iran is forced to defend itself from a Western coalition attack. Such are the lies being told about Iran – stories that have been concocted and spun by Iran’s enemies since the 1979… Continue reading Iranian Treachery

From Bondi to Tehran; the Axis of Hate.

CELEBRATING HATRED in OCCUPIED JERUSALEM

As I wrote last month, the timing and circumstances of a terrorist attack may be a good guide as to its ‘authenticity’ as well as to the likely culprit. In the four ‘great deceptions’ cited, it was the specific date of those events which confirmed my initial suspicions about the Bondi attack, and significant further… Continue reading From Bondi to Tehran; the Axis of Hate.