@QMS “ Positively, and showing official denials don’t mean much, the US is negotiating with some in Tehran - though do they speak for a fracturing regime? It has sent a 15-point plan to end the war, according to Reuters, with Ghalibaf and foreign minister Araghchi reportedly told they won’t be killed while talks are ongoing(!) The first round is pencilled in by Thursday in Pakistan: Iran just said they don’t want to talk to Witkoff and Kushner, preferring anti-neocon VP Vance.”

#1.2
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See no signs of 'peace talks' yet.
Donnie projects US influence into
West Asia cause he wants to control
energy. Seriously doubt Israel will
succeed in their project to
run the region. Guess we'll see.

@orlbucfan

Neither one put up an even remotely decent candidate, and both defied us to choose "whose shit stinks less". And they did it to us three times in a row (at least).

If not-voting could be counted as a vote for "None Of The Above", "None Of The Above" would have won, every time.

#3.2 The Chinese have done a number down here with this being the Space Coast. They have stolen high-tech knowledge and killed a few to get it. They're like the Japanese years ago. They're brilliant imitators. Our problem is us and this religious horsesh1t. I still will never accept why this country actually legally voted for horse's ass/convicted criminal tRump.

@soryang

US Deploys New Low-Yield Nuclear Submarine Warhead

Though almost all of the discussion about the new W76-2 has focused on Russia scenarios, it is much more likely that the new low-yield weapon is intended to facilitate first-use of nuclear weapons against North Korea or Iran. The National Security Strategy and the NPR both describe a role for nuclear weapons against “non-nuclear strategic attacks, and large-scale conventional aggression.” And the NPR explicitly says the W76-2 is intended to “expand the range of credible U.S. options for responding to nuclear or non-nuclear strategic attack.” Indeed, nuclear planning against Iran is reportedly accelerating, B-2 bomber attacks are currently the force allocated but the new W76-2 is likely to be incorporated into U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) war planning.

#4.1

Avoidance, diversion, stumbling onward. Sounds reasonable. I identified as many as twelve separate impulses leading to this course of action in its entirety about three weeks ago, but avoided publishing it.

I hesitate to identify those factors because I think anyone who observes the overall world geopolitical situation can identify them if they have any experience with these matters. Some of these are not in the nature of avoidance but the standard structural grift factors, fashionable but out of date "Orientalist" strategic theories and practice, institutional competition for resources, the DUMPEX, etc.

I agree with the analysis in the video above, but the entire geopolitical context needs further exploration. I have mentioned Iran's strategic depth in the past, and identified the new nature of aerospace warfare in my reviews and reports on North Korean aerospace from open sources over the past several years. Obviously, some people saw this coming miles away. Weichert correctly evaluates that the risk of the use of nuclear weapons as great. I've talked of the dead hand, or doomsday defense to nuclear attack/decapitation in the North Korean context. Mosaic is just a permutation of this. Decapitation and "tactical nuclear strike" are directly related to each other in the Korean peninsula context. This is why even the most conservative experts on North Korea rejected the so called bloody nose option, which was raised during the first Trump administration.

I took note of William Arkin's speculation of the role of the W-76-2 warhead in 2020. Biden had a boomer visit South Korea during the heyday of the "trilateral alliance" he was promoting. (US/Japan/Korea).

Gen Brunson USFK

"If U.S. bases on Korean soil are used for operations directed at China, South Korea would not remain a peripheral observer...Retaliation would not fall on distant decision-makers, but on Korean cities, infrastructure and citizens."https://t.co/kQVPlSNbJI

— Gregory Elich (@GregoryElich) February 25, 2026

US Chinese standoff over West Sea, these below are few weeks old, but I think relevant-

South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense lodged a complaint with U.S. Forces Korea over a brief standoff between American and Chinese fighter jets, according to local media.

Read more at: https://t.co/HB0zPbXKgN

— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) February 24, 2026

South Korean MBCNews report on US-Chinese air confrontation over West Sea. US fighter aircraft launched from Osan AFB, South Korea. The report alleges that the South Korean military and government were not given any notice before the "exercise" was initiated and carried out over two days, before they objected. The report says the fighter aircraft were carrying live rather than inert air to air missiles. The video associated with the report is using file footage at least in part, I think. I'm posting this so people can hear General Brunson's remarks in English. I'm hoping the English translator works on the video. I'll give it a try.