Iran
more on the bombing of the Saudi aramco oil processing field
Submitted by wendy davis on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 12:12pm
This image provided on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, by the U.S. government and DigitalGlobe and annotated by the source, shows damage to the infrastructure at Saudi Aramco’s Abaqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. (click for larger)
Given that gjonsit’s thread from Sept. 15 is still continuing, it may not be necessary to put this up, but I thought I could add a few bits, and you’ll add more. Needless to say, Iran is getting all the evidence-free blame, Houthi claims of being the authors of the swarm of precision hits notwithstanding, nor are other possibilities.
China sides with Iran
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 09/07/2019 - 4:46pmEurope has largely failed to do what is necessary to save the Iran nuclear deal.
However, someone else has stood up for Iran against U.S. sanctions.
How many Americans will die for Bibi's War?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 5:53pmFor weeks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly hinted that Israel was behind recent deadly airstrikes against bases and munitions depot belonging to Iran-backed militias forces in Iraq.
Yet Washington played dumb. I mean really, really dumb.
Israel is bombing almost as many countries as the U.S.
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 08/23/2019 - 11:44amAmerica isn't the only country bombing Iraq, but Israel is the only country that is bombing Iraqi military forces.
Washington's Middle East policy is about to implode
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 07/19/2019 - 3:59pm
At least that is where it appears we are headed.
China calls Trump's bluff; Trump blinks on sanctions threat
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 07/05/2019 - 4:37pmTrump made it perfectly clear: No one will buy Iranian oil and still do business with America. That includes China.
Fundamental misunderstandings of the Iran situation
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 1:37pmThe ignorance of Americans about the rest of the world has been the subject of jokes for decades.
However, that ignorance isn't funny when it gets us into wars.
For instance, Trump's approach appears to be to apply more and more pressure to Iran, bringing us closer and closer to war, in order to force them to negotiate from a position of weakness.
Trump: ‘We Don’t Need Any More Wars’
Submitted by Linda Wood on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 1:31pmI hope this article at Antiwar, about an article at the Wall Street Journal, emphasizes the divide between our military and the warmongers in the administration.
https://news.antiwar.com/2019/06/24/trump-rejected-attacking-iran-we-don...
Trump Rejected Attacking Iran: ‘We Don’t Need Any More Wars’
The undeclared, unwinnable cyberwar is now
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 06/24/2019 - 5:34pmNormally the U.S. government is quiet about it's offensive cyberwar strikes, but that changed in the past few weeks.
First there was the alarming NY Times article.

