And his cult will say this is a master class of being a leader.
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And his cult will say this is a master class of being a leader.
The planet uses over 100+ million barrels a day so a 400-million-barrel release would only cover a few days of demand which is why such releases mainly stabilize prices rather than fully offset supply disruptions.
Operation Epic Fury will be remembered as the Mother of All Lawnmowers, solving nothing fundamental but destroying missile facilities and loads of naval assets.
For you young'uns out there looking for info regarding past times this happened, google "Operation Earnest Will."
5 Iranian women's soccer team players will not be returning to a country where the government is trying to kill them. They will instead be staying in a country where everything is trying to kill them
No one was injured but "shots fired at the US consulate in Toronto" is a worrying trend for the safety of US civil servants posted abroad.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"According to a government source on Saturday, a large number of U.S. military heavy transport aircraft, including C-17s that had been stationed at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, on March 5 and 6, have already departed the base" www.donga.com/en/article/a...
Ceterum censeo Persiam esse delendam.
I wrote this up in 2009 when there was a debate about whether to retire the nuclear-armed Tomahawk. One reason the Navy supported retirement was the concern of crashing nuclear-armed cruise missiles into countries like Japan and Korea.
www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/2025...
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) operates the world's largest tritium removal facility at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.
There is basically zero chance the @iaeaorg goes commando, as it were. (10x the IAEA-UNCSOM tension in post-1991 Iraq. Disaster.) More likely is an Iraq Survey Group-like arrangement, which maybe includes some friendly former IAEA inspectors and consultants. @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social
Attacks will inevitably hit civilian targets and infrastructure, potentially strengthening domestic support for the government. Supporting minority rebellions could backfire with those who don’t want to see their country break into a collection of warring ministates.
NYT reports US intelligence says Irans HEU is at Isfahan deep tunnels and potentially accessible—and confirms Trump as yet has no plan for dealing with it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/u...
When I teach the session on the laws of armed conflict I begin by telling my students that LOAC does not forbid killing in wartime. It is a surprisingly overlooked and widely misunderstood point.
One could usually count on Trump for his populist electoral instincts. Not caring about the price of gas might indicate he's finally starting to lose it.
Iraq even sought a ceasefire every year from 1981 on but Iran kept saying no.
Conclusion? Don't expect a surrender anytime soon.
Iran was not intimidated after the US Navy sank the entire Iranian Navy in 1987-88. Iran continued to fight back even after the Iraqis used vast quantities of chemical weapons on the battlefield and purged all Iraqi territory of Iranian forces.
War did not intimidate Iran in 1980 when their entire military collapsed in the wake of the Revolution and the much larger Iraqi armed forces Advanced quickly into Iran with overwhelming air superiority, aided by the support of the entire Arab world.
Trump fails to recognize that the Islamic Republic and Iran are basically impossible to intimidate and that their surrender is far from guaranteed even in the face of overwhelming odds.
Trump sometimes chickens out.
I can think of no worse idea. That will last until tomorrow when Trump speaks again.
This is exactly the policy Canada should adopt.
Yes, yes, and yes.
Iran was not intimidated after the US Navy sank the entire Iranian Navy in 1987-88. Iran continued to fight back even after the Iraqis used vast quantities of chemical weapons in battle and purged all Iraqi territory of Iranian forces. Iraq sought a ceasefire from 1981 on but Iran kept saying no.
Trump has failed to recognize that Iran is impossible to intimidate. War did not intimidate them in 1980 when the Iranian military collapsed in the wake of the Revolution and the Iraqis Advanced quickly into Iran with overwhelming superiority in the air with the support of the entire Arab world.
Iran was not intimidated after the US Navy sank the entire Iranian Navy in 1987-88. Iran continued to fight back even after the Iraqis used vast quantities of chemical weapons in battle and purged all Iraqi territory of Iranian forces. Iraq sought a ceasefire from 1981 on but Iran kept saying no.
Trump has failed to recognize that Iran is impossible to intimidate. War did not intimidate them in 1980 when the Iranian military collapsed in the wake of the Revolution and the Iraqis Advanced quickly into Iran with overwhelming superiority in the air with the support of the entire Arab world.
Mark Carney would prefer not doing this but the rigours of alliances and realpolitik compel him to say this. I support this statement.
Oh, this is not good.
We have betrayed the Kurds before. Trump is determined to do it again.
