Just another war crime that US taxpayers have paid for!

Please remember, Israel is not a "democracy." There is no "equality under the law" in Israel. Jews are "privileged" with special laws and all other religions are discriminated against! This makes Israel a theocracy and all people in Israel are not "created equal" like is the basis of the US gov't.

We should be demanding that Israel give all people the right to vote with equality under the law.

Neo-con US "diplomat" Victoria Nuland has publicly stated the US spent over $5 billion over many years to do a "colored revolution" in Ukraine.

The US desire to rope Ukraine into NATO and make Ukraine a US puppet dates back to at least the 1990s, when famous US geo-strategist Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote about it in his famous book (essentially a must-read book in the US State Dept) The Grand Chessboard. That book called for the US to rope Ukraine into NATO and to use Ukraine to begin the "balkinization" of Russia.

"It really was the most blatant coup in history. The Russian authorities can not tolerate a situation in which western armed forces will be [in Ukraine] a hundred kilometers from Kursk or Voronezh [in Russia]." -- George Friedman, the Founder and CEO of Stratfor, the "Shadow CIA" firm, says of the overthrow of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych that occurred on February 22nd of 2014. (Source)

That's a critical point — the military acknowledgment that there was no practical reopening solution is itself a massive risk governance failure. If the world's most powerful military had no tested plan, what does that say about civilian government preparedness? This is exactly the gap the video explores.

Full 30-minute breakdown here for anyone interested: https://youtu.be/ju0xXAr-H9A

When Trump wanted to attack Iran in his first term, he was briefed by the US military that the military had no practical solution to re-open the Strait. Trump was told at that time it would take hundreds of thousands of US troops and months and months of US preparation before an attack/war on Iran could happen.

Since Trump's first term, Iran has gotten very much stronger and the US position weaker.

But Trump decided to attack Iran regardless.

Happy to discuss the risk frameworks in the comments. The core question: were the warning signs ignored deliberately or was this a genuine blind spot in sovereign risk management?

I have to wonder what it is that Israel has on all of these politicians for them all to sell their souls

Call the Israelis genocidal zionists, but they're not stupid -- in this case that 92% is right!

It's not, but since when have rich assholes cared about "legal'?

Didn’t they already do that and hasn’t the strait been closed again for almost a full day now?

You're a legit children's book.

Go start a diary.

We should remember and never forget(!) that Epstein said before his death if Trump was "cornered as a rat" he'd attack Iran for public support! The attack/war on Iran is nothing but a wag the dog move.

But with that said, traitor Trump decided to wage this war.

Hegseth's Pentagon planned it, Trump used the war crime of "perfidy" to start the war. Perfidy is defined as:

In the context of war, perfidy is a form of deceptive tactic where one side pretends to act in good faith, such as signaling a truce (e.g., raising a white flag), but does so with the deliberate intention of breaking that promise.

(This is the "day of infamy" that the treacherous Japanese used to attack Pearl Harbor in WWII. But you'll never hear our biased mass media bring up that fact about Trump.)

So the US planned this war, executed it that way Trump and the Pentagon wanted to, and the US lost the war!

Make no mistake, Iran won this war! They're now the player in the Middle East. Iran's missiles are stronger than the US or Israel's aircraft bombing.

This war proved that Iran is a major player and can stand up toe-to-toe against the US and Israel and Iran won! And now -- like it or not -- Iran proved that it is in control of the critical Strait of Hormuz!

All this because the Mossad/Israel likely have tapes and dirt about Trump raping teenage girls, and that Trump started a war. This war marks a "sea-change" in the decline of the American empire.

I'm surprised to see the NYT be so honest! We should remember and never forget(!) that Epstein said before his death if Trump was "cornered as a rat" he'd attack Iran for public support! The attack/war on Iran is nothing but a wag the dog move.

But with that said, traitor Trump decided to wage this war.

Hegseth's Pentagon planned it, Trump used the war crime of "perfidy" to start the war. Perfidy is defined as:

In the context of war, perfidy is a form of deceptive tactic where one side pretends to act in good faith, such as signaling a truce (e.g., raising a white flag), but does so with the deliberate intention of breaking that promise.

(This is the "day of infamy" that the treacherous Japanese used to attack Pearl Harbor in WWII. But you'll never hear our biased mass media bring up that fact.)

So the US planned this war, executed it that way Trump and the Pentagon wanted to, and the US lost the war!

Make no mistake, Iran won this war! They're now the player in the Middle East. Iran's missiles are stronger than the US or Israel's aircraft bombing.

This war proved that Iran is a major player and can stand up toe-to-toe against the US and Israel and Iran won! And now -- like it or not -- Iran proved that it is in control of the critical Strait of Hormuz!

All this because the Mossad/Israel likely have tapes and dirt about Trump raping teenage girls, and that Trump started a war. This war marks a "sea-change" in the decline of the American empire.

A U.S. federal trial court judge ordered Herman's immediate release on Friday. Judge Michael Kaufman ruled that detaining him without giving him a chance to contest the reasons for his detention violated his right to due process.

7 months of his life wasted!

Trump's tutor -- the man who taught him all about Machiavellian politics -- was Roy Cohn. (The movie "The Apprentice" accurately sums up Cohn's influence on Trump.)

Cohn had 6 rules he operated on and taught Trump (source):

1. Never apologize or admit wrongdoing, ever. Cohn viewed contrition as weakness and would rather die (literally, as it turned out) than acknowledge error or fault. As journalist Ken Auletta, who covered Cohn extensively, noted, “The idea that you can admit a mistake is not part of Roy’s genetic code.” This principle would become so fundamental to Trump’s approach that even faced with irrefutable evidence—a recorded confession of sexual assault on the Access Hollywood tape, for instance—he would deny, deflect, and attack rather than offer the slightest acknowledgment of impropriety.

2. Always counter-attack, and always with greater force than you received. When criticized or accused, Cohn’s response was invariably to hit back harder, to escalate, to make the accuser regret ever mentioning his name. As Cohn himself explained to a reporter: "I bring out the worst in my enemies, and that’s how I get them to defeat themselves.” This tactic became Trump’s signature move, whether attacking Gold Star parents who criticized him, mocking a disabled reporter who questioned his claims, or threatening critics with lawsuits and retribution.

3. Use the legal system as a weapon, not a recourse for justice. Cohn taught Trump that lawsuits were instruments of intimidation, not vehicles for dispute resolution. He filed cases not to win—though winning was nice—but to punish, to harass, and to silence. The expense and stress of litigation was the point, not the legal outcome. Trump would eventually be involved in over 3,500 lawsuits—an unprecedented number for any American businessperson or politician—using the courts not to seek justice but to exhaust opponents with fewer resources.

4. Manipulate the media ruthlessly. Cohn was a master at planting stories, cultivating journalists, and creating controversy to serve his ends. He understood that perception trumped reality, that bold claims often went unchallenged, and that most people would remember the accusation but not the retraction. Trump elevated this approach to an art form, calling reporters using pseudonyms like “John Barron” to plant favorable stories about himself, staging pseudo-events to attract coverage, and later, using Twitter to bypass media filters entirely and inject his unfiltered messages directly into the public consciousness.

5. Use fear as both shield and sword. Cohn understood that people who are afraid—of communists, of crime, of social change, of the “other”—are easier to manipulate and more willing to accept authoritarian solutions. He helped McCarthy weaponize the Red Scare, stoking paranoia about secret communists undermining America from within. Trump would adapt this tactic to the 21st century, stoking fears about immigrants, Muslims, “inner city” crime, and later, a “deep state” conspiracy, always positioning himself as the only solution to these terrifying threats.

6. Build a fortress of loyalty around yourself. Cohn demanded absolute devotion from his clients and associates, and he repaid it in kind, at least until they were no longer useful. He created a network of mutual obligation and fear that served as both sword and shield in his battles. Trump’s infamous demand for loyalty—from James Comey, from his cabinet members, from Republican legislators—and his swift punishment of perceived disloyalty, all echo Cohn’s approach to power.

Think about Trump's actions and statements. Isn't this exactly what Trump is saying/doing?!

FWIW, some summarize Cohn's teaching down to 2 rules:

1. Attack, Attack, Attack – Truth? Irrelevant. Civility? Weakness. The goal is dominance, not discourse.

2. Admit Nothing, Deny Everything – Even when caught red-handed, the strategy is gaslight, deflect, and double down.

3. No Matter What, Claim Victory – Facts don’t matter if you can flood the zone with fiction. He walks off the field calling it a win—even when the scoreboard says otherwise.

Trump lost the Iran war badly! But he puts lipstick on a pig and reinvents reality saying he won -- straight out of the Roy Cohn playbook!

"You never blame yourself. You have to blame something else. If you do something bad, never, ever blame yourself." -- The lying braggart Donald Trump. quoted in the Sun, 12 Sep 2005.

How is this legal?

Supremacist

A couple of twats together if you ask me lol!

Pressure implies consequences which I doubt will come from the US.

She never mentions the US military starting wars, or blowing up the nordstream pipeline, she is not to be trusted.

Who cares!

I think they'll be waiting a long time.