The Iranians have proven beyond dispute that they are capable of delivering large-warhead hypersonic strikes with high accuracy. And while it remains to be seen how many of these top-shelf missiles they truly possess and what their rate of production is, the bottom line is that Iran has achieved a major strategic victory which carries a strong deterrence effect in its wake. With each passing month, the Iranians will grow stronger – and the Israelis will become more desperate to try to do something about it. I doubt making peace will be on their agenda. Will Schryver, military analyst, Substack

If Iran had a nuclear weapon, Israel would never have launched its attack on June 13. That is the one irrefutable fact that should guide Iranian decision-making in the future. Nukes equal security. It’s that simple.

Iranian leaders still oppose the development of nukes for religious reasons. They think that any weapon that unavoidably kills millions of innocent people cannot be morally justified. But this is not the right way to look at the issue. The reason Iran needs nukes is to save lives not to end them. Iran is not looking to expand its borders or invade other countries, but to ensure the safety of its people and the continuation of its civilization. With that in mind, it needs an arsenal that will deter foreign aggressors who use their access to nuclear weapons to advance their own foreign policy objectives.

Israel can only be deterred by superior firepower, that should be clear by now. Had Israel known that Iran had a stockpile of nukes at its disposal, they never would have launched their decapitation operation that assassinated numerous scientists, military leaders and politicians. By failing to develop nuclear weapons, Iran invited Israel’s aggression. Iran’s leaders must accept responsibility for that failure. Had they acted differently and developed the weaponry required for the country’s defense, there would have been no 12-day war. Iran’s perceived vulnerability prompted Israeli adventurism. This is from an article by Reuters on Wednesday:

Netanyahu wants to use more force, a source familiar with the Israeli leader’s thinking said, compelling Tehran—to the point of government collapse if necessary…. Netanyahu wants nothing less than the Libya model for Iran, the source said. That means Iran fully dismantling its nuclear and missile facilities under strict oversight, and renouncing uranium enrichment on its soil even for civilian needs.

Israel is seeking not diplomacy but regime change, Western and regional officials have said. And Netanyahu knows he needs at least a green light from the White House—if not direct backing—to carry out further operations if Tehran refuses to relinquish its nuclear ambitions, they said…..

For Israel, the fallback option is clear, the person familiar with Netanyahu’s thinking said: a policy of sustained containment through periodic strikes to prevent any nuclear resurgence. In the wake of its air war against Iran, Israel has reasserted itself as the region’s unrivaled military power, more willing than ever to use force and more capable of doing so with precision and relative impunity….

Netanyahu sees a fleeting strategic opportunity, one that demands acceleration, not hesitation, the source close to him said. In his calculus, the time to strike harder is now, before Iran regains its footing, the source said. US, Israel diverge on how to pursue Iran endgame after strikes, diplomats say, Reuters

Iran represents the last obstacle blocking the Zionist dream of a Greater Israel expanding across the Middle East with Jerusalem as its Capitol. Netanyahu will not be deterred from his lifelong ambition of defeating Iran and bringing the resource-rich country under his control.

The current ceasefire is a temporary pause in the hostilities that Israel is using to rebuild his defenses and prepare for the next phase of the war. As you can see from the excerpt above, Netanyahu and his war cabinet are still focused on disarming Iran, toppling its government and obliterating the country the same way they did in Iraq, Syria and Libya. This, in fact, is why Bibi traveled to Washington DC this week, to tell Trump about the changes to his strategy and to request “a green light from the White House to carry out further operations if Tehran refuses to relinquish its nuclear ambitions.” Israel wants to be able to bomb Iran whenever it chooses (as it does in Lebanon and Syria) and wants to make sure that Trump “has its back”. Bibi believes that if he provokes Tehran with more air strikes, Iran will shower Israel with ballistic missiles forcing Uncle Sam to ride to the rescue. This is Israel’s operational strategy, to get the US to fight Israel’s war.

What the article doesn’t mention, is that Israel will not engage Iran in another slugfest unless it is sure that Iran’s ability to retaliate is curtailed. Netanyahu has repeatedly said that he is not going to “get into a war of attrition with Iran”. Iran is too well-armed for that. Thus, we must assume that Bibi plans to up-the-ante by either goading Trump into entering the war or by using low-yield, nuclear bunker buster bombs with the intention of scaring Iran into submission. Either way, Round 2 of the conflict is going to be much more destructive and lethal than Round 1. This is from Iran’s Deputy Assistant Coordinator of the Revolutionary Guard Ali Fazli:

For many years we have been waiting for the enemy’s attack and we were prepared to defend. The “Sejil” missile was unexpected for the enemy. We only used 25% of our missile capability in the recent war. We are today in our best condition in 45 years. We are prepared for long-term defense. We possess knowledge related to nuclear weapons, but our ideological principles do not permit us to use them. Armed forces decisions are not made momentarily, we are working on designing our files and plans. The Zionist entity focused its attacks on security centers in the last day of the war. We have not yet opened the door to any of the missile cities.@ME_Observer_

Bottom line: Iran has not yet used its best and most powerful ballistic missiles. It is patiently awaiting Israel’s next attack when it will unload the full force of its state-of-the-art hypersonic missile capability. We should not expect this confrontation to be a gradual tit-for-tat face-off in which both participants exchange blows like prize fighters in a boxing match. We are likely to see swarms of ballistic missiles screeching across the night-sky destroying all manner of military and civilian infrastructure including desalination plants, oil depots, hydroelectric plants, ammonia storage tanks, deep-water ports, international airports and perhaps even Dimona.

The damage could be so widespread and severe, that Israel will no longer survive as a “functioning, modern state”. Israel’s existence depends entirely on US support.

If Iran resumes enrichment while rejecting IAEA inspections, then Trump will target Iran’s underground facilities with a low-yield B61-11 nuclear weapon

You can usually tell which side won a war by simply observing ‘what happens’ after the hostilities end. Following the announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, millions of Iranians poured onto the streets of Tehran, chanting patriotic songs and waving flags in a spontaneous display of jubilation. In contrast, there were no festivities or celebrations in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem where the mood was noticeably more somber and gloomy. What this indicates is that most people believe that Iran won the war.

We are not ignoring the fact that Iran’s threshold for success in the conflict was much lower than Israel’s. As the aggressor, Israel needed to achieve its strategic goals to claim victory, while Iran only needed to withstand the assault, which it managed to accomplish with great ease. Regardless of whether this benchmark is equitable, the result is evident: for 12 days, Iran held its own, matching Israel’s aggression blow-for-blow, eventually forcing Israel to seek a ceasefire. In short, Iran won.

Israel made a number of miscalculations in its approach to Iran which severely undermined its chances of success. It’s two biggest mistakes, were its overconfidence in its own multilayered air defense systems (Note– Arrow 2, Arrow 3, David’s Sling, Iron Dome and THAAD) which proved to be woefully inadequate in defending the country’s strategic assets. Israeli war planners also grossly undervalued Iran’s impressive ballistic missile capability which exceeds Israel’s dated arsenal and ranks among the best in the world. In last week’s article, we provided a long list of the key military, intelligence, industrial and energy facilities that were obliterated by Iran’s precision guided ballistic missiles and which Israel’s ineffective air defense system failed to intercept. We now believe that Israel’s military experts must have realized –no more than a week into the fighting– that they were gravely over-matched and needed to find a diplomatic off-ramp pronto. But –for whatever reason– they stubbornly persisted with their anemic offensive for nearly a week hoping for a miracle. When the miracle failed to arrive, Netanyahu goaded Trump into bombing Iran’s nuclear sites in order to establish a pretext for ending the conflict. In short, Israel had been looking for a way to end the hostilities long before the fighting formally ended, which means they knew their strategic aims would not be achieved.

The outcome of the conflict has been particularly instructive for Israeli leaders who now realize that they are incapable of winning a conventional war with Iran. Unfortunately, that lesson has ominous implications for the rest of the world as no one seriously thinks that Netanyahu is going to ditch his life-long dream of a Greater Israel extending across the region. If a conventional war against Iran cannot be won, then Israel must escalate to the next level of military confrontation. That is the rationale behind Netanyahu’s unexpected trip to Washington next week. He wants Trump to lead the next round of fighting with a nuclear bomb.

In my opinion, people are so relieved that the conflict lasted just 12 days, that they are ignoring the signs that the world is be on the brink of something truly horrific. This is from Tuesday’s Times of Israel:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Washington early next week to meet with US President Donald Trump, a White House official confirmed to The Times of Israel Monday night, amid intensifying efforts by Washington to end the war in Gaza and free hostages held there for nearly two years.

The July 7 visit will mark Netanyahu’s third trip to Washington to meet Trump since the US president returned to office in January 2025, and will come exactly two weeks after Israel and Iran agreed to a US-brokered halt to a 12-day air war that saw long simmering tensions between the arch foes explode into open conflict for the first time….

The second US official said Trump would also discuss Iran and Syria during the meeting with Netanyahu. According to the official, the president planned to use the meeting to tout military achievements during the war against Iran. Though primarily an Israeli-led offensive, the US briefly joined on June 22 by attacking three Iranian nuclear sites, dropping massive ground-penetrating bombs on the hardened subterranean Fordo facility and firing missiles at the Natanz and Isfahan plants….

Trump has claimed that the US strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capabilities, but other US officials have offered more measured assessments amid lingering questions over how badly the program was damaged and the effectiveness of the bombing campaign….

Iran has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However, it enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel said it had recently taken steps toward weaponization. Times of Israel

The article is largely a diversion aimed at concealing Netanyahu’s real motive which is to draw Trump deeper into Israel’s war with Iran. I assure you, Bibi is not looking for Trump’s input on developments in Gaza nor will the US determine whether there’s going to be a ceasefire with Hamas or not. The only rational explanation for Netanyahu’s surprise visit is that he wants to persuade Trump on a matter of great urgency that requires man-to-man arm-twisting to ensure that Bibi ‘gets his way.‘ Once Netanyahu convinces Trump to ‘go nuclear’, he thinks Iran will be forced to capitulate allowing Israel to impose its imperial diktat across the region. Here’s former weapons inspector Scott Ritter discussing Iran with Judge Andrew Napolitano on Monday:

Note the following: 400 kilograms of uranium hexafluoride enriched to 60% is missing and no one seems to know where it is. The Iranians said the secured it and it wasn’t impacted by the strikes. We know that since January 2021, Iran has been producing centrifuges that are no longer accounted for by the IAEA because Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 in which accounting for centrifuges was part of the inspection regime…. (Iran ended its partial cooperation after the EU countries refused to honor their part of the deal by lifting sanctions)

Iran said they were no longer bound to the terms of the nuclear treaty and prevented the IAEA account for the centrifuges. You can build a lot of centrifuges in four years, and Iran has over a dozen buried sites similar to Fordow that could be easily converted, in fact, they were in the process of declaring a third uranium conversion facility when the bombing took place. My point is, there is nothing stopping the Iranians from building advanced centrifuge cascades in other locations now undeclared, because they don’t trust the IAEA because the IAEA spied on Israel on behalf of Israel and the United States and provided critical information that was used to destroy facilities and assassinate scientists.

The American people are not being told why Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Iran. Yes, Israel was rapidly running out of air-defense interceptors (making it more vulnerable to Iranian attacks.) But that issue is only of secondary importance. The real reason they wanted a ceasefire was because they were getting systematically pulverized and needed to stop the bleeding fast. That’s why Israel ‘threw in the towel’ less than 2 weeks after the opening salvo, because Iran was decimating one target after another with no end in sight. So, Israel capitulated.

Of course, that is not the story we’ve been reading in the western media where there’s no mention of the vast destruction of Israeli strategic targets (by Iranian ballistic missiles); that news has been completely omitted from the mainstream coverage. But that’s why Israel persuaded Trump to find a diplomatic off-ramp; because the losses were beginning to mount and Iran was not ‘letting up.’

Did you know that it is illegal to post videos or photos of buildings that have been struck by Iranian missiles in Israel? In other words, if you publish photos of smoldering buildings, infrastructure or military bases, you will go to jail. This is how the government controls the narrative and convinces the public that they are winning a war they are actually losing. But don’t take my word for it; here’s a video clip of an Israeli newscaster explaining how government censorship is impacting the peoples’ ability to figure out what is going on:

CH13’s Raviv Drucker: We have to say there is a bit of an Iranian aspect to the way we report missile strikes on our side. I’m not talking about the Weizmann Institute, but there were alot of missile hits on IDF bases, on strategic sites, that we still don’t report about to this day. And there’s a clear reason for that, which everyone at home understands. But along that clear reason, it created a situation where people don’t realize how precise the Iranians were and how much damage they caused in many places. We just know about the Weizmann Institute; there are many places we don’t know about. https://twitter.com/SuppressedNws/status/1938336639748624420

Repeat: it created a situation where people don’t realize how precise the Iranians were and how much damage they caused in many places.

What can we glean from this statement?

That Iran’s new generation of ballistic missiles are abundant, precise and lethal. To his credit, the newscaster seems to think that ordinary people deserve to be told about these cutting-edge weapons so they can make informed decisions regarding their own safety. We agree with this view, but we also know that the heavily censored, state-controlled, agenda-driven media is not going to change the way it disseminates information. After all, the media’s objective is not to inform but to shape public opinion.

But we’re getting off-topic. What we want to show is that Israel did not agree to the ceasefire because it had achieved its strategic objectives, but because it was getting hammered and wanted to stop the bleeding. We make that judgement based on a shortlist of the key military, intelligence, industrial, energy, and R&D facilities that were struck by precision guided ballistic missiles that wreaked havoc across Israel.

Keep in mind, Operation True Promise III unleashed no less than 22 salvos of state-of-the-art ballistic missiles (many used for the first time) that delivered withering blows to a number of heavily fortified Israeli sites that were regarded as ‘the most protected military bases in the world.’ Iran’s missiles blew through Israel’s defenses like at every turn reducing their targets to twisted metal and broken blocks of cinder. (One weapons expert estimates that just 5 percent of Iran’s ballistic missiles were intercepted.) This is from an article at Press TV:

Iran destroyed the so-called “Israeli Pentagon”, the Kirya military-intelligence complex in central Tel Aviv, which is shown as a smoldering hulk in the few photos published on X. Despite being one of the most heavily fortified locations in the occupied territories, protected by a multilayered shield of Israeli and American defense systems, the complex was unable to repel the Iranian missile barrage in the very first phases of True Promise III….

In Haifa, a precision-guided Iranian missile struck a high-rise building housing branches of the Israeli ministry of interior affairs responsible for internal military coordination. The strike disrupted logistical networks and emergency response systems at the municipal level. Press TV

Iranian missiles also took-out the Aman military intelligence headquarters at the Glilot Mizrah Interchange, near Herzliya. Aman oversees elite spying units such as Unit 8200 (signals intelligence), Unit 504 (human intelligence), and Unit 9900 (geospatial intelligence). The compound also houses Mossad’s operational headquarters—the Israeli regime’s notorious foreign intelligence agency….

Iran also struck the ‘impregnable’ Nevatim Airbase in the Negev desert with over 30 ballistic missiles causing extensive damage that (of course) was not reported. Nevatim houses most of Israel’s F-15s and F-35s although we do not have an estimate of how many of those warplanes were destroyed. Here’s more from Press TV:

Other targeted airbases included Tel Nof and Ben Gurion near Tel Aviv, Ramat David near Haifa, Palmachim on the Mediterranean coast, and Ovda near Eilat.

Iranian missiles, including those used for the first time, targeted the command and control centers of the Israeli military and Mossad in both Tel Aviv and Haifa…..

On June 16, Iranian ballistic missiles hit the Bazan Oil Refinery in Haifa—the regime’s largest fuel processing center, which supplies around 60 percent of its gasoline, 65 percent of diesel, and over 50 percent of its kerosene.

The strikes caused significant damage, forcing the complete shutdown of the refinery and its subsidiaries. The Israeli energy minister later admitted the facility would need major reconstruction, estimating a partial restart no sooner than a month.

A nearby power plant was also damaged, triggering widespread blackouts across central regions of the occupied territories.

On June 23, Iranian missiles struck near a power station in Ashdod, triggering a powerful explosion and localized blackouts. Explosions and outages were also reported near Hadera, where Orot Rabin—Israel’s largest power plant—is located

In addition, Iran directly targeted military-industrial sites involved in recent Israeli aggression. Chief among them was the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems complex north of Haifa—home to multiple factories and R&D buildings that produce key elements of Israel’s military hardware.

Rafael manufactures Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile interceptors, both of which have failed repeatedly in stopping Palestinian and Iranian missiles. It also produces cruise and guided missiles used in strikes against Iran, including Spice kits and Popeye, Rocks, Spike, and Matador missiles.

The Kiryat Gat Industrial Zone—a major center for microprocessor and high-tech military production—was also struck. Iranian strikes reportedly damaged key production lines vital to Israel’s drone and surveillance programs.

Further south, the Gav-Yam Negev Advanced Technologies Park near Beersheba, which hosts firms working in cyberwarfare, AI, and military tech, was not spared. Many of these companies collaborate closely with the Israeli military and the Mossad.

Everybody cut the bullshit for once. Trump wasn’t “dragged into” this war. He and Netanyahu knowingly manufactured it, through the fake negotiations of his fake diplomat Witkoff, engineered to give Israel the pretext for launching the war, which he officially joined 9 days later. Michael Tracey, political analyst, X

“Humanity has come too far as a species to allow a lawless bully to take us back to the law of the jungle.” Sayed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, 2 minutes https://twitter.com/i/status/1936278121818571172

First, let’s state the obvious: Trump’s pinprick attacks on Iran inflicted “no substantial damage” to their nuclear facilities. The bunker busting bombs did apparently strike near the entry of two of the facilities, but those sites were already locked down (evacuated?) in preparation for the bombing. The government announced on Sunday that all the enriched uranium at those sites had already been taken to safe locations “several days before”, in fact, the government had already published satellite photos of the closed sites 48 hours before the attacks. So, while the attacks have significant symbolic value (and could serve as a pretext to WW3), the damage was minimal and will not significantly set back Iran’s nuclear program. This is from military analyst, Will Schryver:

So … not only has the fake “bunker buster” attack failed to “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear facilities, but it will likely result in Iran withdrawing from the non-proliferation treaty, and formally joining the nuclear club.

Utterly genius move by the imbeciles in Washington

So, why did Trump give the green light for such a risky operation when nearly all the experts warned that the 30,000-pound GBU-57 “bunker busting” bomb was not going to work? (See: “The bunker buster bombs will have a very low rate of success. There is no question about it.” Professor Ted Postol, weapons expert

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It’s clear to many people that Donald Trump is controlled by powerful Zionist billionaires and the influential Jewish lobby that has spread its tentacles across the political landscape and now dictates US foreign policy. The attack on Iran shows conclusively that Trump is not acting in the interests of the United States whose troops and military bases have been put in harm’s way. No, this bloody operation is designed to advance the Israeli agenda by eliminating Israel’s main rival in the region. America gains nothing from a war with Iran and Trump knows it.

So far, Iran has refrained from attacking US facilities in the region but has intensified its attacks on Israel which it regards as the ‘head of the snake.’ Early Sunday, Iran unleashed its 20^thwave of retaliatory missile strikes called Operation True Promise 3 which destroyed a biological research center, alternative command and control centers, and large parts of Ben Gurion Airport. Iran also caused vast destruction in a residential neighborhood in Tel Aviv using its latest hypersonic ballistic missile which struck its target without triggering sirens in Israel. (There are also unconfirmed reports that Iran struck Israel’s Soreq Nuclear Center, although the extent of the damage is not yet known. Also, Iran destroyed the top-secret biological and chemical weapons center in Ness Ziona, 20 km from Tel Aviv.)

No celebrations in Tel Aviv

Experts conclude that Iran is prepared to endure a war of attrition with Israel for at least six months. It’s stockpile of ballistic missiles is not only deep but surpasses the current capability of the United States or Israel combined. In short, Iran is a hypersonic missile superpower with an offensive capability that is downplayed by analysts in the West, but which exceeds any similar projectiles in either Washington’s or Tel Aviv’s arsenal. Iran’s daily precision attacks on military, intelligence and critical infrastructure targets in Israeli cities attests to the impressive strides Iran has made in missile technology and proves beyond a doubt that Israel’s vaunted air-defense systems are simply no match for Iran’s state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles. We expect that it will take no more than a couple weeks for Israeli leaders to realize that they have “bitten off more than they can chew” and that –even with US support– Israel’s primary symbols of strength and resilience are being systematically reduced to rubble by an enemy that is far more prepared and capable than themselves. This is from a post by Dmitry Medvedev, former president of Russia, who explains “what the Americans accomplished with their nighttime strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran?”

1. Critical infrastructure of the nuclear fuel cycle appears to have been unaffected or sustained only minor damage.
2. The enrichment of nuclear material — and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons — will continue.
3. A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads.
4. Israel is under attack, explosions are rocking the country, and people are panicking.
5. The US is now entangled in a new conflict, with prospects of a ground operation looming on the horizon.
6. Iran’s political regime has survived — and in all likelihood, has come out even stronger.
7. The people are rallying around the country’s spiritual leadership, including those who were previously indifferent or opposed to it.
8. Donald Trump, once hailed as ‘president of peace,’ has now pushed the US into another war.
9. The vast majority of countries around the world oppose the actions of Israel and the United States.
10. At this rate, Trump can forget about the Nobel Peace Prize — not even with how rigged it has become.

What a way to kick things off, Mr. President. Congratulations! Dmitry Medvedev@MedvedevRussiaE https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1936725544017567860

This is a fairly evenhanded analysis of Saturday’s attack: Nothing was gained and much was lost. At the same time, the great majority of the world’s population is now convinced that the threat of US and Israeli aggression is too great to ignore and must be countered by any means necessary. The surprise attack on Iran during nuclear negotiations merely underscores the need for a more forceful approach to Washington and Tel Aviv’s relentless interventions. We should be grateful that Iran is spearheading the move to defend international law and demonstrate its courageous opposition to US-Israel’s endless wars of choice.

As for Iran, well, according to an article at Press TV:

In a decisive response to the US aggression against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities, the Iranian parliament has voted to close the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. A senior Iranian lawmaker, Esmaeil Kowsari, said on Sunday that the Majlis (Iranian parliament) has agreed to close the key artery for global energy trade in response to the American aggression and the silence of the international community.

Kowsari, a member of the parliament’s committee on national security and foreign policy, said lawmakers have reached a consensus on the closure of the strait, though the final decision rests with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

Nothing one reads about Iran in the western media can be trusted. It is all poisoned with the same, vile anti-Iran hatred and bias. Since the 1979 Revolution to today, US policy towards Iran has been an unbroken chain of relentless hectoring, belligerence and demonization. Washington has never treated Iran with the respect it deserves nor will it in the future. That’s because—on a fundamental level—the entire US political class despises Iran for asserting sovereign control over their-own vast resources and for failing to kowtow to their mucky-muck overlords in Washington. That’s the real issue; Iran has refused to cave in to Uncle Sam’s diktats which is why it must be punished with economic strangulation, “maximum pressure” and, inevitably, war. That is how America treats the peasants in the provinces, with an iron fist.

Test Your Political IQ; See if you can connect the dots:

Total Pro-Israel Contributions to Trump’s 2024 Presidential Campaign:

…. pro-Israel interest groups and individuals contributed over $230 million to efforts benefiting Trump since 2020, with the bulk tied to the 2024 cycle. This figure includes direct campaign contributions, independent expenditures, and super PAC spending, though exact breakdowns for 2024 alone are less precise….

Pro-Israel donors, primarily Miriam Adelson through her Preserve America PAC, contributed an estimated $106–150 million to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, with Adelson’s $106 million being the most verifiable figure. (Link via Grok: US election 2024: Who are the mega-rich donors backing Trump?, Reuters? Grok

Question—What is Miriam Adelson’s position on US intervention in Iran?

Miriam Adelson’s position on U.S. intervention in Iran is not explicitly detailed in her own public statements, but her actions, affiliations, and the legacy of her late husband, Sheldon Adelson, strongly suggest she supports a hawkish stance, including potential military action to counter Iran’s nuclear program and regional influence.…

Sheldon Adelson, who died in 2021, was outspoken about U.S. intervention in Iran, famously advocating in 2013 for a nuclear strike on an Iranian desert as a “demonstration” to force Iran to abandon its nuclear program, followed by a threat to nuke Tehran if it didn’t comply. He stated at a Yeshiva University panel, “You pick up your cell phone and you call somewhere in Nebraska and you say, ‘OK let it go’… Then you say, ‘See! The next one is in the middle of Tehran.’”…

Miriam funds organizations advocating strong measures against Iran, such as:

United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI): Received $500,000 from the Adelson Family Foundation in 2013 and opposes diplomacy with Iran, favoring sanctions and military pressure.

Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD): Received $1.5 million from the Adelsons and pushes for preemptive strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, per The Nation (2015).

Miriam Adelson’s position on U.S. intervention in Iran, inferred from her political donations, affiliations, and media influence, is likely hawkish, favoring strong measures—potentially including military action—to counter Iran’s nuclear program and regional role, in alignment with Israel’s security priorities. While she has not publicly advocated for specific interventions like her late husband’s nuclear strike proposal, her $100 million+ support for Trump, funding of anti-Iran groups, and role in Israel Hayom suggest she endorses a confrontational U.S. approach. Grok

Steve Witkoff and Miriam Adelson embrace at last (Wed) night’s United Hatzalah of Israel gala, at which Witkoff declared a “nuclear Iran” an existential threat and repeated his “no enrichment” ultimatum. Witkoff is supposed to be leading the next (final?) round negotiations on Sunday Michael Tracey, X

Quid pro quo (definition)—“something given or received for something else.” In practical terms this could mean ‘I donate $100 million to your presidential campaign, and you move the Capital of Israel to Jerusalem or allow Israel to annex the Golan Heights or provide the resources for toppling the government in Syria or provide an endless supply of bombs and weapons for killing Palestine’s native population. Or it could refer to something else entirely, something even more ambitious, like air strikes on Iran that could trigger a Third World War and the banishment of the US from the Middle East for good. Of course, what this implies is that the billionaire donors who contributed to the Trump campaign did so “with strings attached” which means they expect something in return. In this case, they expect Trump to lead the United States into a war with Iran because that will improve Israel’s chances of emerging as the regional hegemon, the most powerful country in the Middle East.

Is that the bargain that “horse-trader” Trump made to win the presidential election in 2024 (and to make his legal problems vanish overnight)?

We think it is. In fact, we never thought for a minute that Trump’s nuclear talks with Iran were a sincere effort to resolve the main issues peacefully. From the very beginning, it was clear that the negotiations were a sham aimed at creating a pretext for launching a war. Now we can see that assessment was right.

Take a look at this one-minute video of Trump (during the 2015 campaign) blasting Bush’s intervention in Iraq. Trump famously said: “The Iraq war was a big, fat mistake” which sent his public approval rating skyrocketing (but made him a permanent pariah among Washington’s political establishment.) It’s no overstatement to say he won the election on the back of his opposition to Iraq and to America’s endless regime change wars.

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And now the “peace candidate” wants to lead the country into a war with Iran?

Why?

Because he is indebted to the billionaire Zionists who got him elected. ‘War with Iran’ is their repayment. This is from ABC News:

President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that United States personnel are being “moved out” of parts of the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Israel and Iran.

“Well, they are being moved out because it could be a dangerous place, and we’ll see what happens. But they are—we’ve given notice to move out. We’ll see what happens,” Trump, who was walking the red carpet at the Kennedy Center, told reporters.

The State Department ordered the departure of all nonessential staff from its embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, due to concern over increased security risks in the region, according to two State Department officials familiar with the matter. Trump confirms US personnel are being removed from parts of Middle East, ABC News

So, the US is preparing for war even though nuclear talks are still underway?

Yes. In fact, Trump’s negotiating team hasn’t even made a formal proposal to Iran about anything yet. Nada. (The issue of enrichment hasn’t even been discussed at the meetings.) The US is rushing to war without any clear justification at all. They’re just following Bibi off a cliff. Here’s more from CBS News: