Max Blumenthal, Glenn Diesen: ‘Israel First’ in Iran War Sparks MAGA Civil War & the Grooming of Trump for Israel +++
by Glenn Diesen [4-11-2026]. (RAD: I’m admitting right up front that I have been fooled by Trump! I already knew this by 2025, yet listening to Max Blumenthal’s analysis, it becomes even more obvious. Looking back to his campaign in 2020 when we lived in Albuquerque, I bought into his MAGA message & even got…
Post-American era begins: Asian nations reject war against Iran
by Grandmasters of Geopolitics [4-11-2026]. Asia and Europe are quietly preparing for a world without the US at the centre. The ceasefire between the US and Iran was supposed to buy time for diplomacy. Instead, it has become a window of opportunity for everyone except the US. While the US scrambles to hold together a…
Lorenzo Maria Pacini: Trump, the worlds’ eater
by Lorenzo Maria Pacini [4-9-2026]. Lorenzo Maria Pacini: Associate Professor in Political Philosophy and Geopolitica, UniDolomiti of Belluno. Consultant in Strategic Analysis, Intelligence and International Relations. What happened on the morning of April 8 is a true miracle. Or perhaps not. Madness-on-Earth “A whole civilization will die tonight.” – Donald J. Trump This article could…
Pepe Escobar: Barbaria strategically surrenders. Civilization wins. For now.
by Pepe Escobar [4-8-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). This was always about Civilization. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” History will register it with a gaze as pitiless as the Sun. An astonishing barbarian imprimatur, courtesy of the President of the United States, via a social media post. In a nutshell,…
Pepe Escobar, Nima Alkhorshid: How Iran Just DESTROYED 50 Years of US DOMINANCE in the Middle East
by Dialogue Works [4-9-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio), Nima Rostami Alkhorshid(bio). (RAD: Pepe has a way of explaining the critical interactions. Iran, Pakistan & China are negotiating against the US, while Israel is trying to derail any negotiations. No matter how you slice this, the US has lost its dominance in the Middle East. – RAD)
Scott Ritter, Nima Alkhorshid: The US War on Iran Just COLLAPSED – Ceasefire Does the Impossible
by Dialogue Works [4-8-2026] Scott Ritter(bio), Nima Rostami Alkhorshid(bio). (RAD: This is an excellent discussion where Scott sounds more like a diplomat where he points out the implications for Trump. If Trump doesn’t find a way to ‘resolve’ this fiasco in Iran & spin it to his advantage, his presidency will be finished. He has…
The Pakistan General Who Picked Up the Phone & Paused a War in Iran
by New Rules [4-8-2026]. He holds no elected office. But on the night of April 6-7, he was arguably the most consequential person in the world. Field Marshal Asim Munir – Pakistan’s army chief since November 2022 – was simultaneously on the phone with US Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Iranian…
Larry Johnson: Statement of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on the Two-Week Ceasefire and Negotiation Conditions
by Larry Johnson [4-7-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio). If you think the war is over, think again. Iran has not agreed to a ceasefire. They have agreed to stop retaliating as long as Israel and the US stop their attacks. So that ball is in the West’s corner. Despite the White House claim that the Strait…
“Iran’s plan is to shift the paradigm in West Asia and restore its status as a major power” — Interview with Alastair Crooke (Part-2)
by Think BRICS [4-4-2026] Alastair Crooke(bio). According to the former British intelligence officer, since the 1970s the US has used its Sunni Arab allies in the region to try to weaken Iran. In the second part of his exclusive interview with Brasil de Fato, Crooke – a former MI6 agent and former European Union adviser…
Mohammad Marandi, Lt Col Danel Davis – Iran: Just a Bunch of Crazy Bastards According to Trump?
by Daniel Davis, Deep Dive [4-6-2026] Seyed Mohammad Marandi(bio). (RAD: This very relevant interview with Professor Marandi starts at 18:22 after waiting for a good internet connection with Tehran. I’m posting this interview as a very important marker for future reference. Is Trump going to irrationally plunge the world into a depression more severe than…
Iranian underground missile cities: Engineering marvel & key to victory!
by Geopolitics Prime [4-6-2026]. Iran’s missile cities have proven virtually invincible and highly effective in the war-so how are they structured? Iran began developing its underground missile bases in 1984 (42yrs ago), during the war with Iraq. Development has continued uninterrupted ever since located deep within the heart of mountains the interior space resembles a…
Larry Johnson: What the Hell Happened with the Rescue of the F-15E WSO in Iran?
by Larry Johnson [4-6-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio). Iran’s air defense system succeeded on Friday, April 3, in downing a US F-15E over Iran. There is some dispute and confusion about the exact location (more about that later). The pilot and the WSO (i.e., Weapons System Officer) both successfully ejected but were separated. The pilot was…