President Donald Trump attacks Israel for flagrantly violating the cease-fire as White House bristles from leak of top secret DIA Battle Damage Assessment showing no Iran nuke sites were destroyed.
Thanks David. Two very good articles. And also your interview on Neutrality Studies.
I wonder if you've seen the FT article today on "How Oil Traders called the MIddle East Conflict."
Your suggestion that Iran has been a responsible, albeit covert, nuclear power is really interesting. No wonder the bombing both ways was totally orchestrated.
I also liked Trump's F-bomb. First time I've heard a US president have a go at Israel. Hope that wasn't just for show and there's a bit more of it. Israel needs to face up to its actual position in the region and really make an effort to get on with all its neighbours instead of blowing up the fear the population feels. Obviously certain neighbours also need to tone down all their rhetoric. There's just too much said and done to fool one side or the other. And the US could really help here ......... but sadly I feel it won't.
So much hate everywhere: between countries but also within countries.
Yeah, Netanyahu deserved far more of a tongue lashing than Trump gave him but it was still nice to see Trump take a stand against Israel given the fact that no President has done that in my lifetime that I am aware of. No, I am not an FT subscriber.
Ah, ok. If you are interested and have the time it's just a short article which I think you'll find worth looking at, I'm allowed to share x number of articles per year so I could share it. Let me know and if so, would I use the forum@mgi.substack.com email?
I like the FT best out of all the UK papers. It also has the most international readership of all the UK press. You therefore get a wider range of views and some really interesting comments (as well as the usual yah boo sucks types).
Very annoyingly, since Gaza they haven't allowed any reader comments on anything to do with Israel which is now getting ridiculous. More than half don't allow comments. That oil traders article was also no comments. Utterly pathetic.
Yes it will! Israel is already saying Iran's nuclear program is still intact and they reserve the right to strike it again in violation of Trump's cease-fire.
Wow! So you agree that Iran is now just months away from acquiring nuclear weapons? Indeed, you assess that Iran probably already has nuclear weapons, and yet you applaud Donald Trump bullying Benjamin Netanyahu into being against regime change and into a peace with Iran that is nothing less than capitulation to Iran? Because if Donald Trump is to be obeyed then Israel must patiently await nuclear annihilation by Iran.
And you applaud Donald Trump in doing this and blame Israel? I have lost all respect for Donald Trump, whom I so much admired, because in the last few days he has become so irrational, self-contradictory, bullying and egomaniacal.
First he says that Iran must never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon, which you believe Iran will very soon have, if it doesn’t have 9-15 nukes already. He denies this fact like an out-of-control two-year old, for whatever egomaniacal reason, it doesn’t matter. But to deny reality is insanity. Especially when it comes to what he, himself, called “the most evil regime in the World” now having, or about to have, nuclear weapons.
To be in denial of reality about that makes him a madman, and a hypocrite of gargantuan proportions.
And to bully Israel’s Prime Minister into not trying to get regime change for “the most evil regime in the World” when it is about to get, or already has, nuclear weapons, and is Israel’s mortal enemy, makes Donald Trump more genocidal in his insanity in his desire to exterminate 9 million Jews than Adolf Hitler was in exterminating only 6 million Jews.
Hezbollah is dead and there is no way that Iran can reanimate it. Israel has seen to that. Iran has attacked Israel directly with ballistic missiles, and Iran has had no effect upon Israel, militarily, but has only succeeded in hitting a hospital and homes, mainly. So Iran has failed there, too, and on top of that Israel has destroyed almost all of Iran’s missile defences hitting Iran from the air with precision and virtual impunity.
But Donald Trump now denies the reality that Iran will now have nuclear weapons. Do you, David Pyne, support him in making these fundamental claims that Iran cannot get nuclear weapons because he has destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities? If so, you are employing double-think, because yo say that Iran probably already has nuclear weapons, and, if not, will certainly acquire them within a few months.
That is self-contradiction, and self-contradiction is not rational because it is the essence of illogicality.
And you employ a similar position against Israel defending herself against Hamas, which is the entrenched antisemitic position of almost all of the South Syrian people (since 1960’s and Yasser Arafat, now calling themselves “Palestinians”) in Gaza, an antisemitic political and religiously entrenched position that is proven to be both theoretically and actually-in-practice, as genocidal as the Nazis. And you accuse Israel of being a warmonger for defending herself against these Islamic Nazis that want to kill all the Jews in Israel, not just kill them, but rape and torture them as well!
You have swallowed the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish propaganda and you have taken the side of Islamic Nazis and “the most evil regime in the World”, as Donald Trump, himself, calked the Iranian Islamic regime just a few days ago. And you most barbarically agree with a now demented and insane Donald Trump, who demands that Israel not do its utmost to overthrow “the most evil regime in the World” that now has one last recourse to victory over “the Zionist regime” (as the Islamic regime calls Israelis in their own ancestral sacred homeland) - that last recourse being nuclear weapons.
Why do you want to exterminate 9 million Jews, David Pyne, and why do you support your case based upon double-think as your central argument for doing so?
Like Donald Trump, you, too, are not worthy of my respect and admiration, for these reasons. You are not filling the shoes of Peter Vincent Pry, that is for sure. He was very logical, reasonable and rational.
No I sure don't. Iran has likely had nukes for many years and has never used them or threatened to use them because they are deterred from doing so by US-Israeli nuclear supremacy. The Iranian regime is far more rational than the Netanyahu regime. Iran is far from the most evil regime in the world. That honor belongs to the PRC. Iran doesn't want to exterminate the Jews. They just want to create a Palestinian state including Israel in which the Palestinian majority of 10.6 million would govern the state and the 7.5 million Jews would be a minority. As for me, I have always been a Zionist who supports the existence of the state of Israel and their right of self-defense but not aggression against other countries. Israel was justified in attacking Gaza after the Hamas terror strikes on Israel in 2023 but not re-invading it after Hamas agreed to step down from power and disarm in March. Iran did serious damage with its 26 waves of missile strikes against Israel which was running out of ballistic missile interceptors so Netanyahu knew he had to end the war soon but didn't know how. Thankfully, Trump saved the day for Israel. Hezbollah also has 150,000 missiles and rockets which it could use to rain death on Israeli cities once it ran out of missile defense interceptors. Sadly, US missile strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear sites so they can keep building more nukes. Your vile false extremist attacks against me are unworthy of a response but I gave you the benefit of the doubt and responded anyway.
Iran's nuclear program will be set back by these attacks. How much is in question. But it lays down a marker that we can and will give them a beat down. You have spoken that Ukraine can't win against Russia because Russia is larger in population, larger in military and larger in economy. i.e. Russia is voluntarily fighting with one hand behind its back. The US did the same thing with a restrained and focused bombing. Hopefully, Iran has learned that the last thing it wants is Trump's complete and undivided f'ing attention. We flew around the world nonstop and put a banana in their tailpipe, undetected and unchallenged.
Have you read my article? Iran's ability to build 9-15 more nuclear weapons was completely unaffected by the US and Israeli bombings and they likely have more nuclear bomb parts safely stored in NK.
Exactly US action by the C-n-C look like a misappropriation of funds and resources given it was all a show. Not cool given national and global economics, unless there is a hidden universal agenda....
Yep it does seem like this was nothing but highly orchestrated political theater at least as it relates to US and Iranian strikes against each other. The war between Iran and Israel was real.
Thanks David. Two very good articles. And also your interview on Neutrality Studies.
I wonder if you've seen the FT article today on "How Oil Traders called the MIddle East Conflict."
Your suggestion that Iran has been a responsible, albeit covert, nuclear power is really interesting. No wonder the bombing both ways was totally orchestrated.
I also liked Trump's F-bomb. First time I've heard a US president have a go at Israel. Hope that wasn't just for show and there's a bit more of it. Israel needs to face up to its actual position in the region and really make an effort to get on with all its neighbours instead of blowing up the fear the population feels. Obviously certain neighbours also need to tone down all their rhetoric. There's just too much said and done to fool one side or the other. And the US could really help here ......... but sadly I feel it won't.
So much hate everywhere: between countries but also within countries.
Yeah, Netanyahu deserved far more of a tongue lashing than Trump gave him but it was still nice to see Trump take a stand against Israel given the fact that no President has done that in my lifetime that I am aware of. No, I am not an FT subscriber.
Ah, ok. If you are interested and have the time it's just a short article which I think you'll find worth looking at, I'm allowed to share x number of articles per year so I could share it. Let me know and if so, would I use the forum@mgi.substack.com email?
I like the FT best out of all the UK papers. It also has the most international readership of all the UK press. You therefore get a wider range of views and some really interesting comments (as well as the usual yah boo sucks types).
Very annoyingly, since Gaza they haven't allowed any reader comments on anything to do with Israel which is now getting ridiculous. More than half don't allow comments. That oil traders article was also no comments. Utterly pathetic.
Great article and commentary on Brannon Howse Live tonight.
Thanks for sharing your insights based on your experience and expertise to keep us all informed and updated.
Well done IMHO !!!
Thanks!
Good writing!
The funny thing is now both Netanyahu’s and Trump’s political careers are bound by the same lie of total obliteration.
It will be entertaining to see the reactions when Israel again will claim how Iran is just days/weeks away from having the N-bomb.
Yes it will! Israel is already saying Iran's nuclear program is still intact and they reserve the right to strike it again in violation of Trump's cease-fire.
Wow! So you agree that Iran is now just months away from acquiring nuclear weapons? Indeed, you assess that Iran probably already has nuclear weapons, and yet you applaud Donald Trump bullying Benjamin Netanyahu into being against regime change and into a peace with Iran that is nothing less than capitulation to Iran? Because if Donald Trump is to be obeyed then Israel must patiently await nuclear annihilation by Iran.
And you applaud Donald Trump in doing this and blame Israel? I have lost all respect for Donald Trump, whom I so much admired, because in the last few days he has become so irrational, self-contradictory, bullying and egomaniacal.
First he says that Iran must never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon, which you believe Iran will very soon have, if it doesn’t have 9-15 nukes already. He denies this fact like an out-of-control two-year old, for whatever egomaniacal reason, it doesn’t matter. But to deny reality is insanity. Especially when it comes to what he, himself, called “the most evil regime in the World” now having, or about to have, nuclear weapons.
To be in denial of reality about that makes him a madman, and a hypocrite of gargantuan proportions.
And to bully Israel’s Prime Minister into not trying to get regime change for “the most evil regime in the World” when it is about to get, or already has, nuclear weapons, and is Israel’s mortal enemy, makes Donald Trump more genocidal in his insanity in his desire to exterminate 9 million Jews than Adolf Hitler was in exterminating only 6 million Jews.
Hezbollah is dead and there is no way that Iran can reanimate it. Israel has seen to that. Iran has attacked Israel directly with ballistic missiles, and Iran has had no effect upon Israel, militarily, but has only succeeded in hitting a hospital and homes, mainly. So Iran has failed there, too, and on top of that Israel has destroyed almost all of Iran’s missile defences hitting Iran from the air with precision and virtual impunity.
But Donald Trump now denies the reality that Iran will now have nuclear weapons. Do you, David Pyne, support him in making these fundamental claims that Iran cannot get nuclear weapons because he has destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities? If so, you are employing double-think, because yo say that Iran probably already has nuclear weapons, and, if not, will certainly acquire them within a few months.
That is self-contradiction, and self-contradiction is not rational because it is the essence of illogicality.
And you employ a similar position against Israel defending herself against Hamas, which is the entrenched antisemitic position of almost all of the South Syrian people (since 1960’s and Yasser Arafat, now calling themselves “Palestinians”) in Gaza, an antisemitic political and religiously entrenched position that is proven to be both theoretically and actually-in-practice, as genocidal as the Nazis. And you accuse Israel of being a warmonger for defending herself against these Islamic Nazis that want to kill all the Jews in Israel, not just kill them, but rape and torture them as well!
You have swallowed the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish propaganda and you have taken the side of Islamic Nazis and “the most evil regime in the World”, as Donald Trump, himself, calked the Iranian Islamic regime just a few days ago. And you most barbarically agree with a now demented and insane Donald Trump, who demands that Israel not do its utmost to overthrow “the most evil regime in the World” that now has one last recourse to victory over “the Zionist regime” (as the Islamic regime calls Israelis in their own ancestral sacred homeland) - that last recourse being nuclear weapons.
Why do you want to exterminate 9 million Jews, David Pyne, and why do you support your case based upon double-think as your central argument for doing so?
Like Donald Trump, you, too, are not worthy of my respect and admiration, for these reasons. You are not filling the shoes of Peter Vincent Pry, that is for sure. He was very logical, reasonable and rational.
No I sure don't. Iran has likely had nukes for many years and has never used them or threatened to use them because they are deterred from doing so by US-Israeli nuclear supremacy. The Iranian regime is far more rational than the Netanyahu regime. Iran is far from the most evil regime in the world. That honor belongs to the PRC. Iran doesn't want to exterminate the Jews. They just want to create a Palestinian state including Israel in which the Palestinian majority of 10.6 million would govern the state and the 7.5 million Jews would be a minority. As for me, I have always been a Zionist who supports the existence of the state of Israel and their right of self-defense but not aggression against other countries. Israel was justified in attacking Gaza after the Hamas terror strikes on Israel in 2023 but not re-invading it after Hamas agreed to step down from power and disarm in March. Iran did serious damage with its 26 waves of missile strikes against Israel which was running out of ballistic missile interceptors so Netanyahu knew he had to end the war soon but didn't know how. Thankfully, Trump saved the day for Israel. Hezbollah also has 150,000 missiles and rockets which it could use to rain death on Israeli cities once it ran out of missile defense interceptors. Sadly, US missile strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear sites so they can keep building more nukes. Your vile false extremist attacks against me are unworthy of a response but I gave you the benefit of the doubt and responded anyway.
Iran's nuclear program will be set back by these attacks. How much is in question. But it lays down a marker that we can and will give them a beat down. You have spoken that Ukraine can't win against Russia because Russia is larger in population, larger in military and larger in economy. i.e. Russia is voluntarily fighting with one hand behind its back. The US did the same thing with a restrained and focused bombing. Hopefully, Iran has learned that the last thing it wants is Trump's complete and undivided f'ing attention. We flew around the world nonstop and put a banana in their tailpipe, undetected and unchallenged.
Have you read my article? Iran's ability to build 9-15 more nuclear weapons was completely unaffected by the US and Israeli bombings and they likely have more nuclear bomb parts safely stored in NK.
Exactly US action by the C-n-C look like a misappropriation of funds and resources given it was all a show. Not cool given national and global economics, unless there is a hidden universal agenda....
Yep it does seem like this was nothing but highly orchestrated political theater at least as it relates to US and Iranian strikes against each other. The war between Iran and Israel was real.
Real in terms of bombs and death, yes. Real in terms of actual national security risks, not so much. But lives mean nothing sadly.