Iran War
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The Official Count is Fifteen
How the Pentagon Manufactured the Casualty Record of Operation Epic Fury Editorial Analysis | 29 May 2026 The United States government’s official position, as stated repeatedly by President Trump, by CENTCOM spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins, and by CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper at a Pentagon press conference, is that thirteen American service members died in… Continue reading
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The Choke Point Doctrine
How American economic and military pressure now targets the Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Malacca, the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Arctic passages The headline video below is circulating on social media under the title “It’s Not Chaos. It’s The Blueprint” argues that the seemingly disconnected crises in… Continue reading
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Kagan Admits Iran Won
The co-founder of the Project for the New American Century writes the Empire’s Obituary – How the United States Lost a War it Started and Cannot Escape the Consequences When Robert Kagan writes that the United States has suffered a total defeat from which it cannot recover, the machinery of American imperialism has not merely… Continue reading
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The China Perspective: War Without Declaration
A Consideration of War in Iran and the Greater Reordering of the World In Which China Endures the Tumult of War Whilst the Old Order Strains to Maintain Its Hold China views the Iran war not as a distant regional conflict but as part of a broader strategic environment in which it is the primary… Continue reading
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Day 59 -Update on the Unprovoked War on Iran
The war is transitioning from a short-term coercive campaign into a broader geopolitical standoff IRAN WAR – DAY 59: 1. Trump rejects Iran proposal – nuclear issue remains core obstacle President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief while postponing nuclear talks. Trump’s position remains absolute:… Continue reading
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Europe Divided as War with Iran Tests the Union’s Strategic Identity
A public clash between EU leaders reveals deeper tensions over intervention, the limits of the rules-based order, and Europe’s role in a widening Middle Eastern conflict. A rare public disagreement between senior European Union leaders has exposed a widening strategic divide within the bloc over the United States-Israeli war against Iran, raising questions about Europe’s… Continue reading
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Expansion and Domination, Not Democratisation
Military Primacy, Strategic Fragmentation, and U.S.-Israeli Security Doctrine in the Middle East in the Name of The Greater Israel Plan The claim that American policy in the Middle East is principally driven by the promotion of democracy sits uneasily alongside the historical record of strategic planning and material interests that have shaped it. Since the… Continue reading
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