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Iran has started launching strikes on specific addresses of Israeli leaders, ministers, commanders, pilots, and intelligence officers.
Targeted objectives, specific houses, precise strikes...
In fact, a real hunt for people has begun within Israel.
There is great anxiety in Tel Aviv. Some are trying to save their lives.
Many are going into hiding.
Apparently, Israel did not expect that Iran had such capabilities. They acted confidently and without looking back — now this has become a shock for them.
Another question arises: who helped Iran gain such capabilities, who provides navigation and digital intelligence.
©K.Muazzin
 

Actually it makes perfect sense when you step back. For those of us who attended a war college, the mind numbing echo chamber where debating was frowned upon, was a script for brainwashing adherence to an agenda dressed up as 'higher education'. It was an indocrination camp based on the same principles as a cult. It works on some and others will not succumb to the brain rot.

Most ppl fail to understand what is at stake in this war to free government institutions from the syndicate's control. It is a life or death situation from the enemy. If they lose control of the military, it's game over. CP just got in their way so a fellow Army officer was tapped to expose him and didn't hesitate for a second to proverbial fire a shot inside the tent and try to take CP out, betting on a deranged individual would take them up on the task. They want everyone living in fear that stands up to them. They are in the wrong community for that to happen. Feckless POS's like Brad, who can't intellectually compete on the battlefield of ideas, will block anyone who challenges his own brainwashing and expose himself as the mental midget he is and exactly who's payroll role he's on. His leash is on so tight it has cut off the flow of blood to his brain.
 
Ben Gvir and Bibi Netanyahu are rumored to be dead, they can surrender too...
 
Round and round we go, what the truth is - don't any one know.

Trump says Iran is ready to negotiate a ceasefire but he's not ready to make a deal

The president said the "terms aren't good enough yet" to make a deal with Iran amid a widening war in the Middle East.
www.nbcnews.com

Trump wants other countries to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That might not be so easy.

Trump, who has previously been bullish about reopening the shipping route, appeared to acknowledge that it would be more challenging to stop Tehran attacking ships.
www.nbcnews.com
 

The Media Will NEVER show you this side of IRAN You Will Be SHOCKED to See it!! ایران​

 
Sunni Arabs despise Shia Iranians, didn't you know ? And visa-versa. Its more then just a rift that started in the 7'th century when Muhammad died and they fought over who would inherit his power. The Sunni wanted his kid and the Shia wanted his cousin, at least until they whacked him. While this is a big cause of the schism between the two factions its not the only one. Just as important, if not more so, is the Iranians are mostly Persian which means their roots are more Asian then Middle Eastern/Arab.

The religious rift they could all live with. Each group is required to face Mecca 5 times a day and pray. Each group is supposed to follow the Prophets teachings and the Quran, each must adhere to the 5 pillars of Islam. Their differences are far more political then religious. Think Catholics and protestants.

Sunni Muslims believe the elected caliphs run the show, whereas Shia Muslims hold that leadership should have remained within the Prophet Muhammad's bloodline, his cousin and son-in-law Ali most of all. The one the Sunnis whacked. Both bunches continue uphold the core tenets of Islam but in that part of the world they really know how to hold a grudge.

I think Iran lost this war when they attacked the Arabs. Now they are all alone, flailing, with nothing but enemys around them.
 

A $20,000 drone just changed the price of war forever.

Iran's Shahed costs $20,000 to build. The missile fired to stop it costs $2 million. Iran fired 2,000 in the first week alone.

You do the math. The Pentagon already did.

This is the new battlefield equation: any nation, any proxy, any militia with a credit card and a supply chain can now bleed a superpower slowly and expensively, with no clean counter available.

The Shahed already destroyed Ukraine's infrastructure, paralyzed Red Sea shipping through the Houthis, and is now hitting U.S. bases across 12 countries simultaneously. One drone evaded every layer of American air defense and killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait.

The U.S. response? They captured a Shahed, reverse-engineered it, slapped "Made in America" on it, and fired it back at Iran. That's how good the original design is.

The deeper story: Ukraine spent four years getting hit by these things and became the world's leading authority on stopping them. The Trump administration turned down their expertise eight months before this war started.

After the Kuwait strike, they called Kyiv back.

The $14,000 American counter-drone is now killing the $20,000 Iranian drone. The cost exchange finally flipped. Iranian attacks are down 95%.

But the technology keeps getting cheaper. The autonomy keeps increasing.

One defense CEO told Axios we're entering "phase zero of Terminator."

He's not wrong. He's just early.

Source: Axios
Video: Anduril
 

Catherine Austin Fitts on the Strait of Hormuz shutdown:

"This is Covid 2.0."

"I think the big problem here is famine."

"It started with the City of London."

"What's in it for them is implementing the control grid and depopulation together."

"You have seen the new administration in the United States systematically cut the domestic funds that are available to support food for poor people in emergencies, as well as the USAID and State Department aid to protect countries that have emergencies like food. So you have, I don't know, 25-maybe billion dollars traditionally that the US had available to stop famines. That money is all cut. And now you have something that's creating the conditions of famine. So... to me that's very disturbing."

This clip of Fitts, a former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, investment banker, and founder of the Solari Report (@solari_the), is taken from a conversation with Paul Buitink (@paulbuitink) posted to the Reinvent Money YouTube channel on March 14, 2026.
 
They shoulda made it 4 times as big. That pipe only handles 1/4th of Hormuz tanker traffic.

It's better than nothing, but still falls short on capacity.


The answer is getting Hormuz open.
 
So basically the Straight of Hormuz is open when Iran says it's open.

Even Hegseth said the other day the straight is open except for Iran attacking ships or something like that. LOL.

 

Cargo and tanker ship crews trapped, stranded by Strait of Hormuz closure | 60 Minutes​

Mar 15, 2026
The unprecedented Strait of Hormuz closure amid the Iran war has spiked the price of oil and gas. It's also left thousands of crew members stranded on ships as the war rages on.

13:15
 
Note: Just my opinion but if it were me I would have formed a coalition before I attacked. I would have also never have insulted any other country as a prez. Trump did not form a coalition what so ever and the countries he wants help from are countries he's insulted big time and tried to extort with tariffs.

‘We will remember’: Trump warns countries to help secure Strait of Hormuz as shipping stalls​

  • Trump urged countries reliant on Gulf oil to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Most countries have shown little interest in sending warships despite U.S. pressure.
  • Several ships plying the narrow strait have been damaged ever since war started last month.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that other countries should help the U.S. secure the Strait of Hormuz, arguing the key shipping route benefits them more than it does Washington.

Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said countries such as China, which rely more heavily on oil shipments passing through the Strait, should contribute to securing it.

More:

'We will remember': Trump warns countries to help secure Strait of Hormuz as shipping stalls

Trump's comments come after he called on several countries to send warships so as to secure the critical waterway
www.cnbc.com
 

Strait of Hormuz disruption threatens to shake global economy​

Mar 15, 2026
The strategic shipping lane carries a fifth of the world's oil. Analysts warn prolonged disruption could send fuel prices soaring and trigger a global economic slowdown.

6:50
 
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