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An Air-Campaign Primer The United States has seldom waged the sort of campaign now under way in Iran.

»Unfortunately, however, for all the technological changes air power has seen in recent decades, our impatience to know, and our readiness to make snap judgments on scanty evidence, remain unaltered.«

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This war will finally kill off Palestinian statehood Binyamin Netanyahu has united Israelis behind conflict with Iran; no one will stop West Bank annexation

»Binyamin Netanyahu has united Israelis behind conflict with Iran; no one will stop West Bank annexation«

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What are the nuclear options now open to the US? America and Israel face a complex challenge in locating and neutralising Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile

»America and Israel face a complex challenge in locating and neutralising Iran's enriched uranium stockpile«

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Oh, cool, Trump got a more moderate Iranian leader, surely not radicalized by the loss of his father and wife.

Wahlergebnis in Baden-Württemberg 2026: Wie Cem Özdemir die Wahl gewann Auf den letzten Metern ziehen die Grünen in Baden-Württemberg an der CDU vorbei. Das verdanken sie ihrem Spitzenkandidaten, der Kretschmann-Wähler bindet – und großer Distanz zur Bundespartei. Die Wah...

»In the final stretch, the Greens in Baden-Württemberg overtook the CDU. They owe this to their lead candidate, who is attracting Kretschmann voters – and to a significant distance from the national party. The election analysis.«

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The Kurds who want to liberate Iran whether Trump asks them to or not These battle-hardened fighters have defeated Isis and Tehran’s proxies. With the right help from the US, could they topple the regime itself?

»These battle-hardened fighters have defeated Isis and Tehran's proxies. With the right help from the US, could they topple the regime itself?«

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Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran’s new supreme leader in challenge to Trump Hardline clerics choose son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as successor while Israeli attack on a fuel depot raises fears of acid rain

»Hardline clerics choose son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as successor while Israeli attack on a fuel depot raises fears of acid rain«

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‘I haven’t told my granny’: Ukraine’s student molotov cocktail-makers Civilian volunteers come forward in large numbers to help war effort against Russian invasion

Wait till they learn what the civilised world calls them...

www.theguardian.com/world/2022/f...

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence The president and his advisers are in the grip of “victory disease.”

»The president and his advisers are in the grip of “victory disease.”«

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Tim Marshall: To understand Iran, understand its many peoples This diverse, mountainous nation of 92 million has long been held together by force. Can it last, the Prisoners of Geography author asks

»This diverse, mountainous nation of 92 million has long been held together by force. Can it last, the Prisoners of Geography author asks«

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Tim Marshall: To understand Iran, understand its many peoples This diverse, mountainous nation of 92 million has long been held together by force. Can it last, the Prisoners of Geography author asks

»This diverse, mountainous nation of 92 million has long been held together by force. Can it last, the Prisoners of Geography author asks«

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What Iran Might Do When It Has Nothing to Lose The risk of a retaliatory attack outside the Middle East is growing.

»The risk of a retaliatory attack outside the Middle East is growing.«

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Russian tech found in drone that hit RAF base in Cyprus As Moscow declares it is ‘supportive’ of Iran, the first evidence of Kremlin equipment in the war can be revealed

Bomb Moscow. That's it. That's the skeet.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #РусниПизда

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‘Israel tells us to flee its war on Hezbollah — but where do we go?’ IDF evacuation orders have squeezed an estimated 300,000 civilians into a shrinking safe zone in Lebanon. People we meet feel like the fighting never stopped

I was in the area a few years ago. The request from Israel appears to be unrealistic and possibly illegal. The Lebanese deserve better than this.

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A Strategic Learning Deficit: Western Military Institutions Ignored Ukraine War Lessons. The Big Five, 8 March edition My weekly update on war and strategic competition. This week, ignoring Ukraine war lessons hurts, battlefield and long-range strike, PLA operations in the Pacific and my Big 5 reading recommendations.

This article by @warinthefuture.bsky.social is free to read (and you should) but his entire Substack is commendable.

Pervert Politics: Trumpism’s Body Obsessions How Republicans went from the party of prudes to the party of perversion.

"Trump was animated when describing the bloodied and mangled bodies of people. This obsession...is a hallmark of right-wing politics in America...America's descent into lawless, violent government is at least a little bit a story of psychosexual unmooring."

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Why Hasn’t Trump Mentioned Iran’s Oil? Usually he encourages the seizure of natural resources as repayment in war.

»Usually he encourages the seizure of natural resources as repayment in war.«

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🔴 A Russian FPV drone targeted an ambulance in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region today, wounding a doctor and the driver, local authorities report.

Russia's war against Ukraine is completely illegal, utterly immoral, and replete with systematic war crimes that the russian state encourages, rather than punishes. Calling it a war like any other is a whitewashing position.

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ITYM В оригинале на русском это звучало бы лучше, товарищ.

A little bit obsessed with all the nut clusters currently ‘ashamed to be British’ because Starmer didn’t sign us up to this shit show.

Is this the beginning of the worst gas crisis the world has seen? The closure of the Ras Laffan energy complex — and threats to the Strait of Hormuz — could cripple economies, send prices soaring and halt oil supplies

»The closure of the Ras Laffan energy complex and threats to the Strait of Hormuz - could cripple economies, send prices soaring and halt oil supplies«

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Six Days of War, 10 Rationales The administration has laid out a buffet of reasons for Operation Epic Fury—take your pick.

»The administration has laid out a buffet of reasons for Operation Epic Fury—take your pick.«

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Keir Starmer gambles that Iran war could be his finest hour The prime minister provoked President Trump’s fury over Diego Garcia but hopes resisting the rush to war could yet prove politically wise

»The prime minister provoked President Trump's fury over Diego Garcia but hopes resisting the rush to war could yet prove politically wise«

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Would I have blocked the US military  like Starmer? I believe in the rules General Sir Nick Carter, former chief of the defence staff, says where the West went wrong in Afghanistan and what he thinks of Trump’s war

»General Sir Nick Carter, former chief of the defence staff, says where the West went wrong in Afghanistan and what he thinks of Trump's war«

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Trench candles. This is the way.

The Glaring Oversight in the U.S. War Plan The Pentagon failed to adopt Ukraine’s best tools for downing drones.

»The Pentagon failed to adopt Ukraine’s best tools for downing drones.«

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»Iran has attacked a power station in the UAE that keeps a desalination plant running, and targeting these plants could put Persian Gulf countries in an impossible situation, making water a potential geopolitical commodity in the conflict.« archive.today/VQbTN

Here's the full article. archive.today/VQbTN