Joanna Mendelssohn

A clear analysis of incoherent USA military actions apparently directed by the inmate of the dementia ward at the White House

Trump's expanding war of choice: footnotes #3 Mixed messaging, a man-child at the Pentagon, the unintended consequences of war

Struggling to think of a US military mission where the rationale was so poorly explained, incoherent and inconsistent, where planning for the next day was so shambolic, and where the ultimate aim was so ill-thought out. My latest at History Never Ended:

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“Every conflict always reaches a point of sophistry…” Annabel Crabb defines Australia’s position in the Netanyahu/Trump war on #insiders

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“That time of year again”
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Puzzle #1001
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Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
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Puzzle #1000🎉
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Well this was a surprise!

I covered the Middle East when Saddam was America’s friend. The bloodletting hasn’t stopped Iranians deserve better than the ayatollahs – and they deserve better than an illegal war waged by a felonious, feckless president with no plan for what follows.

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So well said by Geraldine Brooks in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social I hope the bots advising @albomp.bsky.social + @tonyburkemp.bsky.social take note + stop demonising those who think differently #auspol

Article on Advance’s cashed up donors including Jamie Packer and the husband of Australia’s antisemitic envoy

“I guess it’s OK to hate other groups so long as you don’t hate Jews” Well said by
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On that hateful hate group, Advance

A tiny sack of shrivelled Aussie sultanas. I wonder if Albo will be the first to endorse Trump’s use of a nuclear weapon against Iran when this war gets even further off script and the orange dementor gets it into his rotting pumpkin husk that...

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A well timed rant at @albomp.bsky.social’s subservience to Caligula + his horses. Thanks @birmo.bsky.social

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...
This morning the Israeli ambassador was on @abc-news.bsky.social Radio National with Melissa Clarke, denying that this was a school, denying that children even existed – so glad the @nytimes.com has real journalists

Strands #733
“That's dedication”
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Puzzle #999
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Now there are four! #InnerWest #Greenway

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Two nights ago I found two abandoned Lime bikes on the #Greenway at Dulwich Hill. Yesterday there were three. Today there are four. I think this must be a breeding pair #InnerWest

Considered article in the SMH and Age on the continuing plight of the oppressed when “great powers” intervene to topple their tormentors

Sadly, so well said by Waleed Aly

2 abandoned Lime Bikes on a walkway

I took this photo of two dumped Lime bikes on the #Greenway at Dulwich Hill last night. This morning there were three. I think they must be breeding

Strands #732
“That's it?”
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Gafcon leaders meet in Nigeria as splits widen in Anglican Church over Sarah Mullally Conservative clerics are meeting in Nigeria to choose a rival to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Anglicans debating whether women are people or not.

They could use this time and energy sorting out their men who rape children problem.

Stop pretending to be dumb: the Iran War is about Greater Israel, not “liberation” - The Shot There is a map. There is a plan. There are quotes. There is evidence, both historic and fresh.

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Thanks @davemilbo.bsky.social for spelling it all out. Right now I feel like taking Voltaire’s advice at the end of Candide – and retreating to the garden

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“Everything's in place”
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