"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable." -- H.L. Mencken
Posted by Tyler Durden, Via Middle East Eye
Ammar al-Baluchi remembers the cold most of all. Held nearly naked in a cell lit around the clock by fluorescent bulbs, he referred to his detention "as if I was living in a refrigerator".
Steven Sahiounie, globalresearch.ca
Britain’s historic role in Palestine created the Palestinian-Israel conflict and shaped the modern Middle East.
For more than seven decades, Palestinians have endured displacement, loss of land, military occupation, repeated wars and serious violations of international law.
by: the macrobutler, via zerohedge.com
On 24 August 2026, the US Treasury Secretary ‘Scrooge’ Bessent stood in front of a microphone and issued the planet an ultimatum. Keep trading with Tehran and you lose the dollar system, Federal Reserve wire transfers and SWIFT. New sanctions weekly. “Either you are with us or against us.” He also promised to “asphyxiate” — a bold verb from a man whose day job is auctioning IOUs.
max blumenthal, thegrayzone.com
responsiblestatescraft.org
While it is somewhat cliche to say that the “whole world changed” after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, it does not detract from the reality of the statement. In numerous tangible ways, the culture, security, and politics of the nation were never the same after al-Qaida hijackers in passenger planes left nearly 3,000 people dead in smoldering ruins across lower Manhattan, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
by David Roza , thewarhorse.org
by Norman Solomon, antiwar.com
by Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
Pakistan's defense minister also said that Ansar Allah's attacks on Saudi Arabia could activate the new Mecca defense pact
Pakistan is likely to carry out airstrikes against Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, at Saudi Arabia’s request, Türkiye Today reported on Wednesday, citing Pakistani sources.
Posted by Tyler Durden: Authored by John Walter via Substack,
There is a moment before the fall. You will miss it. Everyone does.
This is not collapse. This is the pre-collapse.
The period when preparation remains possible, when geography can still be chosen, when the window sits open but narrowing.
by Andrew Napolitano
A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere.
The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the enduring wisdom of the Constitution’s separation of powers. It was unauthorized, unconstitutional, illegal, strategically incoherent and — by the standards by which wars must be judged — a geopolitical failure.