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Israel Is Making Sure Trump Can’t Find An Off-Ramp In Iran, by Jonathan Cook
The Unz Review - Mar 31st 2026 12:00am EDTIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must have persuaded Donald Trump that a war on Iran would unfold much like the pager attack in Lebanon 18 months ago. The two militaries would jointly decapitate the leadership in Tehran, and it would crumble just as Hezbollah had collapsed – or so it then seemed – after Israel…
The Fall of Singapore, Dien Bien Phu… and the Battle for Kharg Island?, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Mar 30th 2026 12:00am EDTThe World War II chapters of my introductory history textbooks always devoted a great deal of space to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought our country into the conflict. But they only spent a couple of paragraphs on the major military victories of Japan that had soon followed. Perhaps a single sentence was…
Iran’s Victory Would Have a Silver Lining, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Mar 29th 2026 12:10am EDTFormer Israeli Army officer says Israel’s military is “on the brink of collapse.” Israel’s capability, with US help, is assassinations and sneak attacks. Israel’s army is good at bombing civilians and shooting mothers and babies in the head. But when it comes to fighting, Israel is pitiful. Twice the vaunted IDF tried to occupy Southern…
The US-Israel Alliance Exists to Fix the Problems Created By Its Existence, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Mar 28th 2026 12:00am EDTThe US-Israel alliance exists to fix the problems created by its existence. The US and Israel have sown death and destruction throughout the middle east for generations, creating generation after generation of survivors who hate them and want them gone, and then it cites the existence of people who hate them and want them gone…
1The Horror of Another Week In Washington, by Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review - Mar 28th 2026 12:00am EDTThe past week has seen the usual mixture of developments flowing from the United States government that make one either want to laugh or cry. On the humor side, though with more than a bit of extreme disgust, there are the latest moves by the megalomaniac-in-chief in the White House to slap his name and…
Putin Himself Is Helping the West to Destabilize Russia, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Mar 27th 2026 12:00am EDTGilbert Doctorow watches the main Russian television programs that assess world events. He reports the news (see below) that the tiny Baltic States are permitting Ukraine to use their territory to launch drone attacks on St. Petersburg, and that the UK prime minister, Starmer, has urged Britain’s navy to seize Russian “grey fleet” tankers in…
Netanyahu Insists He’s Alive. Is He Telling the Truth for a Change?, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - Mar 27th 2026 12:00am EDTSince 1980, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly insisted that Iran is on the brink of developing nuclear weapons. How many times has he made those false claims? I could count them on the fingers of one hand…if I had AI-generated hands with an infinite supply of fingers. How many times has Netanyahu tried…
U.S. Security Guarantees Under Scrutiny in Gulf States, by James Durso
The Unz Review - Mar 26th 2026 12:00am EDTU.S./Israeli attacks on Iran triggered Iranian retaliation that disrupted ports, airports, energy infrastructure, and trade, revealing the limits of American security guarantees. Gulf states may renegotiate U.S. defense arrangements, pursue strategic autonomy with diverse military suppliers and domestic defense industries, and strengthen regional institutions like the GCC. To safeguard economies and influence, Gulf nations could…
New World Busy Being Born While Old One Is Busy Dying, by Pepe Escobar
The Unz Review - Mar 26th 2026 12:00am EDTThe 15-point plan that Team Trump presented to Iran is already D.O.A. It’s an imposed capitulation: a surrender document disguised as “negotiation”. The non-plan plan – imposing demands while begging for a one-month ceasefire – includes zero uranium enrichment on Iranian soil; full dismantlement of Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow installations; all enriched uranium out of…
“Israel Has A Right to Exist” Is Psychopathic Bullshit, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Mar 26th 2026 12:00am EDTAs soon as you accept that Israel must exist as a “Jewish state” no matter what, you are accepting that there will never be peace in the middle east. Because Israel cannot exist as it is without nonstop violence. Show a Zionist a map where Israel does not exist as a Jewish state and a…
Free Reiner Fuellmich, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Mar 25th 2026 9:07am EDTI have written several articles about Reiner Fuellmich who was about to expose the fraudulent and orchestrated Covid Pandemic and to hold those responsible accountable. To prevent this, a corrupt German government kidnapped him in Mexico and imprisoned him in Germany after a fake trial on fake charges. Award-winning documentary film director Philippe Carillo has…
Looks Like Donald Trump Is Serious About Putting US Boots on the Ground in Iran, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Mar 24th 2026 12:05am EDTIn my recent article — Boots on the Ground in Iran… A Deception or a Suicide Mission? — I was shocked by the lack of OPSEC (aka Operational Security) surrounding the deployment of the 31st and 11th MEUs (Marine Expeditionary Unit). Then there was the news that the 82nd Airborne had cancelled an upcoming exercise…
Donald Trump and the Downfall of the American Empire?, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Mar 23rd 2026 12:00am EDTOur war against Iran is now three weeks old and the Trump Administration has apparently reached the point of total desperation. The best proof of this came late Friday when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that America would assist Iran in obtaining a massive inflow of additional funding for its war machine, thereby supporting Iranian…
They Underestimated Iran—Not Just Militarily, But Also Morally and Spiritually, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - Mar 22nd 2026 12:00am EDTRumble link Bitchute link False Flag Weekly News link Will Trump send Marines to their watery graves off Hormuz…“just for fun”? Will he declare victory and withdraw? Will he attack more energy infrastructure and watch Iran do the same to US allies and “Israel”? More ship sinkings and infrastructure annihilation might be “fun” for Trump,…
Iran Has Already Won, by Hua Bin
The Unz Review - Mar 22nd 2026 12:00am EDTIt is a spectacle to witness the complete mental meltdown of the “leader” of the “free world” and the world’s “sole” superpower. Barely three weeks after his breathless claim of victory, Trump has gone total bananas beyond his usual incoherent self. One wonders whether it is the fog of war that’s corroding his brain or…
Fidel Castro’s War on Jewish Mobster Meyer Lansky, by Jose Alberto Nino
The Unz Review - Mar 21st 2026 12:00am EDTFor more than two decades, Meyer Lansky built what he believed would be his permanent kingdom in the Caribbean. The Jewish gangster from New York’s Lower East Side had transformed Havana into the gambling capital of the Western Hemisphere, a glittering playground where American tourists could indulge every vice under the protection of a dictator…
You Can’t Make People Cheer for Your Wars After Committing A Live-Streamed Genocide, and Other Notes, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Mar 21st 2026 12:00am EDTI saw a clip of Fox News war propagandist Sean Hannity solemnly reading a tweet by Atlantic Council fellow Jamie Metzl which said, “It is profoundly disturbing that a growing segment of the far left appears to be almost rooting for Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iranian regime, and other forces fundamentally opposed to the US and…
The Warmongers Will Never Admit They Were Wrong and Will Never Learn from Their Mistakes, by Caitlin Johnstone
The Unz Review - Mar 20th 2026 9:15am EDTTrump’s former national security advisor John Bolton has a tweet that’s got me absolutely fuming right now. “In 2018–2019, I made the case for regime change in Iran as often as I could. Voices in Trump’s orbit often cited Iran’s capacity to close the Strait of Hormuz as a reason against regime change. Trump has…
The Iranian Foreign Minister Seems to be Losing Focus. If He Does, Israel Will Win, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Unz Review - Mar 20th 2026 12:00am EDTWill Abbas Araghchi save Israeli-America from defeat? He has proposed turning over Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz to an international coalition that in the interest of uninterrupted oil flows would prevent further Israeli-American attacks on Iran. Araghchi said: “In my view, after the war, a new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz should…
Are Bibi and Trump Looking for an Exit Ramp from the War in Iran?, by Larry C. Johnson
The Unz Review - Mar 20th 2026 12:00am EDTPrice of Gas in Bradenton, FL on March 13, 2026 Price of Gas in Bradenton, FL on March 20 The short answer to the question posed in the title of this article… I don’t know. I do know that some US military personnel, perhaps many, believe that Iran is ready to do this for another…
IDF Threatens ‘Elimination’ for Russian Leaders Who ‘Wish Israel Ill’, by Wyatt Reed
The Unz Review - Mar 19th 2026 12:00am EDTIsrael’s veiled threat to Moscow came just after Russian media warned traffic cameras in Moscow were vulnerable to the same exploits that Israel reportedly used to monitor Ayatollah Khamenei’s residence before assassinating him. Israeli military spokeswoman Anna Ukolova has drawn outrage in Moscow after threatening that Russian authorities who “wish Israel ill” could be subject…
Silence of the Goy Lambs in the Face of Jewish Supremacist Slaughter of the World, by Jung-Freud
The Unz Review - Mar 18th 2026 2:19am EDTIn the execrable movie THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, the lambs being slaughtered weren’t silent but crying out in horror. The ‘silence’ in the title signifies the yearning for inner peace by the lead character, Clarice Starling(Jodie Foster), haunted since childhood by the cries of defenseless animals. In our time, there aren’t many Clarices at…
Ending the Trump-Netanyahu War in the Middle East, by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares
The Unz Review - Mar 17th 2026 12:00am EDTThe Israel-US war on Iran is engulfing the entire Middle East and could escalate to global war. The economic consequences are already severe and could become catastrophic. The Strait of Hormuz carries approximately one-fifth of all oil traded globally, and 30 percent of the world’s LNG. A sustained closure of the Strait would trigger an…
An Iranian Toll-Gate on the Strait of Hormuz?, by Ron Unz
The Unz Review - Mar 16th 2026 12:00am EDTThe American-Israeli war against Iran began a couple of weeks ago and seemed very much a David-vs-Goliath contest, with combat operations likely to be extremely one-sided. In recent years, America’s annual military spending has been roughly a trillion dollars, while Iran’s budget was merely $8 billion. Some estimates put Iran’s true outlays as considerably higher,…
Dear Trump, You Senile Old Pedophile, by Kevin Barrett
The Unz Review - Mar 15th 2026 12:00am EDTRumble link Bitchute link False Flag Weekly News link Dear Trump, you senile old pedophile, what in Epstein’s name were you thinking when you gave the order to attack Iran? Or more pertinently, since you’re incapable of anything remotely resembling thinking, who in Epstein’s name were you listening to, and why were you listening to…