Israel vs Palestine/Lebanon/Iran/Yemen/Syria: a New Middle East War

[Tintin]

I can't remember ever seeing a segment from the late Vladimir Zhirinovsky that wasn't 100% bang on the money. For those wishing to occupy the 'Heartland' (see Halford Mackinder) Iran is perfectly situated to thrust northwards into Russia. Russia knows this of course hence why they're building an enormous rear force, and have been for the last few years, certainly since the SMO.



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Source: https://x.com/BrianMcDonaldIE/status...06733867462736

Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who died in 2022, warned more than a decade ago that the US would eventually strike Iran and predicted a fallout far bigger than Washington expects (my translation):

"I’m the only one making predictions while everyone else stays quiet. So ask your questions now. I’ll be gone soon, and you won’t get another chance to hear the real answers. Then in 20 years you’ll say, 'You know, Mr Zhirinovsky was already telling us back then what we should’ve done, and we didn’t listen?'

"So what’s their plan? Occupy another bunch of Arab countries, finish off Syria, then hit Iran by force. What’s the trigger here? Where is the pressure on Iran really coming from? It's under the banner of 'democratisation by force,' but in reality it’s about taking control of energy resources. Because the crisis everyone talks about as being in the future is already here."

"The US needs to weaken China. If Iran is attacked, oil goes to $200 a barrel. China can’t handle that. The EU can’t either. One strike on Iran weakens both Europe and China at once. But then there’s Russia. How do you weaken Russia? Iranian refugees can only go one way [and that's] north. To the south is Syria, where a pro-American regime would already be in place. To the south is Iraq, where they’ve been fighting for years and can easily stir things up again. So north it is, through Azerbaijan."

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by thirtythree (here)
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[Szymon]

Can someone post this, please? I'm having problems.

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/174211



From Bill:
The post says (sarcastically)

Many of you might be asking, “But doesn’t Trump need congressional approval to start a war?”

That’s a common misconception. Trump does not need congressional approval if the strikes are approved by Benjamin Netanyahu.

[sdv]

An elementary girl's school in Iran was targetted. So far, 40 girls killed. As you can see, it was not an error ... the building was targetted, by 'the most moral army in the world'.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LOXIcLBIPpc

EDIT
The number of girls killed has risen to over 50, with at least 60 wounded.

[sdv]

We all know that the US is working with Israel, but so far, bombs are from IDF? Iran strikes back, and it is targetting US military bases in the region, so Trump has a valid reason to get Congressional approval ... the US is under attack!

If most Americans are against the war, why are they not out on the streets in their millions protesting?

[thirtythree]

Posted by sdv (here)
An elementary girl's school in Iran was targetted. So far, 40 girls killed. As you can see, it was not an error ... the building was targetted, by 'the most moral army in the world'.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LOXIcLBIPpc

It won't be an IDF strike if it does not involve ritualistic slaughter of civilians. This is what they excel at.

[grapevine]

US war with Iran begins

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3_EvbhquPEo

1:08:26
Streamed live a couple of hours ago, Alex and Alexander discuss the current situation and likely outcomes, both short and long term and answer questions from their membership. The consensus is that if there is to be any move by dissidents - as called for by DJT - that it will likely be tonight.

[syrwong]

Posted by sdv (here)
We all know that the US is working with Israel, but so far, bombs are from IDF? Iran strikes back, and it is targetting US military bases in the region, so Trump has a valid reason to get Congressional approval ... the US is under attack!

If most Americans are against the war, why are they not out on the streets in their millions protesting?

In the 60's, there were very strong protests against the Vietnam war, to the point that a few college students were shot dead. Now the nation is starting a Third World War, and the populace is silent? Either the mindsets of the people have changed to indifference to everything or some kind of mass mind control is at work.

[Bill Ryan]

For those interested in following informed military commentary on this (maybe while multitasking, as there'll be a lot to take in), there are a quite a few upcoming videos on these channels.

• https://youtube.com/@judgingfreedom/streams
• https://youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/streams
• https://youtube.com/@DanielDavisDeepDive/streams

[Bassplayer1]

Killing children seems to be a recurring theme ...
https://www.rt.com/news/633191-iran-...killed-israel/

[Bassplayer1]

Is this a silly thought, but could it be that the capture of Maduro and the take-over of Venezuelan oil could be for the U.S to secure oil for themselves and Israel, knowing that they would be striking Iran and the likely retaliation of the Strait of Hormuz possibly closing and attacks on oil sites?

[Vicus]

Israel strikes two schools in Iran, killing more than 50 people

State media says Israeli attack on girls’ school in the city of Minab in the south of the country kills dozens.



This image grab taken from Iranian state television broadcasted on February 28, 2026, show what it says is the site of deadly US and Israeli strikes that hit a girls' elementary school in Minab, in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan near the strategic sea route of the Strait of Hormuz. [Screengrab/IRIB TV via AFP]

An Israeli strike has hit an elementary girls’ school in Minab, a city in the Hormozgan province of southern Iran, killing at least 53 people, according to state media, as the immediate civilian cost from Israel and the United States’s huge bombardment of Iran comes into sharper focus.

Workers are continuing to clear wreckage from the site, where 63 others were injured on Saturday, said Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency. The strike is part of a wave of joint US-Israeli military attacks across Iran that has triggered an outbreak of regional violence.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shared a photo of the attack, which he said destroyed the girls’ school and killed “innocent children”.

“These crimes against the Iranian People will not go unanswered,” Araghchi wrote in a post on X.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei also slammed the “blatant crime” and urged action from the United Nations Security Council.

Separately, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported that at least two students were killed by another Israeli attack that hit a school east of the capital, Tehran.

Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Vall said the attacks call into question US and Israeli claims that “they are targeting only military targets and they are trying to punish the regime, not the people of Iran.”

“President Trump has promised the Iranian people that aid or help is coming their way, but now we are seeing civilian casualties; that’s something that the Iranian government will stress as a case of violation of international law and an aggression against the Iranian people,” said Vall.

There was no immediate reaction from the US or Israel on Iran’s claims about the school strikes.

video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/...than-50-people

[shaberon]

Al Jazeera prefers soft reporting about "interceptions".



Other claims are that radar is gone:

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that it destroyed a sophisticated American radar system stationed in Qatar as part of its retaliatory attacks targeting US bases and assets in the region.

A Saturday statement from the IRGC said the FP132 radar system, which was targeted in the attack, had a range of 5,000 km and had unique equipment to counter ballistic missiles.

According to a report by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency in 2013, the radar system was worth around $1.1 billion.

The statement said the system was “completely annihilated” in the massive missile attack.

Strike on the US MST combat ship.


Local reaction:

"Hit! Hit! Hit!"

Bahrainis express joy as an Iranian drone hit a US navy base in their country

Bases in Saudi Arabia and Jordan also hit, various landings in Tel Aviv Israel...which will be uninterrupted.

I think that is what they mainly mean by "enemy", whereas the US can more or less be repelled, Zion can only be reduced. In this sense, Oman tells US not to get sucked in -- this is not your war.

There is still communication running, although direct access to some sites is blocked. As we saw last time, Israel will make it illegal for you to post exactly what happened, but the Gulf States will have a harder time concealing damages.

[shaberon]

Posted by sdv (here)
We all know that the US is working with Israel, but so far, bombs are from IDF? Iran strikes back, and it is targetting US military bases in the region, so Trump has a valid reason to get Congressional approval ... the US is under attack!

If most Americans are against the war, why are they not out on the streets in their millions protesting?

No, the US attacked Iran. That's where the protests are:






A million lies shall be spoken, like "a week away from a nuclear weapon" or "killing civilians", so we might as well dump whatever American and European officials say.

[bojancan]

Feb, 28
Al Jazeera English
17.2M subscribers
Trump adopted Israeli red lines and attacked Iran: Analysis

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6iNa0PtU3qA

President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Trita Parsi, says there was no “international legal basis” for the US’s attack on Iran despite Trump’s speech justifying the operation.
“In an ever-changing effort at justifying what clearly is, not only an illegal war, but also a clear betrayal of the promise [President] Donald Trump made to his voters when he said he would be the peace president and he would rally against these unnecessary and forever wars in the Middle East and beyond”, Parsi told Al Jazeera.

Parsi explained that Trump “adopted” the Israeli red line and their reasoning, which had led him on a path towards an attack.

“The Iranians fear surrender more than they fear war and were not in the mood and had no need to surrender to Trump, and as a result, now we have seen Trump was willing to escalate further”, he said.

[shaberon]

Actually, ANSWER lists protests in most states today:

Initial sponsoring organizations of the day of protest include: ANSWER Coalition, National Iranian American Council, 50501, American Muslims for Palestine, The People’s Forum, Palestinian Youth Movement, CODEPINK, Black Alliance for Peace, Democratic Socialists of America.

And, one right there at the White House itself.

These kinds of things simply aren't featured but the list is extensive.

[bojancan]

I am against war... it's not sit well with me... very clever distraction from these pedophiles... but we shall not forget Saga... so many victims... children.. 160 girls killed! Satanists at work... Israel used 200 military jets... I am hearing also UK jets were used...

Talk in Redacted with Macgregor, Kiriaku


Feb, 28
They Predicted War, and it is Here...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=C4tl0E5OaUY

[shaberon]

Seyed Abbas Araghchi recalled a 2012 tweet by Donald Trump, in which Trump wrote: “Now that Barack Obama’s poll numbers are in a tailspin, watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.”


Entering as co-belligerents:

Kataib Hezbollah

Nujaba


Americanized Iraq:

[Ravenlocke]

-- GEROMAN -- time will tell - 👀 --


Iranian media report that a Shahed drone struck the main U.S. Navy command center in Bahrain.

In the background, enthusiastic voices can be heard praising the event.
@MilitarySummary

https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/2027793282407743526

Shivan Mahendrarajah

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@GeromanAT

@Spectator_MENA
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Keep eyes on Bahrain over the next few days. I suspect that Iran is aiming for regime change in Bahrain. It is majority Shia and was part of Iran before Perfidious Albion wrested it away.
https://x.com/S_Mahendrarajah/status...97338199060980

https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/2027808247705448459

[Eric J (Viking)]

Reading so much stuff, not sure where to turn next…

https://x.com/DailyIranNews/status/2...Fread%3D265543