Israel has never fought a country it has diplomatic relations with, and has never broken a peace agreement.
Don’t know if anybody watched Kegsbreath news conference this morning. He basically said that ‘we didn’t start this war, but under the leadership of Trump, we will finish it’, implying that Iran has been at war with the USA for the past 47 years.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/nx-s1-5732258/us-iran-hegseth-caine
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Tell the Palestinians how trustworthy Israel is.
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So when’s Iran going to release the footage of Trump rapping underage girls? Now seems like the perfect time.
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This is entirely off topic and a hijack. Don’t do this.
Tehran says no to any further talks.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said today that the war in Iran will not be “endless” and that the U.S. goal was not regime change.
For this minute.
Qatari jet fighters shot down two Iranian bomber jets that were attempting to bomb targets in Qatar.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/world/middleeast/qatar-iran-bombers-shot-down.html
Qatar was the main “helper” for Iran when it came to interacting diplomatically with the world (and, among other thing, this was one of the factors that put Qatar into diplomatic hot water some years ago with a bunch of other Arab countries).
To see Iran “repaying” Qatar this way… I do not think that it will do Iran any favors.
I’m seeing headlines like this at NBC News (sorry, no direct link):
“State Department urges Americans in 14 countries to leave immediately”
Aren’t these mostly countries with closed airports?
For anyone who’s still unsure whether the clown Pahlavi has any credibility in the planning for a succession regime:
He’s sourcing Jacobin? Roflmao, I have 0 interest in watching a Patrick Bet-David interview, but I also certainly wouldn’t trust Jacobin’s interpretation. Talk about clowns!
I’m certainly glad that Pahlavi doesn’t appear to be interested in reestablishing the monarchy, though. He’s fine as a symbol, not no one needs a king. Or a shah.
I’ve wondered when the Middle Eastern countries would use their air defenses to defend against Iran’s missiles.
That does add complexity to the skies and the Kuwaiti shooting down 3 F-15 isn’t unexpected.
The US has to quickly add the other air forces into their ID system as friendly.
Without asking for classified info or anything like that, isn’t it a bit odd that a Kuwaiti radar couldn’t tell the difference between an F-15 shape and a MiG-23 shape, even with no IFF? Do radars not discriminate with enough detail like that yet?
Cutting edge systems do, but most radar just sees a blob.
Are you really sure they did not shoot the planes down on purpose? Really?
They say once is happenstance. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Well they shot down three planes. Three very expensive planes.
Given the fog of war, of course I’m not sure. But friendly fire incidents are common.
Who says that?
Yes, extremely expensive when built in the last century.
No matter what the truth is, it was extremely unusual for three American warplanes to be shot down within a short time. This fact doesn’t tell me much more than that.