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If you seek a general theme in this moment’s tempestuous events, try No submission. It’s behind events in the Middle East and in the USA — and across Western Civ ultimately. No submission to what, you ask? To willful evil. Of course, the willfully evil will not see it that way, and great quarrels will arise over who-and-what represents the evil abroad in the world.

In our country, the Democratic Party has been waging jihad against order, liberty, truth, and decency. You can tell it’s jihad because it’s irrational, frankly, insane. Americans are asked to submit to propositions that will destroy the country and its traditions, and they have had enough of the hustles aimed at that outcome.

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For the first time, Trump looks truly pathetic. He still has a chance, of course. But here we need to act decisively and take power for real, and not that’s all we’ve already seen in the first term.

To suppress the internal fronde with a hard hand, to withdraw from NATO, to stop supporting Israel, to stop the endless supply of weapons, intelligence and money, to stop the Kiev terrorists, to annex Canada and Greenland, to make peace with China, to publish the Epstein list, to imprison Lindsey Graham (a terrorist according to Russian law), to shoot Soros and his son. Will he be able to? And that’s exactly what Trump promised. He was chosen for this and for this.

If he can’t, he’s finished.

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From Vox Day:

Christian Zionists have been greatly deceived, if the reports coming out of the Israeli media about at least an influential subset of the Israeli elite are true.

Sounds familiar, doesn’t it. And these are also the same people who are pulling the strings in the Kiev regime, the European Commission, the US Congress, and apparently, the Trump administration right now. Because the Kiev elite, the EU elite, the UK elite, the US elite, and the Israeli elite are one and the same. They all worship the same satanic gods in the same abhorrent way as their predecessors in Technochtitlan and other historical centers of horror.

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The most eye-opening part of the strikes was the claim by Israeli sources that the strikes incorporated deliberate political and ‘diplomatic’ deception, which appears to imply that Trump and co’s various statements of de-escalation were part of the trap set to lull Iran into a false sense of security before ruthlessly assassinating Iranian leadership in a cowardly sneak attack:

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Update (2115ET): Al Jazeera and regional media have reported at least six large explosions were observed in the Iranian capital of Tehran, as Israel confirms it has launched ‘Operation Rising Lion’ – which importantly Netanyahu in a televised address said “will continue for as many days” until the Iranian ‘nuclear threat’ is removed, and “as long as necessary”.

There are unconfirmed reports that Iranian jets have been scrambled and that the Islamic Republic’s inevitable retaliation has begun. Iran possesses an immense ballistic missile arsenal, many which can be launched from underground silos and deep below ground ‘missile cities’. Developing:

ISRAEL BELIEVES IT KILLED SOME IRAN GENERALS, ATOMIC SCIENTISTS
ISRAEL MILITARY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON KILLINGS OF IRAN OFFICIALS

Update 8:35pm: AP cites an Israeli official who says that the targets are Iran Nuclear and Military sites; Meanwhile Iran has suspended all flights into its international airport, while Israel has closed all airspace. 

• Netanyahu: ‘Operation Rising Lion’ Launched
• Ongoing rockets/missiles near or on Baghdad International Airport , sources in the airport confirmed to me hearing ongoing explosions
• NYT quoting an Iranian official: Three residential buildings demolished in the Shahrak Shahid Mahallati neighborhood in Tehran, where senior military leaders reside
• ISRAEL OFFICIAL CONFIRMS ATTACK TARGETED IRAN NUCLEAR SITES: AP
• IRAN SUSPENDS FLIGHTS AT TEHRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: TASNIM

The Israeli defense forces add that dozens of IAF jets complete the first stage of Iran strikes. 

Meanwhile, the US State Department is pretending like it had zero involvement in this latest neocon-inspired debacle. 

• *RUBIO SAYS US IS NOT INVOLVED IN ISRAEL STRIKES AGAINST IRAN
• *RUBIO: IRAN SHOULD NOT TARGET U.S. INTERESTS OR PERSONNEL
• *RUBIO: ISRAEL TOOK UNILATERAL ACTION VS IRAN

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We will awake to a new world tomorrow. Gold is rising and speculation about Muslim sleeper cells in the US should be a concern. News will be posted as it comes in but I expect misinformation and propaganda will be prevalent.

🚨BREAKING: Israel has launched a preemptive strike on Iran. Massive explosions are being reported in Tehran.

Israel has declared a state of emergency.
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 13, 2025

Another speculation …

The rumors of an attack on Iran are most likely just scaremongering to press Iran into agreeing to Trump’s nonsensical demands of restrictions for its nuclear program. Iran is unlikely to fall for this.

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From Vox Day:

The US government appears to be bracing for another Israeli attack on Iran:

The US has begun evacuating non-essential personnel and family members from its embassies and military bases in the Middle East in light of escalating tensions with Iran. The move follows President Donald Trump’s accusation that Tehran is “slow-walking” negotiations.

“Based on our latest analysis, we decided to reduce the footprint of our Mission in Iraq,” the State Department said in an emailed statement to the media on Wednesday. Reuters cited a US official as saying that voluntary departures had also been authorized at the embassies in Kuwait and Bahrain.

The Pentagon has likewise approved the departure of family members from military installations in the region. “CENTCOM is working in close coordination with our Department of State counterparts, as well as our allies and partners in the region, to maintain a constant state of readiness to support any number of missions around the world at any time,” a defense official told reporters.

According to the Washington Post, American intelligence officials are concerned that Israel may strike Iranian nuclear facilities without US consent.

Well, Netanyahu has gotten away with invading Gaza and committing any number of atrocities there and managed to remove the Assad regime from Syria. So, it’s probably to be expected that the more aggressive elements of the Israeli government are in the ascendance and thinking that a) it’s not going to get any easier over time, b) they’ve gotten away with everything so far, and c) it’s easier to get forgiveness than permission.

I expect they’re also counting on their Israeli-flag-waving senators and congressmen to pressure the US military to bail them out if they get in over their heads with Iran. That’s the only part of their projected analysis with which I disagree, because I’m fairly certain that both the Israelis and the US politicians are significantly overestimating the Israeli-US capabilities vis-a-vis the Iranian-Russian-Chinese capabilities. We’ve seen that with regards to Ukraine, NATO, and Russia, we’ve seen it with regards to Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and the Red Sea, and so it would be a surprise if it wasn’t happening again.

Underestimation of enemy forces and capabilities is absolutely normal in wartime. It’s observable going back to Athens and the failed Sicilian Expedition. Which is why the first question you should ask yourself whenever looking at a military conflict is this: which side appears to be overestimating its own capabilities and/or underestimating the capabilities of its enemy?

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