Defence

2026-04-08

It evidently isn't a total ceasefire between all the warring parties.

So is it alive, or is it dead on arrival?

Eugyppius makes the relevant points...

2026-04-08

There's a lot to be said for peace. Not the Pax Americana enforced by boots on the ground and helos in the air, but a peace negotiated between bloodied combatants who recognise that it's to their mutual advantage. 

If so, it's likely to stick. With one caveat - Israel doesn't seem to have agreed... but whether it's in any position to disagree will no doubt become clearer shortly.

Cyntha Koeter provides her analysis.

2026-04-07

Sebastian brings us up to date on the "negotiations", Trump-Iran, Hungary-EU.

"This is not a possibility for the future... it has already happened"

It's a while since we featured Sebastian, so have things changed? Place your bets now...

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Russia's major shift...   

Whose Empire Is It Anyway?

2026-04-06

Maybe Central Casting is having to work overtime.

Plenty to get one's teeth into in this episode of the End of the World that We Once Knew.

What to believe? Your guess is as good as mine, but the outstanding truth appears to be that the Israeli-US axis of war is getting the worst of the "negotiations" with Iran, and Russia retains its position as possibly the most sane and consistent power on the planet.

Of course it could all be a vast Movie...   and perhaps the longest running production of our civilisation. It does seem to have that quality of real unrealism that good movies trade on, and certainly enough suspense to keep us on the edge of our seats.

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2026-04-05

Professor Jiang provides his predictions. Based in China, so possibly influenced by the CCP?

"Human research presented by AI tools"

Oh, and he thinks that the war is maybe "designed to fail"...

"... it is a 30 - 35% probability and the consequences are dire... "

Actually this may be the more important video by far if you accept his conclusions...

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2026-04-04

The subjugation of Iran into the American / British Empire?

The destruction of Israel?

The destruction of American monetary and military hegemony?

The establishment of Greater Israel?

Given that we have mostly unreliable reports about what is actually going on in the Gulf, it's hard to know.

But help is at hand from a seasoned (and much reviled) veteran of British independent political thought who most certainly has a better grasp of such matters than I.

Make of this what you will.

2026-04-03

Barbara Boyd explains the Iran war from the viewpoint of Promethean Action.

It's certainly a multifaceted war, but which facet is the driver?

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2026-04-02

Here's a thought googling in from left field... 

Will Zionist Israel now jump ship to subvert the BRICS? Well, America isn't looking too good anymore as a means of global domination, so maybe the next century will be BRICS dominated. If Zionism (which is after all a global movement) isn't destroyed but still harbours dreams of Greater Israel and global domination, then BRICS is the obvious target.

And if the state of Israel by some mischance doesn't survive the Trump war, it wouldn't surprise me if it decided to rebuild "Zion" elsewhere, Ukraine maybe - I guess that might also satisfy Mr Putin's requirement for a "non-aligned" buffer state on his borders. I would be surprised if the Mossad hasn't been inserting its subversive operatives within the BRICS bureaucracy for some years now, or at least since the first Trump presidency.

And Epstein? He can

2026-04-02

With "the Donald" seemingly morphed into Captain Belligerent and apparently intent on talking Bigger than his Boots (on the ground), Bill Bonner shares his thoughts on the decline of empires, from the Mongol to the American, and the Ottoman and British (and European) in between. 

Post-war Britain outsourced both its empire and its navy to the Zionist-USA, even going so far as to deliberately destroy its own capability (TSR2, Harrier) lest they should embarrass us by out-performing our "friends" (shouldn't that be "rebels"?) across the pond. Loss of control ensued, along with the UN, WEF, Bilderberg Group etc.

Now Bill Bonner shares his thoughts on how this could impact our future opportunities (NB: This is not financial advice!).

So will the next empire be Russian or Chinese? Whose turn is it? And who will be pulling their strings behind the

2026-03-30

Well, these days there's only so much you can make an image do and still appear convincing. Even in these times of seemingly unlimited AI, it's still possible to discern contradictions and subtle 'tells' that indicate that the image may not be as it appears. The "Trump" for instance is so wildly erratic that he does appear unreal to many - but there again, perhaps it's a deliberate act to keep his enemies guessing as to his true intentions. Who's to

2026-03-29

What is the Trump-Iran imbroglio all about? Well, it goes back a long way...

"America, Russia and China are already working in concert... "

"... they are on the very verge of outright hot civil war right now... "

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2026-03-29

ZeroHedge reports on the latest from Iran and the Gulf.

Whilst pronouncements from all sides major on confrontational rhetoric, we can be reasonably sure that none of it provides any real information about what is actually going on...

2026-03-28

The stand-off twixt Xi and the PLA continues - or they are very quiet about it.

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2026-03-28

As an exercise in testing public opinion, the Dallas CPAC has returned its verdict. America first - and "no more wars" even if Trump now wants war. "No miore war"means "no more war", not even for Israel.

"... unease intensified after a Pentagon supplemental funding request reported at $200 billion - far beyond the White House’s initial framing of the operation as lasting mere 'days' or 'weeks' "

Quite so. It's never the people who want wars, it's always the politico-industrial-banking complex.

Is the Dallas message the harbinger of public opinion yet to manifest?

2026-03-24

It's the Empire, stupid!

"... the Strait is not physically closed, oil supplies are safe... "

"Only one method remains - Making a Deal"

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2026-03-24

Oh Dear.

"Experts say that to move ten thousand terabytes of data overseas bit-by-bit would take at least half a year... the breach may not have been external at all... "

Is anything is China now secure?

The perils of over-centralisation are exposed. 

Can China recover?

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2026-03-24

George Galloway interviews Prof Seyed Marandi.

It's not over yet.

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2026-03-23

Much like last week, Ben brings up up to date as  best he can in a situation where the truth is too shocking to the main protagonists to be made properly available.

Whilst there are reports in the mainstream press about the Iran war, reading between the lines is still a difficult and hugely problematic exercise - but what do we expect in wartime? We live within a vast psychological battleground where probably nothing major is as it seems.

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2026-03-23

Not necessarily.

Religions have (according to the history books) been very often a cause of bloody conflict (the crusades, likewise the persecution of heretics - notably the Cathars - by those religious powers who had neither shame nor concepts of doubt or mercy). 

Primarily the "Abrahamic" religions headed by Vatican, Islam, Satanism, Communism (if it can be called a religion as it more or less denies a creator God), all do or used to worship the notion of power over others. (I feel led to include Judaism here also, but frankly that's too complex a subject for me to either claim a decent understanding of or to pontificate about here).

And if not bloody conflict, certainly a mental conflict about their assumptions of how our world came to exist and how it actually works.

Sounds rather like today doesn't it? Have we