Speculation Surges That Pakistan Talks Are A Delay Tactic Ahead Of Expanded US Action On Iran.

h/t Zerohedge

When will Israel be held accountable?

Let’s stop pretending that Iran is a poor Arab country with poorly educated people. Their current President is a heart surgeon. They rank 4th in the world for IQ based on the 2026 Average IQ by Country rankings from the International IQ Test; much higher than the United States which was 39th.

What is their plan for this war? Time. The above picture shows the cliffs on the Iranian Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz. They are embedded with military installations to hold off any invasion. Their western and eastern borders are large mountain ranges. In other words, an invasion would be suicide. Just ask Iraq.

With Iran’s missiles and drones, any naval attack is suicide. See Millennial Challenge 2002 for a practical example. There is no way to isolate Iran from Russia, China and North Korea if the war escalates. Yes their currency has been successfully attacked by the US to start a color revolution in January. And their infrastructure has been bombed by Israel and the US which has impacted travel and transportation of war materiel.

So the course forward will still be dictated by Netanyahu. His only option is to convince the US to launch a limited tactical nuclear strike. He has already stated that they will not participate in a land attack with Israeli soldiers. He also has sabotaged every ceasefire or deadline to ensure the continuation of this war to establish a Greater Israel. So the wildcard is Trump. Congress is mostly quiet to limit their exposure as the “war” descends into chaos and the President descends into madness. Ask yourself if you want Trump to be able to decide a nuclear attack with no oversight based on his rhetoric and actions.

If I was Iran, I would bide my time. The longer the Strait is closed, the more the impact is felt on multiple trade fronts: oil, plastics, fertilizer, helium and medical components for a short list. We already see the impact in Ireland and this will spread throughout Europe in the coming week. The pressure has built and the release valve foreshadows the worst possible outcome.

Trump had an out with the ceasefire. As usual, Israel broke the ceasefire by carpet bombing Lebanon. Worse yet, Trump and Vance tried to cover it up as a misunderstanding on Iran’s side. How much longer will Trump (if it is Trump) be a puppet in a game with such high stakes?

It is probable that this interim ceasefire is a facade for an invasion of Iran. What would I do if I was Iran in this scenario? Once the bombing started, I would sink every oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. Imagine the environmental impact, the lack of drinking water and the loss of oil transport in the future. That is assuming that Iran does not destroy the desalination plants, refineries and loading docks.

Such an attack would have little impact on what would be left of Iran. Negative public opinion of Israel and the US would be immense as Russia and China rise to the top of the new multipolar order. Of course that assumes that there is no retaliation of a nuclear attack by the rest of the world.

Let’s play a game where Iran is bombed without tactical nuclear bombs. How much war materiel does the US have left? IF we have enough to carpet bomb Iran, where would we be if Russian or China attacked? The US government has been very attentive to destroying our culture and economic system. Just look at the response to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. As Trump said:

“It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.”

Let’s bottom line this: the US is broke, controlled by Israel and cannot defeat Iran with conventional military tactics. The longer this goes on, the more Iran wins. Israel will not allow that to happen.

From the article:
U.S. refugee admissions have narrowed sharply under President Donald Trump, with nearly all new arrivals being persecuted white people from South Africa.

Government data shows 4,499 refugees have been admitted since October 2025, with all but three originating from South Africa.

The only exceptions were three individuals from Afghanistan.

The shift follows Trump’s decision to suspend most refugee admissions while allowing Afrikaners and others, the administration says, who face unjust discrimination to apply.

See the entire article here…

h/t WRSA

Read the Talmud, and you’ll know.

Pepe Escobar says China is behind the Pakistani negotiations and Iran is dictating terms because the USA can no longer defend either the Gulf State or Israel:

There’s absolutely no way that Pakistan could have offered “guarantees” to Iran that a ceasefire was the way for the war to eventually end. As confirmed by diplomatic sources, what really happened is that Beijing, at the 11th moment, placed itself as the guarantor, assuring Tehran that the US would accept at least some of Iran’s demands included in its 10-point plan.

That was further confirmed by Iranian ambassador to China, Abdolreza Rhamani Fazili. The negotiations start this Friday in Islamabad.

POTUS, the Drooling Baboon of Barbaria, confronted with the inevitable, dire consequences of his own strategic blunder, used Pakistan for his off-ramp. That was confirmed by another epic blunder by the Pakistani Prime Minister himself: he forgot to remove the header of the tweet/X post drafted by the White House for him to publish.

The current Pakistani regime – de facto led by Field Marshall Asim Munir, who has Trump on speed dial – may have profited, and will continue to geopolitically profit, from a unique status: a Muslim nuclear nation with a significant Shi’ite minority; good relations with the GCC; neighbor of Iran, enjoying good relations; signed a defense pact with Saudi Arabia; a strategic partner of China; no US bases on its soil.

But Islamabad was always a mere go-between, never the architect of any “mediation”. Whatever obfuscation coming from the White House, it was China that had to clinch the lineaments of a possible détente.

The Epstein Syndicate begs for a break

We had arrived to a point where the death cult in West Asia was being crushed simultaneously by Iran and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon; no matter the avalanche of spin, their cries begging for help played a significant part into Trump’s pivoting to a ceasefire.

The Epstein Syndicate as a whole begged for it. Nothing to do with geopolitics, but with operational hell: the Empire of Chaos has run out of military resources.

The ultimate give away was when the USS Tripoli retreated – under fire – to the depths of the southern Indian Ocean, complete with its 2,500 Marines on board. That meant the US Navy out of the war theater – except for subs with Tomahawks, roughly half of which go off-target with staggering (non)precision.

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From Vox Popoli:
War isn’t always about offense. That’s something that aggressors throughout history have failed to understand. They spend all of their time thinking about what they can do to the enemy and none of it thinking about what the enemy can do to them.

Israel was correct about time running out on their influence over the US military. They were incorrect about what they thought the US military could accomplish on their behalf. In some ways, this end of empire scenario playing out in an area of little to no national interest is actually a good thing for Americans, because nothing of value will be lost in the defeat.

There is no value in the false belief of unstoppable imperial power. Better than the balloon be punctured in the Middle East with a third-rate power than in direct conflict with either Russia or China.

The same story on a larger scale: money and power. Throw in blackmail, bad religious leaders and a complacent populace and mix well. Allow ten years to season. Add the plandemic catalyst, inflation and wars. Then…

I thought England might be first to rise up but I did not discount Ireland. Germany and France will follow but the reality is all of Western Europe is having their coming to Jesus moment.

Where does that leave the United States? Morally and fiscally bankrupt.

The reality is that the looters are exposed and people understand their options. That last box should not have become our only option.

We should be every bit as willing to question alternative narratives as we are to question the “official” narrative… IMHO we have the responsibility to ourselves to do this.