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Last weekend Trump ordered the US military to strike three nuclear facilities in Iran. Was this the opening salvo of WWIII? Or was it just a brief exchange in a 12-day war? What does this mean? Why did it happen? And where do we go from here? Find out the details in this open source investigation of the ongoing conflict in Iran.
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JAMES CORBETT: But it’s all part of a cyclical feedback loop. And even though the protesters are, of course, trying to make fun of John McCain using the clip, it really just serves to further reinforce the conditioning that we’re being fed right now, that Iran is going to be bombed. One way or another, someone’s going to get in power and someone’s going to pull the trigger, as it were. As I say, it’s part of a feedback loop, and it just continues to grow and grow. The talk will eventually increase and increase until such time as it seems inevitable that they will attack. And then they will attack. And when they do, it will seem like it was inevitable or it was just destined to happen.
DONALD TRUMP: Thank you very much. A short time ago, the US military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime. Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror. Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier.
SOURCE: WATCH LIVE: President Trump addresses the nation after U.S. bombs 3 Iranian nuclear sites
CORBETT: Welcome back, friends. Welcome back to another edition of The Corbett Report. I’m your host, James Corbett of corbettreport.com, coming to you from the sunny climes of Western Japan here in late June of 2025 with Episode 480 of The Corbett Report podcast, “Trump Bombs Iran.”
Now, I suppose everyone here already understands what has just taken place, but we’re going to go through it today in as fine detail as is possible, given that this is obviously a breaking news story and is still developing at the time that I am recording this. For the record, I am recording this Tuesday morning here in Japan, Tuesday, June 24th, at 8:37 AM Japanese Standard Time, for those keeping track at home.
So, as is always the case with any breaking news story, any breaking news that happens between the time that I record this and the time that you are listening to this, obviously, I do not know about.
In an effort to keep this information as up to date as is possible, I’m going to ask The Corbett Report members to participate in this open source investigation. This is going to be another one of The Corbett Report open source investigations, where Corbett Report members from around the world, hopefully drawing on different sources from around the world in different languages and [with] whatever resources you have at your fingertips, [will] please keep this information up to date with the latest developments.
And I would appreciate your providing links and analysis in the comments below. There is only one place to participate in this open source investigation: corbettreport.com/trumpbombsiran. Please go there directly and leave your feedback there. That is the one and only place where comments on this breaking news story will be taking place.
Having said that, I think we need to set the groundwork for what’s going on here and lay out the background of what’s happened and why it’s happening. But obviously, long story short, we all know that Trump just recently launched a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, completely and totally obliterating them, according to him.
This is the absolute latest breaking news at the time I’m recording this: “Trump Says Iran and Israel Have Agreed to a Ceasefire.”
Namely, it says:
President Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, ending what he called “The 12 Day War,” although so far there’s been no confirmation from Tel Aviv or Tehran.
You can go to the linked Truth Social post here:
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered ENDED! Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE, and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE, and, upon the 24th Hour, an official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World.
Alright, this is what we are being told at the moment. Take it with the hefty grain of salt that you should take any such pronouncement. Hey, by the time you’re watching this, maybe we’ll know if the ceasefire is actually holding or not. But it is interesting that Iran will be starting, and Israel will be following up 12 hours later. I don’t know, that sounds like the kind of ceasefire few countries would agree to. But what do I know? I’m not an international wheeler-dealer diplomat.
Anyway, as I say, take that for what it’s worth, and maybe, hopefully, this is the end, and this is all over now, and we don’t have to worry about any further complications or implications from many of this.
But I remain skeptical, given some of the information that is coming out, even to this very hour.
Let’s start going through it. Once again, to lay the groundwork for what is happening for those who have been in a coma for the past week or two.
First, you would probably want to start with my “Israel Attacks Iran: An Open Source Investigation” article that I posted up on June 14, 2025, going over the events of the night of June 12/13, 2025, when “Israel launched a wave of attacks against Iran” [d]ubbed “Operation Rising Lion[.]”
[Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu called it a “targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival” and vowed to continue the operation “for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.”
You can read about what happened in those attacks and the result of them. Of course, this was an open source investigation, so there are currently 154 comments from various Corbett Report members, with links to much more information that has taken place in the intervening days.
But then, of course, the real purpose of today’s episode: “US unleashes deadly arsenal: How the strike on Iran’s nuclear sites took place.”
Yes, for those who don’t know, just this past weekend:
The United States entered the conflict with Iran, [. . .] deploying its most powerful conventional weapons against the country’s nuclear facilities following eight days of unprecedented Israeli strikes.
Of course it targeted the sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
Sorry—to put it in Trump’s words: Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.
[Corbett reads various snippets from the following article, adding his own transitions in places—not shown here.]
Six B-2 Spirit stealth bombers embarked on an extraordinary 37-hour flight from Missouri, delivering the payload. [. . .]
Capable of carrying up to 18 tons of ordnance and flying unrefueled for approximately 11,000 kilometers (6,800 miles) — a distance mirroring their recent mission — the B-2 was designed to penetrate deep into enemy territory undetected by radar. [. . .]
The main weapon deployed against the fortified Fordow site was the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). Weighing 13.6 tons, this bunker-buster was specifically developed by the U.S. Pentagon with one key objective: destroying Fordow.
Yes, when you develop a weapon that is literally for one specific site in the world, it’s highly likely that it’s going to be used against that site at some point, isn’t it?
Well, anyway, in case you are, like Brian Williams, distracted by the beauty of our weapons, or whatever that ridiculous phrase that he used was, you can read all about it. There’s lots of war porn in here about the details of the bunker-busters and how they work, etc.
That gives you the overview. The nuclear sites were attacked last Saturday. Behold, the handiwork of these bunker-busters! This is the satellite imagery from Fordow from June 19th as contrasted to June 22nd after the attacks—before and after. And wow, look, completely and totally obliterated? I guess? I don’t know. I’ll let you use your own eyesight and judgment on this.
Again, I am no weapons expert or technical nuclear facilities expert, so I wouldn’t deign to comment on what this actually means. It does not look like total and complete obliteration in the sense we would expect, but tunnel entrances seem to be blocked with dirt, and there are craters left following the strike. So something happened there, at any rate.
What happened exactly? Well, if you are somewhat skeptical about the extent of these attacks and what they accomplished, you’re not alone. Bloomberg had this report up just the other day: “Satellite Images Question Trump’s Claim Iran’s Atomic Sites Destroyed,” which notes that:
Trump said heavily fortified sites were “totally obliterated” late Saturday, but independent analysis has yet to verify that claim. Rather than yielding a quick win, the strikes have complicated the task of tracking uranium and ensuring Iran doesn’t build a weapon[.]
You can go and read through this report in much greater detail, but they go on to say that:
U.S. Air Force General Dan Cain told a news conference earlier on Sunday that an assessment of “final battle damage will take some time.” IAEA inspectors, meanwhile [that’s the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog, for those keeping track at home], haven’t been able to verify the location of the Persian Gulf country’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium for more than a week.
It goes on to say that not only has this supposedly, potentially destroyed some of Iran’s enrichment capabilities, it’s also destroyed the IAEA’s ability to keep track of enriched uranium, which seems important because it turns out, well, as the Old Gray Lady, the presstitute of record, herself is reporting, “Officials Concede They Don’t Know the Fate of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile,” which notes that:
A day after President Trump declared that Iran’s nuclear program has been “completely and totally obliterated” by American bunker-busting bombs and a barrage of missiles, the actual state of the program seemed far more murky, with senior officials conceding they did not know the fate of Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium.
“We’re going to work in the coming weeks to ensure that we do something with that fuel[,] and that’s one of the things that we’re going to have conversations with the Iranians about,” said Vance on ABC’s “This Week” in a seeming implication that the Iranians were tipped off, potentially, or at any rate had advance warning of the attack and proceeded to move some of their enriched uranium before the attack. And now “we don’t know where it is”—or at least that is what we’re being told. Take all of this with a grain of salt, of course, as always, but this is what is being reported.
Alright. So, what are some of the implications? What is going to happen as a result of this? Well, as I’m sure many people saw in the immediate wake of that strike, “Iran’s Parliament Votes To Close Strait of Hormuz in Response to US Attack.”
For people who do not know their geography, here is the Strait of Hormuz connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, which is the key outlet for a lot of oil shipment from the Persian Gulf out to the wider world. [It’s] estimated to be . . . I believe something in the range of one-fifth of oil shipments that are going by sea are through the Strait of Hormuz. So the shutting down of the Strait of Hormuz, which has never been totally and completely accomplished, would be quite a thing if it were to take place.
Is it taking place, despite claims of this ceasefire happening? Well, maybe. We have this up from Zero Hedge: “Widespread GPS Jamming Across Strait of Hormuz; Six Supertankers Perform Abrupt U-Turns,” which notes that:
Earlier reports confirmed that six supertankers abruptly reversed course in the Strait of Hormuz.
Now, new alerts indicate Iranian missiles have been spotted over Doha.
And there is “widespread ‘high-interference’ GPS jamming” taking place “across the critical maritime chokepoint.”
They show the GPS jamming indicator and go through what this means and some of the implications. We will go into that in more detail later on. I’m just trying to give you the overall sense of what is taking place—again, as I am recording this Tuesday morning Japanese time.
There is a lot happening here, and, as I say, many moving parts to this story that is developing. Once again, please, Corbett Report members, please do log in and leave latest links to analysis and development in the comment section at corbettreport.com.
Anyway, in case you’re wondering why it was so imperative for Trump to start dropping bombs on Iran now, it’s because . . . uh, let me check my notes . . . it’s because, uh, Oh, my God, the Iranians were just months away from developing nuclear bombs, and they’ve only been months away from developing a bomb since . . . uh, let me check my notes again . . . uh, 1996.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN OCTOBER 1996: The deadline for attaining this goal is getting extremely . . . is extremely close.
NETANYAHU IN SEPTEMBER 2002: And Iran, by the way, is also outpacing Iraq in the development of ballistic missile systems that they hope will reach the Eastern Seaboard of the United States within fifteen years.
NETANYAHU IN SEPTEMBER 2012: By next spring, at most by next summer, at current enrichment rates, they will have finished the medium enrichment and move on to the final stage. From there, it’s only a few months, possibly a few weeks, before they get enough enriched uranium for the first bomb.
NETANYAHU IN MARCH 2015: The foremost sponsor of global terrorism could be weeks away from having enough enriched uranium for an entire arsenal of nuclear weapons.
NETANYAHU IN OCTBER 2015: That would place a militant Islamic terror regime weeks away from having the fissile material for an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs.
NETANYAHU IN JUNE 13, 2025: If not stopped, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time. It could be a year. It could be within a few months, less than a year.
Actually, as The Daily Show pointed out in their own clip collage, the warnings and pronouncements from Bibi go back to at least 1995: Netanyahu warning about Iranian nukes in 1995
Or actually is that 1993, as Ynet News reported back several years ago? “Netanyahu in 1993: Iran will have a bomb by 1999.”
He was warning at that time: Netanyahu warning about Iranian nukes in 1993
Oh, wait, actually, maybe it goes back to 1992, when Netanyahu in particular made his first claims that “the bombs are only months away, I tell you. They’re just a few months away”: Netanyahu warning about Iranian nukes in 1992
Anyway, I used that particular CNN montage that we were watching because it was CNN, and I thought it was particularly important/humorous that even CNN is calling Netanyahu out for having blown the whistle on this imminent threat one too many times over the decades—literally 30-plus years that he’s been telling us, “They’re just months away, I tell you.”
So, the question then becomes, what actually changed in recent weeks to make this bombing absolutely essential now? Why right now? And the answer is: What changed? Absolutely nothing.
Yes, as we already knew, because this was even the official US national security assessment back just a few months ago, the Iranians were not just months away from developing a nuclear weapon.
In fact, we have this from The Cradle just a few days ago: “Tulsi Gabbard ‘sidelined’ by Trump for opposing Iran war: Report,” which noted that:
“Gabbard has been sidelined in internal administration discussions about the conflict between Israel and Iran” and “appears to have fallen out of favor” with the president.
“Gabbard did not attend a meeting of top officials on [June 8th] at Camp David . . . to discuss tensions between Israel and Iran[.]”
“Gabbard has . . . been working behind the scenes to try to find a diplomatic solution[.]”
As it goes on to note:
The national intelligence director testified before Congress in March this year, highlighting that the US intelligence community did not believe Iran was working to build a nuclear bomb.
When asked about this assessment and what Gabbard’s been saying, Trump said, “I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having one.”
Well, there you go. I guess [as] commander in chief, he gets to say whatever he’s going to say.
We have this other article just from a couple of days ago. Of course she bent the knee once the media started to feast upon those juicy headlines. We have this from antiwar.com: “Gabbard Falls in Line, Claims Iran Close to Nukes,” where she spins it as:
Oh, the dishonest media is intentionally taking my testimony out of context and spreading fake news. America has intelligence that Iran is at the point that it can produce a nuclear weapon within weeks to months.
Blah, blah, blah. Which I think Dave Smith accurately summarizes in his own tweet:
Wow, Tulsi is now the Colin Powell of this administration. She knows better but has chosen to lie through her teeth to sell a war. She’s worse than the others because she spends her career pretending to be against regime change war in Iran. What an utter disgrace!
Well, there you go. At least history will correctly know what side of what line she ended up being on when the rubber actually met the road.
While we’re at it, we might as well do a New World Next Week update. Trump has also, in addition to attacking Gabbard, he’s also attacked, of course, Representative [Thomas] Massie [R-KY] for his views on opposing the illegal bombing of Iran. [See Trump Attacks Rep. Massie for Opposing His Illegal Bombing of Iran.]
As you will remember from the most recent edition of New World Next Week from last week, “MAGA Means War Against Iran!,” Massie and a Democrat co-sponsor had introduced a bill requiring a congressional war powers resolution in order for Trump to take America to war with Iran.
Obviously, that didn’t go anywhere and it didn’t mean anything, even though, of course, there shouldn’t need to be any legislation for it. It’s already technically, theoretically, the law of the land. But anyway, whatever. I mean, we know that the negotiations between the US-brokered negotiations about the Iranian nuclear program were ongoing, that there were talks that were scheduled for the very weekend that the bombs—Trump’s bombs—started falling.
But poof, that’s gone, obviously. And now Trump is on board with the neocon line—hook, line, and sinker.
I think it is important at this point just to have a little bit of background about the Iranian nuclear program—what it was and what it was not, what it is and what it is not, potentially—and some of the lies that have been told about it in the past. This is something that I covered quite thoroughly in my 2008 report on “The REAL Middle East Nuclear Threat.”
CORBETT: Hand-wringing over Iran’s nuclear program is nothing new. It became a mainstay of Western political discourse after an Iranian dissident revealed the Iranian government’s plans for a uranium enrichment facility in Natanz in August 2002.
But the surprising fact for Americans and others around the world who get their information from the corporate mainstream media is that Iran’s pre-2003 nuclear weapons program has long been known and admitted.
Since 2003, when the program was scrapped, not a single piece of evidence has been presented, not even by Netanyahu or the Israeli government, that the Iranian government ever pursued anything other than what it said it was pursuing: a nuclear energy program.
Not that that fact has ever stopped Netanyahu from using any opportunity to use cartoon-level propaganda tactics to convince the world otherwise.
NETANYAHU: In the case of Iran’s nuclear plans to build a bomb, this bomb has to be filled with enough enriched uranium, and Iran has to go through three stages. The first stage, they have to enrich enough low-enriched uranium. The second stage, they have to enrich enough medium-enriched uranium. And the third stage and final stage, they have to enrich enough high-enriched uranium for the first bomb.
Where’s Iran? Iran’s completed the first stage. It took them many years, but they completed it, and they’re 70% of the way there. Now, they’re well into the second stage. And by next spring, at most by next summer, at current enrichment rates, they will have finished the medium enrichment and move on to the final stage. From there, it’s only a few months, possibly a few weeks, before they get enough enriched uranium for the first bomb.
Ladies and gentlemen, what I’ve told you now is not based on secret information. It’s not based on military intelligence. It’s based on the public reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Anybody can read them. They’re online. So if these are the facts—if these are the facts, and they are, where should a red line be drawn?
A red line should be drawn right here—before, before Iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment necessary to make a bomb, before Iran gets to a point where it’s a few months away or a few weeks away from amassing enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear weapon. Now each day, that point is getting closer. And that’s why I speak today with such a sense of urgency.
CORBETT: Of course, Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons, and Netanyahu’s Wile E. Coyote bomb and redline warnings bore no greater semblance to reality than the cartoon propaganda surrounding Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction.
Not only did the IAEA repeatedly confirm that Iran never diverted any nuclear material into any military program, but even the US intelligence community itself conceded that Iran was not trying to build a nuclear bomb. Most remarkable of all was Mossad’s own assessment that Iran was not performing the activity necessary to produce weapons. As I detailed earlier this year in “We Need To Talk About the Iran Protests,” fearmongering over Iran’s nonexistent nuclear weapons program was the basis for an extraordinary series of measures against the country in recent decades.
These measures include Nitro Zeus, a full-scale military cyberattack against Iran, the best-known element of which was Stuxnet, the military-grade cyberweapon co-developed by the United States and Israel that specifically targeted Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz.
Iran’s nonexistent nuclear program also provided the pretext for sanctions aimed at crippling the country’s economy, including the delisting of Iranian banks from the SWIFT network, connecting the world’s financial institutions. The fearmongers even went so far as to plant evidence of nuclear weapons involvement on Iran to further justify these attacks.
But the great irony is that there really is a nuclear-armed nation in the Middle East. It is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It does not allow inspections of its arsenal. It does not even officially acknowledge its stockpile of nuclear weapons. It has even resisted the push for an international treaty recognizing a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East.
And that country is Israel.
If you have not seen that report before, I would highly suggest that you follow the link from the Show Notes in today’s episode, corbettreport.com/trumpbombsiran in order to watch that report in its entirety, where you can learn more about the actual “REAL Middle East Nuclear Threat”—not Iran . . .
. . . [but] of course, Israel, the only country in the region that actually possesses a nuclear stockpile, a nuclear stockpile that is not officially, that is not subject to any inspections by any international agency—Israel, the only country in the region that is not a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and, in fact, one of only five states on the entire planet that is not a signatory to the NPT, and has even resisted the push for an international treaty recognizing a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, obviously because they stole their nukes from the US back in the ’60s, with the help of Netanyahu and others, as I have documented before on The Corbett Report. They are certainly not going to give them up, and they’re not going to let anyone else have any—at least in that region.
There’s a lot more to be said about that and about the many, many lies that have been sold to the American public, the Israeli public, the public of the world, about Iran’s nuclear program over the years. And there’s a lot of hard evidence to back up the fact that those lies are propaganda. But that is background at this point.
Let’s move forward. The question is, of course, “What will happen from here?” Well, as I say, the new ceasefire has just been announced by Trump and the reports that are coming in as I am recording this are that apparently Iran has acknowledged this ceasefire.
Who knows what will eventuate from this. But let’s see if we can get an idea of that by, I don’t know, going to the horse’s mouth. So, let’s take the regime propaganda version of what happens next, and we’ll go to Vice President Thiel—I mean Vice President Vance for his assessment of the situation.
JD VANCE: I certainly empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern. But the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents, and now we have a President who actually knows how to accomplish America’s national security objectives.
So this is not going to be some long-drawn-out thing. We’ve got in. We’ve done the job of setting their nuclear program back. We’re going to now work to permanently dismantle that nuclear program over the coming years. And that is what the President has set out to do. Simple principle. Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. That has animated American policy over the past 130 days. It’s going to continue to be a driving force of our policy in the Middle East for the next three-and-a-half years.
SOURCE: JD Vance Says Don’t Worry About War With Iran Because President Trump Isn’t ‘Dumb’
It sure is a good thing we don’t have a dumb President at the moment, right, Mr. Vance? Alright.
Well, anyway, there’s that take. But why would we take the regime propaganda at face value . . . and believe in “the President is really running the country” fairy tale while we’re at it?
Let’s take a different take from a different side of the two-headed beast that is government. Why don’t we look at what Ben Rhodes, the former deputy national security advisor under Obama, has said with regards to all of the simulations of just such a strike that have been run by the national security establishment in the past and what they all eventuated into.
BEN RHODES: I can tell you, John, that as someone who’s been in simulations of what would happen in precisely this scenario . . .
JON STEWART: When you say “been in simulations,” what do you mean by that?
RHODES: It means essentially you war game out. What would happen if the Israelis bombed the Iranian nuclear facilities?
STEWART: So these are sort of AI-generated or computer simulated. Here’s where the casualties would be. Here’s what would occur.
RHODES: Or people run them, you know—people . . . who know a lot about this stuff. It always leads to Israel asking the United States to bomb this facility. And it almost always leads to regime change in Iran, ‘cuz it’s like, “Well, why would we stop now?” You know? People have been thinking about this for a long time, and we’re on the ride right now. And the question is “Can we get off it?”
STEWART: Right. And the facility you’re talking about is that one nuclear facility that is buried in a mountain that can only be reached by United States bunker-busting weaponry, yes? Fordew? I believe it’s called . . .
RHODES: Fordow. And for all the talk about how sophisticated Israeli operations been, if you don’t blow up Fordow, you’ve only set the Iranian nuclear program back a few months. And so obviously, they’re going to want us to get the underground facility that only we can hit. We are the only people that have a bunker-buster bomb that can get at that facility. The only people who have planes that can drop it. And frankly, we don’t even know that it would destroy it entirely. That’s how deep underground this is.
STEWART: Right.
SOURCE: Ben Rhodes to Jon Stewart: every simulation leads to regime change
Oh, I see. So the deep state have been running simulations of just such events for years now. And every single time they do, the simulated events start with an attack on Fordow and escalate up to regime change. Alright, cool. And where did they just strike again? Oh, that’s right, Fordow. Wonderful.
Well, okay, we’ve looked at Vance. We’ve looked at Rhodes. What does Trump himself have to say about this? We can take this from recent reports: “Trump floats Iran ‘regime change,’ even as the true impact of US strikes is far from clear,” noting a recent Truth Social post that he made, where he said, “Why wouldn’t there be a regime change???”
Indeed, why not? Might as well, huh?
Alright, so let’s find out where things stand right now. As I say, the ceasefire is just being reported as I am recording this. It obviously remains to be seen whether it will be honored at all, and if so, to what extent and what it means for the future of negotiations between Iran and Israel and the US.
But let’s take a look at some of the things that have eventuated in the past couple of days.
First of all, of course, in the immediate wake of the strikes, how did Iran react? “Tehran vows ‘everlasting consequences’ after US strikes Iranian nuclear facilities.”
As one would expect, “The IRGC said, ‘Now the war has begun'” and America has become a legitimate target for Iranian strikes.
Obviously we saw that followed up quite quickly, in short order, with “Iran hits largest US base in Persian Gulf with retaliatory missile attack,” noting that:
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced late on 23 June the launch of “Operation Glad Tidings of Victory,” targeting Al-Udeid US Airbase in Qatar in retaliation for Washington’s unprovoked attack on Iran’s nuclear program.
You can watch the footage of the interceptors intercepting the missiles here. And from all reports that we are getting right now from the Israeli-American side, no one was injured. There was no problem here. They intercepted these missiles and there was no actual damage done. At least that’s what we’re being told at the moment.
But there has been some attempt at some sort of retaliatory strike on a US airbase in the region. And also, of course, “Trump Thanks Iran for Early Notice on Retaliatory Attack on US Base in Qatar.” And he notes that the response was “weak.”
And he says, “There have been 14 missiles fired — 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a non-threatening direction.”
And he says, “I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured.”
So, from what he’s saying, I gather the Iranians actually did forewarn about the attack before it even happened, which seems actually pretty par for the course with everything we’ve seen with Iranian responses to various strikes over the preceding few years.
Iran always warns in advance and generally has seemingly not responded with the full retaliatory barrage to any strike yet. Starting to raise the question of whether they are able to actually launch any strikes with “everlasting consequences”—or whether that’s all just hot air.
Anyway, the US, for its part, is warning of a “‘heightened threat environment’ after strikes on Iran.” This report from The Hill notes that:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin on Sunday, alerting the public to the potential of cyberattacks carried out by those who support Iran or are affiliated with the Iranian government.
So, I guess, be prepared for the cyber punch to the Facebook—or something along those lines that James Evan Pilato and I have been warning about for years and years on New World Next Week: that the next spectacular, world-shaking false flag event will likely be in the cyber domain.
Could this be an excuse to launch such a strike? Who knows? At any rate, we are getting the notices at the moment. And, as I mentioned earlier in this exploration, of course, the ever-looming threat that Iran might try to close the Strait of Hormuz. We have this piece from Bloomberg analyzing what that would mean and what would or could happen and how: “What If Iran Tries to Close the Strait of Hormuz?”
It goes on to note, as several analysis pieces that I’ve read in recent days have noted: “You know, maybe the closing the Strait of Hormuz talk is a bit overblown,” because:
If [Iran’s] navy tried to bar entry to the strait, it would likely be met with a strong response from the US Fifth Fleet and other Western navies patrolling the area.
But it could cause severe disruption without a single Iranian warship leaving port. One option would be to harry shipping with small, fast patrol boats. Or it could launch drones and fire missiles towards ships from coastal or inland sites. That could make it too risky for commercial ships to venture through.
And it notes that that’s not just a theoretical idea:
Similar tactics have been employed successfully by the Houthi militia in Yemen to disrupt traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb strait, leading into the Red Sea on the other side of the Arabian peninsula.
And it does go on to talk about the Strait of Hormuz and its importance. For example:
Saudi Arabia exports the most oil through the Strait of Hormuz, though it can divert shipments to Europe by using a 746-mile pipeline across the kingdom to a terminal on the Red Sea[.]
But it does talk about:
With its oil pipeline to the Mediterranean closed, all of Iraq’s oil exports are currently shipped by sea from the port of Basra, passing through the strait[.]
And there are others: Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, for example, that “have no option but to ship their oil through the waterway.”
So, again, closing the Strait of Hormuz, although technically perhaps difficult at any rate, would certainly be an event that would have widespread repercussions. And as we noted earlier, there are reports of “GPS Jamming” taking place in the Strait of Hormuz right now. Six supertankers have apparently performed abrupt U-turns in the Strait.
So, clearly something is happening. But what? And for how long? And will this ceasefire put an end to it? We shall see.
On the Israeli side, how are the Israelis reacting to this? Well, we have The Cradle reporting: “Israel hits Tehran with ‘unprecedented’ airstrikes,” noting that:
Israel continued to heavily bombard Iran on 23 June, carrying out massive strikes, including on a university in the capital, Tehran.
Again, what does this mean? Will Israel abide by some ceasefire that Iran apparently has to start while Israel is still bombing them, presumably? Well, we’ll see. We’ll see how that works. Maybe you’ll already know by the time you’re hearing this report.
We also have, of course, the question of Trump and what he is thinking about and plotting with regards to all of this. As Zero Hedge noted the other day, “Trump Has Already Pivoted To Mulling Regime Change In Iran With Latest Post.”
Now we have this report of a ceasefire, and everything’s hunky-dory again. So what could possibly, if there was an actual attempt at regime change here, what would the calculus be to get the public on board with that?
You’d need some sort of spectacular, horrific event to take place. Look at what those Iranians did. You saw it. Now we have to take them out. What could possibly . . .
Oh, that’s right. The “USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Will Arrive In Mideast Waters This Weekend.”
Well, that was reported last weekend, so presumably it is already there. I haven’t seen the update yet. But as I was noting on New World Next Week with James Evan Pilato last week, yes, the Nimitz carrier strike group has been deployed to the region, meaning there are two aircraft carriers in the Middle East at the same time—almost certainly an indication of military activity. Well, we’ve already seen the beginnings of some military activity there.
This is particularly significant because the Nimitz is 50 years old. It’s into its last year before it will be decommissioned. Exactly like, for example, placing all of the aging part of the US Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor as sitting ducks—as FDR was warned in advance of that event.
This seems like, well, it could potentially be another USS Liberty. If you do not know the story of the USS Liberty, look it up. It’s a particularly instructive one as to how these types of false flag attacks can proceed. We shall see what eventuates from any of that.
As for the other players that would make this into a truly global World War III-type scenario, what’s Russia saying?
“Russia warns US against assassinating Khamenei, calls regime change attempts ‘unacceptable’“—which sounds like a pretty strong, bright red line in the sand.
However . . . we also get this: “Putin, Araghchi to meet in Moscow, ‘coordinate’ position following US strikes.”
A couple of days ago, we had this quote from the above-headlined article:
Despite Iran’s appeals for global support, Russia has signaled it will not provide military backing. [. . .] [It] clarified that its recently signed strategic treaty with Iran does not include a mutual defense clause.
Hey, guys, no, no, no, that’s just for you guys supplying us with drones and stuff. That’s not for us to actually help you.
Also, the BRICS—the rah-rah BRICS are the saviours—”The BRICS economic alliance, of which Iran and Russia are members, has not issued a statement in support of the Islamic Republic or condemned Israel’s attacks.”
Because . . . of course not. Because, well, I dunno. What do I know, right? All I know is that the [fist pump] rah-rah BRICS are the saviours, guys, who have been telling us that the BRICS are totally going to annihilate the West and who are also the self-same people who have been telling us that Ukraine—sorry, Russia is just weeks away from obliterating Ukraine for the past three years and have been wrong spectacularly time and time and time and time again about every single prediction they’ve made about, say, the Russia-Ukraine conflict are now telling us, don’t worry, this is a stand [more fist pumps] for the BRICS’ Global South against the evil West oppressors.
Well, I’m not sure I’m quite waiting for that. But having said that, it is clear that Russia is implicated in the events that are taking place right now. I mean, you can go to the horse’s mouth at RT, where they have this up: “‘If Iran falls, we’re next’?: What Russian Experts and Politicians Are Saying about the US Strikes.”
And yes, there is some degree to which there is a potentially existential threat to Russia as these events continue to play out. Russia just lost one of its key strategic allies in the region, Syria. And now they are potentially at the brink of losing another, Iran. And that could be a potentially, truly game-changing scenario for Russia and its position in the Middle East, its position in the wider world generally, and also its vulnerability to subsequent NATO aggression.
Because, of course, if all of its pieces and domino pieces are falling all around the globe and its allies are falling one by one, well, Russia should be treating this as some form of existential threat. And, hey, remember back [to] my 2007 report, “WWIII Starts in Iran,” [where] I was noting Putin was saying to the Bush regime back at that time that, “Hey, Iran is off limits. That is the start of a wider war that you guys don’t want to do.”
So what is Putin saying now? Why wouldn’t he, at least potentially, be providing military backing for Iran right now?
Oh, well, [there’s] this interesting report from Ynet News: “Putin’s surprising reason for not providing war aid to Iran: ‘Israel is almost a Russian-speaking country.'”
It notes that “Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that one of the reasons why Russia is no longer providing assistance to the Iranians in the war is that ‘Israel is almost a Russian-speaking country,'” which just goes to show Putin and his interesting relationship with Israel specifically and what that portends for the future of the Middle East, et cetera.
Make of that what you will, but it looks like Russia, at least at this point, is not going to step in and have anything militarily to do with this. We’ll see if this does eventuate into some sort of regime change operation, what that might mean.
The other, of course, major world player who at least we should be looking at what they are doing right now is, of course, China. So let’s look at what they are doing.
We had this report up from a few days ago: “Mystery flights from China to Iran raise questions amid Israel conflict,” which notes that:
Several Boeing 747s have been spotted on radar leaving China for Iran over the last week, according to reports, sparking concerns that the CCP is helping the Middle Eastern nation transport cargo or people out of the country as Israel continues to strike the country’s nuclear facilities.
Interesting. I have not seen the follow-up on this report— whether anything was determined as to what those 747s were doing. But you can read more about the flight path that they were taking, crossing into Kazakhstan south through Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and then falling off radar as they approached Iran.
What was that about? What were these Boeing 747s transporting into or potentially back out of the country? Good questions. We’ll see if there is follow-up reporting on that issue.
But for the time being, we can also obviously see the US a little bit concerned about what China may or may not do in response with regards to this.
We have this report up from Reuters: “US urges China to dissuade Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz.”
Come on, China. Come on. Can you just tell your Iranian allies to not overreact to all this? What’s a bit of love bombing between friends, huh?
For its part, we have this from Time: “‘If Middle East Is Unstable, World Will Not Be at Peace’: How China Views the Israel-Iran War,” which notes that “Chinese President Xi Jinping [Dictator For Life] said on June 19”:
If the Middle East is unstable the world will not be at peace[.] If the conflict escalates further, not only will the conflicting parties suffer greater losses, but regional countries will also suffer greatly[.]
. . . which almost sounds like some sort of important statement and maybe kind of implies, “Well, does that mean China’s going to step in if things escalate from here?”
Well, actually, it doesn’t say anything of that sort. This is a type of mealy-mouthed diplomatic blather that means precisely nothing other than “War is bad, okay?” essentially, in diplo-speak. So, it doesn’t amount to much, which has been noted by a number of outlets, including here, CNBC: “China’s support for Tehran grows more restrained as U.S. enters war between Israel and Iran.”
This is mostly analysis rather than taking it directly from any statements from China. But essentially, the idea is, just like Russia, not quite stepping up to the plate with any military action to help their supposed ally in the region, Iran. It seems China is not willing to step up to the plate at this point anyway. Which, hey, I mean, I guess avoiding World War III is good for the world.
But there really are some question marks about what the response of various players might mean going forward from here.
Alright, there’s a lot on the table. Obviously, all of these articles will be linked in the Show Notes, so you can go and read and get more information and follow this in more depth.
But if you want to get up to speed with all of this, once again, I will recommend “Israel Attacks Iran: An Open Source Investigation.”
I will recommend Interview 1957 from last week, New World Next Week #594 on “MAGA Means War Against Iran.”
And I will also invite you to type “Iran” into the search bar of The Corbett Report home page, where you will find, at this point, eighteen years’ worth of archives of various reports that I’ve done over the years on Iran, on its supposed nuclear program, on negotiations and deals (the JCPOA and others), on its relationship with Israel and on “The REAL Middle East Nuclear Threat.” There’s a lot in the archives about Iran that is definitely worth your attention, if you haven’t seen them yet.
Having said that, I think we can take a couple of key takeaways from this.
Number one, the best possible outcome from this point forward is that this ceasefire actually does hold and World War III does not start. I think we can all agree at the very least that would be the best, at least immediate, response and consequence of what’s happening here.
Let’s hope [that] cooler heads prevail—[and that] for some reason, Iran goes along with the idea of, okay, “Now that we’ve bombed you, now you should totally be peaceful with us.”
But even then, there is no possible way, no conceivable universe in which the actions of this past weekend and the past couple of weeks do not have some sort of longer implications and far-reaching consequences into the future that we can’t even possibly predict right now.
I note, for example, that there’s already questions of the next great migration crisis that may be sweeping onto the shores of EU as a result of the displacement that’s taken place over the past couple of weeks. That’s just one example of the many, many, many knock-on effects that can result from these types of things.
And if the illegal, aggressive war on Iraq taught us nothing else, it is that “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” banners do not tend to look that good in hindsight, given subsequent events.
Who knows what the longer, bigger, far-reaching consequences of this are. At any rate, whether hot, actual World War III does eventuate from this or not, at the very least, the long-simmering Cold War-like tensions that have amassed between the US-NATO-Israeli side and the Iran-China-Russia axis or whatever they’re being called in the media this week—the CRINK?—those tensions are coming to the surface once again.
And I will throw in a link to an interesting video report I watched recently that I think articulated and crystallized the idea of “What Is a World War?” What does that mean?
It is not simply a number of bilateral wars taking place between this country and that country, and that country and that country, and that country and that country, simultaneously.
No, it’s that all of those conflicts are interrelated. And what happens on one front affects what happens on another front, affects the calculus of another country somewhere else in the world deciding or not deciding to invade and try to take some land for their own sake or that type of thing.
There is an interconnected web that happens from individual acts like this. So, let’s imagine that, yes, the bombing of the nuclear sites—that was it. And Trump can—yay!—parade as the saviour. Wonderful. Everything’s been solved.
Well, even so, the calculus has now changed.
For example:
China taking Taiwan.
India trying to sort some of its border disputes out with Pakistan and/or China.
Russia and Ukraine—the calculus there.
Europe and its security calculus.
All of this now needs to be adjusted in the wake of these bombings.
So that’s definitely something.
Having said that, where does MAGA go from here? I mean, again, best case scenario, this was just one bombing over one weekend. See, guys, it wasn’t a big war. I’m okay. Having said that, it does show. I think we have seen some of the cards finally coming down on the table. And the fact that the American public, once again, as always, overwhelmingly against the idea of the US joining in Israel’s war on Iran.
Just from a few days ago: We had “only 16% of Americans” were in favor of the US joining Israel’s war on Iran.
In fact, not only does this recent poll indicate that only 16% of Americans think the US military should get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran it also found that only 19% of people who voted for Trump in 2024 support American military involvement, which is particularly significant, because one can imagine these types of polls often split along partisan lines. Of course, the Democrats are opposed to this Republican war, but the Republicans rally around the Republican flag, right?
Not in this case, precisely because Trump was sold—and sold himself—as the peace president, the man who was going to bring peace to the world. Dropping bombs on Iran is not part of that deal. That was not what people were voting for—the people who genuinely believed America First, Make America Great Again, et cetera, et cetera.
Now, of course, Trump is trying to spin this as “This is what America First means. And now it’s about Make Iran Great Again, because we’re going to get rid of this nuclear program and hopefully the regime just spontaneously falls by itself and everything will be better and peaches and ice cream.”
Well, I’ve read a lot of different analysis from a lot of different people—Craig Murray and many, many others—on these events that are probably worth your time and attention.
But I’ll just throw in this particular link from Global Research: “Trump Flip-Flops on Iran Regime Change,” which starts by noting this very point:
In the beginning of his second term (2024), President Donald Trump predicted that he would be remembered as a “peacemaker and unifier,” suggesting on Inauguration Day that “Our power will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent and totally unpredictable” and that Americans will know “success by wars that we end and the wars that we never get into.”
And:
Prior to the election, who can forget Trump promised to be a “peace president” who would promptly shut down the war in Ukraine.
I believe the actual phrase was, he would “get it solved on day one,” right? It would take him one day to end the war in Ukraine. Well, hmm. Still working on that one and now expanding into Iran and elsewhere.
I think there is a time of reckoning for those people who still, after all of these decades and decades and decades of being lied to and used and manipulated by politicians time and time and time again and still continue going back to that slave suggestion box and still thinking, “This time, this guy gets it. Don’t worry. This is our peace president. And this little vote that I have in my hand, this is going to be the deciding factor. I’m going to stop all of these wars in the Middle East and all this crap going on with my vote.”
Well, welcome to reality. I hate that it has to be this way. And unfortunately, I know that a lot of people—even a lot of people who are finally starting to question and think, “Hey, maybe we got suckered”—are going to get suckered again the next time a carnival barker barks them back into the circus and they buy their ticket with their vote next time. Because next time, “Don’t worry, this next candidate really gets it.”
And so the cycle continues. Hey, all I know is that apparently Pakistan has nominated Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. [On the screen is a BBC article whose headline reads: “Pakistan to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize.”]
And that about checks out. For people who remember my reporting on “The Ignoble War Prize” back in 2012—back when Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the sheer fact that he was not George W. Bush—yeah, this seems about right.
Anyway, if you want to know more about the history of “The Ignoble War Prize,” I would suggest you check out that edition of Corbett Report Radio [#242] from the archives. It’s worth your time and attention, as is all of the information that we have gone through today.
Again, dozens and dozens and dozens of links will be in the Show Notes at corbettreport.com/trumpbombsiran, which I will remind you is the one and only place for this open source investigation to take place.
Corbett Report members are invited and encouraged to log into the website and to leave your comments, your analysis, links to further reading on these events.
As I say, this is a moving target, and I am recording this at a certain point in time, namely the morning of June 24, 2025.
Things will have moved on by the time this gets posted. It is up to The Corbett Report community to keep this going with timely information. My thanks in advance for your support in that regard.
Well, I think that’s going to do it for today’s exploration.
Obviously, I will have more to say about these events as they do develop. I hope you will stay tuned for that.
But in the meantime, and in between time, I am James Corbett of corbettreport.com, thanking you for investing your time in today’s exploration and inviting you to join me again in the near future.
It’s okay guys; he autopenned this one, so we’re all good.
You know, it was fun to see that he wanted more people to play more Dungeons & Dragons. Make Icosahedrons Great Again!
You know, it was before the 1990s that Israel was making those claims.
I got to take a peek at the Dead Sea scrolls, and one of them read, “Iran is building nuclear weapons.” So, as you can see, the claims go wayyyyyyyy back.
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@MagneticReversal
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If you (MR) have time and willingness to accept a temporary…. student (?), I would appreciate the opportunity to ask a few or more questions, and perhaps receive some guidance regarding a particular subject area.
James & Members,
Please pardon this single instance of bad forum practice. The impetus is something important to me and nothing trivial.
Respectfully,
Unmensch
@Unmensch
Interesting moniker…
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masculine noun
brute, monster…”
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Tell me why you chose that handle and I’ll consider your request.
(@everyone: I do realize this is unsightly, and I won’t prolong this exchange here)
It’s one of those words that deviate a bit from its standard definition. I fit the profile. Always have I think. At least according to what might be called the elite.
Primarily, it’s just a user name, one that many could use in the same manner. Maybe a little superficial pride too. I’m quite glad I’m not an elite. But I’m not much of a brute either.
@Unmensch
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If you don’t already use either Matrix or Element, you’ll need to download the Element app (or other listed) or figure out how to access via Matrix.
Please don’t approach me for tech support, I’m a caveman.
Anyone is free to join and use it for off topic conversation that’s not necessarily relevant to the topics discussed here. Just don’t be a punk.
There’s no Reply option to your latest comment. And I only reach so far before getting a firmer grip on futility. I’m not a punk and I’m not installing an app to discuss anything. I’ll find my own answers, as I’ve always done. Adios.
James, you can delete my account. I won’t return. I was happy to donate with nothing in return.
– Theo
Sarasota Florida
@unmensch
Dharma gates are boundless;
you, and you alone, hinder your entry.
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Anger or dharma.
Choose one.
Actually it goes even farther back in time!! I got to read the back sides of the stone tablets that Moses got. It clearly stated that Iran already has the nukes just like Israel already does.
https://x.com/chinoy200096633/status/1937579190477303815?s=46
Please read. This is a brilliant, concise analysis that, if accurate, would absolutely be the best case scenario.
Sure, it was an op, and nothing is as it seems. But, just possibly, it could be getting us closer to the desired end result.
One thing for sure: this whole ‘op’ is exposing all the rats!
TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) has finally infected Trump’s own brain. That’s the only explanation I can figure. Words can’t describe how disappointed I am at these new developments. I want my vote back. :/
Postal
Meh, why would you want it back?
While kinda a disappointment it’s really not like things would be better if the other team was in…..at least some people got pardons- the boomer riot people got let out and Ross Ulbricht certainly cheered up some folks – something nice is better then nothing nice
Are you serious!? You guys are actually still taking place in the selection process? Haven’t you watched any of these videos on this site!? Or Larkin Rose!? I honestly didn’t think anyone on here still would be talking part in that crap. I learned something new. Check out Larkin Rose, amongst many others, for more info. Please.
Slipp
“….Are you serious!? You guys are actually still taking place in the selection process…..”
Why not?
It’s not like it involves much work to do, and it’s not like if you don’t take part they call it off.
Sure, it’s pretty stupid to think it will “fix” things, or even make MUCH difference- but as long as you don’t hang your life on politics why would you not???? Like I said, Trump is a disappointment but he did give out SOME treats, why not be happy for small things that cost you nothing?
At the end of the day if you don’t vote in LOCAL elections your basicly giving the machinery of power into your enemies hands.
“….Haven’t you watched any of these videos on this site!? Or Larkin Rose!? ….”
Larkin Rose is even less impressive a thinker than me. Yeah, I have seen his stuff. Dude is wrong as Fk.
“…. amongst many others, for more info. Please…”
lol, why “please “ ?
Are you on an evangelical mission to stop people voting? 🙂
People got ruled over before voting and will be ruled after voting goes away. You don’t become morally superior because you ignore one very very tiny pebble you can toss on the scale, just like getting an “I voted “ stamp doesn’t make a voter morally better.
Honestly I think it would be way better if they limited the franchise, but since every fool votes I can either spin the wheel or if be like Pa Fin who swore never to vote when he found out blacks could….lololl.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn
Don’t let yourself be trolled out of a good cup of coffee or anything else you may ve enjoying.
You are, of course, correct, voting is terrible, but it’s also one of the few things that has been deeply ingrained in people. And they won’t be likely to let go of it any time soon.
Mkey
“….. voting is terrible, but it’s also one of the few things that has been deeply ingrained in peop……”
You are wrong on the second part at least…..actually taking part in elections is something that a LOT of people don’t bother doing.
While I can understand not bothering with Fed elections you could actually make a very small impact in local ones…..actually in some places a dozen people could make a HUGE impact.
But nooooo, some people would rather FEEL more moral and choose the role of the conflicts LOSERS…..honestly it kinda reminds me of the JW cultists I used to know.
The only justification for voting being “terrible “ I have seen was related to the NAP which is a rather rubbish idea that has no reality outside of the imagination.
But, that said, I don’t try think most people are capable of voting properly and would welcome a franchise limited to property owners.
Mkey
If voting is “terrible” (as in morally bad) then are you saying you wish there was no pardon for the Jan 6ers or Ross Ulbricht????
Personally I don’t care very much but what about all thise freedom livung people who were glad the Criminal mastermind behind Silk Roads???? Are they wrong?
Should Ross stay in jail until jail is abolished along with the state????
Voting is a tiny Little Rock you can drop into the gears of power….its not THAT important but it’s also not harmful either.
*Larken Rose
True.
But he is still wrong.
LOL!! That’s a good one! Write it down! LOL!
Voting is Secular Humanist Communion.
Csd
“….Voting is Secular Humanist Communio….”
lol, for some people that may be true…..but since I am neither secular nor humanist clearly thats not always the case.
Personally I think making a moral issue about the evils of voting and the state and lionizing the NAP is the apotheosis OF secular humanism
Everybody knows that everybody knows that Iran has no such weapons, and there is enough evidence that Iran was always going to be attacked. The question is whether the USA “bombing” of these “nuclear” sites was coordinated (even perhaps with Iran’s blessing) in order to deflate the Israel threat while purporting to support them? Now with Tel Aviv partly flattened the Israelis feel the effect of aggression, yet with the Iran nuclear threat supposedly neutralised, they have no excuse now to drop their own bomb on Iran. Given that the so called cabal, Israel lobby is so influential and extends to the global banking blah blah control of humanity, I would like to believe that the 2018 Q post “we are saving Israel to last” is pointing to the possibility that Trump has always planned to drain the global swamp which includes Israeli aligned factions, not to mention the big banks. Given his random behaviour anything is possible, and maybe that’s by design too.
This is my question/thought (and best hope) as well. If, as some are reporting, the three nuclear sites were emptied, and no people were there, indicating they had been given ample warning, that would suggest that Trump and Iran are working together, potentially to expose Netanyahu.
Moreover, if Iran had been aggressed upon by two nations, there is no reason they would agree to a cease-fire, IMO, unless they felt so outclassed that they had no other option other than to surrender.
I’m just trying to be realistic.
“…..would like to believe that the 2018 Q po…….”
Q? Is that thing still going? I’d like to believe Trump is the righteous arm of the Republic restoring the American way…but he’s just a Jew’d up boomer who cares about his image more then anything else.
He’s not the worst that could have got into the seat, but his head is shoved so far up the ass of money Jews it’s not even funny
I read an article posted by G.Edward Griffin in his “Need to Know” News Letter linked to an article in the Jerusalem Post just after the last U.S. Elections which stated that 318 AIPAC backed candidates got elected and they were still counting. Another article said that in the 2022 elections AIPAC got 342 of 365 AIPAC backed candidates elected. That rounds out to 94% of the United States selected so called Representatives are in the pocket of AIPAC which is a foreign political lobby group for Israel.
Indeed, Trump is among that 94%. If he wasn’t he would have ended up like JFK and RFK. The book ” JFK and RFK’s Secret Battle against Extreme Zionism, The Documentary Evidence” does a good job of making the case that Israel was into both murders. See link to book below.
https://www.brasscheckbooks.com/
“… If he wasn’t he would have ended up like JFK and RFK.…”
Or the colorful Traficant.
He was not even a real anti-Semite, just not willing to jump high enough
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Traficant
https://odysee.com/@Blackpilled:b/trafic:8
“Traffic violations edition “
Blackpilled did a thing on him, pretty good Edutainment TBH….guy was actually like one of ye olde politicians from the 1800’s, lol.
Him and Andrew Jackson would have had good party times together, lol.
Indeed compared to the rabid Zionist LBJ, who once in office reversed all of Kennedy’s moves aimed at Israel: inspections at Dimona, and forcing aIPAC to register as a foreign lobby…sounds like Kennedy was a raging Zionist doesn’t it…
Wow – great summary and analysis!
Some new information from ZeroHedge:
‘He Knew We’d Attack’ – Israel Complains At Trump’s Comments After Iran Ceasefire Falters
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-official-confirms-rift-ceasefire-fails-trump-vowed-israel-wont-strike-after-he
Excerpts:
“As the US- and Qatar-brokered ceasefire deadline closed in, Israel and Iran kept exchanging lethal blows overnight, with Israel hitting various targets in Iran, killing nine people in northern Iran and reportedly assassinating yet another nuclear scientist, while Iran killed at least four Israelis in a devastating hit on an apartment tower. At eight minutes after midnight in Washington, President Trump used his Truth Social account to announce the ceasefire was in effect, and to urge continued compliance.”
“In the overnight hours there was this large Israeli attack on Tehran even after ceasefire was announced to the world:
Tehran. After 3am. Israel is bombing all over district 6 & 7 of Tehran. Home to 600,000, the area houses the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, which has the largest collection of Francis Bacon paintings in the world. The area is also home to many governmental buildings. pic.twitter.com/TvT76HoPd7“
Within the current global context, the consistent distribution of information by mainstream media significantly influences our comprehension, frequently leading to confusion and skepticism, quite obviously intended to befuddle the sheep.
That’s why I choose people like James Corbett over biased government editors like the BBC.
As usual a brilliant analysis James, thank you.
The optics on all of this seem to have deeply distracted everyone from many other major issues, which were front and center prior. Epstein, child trafficking, etc… However I don’t know if anyone else noticed that, according to James’ reporting, the threat of Iran making a nuclear bomb dates back to 1992! So, doing the math to current date of 2025 results in that magic number, “33”!!! Hummm, why now you may ask??? Maybe we have the answer? Anyway, buckle up buttercup…we might be in for a really bumpy rest of the year onward!
Ceasefires are just opportunities for the side in greater trouble to rearm. Hard to believe that Iran is that naive.
Iran cant do much ti isreal
Israel cant do much to Iran
It’s two drunk guys shooting at each other from their lawns , with BB guns, with houses laying between them.
Sure they can hurt each other but neither one is in real danger from the exchange
Either onecould pull out the “real guns” any time- biological weapons, radioactive munitions “dirty bomb”, or even real nukes…..but right now neither one really thinks they have anything to gain by actually fighting a real war….. hats why they do that weird advance warning stuff , because mostly it’s mostly just posturing right now….Irans gov probably looks more popular now and Netinyaho can stay out of jail longer.
Even the US is probably not retarded enough to get into a forever war it cant win…..China would back Iran and bleed us like we bled the Soviets n Afghanistan.
Good point. Or more time for your allies to prepare to join you.
Iran’s top leadership has long been under the sway of the Zionists. Who was it exactly that overthrew Iran’s Democracy is 1953?
Just looking at Iran’s tepid response, hardly doing any real damage to israel’s infrastructure.
Few truly understand the state of affairs in this world, a reality that should have come into clear focus thanks to Covid.
Well, I always think of these kind of “news”: what’s the distraction? What’s going on in the shadows?
First Israel Gaza Hamas etc. Maybe the Gaza strip is cleared now.
(Martin Vrijland claims it’s been clear all along, all footage is scripted
https://www.martinvrijland.nl/gaza/
So this might be the next step, the Ben Gurion Project for the Greater Israel:
“The incentive for a false flag event or attack is tremendous. Again, the United States has been concocting methods to implement the Ben Gurion Project for nearly 60 years. Detonating underground nuclear weapons in Gaza is not something that the international community would permit. Unless, of course, countless nations began facing energy shortages, the price of oil soared to the point of imploding government budgets, and trade as a whole began to plummet. A full-scale global energy crisis could be exactly what the US and Israel need to explode ground on the Ben Gurion Canal Project”.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/markets-by-sector/energy/the-strait-of-hormuz-incoming-global-energy-crisis/
EXACTLY, the reason they have started on Iran, is because they are now done with the Syrians and Palestinians.
Eretz Israel, the center of a coming Zionist NWO is the main goal, we are just seeing it unfold piecemeal. One day, people will understand, we are all Palestinians in the eyes of the Zionists.
It’s just a special military operation, a littile bit of preemptive kinetic military activity. Don’t worry, guys! https://corbettreport.com/putin/
“ The likelihood of this ceasefire becoming permanent is probably ZERO. The real question is whether Russia or China can afford to let the Iranian government collapse. Would the replacement then be a US proxy, such as Ukraine? What would happen to China’s energy source? Then there is the Neocon objective to topple the Iranian government. Are they willing to surrender their lifelong quest to defeat Russia?
Only a sublime fool would think this is over.
As the computer was forecasting, this was the lull, and the markets were confirming this outcome.
Then comes Resurgence.”
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/iran/middle-east-ceasefire/
[SNIP – no bare links in the comments section, please. Please repost the link with a title and/or explanation of why people should be clicking on it. -JC]
Insane McCain “bomb iran” song.
The article from about 30 mins ago reports on the confusion surrounding former President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, marking the end of what he called the “12-Day War.” Trump claimed that both nations had agreed to a phased ceasefire, with Iran initiating a 12-hour pause in hostilities, followed by Israel, culminating in a formal end to the conflict after 24 hours.
However, Iranian officials swiftly denied any such agreement. A senior Iranian source told CNN that Tehran had not received a formal proposal and accused the U.S. and Israel of using “deception” to justify continued.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202506/1336824.shtml?id=11
The article spotlights Xueqin Jiang, a Beijing-based educator and historian, who gained viral attention for a May 2024 video in which he predicted that Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency would lead to a military conflict with Iran.
Jiang warned that such a war would be a “catastrophic mistake,” comparing it to Athens’ failed Sicilian Expedition during the Peloponnesian War. He argued that Iran’s mountainous terrain, unified population, and strategic depth would make a U.S. invasion logistically impossible and politically disastrous. He also predicted that the U.S. and Israel might use Iran’s nuclear program as justification and even suggested the possibility of a false-flag operation to sway public opinion.
Jiang estimated that a successful occupation of Iran would require millions of troops, far beyond what the U.S. could realistically deploy.
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/meet-xueqin-jiang-chinese-professor-who-predicted-trumps-involvement-in-iran-war-one-year-ago-article-152139147
Now was it all for show or did they really try to bust these bunkers but were unable … MIT professor weighs in with billiant analysis …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TriASB-F5UY
For those of you planning to cash in on the next “oil/LNG crisis”, please know that although there could well be a “meltup” in fuel prices, that meltup would be completely fabricated.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Crude_Oil_Pipeline
Even Wikipedia knows that Saudi Arabia, with US assistance of course, built a pipeline to cross Saudi Arabia and transport fuels from the Persian Gulf side of the country to the Red Sea side of the country, thus evading the Strait of Hormuz completely. This has been open since 2012.
https://www.ft.com/content/4203f88c-ce83-11e1-9fa7-00144feabdc0
oops – this was indeed mentioned in the report. Never mind. 🙂
Thought: Considering the measured non-response of the various “Axes of Evil” (TM), I’m not fearing any world war between governments. Instead, it seems like we are in store for the final revelation of what a lot of us knew from the start: each “government” is actually just a franchise of a much more powerful cabal and the war has always been that cabal, using the franchises as its enforcers, versus the proles. Maybe the country of Israel is the seat of this power and the allegiance to Israel’s government is simply connecting the spokes to the inner hub.
TBH this would be far more dreadful than a kinetic war, but at this point it seems inevitable.
@r
“…it seems like we are in store for the final revelation of what a lot of us knew from the start: each “government” is actually just a franchise of a much more powerful cabal and the war has always been that cabal, using the franchises as its enforcers, versus the proles.”
– yes, some (very few, methinks) of us have known this for a long time, and it’s been hard to watch the rest of the “community,” including its most prominent voices, flip flopping and flailing about, trying to cook up new laws of physics to explain the fact that none of the unfolding results match the models or predictions.
If an honest scientist or investigator sees that, year after year, decade after decade, the models and their projections fail utterly to predict future events or explain (correlate to) past observations, they know it’s time to scrap the old model and go back to fundamentals.
I suggest looking to our ancestors, to those who wrote down their histories and went to great lengths to ensure that they would survive the millennia and be available to us now.
If all if our ancestors were crazy, stupid, and just liked to make stuff up and claim it as historical fact, then would we as a species have even survived, much less inherited such a collective legacy upon which to build? These astronomers, cartographers, mathematicians, philosophers, artists, and world-changing figures – they all made up the same nonsensical stories just for fun, or to mess with us? I think not. I think mankind has been through this process before. Many times. We have the opportunity to reexamine those ancient histories with fresh, unbiased eyes. If we take them seriously, we will learn a great deal. And we’ll no longer be “baffled…”
Or, just stick with a slightly different version of the mainstream narrative, as 99% of the “truth community” is apparently committed to doing. I wonder who benefits from such a plan?
Excellent up to date analysis, thank you. I’m not sure how you managed to do that in such a short space of time. A few thoughts:
No matter how many articles one reads it is impossible to know what is really happening. One can be really well informed and still know jack.
Who won? Each “side” is claiming victory. Has Iran shown that it has the power to inflict so much damage on Israel that Israel was forced to accept a temporary ceasefire? Israel appeared to want to go all the way. Is the ceasefire just a way to buy time for Israel to re-arm or is this it?
If Iran is the primary supporter of the Palestinian cause why was Gaza excluded from the ceasefire agreement ?
Did Israel actually have air superiority over Iran after the first day? Alastair Crooke and others suggest that many of the attacks on Iran were conducted from inside Iranian territory (no links sorry).
Israel is a serial ceasefire breacher. Does Trump really have the power to hold Nutty back when the Israeli public realises that all this was for nothing? With nothing achieved, will Israel accept the status quo or pull out a spectacular false flag?
Finally, a song from a favourite musician: Joe Walsh- Decades 1992. End lyrics: One hundred years; ten years times ten.
So many things happened, nothing got done. So many wars, no one ever won one. Decades, decades…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po-9Wl87ydc&list=RDpo-9Wl87ydc&start_radio=1
Another update from ZeroHedge citing NYT and CNN regarding level of damage to Iran’s nuclear enrichment program.
Where is Iran’s Uranium? Top Secret Leaked US Intel Says Core Nuclear Components ‘Intact’
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-official-confirms-rift-ceasefire-fails-trump-vowed-israel-wont-strike-after-he
Trump bombs Iran as NutandYahoo arms ISIS like crime families in Gaza.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-opposition-leader-says-netanyahu-arming-criminal-gangs-gaza
There is an opposition party in Israel but no-no – Nobody talks about them.
NuttyYahoo is like Hoover in First WW. I will bet he takes a kick back on all the stolen food that gets sold in the black market in Gaza. IDF troops protect the compounds these thugs work from
Somehow it all looks like a fantastic show, completely unreal.
So what is going on behind the wings? I tend to believe (it’s all a question of belief) that the so called cabal (tim.tat) has a lot to do with the Israeli lobby and the banking cartel blah blah control of humanity. In some way Israel is the very dark center of the world. What about the Chabad Lubavic connections between Putin and Trump and Ukraine and Israel of course and a whole lot of other franchise players of the cabal? Looks to some like it has been worked out a long time ago. And coming to fruition, or supposed to. See Wolgang Eggert, a German historian. These topics are too hot to touch.
More from former US weapons inspector Scott Ritter, filmed June 23 – before the cease fire. Lots of good bits of info that paints a more complete picture. Describes the theater performance.
Scott Ritter : What We Now Know.
https://www.sgtreport.com/2025/06/scott-ritter-what-we-now-know/
Hi everyone, James please check this out. This professor Jiang Xueqin games the Iran war perfectly in this lecture from May 29 2024 https://youtu.be/7y_hbz6loEo? As mentioned by an earlier commenter, professor Jiang likens America’s invasion of Iran to Athens’ ill fated invasion of Sicily in 415BC. In a newer lesson recorded just two weeks ago as Israel began to drop bombs on Iran, Professor Jiang talks about the end of the American Empire. He says Covid and the War on Terror were likely scams. He even name drops and quotes from Carroll Quigley’s Tragedy and Hope on how all the central banks and the BIS in Basel work together! And how America actually built up China! Much of it matches what you have said. The professor seems to be from Beijing and has taught at prestigious schools in China, in addition to having worked with the UN for a few years. He also has a degree in English literature (like yourself) from Yale College. He says he likes Xi Jinping. His lectures are very interesting. Maybe he’s a follower of the Corbett Report ;). https://youtu.be/_gH4PvIni5E?
Judging by The recent Corbett Report viewers, who I previously believed to be esteemed and educated, voting to hop right back on censorship tube!, I am not holding out much hope for any lesson to be learned come next election. I am still saddened and mystified by what appeared to be an overwhelming decision in favor of YouTube. Sigh, You can lead viewers to information and solutions, but you can’t make it compute.
I understand your sentiment about youtube. I heard James say in an interview recently they algorithmically decided to let him back on. Personally I think its unlikely it was some computer program decision and more likely the result of some serious real human (likely spooks) thinking and considering various scenarios. If they let him back on their platform they likely believe they benifit more from the shadow banning, tracking views, manipulating comments and leading people into traps from the autoplay/suggested feed. (Keep your friends close and your enemies closer – that sort of thing). That being said I respect his decision and allowing viewers to have input. It also doesn’t change his message in any way and I understand his desire to reach as many eyes as possible.
All that being said, i don’t know what lessons corbett is trying to convey about voting other than maybe that its a totally fraudulent activity and only exists to pump hopeium to the masses and give them the illusion of control. If you believe that then election season would probably be something you completely ignore since participation would be a waist of time and energy. I’m not trying to put words in James’s mouth however, its just my take away when he uses phrases like “slave suggestion box” (one I actually like a lot 😅)
Also, one last consideration… how many of his ‘viewers’ are themselves planted spooks? I’m fairly confident the number isn’t zero. For that reason I take any and all comment sections (including this one) with a grain of salt.
Well, it kinda makes sense to be on censortube in a limited sense to try to grow an audience and maybe spread some of the good work. The little bits really do matter.
Info about weapons that Iran used:
For the first time, IRGC uses multi-warhead Ghadr-H missiles against Zionist entity
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/06/23/750065/for-first-time-irgc-uses-multiwarhead-ghadrh-missiles-against-zionist-entity
Excerpt:
“”One of the key highlights of this phase was the debut of the multi-warhead Kheiber-class ballistic missile Ghadr-H, which was deployed for the first time.
“The statement said the missiles, deployed with advanced and surprise tactics aimed at maximizing accuracy, destructiveness, and impact, successfully hit strategic targets across the occupied territories, from north to south and into central areas.”
Good one, jo-ann. You’re the first to mention the presstv articles. All I see on the mainstream alternative media is Trump’s speech played on an endless loop. I wondered about the cease fire. Netanyahu would never have agree if he already had an advantage. After reading the presstv articles I imagined a conversation between Netanyahu and Trump:
N: “Why didn’t youy tell us about the Ghadr-H missiles?! Do something you worthless lying piece of dog dung! They are bombing the shit out of us over here! Get in there! Drop some bunker busters on Tehran!
T: I’ll drop a few on the nuke sites but not a civilian population. That’s too much.
N: Need I remind you that more than half your cabinet and advisors are Mossad! We can get to you any time we want. Remember the videos. Compromising position doesn’t come close to describing what we have on you, not to mention, congress.
T: Don’t threaten me, Bibi. Bombers are in the air as we speak. I’ll make an annoucement in a few hours. I’ll declare the war is over. The war is over.
Trump’s declaration of the 12 day war’s termination was news to me. Didn’t know there was a war. No visuals or reports from the mainstream or mainstream alternative media. Even now I can’t find videos of Iran’s strikes in Israel. There must have been significant damage for Israel to agree to a cease fire.
Meanwhile, Palantir surveys his hit list. “He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re awake. He knows…”
I heard Israel would have been out of anti missile missiles in another week…..but on the other hand they would then have been pushed into nuking Iran.
No one would have ended up ahead so no advantage in pushing on
Palantir’s predictive programming software used to make Israel’s decision? What could go wrong?
The Key Nuclear Allegation That Started the War Was Coaxed from a Palantir Counter-Intelligence Algorithm
Alastair Crooke • June 23, 2025
https://www.unz.com/acrooke/the-key-nuclear-allegation-that-started-the-war-was-coaxed-from-a-palantir-counter-intelligence-algorithm/
Yet another insightful article from The Unz Review:
Empire of Chaos Takes War on BRICS to Next Level
Pepe Escobar • June 24, 2025
https://www.unz.com/pescobar/empire-of-chaos-takes-war-on-brics-to-next-level/
Excerpt (emphasis added):
“Even POTUS himself gave away the game, in caps: “If the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change? MIGA!”
“Inestimable Prof. Michael Hudson, among a few others, has summarized the stakes: ‘Iran is not only the capstone to full control of the Near East and its oil and dollar holdings. Iran is a key link for China’s Belt and Road program for a New Silk Road of railway transport to the West. If the United States can overthrow the Iranian government, this interrupts the long transportation corridor that China already has constructed and hopes to extend further West. Iran also is a key to blocking Russian trade and development via the Caspian Sea and access to the south, bypassing the Suez Canal. And under U.S. control, an Iranian client regime could threaten Russia from its southern flank.’“
Persia has always been important- the Brit’s and Russians used to fight over who could buy more power there iirc from “silk roads “ by frankopan
Russia and China involved, as expected. Ukraine war used as a bargaining tool.
“Congratulations to Everyone!” in Rope-a-Dope Strategy, the Bell Also Sounds for Rest Periods
John Helmer • June 23, 2025
https://www.unz.com/article/congratulations-to-everyone-in-rope-a-dope-strategy-the-bell-also-sounds-for-rest-periods/
Excerpts:
“Iran’s rope-a-dope strategy allows rest periods. But for this strategy to succeed, the rest periods must be too short for Israel to be re-supplied by the US, Germany and other allies, compared to the re-supply arrangements which Iran is now trying to make with Russia, China, North Korea and other sources.”
“The assessment in Moscow is that Iran has demonstrated it has escalation control for the long term, and that in the short term Israel needs US re-supply, re-financing, and recovery more urgently than Iran. In exchange for Trump’s “ceasefire” to meet the Israeli requests, President Vladimir Putin has communicated that Trump must do nothing to block the acceleration of Russia’s offensive in the Ukraine.”
I’m not saying it was aliens…
But that makes a lot more sense than the official narrative.
Humans are not pulling the strings, pulling the levers, pushing the buttons.
They’re waiting for their orders, reading their lines, and half the time are just as bewildered as we are at the stupid shit that they say and do.
Seriously – someone please provide a more consistently applicable explanation.
If each unfolding event requires a complex series of mental gymnastics and going back to the drawing board to formulate new possible geopolitical tactics, strategies and end goals, its time to question if anyone really has any idea of what’s actually driving world events.
Most major religions have insisted for millennia that there are nonhuman entities calling the shots on planet earth. It’s one of the most important foundations of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and not to be outdone by Hinduism.
So no requirement to entertain the “alien” theme. “Angels and demons” is fine.
Show me a better way to explain this malarkey.
I said BETTER…
Antiwar News With Dave DeCamp
Iran Truce Holds After Trump Tells Israel To Stop, IDF Kills 44 in Gaza Aid Massacres, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27jo4wsOPao
I do not trust Trump and the ceasefire is sure to be broken by Israel first as they always do so. I think Bibi needs time to regroup thus the ceasefire. What is not discussed at all is the fact that Israel has the nuclear bomb and no one is questioning it. I would not be surprise to see Israel use it first as a matter of fact. Pakistan has a nuclear bomb and Israel does not seem to feel threatened by them or by India. It is all theatre. Here is a site that give info on Israel nuclear capabilities
https://armscontrolcenter.org/fact-sheet-israels-nuclear-arsenal/
Another interesting podcast from the Jerusalem press club, with the previous embassador to the US, Michael Oren. Here he speaks as to how Israel assess the situation. Good to know how they perceive the war. They say it is a success. They don’t talk about the damage they suffer. What the victory will be for Israel and the US. It is an eye opener.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8rJVs2M7z8
Here is what an actual Iranian (living in Poland) has to say. He’s just a regular dude ranting about his living situation as a Iranian. He says that only Iranian civilians die in this war and Iranians have nowhere to run. He’s worried about his family and he desires the change there but doesn’t believe that Israel will help. The video rant is in Polish but if you turn on the CC and the auto-translation you’ll be able to understand his rant.
https://youtu.be/iCfPqAPbnW8
There are some very interesting points in this substack post by Simplicius dated 25th June: Humiliation: Israel Tucks Tail After Failing All Objectives in War against Victorious Iran. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/humiliation-israel-tucks-tail-after
Key takeaways:
1. Through the end of it, there remains not a single shred of proof that Israeli (or American, for that matter) planes ever significantly overflew Iran at any time. Claims of ‘total air superiority’ have no grounds, and up until the final day Israel continued relying on their heavy UCAVs to strike Iranian ground targets.
2. It is now clear that Israel relied on a favored go-to modus operandi in its past three conflicts. Israel has now lost against Hamas, lost against Hezbollah, and lost to Iran. Each time, its face-saving strategy was to “decapitate the leadership”, particularly the well-known personalities like Nasrallah, Haniyeh, etc., and pretend this is somehow a war winning stroke…. Think about it this way: in ten or twenty years, what will be remembered about today, the names of a few random “Iranian generals” that Israel “masterfully killed” via cowardly sneak attacks, or the fact that Israeli cities burned for the first time, Israel failed to defang Iran’s nuclear program, and flopped at every other major objective it had, including regime change?
3. Iran’s victory will embolden resistance movements across the world. That is because for once, not only was Israel made to look truly vulnerable, but the US by its side looked spineless and ultimately weak with its obviously fake show strikes. The Houthis, China, and others were watching, and they were not impressed.
Worth reading in full.
The thing of all of this is: none of us is there.
So nobody truly knows.
We get our information (?) from others.
Who are not even there.
On which we base our opinion.
Our belief system.
With all AI in place that’s pretty creepy.
It all might be theatre. A script.
To build fear, polarization, anger etc.
In the meantime, the grabbers are grabbing, controlling the narrative both sides…working towards their end goal..power and control. The old game with the same script, over and over again.
Even if it’s a fake distraction, the illusion does it’s work. The narrative.
Masters of illusion, like Egyptian times with their pharaohs.
In that sense, Derrick Broze is so right: exit and build.
Hello from australia june 26th 2025 at 13:27 providing a link to ISRAEL TIMES ( live ) The point of sending this is the ” unprecedented intervention” from the USA .
In unprecedented intervention in Israeli justice system, US president slams criminal case against PM as a ‘ridiculous Witch Hunt,’ declares ‘THIS TRAVESTY CAN NOT BE ALLOWED’
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-demands-end-to-netanyahus-graft-trial-us-saved-israel-now-is-going-to-save-bibi/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&utm_medium=desktop_site&utm_campaign=liveblog_entry
Many here have mentioned or at least heard that DHS and or FBI have been working with state governors, and with state and local police, in regards to possible “sleeper cells” and “lone wolves” being activated or at least inspired by Iran and its partners in turrism.
This is not that. It’s more like something AI would come up with.
JAILHOUSE INTERVIEW: Suspect accused of killing New River pastor admits to crime
12 News
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JX-SvsxJgYU
Dude in another chat dropped a pretty detailed writeup, and it’s all over mainstream news, seems consistent. Apparently, this guy who has the Hebrew characters for the name of ‘Yahweh’ tattooed on his neck, got all Old Testament and murdered what sounds like at least one, maybe a few more, Christian pastors (US).
The above link is a jailhouse interview. Completely insane.
* I wouldn’t let children or sensitive people watch this, it could f#ck them up, no kidding*
SO…… They trynna stir up shit? Always.
But I’m thinking they’re very much trying to make religion a very controversial and much discussed topic, if not in the MSM then amongst the game show contestants (play stupid games, win stupid prizes).
Seriously, it’s either:
a) its all fake (digital only, not real people or events) or at least mostly fake
b) this guy’s body is being operated remotely (MK)
c) he’s just doing his job (pure actor)
d) Yahweh’s back, b1tches🛸👽
I don’t know….i watched some of that interview and he struck me as being like the schizophrenics I’ve met.
BTW thanks for your response on the Septuagint. I forgot to thank you earlier
Dats funnee..
Oh, he had a list of 14 pastors total. Not sure what the count allegedly was before he was supposedly arrested.
That’s important for the super-scary threat level part, can’t leave that out.
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp
Trump Doesn’t Think Iran Will Restart Enrichment, Israeli Forces Kill 74 in Gaza, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTWvyhvSG4E
From the Wall Street Journal: “This is an excerpt from “Post-Attack Assessment of the First 12 Days of Israeli Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities” published June 24 by David Albright and Spencer Faragasso of the Institute for Science and International Security.”
Attacks ‘Effectively Destroyed’ Iran’s Program
The Institute for Science and International Security sizes up the results of the U.S. and Israeli strikes.
June 25, 2025 5:26 pm ET
https://archive.is/RWhRH#selection-541.0-579.3
Another analysis worth reading:
The Ceasefire Kabuki
Pepe Escobar • June 25, 2025
https://www.unz.com/pescobar/the-ceasefire-kabuki/
I keep seeing Pepe Escobar being dropped here, but I don’t recall anyone posting any links to
https://www.globalresearch.ca/author/pepe-escobar
which is where I, and countless others, first encountered Mr Escobar’s journalism.
Mr Corbett has quite a presence there as well, but I don’t often hear or read about that ongoing long term collaboration.
So here’s that:
https://www.globalresearch.ca/author/james-corbett
Now get back to work
TLAV going live:
https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/derrick-broze-interview-6-26-25/
“Joining me today is Derrick Broze, here to discuss the recent development of “Detachment 201” (what I recently called “Technocracy in uniform”) and what its implications are for the future of this country, and how all of this overlaps with Palantir and the overt focus on artificial intelligence. We also discuss the way the MAM/MSM chose to cover these major developments and how these stories as well as Trump’s direct involvement in the Iran war have created what appears to be major fracturing within the partisan camps.”
**FYI
It seems that
globalresearch.ca
is having some issues with malicious actors from certain regions of the whorled, so a VPN with an IP address in another gnation may be helpful.
Good interview of Col. Douglas Macgregor, including the end where he explains how operatives have been trying to break Iran into six different units in order to plunder Iranian resources.
Col Doug Macgregor: Iran-Israel War is NOT OVER 41:11
Daniel Davis | June 26, 2025
https://www.sgtreport.com/2025/06/col-doug-macgregor-iran-israel-war-is-not-over/
Short article that raises more questions – missing uranium, missing centrifuges?
Where Is The Missing Uranium? – This Is A Question That The Entire World Should Be Asking
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/where-is-the-missing-uranium-this-is-a-question-that-the-entire-world-should-be-asking/
Antiwar News With Dave DeCamp
Netanyahu Wants White House Visit After Iran War, Israel Ramps Gaza Strikes, Killing 103, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7BXAGYIack
I had been wondering what is the phrase translated as “Death to America” in the original Farsi. Since it is the basis of, or the excuse for, US foreign policy regarding Iran, wouldn’t it be a good idea to know what it means/meant originally? This turned up a couple of days ago:
https://www.aljazeera.com/#flips-6374816403112
Since translations are biased and histories selective, it seems that it’s a good idea to look at things from vantage points besides our own, even other biased and selective vantage points.
The underlying issue being, of course, that no matter what a subset of people chant, there is really no excuse to bomb the whole lot.
Since the Ayatollah has uttered it, aren’t the underlying issues what he meant by it and actually what was 300 ft. under a rock mountain? And how do we know what it was?
YOU DO NO ACCEPT IDIOTIC EXCUSES FOR BOMBING PEOPLE.
Follow this mantra and you’ll see the world will very quickly run out of ayatollahs wishing ill onto another.
I agree fully with your first statement, however I wouldn’t speculate about what Ayatollahs will or won’t do.
I won’t speculate about what depraved lunatics such as Obama, Biden, Trump, Bushes, Clinton, Netanyahu and others would do, either.
We don’t need to speculate, let’s just look at the history and what they did and how many millions they murdered directly and indirectly.
Now compare that to chants coming from people who are apparently next on the list.
The question remains: Why do equipment and uranium for domestic energy production need to be 300 ft. under a rock mountain?
Another question that remains: what the hell do I care about what my neighbor keeps on his property?
Doesn’t it depend on what kind of guy he is and whether he has anything explosive, toxic, lethal?
As long as he’s keeping it to himself, we’re golden. If I am worried about explosive, toxic and lethal, then the local government is my top concern.
We don’t care what kind of lethal drugs the cartels keep? After all, they’re across the border.
Whatever lethal drugs cartels keep, local alphabet soup agencies will bring it over.
However lethal drugs the cartels keep are, local pharmaceutical companies will beat them to the punch.
The Mexicans shouldn’t care about farmers across the border growing GMO corn and the pollen that contaminates their own crops?
They should be worried about it, yes. Worry makes people do crazy things sometimes, like dig into a mountain.
What does it say that “our” Pentagon is spending money on these so called bunker busters all to take out Iran’s supposed nuclear arsenals, since when is Iran a threat to America.
In everyway America has always just been a tool of the Zionists, and as our usefulness to these psychopaths ebbs, they will pull the plug on us too. As soon as WW2 ended and they got their Israel, they begun undermining America, which they no longer needed because we took out Germany, Italy and Japan for them.
They are at war with humanity.
Article on the censorship of damage to Israel infrastructure and list of strategic hits made by Iran:
Here’s Proof That Israel Lost the War
(and signs that the conflict is about to resume)
Mike Whitney • June 28, 2025
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/heres-proof-that-israel-lost-the-war/
Excerpt:
The “Israeli Pentagon”, the Kirya military-intelligence complex
The Weizmann Institute of Science which plays a role in Israel’s clandestine nuclear program
The Aman military intelligence headquarters at the Glilot Mizrah Interchange, near Herzliya. Aman oversees elite spying units such as Unit 8200 (signals intelligence), Unit 504 (human intelligence), and Unit 9900 (geospatial intelligence).
Branches of the Israeli ministry of interior affairs responsible for internal military coordination
The Mossad’s operational headquarters
Israel’s most protected Nevatim Airbase (and the Tel Nof Airbase)
Ben Gurion Airport (repeatedly) as well as Ramat David, Palmachim and Ovda near Eilat.
The Command-and-Control Centers of the Israeli military and Mossad in both Tel Aviv and Haifa…..
The Bazan Oil Refinery in Haifa—Israel’s largest fuel processing center
A giant power station in Ashdod, triggering a powerful explosion and localized blackouts.
The Rafael Advanced Defense Systems complex north of Haifa—home to multiple factories and R&D buildings that produce key elements of Israel’s military hardware
The Kiryat Gat Industrial Zone—a major center for microprocessor and high-tech military production
The Gav-Yam Negev Advanced Technologies Park near Beersheba, which hosts firms working in cyberwarfare, AI, and military tech.
@jo-ann
I realize that you didn’t write this article or its title.
“Here’s Proof That Israel Lost the War”
The author either doesn’t know the definition of the word, ‘proof,’ or he’s misleading the gullible among his audience.
There’s not even any evidence in this article.
Proof is achieved only after an exhaustive investigation of the evidence of a case.
I see a bunch of claims, a few links to TwitTardX, presstv links (which are again limited to a few TwitTardX posts but no actual sources referenced), and a link to a Times of Israel article with zero sources referenced.
That’s all. I’ve read it, and checked out the links (except for TwitTardX – I don’t willingly engage with the elongated muskrat), and scanned it several times, and that’s it. Thin air.
In what universe does any of that constitute evidence of the claims? All we see are claims. No evidence whatsoever.
It takes overwhelming, incontrovertible, unfalsifiable evidence to even consider that one is even approaching the realm of ‘proof.’
So, without any evidence whatsoever, the author ramps up the empty claims factor to 11, and just shoots for the stars – PROOF!
I’m not bitching or complaining, not telling you what to read or to post here. Not my business.
But I do think it’s important to understand the above.
Antiwar News With Dave DeCamp
IDF Troops Ordered To Fire on Unarmed Aid Seekers, Trump ‘Won’t Stand’ for Netanyahu Trial, and More
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzm2_PRYSf4
Antiwar News With Dave DeCamp
Trump Claims Israel and Iran Agreed to Ceasefire, Iranian Counterattack on US Qatar Base, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94xrN1A8MgE
Oops, somehow that was from 6/23…
This was posted tonight:
IDF Admits To Killing Civilians Near Aid Sites, US OKs $510 Million Arms Deal for Israel, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkPovOV5QQA
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp
Trump: US and Israeli Officials Discussed Gaza, Pentagon Halts Some Shipments to Ukraine, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S84ZGyqic4U
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp
US Spent $1.25 Billion on THAADs Defending Israel, Israel Kills Gaza Hospital Director, and More
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FKsUwXIy8sM
I never thought about the US’ interest in destroying Iran’s role in supplying oil to Asia and being part of the new trade route – until reading this article:
The US Aimed at Iran But Might Have Hit Central Asia
James Durso • July 2, 2025
https://www.unz.com/article/the-us-aimed-at-iran-but-might-have-hit-central-asia/
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/03/us-contractors-say-their-colleagues-are-firing-live-ammo-as-palestinians-seek-food-in-gaza-00438193
“Videos of aid being dispensed at the sites seen by the AP appear to back up the frenetic scenes the contractors described. The footage was taken within the first two weeks of its distributions — about halfway into the operations.
In one video, what appear to be heavily armed American security contractors at one of the sites in Gaza discuss how to disperse Palestinians nearby. One is heard saying he has arranged for a “show of force” by Israeli tanks.
“I don’t want this to be too aggressive,” he adds, “because this is calming down.”
At that moment, bursts of gunfire erupt close by, at least 15 shots. “Whoo! Whoo!” one contractor yelps.
“I think you hit one,” one says.
Then comes a shout: “Hell, yeah, boy!”
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During a single distribution in June, contractors used 37 stun grenades, 27 rubber-and-smoke “scat shell” projectiles and 60 cans of pepper spray, according to internal text communications shared with the AP.
That count does not include live ammunition, the contractor who provided the videos said.
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Your comment displays the contagion of psychopathy, very sad. I have two family members who joined up after 911. One went to Iraq, one to Afghanistan, guarding prisoners and she is a young lady, my niece.
My silly old father was addicted to Fox News and was heartbroken when O’Reilly got canned. He heralded these two, especially D, his granddaughter. One day she was at the house and dear old Dad said, “D, did you get to use your gun?”
“Yes, Grandpa” and she looked down at the floor. Let me leave this disturbing topic by saying both young’ns are more messed up than they were before they left, to escape their alcoholic families and become heroes/heroines 🙁
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/03/us-contractors-say-their-colleagues-are-firing-live-ammo-as-palestinians-seek-food-in-gaza-00438193
“Videos of aid being dispensed at the sites seen by the AP appear to back up the frenetic scenes the contractors described. The footage was taken within the first two weeks of its distributions — about halfway into the operations.
In one video, what appear to be heavily armed American security contractors at one of the sites in Gaza discuss how to disperse Palestinians nearby. One is heard saying he has arranged for a “show of force” by Israeli tanks.
“I don’t want this to be too aggressive,” he adds, “because this is calming down.”
At that moment, bursts of gunfire erupt close by, at least 15 shots. “Whoo! Whoo!” one contractor yelps.
“I think you hit one,” one says.
Then comes a shout: “Hell, yeah, boy!”
___________
“During a single distribution in June, contractors used 37 stun grenades, 27 rubber-and-smoke “scat shell” projectiles and 60 cans of pepper spray, according to internal text communications shared with the AP.
That count does not include live ammunition, the contractor who provided the videos said.”
_____________
“Both contractors said that cameras monitor distributions at each site and that American analysts and Israeli soldiers sit in a control room where the footage is screened in real time. The control room, they said, is housed in a shipping container on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza.
The contractor who took the videos said some cameras are equipped with facial recognition software. In live shots of the sites seen by the AP, some videos streams are labeled “analytics” — those were the ones that had the facial recognition software, said the contractor.
If a person of interest is seen on camera — and their information is already in the system — their name and age pops up on the computer screen, said the contractor. Israeli soldiers watching the screens take notes and cross-check the analysts’ information with their own drone footage from the sites, he said.”
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“The contractor said he and other staff were told by SRS to photograph anyone who looked “out of place.” But the criteria were not specified, he said. The contractor said the photos were also added to the facial recognition database. He did not know what was done with the information.
SRS said accusations that it gathers intelligence are false and that it has never used biometrics. It said it coordinates movements with Israeli authorities, a requirement for any aid group in Gaza.
An Israeli security official who was not named in line with the army’s protocol, said there are no security screening systems developed or operated by the army within the aid sites.”
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/03/house-passes-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-that-will-bring-the-2026-military-budget-over-1-trillion/
“While the US has never officially had a $1 trillion military budget, the actual cost of US military spending has exceeded $1 trillion for years. According to veteran defense analyst Winslow Wheeler, based on the $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act, US national security spending for 2025 was expected to reach about $1.77 trillion.”
*the mohels must be working in shifts that’s a lot of bleeding
Firstly, James is the MAN (in a good way). I ws up in Lancaster NH enjoying the porcupines when a lady read the news off of her phone. I thought “Oh Shit, effing Trump, another big fat liar”.
When I got home James had done all the work for me. Thanks so much James. I was inspired to buy your book. I went into a Barnes and Noble, bought it, and they will mail it to me for free. I think I bought it in NH, no sales tax, nice.
I also learned many important details from these posts, esp those of Jo-Ann and Magnetic Reversal. Thanks for this open source investigation James, you are the best, really.
@Detox
So, you went to PorcFest first, then were introduced to Corbett’s work? If so, that’s actually pretty funny. I’d be willing to bet that most of the time, the order is reversed.
Got any detox tips for the group?
Specifically, any suggestions on how to detox from hopium?
Hurry, lives are on the line…
No, you misunderstood my post. One of the reasons I was fraternizing with the porcupines was that Pilato said he would be there. All freakn week I was asking the organizers, “Pilato? Where is James Evan Pilato going to be featured?” Nobody knew nuthin. I heard James say that it would be on Saturday nite, a “midsummer night’s stream” as he named it.
So again, on Saturday Im wandering around looking for any sign of him. Zilch. After I was home he mentioned on NWNW that his contribution was the dance party Saturday night that officially ends the quilled gathering. He DJ’d it with his usual zany verbal commentary I assume. It’s not my cup of tea, plus Im up before the birds usually. I would have liked to wave to him from the pavilion however.
The porcupines were NOT well organized. NO PRINTED SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, until the last few days, and the people who run Roger’s Campground are some kind of crazy psychos. I almost left the first day after a taste of them. I wont go again unless it is somewhere else.
One of the quilled organizers lamented, “We’ve TRIED to find another campground. We have guns, drugs, nudity and lots of anti government rhetoric. No one else will take us. :(”
Another lady is trying to figure out how to buy the beautiful property across the street and build our own campground. That would be nice.
As far as the hopium detox goes, James has already done so many shows on that.
I would add that its vital to get right with the Creator, as He/She is the highest power. Get your will in line with the Divine Will, and hold on.
That done, the fear of death and other possible annoyances lessens, and courage rises. For myself, when dismayed, like after Zowie Smith’s episode, I think, “Im here for this.” In my view we agreed to be born at this time and face these effers. Plus I have so many loved ones on the other side, it will be a grand reunion, as we Irish say.
Those loved ones have made themselves known to me, including my silly old Fox News daddy, whose death ws brought to us by Pfizer. I pleaded with him not to get jabbed. My equally silly sisters dragged him down to the VA, and he had obvious symptoms of narcolepsy 2 days after the first shot.
I called the VA, told them he had been injured: narcolepsy, a common “vaccine” injury. I warned them not to jab him again. Do you know what his freakn lady doctor did? She ASKS the 88 yr old man, after his own daughter, also a physician (ayurveda), has told her he has brain and nerve damage (which is what narcolepsy is).
She says, “Mr. A, your other daughter called. Did you have any ‘side effects’ from the first vaccine?”
My dad never met a pill he didnt like, had replaced his Irish Catholicism with worship of doctors and “the science”, and was dragged back in by my two wretched little sisters, whom he was dependent on for his care. I lived in another state. He would have said NO, if his weeny had fallen off directly after the first shot.
He looked around at the array of “military science” and the two little witches, who also ignored me, and said, “NO!”
So she shot him up again and he was dead exactly 4 months later.
But NOW he knows what really happened and which child was truly looking out for him, and lets me know that he knows. His occasional presence has become a blessing to me, the complete opposite of our relationship when he was still in his meat suit.
@detox
You’re an Ayurvedic physician? Well that’s awesome, I’m a student but only informally, and of many other healing traditions alongside.
Your phraseology is familiar…
If you lived in the Miami, FL area a few years ago, I think we’ve spoken before this….
Very heartbreaking story, no matter how often I hear of such things. I doubt the “experts” consider Ayurveda as anything other than voodoo…
It’s always painful to watch someone use their free will to destroy themselves, and to watch others we love facilitate the process.
I was able to convince my parents to avoid the MAGAjabs, but my sister caved into the pressure, took one, and ended up with cardiac issues, but is still alive. I told her that her employer didn’t have the authority to fire her for refusal, and they were later forced to acknowledge this.
There’s much to do, and these meat suits ain’t getting no younger, so…..
no, never lived in FL at all.
@detox
“We have guns, drugs, nudity and lots of anti government rhetoric.”
So who needs permission?!?! Silly quillies.
The Quillie who said this meant that when a potential new site for the Porcupine Fest is approached and they hear that there are guns, drugs, nudity and anti government rhetoric they arent interested in hosting them.
thanks for hearing my rant on what happened to my dad. stuff like that still goes on in our clan, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. dad is now redpilled. maybe the little witches wont have to cross over the veil to be at least humbled. we’ll see.
❤️🌞🙏
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp
Israel To Build Concentration Camp in Gaza, Trump Hosts Netanyahu, US Airstrike in Somalia, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEuxqUoNzQs
There were over 2 million people living in Gaza before the “war.” When politicians talk about “relocating” the surviving population they say they don’t where they can send all 1 million of them.
The “official” murder count just recently topped 100,000.
Where are the other 900,000+?
Maybe it’s an AI generated “war” and we’re just that paranoid and gullible…
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I knew the clowns had something to do with it.
https://youtu.be/fOUrnUktTjU
Enjoy this classic.