07-19-26 carib
US President Donald Trump is leaning toward further escalation with Iran, according to statements by several Israeli and American officials on Sunday.
"It appears President Trump is preparing to expand the campaign against Iran," one official told The Jerusalem Post. "The remaining questions are 'how much' and 'when.' He understands that, barring an unexpected development, the chances of a diplomatic solution is now virtually nonexistent."
Facts eventually prevail on fantasies, I guess. |
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07-19-26 carib
Mao had about 20 million innocent civilians killed, one way or the other. Putin had thousands killed in Ukraine, besides ordering the assassination of opponents at home and abroad, etc etc.
The iranian regime murdered its own subject "en masse" besides supporting terrorism abroad. North korea ... etc etc.
Having anything close to a "fair trial" implies "technicalities" such an accepted jurisdiction, and accepted and fair legal basis for judgement, and the respect for "legal technicalities".
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07-19-26 savo
carib.. irrespective of the technicalities of which obviously i do not know anything... i do not think there is any book in which butchering 70,000 innocent civilians is not a war crime...
but apparently the Satanist States and Jews abroad think otherwise. |
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07-19-26 carib
Point is: can the ICC only judge losers, like Nuremberg, or should it have real global jurisdiction?
authoritarian/dictatorial regimes do not submit to the ICC, and neither do the USA and Israel, meaning what remains, very sadly, is a court for losers and suckers.
Like the UN: given veto powers, it can only enforce decisions on small powers with no big power protector.
Very limited scope for action, compensated by tons of words and large bureaucracy, sadly. |
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07-19-26 carib
Savo: not an obsession. Putin has been indicted, that is the point.
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07-19-26 savo
cac... fwiw.. i think the ICC is a proper impartial court.
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07-19-26 CAC
| cannot imagine anyone submitting to a court whose jurisdiction is not recognized by your country, simply to satisfy those who hate you |
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07-19-26 savo
carib.. i do not understand your obsession with Putin... but yes anybody that commits war crimes should be take the trip... starting with every US president.
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07-19-26 carib
Savo: the same can be stated for Putin, and was indeed.
Do you expect Vladimir to take the Den Haag trip?
I agree that was the whole idea for the ICC.
and that is why countries seeking to remain "legibus soluti" do not recognise ICC jurisdiction. |
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07-19-26 savo
carib.. that is the whole point of the ICC... to remove the process from the internal political arena which can be influenced.
Leveling a country... killing thousands of innocent people and destroying vital infrastructure is not a political decision and can not be treated politically...
It is a matter for a criminal court... whether Israel submits or not to the ICC, the butcher from Jerusalem can present his case and stand trial...
If he is innocent he has nothing to fear. |
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07-19-26 carib
Savo: neither the USA nor Israel (or Russia) opted for submitting to the jurisdiction of the ICC. Motives are self-evident.
But if Likud loses power by november, there will be a knesset commission on Oct 7.. and israeli courts have jurisdiction on Bibi.
Political decisions taken by elected leaders, in the liberal order, require first of all a political judgement by the electorate itself.
I suppose a significant % of Israelis disagree with Bibi's political choices, but there is no likely majority in Israel for considering the military campaign in Gaza and Lebanon as "war crimes".
As simple as that. |
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07-19-26 carib
When I was young, intelligent people used to read books, and newspapers.Political opinions and attitudes were based either on ideology or on specific policy proposals. Now most people no longer read long texts, and their attitudes are formed by emotional reactions to a few seconds digital bites pre-manipulated to generated such knee jerk reactions.
The result is a political arena populated by con men, clowns and crooks, with the end of rule of law and ethics.
O tempora, o mores... |
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07-19-26 savo
cac.. i agree that will be the case... but in the meantime ... he can accept to stand trial at the ICC.. if he is innocent... he has nothing to fear...
if he is not why is the US protecting him? |
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07-19-26 spal
count me among the proud idiots...
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I meant in it in the sense of understanding the procedural mechanism that make his own vain claim about an arrest a fantasy. It is impossible for him to act, so he is simply feeding sentiment to his acolytes - which is propaganda. (And mainly he is full of propaganda and wishful thinking as all of his policies will in reality fail).
The moral question is different and much more colored and textured. |
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07-19-26 CAC
I agree. But when Bibi leaves, many will face a crisis: they'll lose their favorite excuse and will have to find a new cover for their obsession.
Mamdani is just trying to score easy propaganda points shooting blanks.
That said, Bibi might have to be careful travelling after leaving office.. |
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07-19-26 victor
savo, who do you think will win today? argy or spain?
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07-19-26 savo
During the 12-day war in June 2025, Iranian missiles and drones struggled against sophisticated Israeli and American electronic warfare. GPS jamming and spoofing repeatedly disrupted their guidance systems, limiting their effectiveness during the intense 12-day conflict. Fast-forward to early 2026, and the battlefield dynamics had shifted dramatically. Iran’s precision strikes began threading through advanced air defenses, hitting high-value targets across the Gulf with surprising accuracy. Intelligence analysts pointed to one key factor: Iran had ditched GPS for China’s Beidou satellite navigation system.
The US unwittingly provided the spark that ignited China’s quest for the Beidou. The story begins in 1993 when a single Chinese container ship, the Yinhe, sailing to Iran, the vessel was accused by the CIA of carrying chemicals for weapons production. Middle Eastern ports, under pressure from the US, refused entry and the ship was stranded in the Indian Ocean. The US not only pressured allies but reportedly disabled the ship’s GPS access, forcing it to drop anchor for weeks. Inspections in Saudi Arabia eventually cleared the vessel, but China received no apology or compensation.
This humiliation—losing navigation mid-ocean due to reliance on a foreign-controlled system—became a pivotal lesson for Beijing. It accelerated development of an independent satellite navigation network: Beidou (BDS).
BDS-1 (2000s) provided initial regional coverage.
BDS-2 expanded capabilities.
BDS-3 (completed around 2020) transformed it into a global powerhouse with dozens of satellites, far more ground stations (especially in the Global South), and superior accuracy in many regions compared to GPS.
Today, Beidou outperforms GPS in coverage and precision across roughly 165 countries, offering a resilient alternative that cannot be unilaterally jammed or spoofed by Western powers.
After the 2025 conflict exposed vulnerabilities in GPS-dependent systems, Iran moved decisively. By late 2025 or early 2026, it integrated Beidou into its missile and drone arsenals. Reports from March 2026 already highlighted dramatic improvements: Iranian munitions evaded electronic countermeasures that had worked months earlier.
Key advantages of Beidou for Iran include:
Resistance to jamming/spoofing — Advanced frequency-hopping and anti-interference tech.
Higher accuracy — Circular error probable under 5 meters in key regions, enabling precise strikes with fewer munitions.
Real-time command — Secure messaging allows mid-flight adjustments over long distances.
This upgrade has contributed significantly to Iran’s ability to penetrate US defenses in the Gulf countries and dramatically improved Iran’s ability to strike critical targets, which has undermined confidence in US security guarantees in the Gulf.
The US decision to use GPS as a weapon in 1993 has backfired spectacularly—proof that humiliating China inspired a technological leap that now gives China and its allies a strategic advantage over the US.
https://sonar21.com/chinas-beidou-satellite-system-is-a-game-changer-in-irans-war-with-the-us/ |
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07-19-26 savo
he is largely addressing idiots
count me among the proud idiots...
Hopeful to see the butcher of Jerusalem and his cohort of bloodsucker killers of women and children... in the darkest and coldest jail for the rest of their criminal lives. |
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07-19-26 victor
Kuwait’s armed forces are reporting incoming Iranian missile and drones attacks.
The army said it “notes that any explosions heard are a result of air defense systems intercepting hostile attacks,” it said in a statement.
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07-19-26 spal
Mamdani is just trying to score easy propaganda points shooting blanks.
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Yes just another slick snake who thinks that he is largely addressing idiots (which unfortunately is normally true). |
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07-19-26 victor
savo, carib ...
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Trump venderá sus mensajes en redes a los inversores de Wall Street
Los operadores dispondrán información antes de que se publique para especular
Pagar 100.000 dólares cada mes para conocer con antelación los mensajes de Donald Trump en las redes sociales puede proporcionar a los inversores una información muy valiosa sobre cómo van a evolucionar los mercados en los instantes posteriores. Sobre este mecanismo, que bordea una dudosa práctica de acceso a información privilegiada, el presidente de Estados Unidos aspira a monetizar todavía más su cargo presidencial.
Aprovechando su posición privilegiada en la Casa Blanca, el magnate se presenta ahora como el oráculo de Wall Street. Bajo la forma de una suscripción premium, igual que muchas otras redes sociales, Donald Trump pondrá a la venta la información que él mismo produce en la red Truth Social, con la finalidad de impulsar ganancias especulativas. La oferta arranca el 1 de agosto. “Los mercados ya se mueven en función de las publicaciones en Truth Social”, afirmó Kevin McGurn, director general interino de Trump Media and Technology Group.
Trump Media precisó que esta interfaz automatizada (API) proporcionaría “un acceso autorizado y en tiempo real a las publicaciones de las cuentas importantes de Truth Social”. No solo se venderían los mensajes de Trump, sino también de otros miembros de su familia. Truth Social fue fundada por el magnate después de que fue expulsado de la plataforma Twitter (hoy X). Las tarifas, no confirmadas todavía, podrían adaptarse según los clientes y oscilarían entre 60.000 y 100.000 dólares cada mes.
Para un grupo de inversores, los que apuestan a corto plazo, saber segundos antes qué es lo que va a publicar el presidente puede proporcionarles una gran ventaja. Baste pensar el impacto que generó el anuncio de la suspensión de los aranceles recíprocos en abril del 2025 en los mercados. Unos días después de anunciarlos, Trump dio marcha atrás al suspender los aranceles durante 90 días con un anuncio en Truth Social, escribiendo: “¡ESTE ES UN GRAN MOMENTO PARA COMPRAR!”. Las acciones se dispararon un 9,5% ese día, añadiendo 4 billones de dólares a la riqueza de los inversores según el índice S&P 500. El conflicto de intereses de Donald Trump, 13 millones de seguidores, se hace cada vez más grande. La empresa propietaria de Truth, Trump Media and Technology Group, está en manos del mismo presidente. Que es la misma persona que postea.
Elisabeth Warren, la veterana senadora demócrata, dijo que “es un plan escandaloso para lucrarse con la presidencia y enriquecer a Wall Street mientras no hace nada para ayudar a los ciudadanos norteamericanos”. “Es odioso, vender acceso al mejor postor en Wall Street”, dijo Dylan Hedler-Gaudette, experto en normas federales de ética de la organización Project on Government Oversight. “Es otra muestra más de corrupción descarada”, opina Kathleen Clark, de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Washington y experta en normas de ética gubernamental. “Trump puede llenarse los bolsillos vendiendo acceso a información”.
El magnate ganó al menos 1.200 millones de dólares gracias a sus actividades en criptomonedas en 2025, según documentos hechos públicos el pasado mes de junio. |
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07-19-26 victor
Reportan múltiples explosiones en Bandar Abbas y la isla de Qeshm, según medios iraníes
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07-19-26 carib
I was amongst the initial promoters of the ICC, but as far as I remember the USA did not ratify the ICC treaty. Delegates to UN meetings enjoy diplomatic immunity, and in the USA that is a federal, not state or city matter.
Mamdani is just trying to score easy propaganda points shooting blanks.
That said, Bibi might have to be careful travelling after leaving office.. |
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07-18-26 savo
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his administration was still discussing whether to arrest the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, if he comes to New York City as expected for the U.N. General Assembly in September.
“I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague,” Mr. Mamdani told Lulu Garcia-Navarro this week on “The Interview,” a New York Times show, referring to the home of the United Nations’ International Court of Justice.
“He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court,” Mr. Mamdani added. “And what you will find is that is an opinion that is held by many, purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years.”
The mayor said it was unclear to him whether he has the legal authority to order the Police Department, which he oversees, to detain a foreign leader like Mr. Netanyahu. He said he was in “an active conversation” with the city’s Law Department about the matter.
“Whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do, but we won’t be writing our own laws to that end,” Mr. Mamdani added.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/nyregion/mamdani-netanyahu-interview.html |
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07-18-26 savo
| does anybody know why the US is bombing Iran other than to enrich DT's family and his acolytes and please the Israelis? |
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07-18-26 victor
carib, next
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US forces began launching new air strikes against Iran at 6pm ET at US President Donald Trump’s direction, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).
Earlier, CENTCOM said two US service members were killed in Jordan yesterday as “partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks” with another service member “missing in action”. |
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07-18-26 spal
| Infrastructure bypass networks (like the Habshan–Fujairah pipeline) are diverting millions of physical barrels away from the Hormuz chokepoint daily. Furthermore, macro agencies like the EIA and IEA have repeatedly signaled a projected structural oversupply of global crude moving into the later half of the year. |
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07-18-26 carib
Ball back in Trump's field, I guess.
What next? |
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07-18-26 savo
as expected... bridges.. hospitals...etc...
‘The criminal U.S. regime, once again, in the midst of negotiations and the illusion of Iran's weakening, officially resumed the war that it had never truly ended.
After several days of fighting against our Armed Forces and receiving crushing responses to Trump’s aggressions, and realizing that the Iranian Armed Forces had become much stronger than the first day of the war, instead of honorably accepting defeat and admitting to his repeated miscalculations, he took a new approach by fleeing the battlefield and attempted to hide his defeat in the military confrontation by committing war crimes.
The U.S. tried to maintain its position by carrying out destructive attacks on hospitals, bridges, railways, airports, ports, telecommunications centers, and so on, killing civilians, instead of fighting on the battlefield like real men.
Since there is no international institution to prevent these barbarities of the U.S. military, there is no other way than to implement the Quranic command:
‘So whoever attacks you, attack him in the same way as he attacked you’ (Holy Quran 2:194)
Therefore, it is appropriate for the countries hosting the aggressor U.S. military, who have made their territory available to the U.S. to attack Iran, to be prepared to receive a corresponding response and activate their civil defense units to protect the lives of citizens and keep them away from possible targets.
However, in order to give the American enemy a chance to change their cowardly approach, last night we decided to choose military targets for the time being.‘
@Middle_East_Spectator |
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07-18-26 savo
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi:
‘Effective immediately, Iran is suspending the implementation of all commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding.’
@Middle_East_Spectator |
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07-18-26 savo
the word of "any" US president is worthless...
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07-18-26 spal
amorality is the first consequence of communism.
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Carib - thanks. Very meaningful statement.
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07-18-26 spal
Will people put their data in Chinese hands to save $20/month?
I say yes, definitely.
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LOL
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07-18-26 victor
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has released a written statement saying the US’s repeated breaches of agreements with Iran show that the US president’s signature is “worthless and invalid”.
The statement was released by Iran’s IRIB broadcaster. |
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07-18-26 victor
Thousands Of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria In Sign Of Hormuz Legacy
Bloomberg) -- Iraq is using a vast fleet of trucks to carry fuel oil through Syria and reroute flows away from the Strait of Hormuz, rapidly transforming its neighbor into the Middle East's top export hub.
In just months, Syria has gone from shipping none of the fuel to making up more than a quarter of Middle Eastern volumes. The supplies are arriving on thousands of trucks that can take about four days to reach Syria's Mediterranean ports, and highlight how the Iran war is reshaping the region's energy flows.
Persian Gulf countries have been looking at how to reduce their reliance on Hormuz for exports, including through existing or new pipelines and expanding infrastructure at ports that sit outside the waterway. A fresh flare up in hostilities in the region is affecting the movement of fuel cargoes, further underlining the importance of alternative routes. The strait normally accounts for about a fifth of the world's oil supply.
The sharp increase also underscores efforts to bring Syria into the global economy, after the US lifted years of sanctions and supported the country's turnaround. The nation is increasingly seen as a gateway for energy flows from Iraq, including plans for crude oil pipelines, so as to weaken Iran's leverage over the crucial waterway.
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07-18-26 savo
carib... i read DT made more money last year than in every other year of his life.... how can that be? CFK is in house arrest for the same... will DT and his family be too?
I do not think there is much difference in the substance and in the outcome between the US and the Chinese system.
In Chine there is only one party machinery selecting the president... and they save the whole primaries farce.
In the US they have two party machineries, then they have the primaries farce and finally the election where americans have to choose between Republicrats or Democans.
Once in government they both do the same... overspend... overborrow.. overprint... enrich wall street.. their friends and families...launch unnecessary wars (most of them to do Israel's bidding) kill innocent civilians and destroy infrastructure.
In the process a lot of money is spent unnecessarily.. and a lot of pockets are filled... and that is the only real reason why the process in the US takes place... to enrich the well connected.
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07-18-26 victor
| Air raid warning sirens have been activated in Bahrain for the fifth time in the last few hours. |
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07-18-26 victor
Warning sirens have been activated in Bahrain for the fourth time in a matter of hours. The Ministry of Interior told people to “remain calm and head to the nearest safe place”.
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07-18-26 carib
Savo: a difference, IMHO.. is the chinese are getting the leaders the communist party machinery SELECTS.. the americans now ELECT crooks. When I was young, some people considered Nixon a crook (Tricky Dicky).. but he just was a statesman without scruples.
As far as I know, he did not become dirty rich by holding office..
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