"History is the history of war -- of leaders of countries finding reasons and rationals to send the young people off to fight." -- John Stockwell, former CIA official and author
by Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that his directive to the Israeli military is to “overthrow the regime in Iran” as he continues to ramp up his rhetoric in the days before the October 27 Israeli elections.
“My directive to the IDF, the Mossad, and the defense establishment… [is] to overthrow the regime in Iran,” Netanyahu told a group of graduating IDF officers, according to The Jerusalem Post.
U.S. congressional candidate Brad Lander was detained in Israel while participating in the Protect the Harvest initiative.
The incident occurred while Brad Lander was assisting Palestinian farmers with olive harvests in the occupied West Bank.
Townhall reported that Jennings said “France is suffering, and all of Europe is suffering from a migrant crisis,” and called the violence an attempt to tear down Western civilization. He cited images of looting, arson, and clashes with police. CNN panelists pushed back. One panelist argued students began the protests over poor governance, pay, and education. The sharp split echoed U.S. fights over immigration, identity, and order, turning a European crisis into an American proxy debate.
By Tyler Durden
In other words, a brief detention in a disputed olive grove has turned into an Israel-vs-New-York-City diplomatic spat, two weeks before the midterms and six days before Israel votes.
by Tyler Durden
French soldiers will take over guard duty so that police and gendarmes can be moved onto the streets for Saturday's expected protests, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told parliament on Tuesday.
By Pepe Escobar, strategic culture via lewrockwell.com
All hell is already breaking loose when it comes to probing what is exactly taking place related to the latest, definitely murky U.S.-linked movements in Pakistani land and sea. After an initial assessment at Transition Protocol – which avowedly did not provide all the necessary answers – we dug deeper into a way more comprehensive examination supported by several sources.
rt.com
Washington has been involved in nearly two dozen regime change operations across the Middle East, each ending in disaster, US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack has said.
Barrack criticized American efforts to manipulate the region and impose change through military force during an interview at the Global Security Forum in Qatar on Tuesday. He warned that his remarks would be “real” rather than “diplomatic.”
By Nava Freiberg, timesofisrael.com
The aircraft turned around shortly before reaching Iranian territory and returned to Israel, according to the report, which follows an earlier Fox News report on the matter.
By Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was “committed” to “eliminating” the Iranian government and that he spoke about the idea in his recent conversation with President Trump.
by Tyler Durden
Neoclouds and hyperscalers face mounting pressure as scrutiny grows over AI's circular financing, while Morgan Stanley has outlined several scenarios that could derail the $1.6 trillion AI data-center buildout.