Donald Trump’s calling on Erdogan to prove his loyalty¹

Donald Trump has gone too far and now he’s calling on Erdogan to prove his loyalty by jointly assassinating the Supreme Leader of Iran Mohammad Khatami Khamenei. “Let’s do this together — you and me. We’ll put an end to this ‘little Khamenei’ — the son, the little Khamenei. Not as great, very weak compared to his father, a total lightweight, a total loser. We’ll take him out — easily, very easily. Nobody does it better than us. Nobody!” “So, Erdogan — talk or action? Speeches or missiles? Decide quickly,…

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Sykes-Picot Agreement¹

Two men. One map. One afternoon. That is how the Middle East was promised to three different groups.  1915-16: Hussein-McMahon Correspondence → Britain promises Sharif Hussein an independent Arab state (including Palestine) if Arabs revolt against Ottomans.  1916: Sykes-Picot Agreement → A secret British-French deal carves up the region into spheres of influence, ditching Arab independence promises.  1917: Balfour Declaration → Britain expresses ‘sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations’ and pledges a ‘national home for the Jewish people (Zionism)’ in Palestine—backing the Zionist movement’s goals while sidelining the Arab majority. See?…

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States Rooting Against us, Mike Pompeo¹, 9 March 2026

Russia might be benefiting from higher oil prices – for a bit. But when the US topples the Islamic Republic’s capabilities, it will seriously damage Putin’s geopolitical project.  The only ones rooting against us are Putin, Xi, the Mullahs, & Tucker Carlson. We must get this right. ¹https://x.com/i/status/2031096490349760660

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Δηλώσεις Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη-Νίκου Χριστοδουλίδη-Emmanuel Macron μετά τη συνάντησή τους στην Κύπρο¹, 9 Μαρτίου 2026

Δηλώσεις του Πρωθυπουργού Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη, του Προέδρου της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας Νίκου Χριστοδουλίδη και του Προέδρου της Γαλλίας Emmanuel Macron μετά τη συνάντησή τους στην Κύπρο ¹https://www.youtube.com/live/Vz1O_EXCTvI?is=NMHR4UOatKR8EPB8

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The Escalation Trap¹, Prof. Robert Pape²

Core takeaways  Precision weapons have given modern militaries extraordinary destructive power, but power without strategy does not produce victory. It produces longer wars—the soft underbelly that has repeatedly undermined American power from Vietnam through the Forever Wars. The War Is Already Widening The Escalation Trap The danger now is not immediate defeat. It is strategic entrapment. Each escalation step appears logical in isolation.  More strikes promise greater pressure.  Broader coalitions promise greater legitimacy.  Expanded target lists promise greater leverage. Taken together, however, these steps change the structure of the war. …

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War on Iran, Week 1¹

War on Iran, Week 1: — energy/economic crisis  — regional instability — hotels with Americans attacked in UAE, Bahrain, Iraq — 20,000 flights ME cancelled, 1 million impacted  — 0il $91, up ~50% since 2/27 — ~1600 killed, most in Iran and including 7 other countries  —Regime escalating, not collapsing ¹https://x.com/i/status/2030282589647368564

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Prof. John Mearsheimer¹: 250 years of American Foreign Policy², 3 March 2026

How did the United States rise from a fragile collection of colonies to the dominant power in the international system, and what does that history reveal about today’s great-power competition with China and Russia? In this conversation hosted by the University of Chicago Graham School, Prof. John J. Mearsheimer – one of the world’s leading scholars of international relations theory and author of The Tragedy of Great Power Politics – examines 250 years of American foreign policy.  Beginning with the founding, he contrasts the United States’ liberal language of natural rights with…

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What Is Western Civilization?, Prof. Frankly Fukuyama, 5 March 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Europeans of a shared “Western Civilization” at the Munich Security Conference in February.   What what does that phrase mean? For many conservatives, it means a specifically Christian culture, while more most Europeans it means the liberal civilization that came out of the Enlightenment.   Some readers have pointed out that Jesse Jackson did not personally endorse the elimination of the Western Culture core course at Stanford, though student demonstrators did. Frankly Fukuyama is the YouTube channel and blog of Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at…

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Στη δίνη ενός ακήρυκτου πολέμου η Μέση Ανατολή – Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος¹ – ot.gr – 3 Μαρτίου 2026

Στη δίνη ενός ακήρυκτου πολέμου η Μέση Ανατολή Ανάλυση στον ΟΤ του Καθηγητή Διεθνούς Δικαίου, στο Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς Πέτρου Λιάκουρα 3 Μαρτίου 2026 Εισαγωγικά: Ο Πρόεδρος Τραμπ πάλι παραπλάνησε. Ενώ διακινούνταν πληροφορίες από τον μεσολαβητή του Ομάν ότι οι διαπραγματεύσεις ΗΠΑ-Ιράν βαίνουν καλώς, εν τούτοις θόλωσε τα νερά και ενώ γινόταν αντιληπτό ότι θα συνεχίζονταν μετά το σαββατοκύριακο, επενέβη -για τους μη μυημένους αιφνιδιαστικά- με αεροπορικές επιδρομές στο Ιράν μαζί με το επισπεύδον Ισραήλ. Προηγουμένως είχε δημιουργηθεί κλίμα που ίσως προϊδέαζε την προοπτική έναρξης πολεμικών επιχειρήσεων. Έγινε ακόμη σαφέστερο όταν…

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