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“The premeditated nature of Washington’s war of aggression against Iran and the way throughout which “negotiations” were used to lower the guard of targeted nations as well as portray the US as an arbiter rather than an aggressor, serve as a warning to nations like Russia and China faced with similar US policies of encirclement and containment.”

US Congress - U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel: Overview and Developments since October 7, 2023:
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL33222
Business Insider - Israel's top ballistic missile shield proved itself against Iran. Now, a next-gen update is on the way (Jun. 2025):
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-interceptor-coming-israel-top-ballistic-missile-defense-proven-iran-2025-6
ABC News - Trump tells ABC Israel strikes on Iran 'excellent' and warns 'more to come' (Jun. 14, 2025):
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-tells-abc-israel-strikes-iran-excellent-warns/story?id=122807155
Israel Hayom - US refueled Israeli jets throughout Iran war (Jun. 26, 2025):
https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/06/26/us-refueled-israeli-jets-throughout-iran-war/
Or: https://archive.ph/Xnahl
Middle East Eye - Israel and US modified F-35s to enable Iran attack without refuelling, sources say (Jun 14, 2025):
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-and-us-modified-f-35-jets-enable-iran-attack-without-refuelling-sources-say
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Times of Israel - In historic campaign across Syria, IDF says it destroyed 80% of Assad regime’s military (Dec. 10, 2024):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-has-stuck-over-320-targets-in-syria-taking-out-70-of-army-capabilities/

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- Thailand and Cambodia exchange heavy fire along border region over disputed territory - the latest of a long-term dispute stretching back to French colonization of Cambodia;

- Despite the long-term nature of the dispute, actual clashes are rare and used opportunistically rather than as a genuine source of conflict;

- Despite Cold War myths, Thailand in recent years has developed a larger and deeper relationship with China than the US and far more significant than Cambodia’s relationship with China;

- Cambodia depends on the US as its primary export market and uses US dollars as local currency, a regional outlier where most nations primarily do business with China and the rest of Asia;

- The current government of Thailand is headed by US-backed billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra (via his daughter), who is a close friend and collaborator with Cambodia’s Hun Sen;

- The conflict serves neither Thai nor Cambodian interests, and instead meshes into the US policy of “extending” targeted nations by creating a multitude of conflicts along its periphery - a strategy the US has used against Thailand, and has used against China by disrupting peace and prosperity in Southeast Asia in general;

Resources:

SITREP

The Nation - Thai Army reveals timeline of Thai-Cambodia border clashes, calls for international investigation into civilian-targeting attacks (Jul. 25, 2025):
https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40053074
Reuters - Thailand and Cambodia exchange heavy artillery fire as border battle expands (Jul. 25, 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-cambodia-exchange-heavy-artillery-fire-border-battle-expands-2025-07-25/
CNN - Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodian military targets as deadly border dispute escalates (Jul. 24, 2025):
https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/thailand-cambodia-border-dispute-07-24-25-intl-hnk

US Interference in Thailand

The New Atlas - The Complete Guide: US Government Role in Thailand's "Student Protests" (2020):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-complete-guide-us-government-role.html


Economic Ties to US-China

Harvard Atlas of Economic Complexity - Thailand (2023):
https://atlas.hks.harvard.edu/explore/treemap?exporter=country-764&view=markets
& Cambodia (2023):
https://atlas.hks.harvard.edu/explore/treemap?exporter=country-116&view=markets
Phnom Penh Post - The dominance of the dollar in Cambodia: Causes, effects, solutions (Jan. 2025):
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/opinion/the-dominance-of-the-dollar-in-cambodia-causes-effects-solutions

Military Ties to US-China

Army Recognition - Thailand and China will jointly develop the DTI-1G MLRS rocket launcher with guidance system (2012):
https://armyrecognition.com/archives/archives-land-defense/land-defense-2012/thailand-china-30-april-2012-news-uk
Janes - Royal Thai Navy unveils FK-3 air-defence system (2023):
https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/weapons/royal-thai-navy-unveils-fk-3-air-defence-system
Reuters - Thailand in $67-million deal to buy armoured personnel carriers from China (2017):
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/thailand-in-67-million-deal-to-buy-armoured-personnel-carriers-from-china-idUSKBN1950IH/
Moments in China-Thailand Blue Strike 2025 joint naval training (Mar. 2025):
http://eng.mod.gov.cn/xb/Home/Focus/16378749.html
Reuters - U.S. imposes arms embargo on Cambodia over Chinese military influence (2021):
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-imposes-new-restrictions-cambodia-over-human-rights-corruption-commerce-2021-12-08/
The New Atlas - Thailand's Regime & The Cambodian Connection (2013):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2013/12/thailands-regime-cambodian-connection.html#more
The New Atlas - Fake News Storm Clouds Gather Over Southeast Asia (2018):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2018/03/fake-news-storm-clouds-gather-over.html
AP - Cambodian leader’s son, a West Point grad, set to take reins of power — but will he bring change? (2023):
https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-elections-hun-manet-aa2ea5d50d3a89eab7a16c34f7ddfe69
US Army - Thailand first FMS customer to buy U.S. Strykers, modernizing its military and boosting capability (2020):
https://www.army.mil/article/233181/thailand_first_fms_customer_to_buy_u_s_strykers_modernizing_its_military_and_boosting_capability

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"Despite promises to end foreign entanglements, the Trump administration has intensified the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine as part of a broader strategy to preserve American global dominance and confront rising multipolar powers."

References:

CNN - Trump announces novel plan to send weapons to Ukraine and gives Russia new deadline to make peace (Jul. 14, 2025):
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/14/politics/us-ukraine-weapons-trump
New York Times - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
Marathon Initiative - Strategic Sequencing, Revisited (Oct. 2024):
https://themarathoninitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Strategic-Sequencing-Revisited-Final-2024-10.pdf
America First Policy Institute - America First Agenda:
https://agenda.americafirstpolicy.com/
Heritage Foundation - Project 2025 (full document, 2023):
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
Axios - Trump to announce "aggressive" Ukraine weapons plan (Jul. 13, 2025):
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/14/trump-ukraine-weapons-missiles-russia
TWZ - JASSM Stealth Cruise Missiles Now On The Table For Ukraine: Report (Aug 2024):
https://www.twz.com/air/jassm-stealth-cruise-missiles-now-on-the-table-for-ukraine-report
Reuters - US close to agreeing on long-range missiles for Ukraine; delivery to take months (Sep. 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-close-agreeing-long-range-missiles-ukraine-delivery-take-months-2024-09-03/
Washington Post - In squeezing Putin, Trump ‘escalates to de-escalate’ (Jul. 15, 2025):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/14/trump-ukraine-war-missiles-russia-arms-package/
Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851
Newsweek - JD Vance Floats Donald Trump Deal To End War in Ukraine (Sep. 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-floats-donald-trump-deal-end-russia-ukraine-war-1953302
Politico - Trump’s Plan for NATO Is Emerging (Jul. 2, 2024):
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/02/nato-second-trump-term-00164517
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html
NYT - The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html
The Hill - Rubio says Ukraine conflict is part of US-Russia proxy war (Mar. 2025):
https://thehill.com/homenews/5179806-russia-us-proxy-war-ukraine/

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- The US proxy war in Ukraine predictably escalates following false US "peace" offers (Minsk 3.0) Russia has ignored;

- While Russia's military industrial production is overwhelming Ukraine and its Western sponsors, the US continues seeking a means to freeze the conflict and pivot toward Iran, China;

- Australia's sending of 49 M1 Abrams will not impact its possible role in a US proxy war against China, since land systems are unlikely to be used in any Asia-Pacific conflict;

References:

Kyiv Independent - Russia aims to launch 2,000 drones towards Ukraine at once, German general says (Jul. 20, 2025):
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-aims-to-launch-2-000-drones-towards-ukraine-at-once-german-general-says/
Kyiv Independent - Germany-funded long-range weapons to arrive in Ukraine by late July, general says (Jul. 12, 2025):
https://kyivindependent.com/germany-funded-long-range-arms-to-arrive-in-ukraine-by-late-july-general-says/
Guardian - Starmer confirms western peacekeeping force in Ukraine includes land element (Jul. 17, 2025):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/17/ukraine-russia-war-patriot-nato-latest-europe-news-live-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-687918678f0835907e2af001#block-687918678f0835907e2af001
National Interest - Russia Has Decimated Ukraine’s M1 Abrams Fleet (Jul. 13, 2025):
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia-has-decimated-ukraines-m1-abrams-fleet-mc
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf

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- The US has announced the pause of arms shipments to Ukraine based on acute shortages of specific systems including air defense missiles, anti-tank missiles, and air-to-air missiles used in an air-defense role;

- This is only the most recent development in a long-standing military industrial production crisis facing the United States and its NATO allies;

- Despite publishing a Defense Industrial Strategy identifying “demand signals” as the primary obstruction to increasing production, the US has not shifted production from private for-profit industry to state-owned enterprises which Russia has leveraged to outproduce the US and Europe combined;

- The US is overstretched as a result of pursuing global primacy, attempting to encircle and contain Russia, Iran, China, and many other nations playing a role in the emergence of multipolarism;

- While the US suffers critical obstacles regarding military industrial production, it possesses advantages it can use to compensate including global spanning military infrastructure, a global network engaged in political interference, and still-effective means of sanctioning and threatening global commerce, allowing it to outmaneuver adversaries geopolitically;

- The US is also using a “division of labor” and “strategic sequencing” to compensate for its limited military industrial production, depending on client states to produce and maintain US weapons and munitions, and to concentrate military power on one targeted nation at a time in an attempt to defeat in detail the emerging multipolar world;

References:

Politico - Pentagon halting some promised munitions for Ukraine (Jul. 1, 2025):
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/01/pentagon-munitions-ukraine-halt-00436048
Al Jazeera - Saudi Arabia may run out of interceptor missiles in ‘months’ (Jan. 9, 2022):
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/9/saudi-arabia-may-run-out-of-interceptor-missiles-in-months-ft
Kyiv Independent - Exclusive: Russia’s ballistic missile production up at least 66% over past year, according to Ukrainian intel figures (Jun. 3, 2025):
https://kyivindependent.com/exclusive-russias-ballistic-missile-production-up-at-least-66-over-past-year-according-to-ukrainian-intel-figures/
Lockheed Martin - Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 MSE Achieves Record Production Year (Mar. 2025):
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2025/lockheed-martins-pac-3mse-achieves-record-production-year.html
Defense One - Army expects to make more than a million artillery shells next year (Jun. 17, 2025):
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2025/06/army-expects-make-more-million-artillery-shells-next-year/406132/
US DoD - National Defense Industrial Strategy (2023):
https://www.businessdefense.gov/docs/ndis/2023-NDIS.pdf
The New Atlas - The Fatal Flaw Undermining America's Defense Industrial Base (Feb. 2024):
https://youtu.be/wrlMFFXmbxQ?si=E5HxumKco41FYtMA
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
The Marathon Initiative - Strategic Sequencing, Revisited (2024):
https://themarathoninitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Strategic-Sequencing-Revisited-Final-2024-10.pdf
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html

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“While many believe that under the Trump administration the controversial National Endowment for Democracy (NED*) was defunded, dismantled, or otherwise dissolved, the reality is far less dramatic and far more dangerous.”

References:

NEO - US President Trump Streamlined the National Endowment for Democracy*, not Dismantle it (Jun 11, 2025):
https://journal-neo.su/2025/06/11/us-president-trump-streamlined-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-not-dismantle-it/
NED - About the National Endowment for Democracy:
https://www.ned.org/about/
NYT - MISSIONARIES FOR DEMOCRACY: U.S. AID FOR GLOBAL PLURALISM (1986):
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/31/us/political-meddling-by-outsiders-not-new-for-us.html
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (Apr. 2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html
Reuters - Trump to West Point grads: 'We are ending the era of endless wars' (Jun. 2020):
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/trump-to-west-point-grads-we-are-ending-the-era-of-endless-wars-idUSKBN23K0PQ/
NED - NED’s Duty of Care and Public Disclosure Policies (Apr. 25, 2025):
https://www.ned.org/ned-policy/
Washington Post - INNOCENCE ABROAD: THE NEW WORLD OF SPYLESS COUPS (1991):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/09/22/innocence-abroad-the-new-world-of-spyless-coups/92bb989a-de6e-4bb8-99b9-462c76b59a16/
The New Atlas - The Complete Guide: US Government Role in Thailand's "Student Protests" (2020):
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“US Secretary Hegseth’s speech was not an offering of peace and stability to Asia, it is the holding of it hostage in exchange for subordination to Washington and Wall Street and the continued primacy of Western interests over Asia decades into the future.

Only time will tell if Asia is prepared to work with China to protect and preserve the hard-fought peace, stability, and prosperity built up together in the decades the US was “distracted” burning much of the rest of Eurasia to the ground, or whether short-sighted, self-serving leaders maneuvered into power through US political interference in the region will succeed in spreading Washington’s death and destruction consuming Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East to Asia as well.“

References:

Beijing Review - US Message at Shangri La: Following US Wars in Europe, Africa, & the Middle East, Asia’s Next (Messages at Shangri-La) (Jun. 9, 2025):
https://www.bjreview.com/Opinion/Voice/202506/t20250609_800404199.html
IISS - Membership, Sponsorship and Royalties:
https://www.iiss.org/governance/funding---membership-and-royalties/
IISS on YouTube - IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 | US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's speech (May 31, 2025):
https://youtu.be/URXpbF7dSLg?si=bm8FUYFLivHdKDGL
US DoD - Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore (As Delivered) (May 31, 2025):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4202494/remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-the-2025-shangri-la-dialogue-in/
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
US State Department, Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war
US State Department, Office of the Historian - Joint Statement Following Discussions With Leaders of the People’s Republic of China (1972):
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v17/d203
US State Department - U.S. Relations With Taiwan (2021-2025):
https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/
Reuters -
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-says-website-update-routine-after-removal-reference-taiwan-independence-2025-02-17/
UN Digital Library - Resolution 2758, Restoration of the lawful rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations (1971):
https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/192054?ln=en&v=pdf
US State Department, Office of the Historian - The Panama Canal and the Torrijos-Carter Treaties:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/panama-canal
Stars and Stripes - ‘It needs to be a thousand’: US has 500 military trainers on Taiwan, retired admiral says (May 2025):
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-05-27/taiwan-military-trainers-testimony-17924124.html

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▪️After repeatedly lying to Iran, attacking it amid negotiations designed specifically to lure it into complacency, then announcing a 2 week deadline to decide on strikes on Iran that took place hours later, US President Trump is claiming a ceasefire was agreed to;

▪️Iran would need to be beyond naive to accept or trust any word or action by the US - the US has not spent decades trying to topple Iran amid its regional murder spree to suddenly abandon it - its ENTIRE global aspirations hinge on it - it has used Israel as a conduit to launder its war crimes & provocations through & will continue to;

▪️To effect regime change, the US would benefit most by luring Iranian leaders out of cover & striking them, provoking retaliations & further war;

▪️Iran requires not a "Libya model," but a "North Korea model" or else this process will repeat itself until it concludes in Washington and Wall Street's favor;

▪️The same "experts" who failed to see this war coming in the first place are now citing 5D chess strategies to explain how the Trump administration somehow averted a war entirely of its (and the establishment it serves) own creation and design to begin with;

▪️The US will only stop when (1) people stop falling for this through excessive delusion, and (2) the rest of the world unites to force the US to stop;

▪️If a genuine ceasefire is reached, it will likely have been the work of Russia and China quietly forcing the US to, through private but sufficient threats coupled with a graceful public exit ramp - though the chances of the US honoring it hover around 0%;

References:

The New Atlas (X) - Claims of US-Israel-Iran "Ceasefire" (June 24, 2025):
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/1937289445092524520
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
RAND Corporation - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent, Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East (2009):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781.html
Washington Post - Israeli warning call to top Iranian general: ‘You have 12 hours to escape’ (Jun 23, 2025):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/23/exclusive-israel-intelligence-iran-call-audio/
The Jewish Daily Forward - How Iran’s Jews Survive in Mullahs’ World (Aug. 2015):
https://forward.com/news/319269/irans-jews-win-secure-place-in-mullahs-world-with-strings-attached/

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References:

Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
RAND Corporation - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent, Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East (2009):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781.html
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- The US is fighting a war with Iran already, through Israel in the same manner it fights Russia through Ukraine;

- US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has reported Iran has no nuclear weapons and is not working on them to which the US president and other US officials have declared will be ignored and pursuit of war will continue;

- The war will be determined by the number of missiles Iran is able to maintain and use throughout the fighting and the depletion of US-Israel air defense systems;

- Iran is home to the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside Israel itself, laying to rest war propaganda claiming Iran wants to “exterminate” the Jewish people;

References:

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Reuters - Trump calls for Iran's 'unconditional surrender' as Israel-Iran air war rages on (Jun 17, 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/trump-urges-tehran-evacuation-iran-israel-conflict-enters-fifth-day-2025-06-17/
CBS - Trump says he wants "real end" to Iran's nuclear program, not just an Iran-Israel ceasefire (Jun 17, 2025):
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-real-end-iran-nuclear-program/

US Role in Israeli Military Power

BBC - Israel's smaller, sophisticated military opposes larger Iran (Jun 17, 2025):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lxkpekedo
ABC News - Trump tells ABC Israel strikes on Iran 'excellent' and warns 'more to come' (Jun 14, 2025):
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-tells-abc-israel-strikes-iran-excellent-warns/story?id=122807155#:~:text=A%20U.S,missiles%20targeting%20Israel.
Breaking Defense - Israel orders more Iron Dome interceptors, using new tranche of US funding (Jan 2025):
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/01/israel-orders-more-iron-dome-interceptors-using-new-tranche-of-us-funding/
Defense News - Israel’s Arrow 3 missile-defense sale to Germany gets US nod (Aug 17, 2023):
https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2023/08/17/israels-arrow-3-missile-defense-sale-to-germany-gets-us-nod/
Jerusalem Post - US boosts Israel defense aid by $5.2 billion for laser tech, Iron Dome, David’s Sling (Sep. 2024):
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-821919
CNN - One number could define the Iran-Israel conflict’s outcome (Jun 17, 2025):
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/17/middleeast/iran-israel-conflict-ballistic-missiles-analysis-intl-latam
TWZ - Israeli Airstrikes Blunt Iranian Long-Range Ballistic Missile Threat (Updated) (Jun 17, 2025):
https://www.twz.com/news-features/israeli-airstrikes-blunt-iranian-long-range-ballistic-missile-launch-capabilities
WaPo - Israel-Iran conflict may last only as long as their missiles hold out (Jun 18, 2025):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/17/israel-iran-missile-conflict/


Dismantling US-Israeli Propaganda

Jerusalem Post - Iran’s Jewish leaders call Israel strikes ‘savage Zionist aggression,’ urge ‘daily missile salvos’ (Jun 16, 2025):
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-857895
The Jewish Daily Forward - How Iran’s Jews Survive in Mullahs’ World (Aug. 2015):
https://forward.com/news/319269/irans-jews-win-secure-place-in-mullahs-world-with-strings-attached/

US Policy Papers Engineering Wars of Aggression on Iran

Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
RAND Corporation - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent (2009):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781.html



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