The US media is conflating Iranian missile attacks to revenge the Soleimani murder with Katushya/Grads/Urgans fired remotely from parked and sterile trucks in Iraq. A common false flag trick. Note the launch tubes hidden in the rear bed. nbcnews.com/news/world/roc…
"katyushas...are small, easily transportable firing systems, capable of being fired remotely. The firing mechanism also puts off little-to-no heat, which helps prevent the detection of the launcher using live video or thermal imagery from circling drone" atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…
In some cases militias take credit through their news services. Some don't But this important difference is being ignored by US media who simply report the Pentagon version rather than research the source of the attacks. Great thread from @CalibreObscura
The shia militias linked to Hezbollah are a counterweight to radical sunni militias like ISIS and al Qaeda. Something that rarely comes forward in reporting on Iran and Hezbollah reporting. Militias are not a good thing but they have to be recognized. ajc.org/news/setting-t…
The Shia forces come in many shades. Something Bought and Sold Bolton wanted to ignore. They are a threat to Sunni dictatorships, some of whom support radical Sunni groups. A two headed snake the US is ill equipped to process or handle. justsecurity.org/64372/john-bol…
We have an anti Hezbollah coalition and a joint defense agreement with the Saudis.They are also opposed to the Ikwahn & dissidents who oppose tribal dictatorships. Again this is complex and difficult to process in a white hat/black hat U.S. foreign policy. cfr.org/backgrounder/w…
Smack in the middle of this is Israel with leaders and policies that are currently right wing but rely on U.S. support (As do the Gulf dictatorships) to survive against Iran &shia militias. Israeli/Gulf self interest is not always America's self interest. washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi…
There has been clear evidence of provocation by dark actors to counter any deescalation against Iran. This provocation relies on a simplistic media narrative and a clumsy "transactional" foreign policy that we saw over the last four years. Which links to the 1979 narrative.
Much of America's foreign policy is frozen in seminal historic events initiated by others and then rolled forward with archaic narrative. Stabilization requires respect for all sides and movement in perception or we will be walked further into war. dw.com/en/1979-a-fate…
If people advocate war with Persia, I like to present them with this map and say "have at it" because your children's children's children will still be fighting that war. It is only the Rapture folks that want war with Iran. And we know how that ends. farsinet.com/farsi/linguist…
Currently we have massive slush funds to fight Hezbollah, some efforts funded by the Saudis. All linked to Gulf intelligence reporting and crossed with counter terrorism. They rarely get news coverage but they exist. And they shape the battlefield. washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi…
he CNTOC was created to combat the taliban after 9.11 by attacking drug sales based on the FARC/Cocaine model which of course goes back to Iran/Contra and the CIA/Saudi jihad years. The simplistic view of drug funded terrorism is not always that simple. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration…
Despite the global network of crime, dark designs and #fuckery Hezbollah sometimes pops up in the news with some lucid insights. theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…

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