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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Putin has called Peseschkian and Netanyahu in a fruitless attempt to mediate. He needed to call Trump who started the war. IMO, the Iranian president isn't fit to be a War Leader. Khamenei ordered retaliation soon after the first attacks arrived.

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dornoch altbinhax's avatar

I'm now seeing Putin as a barrier to effective action with these stupid attempts at negotiation. I'm afraid that the period of delay is over as it's apparent the US has made up its mind and its satellites willingly follow. And the problem is with the combined west as each and every vassal continues with absolute obedience.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

What other things Putin ordered done we’re not privy to. Only the phone call readout is provided which contained the basic stuff. MFA PRs said similar stuff. The only actor providing provocative verbiage is Trump that amounts to a confession. For weeks, one question’s remained dominant: Can Trump be trusted? I’ve said no for many weeks, but Russia has played a different line as has China. What to do? Should Russia revert to a no dialog posture that increases the chance of nuclear war or should it continue dialog? The same question can be put to China. However, as Escobar puts it, to which I agree, the “death cult” must be defeated on the battlefield just like the NATO Nazis for they are kin. https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/06/13/the-whole-planet-is-being-kept-hostage-by-a-death-cult/

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dornoch altbinhax's avatar

Clown Trump crows that China will supply rare earths! Apparently threats and stand over tactics really work!! Lavrov's statement, "..not agreement capable" means what it says, the US and its ilk never intend to abide by any agreement at anytime, ever. Not only is the US willing to sacrifice its vassals it will financially eviscerate them before discarding the husk. But you can see the gutless quislings will obey, deer in the headlights.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

On his Intel roundup program, Judge Napolitano agreed with my article title’s statement—Trump owns the genocide, the war in Ukraine and the war with Iran. Apparently, he went off in his boasting narcissistic manner to the NY Post “I knew everything” as in—It was all my plan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp91gF8mMvM

Larry Johnson is even more incensed calling Trump not only a liar but effectively a traitor—he promised peace but has only perpetuated and brought more war. It’s said that the Judge’s show has over 100,000 viewers in Russia. IMO, the detente between the Outlaw US Empire and Russia has now ended, particularly with the lies Rubio told today. Watch the show; it’s all there. Dialog might remain, but relations for the remainder of Trump’s term will not be pleasant.

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rakyat kecil's avatar

Larry calling Trump a liar, he has tried to paper over the truth all along. Too difficult to find excuses now, will he do a backfilp or find more ways to say the opposite to reality, Trump is the stateor deepstate as is de riguer now nothing else and anyone who expressed support for him is an apparatchiks nothing more nothing less.

He does a good job from some angles, but maybe he will have an epiphany you never know.

Dynamic times we are in but depressing all the same as the masses seemed drugged or daydreaming to the edge of oblivion.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

The masses have always been asses. There was a book written several decades ago, “The Imperial Middle,” that complemented WA Williams’s “Empire as a Way of Life.” Why is reality TV so popular? With the decline of religion, it’s becoming the “Opium of the Masses.”

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WTFUD's avatar

Trumplethinskin's contribution to the US freakshow is insignificant. Like his predecessors everything's written in the stars via the NED and other wishful deluded policy 'experts'.

Like Inspector Clouseau it's one bumbling clusterfuck after another then onto the next in true grasshopper style.

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rakyat kecil's avatar

Putin must be part of the scam Karl, or what other option is there; ignorance, hidden agenda. This has been the Evil empires aim for decades but particularly since 2009 when the policy document was issued by the Brookings Institute, Which path to Persia, options for a new American strategy.

What is Isreals raison d etre??? All the nations destroyed in the last number of years Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine? Yemen still trying now last one Iran and destruction of multi polar world as it is at the central Cross roads. Next Russia then China.

The Russia federation is sabotaging itself and has been for years, can you provide another perspective with evidence or a positive prognosis rather than should might could hope.

Sad as it all is the evidence stares us in the face but look over is always flashing.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

The INSTC is a strategic national priority of Russia. Russia was instrumental in bringing Iran into SCO then BRICS. There’s been oil swapping between the two for 30+ years now to help Iran evade sanctions. The Treaty that was signed and ratified earlier this year is a very big deal. If Russia is shown to be disowning it, its reputation as an honest actor with the Global majority will blow-up. Those are a few of the things I can cite without looking around for more.

There’s a very large press of propaganda along with very sophisticated trolls operating currently. It’s very important to keep the Big Picture/Global Perspective active as one looks at what’s happening in the various theatres of operations. The Outlaw US Empire is waging a war to keep its global hegemony. It doesn’t have the military power to do so directly, so it acts via proxies and with the last real tool it has—control over the global financial system, although that’s waning do to its having been weaponized.

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Bente Petersen's avatar

Comment to headline... did not read the rest... already read and heard enough.

... My own gut tells me this will be the end if Israel - good reddance ... and accelreate USA's decline into .... no names for such... bar hell... no surprise its what happens to countries that for some time have been headded by lunatics...

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Yes, I felt the need to write something but to keep it short. The basic facts won.

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Johannes S. Herbst's avatar

possbly there will come an end to Israel and the Empire - but my feeling is that the decline will need a lon time. We have a saying in Germany: "Totgesagte leben länger" means "those who are said to be dead live longer".

As we have witnessed the lame reaction of Iran, Israel will still cause a lot of trouble there.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Iran’s retaliation was anything but “lame.” Many dozens of missile strikes. The fog limits more specific details.

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WTFUD's avatar

It's ok Johannes was in bed at 9pm before the fireworks began.

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Asgard2208's avatar

And so a deadly game of chicken begins. IMO Iran is damned if it does, and damned if it doesn't. It won't matter to western media that Israel attacked Iran, it will (and is!) being justified, despite what I think are genuine efforts by Iran to resolve this diplomatically.

The west is so totally lawless and immoral it's beyond words.

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Johannes S. Herbst's avatar

Iran has to respond harsh, but in a way that Israel is not too humilated but refrains from further attacks. Possibly serious blows to military installations, but few causualities.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

The Iranian strategy is to eliminate the economic ability of the Zionists to wage war. Thus, the many strikes at Haifa, for example. More are ongoing now.

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grr's avatar

I went to bed last night very dejected, woke up this morning and opened my laptop and am now as happy as a man with two dicks in a free brothel.

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WTFUD's avatar

That's a hard act to swallow.

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grr's avatar

That’s what she said 🤣

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grr's avatar

Disagree.

They need to be utterly destroyed, all of their civil, industrial, and military capabilities vapourised. And their personnel killed.

Iran already warned them with TP 1 & 2, minimising damage and humiliation. We all see where that went.

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Davy Ro's avatar

The price of oil going up, the Western powers totally wiping out their ammunition supplies. Financial costs on an entity that gives no financial return on their investment. Russia gains again, the West commits more financial suicide. America needs to find 5 trillion dollars before the end of the year. Just to keep the Government running. It's dollar had lost 9% of its value since January. The more desperate America becomes. The more insane it's foreign policies will become. We're in for a few very dangerous years ahead of us. Who is going to stop them setting the World on fire?

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

The money can be printed to avoid default, but will cause other consequences, with specifics being hard to quantify. We talked about that some yesterday in our quarterly Patreon chat with Dr. Hudson. Again, I found Warwick Powell’s essay a good read on the issue, https://warwickpowell.substack.com/p/us-government-deficits-and-bonds

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Penelope Pnortney's avatar

I agree that Powell's piece was excellent. It's pretty detailed and he lays it out in a Q&A format, asking and answering 18 questions. This is helpful for those like me who have a hard time wrapping our brains around this stuff.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Great. Too bad you can’t leave a comment there and tell him too. I do intend to translate some more political-economic stuff about China. He has another essay there that, a think piece about the China-US Empire struggle, “An Asian Rupture,” that I also suggest. His more advanced future economics essays also test your mind. https://warwickpowell.substack.com/p/an-asian-rupture

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james's avatar

when you play the role of hegemon, you have to go to war to maintain the position... of course other roles could be played that would be more friendly to the world, but as so much money and energy has been tied into playing this role on the world stage - it isn't easy letting it go - apparently!! and little mini usa - israel - seems attached to the very same role too!

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Acco Hengst's avatar

Trump owns it, loud and clear.

DoD is the only voice of sanity in this, believe it or not. There is a long standing tradition of avoiding nuclear war and at least the Russians know this.

Congress has become as scary as the Europeans. 'Nuking them' has become too easy an expression.

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WTFUD's avatar

When the choices for POTUS 47 were a sitting President with less white braincells than John McCain on the day he died, a cackling old hen who's known a political cock-or-two and a serial bankrupt come gameshow-host expectations never amounted to much for the old Empire.

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ann watson's avatar

Hi Karl. Yeah - its a good article. Thanks I haven't even dared look at the news today - just reading about it - the above comment made me hopeful - its your comment ! - Trump was all smiles until Iran’s retaliation began. Fog says seven F-35s kaput and several pilots captured. The few videos I’ve seen show Occupied Palestine being devastated via numerous missile impacts.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

I also suggest Escobar’s quickly written and published article, “The whole planet is being kept hostage by a death cult,” which is correct, but doesn’t really add anything to the already informed, https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/06/13/the-whole-planet-is-being-kept-hostage-by-a-death-cult/

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ann watson's avatar

okay - I'll have a look - thanks ! Okay now I've read - I don't like that author. And I only read until he started his demise of the new government of Iran. You're better than he is by a huge margin. He was also part of Gatestone Institute - a jewish think tank. He sat on their roundtable a decade ago. That was pointed out to me by Soraya Ulrich - an Iranian journalist living in California. She's excellent

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Loam's avatar

Today is a sunny and beautiful day. But I can't help but see dark clouds enveloping it. Is this perpetual state of war and destruction all our politicians are capable of offering us? It's impossible to normalize such madness.

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grr's avatar

The good news is that the Iranians showed they weren't bluffing and have dealt, and continue to deal, massive damage to the ZioNAZI filth.

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jo6pac's avatar

Hi

I was wondering if there's any way donate 5.00 every once and awhile.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

PO Box 1137 Yachats, OR 97498 for direct donations.

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jo6pac's avatar

OK

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J Huizinga's avatar

The only writer with a deep understanding of this matter is Brian Berletic — most else in western journalism is superficial because it never seeks to uncover the intention of those in control. When Gen Wesley Clark said, following 9/11, that the US was embarking on an effort to topple 7 Muslim -majority states, he inadvertently mumbled the truth. US policy continues after 25 years.

Trump is merely the latest president “selected, not elected” to fulfill the wishes of those who control. So few ask, “who is in control?” The controllers enjoy the distraction of the “alt media”.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

I'd like to write more about "the controllers," but I'm very limited source-wise, although discovering and writing about their history is becoming clearer.

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J Huizinga's avatar

You cover a lot of territory, to your credit. Brian has consistently maintained focus on the controllers through his deep dives into major consultant/foundation reports such as Rand, Heritage, Brookings etc. He’s shown that, regardless of the presidency and the nominal party “in control”, there’s a huge overlap of key writers on position papers that do not differ significantly in their conclusions.

Brian doesn’t name the controllers for several reasons. He’s an eyewitness to regime change in Thailand, is expert on NED activities in Asia, and had an early career in the military — he’s a real threat to the puppet masters without naming names.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Yes, I’ve watched Brian on several occasions. My study of Imperial policy continuity meshes with what he examines, and we reinforce each other. I don’t continually mention it, but it’s 100% clear that the Outlaw US Empire continues to seek attainment of Full Spectrum Dominance that was adopted by GHW Bush’s “New World Order” then openly published in 1996 and 1999. 911 as we both know was to be the vehicle furthering that goal and would have happened even if Gore was POTUS. Ike’s 2961 mea culpa was far too late as he enabled the making of the monster he then denounced.

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rakyat kecil's avatar

Pity more are not aware of your last paragraph J H

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Garry Gerskwotiz's avatar

The insane asylum just got given more customers, Khamenei Xi Vlad need to realize the double down empire will always double down, sadly they still believe they hold all of the aces

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Garry Gerskwotiz's avatar

Nice article, thanks for the heads up on it. My take is that China-Iran- Russia are much better prepared in the event that Iran closes Hormuz. The China Iran railway route is now complete, Russia could ask China to help in completing the north south route. China just held a conference with every African nation bar one. With each passing day The empire is closer to be running in empty

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WTFUD's avatar

Trump's looking around the table for the 'mark' and can't find him. He should try a mirror.

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Garry Gerskwotiz's avatar

That was exactly what I was thinking. When you can’t find the mark then you’re it

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Garry Gerskwotiz's avatar

Who is fog? I’ve heard 2 F35s 2 F16’s have been shot down

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Fog of War.

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charles leone's avatar

Trump the War Criminal!!!

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mjh's avatar

Re: On the Beach. The source novel for the film by Nevil Shute was more impactful than the movie. I read the novel probably around 1962 when I was 12, and it has always stuck with me. Didn’t see the movie till many years after. Tension and hope are maintained better in the novel. So I recommend reading the novel before or rather than seeing the film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(novel)

On US involvement in the Iran attack, see Brian Berletic at New Atlas. Ten hours before the attack he was quoting from Brooking Institute’s proposal to utilize Israel to do the deed while maintaining “plausible deniability” of US involvement. The connection of the attacks to further plans for near future attack on China by curtailing a major source of fuel for China seems plausible to me, and also objectively pretty realistic war planning on the part of the neocon U.S….

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Yes, the books are almost always superior to the movies based on them. Berletic has been on a roll. I haven’t cited him much as many are doing that already.

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WTFUD's avatar

I see great hope for the future with western narratives, economies and geopolitical influence unravelling like an old hooker's pantyhose.

Watching the Great Unwashed's kick-back against Banker Stooges usurping the election process in Canada recently (former BoE's Mark 'Carnival' Carney), Germany's Blackrock' 'Goosestepping' Merz, the UK's anal retentive Sir Queer Starmer and the Shakespearean tragic-comedy playing out in France with Rothschild rent-boy little Napoleon, rudderless, ruling by executive-order in the heartland of faux-Democracy, fills one with Hope You Can Believe In.

We're well on the way to hitting rock-bottom here in the UK with a desperate Government raid on Pensions, unfunded & underfunded future liabilities, robbing Peter to pay Paul with interest payments on Debt alone a burden/bridge too far.

It's great to be alive and to watch the Western Ruling-Elites tighten the nooses around their own necks.

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David's avatar

Everybody should see the original (monochrome) version of On the Beach. Thanks for bringing this up.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Yeah, that provided a different “feel” when watching.

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David's avatar

And one of the most chilling(?) lines ever: “I think I’ll have that cup of tea now.” Quite a “feel”…

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