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IS US WAR WITH IRAN IMMINENT?
Interview for Judging Freedom

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For weeks I have been advocating for a negotiated settlement to the crisis that has brought the US and Iran on the brink of war.

I have assiduously detailed the nature of the threat perceived by the US that, if unresolved, would necessitate military action, as exclusively revolving around Iran’s nuclear program and, more specifically, that capacity that is excess to its declared peaceful program and, as such, conducive to a nuclear weapons program Iran has admitted is on the threshold of being actualized.

In short, I have argued, the most realistic path forward regarding conflict avoidance would be for Iran to negotiate in good faith regarding the verifiable disposition of its excess nuclear enrichment capability.

Even when Trump alienated Iran with his “maximum pressure” tactics, including an insulting letter to the Supreme Leader that all but eliminated the possibility of direct negotiations between the US and Iran, my stance remained unchanged: this crisis could only be resolved through negotiation, and that if Trump took direct negotiations off the table, then Russia and/or China would have to step up and nail down a settlement through third party talks.

For opting to promote a reality-based process that provided the only viable path toward peace, I was viciously attacked and ridiculed by both the digital mob, comprised of new age philosophers, self-styled “peace activists”, and a troll class that opposes anything and everything it doesn’t understand (which is most factually-grounded argument), as well as people I had viewed as fellow travelers on a larger journey of conflict avoidance—podcasters, experts and pundits who did more than simply disagree with me (which is, of course, their right and duty as independent thinkers), traversing into the realm of insults and attacks against my intelligence, integrity and character.

Today we see the following:
Trump has softened his stance on Iran, narrowing his focus to exclusively nuclear issues—as I had predicted.

Iran has agreed to third party negotiations—as I predicted, and both Russia and China will be meeting with Iran in the coming days to discuss its nuclear program—as I predicted.

The Director-General of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, has announced he may be heading to Iran shortly to discuss Iran’s nuclear program—as I predicted.

The US-Iran crisis is grounded in the complexities, niceties and formalities of international law as set forth in the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT), which Iran signed in 1970 as a non-nuclear weapons state.

The NPT will be at the center of any negotiated settlement.

Those who dismissed the NPT and belittled the role of international law simply underscored their ignorance of the reality that surrounds Iran’s nuclear program.

While Israel may have exaggerated Iran’s nuclear capabilities over the years, and goaded the US to attack Iran because of the alleged threat posed by its nuclear program, the fact remains that this crisis has been triggered by the very capabilities Iran admits to having—stocks of 60% enriched uranium with no link to Iran’s declared peaceful program, and excessive advanced centrifuge-based enrichment capability which leaves Iran days away from possessing sufficient weapons grade high enriched uranium to produce 3-5 nuclear weapons.

This crisis isn’t about Israel or Israel’s own undeclared nuclear weapons capability.

It is about Iran’s self-declared status as a threshold nuclear weapons state, something prohibited by the NPT.

This is what the negotiations will focus on.
And hopefully these negotiations will permit the verifiable dismantling of those aspects of its nuclear program the US (and Israel) find to present an existential threat.

Peace is not guaranteed.

But war is unless common sense and fact-based logic wins out over the self-important ignorance of the digital mob and their facilitators.

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If reports about the return of US forces to Afghanistan are true (the Taliban have denied that the base is under US control), then the US re-occupation of Bagram Air Base would be some of the craziest geopolitical chess I’ve ever seen.

Checkmates China’s efforts to extend BRI into Afghanistan.

Puts the US in the driver’s seat regarding rare earth minerals.

Afghanistan holds Central Asia together.

And the US reportedly just took it back.

(This post updated to reflect the Taliban denial.)

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⁣THE BIG PICTURE

And sometimes the lay person needs the help of a professional to accomplish this task.

The modern day predictive analyst, when it comes to assessing the geopolitical situation as it exists in the world today, is required to do some serious “big picture thinking” whileevaluating the clash that is transpiring between past and future, between the US-dominated “rules based international order” and the new “law-based alliance” being assembled by Russia and China.

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"HAMAS WON, ISRAEL LOST"—A WARNING TO THE WEST
Interview for Mario Nawfal

00:20 “There’s no threat from Russia.” The EU is wasting billions.
03:14 NATO without the U.S.? “They couldn’t even play Pop Warner.”
05:12 Russia’s goals in Ukraine are non-negotiable—and they’re winning.
08:42 “Russia has carrots. Trump has none.”
10:25 The G8 is dead—Putin’s betting on BRICS.
13:14 What Trump can do: speed up Russia’s victory, not stop it.
15:33 “Russia will never bend the knee.” Not for Trump. Not for the West.
20:33 Trump’s meeting al-Qaeda. Putin’s meeting Xi. Think about that.
26:50 Syria’s collapse: how the West lost—and HTS took over.
30:41 “Israel defeated itself.” Why Gaza changed the global map.
39:30 Hezbollah is bleeding—but far from broken.
43:26 Iran’s axis is faltering. Syria is gone. Hezbollah and Hamas are cornered.
47:29 Hamas should release the hostages now.
48:37 Trump’s Gaza plan = “multiple war crimes.”
50:57 “Trump will bomb Iran. And this time, it’s total war.”
56:08 Iran is blinking. Trump’s threats may be working—barely.
01:00:16 Will Trump’s tariff war crush China—or the U.S.?
01:06:54 “This is a revolution.” Why 2024 isn’t politics—it’s history.

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‼️ LIVE April 10th at 1pm Eastern 10am Pacific with Mohammad Marandi and Scott Ritter for a lively debate‼️

We talk all there is to U.S. escalations with Iran and go over how we got here, where we are, and where we are headed as war in West Asia reaches a critical juncture. Don’t miss this vital conversation.

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TUCKER CARLSON "US JUST LOST A WAR WITH RUSSIA"
Interview for Garland Nixon

01:42 New book.
14:40 Threats and coalitions.
20:27 Proxy conflict.
34:30 Historical analogy and the reality of war.
54:46 Unconditional surrender.
59:19 America and wars.
01:07:34 Consequences of war.
01:13:11 Strategic alliances.

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