That is right. Thus why our opinion has more value as we balance inside and outside implications while people in other countries only look what is better for them.Just by that, I now know EB is an American, and most probably you as well, right?
U.S. and Israel Launch Major Attack on Iran
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I couldn't believe it but Trump repeated a lie about the terrorists attack on the twin towers in N.Y. telling that he had predicted it !
He probably told that to one of the underage girl he saw with Epstein !
I support Trump to escort the tankers.
haha I knew it.
If I have TDS you Trumpers suffer from a serious white ego syndrome of superiority.
The Muslim and Asian world will crush the US within the next 10 to 15 years. And you know what? It will all be due to your own ego trip and stupidity.
That's nonsense, because the Muslim and Asian world send their best and brightest to United States colleges to be educated after which they stay here because they are offered shitloads of money in the tech and financial industries. It's delusional to think the way you do because it's not at all based on reality. Have you ever visited the Yale or Harvard campuses and looked at the student body walking around? And BTW many big U.S. companies in tech, pharmaceutical, and financial industries offer jobs to college valedictorians in these parts of the world and U.S. green card legal expenses and moving expenses prepaid plus starting salary of well into 6 figures and housing. I know because I have deposed these people. You horde the smart young people and what you say will happen will NEVER happen.
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Beaver, they are “smart” as they already destroyed all US bases, half of Israel and killed Netanyahu, all with the help of the visual content generated by AI (invented and built in the America of course). They also post this widely on internet and sent via American satellites to friends to see on their smart phones (invented by the Americans of course). Their “original” content is terrorism, sharia law and some other unattractive transgressions that are too much even for this board to discuss
Iran Security Chief "Eliminated":
www.bbc.com
Israel says Iran's security chief Ali Larijani has been killed in strike - live updates
Larijani, one of Iran's most senior leaders, was last seen in public on Friday taking part in Quds Day rallies. Iran has not yet confirmed he has been killed.
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The Islamic world has been trapped in a long, slow decline for hundreds of years. But for the last 47 years, since the mullahs took over in Iran, the decline has accelerated and worsened. There are glimmers of hope for a reversal of fortune in some Muslim countries, such as the Gulf states and Saudi Arabia, but until Iran and its proxies are decisively defeated, the decline of the Islamic world will continue.
www.eui.eu
The House of Islam – the term in the Islamic tradition by which those parts of the world are described in which Islam is the dominant religion – currently finds itself in a troubling state of disrepair; compared to its own past, compared to the West, but increasingly also compared to other parts of the non-Western world. As late as the early 1970s, there were no significant gaps between Islamic countries and the rest of the non-Western world in terms of democracy, human rights, political violence or economic development. Since then, however, while many non-Islamic countries in Asia, Latin America, Eastern and Southern Europe, as well as some in sub-Saharan Africa have made important progress, most Islamic countries have stagnated or even moved in a reverse direction. That this divergence has taken shape in the last fifty years indicates that its causes are not intrinsic to the nature of Islam. The crucial development has been the rise of Islamic religious fundamentalism, which achieved a breakthrough in the year 1979, with the simultaneous occurrence of the revolution in Iran, the occupation by jihadists of the Great Mosque in Mecca, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
I identify and provide empirical evidence for three central mechanisms through which fundamentalist interpretations of Islam produce adverse outcomes concerning democracy, human rights, political violence, and economic development.
First, the rejection of a separation between religion and state, which has resulted in a combination of a politicization of Islam and an Islamization of the state, with negative consequences for democracy, violent conflict, and the rights of minorities.
Second, the Islamic world has failed to partake in what is perhaps the most important social and economic innovation of the second half of the 20th century, the emancipation of women. Muslim countries dominate the bottom ranks in global comparisons of the legal position of women as well as female labour-market participation and literacy rates, with negative consequences for economic development.
Third, Islamic fundamentalism promotes the primacy of religious over secular knowledge. Muslim-majority countries have fallen behind in the educational and cognitive revolution of the post-World-War-II period, as indicated for instance by low levels of book production and patents, and illiteracy levels that continue to be twice as high as in the non-Muslim world.
The Crumbling House of Islam
This Max Weber Lecture features a presentation by Professor Ruud Koopmans (WZB Berlin Social Science Center & Humboldt University Berlin).
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The Crumbling House of Islam
Religious Fundamentalism and the Crisis of the Muslim WorldThe House of Islam – the term in the Islamic tradition by which those parts of the world are described in which Islam is the dominant religion – currently finds itself in a troubling state of disrepair; compared to its own past, compared to the West, but increasingly also compared to other parts of the non-Western world. As late as the early 1970s, there were no significant gaps between Islamic countries and the rest of the non-Western world in terms of democracy, human rights, political violence or economic development. Since then, however, while many non-Islamic countries in Asia, Latin America, Eastern and Southern Europe, as well as some in sub-Saharan Africa have made important progress, most Islamic countries have stagnated or even moved in a reverse direction. That this divergence has taken shape in the last fifty years indicates that its causes are not intrinsic to the nature of Islam. The crucial development has been the rise of Islamic religious fundamentalism, which achieved a breakthrough in the year 1979, with the simultaneous occurrence of the revolution in Iran, the occupation by jihadists of the Great Mosque in Mecca, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
I identify and provide empirical evidence for three central mechanisms through which fundamentalist interpretations of Islam produce adverse outcomes concerning democracy, human rights, political violence, and economic development.
First, the rejection of a separation between religion and state, which has resulted in a combination of a politicization of Islam and an Islamization of the state, with negative consequences for democracy, violent conflict, and the rights of minorities.
Second, the Islamic world has failed to partake in what is perhaps the most important social and economic innovation of the second half of the 20th century, the emancipation of women. Muslim countries dominate the bottom ranks in global comparisons of the legal position of women as well as female labour-market participation and literacy rates, with negative consequences for economic development.
Third, Islamic fundamentalism promotes the primacy of religious over secular knowledge. Muslim-majority countries have fallen behind in the educational and cognitive revolution of the post-World-War-II period, as indicated for instance by low levels of book production and patents, and illiteracy levels that continue to be twice as high as in the non-Muslim world.
Who was Larijani? Amit Segal explains:
Israel has beheaded the snake, again. In a strike unprecedented since three weeks ago, Israel eliminated senior regime figures, the head of the paramilitary Basij forces, his deputy, and most prominently, Ali Larijani—Iran’s most senior military official.
Since August 2025, Larijani had headed the Supreme National Security Council, Iran’s highest security body. Israel promoted him again last month, eliminating most of his superiors and leaving him as the highest-ranking security official still standing. Since that day, he had been viewed as one of, if not the most powerful man in the regime.
As head of the SNSC, he sat at the center of Iran’s war effort. After Israel beheaded the regime’s leadership, he was one of the few remaining figures capable of convening the emergency council—one he may not have participated in directly, but over which he almost certainly wielded significant influence. He was also likely among the shadowy IRGC commanders standing behind the maimed Mojtaba Khamenei, pulling the strings of the new supreme leader.
Larijani unwisely tempted Israel. On Friday, he appeared publicly in Tehran alongside the president and other senior officials at the Al-Quds Day march. Surrounded by civilians, he felt comfortable enough to mock Israel and the U.S. strikes on Tehran as signs of their “desperation.” The appearance was almost certainly choreographed by the IRGC to project continuity and resolve in a moment of pressure and collapse. Unfortunately for the IRGC’s PR team, they underestimated Israel.
Though I’m sure the New York Times will mourn the loss of another moderate, allow me to explain who this man actually was.
Like many in the IRGC, Larijani quietly embraced the luxuries of the West. Until last month, his daughter, Fatemeh Larijani, was an assistant professor at a university [Emory] in Atlanta. His nephew Hadi is a professor at Glasgow Caledonian University’s technology center in the UK. Hadi’s brother Sina is a director at the Royal Bank of Canada in Vancouver.
While his family enjoyed the fruits of his corruption, Larijani was massacring Iranians for daring to want the same. His name is closely tied to the suppression of both the 2009 and 2026 protests. According to U.S. intelligence, he was a key architect of the crackdown that killed upwards of 30,000 protesters—greatly assisted by the other officials eliminated last night, such as Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij, and his deputy.
With all the blood on his hands, I think I will quote Iranian-Australian broadcaster Rita Panahi’s statement after Khamenei’s assassination.
Panahi’s remarks were delivered in Persian, but roughly translated, I would like to say to Larijani, “Your father is a d*g, dirt be on your head and burn in hell.”
Israel has beheaded the snake, again. In a strike unprecedented since three weeks ago, Israel eliminated senior regime figures, the head of the paramilitary Basij forces, his deputy, and most prominently, Ali Larijani—Iran’s most senior military official.
Since August 2025, Larijani had headed the Supreme National Security Council, Iran’s highest security body. Israel promoted him again last month, eliminating most of his superiors and leaving him as the highest-ranking security official still standing. Since that day, he had been viewed as one of, if not the most powerful man in the regime.
As head of the SNSC, he sat at the center of Iran’s war effort. After Israel beheaded the regime’s leadership, he was one of the few remaining figures capable of convening the emergency council—one he may not have participated in directly, but over which he almost certainly wielded significant influence. He was also likely among the shadowy IRGC commanders standing behind the maimed Mojtaba Khamenei, pulling the strings of the new supreme leader.
Larijani unwisely tempted Israel. On Friday, he appeared publicly in Tehran alongside the president and other senior officials at the Al-Quds Day march. Surrounded by civilians, he felt comfortable enough to mock Israel and the U.S. strikes on Tehran as signs of their “desperation.” The appearance was almost certainly choreographed by the IRGC to project continuity and resolve in a moment of pressure and collapse. Unfortunately for the IRGC’s PR team, they underestimated Israel.
Though I’m sure the New York Times will mourn the loss of another moderate, allow me to explain who this man actually was.
Like many in the IRGC, Larijani quietly embraced the luxuries of the West. Until last month, his daughter, Fatemeh Larijani, was an assistant professor at a university [Emory] in Atlanta. His nephew Hadi is a professor at Glasgow Caledonian University’s technology center in the UK. Hadi’s brother Sina is a director at the Royal Bank of Canada in Vancouver.
While his family enjoyed the fruits of his corruption, Larijani was massacring Iranians for daring to want the same. His name is closely tied to the suppression of both the 2009 and 2026 protests. According to U.S. intelligence, he was a key architect of the crackdown that killed upwards of 30,000 protesters—greatly assisted by the other officials eliminated last night, such as Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij, and his deputy.
With all the blood on his hands, I think I will quote Iranian-Australian broadcaster Rita Panahi’s statement after Khamenei’s assassination.
Panahi’s remarks were delivered in Persian, but roughly translated, I would like to say to Larijani, “Your father is a d*g, dirt be on your head and burn in hell.”
However this news is not good:
Basically you have one of Trump's own guys saying he is Netanyahu's lapdog/bitch.
Basically you have one of Trump's own guys saying he is Netanyahu's lapdog/bitch.
That confirm what I wrote in my post # 62, Israël played Trump like the toddler he is !
The most perfect shortcut to never being taken seriously (and showing one's cards as an apparatchik) is accusing anyone of "TDS." Opposing Trump isn't derangement. Opposing Trump is based on this thing called logical consistency and thinking pure ignorance and assholery have no place in a leader's qualities.
Yesterday, Trump said he spoke to a former president who privately told him that he approves of the Iran attack. That former president said he wished he had gone ahead with attacking Iran himself. However, per usual, Trump declined to name the president. Today, all the former living presidents put out statements saying Trump had no such conversation with any of them. Why is this acceptable?
This leaves us with Trump either spoke to a former president by Ouija board, or as per usual his pathological lying has kicked in again. It's a measure on the state of political partisanship that one even has to bother saying, "Lying all the time is wrong" but that's where we are. What the Trump defenders always seem to conveniently forget is if Obama or Biden was the party guilty of lying or corruption as Trump does, it's equally bad! But rather than own their Trump Devotion Syndrome, they'll accuse others of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Yesterday, Trump said he spoke to a former president who privately told him that he approves of the Iran attack. That former president said he wished he had gone ahead with attacking Iran himself. However, per usual, Trump declined to name the president. Today, all the former living presidents put out statements saying Trump had no such conversation with any of them. Why is this acceptable?
This leaves us with Trump either spoke to a former president by Ouija board, or as per usual his pathological lying has kicked in again. It's a measure on the state of political partisanship that one even has to bother saying, "Lying all the time is wrong" but that's where we are. What the Trump defenders always seem to conveniently forget is if Obama or Biden was the party guilty of lying or corruption as Trump does, it's equally bad! But rather than own their Trump Devotion Syndrome, they'll accuse others of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Here's a great video that explains how the U.S. has used B2 Bombers to drop bunker buster bombs on another Iranian nuke factory.
Given the rate at which Israel is eliminating Iran's military and civilian leadership, it's hard to know who is already in paradise with 72 virgins and who is waiting his turn to get there. Here's a convenient scorecard from the WSJ to help keep track of the targets. BTW, Israel announced earlier today that intelligence chief Khatib was eliminated so this scorecard is already a little out of date.
You forgot option #3 - dementia. I think Trump has fully lost touch with reality. He never had much of a firm grasp on it to begin with, but aging is only making it worse. They're probably pumping him full of the latest cutting edge medicines to keep him at the barely coherent level we're seeing.
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