Category Archives: Iran

What is causing all the damage in Iran?

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Pat Lang

"A building used for producing centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear site was blown up with a powerful bomb, the official told the newspaper. A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also confirmed to the newspaper an explosive was used. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Iran, weapons | 35 Comments

“Iran’s IRGC to receive new stealth drone with 2,000km range” AMN

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Pat Lang

"The drone is said to have a 7,600 meter flight ceiling, and the ability to be armed with precision-guided air-to-surface missiles or anti-tank missiles. The drone’s outward appearance seems to be in line with design concepts found in many Western … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Middle East, weapons | 13 Comments

A few thoughts – 24 April 2020

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Pat Lang

1.  IMO the US Navy will be doing a good thing if it persuades Trump to restore Captain Crozier to command of USS Theodore Roosevelt.  He did a very foolish thing by appealing to the whole wide world to support … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, As The Borg Turns, Borg Wars, Current Affairs, government, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Policy, Politics, Syria | 14 Comments

Pushing for a third Iraq war – TTG

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

"WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ordered military commanders to plan for an escalation of American combat in Iraq, issuing a directive last week to prepare a campaign to destroy an Iranian-backed militia group that has threatened more attacks against American … Continue reading →

Posted in Borg Wars, Iran, Iraq, TTG | 42 Comments

How many Iranians on the streets of Tehran?

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Pat Lang

I am trying to determine how many Iranians have been in the streets of Tehran protesting against the Islamic government the last few nights.  The only number I have seen is 1,000 on Sunday night.  Write and tell me off … Continue reading →

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Box Score on airliner shoot down deaths: Iranians -176, USS Vincennes – 290

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Pat Lang

(USS Vincennes) OK pilgrims, we are told today that there are mobs in the streets of Tehran protesting the shoot down of the Ukrainian airliner.  176 were killed.  We are carefully not told (thus far) how many Iranians are mobbed … Continue reading →

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The Facts About Iran and Terrorism by Larry C Johnson

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Larry Johnson

When emotion rules the day facts do not matter. Sadly, that is the reality we confront when it comes to talking about Iran and terrorism. The U.S. Government and almost all of the media continue to declare that Iran is … Continue reading →

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The Strike – TTG

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

It’s been a good 48 hours since Iran’s missile strike at Ayn al-Assad and Erbil. Both Washington and Tehran stared into the abyss and did not like what they saw. We averted a full fledged shooting war through a little … Continue reading →

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Macgregor got it part right on Carlson’s show last night

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Pat Lang

Colonel (ret.) Douglas Macgregor was on Tucker Carlson's show last night.  He is a smart man.  Tucker is a smart man. Carlson's show is an outpost of sanity in a neocon run US foreign policy establishment (the Borg).  Carlson deserves … Continue reading →

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“The Middle East is a complicated place” – SWMBO

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Pat Lang

This is the Iranian government erected memorial to Jewish Iranian soldiers who were killed  fighting in the Iranian Army in the Iran-Iraq War.  According to the latest data there are still about 8,500 Iranian Jews resident in the country and … Continue reading →

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