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March 9, 2026
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Iran War Fallacies
By Walter E. Block
There are several fallacies being bruited about concerning the defensive war of the US and Israeli against Iran. Make no mistake about it; this is indeed a defensive war. Both the Big Satan and the Little Satan have been threatened not over the years but rather the decades. There have been incessant calls for “Death to the U.S.” and “Death to the Zionist ‘Entity.’” This is defense, not offense. Every attendee at all basketball games full well knows the difference between the two. Too bad it has escaped antisemites the world over.
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March 8, 2026
NYPD: Muslim Terrorists Throw Deadly Shrapnel Bomb at NYC Rally That Could Have Slaughtered Crowd
By Pamela Geller |
New York City was rocked today when two Muslim terrorists —Amir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Nick, 19— threw a homemade explosive device filled with nails, bolts, and screws toward a crowd of protesters while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The incident has reignited concerns about Islamic violence and public safety in a city that once set the standard for law and order. For many residents, the question is no longer whether authorities are aware of the threat—but whether they are willing to confront it head-on.
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Three Toronto Synagogues Hit By Gunfire As Montreal Jewish Businesses Defaced With Swastikas
Police are investigating a string of shootings at synagogues in the Toronto area, while Montreal police are probing antisemitic vandalism after swastikas were painted on several Saint-Laurent business windows.
TheJ.ca Staff | Mar 7, 2026
Three synogogues were hit with gunfire in the Toronto area with two shooting taking place on Mar 7, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube
Police are investigating three separate synagogue shootings in the Toronto area within less than a week, including two overnight attacks on Saturday, while Montreal police are separately probing antisemitic vandalism after swastikas were painted on the windows of several businesses in Saint-Laurent. The incidents have intensified concern over anti-Jewish violence in Canada at a time of already heightened security anxiety in Jewish communities.
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Israel STRIKES Iran Oil; Tehran Threatens New Missiles; Gulf States Join Fight | TBN
Peloni: The war widens, new targets are struck, and new forces are responding over the skies of Iran.
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Make or Break Time for Iran’s Remaining Allies
by Con Coughlin • Gatestone Institute • March 8, 2026
Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan meets Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Screengrab via Youtube. Source: Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan meets Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Screengrab via Youtube.
- Now, following the demise of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as scores of other prominent members of the regime, countries that have previously tried to maintain cordial relations with the ayatollahs face a stark choice: do they want to maintain their ties with known Islamist extremists, or forge closer ties with the US and its allies?
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For decades, the geopolitical logic of the Middle East seemed simple.
Avi Abelow
Unbelievable!!!
For decades, the geopolitical logic of the Middle East seemed simple.
Israel had no natural resources.
The surrounding Arab and Muslim countries had oil.
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Why Now? If Not Now, When?
Peloni: Brilliant!
by Linda Goudsmit | March 8, 2026
Before September 11, 2001, most Americans had little knowledge of Islam and its history of violent expansionism. Most Americans were stunned and confused by the lethal attack on our homeland that killed 3,000 innocents at the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City. Knowledge is power, and our lack of knowledge about Islam made it easy for many Americans to believe the first and second colossal political lies of the 21st-century: Islam is a religion of peace, and Islam is a religion like any other. It isn’t.
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Will the Iran War Drag On for Years? Israeli Foreign Minister Answers | Raisina Dialogue 2026 | N18G
Peloni: Good interview with FM Sa’ar covering Iran, Lebanon, India and the Iranian people.
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Selected War Updates Mar 8 Updated
21:41 – Seventh US soldier dies from wounds after strike in Saudi Arabia
A seventh U.S. service member succumbed to wounds sustained in an Iranian strike in Saudi Arabia, U.S. Central Command announced.
“Last night, a U.S. service member passed away from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East. The service member was seriously wounded at the scene of an attack on U.S. troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 1.”
“This is the seventh service member killed in action during Operation Epic Fury. Major combat operations continue. The identity of the fallen warrior will be withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification.”
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Great Britain Comes to Bat once again for the Arab nation it created in the Lion’s Share of “Palestine”…
Peloni: Great Article! Perfidious Albion continues to lead with antisemitism/anti-Zionism.
by Gerald A. Honigman
After doing nothing but joining others in blaming Israel for its own victimization in the wake of being wantonly attacked on October 7th, 2023 by Hamas and just “ordinary” Arab butchers, slaughtering the equivalent of 40, 000 American civilians, Great Britain has continued, largely due to petroleum addiction, to pretend that it didn’t realize the hypocrisy and double standards it routinely uses to judge Israel by.
In former times, 19th and early 20th century pro-Zionist leaders such as Lord Shaftesbury, David Lloyd George, Sir Mark Sykes, Lord Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli, and Arthur Balfour helped enable the Jewish People to regain hope that their 2,000 year old dream for the restoration of their independent ancestral nation in Zion (referring firstly to Jerusalem, but then including all of Israel as well) would come to fruition.
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Trump pragmatically changes course, ‘has no interest’ in Kurdish offensive in Iran
Peloni: This concurs with Netanyahu stating that he wants Iran free and united, indicating no support for the separatist movements in Iran such as the that of the Kurds. And as always, the Kurds are left without support for their own state.
“I don’t want to see the Kurds get hurt and killed. And we’ve had a good relationship. They’re willing to go in. But we really, I’ve told them I don’t want them to go in,” the US president said.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | MARCH 8, 2026
Flag of Kurdistan (Kurdish Flag). Photo by Sarchia Khursheed – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
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The War in Israel Today | Mar 7, 2026
Peloni: This is a good summary of the yesterdays events in the war. It is in Hebrew but is auto dubbed so let me know what everyone thinks about this.
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IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
We cover “There was no Imminent Threat?” from the same retrogrades who told us “There was no WMD in Iraq.” Actually, there was! And there was an imminent threat too!
WHACK-A-MOLE!
As with HAMAS, as with HEZBOLLAH, we killed the leaders. Then we killed the replacements for the leaders. And then we killed the replacements for the replacements. Next, we will kill the replacements of the replacements of the replacements. Taquar Qatarlson calls it Replacement Ideology.
Winning a war means totally subjugating your enemy.
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Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Mar 8, 2026
Peloni: Powerful speech by Netanyahu. He addresses the war in Iran and announces support for a united Iran under the control of the Iranian people. He also notes that there is a plan for what is coming with many surprises yet to be unveiled.
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March 7, 2026
Natasha Hausdorff discusses the armed conflict with Iran with Hillel Neuer of UN Watch
Peloni: Great interview between Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, and Natasha Hausdorff, a leading British barrister and international law expert, where they discuss the international legal implications of the current war in Iran. Amid the discussion Natasha explains the significant distinction which exists between a “resort to force” and an “ongoing armed conflict” under international law. They also address the doctrine of preemptive self-defense in the context of nuclear proliferation threats as well as how UN agencies are being employed to propagate pro-Iranian propaganda. Beyond this, topics discuss include the “aggression” narrative used to delegitimize support for the US-Israel attack, the multi layered basis for the attack on Iran, and the reality that international humanitarian law is intended aimed at intentions rather than outcomes, and much more.
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The Only Brave Leaders Standing Against Iran’s Reign of Terror
by Majid Rafizadeh • Gatestone Institute • March 7, 2026
Entire generations of Iranians have lived under a state apparatus that treats humanity as expendable; yet for decades, the international community has not only turned a blind eye; instead, it has actively funded and enabled this half-century horror show. Pictured:Iranian Airborne Cruise Missile (By Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia)
- Entire generations of Iranians have lived under a state apparatus that treats humanity as expendable; yet for decades, the international community has not only turned a blind eye; instead, it has actively funded and enabled this half-century horror show.
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Pakistani Man Arrested Just Before Butler Attack Says Iran Paid Him to Assassinate Donald Trump
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Islam, A Religion of Cruelty
By Sha’i ben-Tekoa
Iranian missile launched towards Israel. Screengrab via X.
Israelis today are the victims of sadists who several times daily launch missiles from a thousand miles away that are unguided terror rockets, terror being an emotional state. These rockets have no military purpose. They are used just to torment the Jews.
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Trump Warns Iran Will Be ‘Hit Very Hard’ on Saturday, Says Regime ‘Apologized’ to Middle East Neighbors
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