Iran Thought They Could Use Oil To Destroy America…Trump Just ENDED Iran Forever in DEAL of Century?
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As US considers cutting funds from Kurdish forces, concerns rise over stability in Middle East
Peloni: To the concerns about cutting off the Kurds discussed below, add the growing strength and dominance of Turkey in the region. If Iran collapses under Economic D-Day, and the Kurds lose US support, what will keep Turkey’s ambitions of dominating the region? Trump suggests he can control Erdogan, which leads to two questions. First, is this assumption correct? He couldn’t Erdogan in 2019 when Turkey invaded Syria as the US was forced to make a spontaneous retreat from the Turkish-Syrian border. Second, what will happen to the region when Trump leaves office if Turkey is being held in check by Trump’s influence over Erdogan
The Peshmerga have played a key role over the years fighting ISIS and securing the autonomous Kurdistan Region. However, efforts to reform them have not proceeded as planned.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN |
Kurdish PDKI Peshmerga. By Kurdishstruggle – Kurdish PDKI Peshmerga, CC BY 2.0, Link
The Trump administration is planning to cut funding to the Peshmerga, the armed forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government, according to a BBC report that called the Peshmerga “a key Middle East ally that helped the US defeat the Islamic State group (IS) and is now facing punishing attacks from Iran, according to four sources familiar with the matter.”
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How Netanyahu Turned Oct. 7 Into a Stunning Geopolitical Victory — Caroline Glick Explains
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August 29, 2026
Must-Read Post: Even After Winter’s Commitment to Recommend Netanyahu, Can He Still Crown Lieberman Without Violating His Commitment? Here Is a Plausible Scenario.
Yossi Baum | X | Aug 27, 2026
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Ofer Winter’s Speech at Jerusalem Day Ceremony, March 10, 2025. Screengrab via Youtube.
After we have seen that Winter has countless Lieberman people around him (details below), after Kaplan has been “lifting” him up, and after he established his party despite the risk of Smotrich falling below the threshold, the burden of proof is on him that he will not go into a bloc with Lieberman and Bennett. And here is why:
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Iran’s Regime: ‘The Only Solution Is to Build a Nuclear Bomb and Fire It’
Peloni: What will happen after Trump leaves office will be determined in no small way by what he accomplishes before leaving office, and the declaration of Economic D-Day is already having an effect on the regime but this effect will be waning if that declaration fails to be implemented against Iran’s greatest allies, not the least of which is China. So we will see.
What Happens After President Trump Leaves Office?
by Majid Rafizadeh • Gatestone Institute • August 29, 2026
In the ideology of Iran’s ruling establishment, nuclear weapons are still openly contemplated not just as a deterrent but as instruments of mass destruction. If an extremist regime acquires a nuclear weapon, the question is: What happens afterwards? The regime’s character — Islamist, anti-Western, any American and expansionist — has not changed. If Western powers are truly serious, they must work to completely eliminate Iran’s present regime. Pictured: Crowds gather for the funeral procession of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in Mashhad, on July 9, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube.
- “The only way to save the country… is building an atomic bomb and firing it, no other way is left for us. We should create a tsunami whose waves hit the American coasts.” — Iranian cleric Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi, secretary-general of Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, and closely tied to Iran’s current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
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Trump, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood
Peloni: Hugh Fitzgerald provides the second of two important reviews of Trump’s policies, with Joan Swirsky having provided the first just below this article.
The Trump administration’s failure to act in a substantive way to prevent the proliferation of the Muslim Brotherhood, even in the US, will have troubling consequences for the future, as it is having troubling consequences even in the present, and to this point in particular, it raises an important question as to how Trump is securing the safety for America as he ignores the very real threat which the Muslim Brotherhood presents, not only for the safety of the American people, but for the independence of the American political class.
An American president’s blind spot.
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President Donald J. Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, White House, Public domain
A British journalist has delivered a scathing review of Trump’s policy toward Israel and Gaza: “Wise up, America!,” by Melanie Phillips, JNS, August 21, 2026:
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Safety First, Comrade
Peloni: Joan Swirsky provides the first of two reviews of Trump’s policies, with Hugh Fitzgerald providing the second. The two essays cover different facets of Trump’s policies but both make important observations of the current president’s policies to consider, the implications of which are rather pressing on the future. Be sure to see my comments on Fitzgerald’s article.
The communists who want to run our country and our lives have no regard for our well-being. Just look at a little history, plus the present day.
Pres. Donald Trump. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump Travels to NC, Public Domain, Wikipedia
When I was studying to become a nurse in the late 1960s, I learned that the most important value in patient care, for both nurses and doctors, is safety. Not curing, which is hoped for but often impossible, and not even empathy, although a high priority. That is because the patient who falls out of bed or is given the wrong dose of medicine or whose grievance is ignored or — yikes! this just happened in Nashville — may pay with nothing less than his life.
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Houthis Thought They Could ATTACK Saudi Arabia, Now a NEW WAR Begins!
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Netanyahu in dire straits: New right-wing party threatens to sink Minister Smotrich & his entire coalition
Peloni: The Left’s Crumbs Strategy, which includes seeing Right wing votes being squandered on parties too small to pass the threshold, appears to be working, but with the announcement of Gen, Ofer Winter’s new “Peaople of Israel” party being formed, the outlook for the Right seems more remote than ever. As we will discuss later, this is because Winter represents two aspects of the Crumbs strategy, wasting votes on small Right wing parties and the isolation of the Haredim parties from the Right. All by himself, Winter may lead the Right Bloc into a no win scenario.
Winter’s ‘People of Israel’ shoots up in the polls but harms right-wing bloc’s chances of winning
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Ofer Winter’s Speech at Jerusalem Day Ceremony, March 10, 2025. Screengrab via Youtube.
After several new center-right parties failed to make an impact in recent weeks, the launch of retired general Ofer Winter’s new “People of Israel” party and the long-awaited unification of Arab parties have shaken up the election landscape over the past week.
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LEAKED Filing Proves JD Vance Is COMPROMISED By Qatar!
Peloni: Qatar’s influence inside Washington and inside the White House is simply shocking.
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Judge Throws Out 9/11 Mastermind Confession Because He Wasn’t About ‘Right To Be Silent’
Peloni: What could be more reasonable than for the Islamist aligned Left to purposefully undermine the most critical element of evidence against the greatest terror attack in history on the American people. It is hard to see a more obvious and troubling example of the coalition between the Left and the Islamists than the possible freeing of the mastermind of 9-11.
FBI agents also didn’t tell the Al Qaeda leader he could call a lawyer.
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Khalid Shaikh Mohamed. By Taget af amerikanske styrker, da KSM blev pågrebet – Wikimedia, Public Domain, Link
Using the Article III system to try Al Qaeda terrorists was a reasonable solution, the trouble is that military tribunal personnel in this century look nothing like the guys who took a smoke break and sentenced Nazi saboteurs to death during WWII. Their ideal is A Few Good Men, they’re liberals if not outright leftists, and they’re far more likely to be on the side of the terrorists than to be on our side.
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Tom Barrack’s Dangerous Vision for the Middle East
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A Kurdish Warning on Turkey | Diliman Abdulkader
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THE ISLAMIC TAKEOVER IS HERE: Turning US Cities Into ‘Beachheads’ for Islam
Peloni: America has an Islamist problem, and despite Trump decribing it as only being present in pockets in a recent interview, the reality is something far more troublesome than this.
By Pamela Geller |
A RealClearInvestigations analysis finds that Islamic activists now hold at least ten (10) high-ranking positions at New York city hall under Mayor Mamdani, including several alumni of terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations, which the FBI says is a “Hamas front.” Some of the new Muslim officials are in a position to influence the city’s anti-terror policies and the selection of judges, RCI has learned.
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August 28, 2026
Oil on the Golan & an Exchange between Friends
by Gerald A. Honigman
“Golan Heights” by David Stanley, CC BY 2.0
Recently, a long time friend sent me an October 20215 article about a potential game changer. the discovery of large oil reserves on the Golan Heights in Israel.
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Once Upon a Time There Was No West Bank: Then Jordan Drew a Line and History Forgot
Victor Satya | Aug 22, 2026
A few geographical problems in the world are so magnificently overworked as the one called the “West Bank.”
Every week, the international community assembles to discuss it. The United Nations discusses it. European governments discuss it. Human-rights organizations discuss it. Newspapers discuss it. Diplomats discuss it. The Vatican, which one might reasonably expect to remember the Bible, discusses it.
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Let The Indoctrination Begin: The CMHR’s Anti-Israel Lessons Await Canadian Students
As a new school year begins, thousands of children will enter Canada’s national human rights museum and encounter a politically constructed narrative that presents Palestinian displacement as an ongoing Israeli crime while withholding essential history.
Ron East | TheJ.ca | Aug 28, 2026
By Ethan Sahagun – Own work, CC BY 4.0, Link
WINNIPEG, CANADA | The school buses will soon begin arriving.
Teachers will organize their classes. Students will walk through the doors of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. They will be told they are entering a trusted national institution dedicated to truth, understanding and respect.
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How the Gaza Genocide Lie Became a License to Harass and Kill Jews
From LA to Washington and Sydney, an ominous pattern of violent Jew-hate emerges.
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Wilshire Boulevard Templ. Photo by Downtowngal – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
Last December, masked anti-Israel activists mobbed Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the oldest Jewish synagogue in Los Angeles, hurling antisemitic slurs at guests and branding them “genocidal monsters.” Within two weeks, the FBI arrested four members of the group that promoted the assault. The self-styled “Turtle Island Liberation Front” now faces federal terrorism-related charges for allegedly plotting to set off pipe bombs at five sites across Southern California on New Year’s Eve. The alleged ringleader, Audrey Carroll, called herself “a Hamas fangirl.”
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The Lone Wolf Is not alone: What drives the stabbing Jihad
The decisive question is why one society’s political, religious and media institutions repeatedly provide a ready-made target, a heroic script and communal validation for those who commit terror.
On August 23, a 16-year-old Palestinian Arab approached Elchanan Hanania from behind near the village of al-Auja in the Jordan Valley and stabbed him repeatedly. Hanania, a 24-year-old career soldier, was traveling to Tiberias with his pregnant wife, two young daughters and father-in-law to celebrate his wedding anniversary. His family watched from the car as he fought off his attacker. The assailant fled and was captured by Israeli forces later that day.
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USAID OIG’s Ongoing Investigation Leads to Proposed Debarments of Two Former UNRWA Staff for Links to Hamas and One for Links to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Peloni: What I find particularly disturbing in all of these matters related to the perpetrators of October 7 being exposed while in the pay of US and other govts is that, as is shown here, the perpetrators are simply considered for “ suspension and/or debarment action.” The actions indicated are terrorist attacks, the wanton rape, murder, dismemberment or kidnapping of individuals, some of whom included American citizens. So, while ending the employment of terrorists is clearly indicated, why is there no action being taken to prosecute them, or to process them for extradition to Israel for prosecution? If the individuals are guilty of such grossly criminal actions deeming termination by the State Dept, why stop at simply ending their employment?
Hamas soldier storming Alumim in southern Israel during October 7 Massacre. Photo by CCTV footage: No human authorship – I24, Public Domain, Wikipedia
USAID OIG | Aug 26, 2026
INVESTIGATIVE SUMMARY:
USAID OIG, a statutorily independent law enforcement and oversight entity, continues to investigate UNRWA staff linked to Hamas and other U.S. designated terrorist organizations. As part of this ongoing investigation, USAID OIG has referred over 100 current or former UNRWA staff for participation in the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel and/or affiliation with Hamas to the U.S. Department of State for independent review of the evidence and consideration of suspension and/or debarment action. Of those referred, three have recently been proposed for debarment by the Department.
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