🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 NYT: How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran. Seems like a blame game article to me Before the Iran war, Benjamin Netanyahu secretly briefed President Trump in the White House Situation Room on February 11. Trump sat facing the wall screens rather than at the head of the table, with Netanyahu directly across from him. On the screens behind the Israeli Prime Minister were Mossad chief David Barnea and other Israeli military officials, visually framing him as a wartime leader backed by his full team. In the room were Susie Wiles, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Gen. Dan Caine, John Ratcliffe, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff. The meeting was kept deliberately small to avoid leaks; other top cabinet officials were unaware it was happening, and JD Vance was absent because he was in Azerbaijan and could not return in time. Over the next hour, Netanyahu made a hard sell for war, arguing that Iran was vulnerable, meaning retaliation against U.S. interests in the region would likely be limited, and that a joint U.S.-Israeli operation could not only cripple the regime but potentially bring about regime change. The next day, U.S. intelligence reviewed Netanyahu’s four-part pitch: killing Iran’s supreme leader, crippling Iran’s regional military reach, sparking an uprising, and achieving regime change. Officials said the first two were feasible, but the latter two were not. CIA Director Ratcliffe called the regime-change plan “farcical,” and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “In other words, it’s bullshit.” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine was similarly skeptical of the Israeli pitch, telling Trump, “Sir, this is, in my experience, standard operating procedure for the Israelis. They oversell, and their plans are not always well-developed. They know they need us, and that’s why they’re hard-selling.” Trump said regime change would be “their problem" but remained focused on destroying Iran’s missile capabilities and leadership targets. Vice President JD Vance was the leading internal skeptic, warning a war could be “a huge distraction of resources,” trigger regional chaos, strain U.S. munitions, and hand Iran leverage over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth strongly backed military action in Iran. As diplomacy stalled, Witkoff and Kushner told Trump that talks with Iran could take months and were unlikely to succeed soon. When fresh intelligence in late February indicated that Iran’s top leadership, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was about to gather in the ayatollah’s compound in Tehran, it accelerated the whole timeline. The C.I.A. director told President Trump that regime change was possible depending on how the term was defined. “If we just mean killing the supreme leader, we can probably do that,” he said. In a final February 26 Situation Room meeting, Vance told Trump, “You know I think this is a bad idea, but if you want to do it, I’ll support you.” Rubio said strikes made sense only if the goal was to destroy Iran’s missile program, not force regime change. Military leaders outlined the risks, including munitions strain and regional escalation, but stopped short of opposing the plan. White House counsel David Warrington said the operation was legally permissible, while political advisers warned of possible backlash but ultimately deferred to Trump. In the end, no one in the room firmly tried to block the decision. After hearing out each of his advisers, Trump said, “I think we need to do it,” and approved Operation Epic Fury from Air Force One the next day: “No aborts. Good luck.”

Iranian sources: No delegation from Iran has gone to Islamabad for the talks. Iran has informed Pakistan that the Iranian team will not go to Islamabad if Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire.

🇺🇸🇨🇺Reporter: Would you be willing to step down if it meant saving Cuba? President Miguel Díaz-Canel: Is that a question from you, or is that coming from the State Department or the U.S. government?

Lebanon has traitors even worst than American politicians and that's really bad the Lebanese government is looking formally to give to Israel Lebanese territory in majority Hezbollah supporting areas, in order to bolster its domestic anti-Hezbollah coalition.

Pakistan Defense Minister launches furious outburst: 'I pray people who created cancerous state on Palestinian land to get rid of European jews BURN IN HELL 'Israel is evil and a CURSE for humanity'

🇷🇺 Following months a provocations, attacks and seizures the Russian Navy finally sent a ship to escort 2 tankers through the English channel.

🇮🇷 Informed source: Iran considers negotiations meaningless without Lebanon being included in a ceasefire ➡️An informed source told Fars News Agency, referring to speculation about the resumption of negotiations, that “the issue of Lebanon and a ceasefire in that country is a definite and non-negotiable precondition of the Islamic Republic of Iran for entering any new negotiation process.” ➡️The source added that “Pakistan’s mediating proposal is also based on this,” and said: “Iran’s 10-point plan, which has been communicated to international intermediaries, includes a clear and explicit clause regarding the necessity of including Lebanon as part of a comprehensive ceasefire. Tehran did not accept the ceasefire until the American side and President Trump had officially acknowledged acceptance of the full 10-point package. Therefore, under conditions of continued attacks on Lebanon, it considers negotiations strategically meaningless and unproductive.” ➡️The source also said that all senior officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran are in full agreement on this issue. This internal consensus means Tehran’s message is unified and clear: if the issue of Lebanon is not resolved, there will be no negotiations. ➡️The informed source further referred to countermeasures planned in the scenario of a failure to achieve a ceasefire in Lebanon, saying: “The country’s diplomatic and military apparatus does not rely on a single option. It uses multiple options to ensure the inclusion of Lebanon in the ceasefire is secured.”

On the big Chinese Hack according to Chinese sources, the vast majority of data is non essential like aerodynamics of the J-20 while in flight. Furthemore, some secrets have been leaked but they are quoted as "not being deadly" such as the serial numbers of fighter jets.

“Israel and Taiwan are bases of operation for Imperialism in Asia. They created Israel for the Arabs and Taiwan for us. They both have the same objective.” -Chairman Mao Zedong of China🇨🇳

Can anyone point out whats curious about this post? Brave enough even.

'IN DEFENSE OF LEBANON AND ITS PEOPLE… ...IN RESPONSE TO THE ENEMY'S VIOLATION OF THE CEASEFIRE' HEZBOLLAH OFFICIALLY RESUMES OPERATIONS

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⚡️🇺🇸 The representative of the Pope in the United States, during his meeting with Pentagon officers, was bluntly told that the US military has the power to do whatever it wants in the world and that the Catholic Church "is highly advised to take its side." When the representative was insulted, as the Pentagon officials were implying that their B-52s were stronger than God, a US Pentagon official told him that as a learned and educated man, he should be aware of the Avignon Papacy. It was a time when the French monarchy puppeteered the corpse of the Vatican by military force. With no exaggeration, this meeting genuinely had alot more vitriol than any interaction post WW2 between the Communist party of the USSR and the Vatican, there was even a sense of decorums between the Bolsheviks after the war and the Vatican. It does not take a lot to be polite even when they were literally playing off against each other and doing espionage. - medman

"Iranian authorities have told the The Wall Street Journal that, due to the continued U.S. and Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Iran will not attend the scheduled meeting in Islamabad on Friday" - Iran's Mahdi Khanalizadeh on Iranian State TV

In todays " im not so sure" news A hacker claims to have breached a Chinese state supercomputer and stolen 10+ petabytes of sensitive data, including military and aerospace research, and is now trying to sell it online. Experts say the leak appears credible and was extracted over months via a security gap. Source: CNN

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: The United States has violated three items of the ten-point plan before the start of negotiations. Among the violations: breaching the ceasefire in Lebanon, penetrating Iranian airspace, and rejecting Iran's right to uranium enrichment. These violations confirm the lack of trust toward the United States, making the continuation of negotiations illogical.

🇮🇷 Iranian FM Araghchi: The Iran–U.S. Ceasefire terms are clear and explicit: the U.S. must choose—ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both. The world sees the massacres in Lebanon. The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 BREAKING:"The United States has begun violating the ceasefire and attacking the Iranian capital, Tehran." — Mehr News, Iranian state media. Air defenses over Tehran have been activated.

🇧🇪🇱🇧🇮🇱 "The ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran must include Lebanon!" Israel almost killed the Belgian Foreign Minister who came to Lebanon to negotiate a ceasefire in the region.