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New Trump move 'puts us in danger' of 'brutal' Iran 'retaliation': conservative
Donald Trump's latest move "puts us in danger," according to a former Republican strategist Wednesday.Conservative anti-Trump activist Rick Wilson, who co-founded the Lincoln Project and hosts the group's podcast, published a Substack post called The Only Thing Trump Obliterated Is The Truth in which he argues that Trump's "boasting triumphalism about Iran puts us in danger."For starters, according to Wilson, Trump's move to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities wasn't the big success the president is claiming."No matter what, he was going to declare total victory. It’s as ludicrous as the claims that he’s 6’4” and 225lbs, that he won the 2020 election, or that he’s ever given a woman an orgasm," Wilson wrote. "The reality, as usual, is more complicated, and since we live in the real world, not in his lurid power fantasies, it is more dangerous."Wilson stresses that, while the military did their job perfectly, Iran's nuclear setup is just too complex to be bombed away in a one-day attack."In the real world (you know, the one not curated for Truth Social dopamine hits), Iran’s nuclear program is not just a collection of buildings. It’s a network of facilities, knowledge, materials, and scientists, some hidden, some mobile, and all guarded by one of the most ruthless internal security forces on the planet," Wilson wrote. "Iran’s nuclear apparatus has redundancies, backups, and tunnels deeper than Trump’s daddy issues."Wilson added that Trump is "dreaming if he thinks this will be free of consequence for America." He notes the consequences will be "brutal."Answering the question of, "So what does Iran do now?" Wilson says, "Iran’s IRGC fights in the shadows, with murders, bombings, kidnappings, and cyber warfare. They won’t respond with a giant red button push and a convenient missile launch.""Retaliation will come, but not in the form Trump fantasizes about," the strategist added. "What’s far more likely are asymmetric responses: a car bomb in a European capital targeting American or Israeli diplomats. American tourists snatched and held hostage. A mysterious fire at some American shipping or logistics hub in Iraq. A cyberattack that cripples Gulf oil infrastructure. A drone strike on a U.S. ship in the Red Sea. Attacks on the American power grid in the peak of this hellish summer. Maybe even a targeted assassination of American troops in Europe or the Middle East."He added:"Iran’s response won’t be broadcast with a countdown clock. It’ll come like all their dark work, in ways that are deniable, precise, and bloody. They’re masters at using proxies to execute their horrors."Read the full post here.
Pakistan to nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize
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Thawing of relations between Pakistan and US raises eyebrows in India
Army chief’s effusive welcome in Washington hints at strategic recalibration amid Middle East turmoil After years in the diplomatic deep freeze, US-Pakistan ties appear to be quickly thawing, with Donald Trump’s effusive welcome for Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, signalling a possible major reset.Once snubbed so badly that former prime minister Imran Khan had to board an ordinary airport shuttle after arriving in the US rather than being whisked off in a limousine, Pakistan is now enjoying top-level access in Washington, including a White House lunch for Munir on Wednesday and meetings with top national security officials. Continue reading...
India illegally deporting Muslim citizens at gunpoint to Bangladesh, say rights groups
There are fears the crackdown against ‘outsiders’ is driving widespread persecution as expelled Indians are returned by Bangladesh border guardsThe Indian government has been accused of illegally deporting Indian Muslims to Bangladesh, prompting fears of an escalating campaign of persecution.Thousands of people, largely Muslims suspected of being illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, have been rounded up by police across India in recent weeks, according to human rights groups, with many of them deprived of due legal process and sent over the border to neighbouring Muslim-majority Bangladesh. Continue reading...
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