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  • Important video with Alastair Crooke over US / Iran war.

    From wiri@iwir@mailfence.com to aus.politics on Mon Feb 16 21:57:12 2026
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD-ElGTLn0M

    Crooke argues for a number of critical points:

    1. With its own missile program and essential assistance from Russia and China, Iran now has the ability to block or defeat US/Israel in an all
    out war.

    2. US and Israel underestimate Iranian capabilities, and overestimate US military power.

    3. Iran has flatly rejected any negotiations over its missile program (negotiations about its non-existent nuclear weapons program are ok) and warned that any attack will immediately lead to all out war. This is an expression of confidence and a serious warning.

    4. Trump has backed himself into a corner and Bibi/Zionists are applying maximum pressure to attack. For Trump, it is becoming either attack or
    suffer a humiliating backdown.

    5. Any war would go be a regional and likely global disaster.

    Is Crooke correct about any of this? Why isn't it being discussed more
    widely?

    What response should Australia take? How about: Mr Trump, no, DO NOT do
    it. Or at the very least, the Australian Government should declare that
    it WILL NOT participate in any way in this war.
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  • From The Newsgroup Devil@Devil@Hell.biz to aus.politics,aus.general on Mon Feb 16 23:00:42 2026
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    wiri

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD-ElGTLn0M
    Crooke argues for a number of critical points:

    1. With its own missile program and essential assistance from Russia and China, Iran now has the ability to block or defeat US/Israel in an all
    out war.

    Outright defeat???
    That is highly unlikely. But it would end up in a prolonged ongoing
    bloody mess with no clear winners on either side creating mountains of
    corpses and rubble everywhere. How lovely ... NOT!

    What worries me is that recent flagrant attitude amongst some members of
    the USA leadership towards freely employing nuclear weapons as an easy
    fix possibility for military problem solving. Both the USA and Israel
    are not very restrained these day in employing their military might as
    they please, fuck everyone else.
    Sadly the demented orange felon with the nuclear codes in his hands is certainly incapable of understanding the consequences of making such an idiotic move.

    2. US and Israel underestimate Iranian capabilities, and overestimate US military power.

    3. Iran has flatly rejected any negotiations over its missile program (negotiations about its non-existent nuclear weapons program are ok) and warned that any attack will immediately lead to all out war. This is an expression of confidence and a serious warning.

    4. Trump has backed himself into a corner and Bibi/Zionists are applying maximum pressure to attack. For Trump, it is becoming either attack or suffer a humiliating backdown.

    5. Any war would go be a regional and likely global disaster.

    With nuclear weapons in the in the play it could start World War 3!

    Is Crooke correct about any of this? Why isn't it being discussed more widely?

    What response should Australia take? How about: Mr Trump, no, DO NOT do
    it. Or at the very least, the Australian Government should declare that
    it WILL NOT participate in any way in this war.

    The Australian government has bugger all of an influence over the MAGAt regime's and that Orange Dementia in Chief's doings. All we could do
    would be to stay the hell away from any such bloody mess.
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