Welcome to The Now

I use quotations because in truth one would only have to pay attention to Iran to have a base understanding of their capabilities. But as I've quoted before: all the intelligence-gathering in the world means little when you have a dangerously fictional impression of your adversaries as well as an ignorantly arrogant belief in your own power:

 Back in January, the Pew Research Center revealed some interesting news : That said, Baby Boomers are still around and still control the Senate and a number of Congressional Chairs (as leadership is tied to seniority). In other words: the future of this country is still be determined by those who will not be around to see the short or long-term consequences of their decisions. 

 Who really knows? Yes, attacks are being exchanged, but that was happening under the MOU. And while the odds of true peace actually occurring was a dream at best (see: Brian Berletic and the Policy Papers), there was some hope that maybe there would be a reprieve; that perhaps for the summer (or at least up until November) there'd be little but the occasional harsh comment and calls for Israel to restrain itself.  But alas, this was not to be:

 

 Criticize a country conducting genocide and risk retribution:

 

 According to Larry Johnson, the US has until 7/11/26 before the reserves run out and the real pressure starts. That's the same date as Pakistani-orchestrated talks between the United States and Iran are supposed to resume.  Will the US actually act in good faith? Can Iran really trust the West? What is Pakistan (and China, for that matter) willing to risk to see this through? How does Lebanon and Palestine factor in? What about Israel?  Hopefully these questions will be addressed/answered in the next few weeks.