By John & Nisha Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
March 5, 2026
"From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. 'Peace, peace,' they say, when there is no peace."-Jeremiah 6:13-14
"This is insane. Regime change will result in a bloody civil war vanityfair.com
By Pepe Escobar
The Unz Review
March 5, 2026
Four years on, the Special Military Operation (SMO) reads like Russia, slowly but surely, fulfilling its objectives. The key question remains: when and under what terms Russia will end the SMO.
It may not be in 2026. Especially because irrationality permeates the Euro-elites of the disjointed, collective West. They are adamant to extract some sort of "victory" out of the jaws of humiliating strategic defeat.
By Brandon Smith
Alt-Market.us
March 5, 2026
Before I begin this analysis of the situation in the Middle East and its consequences, I want to warn people that this examination is going to be largely secular and nuanced; which means people on both sides of the divide are going to piss and moan about it. Frankly, I don't care.
To be clear, I'm not interested in the "plight" of the Palestinians, the Islamic regime in Iran or the conspiracy theories of "groypers." I find appeals of empathy and compassion for Islamic societies to be naive - They are perfectly indifferent and hostile to the west, they always have been.
By Tucker Carlson
March 5, 2026
lewrockwell.com
Let us be clear about what the United States and Israel are pursuing. The US objective is not the security of the American people. The objective is global hegemony. The attempt is to destroy the UN and the international rule of law-an attempt that will fail.
By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares
Common Dreams
March 5, 2026
On February 16, 2026, one of us (Jeffrey Sachs) sent a letter to the UN Security Council warning that the United States was on the verge of tearing up the United Nations Charter.
By Tim Hartnett
March 5, 2026
"Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them ? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility." Algernon Moncrieff
If you thought the "E"-word had reached the point of not only being considered poor form but absolutely anti-hip at top tiers of letters, A-14 of the 2-24 NYT says otherwise. It's headlined, "For Elites, Price of Admission to Epstein's World: Silence." Even if you go in for conspiracy theories plenty makes little sense in the Epstein story.
By Ryan McMaken
Mises.org
March 5, 2026
The Trump administration has unilaterally-without any Congressional debate or vote, of course-forced Americans into yet another war. This time, the war is a large-scale military campaign against Iran. Was there any groundswell of public support for this war ? Did the Congress vote to spend more American tax dollars on another war ? Apparently not. According to a March 1 poll from Reuters, only 27 percent of Americans polled said they support the US's new war on Iran.
By Andrew P. Napolitano
March 5, 2026
Over the past weekend, some apologists for President Donald Trump's recently ordered attacks on Iran argued that because Trump's plans call for a quick strike, the attacks do not constitute a war. George Orwell is vindicated yet again.
These apologists believe that calling a war something else means it is not a war, and so moral and constitutional justifications are unnecessary.
March 3, 2026
LENA PETROVA: Welcome, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us. I'm Lena Petrova with a new episode of World Affairs in Context. Today, I'm honored to be joined by Professor Michael Hudson, a renowned economist, distinguished research professor of economics, and author. By the way, I'm currently reading one of Michael's books titled "Superimperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire".
Finian Cunningham
Quando von der Leyen avverte che "abbiamo altre opzioni", l'immagine ostile che viene in mente è quella di un interrogatore della Gestapo che fa roteare le pinze in mano.
La presidente della Commissione europea Ursula von der Leyen è arrivata a Kiev questa settimana a mani vuote ed era irritata. Aveva pianificato di celebrare il quarto anniversario della guerra in Ucraina il 24 febbraio con un nuovo prestito di 90 miliardi di euro per sostenere il regime corrotto di Kiev.
L'administration Trump a menacé d'imposer des droits de douane à tout pays vendant du pétrole au gouvernement cubain.
Source : Truthout, Jake Johnson, CommonDreams
Traduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises
La décision de l'administration Trump de renforcer l'étranglement américain de l'économie cubaine, qui dure depuis des décennies, en privant l'île de sa plus grande source de pétrole, a plongé le pays dans une crise énergétique qui s'aggrave rapidement, obligeant le gouvernement à prendre des mesures d'urgence de grande envergure pour éviter une catastrophe, allant de la réduction des services de transport à la diminution des heures de travail et d'école.
Par Reza Sayah, Murtaza Hussain
Des témoins décrivent une scène d'horreur après un double attentat à la bombe qui a fait plus de 20 morts sur une place populaire de Téhéran.
Alors que des groupes de familles et d'autres personnes se rassemblaient dimanche soir dans les cafés autour de la place Niloofar, un quartier bourgeois de l'est de Téhéran, après avoir rompu leur jeûne du ramadan, une série d'explosions ont frappé la zone, détruisant plusieurs bâtiments et tuant plus de 20 personnes, selon des témoins présents sur place et des informations diffusées ultérieurement par les médias locaux.
Manolo De Los Santos
Tout comme les fausses allégations de trahison du 3 janvier sont à présent faciles à réfuter, il en va de même pour les allégations de trahison formulées au cours des deux derniers mois.
Les premières heures du matin du 3 janvier 2026 ont marqué un tournant dans la lutte séculaire du Venezuela et de l'Amérique latine pour l'autodétermination et l'indépendance.
Par Ahmed Adel
Alors que les États-Unis et Israël bombardent l'Iran pour avoir prétendument développé des armes nucléaires, le président français Emmanuel Macron prévoit de "gérer l'escalade" et de permettre le déploiement des capacités nucléaires françaises sur le territoire des alliés européens. Mais en visant à ouvrir la possibilité de déployer son arsenal nucléaire sur le territoire des alliés européens, Macron menace en réalité la sécurité de l'Europe.
Source: Gettyimages.ru
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Situé entre l'Iran et Oman, le détroit d'Ormuz est l'un des passages maritimes les plus stratégiques du monde. Chaque jour, des centaines de navires y transportent pétrole et gaz depuis les pays du Golfe. À la fois corridor énergétique majeur et espace disputé du droit maritime international, il demeure un point de tension permanent.