What a weird game.

Both Ayatollah Khamenei and President Pezeshkian of Iran issued statements today emphasizing the importance of “sacred unity.”

This confirms rumors of the existence of disunity within the Iranian state—in particular between hardliners and those preferring negotiation. Hardliners are now in control.

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I can’t speak for everyone, but I desperately wanted to be wrong.

I would have much preferred to have turned out to be as overreactive as I was accused of being years ago.

I imagine others who were similarly prescient and publicly outspoken feel the same way.

‼️ CENTCOM reports:

• Two US service members dead
• One US service member MIA

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‼️ CENTCOM:

• Two US service members killed
• One US service member MIA

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⚠️ Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran is out with a new statement:

• “The signature of the US President is utterly worthless and devoid of credibility.”
• “Now that the American enemy is seeking to escalate the conflict…Iran and the Resistance Front have unforgettable lessons in store for it.”

More:

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Nazi rhetoric weaponized the concept of deformity to dehumanize targeted groups and justify mass murder.

Nazi propaganda framed minorities, political dissidents, and the disabled as biological “life unworthy of life” or “deformities” on the national body.

That’s exactly what Miller is doing.

Israel is still bombing Gaza, btw. Every day on my X feed, I see reports of another massacre. They’re small in scale but unceasing. Some of the victims are children.

⚠️ Update:

“Dozens of additional aerial refueling tankers that the American military is sending to Israel will be landing and stationed at Israeli airbases, rather than Ben Gurion Airport,” per Times of Israel.

This move is a strong signal of a likely resumption of more intense US military action.

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“Some 10,000 people across 20 Iranian villages” are without water, per Al Jazeera.

From the Haaretz report:

“Israel's former national security adviser dismissed the plans as ‘science fiction’ and stopped attending the preparatory meetings altogether.”

⚠️ Netanyahu concealed from Trump the Israeli military’s serious doubts about the plans for the Iran War, per Haaretz:

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