CIRCLE WITH A DOT

March 24, 2026. The United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against Iran. Nuclear facilities at Natanz and Fordo. Air defense systems. Command centers.This is the largest military escalation in the Middle East since the Iraq War.The immediate fallout is already visible:Oil prices spiked 15% to $125 per barrelGlobal stock markets dropped 3-5%Iran declared a state of emergency and promised retaliationHezbollah and Shia militias may now enter the conflictThe strikes occur during a US election year. Domestic politics and military action are now intertwined in ways that complicate any diplomatic off-ramp.History is clear: military interventions in this region have consistently produced civilian casualties, humanitarian crises, and long-term instability. International humanitarian law exists precisely for moments like this. The question is whether anyone will enforce it.Diplomatic channels must be reopened immediately. Regional escalation would be catastrophic not only for the Middle East but for global economic stability and human rights worldwide.https://newsgroup.site/us-israel-iran-attack-march-2026/#middleeast #geopolitics #war #humanrights #internationalrelations

Israeli Military Showcased Its Gaza Tactics To Canadian Troops#IsraelMilitary #CriticismOfCanada #ProblemSolving #GazaTactics #InternationalRelations #cdnpolihttps://www.readthemaple.com/israeli-military-showcased-its-gaza-tactics-to-canadian-troops/

#multilateralism #InternationalRelations I agree."If we truly value this system, we must now demonstrate that value with resources, not merely rhetoric....In each case, the UN Security Council has proven unable or unwilling to act, paralysed by the very veto structure that privileges the powerful over the vulnerable."https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/9/it-is-time-for-the-world-to-move-on-without-the-united-states

#InternationalRelations https://www.hudson.org/national-security-defense/iran-strike-all-about-china-zineb-riboua

@redglobal an example to be followed.

@ChrisMayLA6 It's a mug's game to try to make sense of what's so obviously capricious. I'd try augury.As to all these adventures of conquest, holding an empire has historically proved to be a lot harder than conquering one.Or, as Spock says near the end of Amok Time, "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."

'No to war': Pedro Sanchez hits back as Trump threatens full trade embargo on Spain#InternationalRelations #TrumpTradeThreat #NoToWar #USSpainTensions #SanchezRebuttalhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93wwq1n542o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Everything We Know About The Conflict In Iran#IranianLeadershipDeaths #InternationalRelations #MiddleEastCrisis #IranConflict #AliKhameneihttps://newsone.com/6851523/everything-we-know-about-the-conflict-in-iran/

@ChrisMayLA6 the alt-text is pure euphemism