American cities are on high alert after US Air Force long range bombers, acting on orders from President Trump carried out airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, declaring the operation a "spectacular military success" while warning Iran to negotiate peace with Israel.
Meanwhile financial marets in the west had a bad case of squeaky bottom syndrom as Iran stepped up its threat to blockade The Strait of Hormuz, through which around 25% of the world's crude oil passes. Such action would cause economic chaos to the global economy. To underline its threat the Iranian government jammed GPS signalling around the strait, disrupting the movementof tankers in and out of the Persian Gulf.
Only hours after news of Trump's strike on Iranian nuclear facilities was reported, the NYPD issued a statement confirming additional patrols at "religious, cultural, and diplomatic sites" across New York City. The department stopped short of confirming any direct threats but obviously fears that Iran has terrorist operatives embedded in the city. Similarly, Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department pledged to "safeguard residents, businesses, and visitors" while monitoring intelligence.It would be naive to pretent that after the Biden era of 'open borders' Iran and other enemies of the USA hae not infiltrated American cities had made plans to damage infrastructure and disruput daily life.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass echoed the cautious stance, stating that while no "credible threats" had been identified, the LAPD was stepping up patrols near places of worship and "sensitive sites." Miami-Dade County also joined the security surge, with sheriff’s deputies increasing visibility countywide.
Former NYPD Inspector Paul Mauro, who specialized in counterterrorism, warned that authorities would focus on locations tied to the conflict, including Shia mosques (Iran’s dominant sect) and Jewish community centers. "You never know what’s going to develop," Mauro said, noting that police would also ramp up cyber surveillance to track online threats.
The Kremlin has announced Monday that Russia stands ready to help Iran in its ongoing conflict with Israel and the United States in the Middle East, based on specific requests.
Such assistance "all depends on what Iran needs," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained, as quoted in TASS. "We have offered our mediation efforts. This is concrete. We have stated our position, which is also a very important form of support for the Iranian side."
"Going forward, everything will depend on what Iran needs at this moment," Peskov continued, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is currently in Moscow, preparing to meet with President Vladimir Putin.
Aljazeera reports today that Russia and China have strongly condemned US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, warning they could drag the world into a broader war and set a dangerous international precedent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday described the American strikes as “unjustified” and said they were pushing the world towards a perilous tipping point. Putin today described the American strikes as “unjustified” and said they were pushing the world towards a perilous tipping point.
The Chinese government also weighed in, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi condemning both the Israeli strikes on Iran and the US bombardment of its nuclear facilities. He said the rationale of attacking over “possible future threats” sent the wrong signal to the world and urged a return to diplomacy.
While the usual suspects in Washington and among the NATO nations were declaring victory and calling for regime change in Tehran, regardless of the fact that Iran is far from defeated, not all voices in the west were praising Trump's unofficial declaation of war.
Quoted from CSW "The U.S. does not seek to defent democracy abroad—it seeks compliance. If democracy produces outcomes favourable to American interests, it is tolerated. But the moment a sovereign electorate chooses a path that diverges from Washington’s preferences, the very same institutions that Americans claim to hold sacred—elections, parliaments, constitutions—are treated as disposable obstacles to geopolitical control.
The 1953 Iranian coup remains one of the clearest illustrations of this duplicity. Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was not a radical; he was a secular reformist, democratically elected, and widely popular for his anti-colonial stance. His primary offence was attempting to nationalise Iran’s oil industry—daring to assert that Iranians, not British or American corporations, should benefit from Iranian resources.
In response, the CIA and MI6 orchestrated a covert operation—Operation Ajax—to topple his government, bribe press and clergy, and install a dictator. The Shah, restored to power, ruled with brutal repression for decades. The democratic parliament was neutered. Political opponents were tortured or disappeared by SAVAK, the Shah’s secret police—trained and funded by the United States.
The coup did not merely interrupt Iran’s experiment with democracy; it annihilated it. The Islamic Revolution of 1979, which replaced monarchy with theocratic rule, was not some inexplicable lurch into extremism. It was a delayed consequence of betrayal.
When a population watches a superpower destroy its democratic institutions for oil profits, the backlash does not arrive with ballots—it arrives with rage. ".-
Root cause? the USA is the problem.
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