Marco Balzarini

"L’intero regime iraniano è guidato da chierici radicali che non prendono decisioni di natura geopolitica. Le loro decisioni si basano sulla teologia, sulla loro interpretazione teologica, che è di tipo apocalittico." - Marco Rubio

Gli USA invece laici, lucidi e razionali. 👇

Trump's trying to find the guy who did this.

Portrait of a brain absolutely stewed in disinformation

Credible reports that ginormous Russian LNG (liquid natural gas) tanker Arctic Metagaz is on fire in Mediterranean. Reports suggest it was hit be a USV (uncrewed surface vessel)

Whether Iran linked or Ukraine, very big implications for Russian war effort

He disgusts me every time he praises the orange clown. So, basically, always.

Oh lookie here... who's going through the Panama Canal and not Greenland? It's our good friend USNS Mercy.

One thing the war planners must have considered is since the war started with the assassination of the Ayatollah and some of his key repressors in government, that the longer this war drags out, and the more bombs fall across Iran, the more the Iranian people's joy of Khamenei gone would depreciate.

Britain orders 23 new AW149 helicopters The Ministry of Defence has confirmed a deal with Leonardo that will see the AW149 selected under the New Medium Helicopter programme.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed a deal with Leonardo that will see the AW149 selected under the New Medium Helicopter programme.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-orde...

Chinese Navy Inducts More Type 903 Fleet Replenishment Ships The Chinese Navy has commissioned the first two new Type 903 series replenishment ships, out of renewed production of at least five vessels.

I've written a short piece on recent PLAN inductions of two new Type 903-series replenishment oilers, for @navalnews.com. Auxiliaries remain a somewhat underappreciated, but critical naval capability. Any changes in this respect are always consequential.

www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

In the Komi Republic of the RF, in the city of Ukhta, the "Lukoil-Ukhtaneftepererabotka" oil refinery caught fire. The cause of the fire is currently unknown; preliminarily, a processing unit is burning. The distance from Ukraine is 1,700 kilometers.

Fincantieri lays keel of first U212NFS Submarine - Naval News On February 27, 2026, Fincantieri announced the keel-laying ceremony for the first next-generation U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) at Muggiano Shipyard in Italy.

On February 27, 2026, Fincantieri announced the keel-laying ceremony for the first next-generation U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) at Muggiano Shipyard in Italy 🇮🇹
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

This is a very important point. The vaccines do reduce transmission.

That bears out in the data.

And it’s important to say it bc right-wing operatives like NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya use the lie that they don’t reduce transmission to support their pro-infection/herd immunity advocacy.

Sorry but I love it every time that the fraud betting apps go health insurance mode and find the smallest discrepancy to justify not paying out to the inside traders who are its core customer base. Eat shit.

“Trump isn’t responsible for the outcomes of his own war” is honestly an accurate representation of how Republicans want Trump to be treated, like a very special toddler.

Says everything about mainstream media in the West.

Measles outbreaks are costing the U.S. millions of dollars. The true losses can't be counted. As vaccination rates decline, the economic consequences will increase, research suggests.

If measles vaccination rates continue to drop just 1% annually for the next five years, the cost to the U.S. could reach $1.5 billion a year, according to a new report from the Yale School of Public Health.

Delivery of the Vlissingen, the second mine countermeasure vessel of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM programme - Naval News The Vlissingen, second mine countermeasure vessel of the rMCM programme and first one for the Royal Netherlands Navy, was delivered on 27th February 2026 in Den Helder.

The Vlissingen, second mine countermeasure vessel of the rMCM programme and first one for the Royal Netherlands Navy, was delivered on 27th February 2026 in Den Helder 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

People talking about "ships not sailing" or "Hormuz Closed". During the Tanker wars of the 80ies, 411 ships were attacked of which 239 oil tankers. 55 of those oil tankers sank or were scrapped. More than 400 merchant seamen lost their lives. Hormuz was never shut down and ships kept on sailing.

French helicopters assisted Belgian Special Forces to board the MT Ethera. MT Ethera is flying a false flag, which is in violation of international maritime law. As such Belgium has the right to board as per international law. MT Ethera has been brought in to the port of Zeebrugge

If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

If ever you needed a front page to capture the crass yet also dangerous silliness of so much of our media, and the impact of right wing nationalism which has done so much harm through a history from which some seem so unable to learn

The thing is: surveys show that Mamdani's skepticism of attacking Iran is very much the mainstream view. Weiss complains about mainstream media elites not representing the broader public view, but she is clearly indicating she does not want all views represented.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

So this is what focusing on the Western Hemisphere looks like.

Casual reminder, on geolocations, you do not need to post coordinates with more than 6 digits after the decimal.

Unless you are geolocating atoms.

As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

A "small, victorious war" - just what's needed for an unpopular president mired in corruption claims and questions about his capacity, facing a tricky election. But enough about 1990s Russian history; I wonder what the Trump administration is up to this week?

The credibility of the Trump administration on Ukraine and Russia would be helped if Trump stopped issuing arbitrary deadlines that then pass with zero consequences. A probably incomplete timeline 🧵

#ThrowbackLoss

This day year ago (2025) holds 10 visually confirmed 🇷🇺 losses in 🇺🇦. That day HUR claimed bunch of high profile targets — mostly radars — hit in Crimea overnight. Unfortunately, few of them like this KamAZ with KUNG (left) could be confirmed via aftermath.

1/4

Once again, RT is claiming that Ukrainians are resorting to “witchcraft” and “black magic” to win the war.

No, it is not an op-ed. It is an actual “news” article on a state-controlled international channel. And it is 100% BS.