Louise in Ontario🇨🇦

NBC: US admin communicated that the “operation” in Iran will continue in phases

> 17,000 attacks already unleashed, targeting maritime targets and missile stockpiles

Next:

- “taking out” Iran Air Force /air defense / offensive capability
- then, moving inwards (they don’t rule anything out)

❗️Trump said Iran is being decimated and rejected the suggestion that Israel forced the US hand on Iran, saying "No, I might have forced theirs." Trump also ordered Treasury Secretary Bessent to clear all trade with Spain after Spain refused the use of US military bases. #Iran

Qatar Halts LNG Production — And the Shock Is Spreading Europe’s energy transition, Russia’s fiscal leverage and global inflation are now colliding as Gulf instability ripples through energy and financial markets.

Qatar Halts LNG Production — And the Shock Is Spreading

Europe’s energy transition, Russia’s fiscal leverage and global inflation are now colliding as Gulf instability ripples through energy and financial markets.

www.onestnetwork.com/qatar-halts-...

When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything…

I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters…

Drumpf didn’t hide who he is.

Trump's ad hoc war fails the basic tests for Canadian diplomatic and military support. He offered no compelling public case for pre-emptive strikes before the first missiles flew, did little to build a genuinely broad international coalition, and made no serious effort to secure even symbolic UN backing. That is entirely in character for a leader who has weaponized inconsistency, bombast, bullying and impulsive decision-making to foment chaos.

Carney's problem, however, if the war grinds on and the worst comes to pass, is that he has already tipped his hat to Trump. By endorsing the stated objective of stopping Iran's nuclear program while distancing Canada only from the "planning" of the operation, he has narrowed his margin of maneuvre. Given Canada's real exposure to Trump's economic and political tirades, staying out of this war will demand exactly the kind of principled, coalition-based middle-power diplomacy Carney described in Davos, this time not in theory but in practice.

Worth reading 🇨🇦
www.policymagazine.ca/carneys-iran...

Excellent point, and phrasing. I get how tempting it is to assume things will “go back to normal” at some point-but we have to push ourselves to think much differently in this moment.

I don’t like that final qualifying phrase, "…at this time"

Canada should never involve itself in this illegal war.

World at War: Canada Must Speak Up On the first day of the Iran war, they bombed a school and murdered 165 children, seriously injuring 95 more.

On day one of the war 165 children were murdered in a terror bombing of a school.
At one time such an atrocity would result in widespread condemnation.
Not any more.
We remain silent at our peril.
My latest piece.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/world-at-w...

More from Qom right after the airstrikes. Meanwhile, reports are coming in from Mehrabad, where the airport is under attack by Israeli-US aircraft. #Iran

This was Russia today Monday, March 2, 2026 — Meduza

Wrote a short review of Macron's "forward deterrence" speech as it pertains to Russia. It's mostly getting buried in news coverage because of the Iran War, but it certainly seems like a development with repercussions to come in Europe. meduza.io/en/brief/202...

❗️France has deployed Rafale fighter jets over the UAE to protect its naval and air bases after one base was targeted by a drone, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said. Paris also plans to send anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus. #Iran

Maybe it’s a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.

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Mideast war exposes fragile oil, gas dependency As in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, the new war in the Middle East is exposing once again how far Europe and others lag in replacing imported fossil fuels with domestic solar and wind power, speci...

Good piece from @afp.com on the longer-term lessons for European energy re: Iran crisis.

"Only by reducing structural dependence on oil and LNG imports can Europe durably shield its economy from recurrent external shocks."

Translation: he didn't have enough weapons to fight his war of choice and so he is blaming Ukraine

They’re now speaking about it openly.

Iran War Update 1 Events from the last 24 hours

Catch-up.

Israel launches new attacks on Tehran and Beirut, as US embassy in Riyadh hit by two drones Israel says it is hitting

Israel has used the cover of the Iran War to launch a ground invasion of “strategic parts of Lebanon”.

All part of the plan.

The Middle East War: Objectives, Geography, and Consequences A detailed analysis of the Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran, regional escalation, energy chokepoints, regime structure, and global consequences.

The Middle East War: Objectives, Geography, and Consequences

A detailed analysis of the Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran, regional escalation, energy chokepoints, regime structure, and global consequences.

www.onestnetwork.com/the-middle-e...

In another documentation for why Europe should not depend on the US, for his war of choice against Iran Trump is removing defence from South Korea while at the same time blaming military aid to Ukraine under Biden for limits in US stockpiles.

Caught In Another Untruth... Danielle Smith tries to retcon the "Corrupt Care" scandal again but it backfires. Again.

Exclusive!

Danielle Smith tried to add another layer of spin on the “Corrupt Care” scandal last weekend…

But an email obtained by The Breakdown quickly proved those claims to not be based in reality.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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The irrational strongman we’ve been warned about is here His name is Donald J. Trump.

"Trump's attack on Iran is terrifying in part because it's so untethered from policy goals and logic. He offered a range of half-hearted explanations for his rush to war, but the conflicting excuses only underlined the obvious truth — he attacked Iran because he felt like it."

A Saudi official saying this on Al Jazeera, a Qatari media outlet, is far more telling than any nugget of information carefully leaked to an American media outlet.

This war will permanently alter the relationship of the Gulf states, the US, and Israel.

JUNEAU: "I can see a scenario where Trump ends up basically declaring victory saying, 'This war is too complicated. Oil prices are going up. It's going to cost me at the midterms.' ... In which case the Islamic Republic survives and Iranians are basically thrown under the bus."

Israel Exploits Attack on Iran to Reinstate Gaza 'Starvation Policy' | Common Dreams Israel is closing Gaza crossings while waging an illegal war on Iran with the United States.

www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-bo...

For many in the US today, their beliefs are written first by their politics and only a distance second by their faith; and if the two conflict, they’ll go with ideology over theology any day.

Leaders like Leo help us see the difference: and I’m pretty sure they would call Jesus even worse things.

JUNEAU: "Arab states of the Gulf are absolutely enraged right now at being targeted so hard by Iran ... And the issue here is that they have responded not by pressuring the US to stop, but by aligning themselves even more closely with the US."

The US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been hit by Iranian drones. It’s on fire. (Al Arabiya)

RAE: "Regime change from 50,000 feet is not something that happens."

Hezbollah has officially declared war on Israel as Iran and Hezbollah launch a large-scale missile attack on Israel, with Israeli air defenses engaging the incoming strikes. The US and Israel have launched additional strikes on western Iran, while Iran has separately attacked the Saudi capital #Iran