It really amazes me that there are people who hate Trump and Netanyahu and the Jews enough to feel sympathy for the Iranian government. The Mullahs have been building the Death Star, and Israel has stopped them in the final days before it became operational. These are the folks who arrest women on the street who show their ankles or don't cover their hair completely. And they take them to Evin prison where they are regularly beaten, raped, and murdered.
I don't think there is another regime on this earth as vile and ruthless as the Iranian theocracy or more deserving of being obliterated.
Criticizing foreign policy is not the same as "feeling sorry" for the Iranian government or "hating" Jews and Trump. I supported Trump on the basis he wouldn't be a party to this kind of lawless intervening. because he said he wouldn't. Your arguments about the Mullahs and women are the same ones that kept coalition forces in Afghanistan for way too long before abandoning it to the very mullahs it was fighting -- at a high cost of blood and treasure. This is not America's fight. Netanyahu isn't making the world safer for Jews or anyone else. He is keeping himself out of the courtroom on corruption charges.
If, in 1938, France and Britain had launched a preemptive strike on Germany and negated their ability to wage war, the world would never have known the hell that was averted. Two things can be true at the same time. However reprehensible Netanyahu may be, he did the world a favour by neutralizing Iran.
Netanyahu hasn't "neutralized Iran". Israel can't even neutralize Gaza, which is something like 20 x 40 miles. With everything supplied to Israel by GB and the USA.
Yes, but the perpetuity ends when the Debt Based hegemon fails. The USA is on our last leg, where we're psychotic from living in the 7 Deadly Sins for 46 years.
For the Circuses part of the Bread and Circuses, we're playing Russian Roulette with an automatic. It's like watching Wyle E Coyote, but it's real.
Pretty much. The Mizrahi ARE Semites. Their first language is Arabic, a Semitic language. The the Ashkenazi are unbelievably racist towards the Mizrahi.
Your sources seem based on Israeli propaganda. Just today the US intelligence service went against Trump and the war mongers by stating that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons . Neutralizing Netanyahoo would make the world a much sacred place than neutralizing Iran.
You are quite right that Netanyahu has not made the world any safer for Jews. But you can't reasonably claim that he hasn't made Israel safer for Jews. Missiles no longer arrive from Gaza into Israel's population centers. Nor do they arrive from Lebanon any more since Hezbollah was decimated; Jews are once again able to return to their homes in northern Israel without having to hide in bunkers every time the sirens sound. Houthis in Yemen and the Mullahs in Iran are no longer serious threats, so the Jews in Israel are very much safer.
Jews elsewhere in the world do not have the IDF on hand to protect them, so they are much more vulnerable to the depredations of antisemites. But we take comfort from the fact that Israel has resisted every assault from Iran and its proxies and remains as a place of refuge from the perennial waves of mindless Jew-hatred.
As for Netanyahu's corruption charges, they are not nearly as grave as all those which were fabricated by the Deep State to obstruct Trump. And these are just as baseless. The majority which keeps voting to keep Netanyahu in power recognizes them for what they are: an expression of BDS (Bibi Derangement Syndrome).
People are leaving Israel. Until there is a two-state solution and a less bellicose regime in Tel Aviv -- it will continue to be an insecure place. From Haaretz: Nearly 60,000 Israelis left the country last year and didn't return – more than twice the number in 2023. A full 81 percent were young people and families, often between 25 and 44 years old, the statistics bureau says. And the company Ci Marketing found that around 40 percent of Israelis still here are considering leaving. Reasons for these figures might seem obvious: the war, the government's attempt to weaken the judiciary, the rising cost of living.
Most "Israelis" are dual citizens and live mostly in Brooklyn and Brighton Beach. The houses they stole from the Palestinian Semites are really seasonal residences.
All the above, baseless and untrue. In fact, Israelis who were stranded abroad have been returning to Israel en masse on full flights whenever possible. For Israelis, Haaretz is the inane Lefty Liberal tabloid; it would be the same as CBC for Canadians. Democracies can tolerate this, of course. Whereas TOI offers a relatively unbiased take on current events.
Do Zionazis like you have any sense of proportion or self-criticsm? It is a rhetorical question. I feel like I am in Nazi Germany but with a handful of crazed Jews in charge.
You are blinded by a few months. The only way to stop Palestinians from fighting back against Israel is to annihilate Israel, which they are attempting to do, ever so slowly.
Annihilate Israel… now there’s a good idea. Let the people live and blend in, but the country itself should go, was the worst idea of the 2nd half of the 20th century. Israel is now quite obviously an indefensible idea. It’s a fake country engineered by the interests of Western empire . That’s all it is. Soon it will be gone.
With all due respect, when you say "we disagree" who are you referring to? The Royal We? In actuality, 15 of your readers agree with Sam Hilt. More "likes" than any other comment in this thread.
Ah, yes, the Royal We ;-) Actually I'm quite surprised to find that there are so many decent souls still hanging out here. I jumped ship a couple years ago when the hissing and spitting of the brain-dead got to be too much for me.
I still do appreciate Trish's commentary on various matters, but anything having to do with Israel and the Jews brings out the worst in her. And she seems to be utterly unwilling to acknowledge or confront that blind spot.
I too did appreciate Trish’s work when she came out vs. Covid and in support of the Freedom Convoy. Not solely because I agreed with her, but because she was able to see through the thick globalist fog and present reasonable, timely counter-narratives when most Canadian journos could only parrot the nonsense. Then October 7 comes along and she joins the parroting pro-Intifada watermelon clowns in line with the Qatar/Iran funded mental Western deprogramming efforts and she fell in line with the worst of them, joining the "Zionist" cover for anti-Jew hatred in keeping with our noble Islamist refugees and ignorant undergrad idiots studying Marx and Edward Said at university.
And like you said in another post, the sickness of that kind of antisemitism really has revealed itself via the cracks in her personality. It does seem to take root in the frontal lobes, and it leads to devastating consequences for the host. Talk about a free fall!
Yes, we seem to be tuned in to a similar view of things. It's taken me a long time to recognize that I'm sane and sober and that I have nothing to apologize for. But there's so much "noise" in the system that it's often hard to see straight and think clearly. Your short and sweet obit for the fallen Trish sums it all up very nicely.
As a non Jew, I learned that I am expendable. My life is worth nothing. I also learned that Israel has no limits, and there is nothing that they will not do.
You start with a nice base of hyperbole and warmongering rhetoric taken from TV talking points, then add a cup of lies and a few pinches of religious dogma... cook until still mostly raw...et viola! A Sam Hilt Supremo!
I agree with Sam. It's a wonder to me how we have come to this place where Westerners can support terror organizations, whether it is Hamas or the IRGC, those who vow to bring death to America and whose oft-stated purpose is to eradicate Western civilization as we know it. It is testimony to the outcomes we might expect of rampant Jew hate. Hate fuels hate fuels ignorance fuels hate...and so it goes...
The mechanics of the process are still a mystery to me. But the outcome is as predictable as the sun rising in the morning:
Engaging in Jew-hatred really seems to drive people crazy. The virus of antisemitism somehow attacks the frontal lobes and turns its victims into blithering idiots with a broken moral compass.
Anyone taking a cursory rummage through her comment section would be right to wonder if she is not some pro-Islamist far-right pundit, as her current "critical" commentary, which teeters somewhere between Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, attracts the lowest of the low for acolytes.
Part of me wants to believe that Trish is above all that but at this point they might represent the majority of her audience that remains...and I guess she's okay with that?
I'm an anti-Iran Islamophobe. But Israeli actions make me side with Iran. FUK the whites who want to determine the faith of the Middle East. It is NOT ours.
Iran is the oldest country in the world.
They have the RIGHT to rule their own destiny.
They have the RIGHT to be an influence in regional politics.
Why the FUK do stupid people believe we have the right to control that region?? It's fukin retarded.
You are a peon of propaganda by the Military Industrial Complex.
Good lord, if the US had tried to destroy your country (since overthrowing your government decades ago) continuously throughout your entire lifetime, you might act as they do.
Of course, if you've travelled Iran extensively and have all this information from your firsthand experiences, my apologies. Otherwise, you should consider questioning your assumptions.
None of your business, and using this as some kind of justification for foreign intervention is dishonest. Iran is what it is…. But it has it not invaded another country in 200 years. The US and Israel on the other hand….. well that’s a matter of public record.
Frank, did you not hear Trish say we are all welcome to express our opinions and raise discussion points but, throughout this commentary all l've heard from you are nasty counter-arguments. Please tell me how this is helpful?
I note then that you are more upset by my alleged “nasty counter arguments'“ against Genocide of Semitic Palestinians and the active attemtps by Israel to start WW3-Nuclear than you are by the arguments of those who promote those things.
I do not think that Trish means to turn this forum into a kindergarten class with you in charge.
I suggest you put me on ‘Ignore’ if you can’t take the heat. I will not miss you in the least, I promise you.
Au contraire mon chere… l am also against the “genocide” and more than a little upset about the on-set of WWIII and the nuclear devastation Israel’s attack on Iran will bring.
I just don’t care for your arrogance and the way you speak down to people without making your position clear. I appreciate the way Trish presents current issues and how she always encourages respectful dialogue from any and all that want to learn more.
If you feel you have superior knowlege on this or any other subject concerning West Asia, l would be the first to encourage you to consider starting your own substack or your own podcast?
If it is possible to block, l will certainly do so Franz Kafka.
It's disappointing that Trish doesn't block rabid haters like "Franz Kafka." Encouraging diverse points of view is one thing. Indulging smug, snarky creeps who just spit insults with every second word is a dereliction of duty when you host a website.
I watched that segment with Jeffrey Sachs on Judge Napolitano’s show yesterday. I went into it already feeling upset about Israel’s bombing of Iran, but seeing how despondent Jeffrey Sachs was left me feeling even more distressed. As for Trump, I’m out. I was somewhat supportive of him for two reasons, one being his supposed anti-war stance, and the other what looked to be the promising MAHA movement. Although there have been some gains in the MAHA arena, there have been too many glaring oversights to count it as a win (not pulling all MRNA jabs being the biggest one). He was dishonest when he said he’d have the Ukrainian conflict settled on day one. And now this. What a mess. God have mercy on us all.
Netanyahu dealt with the hand that was given him by poor decisions by western governments. When lunatics are yelling “Death to Israel” and building a weapon of
mass destruction, funded by corrupt government, he had no choice. Don’t blame the
shit show on Trump he inherited this mess. The woke Canadian government is just as
much to blame. The job of destroying their ability to start a nuclear war needs to be
Do you honestly believe that Netenyahu was somehow forced into the role of Israel's PM against his will and under the thumb of the USA?
And no one is shouting Death to Israel unless you listen to Israeli propaganda that wants you to think that the Arab world is saying such things when they are not. Every accusation is a confession of guilt. Smoke and mirrors with a side of deflection, that's all.
That speech by Netenyahu saying " to the lovely people of Iran, our fight is not with you. We (the benevolent Jews) want to liberate you (the oppressed Muslims) from your tyrannical leaders...".
Am I the only one who didn’t interpret Trump’s post on truth social the same? The way I read it was Trump warned Iran, because he knew what Israel was planning but I don’t see any admittance that they were involved? Maybe I’m missing some other context?
The very fact that the US leadership knew it was going to happen makes them criminally complicit. They are the only ones who could have stopped all this -simply by promising to cut Israel off- just like the last 20 months in Gaza (and of course the last 75 years in Palestine )
infamous friday 13th, 2025. in trying to formulate their thoughts on this latest ominous act of war, many of my go-to commenters were taken aback and emotional (indeed, Jeffrey Sachs). what's next, one has to wonder? Kit Klarenberg on the secret (well, not so secret) history of how Isr*el got its nukes - https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/hidden-history-how-israel-acquired
"When two veteran propaganda machines like Israel’s and Iran’s are engaged in open warfare, there is no such thing as journalism— we’re left to decode battlefield theater."
I don't agree. It's tricky but there are trustworthy people and the outlines of what happened are admitted by the main players. Even Israel's former prime ministers are freaked out by the bellicosity of Bibi. The negotiations hadn't failed. I think we can all agree that shooting first and looking for agreements later is bad policy. From Vietnam through to Iraq and Libya.
David Cooper, you absolutely nailed it. The Zionists have falsified scripture, re-written history and corrupted reality to such an extent (and for so many decades) it's no wonder we're all confused about who the terrorists really are.
George Galloway? Do you know a lot about British polititlcians? Are you a fan of Piers Morgan? Or GB News? I think my favourite Scot is Neil Oliver if only for his accent. But, l have to admit, l don’t like to waste too much time there.
On Thursday, I had been listening to a two and quarter hour long interview with Jeffrey Sachs on Tucker Carlson's podcast. Professor Sachs sounded very positive about the Trump regime's foreign policy and efforts to broker peace in both Ukraine and Iran.
After the events of late Thursday, I heard the interview between Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Napolitano. Professor Sachs's disappointment was evident.
The interesting thing with Judge Nap and the professor is that although they don't cheerlead for a particular team, they seem oriented towards the Republican party, or at least, its nominal values. The good thing is that they don't shy away from criticizing President Trump, nor the various factions within the party, when it is appropriate.
Listened too to the Tucker interview, so was surprised the erudite, knowledgeable Sachs chose to comment so early in this fray.
We know that DJT is said to be a mix of 3D chess and the art of the deal.
He trusts few and keeps his cards close to his vest.
JD Vance recently stated that he does not know anyone who can read people as well as Trump.
He keeps his friends close and enemies closer.
He has been at this game for 35+ years, has played in the sandbox of the rich and famous, accrued, lost and accrued a fortune, travelled the world for decades making real estate deals.
His friends say he is kind, courteous, generous to a fault, a good listener, extremely smart and very funny. And they add he is nothing like the “boor” role he plays - a role he adopted to relate to the flyover zone.
He is 79, fabulously rich, and has endured endless slings and arrows since 2016. Prior to that, he was roundly beloved.
He and his family endure death threats and two attempts on his life (can we imagine their fear every time they step out?); he has faced a vicious barrage by the MSM since 2016, fought endless court cases, facing hundreds of years of prison. He will potentially fight them again after 2028 - and possibly be jailed.
And so, some would ask when he has a loving family, grandkids to dandle on his knees, a business, and love of golf, why he puts up with this shiznit. I mean, who of us could endure this relentless pressure, unless they saw light at the end of the tunnel. Like JFK and Ike, he swore to take on the deep state and the military industrial complex.
He could have walked away in 2020 and retired, and because he re-entered the fray, the ugly detraction and horrid lawsuits commenced.
Surely, one has to take stock of this and ask if he knows something we don’t. He sits behind the Resolute desk, the great global listening post. Can we imagine he may have knowledge and intel we don’t? That he has an overarching plan known to him and a few. Recall the DIME rule of foreign policy: Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economics.
Are we all disappointed at this stage? You betcha. On a number of fronts, but the stakes are high for him - and all of us. There is more here than we can see.
We the watchers need to drop back ten yards, punt the ball, take some cleansing breaths, and pray and wait. Pray hard.
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Sorry you are so fooled by a narcissistic psychopath. Being charming is often one of their most prominent features. He fooled a lot of foolish people, who are magical thinkers . The guys a blowhard looser who feared his father and so invented all the bluster and charm to make his way in the world. You can hear it so obviously in his voice and face. Pure false ego, pure arrogance projected to mask his fears while pretending to be tough . He’s a very weak man inside. America got the leader they deserved- a fake father figure.
I don't understand why people give Trump the benefit of the doubt. He's always been a sociopath, not too bright, poorly educated, attracted to some pretty seedy creeps. I've said this before and you got mad at me. I don't want to alienate you. I just don't understand how anyone could believe he was against war. He's FOR ill-gotten gains. That's Trump.
Beyond that, I have to correct your understanding of WWII history. The US president knew before hand that if he cut off Japan's supply lines, they would bomb Pearl Harbor. And if they bombed Pearl Harbor the American public would get onboard not only with bombing Japan with our shiny new atomic bombs, but they'd also get on board with incarcerating Japanese-Americans and -Canadians and stealing their property, which pleased the labor bosses no end. And the government knew even before cutting off their supply lines that Japan was getting ready to surrender. It was just a matter of a little time. So don't blame Yamamoto for Trump telling Netanyahu to kill yet more Iranian leaders. I've lost track how many he has killed. How many Israeli (or American) leaders have the Iranians killed? Zero.
The reason the Iranians keep saying they don't want a nuclear weapon is that the Ayatollah Khomeini thought about it long and hard and decided it was haram, forbidden, against Islamic law. Unlike American and Israeli law, it is not okay to kill civilians in Islamic law. So there still exists a fatwa against it. Period. Until that fatwa is lifted, they will not pursue it. Netanyahu knows this. That guy couldn't utter the truth if his life depended on it. True to form, as soon as the attack on Iran had happened, he left Israel in his private plane and ended up hiding out in Athens.
If these fools think the Crown Prince and his silly wife are capable of running a modern state, they have no clue who they are and what the Shah was like. God help us. The only people who want that are Iranians who haven't lived in Iran for 50 years and who were busy sucking up to power brokers before the Revolution. They were a lot like the Trump family, come to think of it. Doing whatever they had to in order to acquire whatever they could. A tiny fraction of the population. The only people whose business it is to decide what kind of government they have are current Iranian citizens. I wish the rest of you would shut the fuck up. It's not our business. And we're not doing a very good job with choosing our own government.
Israel has been falling apart for a long time and its dissolution has been hastening at an alarming speed since 10/7/2023. No matter what happens, Israel will not survive. It has lost its raison d'etre. Picking a corpse (like vultures) is no reason NOT to bury your dead. Anyway, throughout this genocide what I have been impressed by is the culture of the Palestinians, their integrity, their love and loyalty to their community and family. If Israel had one iota of that, they wouldn't be in the dire straits they are in.
It's shocking so many serious people took Trump seriously. I never met a snake whose oil I would consume. (And this applies to Netanyahu, too.) Highly recommend you watch Alon Mizrahi's substack the night of the Israeli attack. He's been crying into the wilderness for quite awhile now, trying to get other Israeli Jews to listen. He makes a lot of sense. He runs the substack, "The Mizrahi Perspective."
Yes. Is that too radical for you? In war only combatants may be killed. And don't tell me Hamas killed 1200 civilians on October 7th because they did not. They shot through locked doors to get people to come out and I think a baby died that way. And they were attacked by IOF and some civilians died in cross-fire, although most Israelis serve in the military off and on throughout their lives so they're not entirely civilian. MOST of the people who died on October 7 were killed by the IOF. Yes. They don't rape hostages either, unlike the IOF who even rape little boys. With sticks. Actually, I'm not Jewish but my understanding of Jewish law is that any non-Jew is fair game. I'm not sure that's true. Hope not for their sake. It dehumanizes their prisoners, it's true, but it dehumanizes the Israelis much more. The people in the kibbutz (which are stolen farms, please remember) double as reservists to protect Israel's boundaries. So fighting is part of their job.
As throughout the West, the law is one thing and abiding by it another. Islam is a highly ethical, moral and good religion. Put another way, do you blame the cows for the quality of a McDonald's hamburger?
Israel has made a calculated move in initiating this attack, but has made a grave mistake. They killed the top man at the IRGC, who was replaced the next day. The nuclear scientists will take longer to replace, as new ones will need to be trained, but replaced they will be, and the new ones will just read what the old ones did and pick up from there.
That Iran was able to launch a counterattack so quickly tells us that very little was actually disrupted. To be truly effective, what they should have done was kill everybody: all the top brass at the IRGC, all the mullahs, the supreme leader, the president, and anyone else that could have directed the current attack.
Now lots of civilians in Israel are going to die. What was Israel going to do, drive their tanks across Syria and Iraq to invade Iran? Of course not. Bibi wants the USA to do what they can not.
I also feel the need to point out that during the period of time this attack was being set up, all the armed forces ads we've been seeing have not featured stories like Emma and her two moms.
The US aka Israel are pushing the envelope, it has been scripted long time ago by the BIS, they are watching to see how the World reacts, if no real push back by humanity and the World, you know what comes next, do not say the ( NB ) word, humanity as we know it will be burnt toast for a lack of a better expression.
Friends of mine, years ago, who worked at the Baha’i World Centre in Haifa, Israel, mentioned that Armageddon is actually a Greek translation of the Hebrew word Har Megiddo which was an ancient city in northern Israel. It was prophesied/suggested that the final battle will literally occur there! At that time it didn’t make sense to me that the final battle will be between Israel and Iran…I just assumed it was a metaphor an allegory…how times have changed!
Another thing, the reason the US continues to support Israel is they cannot risk having the area taken over by Iran, Iraq, Lebanon etc., and I’m thinking, is that the worst thing in the world? Iran, a Shia Muslim state, and the other Muslim countries, predominantly Sunni Muslims, may never unite to eliminate Israel because of their religious differences (think the troubles in Northern Ireland between Catholics and Protestants). Is it possible to conceive that none of the Muslim countries really want war with Israel but want the US out of the region? Perhaps I’m being naive but what if the worst case scenario never happens if the US stops funding Israel.
Bibi needs to be charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Everyone knows that when the US and its allies rain fire, destruction and death down on other countries, they're spreading freedom and democracy. When other countries do it, it's called terrorism or totalitarianism (unprovoked, of course).
The West's fascination with military weapons and defense spending is a stain on our culture. Not sure why we can't choose the option that results in less death and destruction.
This would be a good time for China to attack Taiwan, is this war on Iran another diversion bc it seems to me that the only ones who benefit are the Chinese! So Israel fighting Iran & 🇺🇸distracted
It really amazes me that there are people who hate Trump and Netanyahu and the Jews enough to feel sympathy for the Iranian government. The Mullahs have been building the Death Star, and Israel has stopped them in the final days before it became operational. These are the folks who arrest women on the street who show their ankles or don't cover their hair completely. And they take them to Evin prison where they are regularly beaten, raped, and murdered.
I don't think there is another regime on this earth as vile and ruthless as the Iranian theocracy or more deserving of being obliterated.
Criticizing foreign policy is not the same as "feeling sorry" for the Iranian government or "hating" Jews and Trump. I supported Trump on the basis he wouldn't be a party to this kind of lawless intervening. because he said he wouldn't. Your arguments about the Mullahs and women are the same ones that kept coalition forces in Afghanistan for way too long before abandoning it to the very mullahs it was fighting -- at a high cost of blood and treasure. This is not America's fight. Netanyahu isn't making the world safer for Jews or anyone else. He is keeping himself out of the courtroom on corruption charges.
If, in 1938, France and Britain had launched a preemptive strike on Germany and negated their ability to wage war, the world would never have known the hell that was averted. Two things can be true at the same time. However reprehensible Netanyahu may be, he did the world a favour by neutralizing Iran.
Netanyahu hasn't "neutralized Iran". Israel can't even neutralize Gaza, which is something like 20 x 40 miles. With everything supplied to Israel by GB and the USA.
Neutralising is not the objective.
The Military Industrial Complex requires perpetual war to continue to generate their profits.
It's ALWAYS about $$$
Yes, but the perpetuity ends when the Debt Based hegemon fails. The USA is on our last leg, where we're psychotic from living in the 7 Deadly Sins for 46 years.
For the Circuses part of the Bread and Circuses, we're playing Russian Roulette with an automatic. It's like watching Wyle E Coyote, but it's real.
I suppose, yes, it must end someday.
But that day may well be far in the future.
I'm 60, I'm pretty sure it won't be in my lifetime.
I liked that China looked incensed at the attack on Iran.
But China is not ready to become world leader... nor would I want them to.
25 X 5, believe it or not. The Gazans are GENIUSES.
They are Palestinians and they are Semites. That makes the Jews the biggest anti-Semites on Earth.
Pretty much. The Mizrahi ARE Semites. Their first language is Arabic, a Semitic language. The the Ashkenazi are unbelievably racist towards the Mizrahi.
Your sources seem based on Israeli propaganda. Just today the US intelligence service went against Trump and the war mongers by stating that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons . Neutralizing Netanyahoo would make the world a much sacred place than neutralizing Iran.
More unconscionable, psychopath-generated bullshit. Is there a filter for this kind of thing? It feels like Ted Bundy is in the room.
You are quite right that Netanyahu has not made the world any safer for Jews. But you can't reasonably claim that he hasn't made Israel safer for Jews. Missiles no longer arrive from Gaza into Israel's population centers. Nor do they arrive from Lebanon any more since Hezbollah was decimated; Jews are once again able to return to their homes in northern Israel without having to hide in bunkers every time the sirens sound. Houthis in Yemen and the Mullahs in Iran are no longer serious threats, so the Jews in Israel are very much safer.
Jews elsewhere in the world do not have the IDF on hand to protect them, so they are much more vulnerable to the depredations of antisemites. But we take comfort from the fact that Israel has resisted every assault from Iran and its proxies and remains as a place of refuge from the perennial waves of mindless Jew-hatred.
As for Netanyahu's corruption charges, they are not nearly as grave as all those which were fabricated by the Deep State to obstruct Trump. And these are just as baseless. The majority which keeps voting to keep Netanyahu in power recognizes them for what they are: an expression of BDS (Bibi Derangement Syndrome).
People are leaving Israel. Until there is a two-state solution and a less bellicose regime in Tel Aviv -- it will continue to be an insecure place. From Haaretz: Nearly 60,000 Israelis left the country last year and didn't return – more than twice the number in 2023. A full 81 percent were young people and families, often between 25 and 44 years old, the statistics bureau says. And the company Ci Marketing found that around 40 percent of Israelis still here are considering leaving. Reasons for these figures might seem obvious: the war, the government's attempt to weaken the judiciary, the rising cost of living.
Most "Israelis" are dual citizens and live mostly in Brooklyn and Brighton Beach. The houses they stole from the Palestinian Semites are really seasonal residences.
All the above, baseless and untrue. In fact, Israelis who were stranded abroad have been returning to Israel en masse on full flights whenever possible. For Israelis, Haaretz is the inane Lefty Liberal tabloid; it would be the same as CBC for Canadians. Democracies can tolerate this, of course. Whereas TOI offers a relatively unbiased take on current events.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-embarks-on-plan-to-bring-more-than-100000-israelis-stuck-abroad-safely-home/
Do Zionazis like you have any sense of proportion or self-criticsm? It is a rhetorical question. I feel like I am in Nazi Germany but with a handful of crazed Jews in charge.
You are blinded by a few months. The only way to stop Palestinians from fighting back against Israel is to annihilate Israel, which they are attempting to do, ever so slowly.
Annihilate Israel… now there’s a good idea. Let the people live and blend in, but the country itself should go, was the worst idea of the 2nd half of the 20th century. Israel is now quite obviously an indefensible idea. It’s a fake country engineered by the interests of Western empire . That’s all it is. Soon it will be gone.
Yes, only fools think the purpose of Israel is a "Jewish Homeland". The Military interests/profits are the only purpose.
We disagree but you are welcome to post your arguments here....:)
With all due respect, when you say "we disagree" who are you referring to? The Royal We? In actuality, 15 of your readers agree with Sam Hilt. More "likes" than any other comment in this thread.
Ah, yes, the Royal We ;-) Actually I'm quite surprised to find that there are so many decent souls still hanging out here. I jumped ship a couple years ago when the hissing and spitting of the brain-dead got to be too much for me.
I still do appreciate Trish's commentary on various matters, but anything having to do with Israel and the Jews brings out the worst in her. And she seems to be utterly unwilling to acknowledge or confront that blind spot.
I too did appreciate Trish’s work when she came out vs. Covid and in support of the Freedom Convoy. Not solely because I agreed with her, but because she was able to see through the thick globalist fog and present reasonable, timely counter-narratives when most Canadian journos could only parrot the nonsense. Then October 7 comes along and she joins the parroting pro-Intifada watermelon clowns in line with the Qatar/Iran funded mental Western deprogramming efforts and she fell in line with the worst of them, joining the "Zionist" cover for anti-Jew hatred in keeping with our noble Islamist refugees and ignorant undergrad idiots studying Marx and Edward Said at university.
And like you said in another post, the sickness of that kind of antisemitism really has revealed itself via the cracks in her personality. It does seem to take root in the frontal lobes, and it leads to devastating consequences for the host. Talk about a free fall!
Yes, we seem to be tuned in to a similar view of things. It's taken me a long time to recognize that I'm sane and sober and that I have nothing to apologize for. But there's so much "noise" in the system that it's often hard to see straight and think clearly. Your short and sweet obit for the fallen Trish sums it all up very nicely.
As a non Jew, I learned that I am expendable. My life is worth nothing. I also learned that Israel has no limits, and there is nothing that they will not do.
I know you know this but I want to add that there is nothing that they will do that is not bad for someone else and/or good for them.
You start with a nice base of hyperbole and warmongering rhetoric taken from TV talking points, then add a cup of lies and a few pinches of religious dogma... cook until still mostly raw...et viola! A Sam Hilt Supremo!
Is that anything like a shit sandwich?
Chef's kiss.....perfection.
You obviously know nothing about Iran.
I agree with Sam. It's a wonder to me how we have come to this place where Westerners can support terror organizations, whether it is Hamas or the IRGC, those who vow to bring death to America and whose oft-stated purpose is to eradicate Western civilization as we know it. It is testimony to the outcomes we might expect of rampant Jew hate. Hate fuels hate fuels ignorance fuels hate...and so it goes...
The mechanics of the process are still a mystery to me. But the outcome is as predictable as the sun rising in the morning:
Engaging in Jew-hatred really seems to drive people crazy. The virus of antisemitism somehow attacks the frontal lobes and turns its victims into blithering idiots with a broken moral compass.
Anyone taking a cursory rummage through her comment section would be right to wonder if she is not some pro-Islamist far-right pundit, as her current "critical" commentary, which teeters somewhere between Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, attracts the lowest of the low for acolytes.
Part of me wants to believe that Trish is above all that but at this point they might represent the majority of her audience that remains...and I guess she's okay with that?
I'm an anti-Iran Islamophobe. But Israeli actions make me side with Iran. FUK the whites who want to determine the faith of the Middle East. It is NOT ours.
Iran is the oldest country in the world.
They have the RIGHT to rule their own destiny.
They have the RIGHT to be an influence in regional politics.
Why the FUK do stupid people believe we have the right to control that region?? It's fukin retarded.
You are a peon of propaganda by the Military Industrial Complex.
I pity you.
You forgot.....
China, China, China!!!!
Russia, Russia, Russia!!!
covid, covid, covid!!!!!!
Good lord, if the US had tried to destroy your country (since overthrowing your government decades ago) continuously throughout your entire lifetime, you might act as they do.
Of course, if you've travelled Iran extensively and have all this information from your firsthand experiences, my apologies. Otherwise, you should consider questioning your assumptions.
None of your business, and using this as some kind of justification for foreign intervention is dishonest. Iran is what it is…. But it has it not invaded another country in 200 years. The US and Israel on the other hand….. well that’s a matter of public record.
What utterly, unconscionable bullshit! You are a degenerate and a poseur. I hope you blow up real good.
Frank, did you not hear Trish say we are all welcome to express our opinions and raise discussion points but, throughout this commentary all l've heard from you are nasty counter-arguments. Please tell me how this is helpful?
I note then that you are more upset by my alleged “nasty counter arguments'“ against Genocide of Semitic Palestinians and the active attemtps by Israel to start WW3-Nuclear than you are by the arguments of those who promote those things.
I do not think that Trish means to turn this forum into a kindergarten class with you in charge.
I suggest you put me on ‘Ignore’ if you can’t take the heat. I will not miss you in the least, I promise you.
Au contraire mon chere… l am also against the “genocide” and more than a little upset about the on-set of WWIII and the nuclear devastation Israel’s attack on Iran will bring.
I just don’t care for your arrogance and the way you speak down to people without making your position clear. I appreciate the way Trish presents current issues and how she always encourages respectful dialogue from any and all that want to learn more.
If you feel you have superior knowlege on this or any other subject concerning West Asia, l would be the first to encourage you to consider starting your own substack or your own podcast?
If it is possible to block, l will certainly do so Franz Kafka.
Au revoir then ma cherie. People say we are what we hate. Perhaps you looked in the mirror of my persona.
Don’t flatter yourself. LOL
It's disappointing that Trish doesn't block rabid haters like "Franz Kafka." Encouraging diverse points of view is one thing. Indulging smug, snarky creeps who just spit insults with every second word is a dereliction of duty when you host a website.
I watched that segment with Jeffrey Sachs on Judge Napolitano’s show yesterday. I went into it already feeling upset about Israel’s bombing of Iran, but seeing how despondent Jeffrey Sachs was left me feeling even more distressed. As for Trump, I’m out. I was somewhat supportive of him for two reasons, one being his supposed anti-war stance, and the other what looked to be the promising MAHA movement. Although there have been some gains in the MAHA arena, there have been too many glaring oversights to count it as a win (not pulling all MRNA jabs being the biggest one). He was dishonest when he said he’d have the Ukrainian conflict settled on day one. And now this. What a mess. God have mercy on us all.
Same with me. And ironically there's no way to impeach and remove him.
Trouble is, anyone put in would be even worse.
Yeah, I wrote-in Tulsi Gabbard in 2020, but it turns out she's just another lying J-word.
Ditto...
Netanyahu dealt with the hand that was given him by poor decisions by western governments. When lunatics are yelling “Death to Israel” and building a weapon of
mass destruction, funded by corrupt government, he had no choice. Don’t blame the
shit show on Trump he inherited this mess. The woke Canadian government is just as
much to blame. The job of destroying their ability to start a nuclear war needs to be
finished and supported.
Profoundly disagree but thanks for your thoughts.
All the Intelligence Agencies just said in March that the Iranians aren't developing nuclear weapons.
Did you not listen to the interview with Col Wilkerson?
All 17 "Intelligence Agencies" that said that the Steele Dossier was true and that Hunter Thompson did not own or know how to use a laptop computer?
Do you honestly believe that Netenyahu was somehow forced into the role of Israel's PM against his will and under the thumb of the USA?
And no one is shouting Death to Israel unless you listen to Israeli propaganda that wants you to think that the Arab world is saying such things when they are not. Every accusation is a confession of guilt. Smoke and mirrors with a side of deflection, that's all.
That speech by Netenyahu saying " to the lovely people of Iran, our fight is not with you. We (the benevolent Jews) want to liberate you (the oppressed Muslims) from your tyrannical leaders...".
What a load of hog-wash.
More crap from a probable paid agent. Yes, dear reader, they exist and in vast numbers.
Am I the only one who didn’t interpret Trump’s post on truth social the same? The way I read it was Trump warned Iran, because he knew what Israel was planning but I don’t see any admittance that they were involved? Maybe I’m missing some other context?
The very fact that the US leadership knew it was going to happen makes them criminally complicit. They are the only ones who could have stopped all this -simply by promising to cut Israel off- just like the last 20 months in Gaza (and of course the last 75 years in Palestine )
infamous friday 13th, 2025. in trying to formulate their thoughts on this latest ominous act of war, many of my go-to commenters were taken aback and emotional (indeed, Jeffrey Sachs). what's next, one has to wonder? Kit Klarenberg on the secret (well, not so secret) history of how Isr*el got its nukes - https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/hidden-history-how-israel-acquired
keep cool, stay sane.
"When two veteran propaganda machines like Israel’s and Iran’s are engaged in open warfare, there is no such thing as journalism— we’re left to decode battlefield theater."
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/miscalculations-saturday-june-14?r=15eyho&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
I don't agree. It's tricky but there are trustworthy people and the outlines of what happened are admitted by the main players. Even Israel's former prime ministers are freaked out by the bellicosity of Bibi. The negotiations hadn't failed. I think we can all agree that shooting first and looking for agreements later is bad policy. From Vietnam through to Iraq and Libya.
It's not "open warfare".
They're firing on unarmed women and children in Gaza. Which is the OPPOSITE of war. That's terrorism.
Now they've just bushwhacked Iran. Which is the OPPOSITE of war. That's terrorism.
Ultimately, once the Israelis have had the dog shit beat out of them -- which I can GUARANTEE is coming -- they'll deploy nuclear weapons.
Wrong, my friend (respectfully).
They're "spreading democracy and freedom" (see: Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Egypt, Iran, Vietnam, etc.)
Terrorism is when anyone not from the West does it.
David Cooper, you absolutely nailed it. The Zionists have falsified scripture, re-written history and corrupted reality to such an extent (and for so many decades) it's no wonder we're all confused about who the terrorists really are.
We get Iran's side of the story where exactly? On CNN?
I've been listening to Iranian Professor Mohammed Mourandi recently.
Prof Mourandi is a pleasure, especially when interviewed by George Galloway on The University of the Air (AKA “MOATS”).
George Galloway? Do you know a lot about British polititlcians? Are you a fan of Piers Morgan? Or GB News? I think my favourite Scot is Neil Oliver if only for his accent. But, l have to admit, l don’t like to waste too much time there.
On Thursday, I had been listening to a two and quarter hour long interview with Jeffrey Sachs on Tucker Carlson's podcast. Professor Sachs sounded very positive about the Trump regime's foreign policy and efforts to broker peace in both Ukraine and Iran.
After the events of late Thursday, I heard the interview between Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Napolitano. Professor Sachs's disappointment was evident.
He didn’t seem just disappointed. He seemed deflated. It was disturbing to see.
I was gobsmacked. I thought he would cry. He is a decent bloke.
Not so sure about Sachs. He is googly eyed about the CCP and rumoured to be funded with Soros NGO money. He is a nice gentleman though
The interesting thing with Judge Nap and the professor is that although they don't cheerlead for a particular team, they seem oriented towards the Republican party, or at least, its nominal values. The good thing is that they don't shy away from criticizing President Trump, nor the various factions within the party, when it is appropriate.
Listened too to the Tucker interview, so was surprised the erudite, knowledgeable Sachs chose to comment so early in this fray.
We know that DJT is said to be a mix of 3D chess and the art of the deal.
He trusts few and keeps his cards close to his vest.
JD Vance recently stated that he does not know anyone who can read people as well as Trump.
He keeps his friends close and enemies closer.
He has been at this game for 35+ years, has played in the sandbox of the rich and famous, accrued, lost and accrued a fortune, travelled the world for decades making real estate deals.
His friends say he is kind, courteous, generous to a fault, a good listener, extremely smart and very funny. And they add he is nothing like the “boor” role he plays - a role he adopted to relate to the flyover zone.
He is 79, fabulously rich, and has endured endless slings and arrows since 2016. Prior to that, he was roundly beloved.
He and his family endure death threats and two attempts on his life (can we imagine their fear every time they step out?); he has faced a vicious barrage by the MSM since 2016, fought endless court cases, facing hundreds of years of prison. He will potentially fight them again after 2028 - and possibly be jailed.
And so, some would ask when he has a loving family, grandkids to dandle on his knees, a business, and love of golf, why he puts up with this shiznit. I mean, who of us could endure this relentless pressure, unless they saw light at the end of the tunnel. Like JFK and Ike, he swore to take on the deep state and the military industrial complex.
He could have walked away in 2020 and retired, and because he re-entered the fray, the ugly detraction and horrid lawsuits commenced.
Surely, one has to take stock of this and ask if he knows something we don’t. He sits behind the Resolute desk, the great global listening post. Can we imagine he may have knowledge and intel we don’t? That he has an overarching plan known to him and a few. Recall the DIME rule of foreign policy: Diplomacy, Information, Military, Economics.
Are we all disappointed at this stage? You betcha. On a number of fronts, but the stakes are high for him - and all of us. There is more here than we can see.
We the watchers need to drop back ten yards, punt the ball, take some cleansing breaths, and pray and wait. Pray hard.
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Sorry you are so fooled by a narcissistic psychopath. Being charming is often one of their most prominent features. He fooled a lot of foolish people, who are magical thinkers . The guys a blowhard looser who feared his father and so invented all the bluster and charm to make his way in the world. You can hear it so obviously in his voice and face. Pure false ego, pure arrogance projected to mask his fears while pretending to be tough . He’s a very weak man inside. America got the leader they deserved- a fake father figure.
I don't understand why people give Trump the benefit of the doubt. He's always been a sociopath, not too bright, poorly educated, attracted to some pretty seedy creeps. I've said this before and you got mad at me. I don't want to alienate you. I just don't understand how anyone could believe he was against war. He's FOR ill-gotten gains. That's Trump.
Beyond that, I have to correct your understanding of WWII history. The US president knew before hand that if he cut off Japan's supply lines, they would bomb Pearl Harbor. And if they bombed Pearl Harbor the American public would get onboard not only with bombing Japan with our shiny new atomic bombs, but they'd also get on board with incarcerating Japanese-Americans and -Canadians and stealing their property, which pleased the labor bosses no end. And the government knew even before cutting off their supply lines that Japan was getting ready to surrender. It was just a matter of a little time. So don't blame Yamamoto for Trump telling Netanyahu to kill yet more Iranian leaders. I've lost track how many he has killed. How many Israeli (or American) leaders have the Iranians killed? Zero.
The reason the Iranians keep saying they don't want a nuclear weapon is that the Ayatollah Khomeini thought about it long and hard and decided it was haram, forbidden, against Islamic law. Unlike American and Israeli law, it is not okay to kill civilians in Islamic law. So there still exists a fatwa against it. Period. Until that fatwa is lifted, they will not pursue it. Netanyahu knows this. That guy couldn't utter the truth if his life depended on it. True to form, as soon as the attack on Iran had happened, he left Israel in his private plane and ended up hiding out in Athens.
If these fools think the Crown Prince and his silly wife are capable of running a modern state, they have no clue who they are and what the Shah was like. God help us. The only people who want that are Iranians who haven't lived in Iran for 50 years and who were busy sucking up to power brokers before the Revolution. They were a lot like the Trump family, come to think of it. Doing whatever they had to in order to acquire whatever they could. A tiny fraction of the population. The only people whose business it is to decide what kind of government they have are current Iranian citizens. I wish the rest of you would shut the fuck up. It's not our business. And we're not doing a very good job with choosing our own government.
Israel has been falling apart for a long time and its dissolution has been hastening at an alarming speed since 10/7/2023. No matter what happens, Israel will not survive. It has lost its raison d'etre. Picking a corpse (like vultures) is no reason NOT to bury your dead. Anyway, throughout this genocide what I have been impressed by is the culture of the Palestinians, their integrity, their love and loyalty to their community and family. If Israel had one iota of that, they wouldn't be in the dire straits they are in.
It's shocking so many serious people took Trump seriously. I never met a snake whose oil I would consume. (And this applies to Netanyahu, too.) Highly recommend you watch Alon Mizrahi's substack the night of the Israeli attack. He's been crying into the wilderness for quite awhile now, trying to get other Israeli Jews to listen. He makes a lot of sense. He runs the substack, "The Mizrahi Perspective."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCB2I7sdrJI
"It's against Islamic law to kill civilians"..... are you serious???
Yes. Is that too radical for you? In war only combatants may be killed. And don't tell me Hamas killed 1200 civilians on October 7th because they did not. They shot through locked doors to get people to come out and I think a baby died that way. And they were attacked by IOF and some civilians died in cross-fire, although most Israelis serve in the military off and on throughout their lives so they're not entirely civilian. MOST of the people who died on October 7 were killed by the IOF. Yes. They don't rape hostages either, unlike the IOF who even rape little boys. With sticks. Actually, I'm not Jewish but my understanding of Jewish law is that any non-Jew is fair game. I'm not sure that's true. Hope not for their sake. It dehumanizes their prisoners, it's true, but it dehumanizes the Israelis much more. The people in the kibbutz (which are stolen farms, please remember) double as reservists to protect Israel's boundaries. So fighting is part of their job.
Not even going to rebut this level of delusion.
As throughout the West, the law is one thing and abiding by it another. Islam is a highly ethical, moral and good religion. Put another way, do you blame the cows for the quality of a McDonald's hamburger?
Israel has made a calculated move in initiating this attack, but has made a grave mistake. They killed the top man at the IRGC, who was replaced the next day. The nuclear scientists will take longer to replace, as new ones will need to be trained, but replaced they will be, and the new ones will just read what the old ones did and pick up from there.
That Iran was able to launch a counterattack so quickly tells us that very little was actually disrupted. To be truly effective, what they should have done was kill everybody: all the top brass at the IRGC, all the mullahs, the supreme leader, the president, and anyone else that could have directed the current attack.
Now lots of civilians in Israel are going to die. What was Israel going to do, drive their tanks across Syria and Iraq to invade Iran? Of course not. Bibi wants the USA to do what they can not.
I also feel the need to point out that during the period of time this attack was being set up, all the armed forces ads we've been seeing have not featured stories like Emma and her two moms.
Hi Trish - interesting interview and comments. I have been reading the Tower of Basel by Adam Lebor ( 2014 issue ) . You might find it of interest. "
Thanks so much.
The US aka Israel are pushing the envelope, it has been scripted long time ago by the BIS, they are watching to see how the World reacts, if no real push back by humanity and the World, you know what comes next, do not say the ( NB ) word, humanity as we know it will be burnt toast for a lack of a better expression.
People should know about this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_eschatology
Great interview with Colonel Wilkerson.
Friends of mine, years ago, who worked at the Baha’i World Centre in Haifa, Israel, mentioned that Armageddon is actually a Greek translation of the Hebrew word Har Megiddo which was an ancient city in northern Israel. It was prophesied/suggested that the final battle will literally occur there! At that time it didn’t make sense to me that the final battle will be between Israel and Iran…I just assumed it was a metaphor an allegory…how times have changed!
Another thing, the reason the US continues to support Israel is they cannot risk having the area taken over by Iran, Iraq, Lebanon etc., and I’m thinking, is that the worst thing in the world? Iran, a Shia Muslim state, and the other Muslim countries, predominantly Sunni Muslims, may never unite to eliminate Israel because of their religious differences (think the troubles in Northern Ireland between Catholics and Protestants). Is it possible to conceive that none of the Muslim countries really want war with Israel but want the US out of the region? Perhaps I’m being naive but what if the worst case scenario never happens if the US stops funding Israel.
Bibi needs to be charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Trump! WTAF!
That's crazy talk, Trish.
Everyone knows that when the US and its allies rain fire, destruction and death down on other countries, they're spreading freedom and democracy. When other countries do it, it's called terrorism or totalitarianism (unprovoked, of course).
The West's fascination with military weapons and defense spending is a stain on our culture. Not sure why we can't choose the option that results in less death and destruction.
Trump diplomacy is the equivalent of The Godfather saying "I made them an offer they can't refuse." 🙄😑
That has been US diplomacy for decades. The US is deeply a UNIPARTY state.
This would be a good time for China to attack Taiwan, is this war on Iran another diversion bc it seems to me that the only ones who benefit are the Chinese! So Israel fighting Iran & 🇺🇸distracted
What a scary time🤔🤔🤔