The infernal racket has a name. Capitalism. Death, destruction, profit. Repeat. Death, destruction, profit.

The history of the U.S.-Iranian conflict can be traced back to the malevolent intervention by Churchill.

Things could get a lot hotter in the Middle East and Europe.

If Macron and the Europeans had any moral fibre, they should be condemning the U.S. and Israeli aggression against Iran, not exploiting it for self-aggrandizement.

EU message: you can launder millions, use blackmail and issue death threats. Just don’t make it obvious.

Quando von der Leyen avverte che «abbiamo altre opzioni», l’immagine ostile che viene in mente è quella di un interrogatore della Gestapo che fa roteare le pinze in mano.

Starmer, like the rest of the European leaders, is throwing fuel onto a potential conflagration in the Middle East.

When von der Leyen warns that “we have other options,” the inimical image conjured up is that of a Gestapo interrogator twirling pliers in hand.

The Brits are past masters in the dark arts of propaganda. The poison frog is their style. But this time, it’s croaking with contrivance.

The bigger scheme is sidelining Russia and Iran in the global energy trade and gaining an offensive military posture on their borders.