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malaise

(295,612 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:56 PM 19 hrs ago

Holy Shit - Three Israeli officials tell Reuters that the US actually helped coordinate Israel's attack on Iran's South

Israeli officials push back on US claim that Trump knew nothing about gasfield attack

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/19/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-gas-field-strikes-pentagon-more-funds-trump-news

Israel says US helped coordinate gasfield attack, despite Trump's claim he knew nothing about it
We’ve just heard from Pete Hegseth. He reiterated the claim from Donald Trump that the US president knew nothing about the attack on Iran’s South Pars gasfield.

However, Reuters is reporting that Israel says its attack on the gas facilities was coordinated with the United States.



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Holy Shit - Three Israeli officials tell Reuters that the US actually helped coordinate Israel's attack on Iran's South (Original Post) malaise 19 hrs ago OP
Why are we in a suicide pact with Israel? Captain Zero 19 hrs ago #1
Billionaire Miriam Adelson has a good deal to do with it. GentryDixon 18 hrs ago #7
Doesn't he have enough friggin' money? Mossfern 18 hrs ago #12
Enough Whip-poor-will 16 hrs ago #17
That's because he actually has nothing else. colorado_ufo 16 hrs ago #25
An exceedingly astute observation,imho. BattleRow 16 hrs ago #27
Don't look now..... SergeStorms 16 hrs ago #32
Sometimes I get the feeling that a "doomsday video" or more is being traded like a stock by the rich and famous. usonian 18 hrs ago #10
And how did Trump earn a Plausible Deniability pass Ruby the Liberal 1 hr ago #38
Again, what's the reasoning for 24/7 lying and gaslighting?..................... Lovie777 19 hrs ago #2
They'll all need a bigger bus leftstreet 19 hrs ago #3
Don Jrs gas lease in ALASKA with Russian Co. Captain Zero 19 hrs ago #4
A point... 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #6
The two things can be true at once vanessa_ca 18 hrs ago #5
It's hard to push back on... lame54 18 hrs ago #8
I see what you did there malaise 18 hrs ago #9
Trump IS a NAZI.... reACTIONary 16 hrs ago #31
Are we surprised? JBTaurus83 18 hrs ago #11
Sometimes... GiqueCee 16 hrs ago #18
Trump lied...? Shocked I tell you, shocked JCMach1 18 hrs ago #13
Trump, Netanyahu, and Hegseth . . . . AverageOldGuy 17 hrs ago #14
Unholy trinity... BattleRow 16 hrs ago #28
Quoting Gomer Pyle "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise" Trump lied again. Or he has no idea what's going on ChicagoTeamster 17 hrs ago #15
Boozin',schmoozin',losin'...just another regular workday in the Cuckoos nest. BattleRow 16 hrs ago #30
But from this same link: One hour ago, Bibi said that Israel acted alone. ??? TheRickles 17 hrs ago #16
The truth has left the room malaise 16 hrs ago #20
It had it's foot out the door in 1968. The door slammed shut in 1980 ;) n/t Cheezoholic 16 hrs ago #24
Before that malaise 16 hrs ago #26
Bibi isn't exactly a paragon of truth either. And the truth changes from moment to moment just like with Trump. The Amaryllis 16 hrs ago #35
Somebody is lying Renew Deal 16 hrs ago #19
Of course we did n/t hibbing 16 hrs ago #21
I wouldn't be surprised Uncle Joe 16 hrs ago #22
You can't believe anyone about anything in this debacle. BlueTsunami2018 16 hrs ago #23
Look, Trump let them in the door and they can do whatever they want now knowing... underpants 16 hrs ago #29
I'll take "Things That Are Obvious" for $200 Ken. twodogsbarking 16 hrs ago #33
This is news? Jilly_in_VA 16 hrs ago #34
Oh boy, everyone's going to go to war with everyone else!! Grokenstein 15 hrs ago #36
The truth malaise 15 hrs ago #37
not surprising really themaguffin 35 min ago #39

Captain Zero

(8,879 posts)
1. Why are we in a suicide pact with Israel?
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:59 PM
19 hrs ago

Oh right -- they have Trump's Epstein Files because Epstein was working for Israel too.

GentryDixon

(3,144 posts)
7. Billionaire Miriam Adelson has a good deal to do with it.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:13 PM
18 hrs ago

Trump will do anything for a dollar. Miriam Adelson has donated in excess of $600 million to Trump to do her bidding in support of her pro-Israel interests.

colorado_ufo

(6,244 posts)
25. That's because he actually has nothing else.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:21 PM
16 hrs ago

Everything else in his life and around him is a sham. Actually, even the money is a sham - bitcoin is based on nothing, like a lot of his "stuff" - but it looks good on paper, like Monopoly money.

BattleRow

(2,378 posts)
27. An exceedingly astute observation,imho.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:39 PM
16 hrs ago

Cree proverb says that when the last river is poisoned,the last tree has died,and the last fish has been caught,we will realize we cannot eat money.

SergeStorms

(20,498 posts)
32. Don't look now.....
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:47 PM
16 hrs ago

but U.S. currency is based on nothing too. I'm not sticking up for Bitcoin. Far from it. Bitcoin was designed for criminals' use.
We used to have gold and silver backing-up our currency. Nixon took care of that so foreign countries couldn't run at our gold supply. Funding the Vietnam "conflict" was costlier than the hawks figured.
And the rest is history, as they say. 😉

usonian

(25,011 posts)
10. Sometimes I get the feeling that a "doomsday video" or more is being traded like a stock by the rich and famous.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:33 PM
18 hrs ago

No particular Netanyahu, Putin, Bonesaw, Musk or other in particular.

His obedience seems to bounce around.

Money? That video could take ALL his money and vaporize it. Loss aversion, you know.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,647 posts)
38. And how did Trump earn a Plausible Deniability pass
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:39 AM
1 hr ago

I mean obviously, this was a pact between the IDF (Mossad?) and our military without Trump knowing anything about it.

Captain Zero

(8,879 posts)
4. Don Jrs gas lease in ALASKA with Russian Co.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:03 PM
19 hrs ago
IS SURE LOOKING
MORE PROFITABLE EVERY DAY!



Is it collusion yet??

vanessa_ca

(924 posts)
5. The two things can be true at once
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:08 PM
18 hrs ago

Notice Hegseth saying Trump didn't know. He never said he didn't know or didn't coordinate it.

Since Trump knows everything by osmosis, it's possible no one told that dithering idiot anything. Or he dozed off when they did.

Either way, the buck stops with Trump and his admin.

AverageOldGuy

(3,766 posts)
14. Trump, Netanyahu, and Hegseth . . . .
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:44 PM
17 hrs ago

. . . all have a built-in lie detector -- if their lips are moving, they are lying.

ChicagoTeamster

(883 posts)
15. Quoting Gomer Pyle "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise" Trump lied again. Or he has no idea what's going on
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:49 PM
17 hrs ago

He may have been briefed and just forgot, but how would Hegseth not know?

malaise

(295,612 posts)
26. Before that
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:36 PM
16 hrs ago

The West has financed and backed the vast majority ofthe RW dictators and monarchs as long as they controlled the resources.

Amaryllis

(11,247 posts)
35. Bibi isn't exactly a paragon of truth either. And the truth changes from moment to moment just like with Trump. The
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:59 PM
16 hrs ago

coo-coos nest.

Renew Deal

(85,047 posts)
19. Somebody is lying
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:08 PM
16 hrs ago

And maybe multiple somebodies. Hegseth probably knows the truth, and everyone might be lying to Trump, though he is hardly trustworthy.

Uncle Joe

(65,029 posts)
22. I wouldn't be surprised
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:17 PM
16 hrs ago

if it was *rump or one of his minions' idea in the first place.

Thanks for the thread malaise

BlueTsunami2018

(4,977 posts)
23. You can't believe anyone about anything in this debacle.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:19 PM
16 hrs ago

There are no good guys involved in any of this.

underpants

(196,286 posts)
29. Look, Trump let them in the door and they can do whatever they want now knowing...
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:41 PM
16 hrs ago

Trump is going to bear 99% of the weight. He might’ve known or they could just be punching down on Trump.

Netanyahu got everything he ever wanted including having a ravenous US military head….and Trump who can’t be wrong so Bibi can do anything he wants with him.

Grokenstein

(6,343 posts)
36. Oh boy, everyone's going to go to war with everyone else!!
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:04 PM
15 hrs ago
From the Eternal Sea he rises, creating armies on either shore
Turning man against his brother, until Man exists no more.

-- Father Brennan
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