Ray McGovern

A factoid largely absent from “mainstream media”: If Netanyahu is eased out in the October Knesset elections, he will go directly to jail (will not pass “GO” to collect $200). Since Iran war for him (not to mention Israel) is existential, what will he do?

EGADS! WashPost Editors on Iran: “Declare victory & walk away; this would not be stretching the truth. Absent a formal peace, Trump keeps options open for future strikes. He just needs to stop doing things that make him look like he can’t finish the job.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/16/strait-of-hormuz-opening-iran-trump/

“Sweet little girls of Minab, were you fasting, hungry, thirsty when the tomahawk blew you to smithereens, burning you to ashes? Tell me, who has so much hatred in their hearts?” Thanks, Nima, for reminding us to stay human by adding this poem by Avideh.

Expect a FALSE-FLAG “terrorist” attack blamed on Iran in order to keep US enmeshed in Israel’s misbegotten war. With Israel’s very existence at stake, and Capo Donald ever more divorced from reality, Mossad could plant the “flag” & get help hiding its role

https://www.rt.com/news/634855-we-voted-for-walls-not-wars/

Interviewed on war in Iran, and the Iraq precedent, both launched, DEMONSTRABLY, (1) under false pretenses; (2) at Israel’s behest; and (3) with no one held accountable. Debut of poem on the “sweet little girls of Minab”, DEAD, b/c SecWar “shows no mercy”.

Larry gives usual helpful update on military realities in/near Iran; the “strategic” wisdom of AF generals – “Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran” (immortalized by John McCain); “Show No Mercy” Pete Hegseth is demonstrably to blame for 170 dead schoolgirls.

A MUST-READ even if you are a slow reader. Michael Hudson puts Iran, the economics, and pre-WWIII all together. Would Israel and the US use nukes to stop this? Scary! Thinking About the Unthinkable: Iran’s Grand Plan to End U.S. Presence in the Middle East

https://www.unz.com/mhudson/thinking-about-the-unthinkable/

Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern discusses whether Russia can act as a reliable partner in stabilizing global oil supplies following President Trump’s call with Vladimir Putin.

Helga Zepp-Larouche interview of me four weeks ago for a predominantly German audience. It is not enough to sing, however bravely, Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Thinking is Free). Today is a “turning point”; requires turning thinking into action – each one of us

“Because of the children; because the cause is the heart’s beat, and the children” (Daniel Berrigan) 160+ Iranian girls. 100+ Rachels weeping for their children, refusing to be comforted because they are no more. Hegseth: Show no mercy! Trump: Iran did it.