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vanessa_ca's JournalREPORT: Iron Dome FAILING As Hezbollah Fires Massive Rocket Attack
We were assured that Hezbollah was incapacitated. It seems not.
Here's the link to the Haaretz article There's a Hole in Israel's Early Warning System – and Its Missile Defense Batteries Are at Risk as Well
Trump, 79, Admits He Was Falling Asleep During War Planning Meeting
Donald Trump has admitted falling asleep during a planning meeting for his war on Iran.
“They gave me a list of names to choose. ‘Sir, you could pick the name you’d like, sir.’ I said ‘The name of what?’ ‘The name of the attack on Iran, sir,’” Trump told the crowd.
“And they gave me, like, 20 names, and I’m like, falling asleep. I didn’t like any of them. Then I see ‘Epic Fury.’ I said, ‘I like that name. I like that name.’”
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“I mean, you can’t wake him up. Also, the cameras are running. Everybody is in a low-level panic now all of the time about Trump falling asleep because then he gets mad,” Wolff said on the Inside Trump’s Head podcast in December. “He gets angry. He essentially blames the people around him for the fact that he fell asleep.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-admits-he-was-falling-asleep-during-war-planning/
Blowback on US soil has begun
I'm not sure how much longer I'll stay sane.
Ryan Grim reports that the Michigan synagogue suspect's family members were recently murdered by Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
This is gut wrenching all around.
What I just learned in my Leftist Jews group is that the synagogue raised funds for friends of the IDF, so it seems this was a carefully chosen target. I never thought I would have to think about being grateful I went to synagogue as a kid and we didn’t need armed security back then.
This madness needs to stop.
https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2032204336244171027
https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2032234354676527300
Six French soldiers wounded in drone attack in northern Iraq
Source: FRANCE 24
Six French soldiers engaged in counterterrorism training were wounded Thursday in a drone attack on a joint Peshmerga-French base in Iraq's Erbil region, the French army said.
Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260312-middle-east-war-live-israel-lebanon-iran-gulf
Not many details yet. Here's a little more
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-middle-east-crisis-crude-oil-west-asia-tension-strait-of-hormuz-lebanon-trump-irgc-hezbollah-2881192-2026-03-13
KC-135 tanker involved in Epic Fury goes down in Iraq: CENTCOM
Source: Breaking Defense
WASHINGTON — A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker air refueler crashed in Iraq due to an “incident” that “occurred in friendly airspace,” US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement late Thursday.
Casualties and circumstances surrounding the crash are not immediately clear. According to CENTCOM, the incident was “not due to hostile or friendly fire” and occurred during Operation Epic Fury, the US military’s name for the war against Iran.
Three US F-15s were recently shot down over Kuwait in a friendly fire incident, but all pilots involved ejected safely. The Stratotanker, however, does not have ejection seats. CENTCOM said “rescue efforts are ongoing.”
Two aircraft were apparently involved in events that precipitated the tanker’s crash, though it’s not clear if it occurred amid a refueling mission. The other aircraft “landed safely” according to CENTCOM, which did not describe the aircraft in question.
Read more: https://breakingdefense.com/2026/03/kc-135-tanker-involved-in-epic-fury-goes-down-in-iraq-centcom/
Bernie Sanders Holds Conversation With Iran Experts About Ongoing Iran War
Mar 12, 2026
In a social media post on Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held a conversation with Quincy Institute Founder Trita Parsi, The Iran Podcast Host Negar Mortazavi, and Center for International Policy researcher Sina Toossi.
"this is probably going to go down as the most disastrous air campaign in history." Robert Pape (Breaking Points)
Trump IS TRAPPED In Iran Escalation Nightmare with Robert Pape
Robert Pape is a renowned political scientist and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. He has advised every White House since 9/11 on military strategy and is the author of Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War.
He told them in a phone interview yesterday, the war with Iran will end soon because quote, "There is practically nothing left to target. Little this and that. Anytime I want it to end, it will end." He said during the five-minute call....
This is what I call the victory narrative, but it's meeting escalation reality. And the reality is that he's one actor in the system now. But Iran is another actor who's actually driving the escalation pretty strongly. So, if he's wants to shut this war down, he's got to shut down the attacks on Iran. Well, he's already tried to break Iran. That's not working. So, what's he going to give Iran to get them to stop?"
MAGA Rips Into Graham's Wish to Send American 'Sons and Daughters' to War
“I go back to South Carolina, I’m asking them to send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast,” the Republican told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday.
He added, “To our friends in Saudi Arabia, I am willing to do a treaty to go to war for you.”
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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, also of South Carolina, shared a clip of Graham foaming at the mouth to put American troops in harm’s way and remarked, “What in the world would possess anyone to say this?”
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-rips-graham-wish-send-185059419.html
https://x.com/AFpost/status/2031227161672298867
https://x.com/Antunes1/status/2031182588644102522
https://x.com/KhalidHabash/status/2031532989948027230
Spain permanently withdraws ambassador as rift with Israel deepens
Source: Reuters
March 11, 20265:46 AM CST
MADRID, March 11 (Reuters) - Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday as a diplomatic standoff worsened between the two countries over Spain's opposition to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.
The ambassador was summoned back to Spain last September amid a diplomatic row over Spanish measures banning aircraft and ships carrying weapons to Israel from its ports or airspace due to Israel's military offensive in Gaza, which Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar denounced as antisemitic.
On Tuesday, Spain published an announcement in its official gazette that the ambassador's position had been terminated. Spain's Foreign Ministry said its embassy in Tel Aviv will be led by a charge d'affaires for the foreseeable future.
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Israel's embassy in Spain is also run by a charge d'affaires after the country summoned its ambassador last May in protest at Spain's decision to recognise a Palestinian state.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/spain-removes-ambassador-israel-2026-03-11/
US spent $5 billion worth of munitions in the first two days of attacks on Iran, docs show
Source: The Independent
US spent $5 billion worth of munitions in the first two days of attacks on Iran, docs show
'$5.6 billion could have paid for over 356000 Medicare or 568,00 Medicaid enrollees,' one social media user commented.
The U.S. churned through $5.6 billion worth of weaponry during the first two days of its war against Iran, highlighting the steep financial cost of the overseas conflict, according to a new report.
The Pentagon provided the estimate to lawmakers Monday, nine days after the U.S. and Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran that ignited a wider conflict across the Middle East and caused hundreds of casualties, three unnamed officials told The Washington Post.
Officials said President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to submit a supplemental defense budget request to Congress in the coming days to help fund its ongoing military campaign — a proposal that could reach tens of billions of dollars.
The newly reported $5.6 billion figure appears to conflict with a previous, lower, official estimate on the cost of the war.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-war-cost-billions-weapons-b2935579.html
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