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Trump has ordered Hegseth to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with South Korea, just as Washington and Seoul were preparing for Ulchi Freedom Shield. After years of escalating tensions, scaling back war games could lower the risk of miscalculation.
Trump's downgrading of the US military alliance with South Korea shows again that he prioritizes his personal political priorities (blaming others for his disastrous war of choice with Iran) over anything else.
If America is confident in its competitiveness, it shouldn't treat every Chinese port, railway, telecoms or submarine cables as a threat. China builds infrastructure; Washington builds fear. Great powers compete by building better, not blocking others.
Ben Gvir’s rhetoric is chilling: calling Palestinians “not people,” advocating nightly killings, pushing them to emigrate, and envisioning Israeli settlements across Gaza. Dehumanization and forced displacement are not security—they are a recipe for atrocity.
This image was sent to me from the field. These are messages US servicemen in the Persian Gulf have scribbled on the dust of an aircraft flap.
"Be a good guy and do what Israel tells you to"
"Operation Epstein Fury"
"Peace deal #64 incoming... ALL THIS FOR THE HOLY LAND"
I have no frame of reference, I can't compare it to the sentiments of US soldiers in previous conflicts. But I suspect these are new sentiments, or at least a new willingness to express them this openly and directly.
But as one serviceman told me: "What people in the media don't understand when they compare past conflicts to this one, is this operation has no morale behind it. That makes a world of difference to service members deployed to undesirable locations indefinitely."
Read that last part again: No morale. Deployed to undesirable locations INDEFINITELY.
My own conclusion: When a war has no morale behind it, winning means that you simply end it. There is no other "winning" in such an unjust war.
The prospect of using nuclear weapons against Iran should alarm everyone—there is no military victory worth the catastrophic human and global consequences of crossing that line.
They are discussing using nuclear weapons on Iran in strategy meetings.
Yes you read that correctly. It’s real. I’m not speculating, I know.
And it’s pure evil.
The last time a nuclear weapon was used was August 6th and 9th of 1945 on two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and
Kim threatens the U.S. with nuclear weapons while Trump praises “Rocket Man” and scales back drills with South Korea. As North Korean weapons aid Putin, weakening deterrence sends the wrong message.
The petty, vindictive Trump reduces US military exercises with South Korea evidently because South Korea didn't join his counterproductive war of choice against Iran. trib.al/TpqKu8s
If America is confident in its competitiveness, it shouldn't treat every Chinese port, railway, telecoms or submarine cables as a threat. China builds infrastructure; Washington builds fear. Great powers compete by building better, not blocking others.
Gaza's health ministry has announced that the enclave's oxygen stations are operating beyond maximum capacity because Israel is preventing essential supplies from entering
Three Palestinians were injured on Saturday in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports. The attack was the latest Israeli violation of a ceasefire agreement in effect since Oct. 10, 2025.
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