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malaise

(296,262 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:56 PM Mar 19

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

Captain Zero

(8,909 posts)
1. Why are we in a suicide pact with Israel?
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:59 PM
Mar 19

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

GentryDixon

(3,151 posts)
7. Billionaire Miriam Adelson has a good deal to do with it.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:13 PM
Mar 19

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

(6,253 posts)
25. That's because he actually has nothing else.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:21 PM
Mar 19

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

(2,459 posts)
27. An exceedingly astute observation,imho.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:39 PM
Mar 19

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

(20,599 posts)
32. Don't look now.....
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:47 PM
Mar 19

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

(25,428 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
Mar 19

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

(26,665 posts)
38. And how did Trump earn a Plausible Deniability pass
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:39 AM
Mar 20

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

Captain Zero

(8,909 posts)
4. Don Jrs gas lease in ALASKA with Russian Co.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:03 PM
Mar 19
IS SURE LOOKING
MORE PROFITABLE EVERY DAY!



Is it collusion yet??

vanessa_ca

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

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

(3,883 posts)
14. Trump, Netanyahu, and Hegseth . . . .
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:44 PM
Mar 19

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

ChicagoTeamster

(984 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
Mar 19

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

malaise

(296,262 posts)
26. Before that
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:36 PM
Mar 19

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

Amaryllis

(11,308 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
Mar 19

coo-coos nest.

Renew Deal

(85,184 posts)
19. Somebody is lying
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:08 PM
Mar 19

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

Uncle Joe

(65,167 posts)
22. I wouldn't be surprised
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:17 PM
Mar 19

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

Thanks for the thread malaise

BlueTsunami2018

(4,993 posts)
23. You can't believe anyone about anything in this debacle.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:19 PM
Mar 19

There are no good guys involved in any of this.

underpants

(196,571 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
Mar 19

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

(6,359 posts)
36. Oh boy, everyone's going to go to war with everyone else!!
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:04 PM
Mar 19
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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