News and Analysis 3/8/26

The NIC report’s “findings, confirmed to The Washington Post by three people familiar with the report’s contents, raise doubts about President Donald Trump’s declared plan to ‘clean out‘ Iran’s leadership structure and install a ruler of his choosing”:

The number of countries involved in the Iran war continues to grow …

A commander of a “unit could be deployed ‘at any moment to join’ operations against Iran, said that ‘President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth” …

… and “with machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere”:

A policy of “bleeding costly Patriot and THAAD interceptors that take years and millions of dollars to build” to fight $20,000 Shahed 13 drones …

… makes “European and Asian countries worry the Pentagon is burning through munitions so fast that it won’t have enough to send the weapons they have purchased”:

Israeli war crimes continue …

“As Masoud Pezeshkian tries to de-escalate conflict, hardliners urge installation of new supreme leader to marginalise the president”:

Trump’s says he sees “‘no indication’ that Moscow is supporting Iran,” that Iran’s military is now “almost nonexistent,” and he has warned Kurds to stay out of the war …

… and the that the “girls’ elementary school in Southern Iran” was bombed by Iran …

… and the JOPCA “”gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons”:

“Six Americans are believed held by Tehran, including at Evin Prison; relatives say airstrikes, poor medical care and possible retaliation put them at growing risk”:

The would-be assassin was caught after sharing his plans “with an acquaintance who, unbeknownst to Merchant, was an FBI informant”:


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