I hadn’t considered this, in the wake of the little Izzy / Muzzie disturbances. Fortunately, some Big Brains have:
Israeli air and drone strikes during the early hours of June 13th crippled Iran — and severely set back Tehran’s regional ambitions. The Israel Defense Forces hit nuclear weapons development facilities and ballistic missile sites, and killed senior military officers, including Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the armed forces chief of staff, and Major General Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Iranian media announced the death of Ali Shamkhani, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s top adviser.
Tehran said that Israel’s action was a “declaration of war.” This war is continuing, and Iran has struck back with ballistic missile and drone attacks.
Narratives will change as the fighting continues, but one conclusion is already evident: China, Iran’s long-time backer, is a victim of the fighting. That is a quick reversal of fortunes. Only last year, the Chinese looked ascendant in the region.
“China is closely following Israel’s attacks on Iran and is deeply concerned about the potential grave consequences of the operations,” the Chinese foreign ministry stated on X a few hours after the initial attacks. “China opposes actions that violate Iran’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity, and opposes moves that escalate tensions or enlarge conflicts.”
“China stands ready to play a constructive role in helping ease the situation,” it added.
Beijing may stand ready, but, apart from the Iranian regime itself, the region is not looking for Chinese assistance.
Yeah; what the CCP may have forgotten is that nobody in that area — not just the Izzies — likes the idea of a nuked-up Iran, for the same reason one fears a drugged-up ghetto choirboy with a hand grenade.
“There were some very, very relieved people in the Gulf as the sun rose this morning…. The Saudis know that China had armed their enemy Iran with nukes and lesser weapons and fully backed the Houthis, who have been waging war on the Kingdom for years.” — Jonathan Bass, Chief Executive Officer, Argent LNG, to Gatestone Institute, June 13, 2025.
Put more bluntly: “Oh noes we deplore all this warry bomb-bomb stuff!” while thinking “Thank fuck for the Izzies.”
So much for that, then.
As long as their shit doesn’t reach all the way over here, I don’t really GAF.
I note the following from some of the newsie sites over the weekend. It seems that our Jewish cousins have a long memory and a seemingly endless supply of fertile minds that keep coming up with new and exciting ways to irritate the neighborhood bullies. I guarantee that two weeks ago the Ayatollah Fuzzy Whitebeard didn’t have a clue what thrills were in his immediate future. SURPRIZE!
There was a prediction that once the sky stops burning and the smoke clears, there will be a quick parade of Arab nations more than happy to sign on to the Abraham Accords, with their good buddies, the Israelis.
And by far the absolute BEST video since Bagdad Bob told us there were no American tanks anywhere in Iraq was the short clip of the Iranian Newsbabe when the Israeli Air Force came knocking. PRICELESS!
It is remarkable how much of the senior leadership of Iran has been “retired with extreme prejudice”, but that the Absolute Leader has been spared. One might think that that could be due to the desire of DJT to have someone to negotiate with. In such a high-stakes negotiation, you want your adversary to survive the back-and-forth so he can commiserate how he’s been gutted after it is all over – and gutted he will be.
When this is settled, and DJT’s position is confirmed in the hard words of the settlement, the Ayatollah will have to wonder how long his “magic robe” will protect him?
Of course, he is of an advanced age and just might perish from “natural” causes.