Saturday, May 2, 2026

A historically proven solution exists, and the question is who is in the way.

#Iran #Russia #China #JCPOA #Blockade #StraifOfHormuz #IAEA 

RantWoman encourages readers to watch both the first videos because RantWoman is not going to summarize all the relevant insights.


"The blockade is theater."

"The war powers resolution is constitutionally speaking..."

Commanders "We have done what can be done from the air" but movement of special ops has accelerated.

Putin message: "Keep your forces away from Iran." In this case, NOT bluffing.

Bombing unifies a population.


450kg of Enriched Uranium LOCKED IN — Iran's Worst Nightmare Begins | Lawrence Wilkerson

Russia offers to take Iran's enriched uranium. Maintain or elevate RosAtom's place. 

THE SAME PROCESS AS THE #JCPOA

Only issue is ensuring constraints on what Russia does with the lowered enrichment uranium


If the US declines twice.... bad strategic consequences.

Iran parallel tracks: 


And economic uncertainties, how the US will look to the rest of the world.Trump Backs Down! Iran Launch Pads Ready for Massive Strike on US, Israel | Col Doug Macgregor


Trump Backs Down! Iran Launch Pads Ready for Massive Strike on US, Israel | Col Doug Macgregor - YouTube

China?

Mrs. Adelson lobbying, unrealistic but

Offramp for the US. Is Netanyahu still in charge?

10 years at least to restore any destroyed military assets.

Charlie Kirk quote! 

"We can't make Israel first on a global scale"

The US needs to re-evaluate... due to lots of changed conditions.

Everybody makes bad calls sometimes even Presidents. Military action will destroy the US.


Setback for Trump as Pakistan opens up land border for Iran to avoid US blockade | Janta Ka Reporter



And in a different vein

The #SecDef is incompetent (and, this is RantWoman, severely lacks strategic insight.)

FED UP Navy Commander REVEALS Hegseth’s WAR SECRETS

Small countries standing up to larger ones, Russia scales back annual parade, and...

 #Ukraine #China #Taiwan #Russia #DroneWarfare #AirDefense

This is a bunch of videos with frank views of Ukraine, Russia, Iran and offramps from different situations.

RantWoman will pick a couple subsets and write what seem like key points.


How a small power can stand up against a larger power

"Modern technology favors the defender."

small cheap naval drones: Ukraine and Iran

natural barriers





Tuapse Oil refinery





Russia has worse problems about air defense than Ukraine.

Thanks to Ukrainian drones, Russia cannot safely parade its military materiel.


Silicon Curtain
"Grow potatoes"



More on Iran

Pyotr Kurzin



Mo would like a word about Islamophobia

 

Friday, May 1, 2026

Today was the Senate's turn with the Secretary of #WarCrimes

 #Iran #SecDef #SenateHearing #Warcrimes



The whole dang hearing.



Hegseth gets interrogated about #DEI issues

Elizabeth Warren has QUESTIONS.



"We don't want to deal with this Congress and their pesky appropriations process."
Why have we abandoned Ukraine?

"What does this cost us and what does it achieve for the American people?...How many years to replenish?"

From the House Hearing yesterday

 




And from a different hearing


And about military newspaper Stars and Stripes 

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Harry Litman interviews Jake Sullivan

 #Iran #JCPOA

RantWoman thinks she has comments but did not note them on the first pass so Jake Sullivan, JCPOA negotiator gets to speak for himself.

The importance of numbers--and an address by King Charles III

#USA250 #SemiQuincentennial 



(RantWoman is a VERY bad friend. Just as a pro free-speech protest, RantWoman would consider making a series of T-shirts that have the offensive numbers and words like RETIRE or "VOTE THEM OUT" or "which nap is the President on so far?" or maybe Impeach, though the third time is not the charm.)


Sorry Your Highness. RantWoman needed the intro and consternation about numbers from Lawrence O'Donnell as an intro ahead of your speech.. We thank you, though, for reminding the #StableGenius in the White House and the Congress about the importance of #ChecksAnd Balances.





And meanwhile the #StableGenius interacts with history.


Banditry at Sea and fireworks at the UN.

 #Iran #StraitOfHormux #China #Russa #UN #CommercialShipping #Liberia #FreedomOfNavigation

#Indonesia #NetZero #Climate #StatelessVessels

This item is pretty technical about maritime law and esoterica. 

Legal rational for US boardings. Container ship shortage because of ships stranded in the Persian Gulf

Pricing in the trucking industry

UAE withdrawing from OPEC


Whose oil and LNG are going where and why. Who might ship back to coal

Panama canal lock prices go up.

Oil supply disrupted for shipping. "bunker pricing"