Sunday, February 8, 2026

The World Today: February 2026

I'm planning to put these videos on the blog regularly so you can see what's going on around the world
and in the skies. [Two suns @ 5.20]


 

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2026 at 5:59 AM

    WoW!!
    This is a worth story to publish...!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EViCusn1LAg

    13-year-old hero swims for hours to save his family stranded at sea | 9 News Australia
    9 News Australia

    Esstee


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  2. DevorahFebruary 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM


    The Quiet Before the Collapse: Why the White House Is Ready to End the Iranian Regime
    by Afshine Emrani

    ​The silence you hear coming from Washington regarding Iran is not hesitation. It is the deep, steady breath of a sniper before the shot. While the surface narrative suggests a diplomatic pause or a period of "wait and see," the reality behind the curtain is far more kinetic. The war machine is not idling; it is revving in neutral, waiting for the clutch to drop. For the Trump administration, the era of trying to "manage" the Iranian regime is over. The strategy has shifted from containment to a calculated setup for collapse.
    ​The first clue lies in the "delay." To the untrained eye, it looks like caution. In reality, it is timing optimization. The assets are already forward-deployed. The legal justifications have been drafted. The target lists—command nodes, launch silos, nuclear enrichment hubs—are not just identified; they are being tracked in real-time. The White House isn't looking for a way out; they are waiting for the regime to give them a way in. They are waiting for the "ignition pretext"—one drone attack, one proxy mistake, one crossed red line—to self-manifest. This allows the administration to frame a regime-ending strike not as an aggressive war of choice, but as an inevitable act of defense. The trap is set; the U.S. is simply waiting for Tehran to step into it.
    ​But why now? Why has the calculation shifted from "maximum pressure" sanctions to preparation for a knockout blow? The answer lies in a silent, asymmetric escalation by Moscow. For years, the U.S. strategy relied on an economic siege. The goal was to starve the regime of cash until it either capitulated or cracked from within. That option was just taken off the table. Russia has stepped in, pumping hard currency—specifically U.S. dollars—into Tehran’s coffers.
    ​This move was a geopolitical checkmate against the sanctions strategy. By stabilizing the regime’s economy, Russia blocked the "peaceful" path to regime change. The pressure valve is gone. The White House knows that waiting longer only allows the regime to harden its defenses and use that Russian cash to fund terror. With the economic lever broken, the only lever left is the military one. The administration is no longer playing for a slow suffocation; they are now forced to play for a sudden cardiac arrest of the regime's leadership structure.
    ​Finally, there is the regime itself. You cannot negotiate with a government that has ceased to fear death. The mask has fallen off in Tehran. The leadership is no longer speaking the language of statecraft; they are speaking the language of a suicide cult. By openly declaring that "death is preferable to defeat" and preparing their base for martyrdom, they have signaled that deterrence is dead. They have removed the shame from destruction.
    ​When a regime convinces its people that burning down the house is a holy duty, they become an existential threat that cannot be contained, only removed. The U.S. sees this rhetoric for what it is: a "final-stage" declaration. The regime has decided that if they are to fall, they will "fall forward into fire." The White House refuses to let them take the region with them.
    ​The decision has been made in practice, if not yet in word. The economic road is closed. The diplomatic road is dead. The only path remaining is through the fire. The Trump administration is not looking for another endless war; they are looking for the final act. The stage is set, the actors are in place, and the script for regime change is already written. All that remains is the spark.
    Afshine Emrani

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM

    Hmm...the last part of the above video looks like an animated spider's web in the sky.

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    1. DevorahFebruary 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM

      I've never seen anything like that before, but many of the things we are seeing are all "firsts" and then you start seeing them again and again. So the jury is out as to whether that is a real thing or not, although the guy uploading these clips surely knows the difference between real and fake, otherwise he'd be out of business pretty quickly.

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